The Lady of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who had been seriously
ill, at Brighton, since her last confinement, was pronounced by her medical attendant to be in great danger on Wednesday night ; and we regret to add, this announcement was too soon followed by her death, on Thursday evening. The following particulars are supplied by the Morning Post— "It is stated that the earlier symptoms on the last occasion were not 1010 threatening as those that accompanied the former accouchement ; but they were, nevertheless, such as to give rise to much anxiety in the first instance, and ulti- mately to serious alarm. Within a day or two of her Ladyship's death, the danger visibly increased, and for sonic hours immediately previous to it there was scarcely any ground for hope. The infant is doing well, and likely to live—a painfully interesting reminiscence of the melancholy circumstances by which its birth has been acccanpanied. " It would be a mockery to speak of the feelings of Lord John : they can only be appreciated by those who have been unhappily called toendure a similar bereavement. The noble Lord's family have been unremitting in their solici- tude and attentions to the deceased lady. The Dutchess of Bedford was with her during the whole of Wednesday night, and leas, from the first, administered all the comfort that could be derived from the most affectionate kindness. " The late Lady John Russell—Adelaide, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Lister, Esq.—was born on the lath of September I507 ; and married, on the 9th of Felnuary 1826, to Thomas second and late Lord Biloblesdale, ht whom sloe had four childien—Thomae, the present Lord, burn 28th April 1828, and three daughters, the last Living been a pestleamona child. Iler Ladyship was married to Lord John Russell on the I I th of April IS*15 ; and has left two children—a daughter, born rith February 1836, and the infant 110W prematurely deprived of a mother's care."
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