The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-04 00:00:00

D.E.4171 OF THE EARL OF JERSEY.

, We have to announce the death of the Ecrl of
Jersey, which took place yesterday forenoon, shortly
after ten o'clock, at the family residence in Berke-
' lev-square. The venerable earl, after several weeks'
sojourn at Cowes, during which he caught a severe
cold, returned from the Isle of Wight about three
. weeks back, and ever since reaching the metropolis
had been in a weak state. During the last fort-
night his loidship continued gradually to get
weaker, until at length he died at the hour above-
, named from -exhaustion, apparently without the
slightest pain or struggle.
The late nobleman, George Child Villiers, Earl
of Jersey, Viscount Villiers of Dartford and Baron
Hoo, county of Kent, in the peerage of England,
and Viscount Grandison of Limerick, county of
Leitrim, in the peerage of Ireland, was the eldest
of the two sons of 'George Bu sey, fourth earl, by
his marriage with Frances, daughter and heir of
the Right Hon. Rev. Philip Twisden, Bishop of
Raphoe, and was born on the 19th of August, 1773,
so that he had entered on his 87th year. The de-
ceased earl married on the 23d May, 1804, Lady
Sarah Sophia Pane, eldest daughter of the late
Earl of Westmoreland, by Anne, only daughter of
Mr. Robert Child, the wealthy banker, of Fleet-
street. By the countess, who survives the deceased
earl, he leaves surviving issue Viscount Villiers (his
I successor in the earldom), the Hon. Frederick Vil-
tiers, the Hon. Francis Villiers, and Lady Adela,
married to Captain IDbetson, late 11th Hussars.
The Princess Nicholas Esterhazy, his eldest daugh-
ter, died a few years ago at Torquay, and Lady
Clementina Villiers, his second daughter, it will be
recollected, died early in December last year, after
a short illness. The deceased peer succeeded to the
family honours and estates on the death of his
father, in August, 1805.
For a few months in 1830 he held the office of
Lord Chamberlain of the King's Household, but
on the late Earl Grey succeeding the Duke of Well-
ington as First Lord of the Treasury he retired.
On the late Sir Robert Peel's accession to office, in
1834, his lordship was again appointed Lord Cham-
berlain. In 1841 the noble earl succeeded the late
Earl of Albemarle as Master of the Horse to the
Queen, which office he held till the break up of
Sir Robert Peel's second Administration. Although
a thorough Conservative in politics, he supported
the Government of Sir Robert Peel in the repeal of
the Corn Laws, and all the commercial measures of
Reform introduced by that statesman. When the
Earl of Derby came into power, in 1852, the Earl
of Jersey was selected, it was stated at her Ma-
jesty's request, to. fill the post of Master of the
Horse, and on the Earl of Aberdeen succeeding as
Premier he was solicited to retain that office, which
he declined to do, owing to the " Radical element"
in Lord Aberdeen's Cabinet. Since that period the
Earl of Jersey, from weiet of years and increasing
infirmities, retired into private life. The late earl
was made a Privy Councillor in 1830, and William
IV. made him a Knight Grand Cross of the
Guelphs of Hanover.
The deceased is succeeded in his title by his
eldest son, George Augustus Frederick Viscount
Villiers, born on the 4th of April, 1808, and mar-
ried in 1841 to Miss Peel, eldest daughter of the
late Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, by whom he has
a youthful family. His lordship was educated at
Ch: ist Church, Oxford, where he graduated B.A.
in 1830, and M.A. in 1837. He was first returned
to the House of Commons, in conjunction with
Mr. Bernal, father of Mr. Bernal Osborne, in 1830,
and in the following year was elected re-
presentative for Minchead. From 1832 to
1835 he sat in Parliament for Honiton, in which
year he unsuccessfully contested Weymouth, but
was returned in 1841 ; he was, however, unseated on
petition. He was also a Member for Cirencester
from 1844 to 1852. The present Earl is a Deputy-
Lieuten an t of Oxfordshire and of Warwickshire,
aad Lieutenaa-Colonel of the Oxfordshire (the
Queen's OVIn) Yeomanry Cavalry.
By the lamented decease of the venerated Earl
the families of the Duchess of Richmond, Mr. and
Mrs. Russell, Lord and Lady Templemore, Vis-
ianintess Ponsonby, the Earl and Countess of West-
moreland, Mr. and Lady Sarah Bailey, Colonel and
Mrs. Begot, Lady H. Bagot, and many others of
rani: are placed in inourning.
From Mr. E. P. Shirley's "Noble and Gentle
Men of England' we learn that the family of'
Vil-
let's or Villiers is ancient in Leicestershire, Alexan-
der de Villiers being Lord of Brokesby, in that
county, early in the 131 h century. The present
coat of arms is said to have been assumed in the
reign of Edward 1., as a badge of Sir Richard de
Villiers' services in the Crusades. " Villiers of
13rokQsby" oceurs among the gentlemen of Leices-
tershire " that be there most of reputation" in the
Itinerary" of Leland, the antiquary, in the reign

