Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-30
LETTERsFRoM GREAT MEN
Extracts from Cosby Letters from
Distinguished Wen of a Former

Age.
A recently published Life of Sir Georg
Sinclair, Bart, contains tie following in
teresting letters and notes:
TIE QUEEN AND BISHOP wALDEGRAvE.
81 remember that, some years ago, OF
being shown by tae Hon. s. Waldegray
magnifcently bonnd volume which tn
| Queen had given him for present, | wa
rather puzzled to know how the inscrip
ton by Her Majesty could accord witt
the fact il expressed The inscription
written in the Queens own hand, was
TO Carlisle, from his affectionate cousin,
| Victoria On asking the late most ex.
cellent Bishop how the relationship was
made out, he said that in the reign OF
Queen Anne an ancestor of his married a
German princess, who was an ancestor OF
Queen Victoria, and that in virtue of that
marriage Her Majesty always spoke OF
him as her cousin. ar.iae
1 LETTER FROM LORD DERBY.
81 delayed thanking you, in Lady Der
by's name, for the geese and mountain
dew till i could tell you that you have
been subjected to the criticism of the
Duke of Cambridge and party who have
been sporting here; and am happy to be
able to announce that the verdict was tri-
umphantly in their favor. The dew,
especially, was thought so highly of that
l should take it as favor if you can and
will purchase for me case of the same
quality, say about two dozen bottles, and
will pay you like an honest man. Your
friend, Mr. Gruneisen, is an excellent man,
but he writes an execreble hand.
Thanks for what you are doing for the
Lancashire distress.
LoBD DERBY ON THE CEssIoN OF SAVOY.
'"The last forty-eight hours have COM
pletely stripped off the masks from both
Emperor and King, and have shown
themselves and motives in the clearest, if
not the cleanest point of view. l
am of opinion that all confidence in the
sincerity of the Emperor is forever des-
troyed, and that we must look henceforth
to the necessity of being thoroughly pre-
pared for rupture with him whenever
the necessities of his position make it his
policy to come TO an open quarrel.
LORD DERBY TO SIR GEORGE AS A WHOEVER.
81 have always thought that to the sur
life of married happiness the best conso-
lation, next to the conviction of the as
sured happiness of the departed, must be
the knowledge that in the course of ma
ture the separation can not be for very
heightened period. Whatever other or
better comfort you are capable of receiv-
ing under such bereavement may lie
give you, Who only can.
LETTER FROM Mr.. DIsRAELI.
81 do not pretend to be correspondent,
as l have often told you. / am over
worked, otherwise should be very glad
to communicate with you, of all men, in
the spirit, and battle the memory some
times in those delicious passages of an
Gent songs which your unrivaled scholar
ship so beautifully commands. My dear
friend John Manners writes to me every
week, now he is shut out from Parlia-
ment, and expects no return; but he gives
me his impressions and counsels, often
the clearer for his absence from our tur-
bulent and excited scene. On Tuesday
will commence one of the most important
debates that ever took place in the House
of Commons. shall reserve myself. l
apprehcnd to the en- 1t will last several
nights. There is passage about usury,
and which | fancied was in Juvenal, but
| could not light on it as | threw my eyes
over the pages yesterday. NOtwithstand
ing our utilitarian Senate, l wish, if pos
sible, that the noble Roman spirit should
sometimes be felt in the House of Com
mons, expressed in its own magnificent
tongue. l have of late years ventured
sometimes, on this, and not without sue
cess" ......
FROM MR.. CARLYLE on LADY sINCLAIR's
DEATH, ETC.
I" 1T is the way of all the earth yea,
and has been since man was first made.
And yet there is a strange originality in it
to every one of US when it comes upon
him in its course. l grieve to think how
sad you are. Words are very idle, so are
wishes; will say no more on the subject.
Time, by degrees, smoothes away the first
asperities; then Death has kind of bland
aspect, most sad, but also most sacred;
the one home appointed to us all.
81 am still kept Overwhelmingly busy
here; my strength slowly diminishing, my
work progressing still more slowly-my
heart really almost broken. In some six
or eight months-surely not longer than
eight-hopc to have at last done; it will
be the gladdest day / have seen for ten
years back, pretty much the one glad day.
l have still half volume TO do; still a
furious struggle and tour de force, as
there have been many to wind matters up
in half volume. But that Is the last, if
can but do it; and if health hold out in
any fair measure, always hope can.
'Your pamphlet on Napoleon has never
come. am happy to agree entirely in
what you say about that renowned COrsi-
can gentleman, and about his sham synO-
nym of these present times, which l still
more heartily dissent from, and even take
the liberty of dcspising. Probably moth
ing can be written upon them that will do
much good. There is such an outpouring
of disloyal platltudes and vocal jackassery,
of every figure, in these times, as qnite
disgusts one with the pen and almost with
the tongue ITSELF Farewell, dear sir; may
your pious heart soon compose itself and
be able to say-what wisdom has in all
dialects prescribed since wisdom first was
Good is the will of the Lord. !"