New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-11-04

His SuccessOr-TaIk abOut Mrs eslRd.
stone, Earl Russell, Lord Granville
and Lord CiaIenaon-A "Canurd" by
The Times about Impending Kosiiii-
ties between the United States and
Erance-secOnd Meeting of the Confede-
rate BOndhoidcrs-The Cattle Plague
a New Gunpowder-I,cms.
From Our Special Correspondent.
LONDON. October 2l, 1865
When, in my last weeks letter, transmitted
TO you the quite indefinite rumors affecting Lord
Pamerstons health--whch not prevalent but
only current among the few and much akin to what
we had been hearing any time during the last year or
so that nobody attached much Importance to them-I
little thought that nv principal subject for this weeks
correspondence would be the ilustrious Premier's
DEATH 1t took Lonlon by surprise. People had
become so accustomed to bis presence and predomi-
nance that they almost invested him with immortality
the strongest evidence of this being that the fact of
his DEATH at fourscoTe and upward upon them as
quite unlO9kedfor event. lie had been ailng
for the last three months but there nothing in his
condition to occasion immediate alarm and until
Wednesday morning report of his illness had reached
the newspaper offices or other ceners of metropolitan
intelligence 1t j. strange, considering that lie died at
Brockett Hall at l0i M that very day not twenty
miles from town. that the fact OF bis decline could have
been kept secret for so many hours. l am Informed
too by friend who happened to ascertain the circum
stance that up 10 o'clock no positive Information
of any kind had been received az Cambridge House
Iord palmerston's town residence and that, even al
Brockott no news could be obtained till the afternoon
far gone 1t is said that the reason OF this cono al
ment was due TO wish 10 convey the news 10 the init
mate friends of the deceased Minister direct. so as "a
spare them the pain OF learning II by vague ruuor W
Sthe last Illness of Lord Palmerson by far the best
count is that given IN the wldeawake though sensa'
tiOna Tele9rdp indeed il is the only one which sup
plies anything Of personal incident. Accordingly l
shall extract it Subject of course to editorial super
vision:
He might perhaps have been alive still but for that very
eheernes and sturdy spirit which made lin 50 ike an In
care Of hmseIf He was born with magnificent physical
and mental constitution aud had never had real illness in
his life Lattery as everybody knows tie govt bad sad
troubled him. bot lie suffering directly from that when
The fatal week began was from ufammsory attack Of
the bladder that the Premier died. He driving
Thursday last Brockett Hall aud he had been warned 10
take great Of himself: but feeling with the
chill end returned the house such that collapse
ensoed and but for the presence Of the physician it Is possible
however from that but lay in his bed very weak and very
kidneys and the secreaons being suspended the blood
becoming poisoned Still his superb constitution hopes
on Tuesday favorable bulletin issued but al
might his condition suddenly much and was
last remained uncoudrd he in full possession Of his fac
ues and suffered very little pain But there came assi
questions put to him either dsregGrded or IN
svered by look or sign; silence half imposed by wear
half Of his inclination possessed him. On the DAY
before his death however, when in doze preceding the last
change his mind evidently still enid It's old associations
for he heard to muruur In dream, The treaty viii
Belgium yes read me that sixth clause again" But Ut the
last perfectly peaceful demise crowned tie long and serene
hesl,hfunes Of his life; he sank away gently, fckeeda little
like 90 expiring lamp, and then went out rather
than died aud they hardly knew in the death chamber
what e1ae, the great statesman whose had
been every Of history for fifty ceased to BE-
him abOu! his bed with the exception Of Lady Pal
merslon who bad been gently withdrawn There were
Ear Of shafesbury and the Countess, Nscouness Joceyn
Mr. Evelyn Ashley aud the hyseians The sriei Of thu
circle was essened so far as It could be by the spectacle Of
quiet and eaeiu parting howed before the shades Of death
came SO nes 70 the dim eyes and the lips grew SO slow to
by faith IN the words taught By that Church OF which
the Premier died true member.
And here are the external circumstances:
The thick green woods Of Hatfield gray with the
drEe sunset and when night fell and the gray deepened
into black The rain poured down upon them in continuous
melancholy stream The road from the little station to the
gates Of the park dark sloppy line; at the station people
downpoar all Of them talking Of the great dead yonde
Outside Of the village there iar-Haed fair-wh
the news and the rain together quite damped it out Of
practical existence Those who had TO pass by 1t toward
shutting pp the frdei. and trinket in despair and then al
was dark sad and depressing along the road where be-
hat cheery the old pikeman and so by the church
where you into the thick and pretty dell.
these also and there pail Of fearful mist upon the lake
and which lie before the hall and which are crossed
by the carrisgeroad The hall sea plain add unpretend
ing spacious b1dnswoe lsst night the gloomy and de-
pressed air which peTvadd everything Very silent was It's
voices; Just the mark in the wet gravel where the
doctors carriage last drove away; and, beyond that
only light in window Of the west WING
other sign Of life. Sign Of e,sgna Of death, rather
for there the body Of the great Engshan the news o.
whose departure from tins word all the wires OF the cont
mental lines busy In telling to the Kings and peoples
Lord Psmerston dead there after 81 OF lie hall
century OF spent in the thick Of Imperial business ten years
oft in ruling the Queens Fret Minister that land which
rules third Of the globe Very solemn and sad the lonely
light last MI Ia the front window Of Brockeit Hsthe rays
OF which M out into the chilly sky aud inward the
gray and honored head past az debates ell divisions all Affairs
of world QQt of them ALL he mekps
going from II Is like tho blank in the forest when
centuries old aud with leaves still upon it, down
to the ground.
To which can only add this That during the last
day of his life when his mind rambling, his talk
ran much upon how be should keep his birthdsyyes.
terday. HIS vitality was prodigous. Says The 7tle.
graph:
received al Bfocket Hall the Irish deputaon upon the
cattle disease though he very unwe and obliged
cline upon sofa all the time bat he at acted upon the
wishes his ystans IL he would have kept to that sofa he
might lyed but have said he was constant ter
his doctors by Of his energy although, when he
promised obey them, he kept HE word as If It had
been pledged to the House Of Common As rule, he en-
joyed superb bodily health and one Of the reasons
was, that. be It late OF early when he escaped escaped
from lsir. he always insisted upon giving himself
hours and half OF good sleep. ne c'ud no,
get away home m he babe bis servant. leave MN IN