-
of Henry VIII. ; but the great rise of the family
vias in the reign of James 1., when the favourite,
Sir George Villiers, became Duke of Buckingham
in 1623. The Earls of Jersey are sprung from Sir
George Villiers, of Brokesby, the youngest of whose
two sons by his first marriage with Audrey Saun-
ders, Sir Edward was the immediate ancestor.
George, the second of his three sons by his second
marriage, with Mary Beaumont, was the celebrated
Duke of Buckingham. Sir E. Villiers was knighted
in 1616, and sent Ambassador to Bohemia in 1620 ;
and in 1622 was made President of Munster, in
Ireland, and " lived there," according to Sir Henry
Wotton' "in singular estimation and hospitality,"
where he died in 1626, lamented by the whole pro-
vince. He married Barbara, daughter of Sir John
St. John, of Lidiard Tregoze, in Wiltshire, and
niece of Sir Oliver St. John. who was in 1620 cre-
ated Viscount Grandison, of Ireland, when a col-
lateral remainder in favour of his niece and her
male issue was inserted in the patent of creation.
Accordingly her eldest son, William Villiers, suc-
ceeded his great uncle as Viscount Grandison in
1630. He distinguished himself by his loyalty in
the subsequent rebellion, and died of wounds he
received at the siege of Bristol in August, 1643.
His daughter and heir was the famous Duchess of
Cleveland. In default of male issue, he was suc-
ceed d by his brother, John Villiers, as third Vis-
count Grandison, but, dying without issue male, his
brother George became 4th Viscount. He died in
1699, at an advanced age, and was succeeded by
his grandison, John, who was created Earl Grandi-
son in 1721. But Edward, the youngest brother of
the 4th Viscount, was father of the first Earl of
Jersey. He embraced the Royal cause, and Claren-
don says he was one whose diligence and dexterity
his Majesty found fit for any trust. At the battle
of Newbury, in 1643, he fought gallantly, and was
wounded. In 1680 he was knighted, and made
Knight-Marshal of the Household. He lived to see
his eldest son advanced to be Master of the Horse
to Queen Mary at the Revolution, and died in 1689,
and was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward, who
attended on the Princess Mary to Holland, and
was one of those who accompanied her back to a
Throne, was knighted in 1689, and was appointed
Knight Marshal. In 1695 he was appointed Envoy
Extraordinary to the Congress of the Hague, and
was on that occasion created Earl of Jersey. He
was sent Ambassador Extraordinary to France in
1698-9, and the May following was made Secretary
of State, On the accession of Queen Anne he was
made Lord Chamberlain, and died in 1711, when
his son William, became second earl. He died in
1721, when William, his brother, succeeded as third
earl, and was in his turn succeeded by his son,
George Bussey, father of the late earl, the subject
of this notice.

THE MAGAZINES.

