NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3048, 21 November 1878, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

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The death of Sir T. M. Biddulph, a« trusty and judicious a servant as the Queen ever had, has been followed by the'dea'thi '« of an ex-Lord Chancellor, the President of the Royal Academy; 'and an e'eeentrie; - well known, and popular member of the , House of Commons! Lord Chelnitfbrd ' was not remarkablei for-being a profound lawyer, but he had Been a great advo-' cate, he ' had -been much involved in the political events of the last fifty years, and with the. exception, of Lord Erskine, he *was probably the only lawyer^ ir><r, bO-'f ginning life as a midshipman, had ended' it by reaching the Woolsack. Sir Francis Grant was a popular portrait-painter, of pleasant presence, good-connections, and courtly and ' charming manner.. > ,Mr < Whalley was the fanatical jrad; honest' believer in Arthur Ortoa and the übiquity of Jesuit machinations. The newspapers disagree iv their estimate? of, Jus worth. " He was not," says the Daily Telegraph, " cne of those of whoni we 1 can say; ' wie; could have better spared a* btetter/ioan.'" "The House of Comm<MU,": t writes the; Standard, " will probaWy tey,' Wfieoold have better spared a better uum.'"'i - obituab7 op thb Mo^ita.—Dowager Lady Cooper; J. Hilton, F.K.8., F.&.G.5.; Sir M. H. Murray, Bart.; Hon. Caroline < Jlushout; Lady James Ferguson; 1 Dr< Guthrie, Sir Eicbard Gri&tns; the Earl' of Dysart; J. Perm, C.E.; Sir Oeorge* Colthurst•; Sir J. J. Chalk; LordChelmiford ; Sir Francis Grant; Mr. Whalley, M.P.; Mr G. Thompson, late M.P.- .