“ News was received by his family in London yesterday of the death at sea, at the age of 63, of Mr William Beatty Kingston, the journalist, and also well known as a writer of libretti and other musical works, Mr Kingston had for some time past suffered from diabetes, and he went a short sea voyage a fortnight ago hoping to recuperate. Mr Kingston who was born in London in 1837, was like his father, originally in the Public Record Office, but in 1856 he quitted official life and became attached to the Austrian Consular service. ”