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Comas Mor.E expired at his family seat of
Champalatrena, on Friday last, Nerpr. 23, in the
seventy-fifth year of his age. The cause of his
death was a sudden attack of epOplexy, and he 'lO
remained up to the last in thelr‘jpyment of re
prk-
able health and spirits. The deceased no§r. an
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was the son of President Mole, who fell a vio to
the first French revolution, at the early age of thirty.
four; but sufficient property appears to havo been
saved from the wreck of his family fortunes to enable
the young Mole to pursue his studies at the Central
School of Public Works, afterwards known as the
Polytmchnio School. In the year 1806 he attracted
the attention of Napoleon by his •' Essays upon
Politics and Morality," which were of a highly
absolutist cast, and be was appointed by him Auditor
of the Council of State. He was faithful to the last
to the Bonapartist dynasty, but continued in *Moe

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under the Bourbons, by whom he was nominated a
pear of France. He opposed the measures of Prince
Follette, and, after the Revolution of 1830, he was
appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. Shortly after
this he was elevated to the post of Prime Minister,
of which he was at length dispossessed by the exer-
tions of Guizot and Thiers. Count Mole then retired
into private life, sind though elected a member of the
Legislative Assembly he took very little part in their
proceedings. The family of Count Mole was of that
rank known as the." nobility of the robe," but his
ancestors were gentlemen in the reign of Henri
Quatre. Talent was hereditary in the family, and
apparently, also, the legal love of order, constitution-
alism, and estinakthr. The deceased was, indeed,
almost the last link remaining among French statel•
men between the old and the new regime—combin-
ing the high-bred tone and monarchical principles of
the one with much of that philosophic liberalism
which is characteristic of the other. But, while he
accepted each successive change in the governing
system of France as a political neoessit3, he cannot
be accused of ever having swerved from his own
original opinions. It is an interesting fact that
at the close of his long and varied career he
should have renewed his relations with the ancient
dynasty, and should have departed from life, as
he began it, a supporter of the old monarchy of
France. In his theological opinions Count Mole
inclined to the Ultramontane party, and, from his
high character, great abilities, and illustrious position,
must have been esteemed one of the stoutest pillars
of the Church. His loss is well nigh irreparable
both to his party and to France.

Corrtspolatntt.

WHO 13 MR. BUTT ?
TO THE EDITOR OF "THE PRESS."

Sir,—Among Conservative politicians in this neigh-
bourhood some astonishment has been excited by
certain articles in the Standard, London newspaper,
coupling the name of a Mr. Butt with those of Lord
Stanley and Sir E. B. Lytton, and recommending the
trio to join Lord Palmerston's Administration. Can
you tell me what this means, and who the important
Mr. Batt is? If the whole be intended as a joke, it
is so recondite a one that the best guesser of riddles
in this neighbourhood cannot make it out.—Sir, your
most obedient servant, CLERICUS.
PS. The Guardian alludes to the subject,
without, however, throwing any light upon it.
Axminster, Nov. 29.

[lt is not for us to pretend to comprehend the
meaning of our grave and occasionally eccentric
contemporary, the Standard. But we will endeavour
to answer the question concerning Mr. Butt.
We presume the person alluded is Mr. Isaac
Batt, who at the last election was elected for
Yonghal, by a narrow majority, on Conservativo
principles. A petition was presented against his
return, but was subsequently withdrawn. Since
that time Mr. Butt has taken but a subordinate
part in any debate, but has distinguished himself by
constantly supporting with his votes the Government
he was elected to oppose.
Lord Stanley is a statesman, and Sir E. L. Bulwer
an orator; and we have seen very lately in the case
of, at all events, one of those eminent personages,
that there do exist grave objections, on the
,score of principle, to the adoption of that course
Iscommended by the Standard. Mr. Butt is neither
laiatesman nor an orator, and perhaps holds views
~peculiar to himself on political principle. There
can, therefore, be no sort of reason, so far as we
•Inow, why Mr. Butt should not, if be pleases, devote
his services for the remainder of the present Parlia-
ment to Lord Palmerston o,ny one else that he
may prefer.—Ed. PaEss]. „

A PROPOSAL TO ERECT A MONUMENT TO FEAROUS
l'Obillttitia been entertained at Nottingham. A
ifselii ' *ii '.tits' tteld'arider the auspices of Mr. Alder-
MAW' igll,44titfieedlittions proposed by Mr. Ernest
Jones ere d, kid a committee appointed.
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IptEE it IA stated, which had entered into
'lgoe contracts with Government for articles of neces-
sity for carrying on the war, have received notice to
cease from an,yfurther prosecution of their contracts
for three mot#l4at or until further notice.
THE MOUNTGARRET PEERAGE question bas been
decided by her Ms,jestor ordaining that the daughters
of the late Hon. Henry Butler shall enjoy the same
title and precedence as it' the deceased had survived
his late brother, Edmund Earl of Kilkenny and Vis-
(want Mou,ntgarret.