| Show eary nary CLARENDON OUR telegrams today to day contain the tidings of of the demise of earl clarendon another of the old school of states men connecting the present with the past generation of which there are so few now left la europe the demise of the earl took place on sunday afternoon after a very brief illness having been seized on friday last with dysentery the tidings of the death of lord clarendon will cause surprise not unmixed with regret throughout the civilized world for lie he has been intimately associated with the politics ot of england and europe for the last forty years from hrom the new american encyclopedia we condense the following particulars tic ulars concerning this nobleman george william frederick villiers earl eshi of clarendon and baron hyde of hindon was born january 1800 and was waa consequently in his year he was the four thEarl clarendon and was waa first known in the political world in the year 1833 when under the administration of lord grey he was appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to spain spain being then ih a state of anarchy the duties devolving upon the british minister were of a delicate and onerous character but the course of clarendon then mr villiers was so satisfactory that four years yeara after he was eulogized by palmerston rahn pahn erston in a speech on the foreign affairs of england he succeeded to the peerage on the deatle death of his uncle which took place in 1838 10 and in the following year took his sest seat in the house of lords as earl clarendon in 1839 he became lord privy beal seal under the administration of lord melbourne and in the following year yea was made a chancel chancellor lor of the duchy y of lancaster on the accession robert robent peel in ih 1841 he retired 1 from born the government but ho he was an advocate of the corn law repeal and other liberal measures inaugurated during peels feels administration in 1847 when lord john russell bussell became first lord of the treasury lord clarendon was appointed president of the board of trade which office he occupied only a short time being transferred in the same year from that position to the lord lieutenancy of ireland at that time ireland was in a state of excitement the short lived effort at rebellion of smith obrien obreen len ien being then on hand the discontent of the people being also greatly increased by the famine which bet set in about that time the moderate course pursued by the lord lieutenant made mado him unpopular with both parties and it was also denounced in the house of lords jn in 1852 clarendon was relieved of his position as governor of ireland and in the following year was called to the department of foreign affairs by lord aberdeen then at the head of the british government he retained this position through the administration of 0 aberdeen and that of his successor lord palmerston during the crimean war and took a prominent part in the peace conferences at paris in 1855 in his intercourse as british foreign minister he was fortunate invariably giving satisfaction to the power of which he was the representative as well as to those with whom he was negotiating goti atIn he retired from the foreign office I 1 in n gi 1858 but has held that position again for several years past in his hia transact transactions lons ions with the united states government satisfactory results have not attend attended dd his labors the alabama claims have been up for settlement on several occasions during his term of office but they are still seemingly as far from a satisfactory adjustment aa as before negotiations in relation to them commenced it may bo be that under the administration of his hia successor they will meet with a final settlement clarendon married in 1839 ria hia death removes another of those old standards which in agea ages to come will be looked looked upon as landmarks in tle the political system of europe in the struggles and progress of its various nationalities during g the last forty years A |
