16 DECEMBER 1871, Page 2

Lord Courtenay, the eldest son of the Earl of Devon,

passed on Saturday through the Bankruptcy Court. Lord Courteutty is. only thirty-five, but the debts were stated at the astounding sum of 2824,306, of which /567,6138 were secured and £256,63S unsecured. The mere interest upon that mass of waste would be, for the majority of middle-class men, a considerable fortune, and we fear Lord Courteuay's will be found not to be a solitary case. The temptation which induces a great noble to plunge into such a. slough of despond as this, and mortgage himself for life, is to ordinary minds almost inconceivable. No pleasure can be worth such a final " spill."