, 1876-11-05
EUROPEAN: GOSSIP,
The Last Of ",Limmer's,'" a Fa.
NOUS London Sporting
House.
The Crime, Of a French '?2 2 Cadet, !'i! and n:
What His Comrades Expected
Elm to. Do.

what Ills C0mFaQeS EApEGteQ
! Elm to- Do.
Some "Reminiscences Of the Ex.Empr,e:sSs " p,
f. Eugenis::;: HOY, She & Became |4' a! Belle.
/: THE LAST OF L1s1,dER's.
t, The London Telegraph Of Oct II says: '.'fhe
i name Of Limner's Hotel, IS being the foremost
sporting tavern Of, its class IN the world, has
been coextensiye in celebrity with *Weather!hy's'
and Tattefsall's:'.. Crop after crop: Of gallant
and lgbt. t.heartcd youngsters has arisen, has run y
IFS course and :falien before the 'tnexorabfe
'scythe Of the bookmaker, leaving no other
record Of: its existence ind. no other epitapn
than the inscription :of;its not always settled
tavern. ACCOUNTS upon. the faithful and 6ugges-
tiye register at Limmer's. What punishment
have not the supporters OF, Limmer's endured
since the Prince Regent and Sheridan and Beau
Brammel cracked sdt1 their- first bottle under its
roof, when the century was in its
babyhood, Poor Berkeley Craven dined
There On the night :: preceding Bay
Midtlleton's 3aa: victory. in =: the Derby
sJcrsey wi1,s.' stii Tiags omiuoasiy as We tatsh
it up from the page OF Raikes' tell-tale diary.
When When l.ilnmer''s WAS at its zenith, from 1886 to
| lSAV, What troop OF mad rogues thr0ngcl
its passages, wefe'* bittdh-as the old phrase
ran-by the 1harn-mouse' : at its bar and in its
coftecroom, and made ittheir fayoritc camping
| grUund rs week followed week and left tliem
still in town: In that little mirror paneled recess
! at tile bottom OF, the. co1ee-room the preltmi-
St. neen 2s GeSa fa4sGn oss &bf5se fss
| late Lord. Queensberry, the famous Marquis of
Waterford, the two Jack Myttons, the late Lord
Longfofd, and Tom Cromneiin than in the up ulEp
LyA ot:at Owen swiit's har, or in Tom Springs
| baek parlor, or Ben Caunt's snuggcry.
IA pursuit which Wis enthusiastically sup
] ported and believed IN by William Windhan,,
Charles DANES Eox, Lord Althorp and Lord
on behalf Of its promoters when Eimhicr's IS was
! at its apogee. Full many awcll1nown pugiiist,
with Michael-Angelo nose and square-cut inv,
has stood, cup in land, at tue door OF that his
torca1 cotfee-room within which Lord Queens
berry-then Lord 'Drum1anrig- and Capt. VIM.
Peel and: the late Lord Strathnore were taking
their meals. Whether it was breakfast, lunch
con, or dinner that' they were eating there was
no clock anu no announcement human monster:to
the the genuine 1a5itue Of the famous tavern e came
home to bed When his day was over and his
humor prompted him. It Is but q few years
SINCE poor Charley Wemyss, during 4
long sojonrn at Llmmer's, remarked that
he had never found life in London more cheap,
seeing that be never had occasion to wear, any
thing but evening clothes. In that capaeious
coffee~roonA there has been more life In Lon
don enacted than Pierce Egan ever recapitu-
A1 y ~ ~ ~ 1ao eSGl Mats eam 1snt
Wiiio,, poG 3nI Ganf ;ttiS as,h,ti1%.
snd 4aia ~ hsad aa hnp tha ese, and na1Gs
xsfS 70 ne toGt w. ~ TX yl4S1 1s
Y seut ~ 9uH ~ ~ NolSestci
A. the tauae .nes 4o in rt,, s.,Ia
Wlhao"s was sG.II vach My ~ wv. <st'tpi.,
evening cont and Mith snowy + c1panSe Of
upott VIII rt ~, n'ivs asl. fth4!
