The Lats Duke Of Newcastle

i he ijí'y of Manclisriter brougbt news df thi: death oí' I ha Duku of Newoastle, oneofthe raost liberal and judieious of ilie ilass of abl statrsmen who tóllowd thc foriuiics of Sir liobört Peel. The deceiisod peor, Uer.ry PcUiain Clinton, was boni oa the 22d oí May, 1811, and he was coriequentlj in his fifty-'burth year. Ho was íoug known as a msosber of thc IIo'ii; of GöimnoQn, undt-r the litio íríf Lwi! Lincdli). He fu(u:eedi.'d his fatheiJ in the Üakedijtri' in 1857, and siiicc t ben ho Ims taken a leading part in varioiw govurniiícnts, first aa iaacretary ofStüto fór V;ir, and more reoenily as Secretary of State for llie Coloniea. Ho had hchi al different limes subordinate G'iverument positiorin in the suoces.sive govermneuts of Sir Robeit Peel. llis loya.1 adhereuoo lo tha lattor, when the Gonservatives deserted h:m, causad ari fistiangemeut betweeu the late Duke and 'oir. fathur. who wus aa extremo proteo tionist and Tory. This caiised him the loss of h is eat in the Oommans for South Nottuiglianishire, but through the influenco of tho Ilamilton farnily, Iqto wbtcl) the late Duke bad married, he was ejsctéd tor tho Falkifk burgh's in :■':■'■ 'Mvnd, and he sut for thesv; till he succeeded to the peerage. His dotnestie rláuaciá firéré uuhappy.. He got diyorced fiom bis wif'e in 1851, and reOTntiy oue of his childreu made fin unforUmate marriage. Those things doubt less aggravüted the complaint of which le died. His nanio, although not sueh as to rank Liiu wiih the foromost of Brit sh fttatesmüri will be remembored in conneotipD with Sidney, Lord lier b-.Tt., Lord Daüioiisie, Lord Elgio aod Lord Canning, uien who were Óatsest, h ui.-r, labonoua rather tban .brillianl. The Duko was possessed of emiaent discretiuri, and to thia vvasdue his sexi tio;i as the ciiief advief of ihiB Pri.-ite of Wales to this country.