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The Earl of Kerry, eldest son of the Marquis of Lansdowne, and Member for Caine, died at Lansdowne House, on Sunday. His com- plaint was that wasting away of the physical powers, called atrophy. Lord Kerry was not distinguished as a speaker in Parliament, but was considered a good man of business, and much liked for his amenity of manners and disposition. He was Chairman of the Committee on Education, and attended to the duties of that post very assiduously, as long as his health permitted. He was the personal friend of the late Lord Milton, and, like him, died prematurely. His age was twenty- five; and he had been married two years to Miss Augusta Ponsonhy, daughter of Lord Duncannon. By this lady lie had a daughter, but no sons; so his brother, Lord Henry Fitzmaurice Petty, succeeds to his title and the heirdom of the immense property of the Lansdowne family. A commission of lunacy, held at the Camden Arms Tavern, on Wednesday, has decided that Lord Viscount Forbes has been of un- sound mind, and incapable of managing his own affairs, since the 29th of September 1835. Lord Forbes is eldest son of the Earl of Granard, and Member for Longford. Ile voted with the Tories in the principal divisions of last session, within a short period of the ascertained corn. mencement of his insanity. Will the Speaker issue a new writ for Longford ?
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