New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-28

for his pleasantly. the genleness OF hrs manner
and,hc smar'ucss Of his rcpaftcc. lie hii at
t..aed tulcrable scholarship, was IN the iih orin
in 1898 The year N WHICH he ic't Eton' ana
wrn.e GOOD Latin verses, an accomplishment
which be. partially retained 10 his tst days FROM
E,on he went 10 Or.ei. and thee commenced
thai c,1t t:nr system OF %nich he soon became the
,..kcorJe,locd master. lie cat an old L,on &C
oq4ir,anre srnp7 because he bad entered at an
inferior collegc. and discontinued vls tag another
because he mad invited hrn IN meet 'Ta s'7'.ciis
Of hail vncd he was pirased II 'rf an
noyi.us f. ms studies ne affected - dfspisc
coi,ere 4 sluctoas. hu, ycs wrotc TO- the Ne'-
d;r.re Dnze and ,roGnced the second II poem.
Bat as vio!a;ion Of c0.lcge Tues was systematic
aid can,cnatuous he alwa's ordered h ln'se
q. hall iirne. was the author of h.l' The sGnlhS,
turned tame i.cki,. with haad on INTO thr
olaGrarcc to hur'e=aue the master. anf ireat'd
All proctnrs' and other rcnalnas with c"n'enp'
Suca. Al least. IS the character gwen him o} w
Lister n G-anhg.
But he was nou to commence new carecr.-
II 1894 ne was qaz"iref 10 crrreicy III thr lenth
Inssars. III cjft nf lis colonel the Pine" oi
W.les. Bummeli'a own account oi tins o1gin
nf his coD-t connections is that whea hoy II
E,on. he had been presented Ia The Prince, and
that his Subsequent intimacy grew ont o. the Prin-
re-. nntica on hat OCCASION. But friend n' his
told The hioorapher that ,hr Prince. iearng OF 'ha
voung Eton,an as second Seiwyn, had asked
him u his table, and given him the commission
- attach him 10 his service. This was arer1sFka-
HE distinction. and IN aRv othc- hands would have
h,en card of fortune He was then but sixteen ::
he was introduced al in:o the highest society
of fashion and he was the f4vorite companion
Of pr nee who required to be amused, delighted
in originality, and was fond of having the hand
sooest and pleas2nlcst men OF The age in his regl
'non'.
B-umme!l. though an elegant appendsge TO
the corps. was too mnch about the person OF the
Prince 10 be a diligent officer. The result was
that he was often late on parade, and did not III
WAYS know his own troop. However, he evaded
the latter difficulty in general, By ii conrivance
peculi.rly his own. One OF his men had large
b,ue.tinrcd nose When Brunmell arrived late,
he galloped bctwcen the squadrons till he saw
the blue nose. There he reincd up. and felt Sc
cure. Once, however, ii happened unfortunate
" that during his absence there was some change
made in the squadrons, and the place OF the blue
nose was shifted. Brummeli, on coming up late,
as usual, gaIloped in search of his beacon, and
having found his old friend he reincd up Mr..
Brummel" cried the Colonel, "you are with the
wrong iroop" 'No, no." said Btummell, con-
firming himsslf by the sight of the blue nose,
and adding in lower tone, Il know better than
that; a pretty thing, indeed, Ii | did not know
my own troop
Ills promotion was rapid for ne obtained
troop within three years, beng Captain in 1896.
Yetwithin two years he threw up his commission.
The ground Of this singular absuTdty is scarcely
~,
for anything which required any degree Of regu-
larty. The command of troop requires some
degree Of attention from the deat. He had tie
prospect OF competence from his fathers wealth /;
and ms absolute abhouencc of all exertion was
probably his chiei p:omptcr in throwing away The
remarkable advantages of his posiion--a position
from which the c1cr,ion Of moderate degree Of
intellectual vigor, nr even OF physical activity.
might have raised him 10 high rank in cithcs the
stale Or the army.
Of course, various readings Of his res gnalion
have been given some referred i: 10 his being
obliged to wear hair powder, which was then ccas-
ing 10 he f4shionabe: oihc:s, n:o'c probable. 30
an original love for doing nothing. The reason
which lie himsalfassigned, was conic and charac-
;erislc II was his DISGUST at the idea of benz
Guartc-cd for however short time, III a Tanu
featuring towa. An order arrived one even ng
for the hussars 20 move 10 MaEches.cr. Next
morning early he waited on the Prince. who, OK
pressing surprise at 4 visit at such an hru- from
him, was answered The fact =, yonr roya
hiehncsS. hc7rd tina; We arc ordered TO Manchcs-
ter New, YOU must BE- aware how d!sagrecahie
this would be to me; really cJ1jt 40. 90. Thia& !!
NqactsSt.r 3 sizes, you would not oe there
Save, therefore, wi;h yourpeTmisson. de'cfmlin-
e.; 10 sall out" .Oh, hy lime.ns. BIummeii."
said the Prince; g d. ynn pease.' And thus
he stripped hHse, ct the n'gnest oprprun'!y n
.be mos. snowy Of ail professions 5eio1c n "as
twenty.one.
lie now commenced wai IS c died The bachelor
lie OF England. lie took a hnu.e IN Cn.s;erIied
street. May Far; gavs small hu, exquisite q H.
ners invited men OF rank, and even the Prince
20 MS table: and avoiding extravagonce-fo7 hc
seldom, played and kept only par OF hoTses-
established himself Il refined v"Iuptuary.
Yet i0r ths cnnd dtion his means, though con.
siderable. II aided by profession. were obviously
insdsGn HIS tortune amounted only 10
$50 600, though In TINS something mast be added
for the sale OF his troop. HIS only resources
thenceforih must he play. opulcnt marriage
Nature aud art had been favorable 10 him his
exterior. though not distinguished, was graceful
and hs counten4nce, though not handsome. was
intelligent He possessed III certain degree the
general accomplishments, and exactly IN the &C.
! gree which produces iiatterng reception in go
ccty. he was tolerabe musician ; he used his
pencil with iolerable skill and he wrote toerahle
| verses more would have been worse than useless
lie dressed admirably, and, as his cheuqi de bat
taiie, he talked with keenness OF observation
and 2 de1teriy OF language scarcely less rare
han wit, and still more exciting among the ey
haus,cd minds, and in The vapid phrascologv, of