, 1881-02-13

Russia and Turkey she Instituted tho Turkish
Compassionate Fund, BY which 43o,ooo were
ion and death. Her private charities are
very. extensive and entirely beyond
ennessop sns Is f5lena and ID
famous, end the receptions which she has riven
have surpassed anything Ia simlar liue ever
Eiyen in Ensland. In July. 1867; sae 6, Eaye e e Ct
eian volunteers and 5M T GUESTS a were present. In
1871 she was, By the advice OF Sir. Gladstone.
who Is an Intimate friend. raised to the Peerae &c
and honored With the title Of baroness. Lady
which she tnhcri1ed from the Duchess OF St. Al
bans, at Highgate, in View OF tho metropoa;s'
with which she has always been so octosely loeutl-
fed Her town-house Is an imm use n1anslt'i'
with numerous bay windows, situated on strat-
ton street, which is sort OF cul-de-shc running
ALONGSIDE the walls Of Devonshtro House: 10 re C.
ndiIly. From its windows line view Is nat OF
the Green Park und Buckingham FalEce. lue 1ss
mansion contains great numper ~ ~ cuSta, :,
&l8,0oo. ,s.++-
In her personal appearance Lady hurdett.
Coutts cannot bo said to be very attracfise. Sne
is tall and thin mud age long ago SET ITS marx
upor hsr. In contrlst with these drawbacKs
she has u very amiablc expression OF counte-
nance and pleasing x9ee tdcb vr manner "a -
or prrtcnsiou- ...t
IN THE EARLY PART OF her CAREER
she .yas as might havc been expected, pestared
by suitors for her hand and tortune.-parttcu-
catne such q nuisance and made himsetf SO Of
fensiye that she had to apply for legal inleffer
euce to rid herself OF him.. It was believed thar
money made her an old maid, and that she
found compensation III being tho most popular
woman In London. This theory. however, Las
been completely exploded By her present mar
family: al The marriage Of her grandfather, NJ.
Coutta. with the actress Harriet Mellon, bus a.
ready been referred 70. His iirsr w!fe, the
grandmother Of the subject OF this sketch ,sas
Elizabeth Starkey, woman Of humble origin.
The Duke OF St Alban5, who married MT
Coutts' widow, was himself descended from
Charles Beauclerc. the son OF the famous act
ress Nell Gwynne and Charles II.
THE GROOM.
Mr. Ashmead Bartlett, the man whom Miss
Dur1ett-Coutt5 finally chose to he her husband,
after, 1t Is said, having rejected two Peers and
and native Of Philadelphia He has resided In
London for some length OF time. and not very
long ago became naturallzed
He acted Us The private secretary OF the
Baroness, and resided IN her house in Stratton
street He accompanied the Baroness and tho
celebrated actor. Mr.: Irving, on yachting. ex-
cursion last year. but no one Ct thnt time
dreamed OF his ever becoming her husband.
The surprise when the frat report of their
contemplated marriage WAS announced In
the London drawing rooms was profound, and,
1t ia scarcely necessary to add. caused great
many ll-natured remarks London gossips
found 1t impossible 10 believe, that Il young man
Of . should entertain any love for nn old Indy,
of O., and openly charged him with marrying her
simply for the sake Of her money, in precisely
the snne way that Mr.. Cout1's second wife mar
ricd him for his money. Il is said that by this
marriage the Baroness will sacrifice IN annual
income Of about $6:.5, 900. .....
1t Is possible, however, that the arrangement
by which Mr.. Bartlett assumes tho name Of
Bunlett-Coutts- BARTLETT was enectcd for the
purpose Of egading this provision Of the will.
The very people upon whom the uew-made
bride freely showed SO many noble gifts hare,
since the time that the marriage WAS announced
to take place, trented her N ost shaaletully. On
one occasion mob surrbunded her house and
threw stones through the windows. At another
time, when It had been stated that her marriaer
was tu take place in q church, a mob gathered
nuptiais from taxing piace. Tho marriage was
for this aud other reasous Several times post
poued, -.
skETCH OF MR. BARTLETT.
Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.
tor Of William Lehman -Ashmead Bartlett was
Robert Bartlett, who came to Plymouth, Mass.
5aer m Of n@ waSren a onc of se
died in New, Bedford in 1s5e, leaving his
Of ase "n Anna hmead tie aster Of Irs
Bartlett, having married Ar. Koape Rrooxtn, m
English gentleman, and gone TO England to re-
to England IN 1851 win lhe hope and expecta-
tion OF educating her children for the ministry
in tho Eagish Church. OF Ra3M w1'eh she
matriculated at Oxford.-Ellts at Christ aud
William at Kebie Collcge,-and while tho honors
OF each were satisfactory, those OF Ellis, the
older sou. we're Of Il specially high character.
Both studied law, and became burrlstcrs Of the
Inner Temple Ellis Is row the editor Of the
England, d Conservative newspaper, Il mem
bcr OF Parliament nnl nm uncpmpromlsiuc
opponentt to the Gladstone Ministry. William,
Ia whom the baroness became carly interested,
through her acquaintance with bis mother,
which began SOON atter her arrival In England,
offered hts services during the Turco- Russian
war to proceed to Turkey aud aid Sir Henry
Lnyard in administering the Compassionate
Fund, to which the Baroness made large contri-
buttons In recognition OF his eminent services
he was
DECORATED By THE SULTAN
with the second-class order of the MedjdIgch,
the flrst-class Of which was conferred on tho
baroness. IN token OF her munfticent CHARITY
Overtaken by serious illness brought on by his
incessant exertious aud harlshps. he returned
to England mere c0nynlesccnt, and won from
the Burones5 fresh tokens Of regard in view
OF the dangers to which be had
been exposed ln her service AkmeAd Bartlett
is flne-bult, muscular man, with u profus;on
Of brown hair and d muddy complexion, and
might be taken fora native Ut the country where
he has been naturaifzed. He is 4 good cricket
cr, being On his college eleven, and powerful
athlete, and won many local honors on the
running path. During his career at Oxford he
WuS
ALWAYS CONSIDERED TO BE PROTEGE OF
THE BARONESS.
He spent his vacation at her town or country
house, and WRs always at her side as a friend
and com panion. OF late years he has been tho
and, whether It be SO or not, it was always sup
posed by hts Oxford friends that the Baroness
contributed largely II not entirely to the ex-
penses Of his education ut the University.