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Show FK0U rvLL MALL ,nD0iiS. lord Sidney, whose death occurred oc-curred ItWdk,wasatrrectj.rci-menofthe ItWdk,wasatrrectj.rci-menofthe aristocratic, as ojirKKcd tutlieeera He courtier. Ilu had filled fill-ed every variety of liotuchold cfllcr, and was nti uneriualcd authority on mwtions of prevrdeuce, rank, title andetiquLtte. llcwasakoashrewd man of busiuui-, and even uheu lit WASoutofofilce was much consulted consult-ed by the queen about tho management manage-ment aud uonicaitic economy of the royal household. Thelord steward's department Is chronically bankrupt, and its working expenses are onlv met by savings in the department of the master of the horse. This adjust mtnt of receipts aud liabilities, aud the couM-quent shifting of rcsj-oni-bihty from onuietefollIelaU toan-otlier, toan-otlier, gites ri-c to a bojtof difllcult problems, in nhcili Lord Sydney's dexterity, perfected bj long practice, prac-tice, was of eentlal ser Ice. Lord Sydney was a staunch Protestant and n resolute foe of ritualistic in-novntlon; in-novntlon; and circumstances sometimes some-times madu him a kind cf lay bbhop on a rtiiall scale. As lord chamberlain chamber-lain in two administrations, he had official control of the chapels royal; and when Sir. Gladstone made Lord Kenmarc, who is a Ito-mau Ito-mau Catholie, lord chi mbcrlain, he delegated his cccltsiastital functions func-tions lo his highly Protestant colleague, col-league, the lord Mew -ml. In ptrMiii Ixinl bjdney "looked the character' to perfection. ut was erect and portly, witli fair features, fea-tures, carefully trimmed whisker, and the dress and manners of a fine gentleman of the Ilcgcncy. Yet, "iti spite of all temptations to belong to other" political parties, ho was a consistent and progretsltc Liberal, tnd an unfailing (though latterly a rather alarmed) supporter of Sir. Gladstone, who was- constantly his guest in Cleveland Square, at Deal Castle, and in the lord steward's official pew la the chapel royaL tord bydnej "a titles become extinct ex-tinct by hii dttth, and his citatcs in Kent, which are of no great extent, ex-tent, pass (tubject to Lady bydney's life interest) to his nephew, the Hon. Robert ilarsham. The conrlab.ehhlppf Deal Ca.tle is a pleasant plee-e of patronage which the queen keeps In lur own hand?, and will probably brttow on some meritorious gentleman who wants a gratuitous residence on the until Ii mtst- Kor tbe lord lieutenancy of Kent there will be Hervo competition among the Tory magnates of tbe county. Lord Abergavenny Is a formidable claimant, from his In-ratiable In-ratiable thirst for honors, and his kntck of tliru'tln rivaN on one fide. And -Xord Darnley, Ixird Sack vllle, and Lord Amherst will all put iu clalav; but Uie general ftvorite, In both fenwsof the term, N liorrl bt-inhope, a good man of liU-IncsF, unlversal'y liked and n.-epected. n.-epected. Of Lord Lamington Ihcre Is little to cay that has net been raid already. An amiable, accomplished, and high principled gentleman, his sole title to fame was that Lord lieacons-field lieacons-field drew a ludicrous caricature of him in the cleverest of all his poll I -al novel. The character of Jtuck-hun-t in "Conlngsby," read with the'Ttecolh-ctlons of the Dandles" in Jtlachcuxt, gives a fair notion of tho career aud qualities of the Unit Lord Lamincton. The evergreen Duke of Rutland is now, I believe, the sole Mirvivor of "Young England." He Is an honorable and excellent nobleman, and is endeared to hundreds of his countrymen, who never taw his face, by tho lyrical extravagances extrava-gances of his early youth. A certain couplet on the value of the nobility Is too well know n to bear reproduction; but the same Rn produced another coup!ct,whlch j I think, much less celebrated than it deserve to be. In a fine prophetic frcDzy the young lard of Belvoirceesagood time coming for the poor and the oppressed Seen ahall the lower orders once agala Feel the kind pressure of the social chain, Surely this Inspired couplet should becmbiaxoned in letters of gold on tho badge's and banners of the Primrose League. It is not often that a poet or a prophetjs permitted to see, so literal a realization of his dreams. In fcir Louis Halle t, wlio-e dcatli, acribed to Influenza, took place on the seventeenth, at llatb, the country coun-try lost one of the ruott efficient and rwpected, If not one of the most brilliant, of its permanent civil servants. He was tbo grandson of Mallet du Pau (one of the most thoughtful of the Frenchmen who have described for posterity tho phenomena of the Revolution which |