Sir William Tyrrell is to succeed Lord 'Crewe as H.M.'s
Ambassador at Paris. Lord Crewe has deserved the gratitude of both Great Britain and France for great services, and we tender our thanks to him. He and Lady Crewe showed great public spirit in going to Paris at a time when private sorrow might have excused a refusal of official work. They have represented the King with tact and dignity, and the Foreign Office has found the Ambassador an excellent diplomatist, some- times amid great difficulties, particularly those which occasionally arose in the Conference of Ambassadors. His love of a thorough-bred horse, though not so pro- nounced as Lord Derby's, won him friends in some French circles, but it was breaking new and very valuable ground when the French found that a British Ambassador could deliver at the Sorbonne an address of admirable culture, and could take the interest of a litterateur in the cite universitaire. It is over forty years since he first held political office and nearly as long since he was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. After so much public work we hope he may have long leisure during which he will exercise his literary powers.
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