races: = seIYants VIII w ehnils s'1hap!e Ist XIV.
al.s w. Sje .n.U lAe MAJ ntoa
nose Hom .h Us 10 iil.nnd;,+o; o,;cta
'n@ar MnJ aSd sir Vinnenf cottnu ~
eE LoTu Lohioto e1a w. nM N.oGsns Wai ~
alioW us yueI " " ef:ineu ~ ~, oounny naanet
ios a ot51ar than V;ijan, Nalson III hrecdrr
= none otaen tns.n " unalu neison, ~ uscue.
kue!gle " 5IeGps 81. ~ mtAuS
q the Nauie Falk 81 rlatenntmly uecnnes, l1 a.
nc IGmote tnu ~ ~ IL hn, ,oon' eaosf fs
CoAatt e.aEEt1 ae Uon1n1 VIZ as3a
ton t9 5 sta.e W.. aa Griast,, +, +e m
Ene ~, nisr,,+ 41 fas 4ha1a 1no+Iav
1o9ohooo:G -. ~ Aa..e a4 s1enG - osy "y
gatne.lt4k oh tnea @ - ~ ~ 20 so9Ifs
On a. tnners: Anons ane1n eolass III. III.
Sese WIZ . I ti nt ~ ~ st;a,1 I - hai
put;ons, anu WILL LIE Hnoo ,ee vi n' ass s!sA @ e
modest 1ogg TO y ap0nt 11Ts,e alarm , 1er inc
Gamnr1ogesnMe Loeu az, "le4etsea 4eh, ndG a,n !uss
hnisaeu dinner at 1ne 1aole aa]olnlng
the colnnh !uItnEst ron e9S noo Y nefR1aee: " "
and proelaln5 4ls l, auAeEy " taI 2,oout9 ~ "
the held. oio J9s1lce, WIZ us 1a1ne ieg nnu
MS open 9ooh u 4Ah9' nouoass hensa au tHl.n M
er Wltn i9st Of .neau uis " t1s s!eeye. Essn
the stately Loro george may gtSas1ohatly 1s?n oe
seen, as ne fetlfes 47o cornET a VIII us lavor
1te commissioner, aarly tlnl' netots "aIh1a5
Gown the passae asn:3ll-aIm VIII us Eanu Gh
some young ~ 1Ilen9, rranS % vnsters: LOT Lofo ines Gnes
ter1eld ana Col; bofester caIns IN tTes1 l1prh -
tr1a1 az may poSsDtyG auna mis tAt
or Bathiiue 70 tne eefgll ~ - GeSale"a4c9 "
Gam mor1ogesnire Winnels. Eoeu nespy an1 Sol;
Anson are anaioasty waSnG eni
Ihe comlsslouer - "eo ent.,t s{ m1ss F.
tne mnnPuiauoent ~ y! oeose9 5l3 D1lp3 nsotlse, o.n,
against Hho sn voseRn no0 ~ so n1T snis
taheu = suot oy ta1!us oogo ~ ~: a4siS -
not IepoItel N sns iHol ~ ana 4onspol ~
1ng stranger 1poks ~ nc - paotnp.ly si,alssu
nalI crowR " W las discriminating "'A'e's 'os
Als g!ass =, .. au .: ~, .,ax, z..,
1as lons peen tAepiy Wy " w usnie
zens VI 1a1nefs t1at tne tueA " tus nause use
oeparte1 maeh q .ng u.o nate nt T nnus
MaS teRaseo y ras taItad M ~ a,Is
tnat mueo htnlnteaa Mas Ss.eu W.
te rEe ene ,.1 '.
& y, w. saas11 ,i; - ~ ~
u snggested ltse1 70 tns Io4ieklns 4 nunlot o. tus
mad Loro Matel1ora t9at tac to9nl We tooIot,
md tn Instant E0G 0i8ZiUR Eo3i8 McfG T8kE1