New-York tribune., 1875-02-04
A SOCIETY SCANDAL.
REPLY TO THE GREvILLE MEMOIRS IN THE
LONDON QUARTERLY.


TBoRITY.
The January number of The Quarterly contains
remarkable article by Mr.. A. Hayward. z. o., on
the "Grevile Memoirs" which have created such
lively and not altogether agreeable sensation IN
London society. Mr.. Hayward is aweL-known con-
tEibutOr 70 several Of the leading British quarter
lies and man of vast and varied information re-
specting the personal and political incidents of the
period which these Memoirs cover, and he has been
well chosen by the relatives of some of the dis
tingushed characters with whom Mr.. Greyille
makes 20 free, to correct the inaccuracies of the
book and lessen TO far possible the mischievous
effect Of its very free sketches of life in the highest
circles Mr. Hayward begins his review with an
account OF Greville himself, subject upon which
Mr. Reeve, the editor of the Memoirs" gives little
information. except that he nephew of the
Duke of Portland and for forty years Clerk of the
Council besides holding the siuecure appointment OF
the Secretaryshp of Jamaica. the duties OF when
were performed by deputy. He died III 1879. MI
Hayward adds:
His net income from his two Offices exceeded 14ooo,
and as with little or no private fortune no ulI "' t
ksO0OO ne was probably gamer on the turf ne zoos
- very early in life, and was wont 10 rea'e luat
ing lost GSOOO which he unable to pay, ne apped
90 uncle the Ddke, readily lent him the money
A. he was VI funds he procured thlte ne" Dah
of England notes OF one thousand pounds each ana Ple
senteG himself 10 discharge his debt o. no. htics
keep the money by all means II VIII orhg YOU nch.
reluctance, and unlucky laid the NOES ou tuc tHhie
lie was quite sure he said. that II ne had offered Gun
die OF dirty notes or check, the Duke would nave re-
fused still but the bright notes were too much for
bis Grace placed tdem, neatly olded,ln ms pocNeV
but whenever yOu have Dad time Of u, coue 70 ine.
during most OF the time covered by the first ana
Shn OF the sporting and fashionable wor!d-"lth me
women who ruled Amacks when AlmaeA's was
power, aud the men who cOngregated IN tAc Day WINDOW
al Whites, when Whites was sovereign au'hory on
ne IipVa and
10 friendship, be probably agreed wltn Ne"yu, Mheh
imh,1cd t6e prejudces and spoke the language Of
clique: when he " admlres' an Oiulcnt ana well
connected family at whose country house ne waSa iro
quent visitor for presenting specimen OF " corteniej
medOcrity " or when he calls the coronation tNr!s O
horribly low ret - or speako Of R"Aerss " iG
man Life" a. a failure. and Luttrels Letters to Jua'
as a success. although Human Lie ahoundf III geuu
jne poetry. and Letters to Juia'" hcNhaiIeu Let
from Dandy To Dolly" are merely clever
skeehes Of society IN verso. Tne iasudous aStOcTat
ISSaos TtS 22 Is5$ae Yesterday VI Fo uns;us Dvsrrs
Of Health Of those di1rer taa
teSpt 10 ,h CAS- o' soy pa ems e., M t' " s %
y1sarr la3i.- Came up Osn Itcrjsy 10 dine With the
vsr, dnnsr O clever men, up 81 tie Aher and vas
sso e vacancies supplied ~ OF knew There
nsvsr befors-uler Rom,, .eu. Msu whO.e
lSget ara M~te pole, a. I1s5 Ci more & o. @ a
an veT shat dinners Of al fools have A. goo
ior@er oa 'Dd i1e latter are feqaee aeayy No1'else
enoe Oh>n AgIeeaOe results than collection o. rude awkward
witch We wish TO can attention L. nat C4arles
BuueI John Lord RoiGiiy sen. Mauie t9lr WIlL.ml,
and Walker tdutHOr OF " TIC OrlsInaIJ. were, one
and ALL personally unknown to him IN ISL He never
70 much a. saw Msc'uity uu the year following, al,
though Aacaulay 0O say nOtugo Cambridge fap') htd
flashed into fun metropolitan ctebrty y his aI'c4e on
Fifty years since the two great parties sepa.
