The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-12-30
Lord Massey as n lecturer.

THE LIFE OF IHR koStE of ihh
oArE MAY, AS TOLD RY HIMSELF.
Lord Massey, the rogue of the perloo. has ;
really taken TO ieCturing. IL was statea
.ome DAYS since that he would appear nrS'
IN West Chester, Pennsylvania, ana though
the fellow Is known 10 have an uncommon
amount of cheek, it was not thought ne
would fulfil his promise. Such, however
has proved to be the case, for on Wednes.
day evening he gave lengthy account VI
his lilo IN the Horticultural Hall OF the town
.hoys named. AS might De expected, it
moved rich treat TO the spectators.
The local paper gives verbatim report
of what he said, from which we make the
Following extract relative to his exploits
at Cane Nav last summer: The idea struck
me that would migrate to Cape May TOR Il
week, aud with that intent | TOOK passage
from Philadelphia in the good ship IRON
sides fsince lost J, bound for that place. Belore
he'd been long on board, young Baiti-
moreap introduced himself to me, ana De-
can. as YOU Americans S;r, blowing. l in
formed him that waS gg6 Ahorn Save the
mark y; he blew the harde-. 1 told him
was an English tourist (haricr). stopped
for bit; he blew himslit clear out. How
ever. could stand that, as he was standing
cbammy all the time. l like chammy,
ard friends here may lake that Ss q
lint should meet them abroad. In good
time we arrived at the wharf. OF
course 1t would have been degrading for
two such swells as Us TO travel in common
omnibus, so the best carriage procurablc
was ordered and obtained. Arriving at
Congress Hall, we went to the desk on
which was lying the visitors book he en-.
tered lis name first rs Captain ---. l
must beat that Like flash the thought
came to my mind, and like flash 1t was eX-
eeu,cd-.Lord Massey was written. Tie
visitors wont to look at the list Of arrivals
,HStand back ~ was the word; ga real
live lord is in our presence; gaze at him
revcreutially, make way for him in his
promeraGe, bow to him when he passes
and in every other way possible show
that YOU are title worshippcrs.' / had moi
been there long before the proprietor
eame I'D and welcomed ne, telling me that
did both his establishment and Cape May
an honor by MY visit. Suppers were pro
posed and gotten up to welcome me; balls
dinners, everything that could be done was
done TO iionize me. 1t WAS My Lord" here
and "My Lord" there, and invitations tc
dine. SUP, and lunch poured i'll. \ magnlh
cent team for 81 200 was next morning pur
chased. IS to go aiuot for my Lordship wculo
lie mira dig. The belle OF the island smiled
her sweetest, and lett to solitude heradmrel
from Philadelphia; town house in the city
OF Penn paled in attractions beside those Of
a coronet. SO it continued lor SIX days.
when The bubble burst by my foolishly tell'
ing item that l had yacht at the Break
water in which 1 had come over, and Win
which / had beaten the Pennsylvania III
nv massage across. Colonel Cake, the pro-
prjefor of the hotel, and in my mind the emily
Sensible man on the island, began to doubt
his Lordship, and teeslaphed to the Break
water to know if the yacht was there. The
answer came "No such yacht has ever en-.
tered the Delaware" The bubble was burst.
nv Lord dcthroncd, and was but com
1noner again; but l must say that l. do mol
believe that any other people III the world
would have taken the sell so good.naturedly
as did the American people at Cape May.
Instead of being angry. every one laughed,
and was willing to DO anything they could
to help ne out Of q scrape should L get into
one through it. The general impression Is
that obtained n great deal of money from
the Cape May folks; it is ain erroneous one
the only money that borrowed vas suf-
Aciency to pay my passage to Philadelphia.