New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-16
LONDON GOSSIP.
AN ENGLIsHMAN's NOTES on ENGLISH
TOPICS


uouse Of oras would neither assume take his
seat in the House II lie said that he once cha.ehseu
man who addressed him by his title. what Is Deter S
certained is that be most estnapie gehuenn""'
leading very retired life at Crawford House. near
Hounslow, and far from Harrington Corner once
famous for feats of pedestransm. He was great uos
fancier like others Of the Berkeley family lie reluTeu
his title and dignity because his assumption OF tne
would have reflected upon his mothers honor HOW
ever excellent this sentiment 1t was however, entey
mistaken as against his wish. the whole SUBJECT was
brought before the highest tribunal In the realm
The Berkeeys are very interesting from the TACT 'hat
they are perhaps the oldest family IN the peerage retain
their original property and the castle bearing 'ne
They also remarkable Tor tine peisie'o"'y
with which they maintained their type OF form anu
feature which resembles the old monumental pra99'
IN Berkeley Chapel. They have from old times oeen
hunters OF beasts and OF men," NJ Esquir0s put H.
and before and since the time OF EdWaru Al.
have demeaned themselves ever a. hleh anu
puissant seigneurs. One OF the most oVeroealnk VI
them all was the late Mr.. Grantley Berkeley, but as
| "Tom" Campbell said OF the First Napoleon mucn
should be forgiven him. for he caused the death Oh
/ bookseller" II was he who savagey thrashed the
original Fraser of Frasers Magazine" and fought the
duel with DR.. Maginn Of witty and joyous memory
Even when reduced to a skeleton the great Berkeley
case is full interest both incident and association
The Berkeleys chosen their wives without re-
gard blood II of the sublime veined
in their way they married her Ii they hrst
encountered q ood-looking dary-maid a buxom
butchers daughter, they married her Just az readily
Like real hunting ANNALS they seized their prev when
and where they could The fifth Earl OF Berkeley oc-
casioned the confusion which brought about division
OF property double peerage and the famous lawsuit
previously referred His sister, 1t he mentioned,
was married first the mad Lord" Craven and after
his death to the Margrave Of Brandenburg, Anspach
and Bayreuth. The Margrave and MargraVine Eept
great state at Brandenburg House. between Fuham and
II nff nd I wa
took refuge when at feud with George the Fourth.
Readers Of old political sqibs viii recollect HOOKS say
age lampoon the unfortunate Queen:
{" What saw you at Brandenburgi Hey madam Ho,
madaml
What saw you at Brandenburyi HO!
There saw a great dame with face Like fame,
And a character spotless Is snow! SnOwl
And a character spOtess snow"
The 1beler next goes on to ascribe the face like
fame" TO oeou ana strong waters generally To return
TO the fifth He married Miss Mary Cole, the dau1n-
ter of dairy farmer under somewhat peculiar eIcun-
stances Miss Cole asserted That they were mar
RED in 17s5 but owing said To the muation Of
a register and the loss Of the marriage Zines, the
House Of Lords declined to recognize the wedding as
legal At the time the application made to the
Peers four sons already born, the situation was
peculiar To prevent further injustice to their children,
Lord Berkeley and Miss Cole got married over again IN
1896 and Thomas Moreton Fitzhardinge Berkeley, the
marriage AS his younger brothers have no living de-
seeudant and the four elder legally held 10 have
been eitmae, the title GevOlves on his cousin George
Leunox Rawdon Berkeley Who was born Ia 1877, was
formerly III the army and married Cece, the daughter
of Count Edouard de Mefor the divorced wife OF the
late sir Fleetwood Peen and has a SON The MeioT
family or Melfort- Drummonds, have, only late as
1s53 been restored To the English Pee Earls of
Perth The estates which had with a dnkedom' been
forfeited 1746, restored in l7s5 The -on OF the
present Earl of Perth and MefOrt was very unoftu-
nate voung man. Known a. Lord Forth he was pres
an, in the Crimea and on one occasion behaved with so
much irresouon that the sergeant Of the Black watch
wanted TO take him out and shoot him." On coming
home It was said that about to devote himself 10
literature an announcement which provoked the fol-
lowing epigram;
Lard Forth a literary life would lead -
All know the saying: He who runs may read
Scandals succeed each other just now more swiftly
than of old They might i'll fact be said TO tread each
others heels The tenantry Of LORD shrewsbury ap
near to have been serve enough 10 GET up grand re-
ception for him on his arrival at lngastre win MIS-
Mandy as his bride There is whisper, however, that
The whole demonstration like those Of the second
French Empire, the work Of few people-paid TO do H.
The reception Of the Countess by her social equals
/ is far more problematical. woman may Tansgress
r,les NJ morality with all the cool calculation OF
scbemng adventures but the result be the corone OF
countess she have party on her side-even
IN soc4rv OF course she cannot TO court, but that
will matter very little If she obtains all tbe praclicaI
benefit OF going there. great deal VIII depend hpoA
her sisters in-law Lady Helmsiey and Lady Castle
REACH II they side with their mother, the dowaFer
who has been harassed fearfuly by her ever since
h WA, fourteen years old and their faces against
the new Countess, it will 20 hard with her IL they
rnt thu best possible face the matter ana take her up
sbe will rub along fairly well, II her brothers. the
Morewoods do not revive awkward reeolectons.
Poor Mr. Mnndy cuts awkward figure IN all THIS
IA of Fi-geI
Yesterday in Bond-st. aprOpos Of another eScaTe'
I'VE nsed 10 settle these things much better with the
pistol"
The Irish divorce suit TO which hardly DO more
than aude could hardly be settled with the pistol for
the bludgeon already been employed, and the wife
f rho injured husband retOrs with charge OF incest so
he if true that 1t exceeds the crime Of DOrsay and
n,roaches the atrocious record OF the ruhless
Renaissance. 1t Is, however doubtful whether the
t can he proved and perhaps for the sake OF human
nature II is as well that II should not albeit II Is had
~ the wife that she should first be l-treated ana then
legally punished
Asfto show that now and then very pretty quarrel
ca he gotten up without women. there Is fearful ex
.itc,oent inst now the Horse Guards Blue conse-
oueut,y III the whole Household Brigade consequently
from the serenest attitudes TO the lowest depths OF 30
80 Its NOT TOO much 10 Say that from the Prince Of
ws 10 the smallest newspaper boy IN Fleet Street all
che world il convused by the quarrel between Colonel
Oven Williams, late commanding and Colonel FRED
( Rurnaby now commanding the blues. Inc
;,o eousq Of all this is the indiscretlon or bon
houie or whatever else the reader pleases, OF
.ocietyjournal Editor This gentleman received para
such as Editors receive by hundiedH rtnoctlng
1900 an the conduct the late Colonel knowing
INN pef.onaly and being dsinclned To insert any ming
annoying 10 him, EdtOr sent the paragraph moi
c-Dyi 10 Colonel Williams VINO, thinking ne Recognized
hr and writing or Colonel Burnay, al once tax ed MN
with disOy atty to his Old COMMANDER Colone
denies tnat The paragraph was written by him ana
tins line stands inquiry anu oourt-nariai nave
heen demanded but granted. To the outside world
tbs NAV seem a very foolish affair The paragraph was
nor rgied and therefore should have undergone t9e
nsnal fae Of ANONYMOUS communications, and ali would
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