The New York herald., 1878-11-20

one OF the most fastidious of men-in part from the
teaching of the Queen Mistress Of the Robes, who
loved to surround her ofspring-her children ard
grandchildren-with the most renped and the ablest
men OF the day In doing she not only incnlcated
tho advantages likely arise from proper cultiva-
tion of the amenities of life. but took good care in
doing to vary her instruction with few useful if
elementary. political lessons.
INFLUENCE woMES.
The late Duchess OF Sutherland was, before all
things else. woman. and woman of the most
exalted type. Next 10 that she . whig. and .
whig of the most liberal tendencies She was true rs
steel to the OF progress and nowhere moro
open hospitality shown TO the friends of that
than in her stately home at Dunrobn. In that
sumptuous palace Of the Sutheriands--for many
years and still the raying ground 1t may be said OF
the most notable in the Kngdom-used to assemble
the foremost men in the State. the Church. in lit
erature in art in every vocation OF life The young
Lord of Lorne was accustomed to meet under his
grandmother roof all who took active part in the
government of the day. William Ewart Gladstone.
Lord John Russell. the Duke Of Somerset
and the chief among their colleagues. and
such representative men as Whewefl the
mathematician and erudte Master of Trinity Col
lege. Cambridge; Motley the historian; DR.. Robert
son. OF Edinburgh; Drs Guthrie and Norman
Owen. the distinguished paleontoiogist: Arthur
Pnrhyn Stanley. Charles Kingsley, Panizzi and
others too numerous 10 mention. As matter OF
these gatherings of the learned and great
not without their influence upon the Argyll and
Sutherland children. They instructed, as it
were. in the whig creed, much as other children arc
trained to drink from cup eat from platter; and
WHILE all unconsciously they imbibed the pure water
Of liberalism from the very fountain source, they
taught well to appreciate the inestmable value of
learning.
A sUAsIAr TUTOR.
Neither the late Duchess Of Sutherland nor her SON.
in-law Of Argyll had much respect for English public
school life and until the age Of twelve the Dukes
conjugated the Latin and Greek verbs and read the
ancient classics with his brothers at home. Their
tutor at this time was Mr.. Schmidt. Suaban
pastor. reared in Geneva. man of singular sim
plicty Of manner and of erudition, whose ster
ling character had commended him to the notice of
the Duke OF Argyll. The Duke himself had been
msinly educated under home influences, and he
Arm believer in the discipline and watchfuiress Of
father and mother as against the most approved
system of the public schools. After considerable
hesitation and not q little earnest discus
sion. in which the counsel Of Lord Morpeth
Charles Summers very devoted friend had much
weight itwas resolved that the youthful Marquis OF
Lorne his brother Lord Archibald Campbell and their
cousin, Lord Ronald Leveson-Gower, should be en-
tered at Eton. Mr.. Lamproy, formerly private
tary TO Lord John Russell and graduate Of Trinity
College, Dublin. selected to accompany the young
students. to help them in their school work and gen.
orally to act the part Of mentor in all that peraned
their Intercollegiate hfe But although the consent
Of the Duke had been gained and the boys had been
sent of to Eton they relegatcd to the Of
of ~
house was taken for them in the High street. opposite
to that far-famed hostelry The Christopher" much
frequented in days gone by it may be remarked, by
that genial gossip and Of letters. Horace
walpole In this lodging they spent the
days OF their prescribed course at Eton, and many
the pleasant not say fashionable" receptions
held in its homely apartments. Clie1een. Of tho
country seats of the utherians, is in the vicinity Of
Windsor and it is needless to say that the Queens
Mistress of the Robes was very constant visitor to
the little house opposite 'The Christopher Inn.
MN. GLADSTONE VISITS THE BOYS.
Nor did Mr.. Gladstone-himself old Etonian-
whenever he in the nefghborhood of the college
omit to look In upon the boys And occasionally
came message from the castle upon Windsor Hill
that Her Majesty herself would receive the young
grandsons of her very dear FRIEND and we may feel
tolerably thatthe lads paid these visits of
SJ3te WITHOUT recsfvlu8 HDpie anu SrauIying
Testimony Of the regard in which Queen Victoria held
the members Of the Sutherland and Argyll family.
Although Eton is essentially school for the
SONS Of the rich It has never renounced
its ancient reputation Of dealing with all
its pupils, whether Of high or low degNe in spirit
of the Rest impartiali.y. We may be forgiven for
glancing hack TO the head masterhp Of Dr. Keate by
way Of aidncing evidence In support OF this asser
ton He was little At all than five feet high.
ahrd pnF sovxA
not very great in girth; but within this space
concentrated the pluck of ten battalions." He
welded the rod with such magnificent yigor that
"Kezts's tune st remains one of the most Inernora
BILE traditions OF Eton. On certain occasion the
.'iower fifth FORM. OF the senior classes of tho
college, rebelled against disciplinary order Of the
Doctor. The class comprised some eighty boys.
Keste waited patiently in what is known ~
Upper School until each boy was tucked snugly be-
or two OF the masters TO bis atd. sent
them around 10 each boarding house and
relays OF half dozen, turn and turn about The
little Doctor hoggcd the whole eighty between ten
during his heasnastcrship. the splendid reputation
Of having hogged. half the secretaries Of state.
bishops generals and dukes Of England OF the present
century.
LORD LogrE At prros
DIR. Goohord was headmaster of Eton College when
the Marquis Of Lorne became a student there; but
his reg'm> has not yet commanded the attention of
the clrorricler Whether he an adept in the art
OF castigation and pe1ntted the sinister tho
recalctrxnt colegian OF his time The OF Lord
Lorne ut Eton throw no light upon the point.
The only punishments that overlook his mis-
deeds in the shape Of fifty lines Of the
Geor.1cs" for being out II bounds. And did not
fear the charge Of being considered. perhaps too
partial in narrative. might say that these
both unnecessary and unjust and merely given in
the exercise of little brief authority. The
dwelling opposite "The Christopher was .'ont
of bounds" according 10 the ruling of the college
authority, and the young Marquis could never pass
TO and from his home without bringing himself
within the pcrils of the school law II remained with
master 10 take cognizapce Of the offence not it
seemed to him proper; and, unlucbtIy tor Lord
Lorne's nicer appreciation of the poetry of Virgil.
there masters who could commit injustice
merely TO display their contempt for rank Eton
has not shown itself absolutely proof against the
fractions OF democracy. albeit all the traditions Of
the place would seem 10 point quite the other way.
1t is astonishing what depth OF radicalism lies pr
In these days beneath the rustling sken gown OF
Eton master.
AN ISDU.TEtors STUDENT
In The selection Of private classical tutor for Lord
Lorne the forcthought ~ the Duchess Of Sutherland
again apparent. Ihs Eey. James Leigh Joynos
asked 10 undertake the oiicc--no doubt in the
matn because of his high scholastic attain ments
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