The Duke of Bo iled was att.:wield by apoplexy on Friday

last : be never spoke after the fit, and died on Sunday , at his seat in Seetland. The Duke of Boiled was att.:wield by apoplexy on Friday last : be never spoke after the fit, and died on Sunday , at his seat in Seetland.

The Dutchess of Bedftwd. Ladies Georgiana and Rachel, Lorie Cosmo and Alexander Russell, were at Doane and present at their parent's death. 1 lis Grace was seventy-three years old. There is no Charles Fox to pronounce a funeral oration in the House of Commons upon the death of Jelin Duke of Bedford ; though the late Duke deserved to be conenemerated by a Whig orator of the old school, as inuelt as his predecessor, Francis ; for, though an unobtru- eive politician, on several occasions he exhibited that independence of character and disclaiu of Court influence on which the Russells were wont to pride themselves ; and even in modern times of Whig corrup- tion from contact with othee, it is pleasant to observe that the Russell family arc- not, like the Ellietes and Ponsonhys, the everlasting claim- ants of phiee :toad petreeeee.

We take free: the dr 2,..; /13 ,■,:,40 a sketch of the llfe and charac- ter of the rites:, eel Ly a f--: hand ; fully concurring in the mote) prefieed to the , eery- nothes Il,iee ore:dit."

"n1: I) es. I; as La: he a already stated, it) the seventy-fourth year 6i. first daViter of Lonl Torrington, he INN left three so-, o'ae. ad- ,Ifficiently known. Be his S. TOI1,1 wife, daughter

of the Dr::: of I tee' a hole. seed, yminger than Iiimsele he has left a numereu I iiy , 4 velsse feint Wriotliesky, the eldest, is in the Church; Lord Chstee, )1.1'. fa: Bedfordshire; a daughter, Lady Louisa, is married to the Marquis of Abereers ; awl the sons are principally in the Army and

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Toth:mat:et V. 'eh ill" 1111:1,11, a it y brotImr; much of his attention, as

well as that of dy, henevol-ttet., in which it is said they estesel test-. I.:se-, of th,hr meani. In the year It+02, on the

suddet. death OF hi.- Id.o.l.cr It:, tilt, title, removed to the prineie :! family c.,1 It W,,b.11%,, tril FIlrr1111 the present Dowager Dutchess.

At Vu eleirn was the lareest postioe of year iment up to his lamented death ; and it it pri:w;palls- a: a eoantry nobleman and landlord that this bumble sketch is ntemlerl to exhibit

e politics 1,,1/y ic ili.mk,011 in a few words. The Duke was a consistent 'Old Vu lily; mol his pi will therefore be rimed through the colouring of each la, ees i■ :Oaf:: • 7. li,1 it V.-it vcr attempted to Ix. denied that his conduct e.)...s: -ti. Interes in fact, he had little 0C- Ca141011 for; me! if he ha I, he wa - not the ma.. to cringe or compromise. A Revolittioni,t eertainly never was in the least degree. One proof of which wax, that in the most prilotti time he was active in raising and commanding a

squadron of volunteer cavalry. Nor was he at all a latitudinarian in religion. The chapel of Woburn, which, amongst greater alterations, he ornamented with organ, altar-piece, and communion-plate, had his presence at the service, including the sacrament; and holiest and deserving clergymen either Ortho- dox or evangelical, had his patronage, as also religious societies. In edueatioa it is well known that Ile coincided with Lord Brougham. Bit principles were vindicated from sonic attacks in your paper a very short time before his death (October 1st.) An old charity school at Woburn, founded by his family, was extended by him, and two or three other schools were established by himself or the Dutehess.

The Duke was characterized by it strong natural reserve, except when in his family or .familiar society, which was often supposed to partake of

hauteur. But of the offensive quality of this feeling, which Ins any wish to give pain or any pleasure in making inferiority felt, he had not an hes, Ise was not the man to whom Sterne addre.ssed his piercing rebuke, thou art rich, aad standest deified by a numerous tribe of cringing expectants. What then? Art thou proud, because they are hungry?' It, however, any embarrassment was felt from difference of station, no honest person, of any rank, kored the Duke, because they knew he was fuse and what is even better, merciful. Ile Vai also a flu-giving man. If he considered that he had experienced diirespect or offence, the party on expressing asknowledgment amh regret was restored to Ins favour and kindness.

" The Duke, though not a showy, was a sound man. Amongst other things, he was a good classical sshular. An eminent Conservative Bishop (Dr. Kaye, of Lint:0110111:v remember a circumstance, (related to the writer hy a gentle- man intimately connected with a London Conservative paper,) that on passing a day or two in company with the Duke, lie WaS actually surprised at the great fluency of historical and general knowletlee which his Grace displayed.