rated by strict line of dcmarkat'on except on neutral
ground Ike Almacks, aud for years after lis
france into the grca, world Greve 60 his
prtsslou) herded' prHclraiY with the Tories. HIS
brother Algernou was private the Duke OF
Wellington another hlgh Tory II, when had no snght
iuhuence his early opinions. As he advanced III LIE
he wdened bis circle aud gladly aysied himself OF hs
Of intellectual mark Of every class. Grad
uaiy, by amt OF tact, temper, observation
aud experience, he acquired so nigh character Tor
judgment that he became the popular referee not only
ia afars OF hUuor hut In differences OF all Sorts social
literary aud political. Although termed The "Grdncner
from bs haoItual tone, he seemed naturally kind
hearted man, with wide range OF synpltnies, ana an
unfe2ned dslntcrcsted eagerncss 70 render usefui
postnumOus indications OF character, was the impress
Of those who knew him best; and the portrait Of
1913. might have passed fOr hatteTing likeness or
Greyie IN his prime:
His judgment aud his prudence and MS VIII
Were deemed he very toucbstone and the test
o. what vas proper. graceful. just and Ill:
word from him set everything at rest.
Hs short decisions never failed to hit;
HIS silence. IN. reserve, his iuatteuuOn,
We're felt as The heyerest reIreheAslou.
Uismomory was the magazine and hoard
Wherc claims and grievances, from year 10 year.
And condolences and complaints were stored
Prom dame aud kuIght from daIoscl, bOOr aud peer.
Il
A generous oOurUer, secret dud sinccre.
Adyiser-gCueral TO the whole community,
He sery'd friend, but natchcd has OppOrtuHiy"t
The Journal IL contained IL u haI uocTp' Volumes. or
copvbOoks. II Is broken by Ireqlent cISsms Zone Of
pror tO retirement from ms Official Ire. Shortly be-
lore death, he much troubled IN ms mind aD0ut
tLc Jourual: being undecided what 10 10 with IT, and
apprehensve that portions ought not 10 see tine light
during the living eeuerduon or the next or not at all
lie stated repeatedly that he did hot feel equal to "a
nne and make correcton or a note; ana We could
VI q a
friends 70 whom tDe manuscrlpU had been lent. On
hing reminded that be Lad been uuust TO Lord Lypd-
hurst with whom he had always lived In the closest in
imaoyl said be really dld not remember the pas
sages in question: which (be added) Cust have been
written long ago. and he Intinated wish that they
should be struck out; which they would have been had
be hyed a few days longer We shall call attention as
we proceed TO many others which cOuid not have
eaped the carefully revising hand
II Grevile had 'lved till 1874, would he have published
hIs journal II has been published? Would he have
JUSTIFIED IN doing II not in what respect does
tie position Of ms dOuee or terr Tepleseadtiye differ
FROM hs own The responsibility must rest some where
aud the essential point not that tue Journalist is dead
that tue wCOwS, sons, ddugntefS and other near
restves attached friends OF the peroOus oensiyely
intiuduced-in numerous Instances the persons them
seives-are alive. If-which We douDt-ha really meant
publication to take place 80 soon after hs per
fall strictly within the prncpewe do not the let
ter-of the famous sarcasm eve,ed by DR.. Johnson
coward: q scOundrel. for charging blunderOuss
against religion and morality coward because ne
TO beggdrly scoichnan 10 draw the trigger
after hls death
WILLIAM ~. AND VICTORIA.
On Sept 2 1876, ne undertakes report between in
yerted commas, speech part Of speec) delivered
OIL the 10Th Of August from particulars supplied 10 him
the day before sept 20 by person spoke from
memory unaIded by a The - Windsor Cas-
uel
Adophus iniO his Uhe Kng
nOruuy foand STATE Of excitement II bis birth
celebration that called
6ubded peoye the
Duchess KnF and
are his the opposite Aoptu
the Dgches. vo Of