The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-19

mrs aGarrick, being about 70 quit her seat,
said she would be glad TO see me at Hampton.
MADAM said Mr.. Smith you are very good,
but you would obhge me exceedingly by honor.
ing me with your signature on this day.. What
do GU ask me forY have not taken pen in
my hand for many months. Stay, let me com
pose my self; don't hurry me, and Will see what
/ can do. Would you like 10 written with nv
spectaclts on, or withoutpn PreierrinS the
latter, she wrote ''E. NJ. Garrick," but not with
out some exeruon.
age. / was born at Vienna, the 29th OF Febru-
ary, 1724, though my coachman insists upou IT
that am above hundred. / wss married at
the parish OF st. Giles at o'clock in the morn
ing, and Immediately afterwards in the chapel
OF the Portuguese Ambassador IN South Audley
street,"
day or two after Mrs. Garrick's death, Mr..
Smith went to the Adelph, to know if
day had been fixed tor the funeral. mo-"
replied George Harris, one of Mrs. GarriUk's
confidential servants, but will let you know
when it is to take place. Would YOU like to see
herr She is in her coffin" "Yes, should.n
Upon entering the back room on the frst floor.
in which Mrs. Garrick died, Mr. Smith found
the deceased's two female servants standing by
her remains. He made a drawing OF her, and
intenC ed to have etched it. PRAY, do tell me,n
said Smith to one OF the maids, "why Is the
coffin covered with sheets?" "They are their
wedding sheets, in which both Mr.. and Mrs.
Garrick wished to have died." Mr.. Smith was
told that one of these attentive women had In.
CURED her mistress dispeasure by kindly pour
ing out cup OF tea, and handing ii to her in
her chair =" Put 1t down, you hussey do you
think cannot help myself" She took 1t her
self, and short time alter she put 1t TO her
lips she died.
This lady INDUCED her practice of swearing
now and then, particularly when any one
attempted to impose upon her. stonemason
brought in his BILL with an overcta arge of SIX
pence more than the sum agreed upon; on
which occasion ne endeavored TO appease her
rage by thus addressing her:-'My dear madam,
do consider ~ "My dear madam what do
you mean, you id fellowG Get out of the
house Immediately. My dear madam, indeed ~
On the day of the funeral Smith went with
Miss Macaulay, the authoress to see the vener
able lady inferred; but when they arrived at
Westminster Abbey, they we're refused admit
tance by person who said Tt it be your
wish to see the waXwork, you must come when
the funerals over, and you will then be ad-
NIT into Poets Corner, by mqn who is sta
toned at the door to receive your money!"
Course the waXworks J" said Smith, this lady
and l came to see Mrs. Garrick's remains placed
in the grave" "Ah, well, you can't come in;
the Dean won't allow it." "As soon as the cere-
mony was over,n SAYS Smith, i've we're admitted
for slXpence at the Poets Corner, and there we
saw the earth that surrounded the grave, and no
more, as we refused 10 pay the demands OF the
showmt n OF the Abbey"
Horace Walpole, though he wrote hitter
letter upon Garrick's funeral, and some strange
opinions of his acting, lett some good-humored
remarks upon Mrs Garrick: he writes to Miss
Hannah More:-"Mrs. Garrick i have scarcely
seen this whole summer. She is O liberal
Pomona to me- | will not say an Eve, for though
she reaches fruit to me, she will never let
me in, as II l were boy, and would ROB her
orchard.n
Garrick's villa at Hampton. with stable, coach.
house, buildings, and dWelling-house adjoining,
freehold and copvhold, about eleven acres in
extent, were, June IL, 1864, sold ny auction, by
direction of the executors of the late owner,
Silvanus Phillips, Esq, for the sum of f1O, 800;
the purchaser being tradesman of Pentonvllle
road. t. Temple Bar