New-York tribune., 1885-07-05

his conversation, but did not know him. npy.cTI
Melville had been good enough 70 h9sc1 n niece Of
advice which ] have never lorg9''cim,' gu, o, ,r;II
stra;rbt 70 hounds say nothing and all men wiIi w
speak well of yon:' and believe no ''oA A'''N
infss Ha~maqd IN ng on % whom have written, at some
length elsewhere. was not. as no nal al, oYHe lie
was far too earnest 10 lie anything OF the klnd;
and one of his greatest objections 70 ms irisnn
Bernal Osborne that his lively salllrs oi nt,o, %
rendered. serjous conversation linpossiDie. Lseh
| of Lord Honghton. he once said 10 me ~ Is
nitv so fine an intellect ia so spoiled by whn ana
paradox Hayward liked poitcsl notcs he
meyer talked abont them in the speculative tone OF
philosopher. hut always with something & Oh we
responsbty OF the Is ia mower to to translate
| into action the opinions he expressed. one OF
Haywards GREAT arts was that oil tehn2 siprs
| words No man had n greater horror or boredom
or SO successfully avoided inf ctngit on MS leiow
| creatures Pernal Osborne on the o,he1 n'n nanu
was wit a hamorist. an anecdotiss ana ii'I Ell
To he az his BEST he required butt, sope orc who
| was present for preference somc one VINO Vas Vas
absent or some incident IN "nirn s oe"s;ty sa The
| first time ever met Osborne was some lhree ana
twenty years AGO in n country house in the We. VI
Ireland The post had brought HIN IN eit"r from
young lady to whom he was closely rea'ed ana ,,s ~
letter il proved was in the main eulogy npoh tiie
vomng grntemn whom she had set hef
This Pernal Osborne took as the teyt ior ruhnnt
commentary OF infinite mirth ana 1nsTrlnel' W
which lasted throughout the whole OF nrenkass ana ana
Kept the table in % rnaT perean ne nan osborne better
thon anr one else is nv ruch respected old friend
A. W. Kingakc. the historian OF the Crlmean Ma,
who by HIS Eothen." on epoch-'naking Dook' tver
| there was one has done more than any man living
! TO exercise permanent iniluenceon Englsh 'era-
tnrc. Mr. Kinglake, am happy 70 say
though he must be Sas now apd Tn ue % and he
ever was, the very ideal of an Engli'h
gentleman Of the most perfect possible Greee,ng
Nothing ronld I've more chIyalrous or touching Ihan
| the attention with which he nursed Abraham nav
| wood durinc his last illness There IS one s.ory
which M1 Kngaks is fond Gf bnn bere In the
wear ~ HAYWARD. thongh q Peelite remained rlem
Der of the Carlton Club. The present Lord haneiagn
seeing him there one dav at luncheon, uttered IN
tone intended to be audible some observations as
10 the improperly OF Hayward's continuing N an
fES@ the
| him a challenge through Kinglake and kinglake
| informed Lord Ranelagh that he should be dining
that a ths of hs Lor ff between
and II. Abont 10 O'Clock, Sir William Bagce,
Norfolk Squire, was announced snd KinGako y re-
have been dining wisely but he had been dining
we'll and his honest face was flushed with the
he began With expressions Of hone that the matter
could he arranged amicably: He then proceeded 10
| saw in the rich voice Of vinous good re- owship,
| You know Mr. Kinglake. am one OF those VINO
csntend that Raneagh is gent1emah; at s lnis
sentiment Mr.. Kinglake bowed stihy, and remarked @
| in his icest tones: That assume IN iact, tnc
| business in hand rather implies it, In moment
the color fed from the rubcund cheeks OF the loily
| country baronet and he became white as q sheet;
81 had" saws Mr. Kingake froze nm sober i;a and
this Is the only little piece Of acting In my lie
ever attcmpted.'
have alluded to the literary influence OF such 4,
book AS "Fotben" and think. as have sald. fhis
influence Is reflected moro or less IN the lighter
periodical writing of our time; This was conspicn-
ousy the cas-" IN What Was s ocetT ae er
nais of these latter days The Or started Some
five and twenty years ago. mainly by Mr Lawrence
Oliphant and Sir Algernon Borthwics, now ,he eal,
| Post and the Dozen Of London journalism. MANY
other writers, not the least among't them MT;
appeare dftfullydurng tie Par liamentary session.
| and in addition TO much early and exc nsiye
information about the politics, diplomacy. and war
published some capitally written little essays, ad-
mirable verses and frst-iate jea despiL The
enterprise was profitable though 1t was not startrd
| for purposes of profit and 1t was an Understood
| thing that ANYTHING which stood TO the credit Of
the contributors to The fwI after all business ex-
penses had been paid shond be devoted to the ends
Of pleasure, As a consequence many nmnslng 0r'
tinuel till absence other occupations ana thc dlsi
tegratng influences of life generally, practically
II is not an easy thing for person in my position
TO say much Of the distinguished public men, who
have honored him with thel acquaintance. well
where Lord Beaconsncld and Lord Granville were
of the company. The latter who was then tho
leader OF the Opposition IN me ltou-e oi Loihs
asked the former, who was Prime Minister, what
he thought of Dclanc. al think replied Lord
Beaconstield affecting 70 hesitate for moment.
81 would sooner answer that question when
Delane Il dead" mere publicst has no tat le 90
pronounce an estimate Of public men, into whose
company he may chance to have been thrown,
whether they alive or dead. for the simple rea-
son that il ls. IN the nature OF things Impossible
he should ever have acquired much real insig no
their character; while If he is boid enough TO think
that he possesses such insight. he will lie very rash
or very foolish if he does not keep II 10 himself
Circumstances have caused me TO be more or less
though always supericially, acquainted with some
of the chief pcrsonages who have manufactured
the history of this generation. Almost. believe
quite my earliest recollection, IS that OF seeing tho
great Duke OF Wellington. Sir Robert Peel and Lord
Lyndhurst walking on the bowling green Of my
uncles house m West SOmeTscisnirc Oh Sunday
afternoon. l was not more AN five years old at
the time, but can remember that tho Duke sug
gested a game of bowls Sir Robert Peel said:
" But il is Sunday: think of the servants" Lord
Lyndhurst laughed, and my uncle told tic servant
to briug the bowls The game. notwithstanding
that II was "a Sabbath, was played A little after
this was taken by the same relative 10 the House
of Commons, and heard sir Robert Peel make
either his last or his last speech but one. When my
uncle drove LIE back 10 his hOnse III John Street,
Mayfair can rccollcct his asking the servant who
opened the door whether any ore was waiting for
him. Ihe reply was "Ouly the Prince and the
Prince. to whom | was presently presented, was
Louis Napole ~. shortly to be NAPOLEON Ill. Eu!
peror of French. Ii must have been IN the year
'G2, when the Second Empire was ut the height of
its glory, that, being then under graduate at OK
fora / paid my first visit TO Pans. With the
bOundicss assurance of extreme youth sent note
10 his imperial majesty at the IuIleries iniimatiAg
that was in the capital of his Empire. When |
returned that afternoon to my hotel found that
one Of the imperial carriages was waiting 10 con-
vey me aad my luggage 10 the palace.
Having during the last twenty years been COM
parativeiy little abroad have known seen very
few European statesmen OF emnencc. With Gam