Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-11-04
AN ENGLISH STORY.

The festivities of the week have been va.
ried, if not saddened, by The death Of an
English nobIcmon, who had for many years
become resden, of Paris, and who once
swayed The kingdom Of fashion, and ruled
over lis mighty tribe wilhou. opposition.
This death is likely 10 give rise 10 the most
extraordinary revelation, and one Of tho
most marvellous trials which has ever be-
come before jury. In Scotland The whole
affair would in former days, have been laid
10 The sole charge of "glamor," and would
have been dealt with according 10 the respect
which ,ha, mysterious idea created; but in
our lime it is much 10 be dreaded that j,
may simply become an accusation Of "cap.
tation," and punished according 10 the law
against such offence.
The gentleman whose decease has been
attended with SO much mystery, is The heir
10 realm, and during the high and palmy
days Of the denomination of Lord Granville
AT The English Embassy, was the very idol
of every fashionable circle in Paris. His
, fair contemporaries cannot even now speak
without emotion of his accomplished man.
incrs and genlienianly bearing. Ills mysli.
! cal talent, 100, had endcared him to all low
ers Of arts, while his great wealth enabled
him 10 bestow patronage upon artists Of mer-
/ ii, aud many Of those artists who now revel
in the enjoyment Of large incomes owe their
very existence 10 his bounty in setting them
forward in the beginning Of their career.
! l.was in The very midst Of all this sue
cess--,his full possession Of the worlds ia
vor ,ha, Lord S----tsuddenly disappearing
! from amid ihe circles wherein he was most
appreciated and admired His exit was
cUnsidetrd SO extraordinary, that remem-
/ Der a thousand ridiculous tales were circula.
led 10 acrounlfor The rnaLner in which il
has been made. Some declared that he
had been engaged in forging transactions
others that he had been detected in coming
Some thai he had retired 10 La Trappe, and
others that he had commil,ed some henious
crime which had compelled him 10 change
his name and seek solitude amid the wilds
Of America.
| BY degrees, however, his history was for
gollen. A new idol was formed 10 replace
him in The world of fashion, his old fame!
took unto themselves new love in the per-
son Of Hon. Mr.. L., and Lord s. wa!
thought Of no more, or even spoken OF. ex
cept comparatively with his successor. Bu
chance, which governs the world of fashion
mos, especially took care that the fate o
Lord s. should not remain mystery IL
his worshippers.
The Granvilles had passed away-Loui
Philippe and his family had resolved Them
selves into historic doub,s--all the lilll
,, great men of ihe Revolution had gradually
melted into one, when on the finest days O
last summer, Two Of the most iashionab
tonnes ef Paris, being on an excursion i
Edghein. (ihe chronicle tellss us no, whu
they were in seurc,1!. OF, lost their way ami
The lnlricacics Of the Geiehborhood, an
weary and exhcas,ed with wandering, SUD
denly Came upon low.tha,ched collagt
hidden amid The shelter Of one Of the thick
esl avenues ofrhe forest Of Montgomery
: The place wns mere hovel, standing in III
b midst of a wretched garden divided fromth
= path bu, by hedge ol laggots; man wa
y al work in The pour palch fground, diggin
n potatoes the fair lioneSS called 10 him fC
9 assistance to guide them on their way III
b man rose from his STOPPING posture TO wip
: .he sweat from his brow before he answered
r anu, ashe Withdrew the blue check hand
kerchief from his face, the liOnesS shrieke
and {, Il almost scnseless against the pail
, sade-the coun;enance revealed in the glO
' ring, scorching sunlight was that of Lol
= s., the delhroneG sovereign, The exile
n monarch of that world in which they s'
: moved, and which still mourncd, his abd
cation.
q To their great surprise, Lord s. di
e played neither shame nor embarrassment
r but recognized them on the instant, and i
,e yiled Them TO repose an instant in his cotog
" with as much ease and grace Of manner
10 though he had been leading the way 10 /
: former salon in the Faubourgh ST. Honor
N nor did he manifest the slightest senlime
IN Of regretut the wretched interior whicn m
gs their gaze, nor make the least apology
10 The miserable blouse and sabols in which
ut was allircd. A lall, gouni, ill-fayored "
ne man who was al work in the only room
Il, longing to the cottage offered them, by
us Iordship's direction, mug Of cider and
re bowl of cabbage soup, which she hers
he drew from the fro, where n was simmer
nv with an unsayofy odour, And when tn
he departed, he expressed no wish to beh'
do them again. and enjolned them to no sec
re cy conceroing the place Of his retreat.
ih or course the story wus all over. Pa
ID. almos, the iraiuwhich bore the fair lionn
81. had arrived at the terminus. In less tina
m. week the whole Of she fashionable wo