, 1874-02-15

before it reached tho British Government. What
rold nav not hare arisen at the touch Of this en-
chsnted wand There were no wireB in those
days to ca1ry breathing from Brussels to E1-
change. The energetic enterprise Of Nathan IN
this instance created tho greatness OF tho Lon
don house, as dld J0nn Na1Io1H Clea1e luat VI
tue London Times.
There ID no question that with the death OF
Baron James The genius Of the house OF Rotts-
child has departed. Constant 5nterma1riaGe
with cousins and the absence Of hatinteectual
vigor which the infusion Of fresh, new blood im.
parts, has it's effect On men IS on animals, aud
the younger branches OF the family arc
FAR INFERIOR To THE ELDER
They arc prudent,-~a rose -colored name for
mean, and, like old Isaac OF York, can higyla
into the financial future, aud the bolduess TO
back that insight which belonged to the
elder, is nowhere to be found among
the Junior members Of the house; and
the same spirit pcrmeates their representatives
in New York, New Orleans, San Francisco,
and all over the European Continent. In 1917,
Tho period Of the Irish famine, Though tie
Corn bills Of both continents passed through
their hands, giving them ample opportunities for
preparation, they were unable to breast the
financial storm, but flew before it. selling all
their securities, and causing tho great fall in
oonsols OF that yeaz.
Their t1ansacaops, too, are Of an inferior
character. Except with Austria. they arc not,
US in the days Of old Nathan and bis EUns, the
props Of thrones. Most of the great Govern
1ment transactions of this country, which offer
the vastest field for the future, hare been con-
Quoted of late years through the house OF Bar
ing Brothers, OF London, and Co1coran Riggs,
Of Washington.
Meyer Rothschild, juBt dcsd, always contcntea
himself with holding second position to his
brother Lionel, both in business and society. and
never came to tho foreground. He generally
confined himself to the Office Of tho firm, in
New Court, and governed from the desk. He
resided with hlR brother In PiccadiLy, close to
Apsoy House, the town palace Of " the Duke"
where their ordinary fe like those Of ali wealthy
Jews, was surrounded with every appliance Of
luxury, and wllera they entertained always with
a graceful, often with splendid, hospitality.
Their stable, which has been the special
care Of Meyer Rothschild, is at Leatherhead
John scotts-where now for upward Of twenty
years they have cultivated what Diaraeli de-
| Rothschild has been rewarded BY that ' blue
ribbon Of the turf" for which Lord George
| BentincA, at moments in his brief but excited
political life, 1ouged for beyond tho highest re-
ward which politics could bestow. Lionel might
| have won it even far earlier with Orestes, in
1853 had not foul grain or two been introduced
! into the horses oats the night before the race.
| His huntingdon has been at Mentmore, some 10
miles from London, on the. Northwestern Rail,
| where are kept up q splendid stud and q noble
uerk,-these also having been entirely under the
| 1naste1ship OF Meyer Rothscbild-
| Both Lionel and Meyer we're in Parliament
| They never, however, tuob an active interest in
politics. They entered the political arena to
assist in crowning the temple Of freedom BY the
| emancipation Of their race, and wipipg AWAY the
| last peraeouting spot from the statute-book OF
| England. They are now both removed from the
| gceue, Lionel having lost his election In Lon
| don. Mr. Disraeli, whom they look TO naturally
with p1ide and for whom they entertain very
ffrr rhnrF Ffor,