Star.
London, England, 1829-04-28 00:00:00

THE LATE EARL OF BRIDGWATER.
The win of this Nobleman has been proved, in the
• Prerogative Court, Doctors' Commons, by Mr. Clam-
moot, a banker, and partner in the house of Lafitte, in
Paris, who is one of the manors, with a handsome
legacy. His Lordship leaves legacies to all his servants.
and some larger ones to private individuals. He, how-
, ever, adds, that in casn.he should be either "assassi-
nated or poisoned," the legacies are all to be void. He
leaves 8,0001. to the Royal Society, to be appropriated
as a reward for the best written Essay on the Creation,
on the Anatomy of Man. and especially oa the powers,
formation, and properties of the Hand.
The family manuscripts and papers, together with a
lock of his mother's hair, and a particular letter, writ•
ten by her to himself, and delivered, it her request,
after her death, he hopes may be permitted to be depo.
sited and kept as heir looms in the family mansion at
Ashridge. a permission which was refused totim by his
brother. the former Earl of Bridgwater, with whom the'
late Eail does not appear to have been on friendly
• terms, although he hopes " GOD will forgive hi. bro-
ther. as he does." His own manuscripts and au-

togrephi, which are most •aluable, he leaves to the
Briti,h Museum, together with his vast freehold estates
in Cheshire and other counties, to preserve and aug.
ment them. He does not even mention his relations,
Lord Farnborough. the present Countess if Bridgwater.
or Lord Brownlaw, who will succeed to the mansion at

Ashridge, and most of the entailed property, after the
death of the Countess of Bridgwater. His servants are
to occupy their stations in his Grand Hotel, in the Ru-
St. Honore, in Paris, for two or three months, after
which it is to be sold, together with all his furi.iture,
plate, and jewellery. In his will nothing Is intimated
relating to his favourite dogs. The personal ptopetty
amounts to 70,0001,.
COUNTESS OF DERBY.
Elizabeth, Countess of Derby, who died on the 25d
instant at Knows!ey, was born in the year 1759. Her
Ladyship was the daughter of Mr. Farren, a surgeon at
Cork, whose attachment to the theatre had the effect of
diverting his attention from professional pursuits, and
whose mode of living, in consequence, was such as to
impair that credit which he might otherwise have sup-
ported in the world. Mr. Farren, at an early age, mar
tied the daughter of Mr. Wright, an eminent bre aer at
Liverpool. by whom he had seven children; bet the
late Countess was the sole survivor of this family. In
1773. her Ladyship. then Miss Farren, made her first
appearance on the Liverpool stage in the character
of Hoiden, in the Opera of Lore in a Village. when
• the Went' she displayed induced Mr. Younger, the
Manager of that Theatre—a dramatic veteran, and still
remembered in that part of the kingdom with respect—
to become her tutor, and he watched over her with a
-truly patental case. Under such a preceptor, aided by
n quickness of perception and a ductile disposition, she
soon became a promising actress, and the favourite of
the public, not only at Liverpool, but Shrewsbury, Ches.
ter, and other places where the dramatic corps of Mr.
Younger uspallypettormed. At length that worthy
man, who had . , lively concern in her welfare, re-
commended het London; i* tier fostune in Loon; accord-
ingly she came Of *Mil le the summer of 1777, with a
letter of inteeducticie from Mr. Younger to the elder
Colman,at w hoseTheatt e she appeased shortly after in the
character of Miss Hardcastk, in She`loops to Conquer.
That i scellent actor, Ed* in, made his nibt appearance
toe same ntghs in the character of Tony Lungakin , and
the season produced that hminent genius, the late Ms.
Henderson, a rue rrf pe Primers seldom exhibited to-
gether. She repeated the part of Rosetta, in London,
with considerable applause; and, atter much entreaty.
was prevailed upon by Mr. Parsons to wide:take, for
his benefit, the pert of Lady I ownly. in the Provoked
Husband, which she had for some lime declined through
d &fence. So great was her success in this character that
. she was engaged successively at both the winter theatre.,
and performed at Drury-lane and Covent-garden. in
both tragedy arid comedy. Having now established her
theatrical fame, she succeeded Mrs. Abingdon in her
characters, at Drory.lane, and displayed all that ele-
gance, ease, and fashion, for which her predecessor bad
been so famed. Though she had topperted many tragic
par tsar Covent-garden with Mr.Digges, and represented
Juliet, the Fair Circassian, &e. at Drury-lane, with me.
lited applause, she now ermined her extensive abilities
to the comic line, but occasionally performed serious
characters in comedy viz. in the English Merchant,
Conscious Lovers, Lhopter of Accidents, &c. with appro.
bailors. Her elegant and fascinating sepseseinition of
.Ladyfeasle is even now remembered with delight....
Having left the Haymarket theatre, she paid a summer
visit to Dublin, and her performances there were re-
ceived with universal approbation. At this time she was
noticed by the nrirt distinguished characters, and at the
particular terms' of several of the Nobility, had con-
ducted the stage business of a private play, which was
per formed at the Luke of Richmond's house, in Privy
Gaidens, and in which Lord Des by. Lord Henry Fria-
getald, and the Honourable Mrs. Dsmer performed.
Iler private worth as .well as public merit had long at-
tracted the admiratirn or Lord Derby. • Though neither
his Lordship nor. Mi.s Faisen seem scrupulous to con-
teal their particular intimacy, they were cautious in
the matragemeot of it, to give the world no room
Jos cenwrsous remarks; and it was observable, is 'all
Their interviews, Mrs. Fareen, who always resided wi h
her daughter, was peseta in every step of their advance-
nient.• Al length, 011thedeath of the then Countess of
Det by, the way was clear to the perfection of that hap-
., . woes? which his Lordship had so long anticipated. Miss
:. Fatten took her farewell of the public at Deur y-lane, on
the-7th of April, 1797, in the charuter of Lady Teazle,
sir the chool for Scandal, on which (suasion the house
,actually over finned. Towards the, anglasion of the'
play she appeared to be much affecteds and when Mr.
Wroughton came forward to speak some lines which
woe senteu on 'the 'occasion, her emotions increased
to such a degree, that she was under the necessity of
receiving support films Mr. King. •• The fall of the
(attain Mar au- listed with repeated bnrsis of applause,
awn namingled anis feelings of regret, from the loss
of a* attires', then in the zenith of bee charms, and
ettille her dramatic reputation a as in the highest esteem
of the public. Os the Bth of May following, then in her.
38th year, she was married to Lerd Dab?, by special
license tat bit tnrdshi p's house, in Grosvenor-square. The
osarriake prri4nced considerable sensation in the highs
circles. .Soon altet.her I...dy.ship was introduced at
Court, where she was most. graciously received by his
late Majesty, and made one in the procession at the
marriage of the Princess Royal to the Daie. of Vines's-
berg. The union proved most felicitous, and. his Lordship
never bad reason to segiet his choice% To the 'canopy
stud poor of his Lordship's estates she was considered as
a biessing,ond will beikagremenibered by them with
reil!or• .
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Mrs related-Of theceletarititi Beethaave, that, when-
ever be saw u criminal led out to emotion, he would
My, • iliq not thii man In:better than 1?, If otherwise,
Ole Pieta doe not to tots but to. the gran of Goa.'