" Agriculture materially engaged the first twelve years of his dukedom. It was then a fashionable subject—when noble hands would 'handle sheep.' But there is no doubt that much solid and permanent good is the practical teseit Many eau recollect the stirring festivities of' the °burn s 1Np-shearing; the disuse of which, however less necessary it had become, was much regretted at the same time. The excitement and benefit at Woburn, duriug the three davs, neerle tin:tiled that of the Feslintoun Tournament.

it In Devonshire, as well as in Bedfordshire and everywhere else where he hal elates, the Duke was reckoned, even by persons of the most opposite prin- ciples, a good landlord.' Comfortable and occasionally ornamental cottages were built for the poor, and let at a low rate. Of the new Poor-Liw—a sub- ject on which so much honest differencut of opinion exists, and on which the writer regrets that he differetl from the Duke, or to speak more honestly, that the Duke differed frotn him—he believes him to have been a conscientious but by no means out-and-out supporter. In fact, the tenor of his disposition must have been rather to mitigate than to ' strain. " For many emirs previous to the year 1816, the Duke had made many. ors namental additions to the noble domain of Woburn. About this period he visited Italy, &c_ for two years, and formed that splendid collection of sta- Mary sculpture and ancient relic, which tills the Sculpture Gallery, formerly the greenhouse, a noble apartment, with its adjunct 200 feet bug, at Wobum abbey. Hero are to be seen, not only SOIlle Of the finest productions of the chisel of the amiable Canova, Westniacott, esc., but a really- fine and full cols lection of ancient seulpture, vases, torsi, &c., some with perfect and interests ing inscriptions, which is hardly to be excelled by- any private collection in Europe. An account was published in a large folio volume, privately

printed, by Dr. Hunt ; and another in History of Woburn, the Abbey, and the Russell Family,' published in 1831. A. very handsome triumphal arch entrance to the park had heel' erected sonic years before. His Grace's patron- age of British painters and artists is well known, if' only from the engraving of Ilayter's picture ' Lord William Russell's Trial,' for which the Duke gave him a commission of 1,500 guineas. " In the year 18:30, the Duke rebuilt in a very handsome anti permanent manner Covent Garden Market, which belongs to the Russell family, at an expense of40,000/. ; forming a very desirable improvement to the Metropolis.

" The Duke has left a blessed example of private charity anti kindness ; the details of which, though some of them may appear simple, are very worthy of record and imitation. At Woburn, which, of course, was not the whole or largest field of his benevolence, soup was given to the poor weekly. Wine was

given to them, on application, in sickness. Fuel was sold to them at reduced P1 ces during the winter. The privilege of once a week picking up and carry. lag home the collected fallen NVO0a in the noble park of 3,500 acres, abound- ing in trees, was much .greater than a stranger could suppose. Every Christ- mas 100 guineas was given to the clergyman of the parish, to be distributed in meat, fuel, and clothing. Perhaps there was never a case, public or private, fairly brought before the Duke, that be did not respond to more or less, accord- ing to his opinion ; and if his benevolence was never excessive, it was steady— it could be calculated on. To the writer's knowledge, one of the last letters he could have written was one of active kindness, and that where his patience bad been rather severely. taxed. No doubt his charities will be continueti by his successor, on whom may the mantle of his benevolence fully fall.

"A good, mild, and merciful spirit—one of those which can ill be spared— has been withdrawn from this mot•tal scene. An ol(1 mall, of the mighty of the lamb after all honourable career, has been gathered, full of years, to his fathers. Peace be with him h—not in the Roman, but in the true Catholic tense of the universal feeling of mankind. Gently- may the earth lie on his mourned body! and pleasant be his waking by the 'quiet waters,' where the conditions of blissful reunion are faith, love, mercy, brotherly kindness, and charity. p.” [Though unmentioned here, it will not be forgotten, that the Duke of Bedford gave 100 guineas to Hone, prosecuted by a Tory Govern- ment, in 1818.] The death of the Duke of Argyll is also announced. It occurred suddenly, on Tuesday, at Inverary Castle : his Grace, who had been riding in the morning, fell off his chair at dinner, in an apoplectic fit, quite dead. The following long list of the late Duke's titles and ap- pointments is given in the newspapers-

" The Most Noble George William Campbell was Duke and Earl of Argyll, Marquis of Lorn and Kintyre, Earl of Campbell and Cowal, Viscount of Ludlow and Glenilla, Baron Campbell, and Baron of Loris Inverary, Mull, Morven and Tiry, in the Peerage a Scotland; Baron Sun:fridge and 'Hamil- ton, in t'he Peerage of Great Britain ; a 0.C.B. ; a Privy Councillor ; Keeper or the Great Seal of Scotland; Ileritahle Master of the Royal Household in that country ; Keeper of Dusistalinage and Cat-rick ; Lord-Lieutenant, Vice Admiral of the Coast, and *Hereditary Sheriff of Argyllshire ; Lord Steward of her Majesty's household; one of the Keepers of the Crown and Regalia of Scotland; and an Official Trustee of the British Museum."

All these honours and emoluments were heaped upon a man whose chief public merit was his adherence to the Whig party ; and whose only other known or memorable distinctions were, his rarely opening, more rarely answering letters, and an habitual repugnance to the pay- ment of his debts.

Lord John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell, brother of the de- ceased, succeeds to the Dukedom. He has a son, born on the Ilth of June 1821, now Marquis of Lorn.

princess Lieven has arrived in Paris, and, will occupy a suite of apartments in the house of the late Prince Talleyrand, during the Vinter.

Earl Granville reached the British Embassy in Paris on Sunday.

A commission has been appointed resume in Paris negotiations for a commercial treaty with France. Mr. Bulwer and Mr.M`Gregor are the Commissioners.

The once celebrated Beau Brummell is now in a madhouse, at Caen, in Normanby, subsisting on charitable contributions front former friends in England.

Lord Hill has issued a "general order" calling attention to one issued on the 18th of January 1810, prohibiting officers from receiving any compliment " by means of presents of plate, swords," &c. from the soldiers serving under them. The occasion of this order was the pre- sentation.of an address by the Sergeants of the First Battalion of floral Fusileers, to Captain Orr, when that officer was promoted from an adju- tancy to a company.

Mr. Lansdowne Moore, the poet's son, is now senior ensign of the Twenty-second.—Limerich Chronicle.