New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-09

,orEWogTHY AssE1DIASE- ,.e,d
rhs fnneral of the late Earl OF neaoon'"or
tho 2sth ult., was solemnizea WIN e'%,U -
vn .I;.;tv H. The floral offerings from 'he ho9"i
Sass;,v as well as from other people, VIZ
.s,ys Of sincere regard. The asseinplas' -, =,
pd pssnd msnv distinguished persons nc "ot
49,. 49, of Mr.. Gladstone was tne su''o0' VI
much comment
,,Sr uoNoRs TO THE EX-PREMiEh.
.>.o>,sr,prp LAID AT REST IN THE fANiLl
bo"D At 1uGHESDEN-INciDENTs OF I'M. M
49,. rrrBrTEs OF RESPECT bi i"N
NEIGHBORs.
,., rsp,ypESr or THE TRIBUNhl
ro,, Anil os.-Iord BeacOnsheid has peen
-. rast-not horne to the Nationai Pai'"ooI -
- Ia .ho nonn and splendor of public oereino.i L.
49,. hnr;e5 modestly by sorrowing hlenos III
80 '''.;o, ~ a eouutry churchyard. Death oio" 'o
a., se.I ON many secrets, and IN his hiiai al
.ha.instinot of the man CT letters pieIo'' N .Io
q ,ha Oriental statesman. eredheu WI"
" = circumstance common to his race 10 .ho',
,.,heroA AZ Huchenden Church on IuesoaS' NOiN
ol,,,s choice will have seemed wise ONE
:, 11.a ,hhev1 Is not free from the faults VIM
characterize all national receptacleS ior l'e
- ryeat men, The principle OF SELECTION 80
;ndiacreetly exercised and the judgmeh, VI IT,
norories too frequently reversed by pos'oi"S. -
,poa., Corner. in the south uanhep' u
-, ooos abhov il still haliowed
~ AZ an author. Lord Beaoonsheid migut
havo heen proad of a resting place IN this sacreu
rrornd brt rs a statesman he declined tomo oy
shs onnosite doorway, amid the illregulated crown
90 .1or,aa nnonuments where Pitt and Paimers'ou
n. The late statesman was at all times keenly ap
nreeiatiye of the inspiration which Is oue u o0%
;,y In "Tancred he says inspiration Is not Only
adiyiue but local quality" and on pupiic W.
SION he told the people of Bucks that tne All %
their county bred prime ministers. Ever since no
asr;rod 70 political fame Lord Beaconsheld mas
breashed the genius-creating atmosphere Oh puoA
;nphamshire From the hill at Hughenden' "heIe
he spent his happiest hours and where he no" Is
laid a. rest he could almost see numerous spots con-
s4crated by the association If genius. without
gong hack 10 the records of history for the mighty
deeds wrought in Buckinehamshirc, there lie
within a few miles around Hughenden Chal-
tout ST. Giles where Milton finished " Paradise
Joztv. Horton where he wrote L'Allegro; the
village Of Beaconsied associated with the soldier
poet Waller was at later date the residence ana
now contains the tomb, of Burke Hampden' where
lived the great patriot Milton, where AtterDury
was born; Olney, where tho poet Cowper hved
Great NARROW, where Shelley wrote some OF his
hest poems: Burnham Becches, where Grote wrote
his "History of Greece; and Stoke Pogis Church
ward. which suggested Gray's Elegy," and where
that poet is himself lin his narrow cell forever
Iaidp Not even Westminster Abbay can boast OF
nobler names than those connected with the church
yards of Buckipghamshire in one Of the prettest of
which Lord Beaconsfeld sought his grave
High wycombe, the ncighboring town, might
have been. and mayhap is, the. Dartford of " Con-
ingsby. which had twice returned a jobbtng shop
keeper 10 support Lord Grey, and the chairman OF
whose newiy-formed Conservative Association as
surcd his followers by way of consolation that
property must tell in the long run" Wycombe
having persistently rejected Lord Beaconsheld,
when ne sought to be its representative, he has
doubtless measured the value of property IN that
borough during the fortyodd years he has been pro-
prietor of Hughenden. A up-and-dOwn hill, topsy-
turvy little town, Wycombe has grown up among
the beech trees which have kept its inhabitants
making beech-ehairs for centuries-
TESTIMONIES OF RESPECT.
Although the ceremonial of Tuesday was NOM
inally private one, the people of Wycombe shut
up their chair factories and dOnned their Sunday
clothes ont Of respect for their late illustrous neigh
bor. Tie Gag on the tower of their handsome thir-
tecnth century church Aoated AT halfmast the bells
rang muf1ed peals, and the flaming ped lion on the
balcony of the Red Lion Hotel, whose predecessor
Mr. Dsrael is said to have embraced during the
excitement Of an electioF speech, had a
broad black ribbon and q wreath hung
round its neck. During the forenoon, hours before
the time appointed the citizens and visitors began
10 stream up the valley toward Hughenden- The
mansion Of Lord BeacOnEfeld occupies command
ing position on a shelf more than half way up the
steep chalk hill which forms the western flank of
wycombe vale. 1t is Elizsbethan mansion,
standing amid outrageous beeches. backed by athick
wood ON the towering knoll which completes the
summit of the range The bulk Of the trees retain
the dull hue Of winter, and the chalky
landscape presents bare, mottled aspect which
the Scanty yerdure Of diiatory spring has not yet
clothed in sessonable colors. Before the manor
house, however. the fower-beds had burst into
bloom- Patches of primroSes and tulips ightened
the green Of the smooth-shaven lawn knots of viO-
lots laS around the adjacent trees and deep green
yews interspersed with statuary made the
Italian garden look like a tropical oasis
amid tho waste Of bare beech trees. For
nearly mile In front Of the mansion the manor park
stretches along the hillside toward Wycombe Its
flank Is dotted with beeches and below flows lazy
stream, aggregatng at every few yards into pools,
which in humorous way Lord Beaconsfield nick
named the Brook Kishon.
At the northwestern edge of the park, about 400
yards from the mansion, stands Hughenden Church.
tsa little redtiled Saxon church. recently restored
Just such an ediGce as Augustine Ceadda might
have preached in. Will It's churchyard it occupies
ksrnau plasean scooped out on the hillside Here
surrounded oy notwithstanding hawthorns, where
The VOW tree shades and the rugged elm wards OF
The north blasts from this humble Gods Acre, Lord
Beaconsfeld lies in his long home.
ASSEMBLING FOR rns yuSERn-
Tuesday opened cold and stormy Gusts of wind
and peals of thunder accompanied by heavy falls of
n..r l.tso~ l.,f -.
during the morning. About midday the sun broke
through the clouds. aud the chalky soil Of