Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-29

A GAY AND FESTIVE LORD,
Who Has No Political Significance
whatever.

From London Letter.
The cable is making great fuss over the
secession of Lord LondesbOrough from
the Liberal party, nobleman who is a
good cricketer, yaohtman and whip, but
has no political distinction or influence
whatever. He will not be missed. His
father, Lord Albert Conyngham, took the
name of Dennison, his uncle, the great
banker, on inheriting his vast property,
and was made peer by the Wings. He
was a Master FreemasOn, and founded
several lodges when the craft in England
was not the great social institution it is
now, and loved to see his blue and silver
braid on George FOrdham's back fash
past the winning post as much as he loved
to feel the f1ying Mosquito quivering
through the water with every stitch of can
vas set. He won many yacht races with the
latter and the Oaks with Summerside. SO
far as Yachting is concerned the Albertine
and Ursuline, belonging to his son, the
present Lord, have been worthy success
ors Of the Mosquito and have won their
cups, but he does nOt-happily for him
race. His blue drag, however, with its
two browns and two grays PUT In the
fashion OF st. Andrews cross-One gray
as leader and the other on the reverse
side as a wheeler may be seen at every
race course round London laden with bal
let girls in the midst Of whom might have
been seen often the merry mugs of
Sothern and Billy Florence. He confessed,
however, that much as he enjoyed these
jolly fellows jokes, verbal and practical,
he could not understand his
brother-in-law, the Duke Of Beaufort,
travelling with them for months ut a
stretch as be did over here a few summers
ago. pheasant fellows for a day." said
the philosophic peer, but not for a
MONTH" He has always affected actors
and acting, and in 1872 took Drury Lane
for a season in order to introduce Miss
Fowler, young lady whom he dishOnored
with his affections, engaging Dion Bouci-
cault as his manager TO bring out "Babel
and Bijou," with Helen Barry as the star
beauty, alter the fashion of the 'sBlack
Cro0k'' here, which was the passion of
that time. The audaciOus Dion abso-
lutely stopped him at the back entrance
from going behind the scenes in his own
theatre and bled him to the tune OF $780,
600. / remembered Dion said, with that
hesItating drawl he assumes when anus
ingly malicious, "The familymotto, over,
fork over.'"
His wife, who is the sister Of the Duke
If Beaufort, that stupid owl who went 20
sleep when here over John Brougham's
brightest epigram and Delmonico's dream
OF delight In the dishes, has virtue OF
loving the dog and is the owner OF Mite,
the prettiest Dandie Dinmont, of England,
and ferocious little beast, who, like
many little twO-leRged fellows we know
OF, imagines himself at least a st, Ber-
nard and will 90 for the biggest dog ne
meets. In addition to Mite she has Ia her
bOudoir In the family mansion, in Berke-
ley square, whicbfis adorned with price,
less speeimens Of china, a black squirrel
from our Rocky mountains, and whole
bevy OF beautiful birds housed n a large
cage which Is carpeted with turf and cur
taned with branches, with whom she
amuses herself while her lord ~ flirting
with birds Of another feather, in what Mr..
DAILY classically styles the foyer Of the
Gaeity and other theatres.