Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-01-27

loss he must 20 deeply deplore
Inc London Advertiser says that Lady Have
lock and her daughters are now residing at
Bohn, on the Rhine. They repaired thitber
seine weeks ago, and meant to remain some
time in Germany. 1t is q curious circumstance.
that about SIX or seven weeks ago Lady Have
lock, who, up to that time, cherished the firm
conviction that her husband would not only
come triumphantiy through the campaign, but
that she and her daughters should soon meet i'm
England, then became the victim of a-powerful
presentiment, of which she was unable to rid
herself, that she should hear of his death before
many weeks had elapsed.
The London Globe says:
"We hear it questioned in some quarters
whether tho baronetcy intended for General
llavelOck does not formally fall to the ground,
from the fact of the death of the lamented
General preceding the date of the patent. lie
died on the 25th of November and the ba ro-
netcy was conferred on the 26th. 1t may
therefore be an error to describe Captain Uay-
clock as Sir Henry Marsman Havelock, Sec
Ond barOnet.' Lady Havelock is Lady Have
lock by reason of Sir Henry having been created
Il. Z. Ii. The grant voted by Parliament is
also not ye. completed, the bill authorizing it
having been postponed till after the recess.
Some entirely new arrangement must there
fore be come to, and it is needless to say that
the Government and Parliament in providing
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the lrng and distinguished services of General
Havelock''
The Court Circular says:
" In no part of the empire has the sad news
of the death of the gallant Havelock caused
more regret than at Windsor Castle; and the
Queen regret has been increased by the refec-
tion that the hero was carried off before he
could become aware of Her Majesty's generous
intentions In his regard, and of the honors and
rewards which gracious Sovereign and CRATE
full country designed to bestow upon him, in re-
cOsnition of his tranScendant zeal. activity, and
services. We may now state what we have
more than once limited, that it was the Queen $
determination to raise him to the peerage; and
we understand that on hearing of his death,
Her Majesty at once expressed her intention to
take his family under her especial protection
Parliament has already declared its wish to
provide for the eldest son by making the PEN
sion OF Il 900 year, proposed for his father,
Unbeatable by him and we have reason to be-
lieve that apartments in Hampton Court Pal
ace will, as soon as possible, be granted to Lady
Havelock and her daughters, together with a
pension of $500 a year.
The London Times in the course of an elo-
quent tribute to the virtues of the deceased hero
says:
- We all felt that Havelock was no common
man. His victories were not the natural re-
suit OF the opposition of European troops to
Hindoos, but were achieved by his own skill,
courage, GOODNESS and ndomitable energy. He
not only defeated the enemy, but he surnount-
ed the difficulties of a situation which would
have daunted most other men. He was in the
heart of an enemy country with mere hand
ful of troops his communications were inter
rupted his supplies were threatened, every day
added new strength to the nutnous levies, and
decimated his own band by fever and cholera
Yet not for one moment did he quail, nor did
he ever ubmit to abstain from offensive opera
tions He marched as few leaders have marched
before, attacked the enemy wherever they were
to be found, and, at whatever odds, never at
tackled but to conquer.
1t has been said that a people is seldom
wrong in its opinions, and never in its feelings
If this be the case, and there really be some
sympathetic impulse which tells nation when
deeds are great and estimable certainly Gen
s:al llavelO, k was hero. More than any man
engaged in India he fixed the attention of his
countrymen Mt home. 1t is probably in con-
Junctures like this that n man previous char
artcr most stands him in good stead. When a
man has passed through life with blamsless
character, inofensive manners, and evincing
always strong sense Of duty, he has laid up
Tor himself n treasure in the esteem of others
OF which, when the time comes, the interest il
returned TO him in full. 1t is possible that if
India had never been in revolt, Colonel Hav-
lock mis sht have gone to the grave with only
the reputation Of meritorious officer and a
good man, but when once he had an opportunity
of exhibiting his greater qualities all the good
will OF those who knew him added to his re-
nOwn, and their descriptions of what he was
went to form that ideal which his cOuntrymen
conceived Of his character.