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The old Duke of Beaufort, who died on Monday at his seat in Gloucestershire, is succeeded in his title and estates by the ci-devant Marquis of Worcester ; whose eldest son, now the II Iarquis, is twelve years old. The late Duke was a Knight of the Garter, Lord-Lieu- tenant of the counties of Gloucester, Monmouth, and Brecon, Colonel of the Monmouthshire Militia, Constable of St. Briaval's Castle, and Warden of the Forest of Dean. The Liberal Ministers have thus several appointments in their gift ; it remains to be seen how they will dis- pose of them. It is to be hoped that they will not commit the egregious folly of preferring a Tory to a Reformer in any instance. If there is no resident Whig Peer in Brecon or Monmouthshire, let them choose some Commoner of property for the Lord-Lieutenantcy ac-
cording to the sensible Tory practice. In Gloucestershire they can be at no loss,—either Lord Segrave or Lord Ducie might very properly be the Lord-Lieutenant of that county. And we hope that they will not choose a more lukewarm Reformer than the Duke of Hamilton for the vacant Garter.
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