The Sun. — 1842-08-12 (London, England)

DECEASE OF LORD BERWICK.—We have the melancholy duty to announce in our obituary this day the decease of the Right Hon. William Noel Lord Berwick, of Attingham Hall, which event took place at his estate, in Hampshire, on Thursday. His Lordship was the second son of Noel the first Lord Berwick, by Anne, daughter of Henry Vernon, Esq., of Hilton, in the county of Stafford. He was born in 1773, in London, educated at Cambridge, and succeeded his eldest brother, the Right Hon. Thomas Noel Lord Berwick, in the peerage, Nov. 3, 1832. The late Lord Berwick was elected one of the representatives for the town of Shrewsbury on the 12th of July, 1796, having sustained a contest against his relative, John Hill, Esq., of Frees, a brother to Sir Richard Hill, Bart., of Hawkstone, which stands perhaps unparalleled in the annals of electioneering for spirit and expenditure, having, it is supposed, cost the parties little short of one hundred thousand pounds—and is still mentioned as the memorable 96 election. He was subsequently re-elected on the 16th of November, 1802—December 15th, IFo6—and again, June 22d, 1807. He was afterwardi chosen Envoy at Naples, and was a member of the Corporation of Shrewsbury until the passing of the Municipal Act, in 1835. Soon after the decease of his brother he returned to the ancestral mansion at Attingham-hall, near Shrewsbury, where he has since continued to reside. He was, from early life, attached to antiquities, para. cularly to those connected with Shropshire, and had formed a large collection of manuscripts, drawings, and other works relating to its topograpil. ilis Lordship was unmarried, ar.d is succeeded in his title and estates by his youngest brother, the -Hon. and Rev. Richard Noel Hill, M.A., Rector of Berrington, in this county ; and it may be remarked as a somewhat uncommon occurrence, for three brothers in succession to take the title of their father. The late Lord will be interred in the family vault at Atchatu, near Shrewsbury.—Sulopian Journal. A person named Tarier, returning, on the 19th, from person on horseback, with considerable property in money and notes, belonging to M. Bedin, a notary, was fired at from the side of a little wood, and hit in the head. lie fell immediately lifeless from his horse, and the animal, frightened at the shot. gallopped off at great si•eed. A carman, who heard the report, inunediat6)bcgan cracking his whip, and the assas6in took to flight, leaving behind him a double-barrelled gun, of which one of the barrels Has still loaded, and ft woman's. dress, with which he intended to disguise himself. Some other persons coming up, it was determined to surround the wood and seek for the murderer. This was done, and a man, named Gardet, only three months out. of prism., Was arrested.  A dinner was given by several- members of the House of Commons at the Clarendon Hotel, on Saturday to Lord Mahon and Mr. Sergeant Tallburd, to ewlebrate the passing of the Copyright Bill, at which Lord Monteagle (in the absence of the Chancellor, who was prevented by inditposition from attending) presided. Amongst the company present were Lord (.)ainpbeil, Lord Lyttelton, Lord Ashley, the Attorney-Qeneral, the Bight Hun. W.,1:. Cilialbtkaae, awl Sir ituward  EMIGRATION !—Everybody should ask for .4 AMI'RiCA and ENGLAND; in. the E:,11GisANT'S