New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-10


succeed hs The qnal IN thew ant as great men fail
py thete they Colerdee could direct his
lao'eDgIJ ScweJs 70 the Immediately u-efal ups
uohs oi -e, 10 those exercises Of them likely 70
Proe<re bin bread unless be perpetnaily urged
OF by rome kind friend. The iragedy Of - Remorss
wss written while be lived with Mr. Morgan, and
believe would never have been completed bot for the
uncertainties OF Mra. Morgan. few das after the
appearance. Of bis piece he was citing in the coffee
room Of hotel sid heard hs naue coupled with
/ eoroner's inqnest by gentleman who reading
new spsper 10 friend. He asked to see The paper,
which was handed 10 him, ih The remark that SC j.
wss very sXtIao' binary that C"leridge the poet,
should have banged himself inst after the of his
| play; but he was always strange, mad fellow"
lpdee6, Sir" aid Coleriife it is a a most er-
,r0orG,Eary thing that he should have hanged bru-
se he the subject Of an inquest, and yet that he should
/ at THE moment be speaking TO you The astonished
srar ger hoped be had " Faid nothing to hur his feel
| mgs, and was made easy on that point The newspa
| per rrlaied that gentleman in black had been cut
I WI from q tree in Hy de- Park, without money or
papers in his pockets his sbirt being marked s. T.
Colercge and Coleridge at no loss to understand
bow ibs might have happ ned, since be seldom trav
! eled wiih' ut losing shirt or two.
| When Alison suffering e'treme depression OF
spirits, im' ciately after the oss of his wife, he was
| haunted during sleeplefs nights by horid thoughts
! and lie told me that diabolical imprecations
| forced themselves into his mind. The DISTRESS of
this TO sincerely religions as Allston, may be
IN sgped BE wished 10 consult Colsridge, bat could
not sUn mon resolution. He desired, therefore that
would do it; ard went 10 Highgate, where Coleridge
| was 1T that time living with Mr.. Gilman. found
him W. king in the garden, his hat in his hand las 1t
generally was in the open an). for he told that
baviI teen one Of the BluA-coa boys among whom il
is the fashion GO bare-besded be had acquired die
! Ike TO any covering Of the had. l explained the
of my visit, and he sad "Alston shoud cay to
himself, Nothing ms but my riH. These thoughts
| therefore that force themselves my miud
part Of me, and there be guilt in them If he
will make sIorg Effort n become Indifferent to their
recurrence they will either cease, or cease trouble
! mn oh MOI hnf is
ard aer it WAS spsated to AustOu did not hear hun
| again complain Of the same kind OF disturbance.
Mr.. Leslie's az cia and professional relations in
| London soon otter the commencement of his
reer, may be inferred from the subjoined extract:
In April, 1870, Irving took TO breakfast with Sir
| Walter Scott, who was then in London and at the
| house Of his friend Mrs. Dumergue. 10 Piccadily.
lad ever before the great novelist He wac in
the full enjoyment OF HE high and increasing reputa
| ton, and he appeared TO great advantage large
party Of sd es and gentlemen were assembled at the
breakfast tshle among whom was one of the sons Of
| johnson Bowel
| Nothing could be more agreeable than nv daily IN
teIcouse at u is period with Irving and Newton. We
visited in the san iamiss chiefly Americans resident
in London, and gent rally dned together a. the York
| Cbop-House, in Wardonr street lrvings brother,
| Peter amiabe man, and not without dash OF
| WBsbngt0n's humOr, was always OF our party. De-
| ighiful were orr excursions 70 Richmond Green
| wch or To suburban fair the top OF a COACH
| Tie harmony that subssted among uninter-
i
being all at once made great lion of by fashionable
peoule. he much Withdrawn from Newton,
too, who naturally formed for society, was soon
mach noticed for his agreeable qualities well as for
lis emiDence in art, and our intercourse was good
0eal interrupted III consequence.