Black,wood's Magazine.

" The Luck of Ladysmede" is continued, and the
chapters here recorded are very well written.
There is more of exciting interest than in any of
the previous instalments. In particular the account
given of the escape of the Lady Gladice is deserv-
ing of notice. The unfortunate lady had a narrow
escape, for her guide was more remarkable for his
zeal than his discretion, and had it not been for the
resolution of the lady herself at the last
she would have fallen into the hands of
her enemies. There is an excellent article
on " Mountaineering." " The Alpine Club,"
which refers chiefly to the work recently
published, entitled " Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers,"
has met with deserved success and merited
approval, for it combines great advantages for
those who are desirous of becoming acquainted
with those famous spots that attract the traveller
and delight the lover of excitement. It is observed
that the book suffices to show that the passion for
mountain climbing is most engrossing, and that it
is probable that amongst men of spirit and intelli-
gence the Alpine Club will soon be one of the most
popular, though " whether as it has the free entree
of all the mighty palaces of nature, it will care to
build itself a house made with hands in Pall-mall,
may long be a question." The following passage
at the conclusion refers to the preponderance of
English travellers in the mountainous regions who
have distinguished themselves.

"Nevertheless, it is to be esteemed a national honour,
that most of those peaks hitherto considered inaccessible,
and many of those passes hitherto considered impassable,
have yielded to the courage and perseverance of those
islanders, whose still more daring and enduring country..
men have passed the continuous night of the Arctic winter
in darkness and suffering, to solve problems not much more
important ; or endured the torture of thirst in the burning
deserts of Central Africa, with an end and purpose avowedly
and really higher, but in no dissimilar spirit. While France,
actually more old-fashioned in her ways, still pants for
that military fame of which the world has heard so much
before, Great Britain strives for newer and bloodless laurels,
and seeks, according to the Creator's sanction, to assert
the supremacy of Man less over his brother than over ma-
terial Nature."
" The Seaside in the Papal States" contains some
amusing anecdotes, conspicuous among which may
be mentioned the adventure of the steward who
wandered about to pay a sum of money, and whose
perilous rencontre at midnight is very remarkable.
In this paper we meet with some good descriptions
of the places mentioned and the mode of life,
which it is said is infinitely more original than
that of Brighton or Scarborough. There are
some verses, entitled " Breton Ballads," which
are nothing particular in their style, that
represent the state of things at the time.
" Captain J. H. Speke's discovery of the Victoria
Nyanza Lake, the supposed source of the Nile," is
very well worthy of perusal. The accounts are
most interesting, and the zeal displayed by the ex-
plorers was most praiseworthy. The writer
expresses his conviction that he has discovered the
probable, and, he believes, true source of that mighty
stream the Nile, and has almost, if not entirely
solved a problem, which it has been the first geo-
graphical desideratum of many thousand years to
ascertain, and the ambition of the first monarchs of
the world to unravel."

