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June . —Bno . GENERAL JACKSON . —The term of General Jackson ' s eventful life closed on Sunday the 8 th instant , at six o ' clock . On Sunday morning the report reached Nashville that he had expired , owing to his having fainted away , in the attempt to remove him from his chair to his bed ; he , however , recovered for a few hours . A short time before his death he took an affectionate leave of his friends and domestics , retaining to the last his senses and intellect unclouded . He expired with the
utmost calmness , expressing the highest confidence in a happy immortality through a Redeemer . General Andrew Jackson was born March 14 , 17 G 7 , and died June 8 , 1845 , in his 78 th year . June 20 . —BROTHER COLONEL RUSHBROOKE . —Col . Rushbrooke , M . P . for the Western division of Suffolk , expired at twenty minutes past six , after an illness of only a few days . Colonel Rushbrooke was first elected for AVest Suffolk in 1835 in conjunction with Mr . H . Watsonancl has
, , , from that period , successively been returned for that county to the House of Commons . He was a zealous supporter of Conservative principles . June 28 . —Buo . SIR WM . FOLLETT , Attorney-General , M . P . for Exeter , at . 48 . —At the house of his kinsman , Mr . Pennel ) , in the Regent ' s Park ; he was born at Topsham , near Exeter , and was the son of B . Follett , Esq . Lady Follett , his wife , with two daughters ancl four sonsthe youngest hut thirteen months oldsurvive him . At fifteen
, , years of age he entered at Trinity , Cambridge , and at twenty took the degree B . A ., and shortly after was initiated in the Scientific Lodge . In 1814 he became a membei of the Inner Temple ; in 1821 commenced as special pleader , and was called to the bar in 1824 ; in 1834 was appointed Solicitor-general , and on the promotion of Sir Frederick
Pollock ( also a Mason ) in 1844 , he became Attorney-General . Sir William Follett was buried in the Temple Church ; the funeral was attended by Lords Lyndhurst , Brougham , Carnarvon , Langdale , Sir Robert Peel , Sir James Graham , and many distinguished members of the church , the senate , ancl the bar . So brilliantly successful was his career , that although his family was large , Sir William left them all handsomely provided foi .
July 17 . — EARL GREY—The amiable , the venerable Earl Grey expired at Howick , at twenty minutes past eight o ' clock . He was the last of that glorious band which , headed by ITox and Sheridan , upheld the cause of the people in those dark ancl gloomy days when the service of the people was a service of danger . He was the last of the historical statesmen . His name is associated with that of great men—Burke , PittFoxSheridan ; it is associated also with great princiles . He was
, , p no expediency man ; he sacrificed , for upwards of thirty years , all hopes of office—at a time , too , when the emoluments of office would have been most acceptable to him—rather than sacrifice for an instant the cause of Parliamentary reform , to which he had devoted his life ; and at last , when he did accept office , his first great measure was the Reform Bill . The late Earl was initiated at Cambridge , in the Scientific Lodge . Charles Greyson of General Sir Charles Grey , was born 1764 and educated at
, , Eton and at Cambridge . In 1786 he was returned to Parliament for the county of Northumberland , and immediately joined the Whig party , then in opposition , under Fox . In 1801 , during the winter of ivhich year his father was raised to the peerage as Lorcl Grey of Howick , he distinguished himself in Parliament by his opposition to the union with
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June . —Bno . GENERAL JACKSON . —The term of General Jackson ' s eventful life closed on Sunday the 8 th instant , at six o ' clock . On Sunday morning the report reached Nashville that he had expired , owing to his having fainted away , in the attempt to remove him from his chair to his bed ; he , however , recovered for a few hours . A short time before his death he took an affectionate leave of his friends and domestics , retaining to the last his senses and intellect unclouded . He expired with the
utmost calmness , expressing the highest confidence in a happy immortality through a Redeemer . General Andrew Jackson was born March 14 , 17 G 7 , and died June 8 , 1845 , in his 78 th year . June 20 . —BROTHER COLONEL RUSHBROOKE . —Col . Rushbrooke , M . P . for the Western division of Suffolk , expired at twenty minutes past six , after an illness of only a few days . Colonel Rushbrooke was first elected for AVest Suffolk in 1835 in conjunction with Mr . H . Watsonancl has
, , , from that period , successively been returned for that county to the House of Commons . He was a zealous supporter of Conservative principles . June 28 . —Buo . SIR WM . FOLLETT , Attorney-General , M . P . for Exeter , at . 48 . —At the house of his kinsman , Mr . Pennel ) , in the Regent ' s Park ; he was born at Topsham , near Exeter , and was the son of B . Follett , Esq . Lady Follett , his wife , with two daughters ancl four sonsthe youngest hut thirteen months oldsurvive him . At fifteen
, , years of age he entered at Trinity , Cambridge , and at twenty took the degree B . A ., and shortly after was initiated in the Scientific Lodge . In 1814 he became a membei of the Inner Temple ; in 1821 commenced as special pleader , and was called to the bar in 1824 ; in 1834 was appointed Solicitor-general , and on the promotion of Sir Frederick
Pollock ( also a Mason ) in 1844 , he became Attorney-General . Sir William Follett was buried in the Temple Church ; the funeral was attended by Lords Lyndhurst , Brougham , Carnarvon , Langdale , Sir Robert Peel , Sir James Graham , and many distinguished members of the church , the senate , ancl the bar . So brilliantly successful was his career , that although his family was large , Sir William left them all handsomely provided foi .
July 17 . — EARL GREY—The amiable , the venerable Earl Grey expired at Howick , at twenty minutes past eight o ' clock . He was the last of that glorious band which , headed by ITox and Sheridan , upheld the cause of the people in those dark ancl gloomy days when the service of the people was a service of danger . He was the last of the historical statesmen . His name is associated with that of great men—Burke , PittFoxSheridan ; it is associated also with great princiles . He was
, , p no expediency man ; he sacrificed , for upwards of thirty years , all hopes of office—at a time , too , when the emoluments of office would have been most acceptable to him—rather than sacrifice for an instant the cause of Parliamentary reform , to which he had devoted his life ; and at last , when he did accept office , his first great measure was the Reform Bill . The late Earl was initiated at Cambridge , in the Scientific Lodge . Charles Greyson of General Sir Charles Grey , was born 1764 and educated at
, , Eton and at Cambridge . In 1786 he was returned to Parliament for the county of Northumberland , and immediately joined the Whig party , then in opposition , under Fox . In 1801 , during the winter of ivhich year his father was raised to the peerage as Lorcl Grey of Howick , he distinguished himself in Parliament by his opposition to the union with