| Irving writing to me from Paris in 1924 said, Z"
often look back with fondness and regret on the times
when lived together in London, in adelightH com
| mupiiv of thought and feeling; struggling our way
| onward IN The world but cheering and encouraging
each oher. find nothing 10 supply the place of that
| heartfelt fellowship"
| had been for some time what is called acquainted
with Constable but it was only by degrees and IN the
Courre of years that became really acquainted either
with his worth as man, or his true vaue as an artst
| Nv tsste WIS very faulty and loag in forming: and
Of land -ca which had newer studied, really knew
not G. or than nothing for admired as poeti-
cal styles which now zee to he mannered, conven-
| tionaI or exuavagant. But the more knew OF Con-
! stable the more regretted that had not known him
| at he commencement Of my stutes.
AS bave published all recollect Of him that seems
10 me best worth preserving, have nothing 70 add
except come memoranda made at a later period than
| thst of which ! am now writing.
Toward the close of the Summer Of 1871, made
de ightful excursion with Washington Irving to Biz
bingham and thence into Derbyshre. We noun
the fop Of orc Of the oxford coaches at three O'Clock
i'll the afternoon, intending only to go far az Henley
tina. uight but the evening was so hue and the heGs
fiji with labores gheriDgi the corn by the light OF
| a full n oon presented animated an appearance,
that although bad not dned we determined To pro-
coed 10 Oxford which reached about eleven CLOCK,
| and then SAT down 10 q bot supper
| The next day it rained uneeasingly, and we were
confined TO the inn. ike the nervous traveller whom
| Irving has described spending day in endeavorng
| TO peniraie the mystery OF " the stout gentleman
Tbis wet Sunday at oxford did in fact suggest to him
that capital story if story il can be called The next
morning az We mounted the coach, | ssid something
| about stout gentleman who had come from London
| with Us the day before, and Irving remarked that
The stout Gentleman" would not be bad title for
| tse AS soon as the coach stopped be began WIRING
with his pencil and went at every like opportunity.
We VIII Cd Stratford on Ayos stroed abont Cnarec0t
Park and other places in the neighborhood ana WINE
| was sketchEg Irving, mounted on stue or seated
| on stone was busily engaged with THE stout Gen
tIenan He wrote with the greatest rapdlty, OMEN
laughing 10 himself and from time to time reading he
| uennscrint 10 me. We l0itered some days IN this
| classic neiehborhood visiting Warwick and kenil-
| worth; and by the time we arrived at BIRMINGHAM
the outline OF The stout Gentleman wa con PieEra'
| The amusing accoun. of " The Modern hngnts RI
rent" be added at Birmingham, and the lnlnliaDie
picture of the inn yard RAINY day was ahen from
an inn where we were afterwaId quartered az Derby
IL had been the custom for visitors 10 Shakespeare
house 10 scrbbe their Names and sometimes scraos OF
bad poetry on ts walls Irving on former visit 10
Stafford had given large blank book 70 the woman
who had The care of the hOuse to the walls from
further Dissertation. We found in II the name OF Sir
| Walter Scott who had been there with party not
| long before and were amused with the following
| apOny nous parody on the inscription Whien Shhes-
| peare wrote for his own tomb:
| Good friend, for Shakespeare sake ioroeaT
| Thy OF lore to scTibbe here
4 BLESSED Sie lhF, thot may CON Hiiit
AID cur.d be- they that comment on him.
In November 1884, was elected associate OF the
! Roya Academy. was every account, much eiateo
with this event one Of the great advantages resulting
from which was the opportunity afforded me OF ire
ouept intercourse with the best artists with Mlkle,
| Stothald FlaAman, Cbantrey, Lawrence, turner,
Chaon, and Smirke, upon whom, though ne mao ,neI
| retired from the world was now entitled 10 call. L
| found him most sensible and agreeable man. | re-
member. when was d student Of the Academy, hear
| ing Sam Stronger tell Of a dialogue that had Just
! = 4 l. EustE ordh himself IA follows: