New-York tribune., 1884-11-30
THE ENGLISH NEWPORT.
AN .ENGLIsHMAN's NOTES ON ENGLISH
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| PROM An OCCASIONAL CoRREsPONDENT or TIE TRIBUNE
BRIGHTON. November ID.
This letter IL written from the marine suDurD
OF London for the excellent reason that during ths
| autumn session everybody who can manage II comes
| down here from saturday to Monday Members of
Parliament, aud others whose means perm't i've here
except on the harl-working days at Westminster When
the most torpid OF county meers IL supposed 10 put IN
nm appearancc The specially Of Brighton Is sun and
mir Nowhere southern coast Is there hher ahu
,ronger sen ALI and whenever there 4. glimpse ot sun
10 obtained In England II is visible here swift ana
frequent trains practically make Brighton as accessible
ne ighgate aud sgreelbiy accessible than that or
any gf the remote London suburbs At one time II
sse,n d 40 Behtons were going to be pnt ont OF
lont by those pretty keutsh plaea. Tnnbrldge Wei.
and sevouoaks. bat charming ~ they aio toey lack tho
bright and salt air Of Brighton.
To rive very faint idea ~ the style of people living
hero may mention tDat among my Immediate neighoofs
Ia sr Abori the faos merchant ahd panEor o'
Boubay, whom our princes aud tloso " Germany de-
liSht 10 honor vho Ia connected through Mrs Arthur
sa.soon with the RDlhschiid- Mrs Artar. celebrated
beauty, being sster OF Mrs iropoid koihnchi VINO u
viii he reile inferred Mss Pefigia OF Az ancient
family OF the sephadm. Just next door " sr hD"ft
sassoOn dwells that clever and popular novelist Mr.
william Black who when not grouse shoons OF yacht
ing In the North travelling In the s0nt dwouu AT
Pastor House under his own roOftreo Mr. BLACK mas
a charming residence decked with many clever pictures
by Mr. Petite K A. Mr. Colin Hunter. A. Il. A.. and
others # tue artist world In which Mr. Black eScee-
ingy popular. lie is especially proud OF wooden tray,
handsomely wrought and known as that which bore the
supper young Pre uder. Prince CHARLES Edward
in the Forty Five" Many other quaint relies OF vari-
ous times lands scattered through PASTOR House.
notably bell from the Campagna used In the Black
family a. a dlnuer-beL Shortly after breakfast Mr..
Black may be esped ia a suit of particularly hdeOus
| tartan pattern taking his morning constitutional
along old chain beloved ty him because he has 1t
all himself and think over bis work without being
,ade-red by intervewers bored friends Not that
he s In the OF solitary morose disposition. On
the contrary he is capital company at dinner and
luncheon The latter meal he invariably eats when In
London Reform CuD at the same table aitn Mr. j.
R. Robinson the manager OF The Duuy Se,gs, aud Mr..
lanes Pawn the wellkn0wn novelist essayst and con-
versalionist
On the side OF Sir Albert EassoOus house looking
toward Kemp Town lives Mr. James Ashbdry, who
represented Brighton in successive ParlaneDfs and
during residence III the borough oi some fourteen ears
nas dplayed great public spirit and moreover may be
SAID to nave formed and consolidated ue Tory party
wnou only other day returned Mr. Marrlott most
popular of..turncoas in the teeth OF MI Giisistones
Govern neut AshDdry Will ne rcco,lectei III Amer
lea as the hardy yaensnaa sh0 took up Mr. James
GORDON BenIeIrs challenge 10 sail 81 oceap race from
beat Nr Benefits Dam less. Mr. AshDCry eDiertains
largely in MS hands house Wee one meets Ar.
d "a Wnie ~ for portstnoutb and other Iights
OF the political aud sociai world APP opos of sir Henry
WoH ! may mention that he aud Lord Randolph
Churchill stay here the Orleans Club and are under tie
treatment OF very clever ineicO, DR.. Roo,e Sir +.
