Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-06-12
THE GAZETTE.
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 10. 1869.


The sub;oincd anecdotes are from the
"Ko"oiiections oi Leslie" which have Just
been published. The work is edited by Nj:
Tom Tuvior, who has added u gen'ai and
nyprcciatiyc memoir Of the deceased artist
The following is related by Lord kgremonl:
"Un one occasion, when Leslie went to
petworth, he found the house full OF poor
relations and poor friends. \ lew days be-
fore. 900 people had been toasted IN the
park. The porter and his wife were d ylnS
ofoiI age in tho lodge of the principal en-
rance, and Lord Egremont had the gates
closed while they lived, for fear they shon!d
he disturbed by the traffic. HIS good tenn
rar kept pace with his beuevolence. Sn
William. B"echy sad Of him that he had
more put ~. ability than almost anT man,
and MIR. Leslie adds tina: people were SOME
times encouraged by his torbeaTance, to be-
lave with an easy assurance which drove
him 10 order the offender to leave the house.
In the midst of his prncely hospitality he
avoided all ostentation. His liverics were
plain, and he himself was sometimes miSta-
ken for one of his own domestics. The Ia
iy's maid Of guest, met him crossing the
hail as the bell was ringing for the servants
dinner, Come old gentleman, she e&claim-
cd 'you and will 60 together, for cant
ind M way in this great house. lie gave
her has arm and led her TO the d!nncr-iabie,
.cry much, no doubt, 10 the a>ton>hm2nt
81 the assembled servants. 'lD", he sand
T. her. dine here don't dine till seven.
Here are some specimens . oi Sydney
Smith, ht.mor, which we DO not remember
10 have seen before:
Newton told me that at 4 dlnncrnartY
It Lord Lyndhurst's, ut which ne was pres
emf. the conversation turned on the custom
in Iadia of widows burning themselves
Smith began 10 defend the practice, asser-
ting that no wife who truly loved her huS-
band could wish to survive him, But ii
lord LvadhrrSt were to die, you would be
sorry that Lady LyndhurSt should burn her
self? LADY Lvndhur>t,' he replied 'wou!d
no doubt, as an aii'cctonate wife, consider Il
her duty t. burn herself. bat IL would be our
Iury 70 put her cut: and rs the wife Of the
lord Chancellor. Lady Lyndhu"st should
3to he put out like an ordinary widow. Ii
shouil be a State affair First Il procession
Of the Judges, and then Of the lawyers. -
Bat. where, Mr.. Smith, arc the clergy"
Al! zone to congratulate the new Chancel-
Cor
AT the back of Holland House Il window
i distinguished from all the rest by an iron
Grating over it. This window communl-
Gates with Lady Hollands bedroom, and
she had it grated when she heard OF q gen
tIeman and his wife being murdered III their
bed By a servant, who entered their room
through Il back-winaow. Sidney Smith gave
smother account Of this window. Allen he
said keeps a clergyman i'll confinement
there. upon bread and water,
Mr.. Luttrcl mentioned an Irish clergy
man, who was much offended at being called
= ,Dl&yaiist.' and said, If you don't take
care, YOU will find me . duslita.' Smith
fook this up, and said, 4 suppose there is
scarcely a clergyman in Ireland who has
not 5esu om l am told they settle these
matters when the afternoon 5 service is over.
have seen parsons challenge: Sir, meet
me on the first Sunday after the Epiphany
'Hha next two c1traYaSant stories the late
Door Rogers was responsible Tor
q nervous gentleman kept a tiHe-eScnpe
ID kind Of sack in which he could lower
himself from his window. Being suddenly
awakened one night, by the sound, as ne
g!igugiy, ofJhe wheels OF Il tre-engine, ioi-
lowed by a tremendous knockingat the door,
a. descended in his sack in great haste, anu
reached the street Just in time 30 hand his
wife, who had been at the opera, OCT o! her
carriage. Snch anecdotes, though utterly
sccreGible, anmao. like the incidents IN
farce. The next tale bears equally the
stamp of fiction The body CT nale!actor
vino was hanged IN chaios, Disappeared IN
the night. Nearly u fortnight afterwards 1t
VA. again dangling in the air, and looked
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