, 1876-01-16

I tlJEQIff-
- After B-ongham's acceptance Of the Chance]
1orship he took Lord Grev's house IN Berk4ie
| fqu3re,. and when he gave it up in 1884 Bromley
| l4oru GTcY's agent, told ma that nercr was
hoaso left in such ti1tbv condition. The bed
ROOMS we're simply unendnrabe, and hidden il
| the handsome satin c.r;sine in the drawing
room be found c kitchen candiestick end b!ac
lead for the CRATES. Tha furniture Was ncar1
! a!l rnlncd bv ill usage and neglect; md, al
though Lord Grey gave Broughn1n two month
| III excess Of Ills term to move out it was uext II
impossible TO get him out, and when he went
| instead OF paving TN the erbtrated sum. 10: h
had irslsted on arbitration ns to damages, IL
I cent a check short ol El5. The check was re
I turned. and III three days the full amount wa
| cent. Brough1m was certainly wanting III deli
| cate feeling IN ell the COMMON transactlcrs O
| life"
| SHERIDAN
Sheridan. also, is made the victim Of severa
| pointed anecdotes and chgrac:erizat1one. ~
heard Sir George Beaumont say that, 81 Ladl
Ianners', i'll the country. Tom Sheridan was,
one night, going to bcl. His father came III AnG
began to lecture him. bnt being drunk Tom u1,-
dressed, put out tho camille. ana 20. to bed
! lie next day lie WIS tcln" this. and aoine one
| said: What became Of yoEr father 'Oh !!
| said Tom, *Ill bo--- if know. l heard him
| tumhl1ng a5ou: for an hour alterSard.' =
| LoEU MELRoCKSE-
| Ono night. ct the Luke of Devonshre'a, the
beautiful Mrs. - was e!,.cca.Ing Lord Mel
| bourne to grant her some favor for friend. In
her esserncss, kho seized hold Of his hand. ssy-
ing, soS, t!o, my Lord e1elboarne, 10 - Lord
Melbourne looked round 1nerr!ly and said,
Now, 10, nv dear Mrs. =, 10 let so my hand !;
1caM 10 scroicA my nose.'
Eyn,S.
Col. -w was at Eyron's ilouze in Piccadi1ly,
Ihd7 B.rou in the room. and luncheon VAS
brouEh: in-ycel outlets, etc. She began eating.
R.ron turned round in d;sgust-hs had an aver
sion 70 see vomen eat-arl said, ''Gormaa;lfz-
ing beast!' ard, taking up tile tray. threw the
wfolo luncheon into tho hail. Lady Byron
cried and isft the room. Byron himself
told Miss Bailiie, who repeated the story
to Havdou, that the yc-; morning ho and
Hiss Miiltnnas were married, and were driv-
ing home through tho grounds. and ell the
tr!'a.ts and neasapsrv Vero choeriDg, Byron
said to her. What cocld haze induced you to
marry mo: :" GOOD heaycns!" Eaid Lady
Byro:, bcca7se Ioyed you" =. No." said lie.
you have spice OF Mother Eve. You married
ne because your fricads wisned you not to do
so. You refused me twice, and | will be rc-
yengcd." lyroa told John Sco:t that after hi8
separation from Lady Byron hc ven. To 4 rout,
aud wss regularly cut b7 oil tho women OF fashion.
As he leaned against the msntcl-picce and they
were sweeping By, little red-haircd. bright
cred couuet came fitting up to him. and, with
a look that was exluisiteiy insolent, sal, :. You
Lad better havo married me; I would have 1ran-
aged von better" Mrs Leicester Stanuope said
the uuiccioll used to watch BYRON through
lesscope when he went out riding. So ono
day she asked him why he did not take the
GCiccioH oat With him. He drawicd ont in his
usual way. Consider consider what . fright
handsome :' Lady B!essington asked hln,.
81 Handsome - no replied, she il 4 horror,
she has red hair (which was not truo). SHE
said then. - Why don't yon take her out walk
ing :" He answered '.Gccauso she shuf-
pre:t7 coup!e!" DO you ever tell her this J"
the asked. '.Yes." "Wha. does she say ?"
= Sho scca-a-atcGea rae." replied BYRON. Hay
don adds, ~ met the Countess Guicclou srlbse-
luensly and eAo was certainly not handsome.
aud chin" Sir John Hophousc ASSERTS that By
ron WAS no sco1er. Still, on o7e occasion, Byron
sail: II have great mind 10 believe in Chris
tianiC, for the mere pleasure Of tanc;ing ,nay
lie damned" He is known to have begged Shell |
ley net to talk Of hell ur ghosts after dara-lt |
1na9o lin uneasy.
Eere ia story which is 30 exanis,teIy absnrd |
as to deserve au Immortality among anecdotes. |
1t is recorded under date OF Oct. 13 lS25:
"Talfourd and Miss Atltfo1u linca with us, !
and Talfou:d made lis taugh exceedingly with 4
good story of Hczlitt, At q card PARTY at Charles
Lambs Hazlit: aad Lambs brother got into .
DISCUSSION Us to whether Ilo;lein's coioring
vas as good IS thu: of Vaadyke. nazl,ts
lill at length thov both became so ir-i- |
lated they upzet tho cari-table and
seized eacI, other by the throat. In the strug-
.le that cnsaed Hazl:t 80: a black eyo ; but
wien the two col,6atacts NcTo parted, HaS!itt |
urned to Ta!icurd, who WAS tFcrins his aid, aud
ieid e: lou necd not t.ouba yourself. sir. no
aot r't'"t a 1;o,r. sir; 7:otiiaa atFtets NE brt
~ Abstract IGtl'''
LEIGH HUNT.
For Leigh HINT. 1laydon cana to hare posi-
iva Gislike because o; h,B contempt for religion.
Leigh Hunt" he eays, in d letter to Words
rorssi. fused to talk OF our Lord as If lie could
}.te Him.
CHARLES Gn!r1!LE.
1Ir. Hayward, Eho did :is l,".5 in .ho Omar |
c7lu Eccic'r to dan;n G.c:ii'o. Memoirs and the
ditoS OF them. Will taLo ,.c.sute in reading
la;coo's opinion Of Charles t;:csile in his life
i,l1e- The concluding sentence is i far s:1llie
4 Haydon keeuness in judging men:
- I do not know that like Alsernon Greville's
rother 50 well as most people. lie is fussy
1ao. too fond of medd;iug, and Affects to 10 so
cry diplomatic. He has TIA: contemplate ton
=acT i'll man OF telling 'l;r.;e wena,lish tea-ta-
10 !les'-us George II. said Of Lord Chesterfield
which mako mischief in families. Dorsey
ellis mo Greyli;e Keeps regular daily Journal Of
vcryshing he secs aud llcars. II TO docs, God
clip his friends! for If lie records as he ts!ls
q will pm. doEn great deal Of what ho neither
cc5 nor hears, but suspects"
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