New-York tribune., 1878-07-06

! laVher INTO the House Of Lords. He provided
handsomely for both the tutors of his
youth, making one Canon of Windsor, and
| the other Canon of Westminster and afterward
Bishop of Lincoln and Dean of st. Pauls. accord
! ing to the bad custom of those times' says his
| boGrapher but it was not so rigid custom but
! that the King appears to have contemplated divi-
! sion of the spols, and only prevented by Mr..
! Pitts earnest argument that as the preferment
was held with two others in addition to il by the
present Bishop, Mr. Pitt hatters himself there can be
nothing Objectionable in its being now given with
| the bshoprc, and lie sees neither any arrange
| ment OF Importance any pressing claim
| with which it can interfere" And his Maj
esy graciously replies to his impOrtunate minister
u see You have it so much at heart that | cannot
| let my reason guide me against my inclination to
Oblige you therefore consent to his having this
Deancry with the BIshOprc of Lincoln, though am
confident IT will be, by all but those concerned,
thought very unreasonable, and / should fear will
serve as precedent to the like applications lie
gives the place of housekeeper to the Lcyee Rooms
at Whitehall, TO his mothers housekeeppr a
much-yahed servant of many years standing,
and apologies for the smallness of the
salary, 5000 by saying that 1T may be executed by
deputy and has indeed, hardly anything to do,
not requiring the least attendance" And
when another housekeeping vacancy happens
worth $3.50 per annum he offers her that and gives
her poor little 5000 place TO Mrs Arden, another
prOt6g6 of his mothers. He made hls brother First
Lord of the Admiralty, not without some doubts
whether the public may not think this too much
like monopoly but that doubt is not sufficient to
cOunterbalancG the personal comfort which VIII
result from it and the general advantage
to the whole of our system" The per
sOnal comfort " undoubtedly secured,
but the general advantage" is not SO palpa
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for business and none at all for debate; and from
his want of punctuality in his appointments he
to be often nicknamed the late Lord Chatham"
He nevertheless remained in Office from 1883 to
1894 when he was transferred "to the easy post of
PIivy Scal' and thence to the presidentship of the
Council though, says Mr.. Pitt, the difference be-
tween the income of that and your present situation
is not as considerable as wish it was but 1T is
materially better
When the great Office of the Treasury was prof
fered and pressed upon Mr. Pitt he did decline the
brilliant prize, not for a sentimental, but for
statesmaullle reason-thathis only reliance appeared
to be that Lord North and his friends would not
continue in a combination to oppose aud he felt
that such reliance was too precariOus to act on.
I'm any man, prominently in so young man, this
was wise and prudent, but it is a misuse of words
to call it dsinterested craftsmanship. After
ward when the circumstances had changed and
Peers and Commons were in hot fight over the India
Bill Mr.. Pitt did not hesitate to accept the same
office.
He gave to his mothers friend, Mr.. Mitchell, a
living worth three or four hundred pounds
wear. and not requiring q residence. Indeed,
the duty of providing for ones friends is
so taken for granted in the Pitt family that Lady
Chatham writes to her son that Notwithstanding
poor Mr.. Croft's wild folly his extraordinary
attachment and zeal for your ever-lOyed father,
entities him to be forgiven and provided forP
Lord Mornington elder brother of the Duke of
Wellington, loosely reminds Mr., Pitt "Of your
kind intention to make my brother Gerald a fat
plurast." He "gave a practical proof of his re-
gard for Speaker AddmgtOE by naming his brother
Mr. Hey Addington, to a LOrdship of the
Treasury. He declined the Order of the
Garter from the King, but obtained the
royal permission to bestow II upon his brother,
Lord Chatham. He accepted the Office Of Lord
Wardenshp of the Cinque Ports, place for life,
with salary of $15. 900 year, and with the most
generous kindness gave the best office under 1t TO
his nephew. 1t is mentioned as highly characteris-
tic of Mr. Pitts noble nature, that, though his old
friend and the father of a young lady whom he
loved Lord Auckland, had bitterly offended him, lie
nevertheless exerted himself to secure him in some
way conversation for his loss Of income in being
removed from the Office of Joint POstmastcT-Gen-
oral: although as Lord Auckland had already one
or two large diplomatic pensions, as bis wife had
further pension of $1,000 a year, and his son
rich snccure as an Auditor OF the Exchequer there
would seem to be no pressing necessity for 1ir Pitt
tostrain his conscience over q vicious Civil Service.
Nevertheless he did not rest till he had secured
Lady Auckland pension equal to what her Lord
had lost in loss of office. Besides then, all the
perouisites of vicious Civil Service which
AI,,f ln haEt mad
Office with or without service on his brother,
his cousins, his nephews, his friends and
even his mothers servants with lavish hand. He
received himself as First Lord of the Treasury and
Chancellor of the Exchequer 100000 a year, as
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports $4,000 more,
and other small dues tire Dover coast, so that his
income was nearly $4,000 year He had no
family and his biogTapher admits that he ought not
10 have spent above twO-thirds of his income.
Nevertheless, he spent the whole OF 1t, and sew
eraI times during his life his friends had to
come TO the rescue and pay his debts to Keep
his house and furniture from falling under the
hammer The manner In which his personal friends,
his popular admirers, and his stubborn old King
rallied around him at these times Is extremely
creditable 10 them, and warns ones heart toward
the generous English blood. The manner in which
Pitt met them and refused them, and accepted
them uves one a thrill of admiration ana pity
wholly unmingled with contempt. But death came
and the great Minister-one of the most splendid
and imposing figures that have ever adorned bis
torv-had only his debts and his nieces to be-
oucath 81 owe more than l can leave behind
me- is the sad and simple conclusion OF that last
paper which cannot much be called his will as his
wish. He expressed desire that pension of five
or six thousand dollars might be settled upon his
eldest niece the afterward famous Lady Hester
Stanhope, and pension also upon each Of her two
sisters. 81 am far from saying" he affirmed with
his gentle proud humility, that my public services