fmer also is among the RESIDENTS here as well as or
George Armytage aud Mr.. Marriott. ". p, VIVID gave
handsome entertainment the oter night AT his house In
Brunswick SQUARE The law courts having opened,
Baron aud Lady Diana unddieston rave just returned
10 their London home III Ennsmare Gardens and Lord
Lone boodsb has not vet quilted pbeaSant shooting 10
magnificent horses and spedid achmanship
here Int during the next month nearly every
body viii be here driving on the sea 'front.' hunting
VITA the AMI dining not wisely but too well
every night somewhere between Msiera aud Medina
Terraces and the preDosterosy late hours OF half past
Within three doors of Mr.. Ashbury lives Mr.. Edmund
Yates. whose "Reminiscences have commanded such
an enormous sale astonish the worthy and genial
publisher Mr. Bentley. There has been Of late sut OF
hut Manesiuiry, Croker and of them not
excited 1.-THE Of the interest fet IN Mr. Y.less most
straed It Is sufficient TO be nan of the
wS dg al % sps@Gfs an ae 10 wr Hi %
aud entertaining book. One nu-t also know how TO
write Mr. Yates IL essentially brgut clear. incisive
writer of pure sound English without zint Gacisms
prOyipciss and be las been IN the fore ront OF
contrast to Malmesblry mnddles and the like. 1t is
quite talk OF Londoo Brighton and every other place
Mr. Yates is not only maD Of many sides but Of many
houses. Since I have had the pleasure Of calling
n%aty n% y ''fna In carensh suare s'" in nun Por.ad
t;s,e at W1rgrave. Goring and NARROW on the River
Thames, and at his house on Marine Parade. Brighton
Sow be has established himself permanently sn. s' res
honse very prcttily decorated Sand beautifully lighted
with lamps mai DUtu I'D iiDlng W.
well as in library and snuegery there Is only anu re-
liyius light exert table or book WHEREOF strong
required. For literary man Mr Yates takes
great deal exercise doing regular eIerrise caner in
nanneis every morning at o'clock returning 10 naih
aud Then from half a-t tii IL
and then a cantrr the downs powerful BLACK.
Luncheon there work TIL tue hour OF driv-
ing on tue espan2e aud with lanplight CORE
spOndencc and possibly proofs for correction. Ana
wag. wor,di by the way. Mr. Yates has inst con
cuied with tue Christmas number OF that periodical In
brother of Oscar OF that lk The scheme ~ this amusing
sit Is no vel special correspOnden has been caHght
oy the Mans and detained IN ts scaiao the Wild tribes
WHEREOF are depicted by our own artist on INC spot
Mr. Bryan clever caricaturst. The trii es are
divided not according 10 territorial distribution but by
names the Biees. the T0mmses the JOhnnees and 80
men about town, thpiy disguised followers Of the
False Prophet great success may be safely abtic-
are extremely diverting
People who fare not familiar with the ecceutrce, of
men OF geniu- are marveng'at the inflammation Mr.
Gladstone IN keeping any Kind Of acquaintance with
person OF MIS- Illstethwsytes Rntecedsutn This lady
was tie beautfu, and notorious Laura Bell pretty
hOrseDeaEer VINO rode the Park before the d.y of
Anonyna alias ssittles." When she married Mr
Thstiefhwayie his "po-itiOn of a vnupy.r a.,
bat when his brother Captain Wa. ktsd
at InkermaD he came into fDe property OF cour,e
Laura despite ner wealth not received court or in
preaching IN women OF her former profession con-
vertsd her husband. who also preached and unsIy at
traced Mr. Gladstone. and. II 10 said colonial b-hop
house. Pety having succeeded thus far se toot
and modelled bust Of Mr.. Gladstone. know
this be for have often bust In the
Of the late Mr. Hay ward q c., In st. Jamess St
The extravagance OF Mrs Thisteth has e
all kinds dsgrAeefn squsbbies between her her
husband and various tradesiDen but Mr. Gladstone
persists in going lunch and then Sundays with
the ThistIethwaytee Truly this great In many
Lenon that the lady retains NO trace ot her former
nsrkabIe beauty.