Dublin University Magazine.
" Christian Ethics and John Stuart Mill "
is the subject of the first article, in which nu
very favourable opinion is expressed concerning
certain assertions and arguments met with in the
well-known work on " Liberty" that has lately
appeared; and notwithstanding some flaws such
as here made mention of, was an admirable produc-
tion on the whole. Those who read deeply, and
delight to analyse and criticise, will find a suitable
study in these comments. " Artist and Craftsman"
is continued; it is a somewhat strange story, and
there is not much that enhances the tale in any
material way to be met with in this division. The
charuter of Ingram is one of the best; the
heroine does not appear very decided in her
actions as yet, though there is evidently some
important part for her to play before long.
Tonietto, the jealous little lover, is one of
the most amusing sketches here introduced.
The verses on the " Dying Soldier's Wife" are well
written ; they are intended as a plea for the Law-
rence Orphan Asylum, and they are imbued with a
genuine tone of sentiment which cannot fail to
impress. " The Two Worlds" is another poem that
is attractive and a melancholy pleasure haunts the
description of the " realm of nevermore," and the
thoughts are raised to higher contemplation when
mention is made of the " land of evermore." The
third subject in verse is " The Twin Mutes, Taugh.
and Untaught ;" the idea is a novel one of a moths
sending her daughter afar to gain the blessings of
instruction, but from a mistaken kindness keeping
her afflicted son with her. An early death re-
moved the twins, and the difference of their lattei
moments is portrayed. The boy was passionate and
fierce ; the girl patient and gentle. Without
being in any way unusual in point of
talent there is something to engage the attention
in the various selections of the month. Each seems
to contain some truth, or to advocate some cause 01
justice or mission of mercy. The " Season Ticket"
is continued, and in this, its seventh number, it i,
still most amusing, and contains some of that racy
style of anecdote, and dashing spirit of adventure,
which have before lent animation to its pages, and
which have rendered this series of papers a rich
boon to all lovers of the ludicrous, and a piece de
resistance for those who dip into a periodical for
the purpose of wiling away half an hour, or ex
tracting some brief topic for present diversion and
future reminiscence. This section is called a " Gal-
, limaufry," which means an assemblage of odds and
ends. " Continental States in July and August"
contain some noticeable comments. A curious cir-
cumstance is mentioned as occurring in Turin, when
an official advertisement is affixed to a pillar, ex.
horting all persons to pay their taxes as soon a,
possible in the grerti national crisis. It is trul
observed that, if a London crowd met with a similal
appeal from Mr. Gladstone, imploring them to b.
speedy in their payment of the income-tax, they
would not respond with enthusiasm to tilt
eloquence of the right honourable gentleman
Some remarks are made on " Maclise's Cartoon u
the Battle of Waterloo," in which a just tribute i,
paid to its merits. It is said, that when gazing of
it, "we forget soon that it is a picture, we tl i
ourselves breathing in the time when our father.-
were young men, and on that day and on that spot
when and where the destinies of Europe were being
set tied."

Frazer's Magazine.
A thoughtful essay on Bacon's Philosophical
Works opens this number. It gives a careful ana-
lysis of the principles inculcated by the great Eng-
lish philosopher, and accords a high rank to the
morality of his system. It is remarked in com•lu-
sion that his method resembles one of those geogra-

phical problems which are destined never to be
solved, or, when solved, are found useless, but which
form a school for hardihood and a mine of inciden-
tal discoveries. "It was to have been like the
Northwest Passage—a short cut to the Indies of
Philosophy." The writer observes that though the
pursuit of such a track may never lead us to the
special benefit it professes to hold out, it may raise
up a spirit of emulation and research of wider
utility than the original purpose. And as the
Glaring spirit and unflinching courage of our navi-
gators has been stimulated by the pursuit of the
impracticable passage, so he considers that the great
strides made by modern science are due to the spirit
" which inspired the language and suggested the
anticipations of Bacon." Thomas Keight ley, who last
year gave us in the pages of this magazine an arti-
ale on the life and writings!of Henry Fielding,
has now resolved to throw some light on
the career of Edmund Spenser. This first
part of the essay gives us a summary of the events
of the poet's life, the second portion being reserved
for some remarks on the poetry of Spenser. Mr. J.
R. Chorley continues his interesting "Notes on
the National Drama of Spain," and gives a further
account of the old code of honour among the
Spanish nobility, which appears to have been at the
same time, inconveniently strict and absurdly in-
consistent. He remarks that the change in national
manners and ways of thinking is so great, that the
modern admirers of the old national drama could
not wish for its resuscitation on the modern stage.
It would only he, asserts, be exposing the master-
pieces of genius to contempt by placing them in a
light where they must inevitably appear falsely
drawn and over-coloured. " Rokeby House" is
continued without vivid interest in this part. Tho
other story "Sword and Gown," rapidly approaches
its termination, which will, we fear, be tragical.
It is written in its usual vivid and impres-
sive manner. " About the West Riding"
is the title of an interesting paper, giving
a graphic
,sketch of the peculiarities of our
Yorkshire countrymen. " Last Spring in Rome"
takes a bird's-eye view of the feelings of the
tourists and artists, whose cherished plans were
overturned by the sudden outbreak of the war of
Italian independence. A paper on " Port Royal
and the Port-Royalists" gives some account of the
rise and progress of that famous band of recluses.
founded chiefly on Mrs. Schimmelpenninck's recent
work. A short article on the respective claims of
Bakers and Builders is well deserving of attention.
Those who commiserate the supposed hardships of
the discontented builders should learn how far
more real and pressing are the grievances of the
short-lived and overworked journeymen bakers.
A comparison of the state of Italy in 1849 and
1859 shows a contrast, which does honour to the
moderation and sincerity of the claimants for
Italian indepeadence.

