The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-04-26
Thr 8utletin.
pubitcWttou Omes, nulIetta BaSidtu
WasIs1nstOu Avenue.
SUNDAY, APRIL 2G, 1874.
TIE NEW VICEROl OF IRE
LAND.

The Irish gentry are very much |
pleased at the Duke Of Abcrcorn's |
having once more accepted the viceroy
atty of ireland, and all the more so as
he fulills the double function of great
landed proprietor and viccroy. mex
tent, his possessions are among the
largest in the country, but in value
they are inferior to Lords Pembroke,
Devonshire, Waterford and Sir Rich
ard Wallace. Lord Pembroke is the
most valuable, comprising as it docs
the most fashionable part Of Dublin,
and land between the city and Kings
town. The rental is now E1O,OOO a
year. The Duke Of Abcrcorn has al
ways been conspicuous for his fine APP
pcarancc and noble bearing, and il,
perhaps the beau ideal Of an aristocra'.
Ills daughters are remarkable for their
beauty and splendid alliances. They
have respectively married the Earl of
Dalkeith, eldest son Of the Duke Of
Buccleuch the Marquis Of Blandiord,
eldest son of the Duke OF Marlborough,
the Earls Of Durham. l.itchfeld aud
Mount Edgecombe, and the Marquis of
I.ansdowDc. No family in England
has such prestige at the present time.
The duke has three sons in parliament.
The eldest is Lord in Waiting To the
Prince Of Wales, the third under see
rotary for India The closest intimacy
has existed from childhood between
this family and Queen Victoria's.
The duchess, half sister to Earl Russell,
il celebrated for the charm aud grace
fulness of her manner. Her mother was
one Of the daughters Of the famous
Duchess of Gordon, known ~ "the
Duke catcher. as she married her three
daughters to Dukes. II is a fact that
her grace at one time chad her eye on
the first Emperor Napoleon as a son
n-law, aud spent much of her time in
Paris with that end in view. 1t was,
however, from ball at the house OF
her daughter, the Duchess Of Rich
mond, that Wellington was summoned
r TO conquer, at Waterloo, her eontem-
plated son.in- law The Duches. ol
. Abercorn was a traveller in the train IN
e which tina, awful accident happened, ia
= 1865, by Il petroleum wagon running
down an incline and coming in contact
with the engine of the Irish mail. Her
inaryelously cool and calm behay-
Tor on the occasion excited profound
admiration. The Duke Of Abcrcorn
!, succeeded his grandfather a. first Mar
quis, when boy. The first Marquis
;. was great celebrity in his day, and
plays a large part in contemporary me-
). moir.. In the north of Ireland he was
quite u prince, and the Duke of Well
J. iug,on refers in his dispatch to the
c trouble he has in satisfying the two
L great northern Lords" Abercorn and
!. Conyngham. From his seat Stanmore,
y Lady Morgan writes; "This house
looks like little town. One hundred
and twenty people slept under the root
at Christmas, not including the under
servants. The Queens Cham
berlaiu told Inc there was nothing
like the whole establishment in En-
gland, and perhaps for subject in Eu-
Il rope and I.ockhart tells how sir
Walter Scott delighted to record his
- meeting with Lord Abercoru; travelling
C between Carlisle and Longtown, as per.
haps, the last relic of style of man
ners now passed away, and never like
= Is to be revived. "Ihc ladies of tn,
family occupied four or five carriages
= all drawn by the Marquis own horses
while the noble lord himself prougb
up the rear, mounted on horseback anC
decorated with the ribbon of the Gar
ter. On meeting the cayalcade, Scot
turned with them, and was not Il LITTLE
amused when they reached the village
of Longtown, which he had riddcr
i through an hour before, with the pre-
parations made for the dinner of thu
party. The Marquis major-domo ant
cook had arrived here at an early hou
OF the morning, and every thing wa
now arranged for his reception in thu
paltry little public houses as nearly al
, possible in the style of his own lordl!
j. mansions. The duck sand geese tina
c. three hours ago had been dabbling il
the village pond were now ready t.
81 make their appearance under number
less DISCUSSES as entrees. "A regula
=, bril of fare tianked the Marquis cover
Every towel had been pressed to d.
ID service as napkin and, that nothing
q. might be wanting to this mimicr
of splcndor, the landlady's CROKER,
DE- and pewter had been furnished up AM
N. mustered in solemn form on Graz
old buffet, which was to represent
sideboard worthy Of Luculus.' In hi
former Vice-royalty the Dukes house
, hold and equipage arrangements wer
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