The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-11
OBITUARY..
The MARQUIS of HASTINGS.

We are informed 10y cable telegram this morn.
ire tLaJ the Marquis OF HASTINGS at once one oi
the most noble, most uu prIncipled. and most
dissllaed patrons OF the BRUSH turf, mas gOne
to his fathers. Dying IN his tWeDty-sIXth year,
having Woru himself out With debauchery, VINE,
women, and horses, he was fair but advanced
example Ot The model modern young Hritish
nobe. With an income OF one hundred tnoI.
sand pounds year, this mans oval assets
will not probably buy his executor u
gold suud-box. he was u hrst-clasS b4cGleg.
at the age when yodng men OF moderate
meals are about to enter college
ano prepare themselves lor the battle o. lie,
tbs scapegrace had thirteen mlstresses; his
name Was known and familiar in the cOU asses
OF The Grand opera, III the most degra raded ami
eioed quarters OF Paris; equally at nome IN The
Jockey Club, the FauOourg st. Gerualn, the
Rue Medee, the TuIlertes, or The Mdollie. Al
eighteen the Marquis owned The fdstess AM
IL ost luxurious acnt in Eue lana, and had p, ne
trateo every NOOK in the Medl .erranean and
Baltic Seas, and astonishing stores have been
lold OF The almost Bels hazLar.llke orgies that
have taken place on board OF this magnificent
vessel. Cory phees aud hguran,es ouLnumbered
the able seamen and iios aud luxury were Gne
rule aud not the exception. Ot an old aud
his rent roll being almost incalculaDle this man,
new dead at an age when he might have been
tie ornament OF the forum or senate, teacnes
lesson. Strange storses are told or the madcap
and spen1thrlIt lord. AT nineteen ne had a vely
ardsome and distinguished presence, and his
betting book was the wonder OF the British
metropolis. One day he would be in the French
capla watching his Prlx de Paris, and making
his betllng-book, taking great ouds; tWentyfuur
huDrs ai,er and he was en- route for the Scottish
Moorlands 10 knock OIL grouse; at the end OF the
week he would be found in the Mole of Naples
with pretty ballet girl, watching the loading
OF his pleasure yacht with choice Itailan
wines and the fragrant fruits OF the South;
then he would make dasn at the
Sarpa,hians M p LOOK os At Wo the beauties
on the great Derby Day, at EPSON DO Sns, stand
ing before the Graud Stanu, the observed or all
observers, his book good for twenty or thirty
thousand pounds, sometimes all Wagered on one
horse. Three days later the keel or his yacht
would be CeagiDg the cold waters OF The B1luc
in search OF adventure, and then oack again To
enjoy the rout aud riot and perumed uproar
OF the great London fashionable world. lite
OF purple and hne linen, he mad merry tlme
amoOe the princes OF the earth, 10 Hash, flicker,
and finally 10 shoulder IN the ashes OF forgotten
luxury. Towards The close OF short but merry
lie, the Marquis OF Has sungS became involved
IN ditLcuues, and al one time his oettIng and
other oebts announced TO quarter of a million of
pounds. Surrounded by gang OF unprinCipled
b'acklegs aud br ken down men who mad at
ole time held talr pOsllous, his course was
Downward, aud his career otlefand bad. At the
last Derby, Hastings was "shorp some ESQ 900
IN his betting box, having backed his own
horse Lady EilZabeiD b and the DeIoy being won
by Blue Gown, the Marquis had to cut aud run
for II. IL Is more than hiuted that the Prince of
Wales and the late Marquis we're on terms of
lnilmac', and were occasionally boon cOmpa-
mons IN many dissolute bJut. 1t IS more than
probable that tue decease OF the Marquis of
Hastings resulted from severe and long pro-
tTanted course OF dissipation. HIS vital energy
had long ago been terribly sapped, and those
VINO witnessed his last nours and exit must have
found hls end fitting climax to his eventful
lie.
The following will give O more definite idea
OF the gambling proclivlles OF the Marquis:--
He entered freely into toe sports OF the turf,
aud was som wildly Known Tor the reckless
manner IN which he wagered his money upon
his iayorite horses. For racing and pure
blooded horses he seems 10 have had great
preston. His stable was speedily oiled with
me h rses OF various ages, some OF which were
famous AZ the time be purchased them, ana
Others were rendered so by his connection with
them.
Some Of these horses he entered at nearly
every race which occurred in England placing
his money ppon lEe2 aSalns. The aiy.ce Of his