New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-15
mir. GLADSTONE.
AT pALMENY AND THE DRIVE TO EDiN.
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iransi rus REGULAR conRnsFusprvr uf tnr TRIBUNE.
DAtMtSY PAM, Sept l.
Mt Gladstone was tu make his hist speech
b. hIs consti tnebis 1T Midlothian on satht-
aaY, August 40. ~ eeloeh 10 the after
moot, aud ~ start ffom nalihpht at alirast
n The orators VI America may he Interested
CO. snaN that he spent the matHipR=hfief getting
thFaush the little entini wnih that had to hp done
in reading novel There had heaR q rumoi that
he was hehlRd-hand ia his preparations, hut, ha
thsi - Il may, he had thoroughly considered aud
definitely made up his mind as Ia what he should
cay hy tie time break fast was over, and thencclor-
ward devoted himself Ia the complete relaxation Of
lis mind till the moment to speak came, lie might
we'll have found something 90 occupy him Ia the
beauty Of he and the preparations Tor
Tie perfectly appointed and faulteSsiy turned
out equipages which were 10 take the house party
in Dalmenv into Edinburgh drove on to the hard
gravel carriagc-swcep W minutes before the half
hour. There were two omen carriages and four with
Positions and outriCers. landau aud pair, a
break and a Victoria. Staying at Dalmeny are one
or tive young men whose authority IN such matters
is very complete. They agree that there's not much
The matter with tins display, and when young
Lngiishman of the superior classes that phrase
you are 70 understand ii as embOdying the
highest form of eulOgy. The landau in which Mr..
Gladstone is to drive is the last expression Of art.
The box has been taken off, the two toOtmep IN
feathers sit in the rumble The positions look as
If they had been kept under glass case-sO in fact
does the whole concern the horses above all. on
which the superior men bestOw more superla-
tives than can find room for The Others are not
far behind in merit and altogether the front OF
Dalmeny at the moment scene of brilliant
animation near by, and of perfect loneliness as the
eye looked further afeld over lawn, hedge and
shrubbery past clumps of venerable trees, through
n glade of oaks whose foliage almost Oyerhangs
The blue waters of the Forth, then pauses an in
slant on the great island in mid-channe aud rests
contentedly on the noble hills Of Fifeshlre winch
ncoSe the northern shore of this admirable stretch
OF sea.
The start for the miles drive into Edinburgh
was punctual. In the first carriage were Mr.. and
Ms and Miss Gladstone and Lord Roseberv. In
the second Lady Rosebery, Lady Fanny Marjor-
banks, Miss Helen Gladstone and Lord Darlington.
j. the third Lady Sandhurst Lady Darlington.
Lady sophia Palmer. and the Hon. Henry Cowpor.
IT, the fourth. Lord Saudhurst, the Hon. f. MaIior-
banks Mr. Henry adstone Mr. +. W. Hamilton.
Mr.. j. A. Cooley and Mr. f. v Murray. In the
Victoria which brought mp the rear were the Hon.
Bouycric Primrose who is Lord Roseberys uncle
and Sir William Gregory. These made up the
house party at Dalmeny From tlc door of the
house 90 Che lodge the distance is two W'es ~ ls
one ot tho charms of D1lmclv Park thatduaturr
has not been turned out OF a.. know very eight
ful parks. pctworth. for example. where every
llndc of rrIss looks as IL 81 had been comhcl early
tlut morning aud pomatum.d and every tree
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cato colon 1uI .uft tIuts JOS scotland alone has fo
chow ia, Iona, .y.ro r,1 ..4 fIr most of tbe disc
lance tiranel, dense vo d and iuI ever and anon
IN. woodland bre,t. into epr.,din, acrc. of corn.
broad .np.c. of turG and broader grazing fields.
.r.,,ftnc forest opens. thrrelsa fresh surprise
for you. 40 one turu the house Won hayc just left
rcappca,. th. gray Stone and H.J pinnacle. of thc
son. Iue1r fabric standing Nrl ont against thc
darL sIo.u OF sycamore and hr Irc ru.I" oi
H.ruhou. 'D rebuilt hy Lord E0.'h'r,Iu q Cur'ou.-
j. c1rc.Iy, simplicity ol style. Witch viii Dee uNl'
elective sti'l when trmr snail have stained ali
dlf.,.od thc fr,.h Ios. of a.. urU STONE, ., ont
from % pni, Z of land rcnchmg .o oruto tho Forth
that tlr u'.h of the tdc fom ibr Aurh German
Orclu v .hcs two tluks OF ihi- once ancient auI
fcudaI keep. The uuiou-lcl float, from Tine tower.
flp, ar. ras.ing; the opposite shores two miles
away arc culiycnod by villages and h'reand there
massive country mansion is visible on the hillside
Tic more distant smoke and possibly the masts OF
Grantou may come in view as You drive, and Tie
ncNt minute you are deep again m a labyrinth o.
branches shat brush your has for YOU the wrong
way Mr Gladstouc's admiration for this park j, well
known. He has often been Lord Rosebory's guest
81 Dameny. nay. be has left his mark Oh the place
where ht,le railing inclo,es a stump. .eycl with
the prouuo. beaIiug the pathetic inscription ".
l. Gladstone cutme down. , April. 1850"