The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-11-10


rollton MOI Journal.
Eccentric and Strange Disclosures I'm
an English Blue Book.
The London Daily NetcS, I'm a recent is
sue, says: Blue Books are not diyerting
class Of literature, and IL would be inter-
esting TO know what becomes OF all the old
Blue Books. There can hardly be one
reader for each volume printed. Probably
they serve "to line n box" or even % to
curl a mMden's locks" a. Mr. TennysOn
anticipated might be the fate Of "In Ne
moriam in future ages. But maidens
have almost given up wearing ringlets. and
the touch OF poetical sentiment which felt
TO exist TO curl papers will almost be denied
to those unromantic documents. The reports
OF the ROYAL Commission on Historical Man
uscripts form notable exception to gen.
eTal rule. II Is the business OF the Com
mission on Historical Manuscripts TO hunt
up all sorts OF ancient records, public on
familiar, 20 catalogue and index and print
portions Of the letters that il would have
been discreet 10 burn in the interest OF the
authors morality and photography. Here,
in a plump and slender Blue-Book, the
whole amounting to more than 4 thou
sand pages, are the indiscretiOns OF
several centuries. The manuscripts be-
long to private persons and to pub
lie bodies-to the House OF Lords,
the Duke Of Manchester, the Earl
OF Jersey, Magdalen College, Oxford;
Queen Anne's bounty Office, Hiss Hamii-
ton, of Cochno; the Marquis Of Ormonde,
the O'COnor Don, and n number OF other
distinguished persons and institutions.
Here are minutes Of the Committee on the
Fall Of Rents and the Decay Of Trade in
the merry reign Of Charles III. Even IN
the good old times, even with free trade IN
full swing, and protection an established
fetch, and coercion in the form OF draSoon-
ing q recognized institution, il seems that
rents did not accumulate and trade did de-
cay. The committee examined, among
other people, the famous Sir Josiah
Child, one OF our earliest political econO-
mistS. At this time an excellent bill was
brought in, "to remedy the scarcity Of
ready money" thing most desirable, and
to supply the defect OF population by the
naturalization Of foreigners. Ready money
is still scarce very often, but population j.
so no longer. We find, too, among the IL
/ Illustrations OF the changes and chances Of
the world, that the people OF Ireland OF
fered to present the city Of London with
10000 cattle for distribution among the
sufferers by the great fire. English famine,
relieved by Irish subscriptions, seems
singular phenomenon. But what hap
pened? The English Government boy
cotted the cattle. To have landed them
would have been 10 infringe the sacred
code Of protection by which Irish cattle
were not permitted to interfere with the
trade Of the British grazier.
! The private letters in these reports are
not less entertaining than the public docu-
ments. We learn from papers belonging
to the Duke of Manchester how much
/ Lord Mandeville's tailors bills came 10
from 1850 70 1888. His lOrdsnip reloiced
in an cash cutler chamlett shewte, and
cIOke tuited all over" The spelling would
have brought blush to the brow Of james
/ Yellowplush or Artemus Ward. lie
was also brave in "bhckbird'
eve velvet shewte,' and, like no
bleman Of taste, he wore his stock
ings "piccadillied.H OF all the people
in these papers who would have failed to
carIT of prizes at 4 spelling bee, Lady
Essex Cheeke was the most singularly
daring in her orthography. Had her lady
shin been living now. Hr. Tito Pagliardin
and Nr. Max Muller would have found IN
her an enthusiastic supporter Of the re-
form OF English spelling. She had "ryter
10 her neyse." who was about 10 go "a
Bath. go" is not an easy word K
spell wrong. Even the gentleman whe
spelled coach "koh" might have succeed
ed with "go." But Lady Essex Cheeke
in spirit Of individual enterprise
and generous to extravaganza WIN mel
yowels. wrote ago" "goOe." Lady Essel
thought "Blask Tom had more corag'
than his erase. and terror enough IN M
beuded brooues (brows) to amaze the Prem
ti,esv II "Black Tom" was Straitord
rs seems certain, and II "his erase" wa
Laud. her ladyship's judgment Of charsc
fer was more accurate than her knowledg'
Of orthography. "Surgeon Is wore
which. il we NAV say 50, "stuck up
Lady Essex Cheeke. She prefers u
write II "Sirgen." When she wants Z
describe how she "waited" on Lady
Carlisle. she writes il weighted" IL
fact few persons Of rank have eve
como near Lady Essex Cheeke as an in
geniously peryerse tormentOr OF Englisl
smelling. When her "sOnne" fought
, duel with Sir Edward Baynton, Lady rs
, sex's anxiety made her spell with admlra
ble wildness. She was afraid that he
| . ~sonneD might have TO "gOe" TO prison
/ ain this enfectious tyme." when iail-feye
, was prevalent. She trusted that Sir ia
ward Baynton might recover OF his wound
"that my son be not so unfortlnat as 10 o
t giltv Of murder" The sad event she wrot
OF rs an "acsedeut," and she was too agl
2 tated TO send "the pirticulers."