Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-02-15

nineteen Of these who sit rs such in the
Lords, besides those Of Scotland and Ire
land, who have their seats by virtue OF
lesser English titles. The Marquis Of
Salisbury is the only one of whom great
things can be said The Marquis OF
Abergavenny pronounced Abergenny),
the present head Of the Nevills, is as me-
diocre man as a hot-headed Tory, with
the cramped ideas of the past always up
permost in his mind, can be. The Mar
quis of Lansdowne has Just been sent
out to Canada as Governor General--a
good sign that he can be spared from the
House OF Lords-and the Marquis of
Ripon is the Viceroy of India. Beyond
these four what, as public men, do the
rest-with, perhaps, the exception of the
Marquis of Bute-amount to !?
Next in order como the earls. The
peerage is most prolific in this degree,
there being in the House of Lords no less
than l1S earls that sit as such. This num-
Der does not include the Scotch and Irish
earls, who sit in the Lords as English Wis
counts or barons. OF them all, Lord
Granville, Lord Kimberly, Lord Cairns,
Lord Carnavon, Lord Selborne and Lord
Duferin are really the only ones who are
limits of the county in which their estates
may be. OF the others, Lord Hardwicke
is an impoverished spendthrift; Lord Dun
can is an amateur violinist, who passes
his time when not making ocean journeys
to and from America in search of profta-
bic land speculation, in giving amateur
smoking concerts, at which he plays him
self, and very badly in the bargain. II
he is noted for anything else nobody has
heard it.
Lord Shrewsbury, who is the premier
Earl of England, has disgraced his name
and fame by his marriage with the noto-
rious Mrs, Mundy, with whom, before di.
vorce from her first husband, his conduct
created much scandal. When not indulg-
ing in quiet orgies at his seat, Fugestre,
he and his countess, who is old enough
to be his mother, keep away from Eng
land on yachting tours. Lord Aylesford
is too well known. He is a disgraced man
and has found it beneficial to take up his
residence in Texas The Earl Of Dudley
is not only the richest earl, but, perhaps,
the ugliest man in England. Strange to
say, he is welded to one Of the greatest
beauties, whose heart aud hand he won
by his great wealth. He is devoted sole
ly to his interests, and is noted for his
disgustingly sensual proclivities, to the
indulgence of which he is given.
Lord Rosebery, who is paying San
Francisco visit, began his career by get
ting to the verge Of bankruptcy on the
turf, but recouped in time by marriage
with one of the Rothschilds, who (apart
from her dowry and fortune) was not ex-
actly the choice of any man who could
afford to marry any one else. Since his
marriage Mr.. Gladstone seems to have
discovered merit in him, and he has been
pushed ahead where other men OF far
more ability, though perhaps less cum
ming, are kept in the background. He
hardly looks n clever man. He has lately,
it is said, further distinguished himself
by adiuring the faith of his fathers and
becoming an Israelite. 1t is quite pro-
bablc that he would turn back again if he
saw any money in the transaction. 1t is
quite doubtful, indeed, if he would have
been noticed by Gladstone had he made q
less advantageous alliance. He is, in
short, the sort of man to sicken one
with the sound of the expression "otIesse
o6Hge.