The New York herald., 1874-12-13

asked, "What Is that you are drinking, SIR ?"
King, .why don't you drink wine never allow
anybody to drink water at my table" when the
to vote against the Jews. lie continued his hatred
OF his Minister'S
The King was growing old and rapidly drawing
to his close. "The worst that can be said OF hlm
is that he is foolish old man." We fnd MIN pray
false reports Of his health, and was publicly
Archbishop OF Canterbury and took the sacrament
.'He said. This Is the 18th Of June should IKE
Tha eyens thss was dinner at
ley House, the Duchess OF Cauvlzzaro browning the
Duke Of wellington with laurel when tn they "a. all
stood up and drank his health, and at night they
sang hymn In honor OF the day Two days
after, at ten O'Clock In the morning, the King
ton ton Palace. "Nevef," says Mr.. GreviIle.
made she Bowed to the Lords toos her seas
and read her speech in clear, distinct and audi
BILE voice. she was quite plainly dressed and In
mourning.n Then came the royal Dukes OF Cum
berand aud Sussex. who knelt and kissed her
hand and swore allegiance 81 saw ner blush up
their civil and natural relations." "Her manner
TO them was very graceful and engaging; she
moved toward the Duke OF sussex, who was fur
thest from her and too lnnrm to reach her." The
concluding words or Mr.. Greville's book are OF
Queen Victoria, OF whom he says:-"The young
Queen. who might well be either dazzed or con-
founded with the grandeur and novelty OF her
behaved with q decorum and propriety far beyond
her years and with oil q steadiness and dignity,
the want OF which was 50 conspicuous IN her
uncle"
The most conspicuous figure In Mr.. Greville's
memoirs alter these royal persona2es is the Duke
well. and occasionally there are notes Of interest
ing conversations with that remarkable man. In
to the CORONATION Of Nicholas. Upon taking leave
OF mis- friends and family he was deeply affected,
as II he mad some presentlment that ne was never
to return.n Mr.. Grevllle found the Duke - very
hard man. He takes no notice OF any OF his family;
be never sees his mOther-has only visited her Two
sf'' was seriously s as with
ssss @ ' Ss ioasSs SSuSas'AiS the duel due Win LORD
offended every. Englishman except George
~. ..who was nignly pleased with the Affair." In
1880 the people were abusing him Tor 'going about
visiting and shooting while the country was IN
dlficu!ty.n But these visits never interrupted
ms ooa aarv AL ns ieIers as eyerv
day, and 1t is his habit TO open his letters himself,
to read them all and answer all. He never re.
an snswer, % and that I'M There ISIS is de- de-:
ana the horrible accident 10 HusKsson, the Dukes
rival, who was Killed crossing the railroad track.
to cross his path. There were perhaps
600 900 people present on this OCCASION and proba-
bly, not q soul, besides, hurt. One man only IS
killed, and that man his most dangerous political
opponent, the one man whom he most fears" In
believed in the Holy Alliance, was CONFIDENT, pre-
sumptuons and alctatorial. put on an tnings open
and good, ,humored." -ae coveted power" this
perfectly disln nterested-a great patriot II ever
there was one" Like Grant, ne desplsed news
hers that his administration had committed
great error In not paying more attention to the
press he had singular .sasY reaI1on with Byrons
Lady Jersey, famous woman In those days, who
took deep interest 10 p0hncs, and who Mr
and has many good qualities, surrounded as she Is
by 1atterers and admirers. she Is neither proud
GOOD nature, with neither Vito wit nor ' magma.
tion nor humor, retenfive memory and
restless mind deficient IN passion and soItness.
exciting more admiration than interest,"" During
the reform movement Mr.. Grevllle found the Duke
"a great man In little things, but a little man IN
modined By saying, ..Ae is NOT, nor ever was, a
little man In anything During these regns,
e S W 81 the o
En- England oSea II ss @ greatness HIS HIS on as
learned MS policy Of repression at the Congfess Of
viennai as one q his greatest critics says, tine
it is written in that great explosion OF popular
passion which, 10 the moment OF lts wrath, upset
cities, and, II the counsel OF Wellington mad been
followed II the Just demands Of the people lad
been enforced, this same lesson would nave been
written in the annals OF England"
TALLEYRAND.
Another interesting figure on Mr. Grevllle's can
vas is Taleyrand, VINO came. in the closing years
Of q long lie, as Minister to the English Court
story told Grevs .nst %
Of the allied army on Paris was in
sprea O Letter addresssd to the
Francs cost the
government according to Wellington. $500 900, ,ooo
There is . glimpse Of Marmont, who. came to Eng:
land after the iall Of Charles x. Marmont said
that II Prince Eugene had followed Napoleon's
oruers the allies would have been destroyed in the
one Of the most lost splendid pieces Of strategy that
ever had been devised. winch failed by the dis
obedience OF Eugene" who, according to Mar
iail oi Napolcon.' There is further dinner with
Talleyrand, who spoke Of Benjamin Franklin as
evl1ent strength OF his m nd" 1aiieyrand at an
other dinner speaks OF Mr.. Fox. ''hs sim.
Gara.a FeuFy he as one the
Ministers who ever governed France. Ut is
strange, says Grevc, ITO hear Taileyrand talk at
seventy-eiQht. He opens the stores OF his memory
and p0urs forth q stream on any subject connected
with mis- past lie. Nothing seems to have escaped
one occasion he said that Mirabeau was really in
innate with three people ony-"nimsell Mar
bonne and Lauzaun;" that he had found, during i
beaus for l.cO0,0U0 francs, WHOM he had gwen to
Louis xviii" Talleyrand was good deal IN So
ciety. Dining at Greenwich on one day, at the
Apollo, II thought" says Grevllle, 1--WE should
never get him up TWO narrow, perpendicular stair
cases, out he sldles aud wrigges himself some-
how into every place he pleases." Palmerston ne
Cralleyrand) considered the only statesman OF
that time although ne hated him. HIS tavorite
haunt was Holland House, generally coming IN "at
ten or eleven O'Clock and staying as long as they
would let hlm.n
FAMOUS MEN AND WOMEN.
Many celebrated figures pass through Mr.. Gre.
villes book, but we regret that our space will not
permit US to dwell upon them. Poor Beau Brum-
nell turns up at Calais, wnere Mr.. Grevile saw
him in $780, ''in his own lodging, dressing, some
tire toilet set OF silver, and large green macaw
perched on the back OF a tattered SILK chair OF
There are many glmpses OF Tom Moore, dining,
singing and chirplng around London. We have
sketch OF Fanny kemblc's first appearance, but
she does not seem to have Impressed MI. Greve
with her genus. There is glimpse OF OConneu,
supposed to be terribly afraid ol the cholera, and
dOdging ABOUT London and Dublin TO avoid It,"
O'C0nnell is q marked figure, although the author
Ann NOT w ha