We regret much to observe the announcement of the death
of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, of Kier, M.P. for Perthshire, which took'place on Tuesday at Venice, after an illness of eight days, from typhus fever and congestion of the lungs. Sir William Stirling-Maxwell was one of the most kindly and generous, as
well as one of the ablest and most accomplished of the great Scotch landowners. He was a successful author, his." Cloister Life of Charles V." having attracted the attention and admiration of genuine historians. Moreover, his artistic judgment -was one of the most refined and trustworthy in England, and though in politics avowedly Conservative, his nature was so little of the partisan's that in critical periods he held almost the position of an umpire, in whose impartiality both parties felt more than usual confidence. We can ill afford to lose the help of men of judgment so sound and fine, or of students of literature at once so discriminating and so munificent.
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