The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-12 00:00:00

DEATH OF LORD SKELMERSDALE.

THE Right Hon. Lord Skelmersdale expired at his seat,
Lathom-house, Lancashire, on Sunday week. Edward
Bootle Wilbraham, Lord Skelmersdale, was the eldest
son of the late Richard Wilbraham, Esq., of Rode Hall,
M.P. for Chester, by Mary, daughter and sole heiress of
Robert Bootle, Esq., of Lathom-house, whose name he
assumed. He was born in 1771, and married, in 1796,
Mary Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Edward Taylor, of
Bifrons, Kent, sister of Sir Herbert Taylor and of Sir
Brook Taylor, formerly British minister at Berlin ; by
whom (who died in 1840) he had issue—Richard, born
1801, who married, in 1832, Jessie, daughter of Sir
Richard Brooke, Bart., of Norton Priory, Cheshire, and
died in 1844, leaving issue, Edward Bootle Wilbraham,
born, 1837 ; Adela Mary, born, 1834 ; Jesse Caroline,
born 1836 ; Edith, born 1840 ; and Rose, born 1842.
The surviving children of the late Lord Skelmersdale
are—Mary Charlotte, born 1800; Emma Caroline, born
1805, who married, in 1825, the present Earl of Derby ;
and Edward, Lieut.-Colonel, born 1807, who married, in
1841, Emily, daughter of James Ramsbottom, Esq.
The deceased nobleman was the first peer of the title
(having been created a Baron in 1828), and represented
one of the most ancient families in Cheshire ; of whom
Sir Richard de Wilburgham was Lord of Wymineham
and Radnor, and sheriff of Cheshire, in the time of
Henry HI.
Loid Skelmersdale was universally beloved by all
classes of society, and exemplified in all his pursuits the
character and habits of an English nobleman. Full of
age and honour, he has been gathered to his fathers ;
and will be followed to the tomb by the sincere regret of
all who have had an opportunity of appreciating his high
worth and estimable virtues. He is succeeded by his
grandson, Edward Bootle Wilbraham, who is fifteen years
old, the son of the late Hon. Richard Bootle Wilbraham,
M.P., by the third daughter of Sir Richard Brooke, Bart.
The funeral will take place this day (Tuesday), at twelve
o'clock at noon, when his lordship's remains will be de-
posited in the family vault in St. Paul's Church, at Skel-
mersdale.

THE EARL OF ELLESMERE is to be her Majesty's com-
missioner to attend the great exhibition at New York.
The QUEEN has been pleased to confer the honour of a
baronetcy upon Dr. Henry Holland, one of Her Majesty's
Physicians Extraordinary.

PROFESSOR SCHOLEFIELD, who has long held the
Regius Professorship of Greek in the University of Cam.
bridge, died at Hastings, on Monday. He was in his
64th year.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The scenery, properties,
and general paraphernalia of the above theatre, were
purchased on Friday, in one lot, by Lord Ward, for the
sum of eleven thousand pounds.

ROYAL NURSE.—Mrs. Mackintosh has been selected
as wet nurse for Her Majesty. She is a native of Strath.
nairn, near Inverness, and is a tall, black-eyed, and hand-
some specimen of a Highland woman. She speaks
English very indifferently, and relies a great deal upon her
sister to act as interpreter.
NEW PEER.—The Queen has ordered a writ to be
issued under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, for
summoning the Right Hon. George Stevens Byng (com-
monly called Viscount Enfield), to the House of Peers.
by the style and title of Baron Strafford, of Harmonds-
worth, in the county of Middlesex.
OFFICIAL AGES.—The respective ages of the Cabinet
Ministers are as follows :—Lord Lansdowne, 73 ; Lord
Aberdeen and Lord Palmerston, 69 ; Lord Cranworth,
63 ; Lord John Russell and Sir James Graham, 61; Sir
C. Wood, 53 ; Mr. Gladstone, 44 ; Sir W. Molesworth
and Mr. Sidney Herbert, 43 ; Make of Newcastle, 42 :
Lord Granville, 38 ; Dnke of Argyll, 30.
THE EARL OF CARLISLE.—On Monday the magis-
trates and Town-Council of Edinburgh plesented the free-
dom of the city to the Earl of Carlisle " in testimony of
their regard for him as an elightened statesman, their ad-
miration of his active and generous philanthrophy, and
bis gratitude for his services in promoting the social and
intellectual elevation of the people.
THE QUEEN has appointed Lieut.-General the Hon.
George Cathcart, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope,
to be her Majesty's High Commissioner for the settling
and adjustment of the affairs of the territories in South-
ern Africa, adjacent or contiguous to the eastern and
north-eastern frontier of that colony ; and Sir George
Russell Clerk, K.C.8., to be her Majesty's Special Com-
missioner for the settling and adjustment of the affairs of
the territories of the Orange River Sovereignty.
THE ROYAL FAMILY.—Her Majesty has now eight
children, four princes and four princesses, namely'-1.
The Princess Royal, born 21st November, 1840.-2. The
Prince of Wales, born 9th November, 1841.-3. Princess
Alice, born 25th April, 1843.-4. Prince Alfred, born 6th
August, 1844.-5. Princess Helena, born 25th May, 1846.
—6. Princess Louisa, born 18th March, 1848.-7. Prince
Arthur, born Ist May, 1850.-8. The Prince just born.

IRELAND

EMIGRATION.—The accounts of the exodus continue to
be of an increasing startling character, from all provinces
alike. Wages rise, are tripled, and even quadrupled, but
to no purpose, and in some counties a dearth of labour
appears positive. From Derry alone, four ships last week
took 806 emigrants direct for America, besides those
going by way of Glasgow and Liverpool.
LONGEVITY.—The death of Mrs. Mary Power, widow
of Mr. J. Power, and aunt of the late Mr. Edward Lalor
Sheil, at the Ursuline Convent, Cork, is announced, at
the great age of 116 years. Mrs. Power, till very re-
cently, resided at Bath, and at the age of 114 she made
two visits from that place to London to see the Great Exhi-
bition. She afterwards returned to Ireland, where her
life was brought to a close about three weeks ago by a
severe attack of influenza.

IRISH SOCIETY.—The thirty-fifth annual general meet-
ing of the patrons and friends of the Irish Society, for
promoting the scriptural education and religious instruc-
tion of the native Irish through the medium of their own
language, was held, on Wednesday, in the round room of
the Rotunda, Dublin, and the audience assembled on the
occasion was one of the largest and most respectable ever
seen at the anniversary meetings of this institution.
AWFUL OCCURRENCE.—The sudden demise of a clergy-
man, the Rev. John J. Whitestone, Rector of Clogher,
took place on Friday in a manner both tragic and ap-
palling. While in the act of seconding a resolution at
the annual meeting of the Protestant Orphan Society, in
Dublin, be was suddenly observed to stagger and fall to
the ground. He was conveyed into an adjoining apart-
ment, but before many minutes had elapsed he had
ceased to breathe.