Bentley's Miscellany.
"A Glance at Passing Events" passes in rapid
review the state of continental affairs, the accident
to the Great Eastern, the losses which the public
have sustained in the deaths of Mr. Brunel and
Leigh Hunt, the return of Captain M'Clintock, and
the Irish "revival." " Onida " furnishes another
of his lively stories, which, in this number, by way
of variety, takes us to Paris and introduces us to a
Parisian lion. Monkshood, in his Mingle-Mangle,
treats of the various opinions entertained by philo-
sophers on the future prospects of the brute world.
Many eminent and thoughtful men have been un-
able to reconcile the sufferings of the lower races
with the benignity of the Divine system of govern-
ment. It is truly, as Monkshood. has termed it,
" A Mystery ;" and, like many another mystery
impenetrable to our bounded vision, is best left in
the merciful darkness in which it is enveloped.
There is one encouraging fact for the poor, heavy
laden victim of man's cruelty and injustice, that
the advocates of their claims to respect and kind-
ness are not only men distinguished by their bene-
volence or good nature, but amore highest
orders of intellect—Bulwer, Ca,
'ilyle,Atei-gh Hunt,
Lamartine, Mrs. Jameson, arid otherc‘c our own
time, with Bacon and many another, eminent
name of the past, are cited among the
advocates and upholders of the rights of
the brute creation to kindness and considera-
tion. " The Dean of Denham "is the con-
tinuation of the story which appeared last month
under another name. It narrates the difficulties
in which Mr. Baumgarten's extravagance involved
him, and his sudden death in consequence of over
excitement. It will, we presume, be continued.
The story of "Francesco Novello da Carrara," the
heroic and unfortunate Italian prince, is proceeded
with, but the record of his achievements and ad-
ventures is not yet complete. An article on the
Novel in Germany" traces the variaitons of the
public taste in fiction. The historical and polities'
novel appears just now to be the favourite in the
" Vaterland." A paper on the " Parisian Fine Art
Exhibitions" for the year will repay perusal, and
" A Musician's Note Book" contains some interesting
records. Mr. Dudley Costello continues his story
of " Gurney; or, Two Fortunes" with undiminished.
vigour.

The New Monthly Magazine.
A lengthened paper on " The Channel Islands"
describes their individualities and pecul*ities. It
is remarked, in speaking of AldernenAttlit Queen
Victoria is the first sovereign who ever ,landed on
that island. " Clara Lake's Dream" is the title of a
curious story which remains unfinished, and there-
fore still perplexing to the reader. Sir Nathaniel,
in his "Notes on Note-worthies," brings into his
category William the Silent, Prince of Orange.
Little is said, however, that is new; neither are the
events of the great Hollander's career related con-
secutively, but it is rather a collection of remarks
and criticisms on the character of one whom a recent
historian terms " the first statesman of his age."
" The Luckiest Dog Alive" is the title of a narra-
tive of the fortunes of a stray dog. The second part
of the essay on " Irish Minstrelsy" promisei us some
further remarks on this interesting topic. " The
Planter's Daughter" proceeds with intefeet., and the
prospect of an outbreak among the negroes of the
island is darkly toreshadowed. " Herr Ernst Mit-
terkauip " and " Evaila" are both continued in their
usual manner without any very striking feature of
interest. An article, founded on a recent French
work, gives an account of the Queens of France of
Spanish origin, from Brunhilda, the daughter of
the King of the Visigoths, who wedded the son of
Clotaire, and whose vindictive and life-long feud
with Fredegonde form one of the darkest episodes
in the history of that troubled time, to the fair
descendant of the Montijos, who now wears the Im-
perial diadem. A parallel essay on the; Spanish
Queens of French origin would not be without in-
terest. The eighth number of " Stereoscopic
Glimpses" shows us Shelley at Marlow dreaming
on the lake. A paper on the Imperial policy of
France concludes the number.

