Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-22
TRe eREvuLLE MEMOIRS.


Prom the New York Bernid
Mr. Henry Reeve, the editor Of the
Fdinhureh Reuie0, has just given TO the
world fn three v0iums a boos called
nc GycCiNe Memoirs Of which every
body stalking, and which contain more
pioiiant anecdotes o. royal and distin-
euished personsges living az the conn
| menoement of this century thBu have
ever before been published. MIR.
( Grsville, whose diary is here produced,
wss q man Of birth aud education, who
I Tor forty years held the position OF clerk
! Of the council ia ordinary, and being be-
| sides IN excellent society had 0pportuni-
/ ties OF seeing ADD hearing aii that pas
/ ed His diary commences ia 1878, and Is
| continued 10 the year Of his death, 1855;
but the three volumes now published do
not extend beyond 1880 Mr. Reeve
/ processes some little reticence In regard
1 10 the publication of comments on our
own time; but RON the tone of his pre-
face one may infer that it will not be
| long before the later volumes see the
| light. Meantime We ought to be crate
/ ful 70 him Tor those already issued Il
is not proposed 10 review them, but sim
| ply 10 pick out some OF the most striking
aud amusing passages
GEORGE TIRE FOURTH.
His majesty keeps every body at a
! great distance from him, and all about
/ him are afraid of him, though he talks
/ 10 his pages with mere 0penness aud
/ familiarity than anybody. RzdoFd lwho
I il dying is not ia such favor as he was,
/ though heis always there. OF O'Reilly,
/ the surgeon, who sees the king every
/ day and carries him all the gossip be
/ can pick up, Bachelor speaks with very
/ little ceremony. The king told them
the other day that "O'R =iily was the
| damnsdest liar in the world,n and sit
seems he is often in the habit OF discuss
I ing people in this way co his ud{et dc
! chQni6re. OF Sir William kaIghtOn,
/ who Kept the kiog's purse and manag-
/ ed bis affairs, We are told; His (the
/ king's) language about Knighton is
/ sometimes Of the most uumeasured vio-
| lenee--wishes he was dead, and one day,
when the door was open so that the page
could hear, he said, 81 wish 70 God
somebody would assassinate Knighton.n
/ In this way he always speaks Of him
and uses him. His greatest delight is 10
make those who have business % rans-
act with him or 20 lay papers before
( them, wait IN his anteruOm while he is
lOunging with Mount ChEsles or any
/ body, talking Of horses or any trivial
matter; and when he Is told, "Sir, there
/ is Watson waiting" ETC., he replies,
/ damn Watson; let him watt he
/ does il on purpose and likes it. This ac-
/ count corresponds with all have before
/ heard, and confirms the opinion / have
/ long had that more contemplate,
| cOTaIdly, selfish, unfeeling dog does
not exist than this king on whom such
| fiattery 10 constantly lagished. He has
/ a It Of capricious good nature, arising,
/ however, cut Of no good principle or
| good feeling, but which is Of Use 20 him,
/ a. il cancels in a moment and at small
| cost a long score Of misconduct. Princes
/ nave only to behave with common de-
| cency and prudence and they are sure 70
| be popular, for there il a great and gene
/ raj disposition to pay court TO them.
/ DO not know anybody who Is proof
/ against their stductiOns when they
! think lit to use them ia the shape Of
l eivilIty and cJndesceBsiOn The great
/ consolation in all this is tbe proof that,
| so far from deriving happiness from heir
grandeur, they are the most miserable Of
| all mankind.
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK.
The duke of York was brother of
. Il
erin chief OF the army. Mr.. Grevilie
went 70 stay With him at Oauands
house. and thus writes of il: There are
almost always the same people, some-
times more, som lures less. We dine
eight, and sit al table till eleven. Iu
about quarter Of al hour frer We leave
the dining room, the duke sits down to
play at whist, and never stiis from the
/ table as long as any body VIII play with
/ him. When anybody gives Lint OF
being tired he vii. leave of; bat II be
/ sees any signs of WEAKNESS 10 Others he
! viii never stop himself The duchess
generally plays also at hHll-crOwn
| whist The duchess seldom goes 20 bed,
! 0r if so she does only for an hour or
1 two. She sleeps DIRE. sed upon a couch,
I sometimes 10 one room, sUmetsmes in
/ a8other. She frequently walks out very
/ late at night, OF rather early in the morn
| ing, and she always sleeps with open
/ windows. An aprOpos story: A GER
/ tain bishop in the house Of lords rose to
| speak. and announced that he should
| divide what be had TO say into twelve
| carts, When The duke OF Wharton in
| Ierrupted him and begged be might be-
| INDUCED ia 3 few minutes, as he ha
| a story to tell which he could only in
| tr0dUce at that moment. "a dTuuken
| fellow was passing by st. Paul's at night
| and heard the clock slowly Ginning
| twelve. He counted the strokes and
| when il had finished he looked toward
the clock ana said Damn you, why
| couldn't you give US that ali at once"
| There was an end of the bishops story.
POPULARITY OF GEORGE ".
The king went TO the play last night
for the first time, the dukes of York and
Clarauce and a great suit with him.
He WIS received with immense accla-
nation, the whole pit standing up, bur-
rahing aud waving their hats. Lord
Hartford dropped one OF the candles as
be was lighting the king in and made
a great confusion in the box. A few
people called, 1.-The queeDW but very
few A man IN gallery called out,
where's your vile, GeorgieW
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND
GEORGE ".
| When the duke was at Brighton in
the winter he and the king had dispute
aDout the army. 1t began by the kings
saving that the Russians or the Prus
slams, forget which, were the best in
fantry in the world. The duke said,
Except your msiestv's." The king
hen said the English cavalry were the
Z, which the dUke denied. Then that
bes 'efi0r number of French regiments
an IN ways beat superior number Of
would n. nd, in short, they were not
English, 4 i've. The king was very
half so effec. Nute waXed warm and
angry, the dis iesiy rising from the
ended by his ms, Ill, il is not for me
table and say ing, Nv %ect with your
to dispute on such q su-
grace"
AT COURT. ~ dsued
I was lodged IN the pavilion a. NOR OF
with the king The gaudy splei and
the place amused me Tor q little Nd
then bored me. The dinner was &C
and the evening dull beyond all dizziness
They say the King is anxious that IoiLl
aud ceremony shoul. be bauisbedl ana II
20 it only proves how impossible ~
is that form and ceremony sD0ulu
not a Always inhabit palace. Inc
rooms are not furnished for society,"
and, IN fact, society cannot flourish
without ease, and who can feel AT esse
who is under the eternal constraiA'
which etiquette and Ie-Pect lLapose;
The king vas in good looks ana Soou
spjrits. and after dinner cut his Jokes
= ith ali the coarse meTrimeDt which Is
his eb.raci eristic. Lord Wellesley did not
seem to ike it, but OF course he bowed
and sDoiled like the rest. 1 was curious
TO see the pavilion and the life they lead
tbere. apd 1 now only hope l may
never 20 there again, Tor the novelty Is
PASSED and l should be exposed TO the
whole weight Of the bore Of It without
the stimuli Of curiosity. The duke sslu
ne had been struck down by musket
shot while accommodating the enemy as
| they were retrealDg IN the Pyrehees'
The people round him thought ne wa wa
| killed, but he got updirectly. He is OF