Death of a British Statesman.

THE announcement of the death of Lord St. Aldwyn follows the sad end of his son and heir who was killed in action last week. Although the Tory statesman was India-posed for sometime there can be no doubt that the death of his heir hastened his own end. He was 79 years of age, and naturally the strain was too much for him. Till lately he was regular in his attendance in Parliament, and took a leading part in the debate on the retrenchment of civil expenditure Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, as Lord St. Aldwyn was popularly known amongst the ablest of Lord Salisbury's colleagues. He came to prominence first in 1868 as Under Secretary in the Home Department and Secretary in the Home and Secretary of the Poor Law Board in Disraeli's Ministry. In 1874 when Disraeli returned to power he became Secretary of Ireland.