Colburn's United Service Magazine.
This magazine, as usual, presents us with
several admirable articles on subjects of na-
tional importance. Although nominally at
peace with all the European powers, there are
few who would deny that the aspect of affairs
renders a careful examination of the efficiency of
the United Services indispensable to our national
security. The United Service Magazine may claim
the merit of impressing the necessity for reform and
improvements, not only when the distant murmurs
of war have turned public attention to the state of
our military and naval forces, but when habit and
tranquillity have made those not immediately con-
cerned careless and indifferent. A straightfor-
ward independence of tone, and honest superiority
to partisanship or political bias render its sugges-
tions always worthy of perusal, whether they coin-
cide with the reader's opinions or differ from them.
The present number has several articles on subjects
of pressing interest.

A.VOTORIOUS OFFENDERS.—Sir John Dean Paul
and Strahan, now under sentence in Woking prison, will
be released from confinement on the 23d instant. Robson,
Redpath, and Jim the Penman have arrived at their desti-
nation, the penal settlement, Western Australia.
GOVERNMENT PATRONAGE.—The Dublin Even-
ing Mail of Monday announces the death, after a short
illness, of Mr. James Bessonett, Q.C., chairman of the
county of Waterford. Mr. Bessonett had arrived at the
ripe age of 76, and was called to the bar 62 years ago. Hie
decease took place at his residence, Lower Lesson-street, at
10 o'clock last night. This day the Lord-Lieutenant ap-
pointed Mr. John Henry Richards, son of the ex-Baron
Richards, to the chairmanship vacated by the death of Mr.
Bessonett. Mr. Richards was called to the bar in 1839.
MONEY-ORDER OFFICES.—The new regulations
respecting Money-order offices came into operation on the
Ist of October, and the distinction between minor and major
offices is abolished from that date. Advices of money-orders
drawn on any office in the United Kingdom must now be
transmitted direct to the paying office, and not sent through
the London office. Applications for the alteration of the
name of payee or leinittor of an order may be made direct
to the issuing postmaster, the remitter making the applica-
tion if posgible in person, or if by letter enclosing an addi-
tional commission in postage stamps to the Controller of th•
Money-order office in London. As regards orders drawn by
ar on offices in Scotland or Ireland applications must for
the present Continue to be made to the Metropolitan office
in which the order was drawn.
ALARMING OCCURRENCE IN THE BOROUGH
M A RItET.,--,411 occurrence took place in York-place, Borough
arket, on Sunday evening, which has created much alarm
in the vicinity. The house adjoining the Globe Tavern and
Market-house in York-street, Borough, on the other side
of which is a vacant piece of ground, the site of a building
t hat has been pulled down, was occupied as a dairy for some
years, and wes securely shored up. On Sunday morning the
p occupiers went out for a day's pleasure, leaving a young girl
in charge. She states that she heard a cracking not • during
the day, but imagining it proceeded from the house next
loor she took no notice of it, but soon after five o'clock
the roof fell in with a terrific crash. Fortunat ly no person
was passing at the time, as much of the debris toll outside.
The walls and gable of the building were well secured by
shores, otherwise two lives at least must have been sacrificed.