New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-12
SUPPLEMENT.
PAGES 9 TO IL
NOTES FROM LONDON.
arr WI.FRID LAWSON AND LOkO bi'A0'N
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- ,hara came before him not long ago an a2pli-
.at,on for license to sell liquor on the night OIL an
rrcnitural show. He sternly refused IT, anu
rsf,sea t. not because the privilege asked lot WAS
in this particular case unreasonaoie-Out &c 'Au'o
"a il against liquor selling at all uheS' au" ~
alI cases Challenged for abusing his maSis'er'a
s;o-s,i,n he iustided his decision by quoting MI
Gladstone's doctrine that drink brings on thls
nation the accumulated evils of war. pest'ence
and famine As to discretion Sir Wlifrid lnss's
that magistrate may do as he likes IN ACCORDANCE
with his own convictions, proposition III which
lawyers do not agree with him.
.snndry letters for and against Sir Wll1rlus
contention have appeared all but one in tone Of
solemuity which must be worse than drink 10 tne
vjvacious temperance baronet The exception IS
NJ G.orre Cavendish Bentinck. | give him MS
en- name hecause the number Of Cavendlsh Ben
tincks is so great that the utmost partc Ilar'y !
ahsontely essential If you would avoid cohiuslon'
Nor am | quite SIRE whether the present Is 'h'
elder or younger George CavendIsh Den''"oN
However he too is magistrate for Cumoeriahu
and he tells his colleague, Sir Wilfrld that ne Will
NOT trouble himself TO discuss whether his reason
for refusing the license is sense or nonsense He
asls Sir Wilfrid whether he ever gives bail. and
# he does whether lac does on such occasions per
NIT the use of intOxicants" or limit the consump-
ton OF Jueil. az no "O"N '"N
10 any defined period.
w,ile waiting for Sir Wifrid's answer to these
Interesting questions will tell you story that
he,rs on the point. / once asked q friend OF has
WHO vas n the habit of dining with him whether.
since he had become champion OF total aost-
uence there had been any difference about vine at
his dinner parties. - Yes ans vered his friend
after reflection Lawson used to give rs %
Iahtte and now only get LATTE of "a. know
M temperance story better than tins since Mr..
Fyarss memorable description Of that dinner party
of President Hayes where the water flowed like
champagne.
I, Az the risk of an ant-clinax. give you Sir
Vlfrids answer 70 Mr. Cavendish Beutnck. for
which he has male Mr.. Bentnck and me wait
week He does give balls has given balls :;
does not deny that he has given Intoxicating
liquors. bat denies that he now does so. He has
abandoned the practice for n considerable period
evidently not without much debate to his decis-
ion on this momentous matter lie commits him.
s.ll 10 the proposition that life is choice OF evs.
and tells US he has IN this case chosen the least
4 logcian might reJoin that Sir Wi1frid Lawson
had TINS admitted that to withhold intoxicating
liqnors was m evil But dou't think Sir Wilfrid
troubles himself about logic. He does. however
protest against being asked questions which relate
entirely t. his private life and have nothing to do
he thinks with public action for reform OF the
laws regarding drink. If he were to ask any OF the
m-m,,ers of Parliament VINO support Local option
10 say whether they teetotalers or moderate
drinkers Sir Wifrd declares he Shout think
himself a very considerable snOb; use Of the
word which | commend to Professor whitney
fOr his new dictionary. Yet seem 20 recoliect
that the temperance lecturers in America used to
insist the contrary view. They would not allow
tuat man could be a consistent. as they called 1t.
o.l,. nf n
total abstainer. And perhaps he cannot
The sum of the whole matter Is that Sir Wltrld
Lawson IS resolved 10 refuse IN the future, as De
has IN the past. all applications for the sale OF
drink. where be has power to refuse them tie
challenges the pubicans-they used to We calieh
ruu,ellers in America-to see if they can get him
struck of the roll of the magstracy on account OF
h,s views Of magisteral discretion. do not think
tiey could, or that they will try. All VIII ven
tnre TO say is that SIR Wfrid Lawson seems 10 nse
familiar word. IN novel sense, and that Professor
Watuey. If he has not got beyond the letter D.
Ill ~ have TO modify his definition of the word
discretion as we'll as of the word snob. This
however will depend On the value he attaches to
SIR Wllfrid Lawsoa's Authority as a writer OF
English.
A most singular attempt has been made-Oy
whom is not 50 clear-to establish an ancestry for
Sr Thomas Brassey upon his promotion to the
peeragc lie now calls himself Lord Brassey OF
Bu kcley-a title which is not euphoniOus and IS
eumbrous. peer said he could imagine
NJ reason why a commOuer should desire TO De en-
obled except that It allowed him to shorten his
Signature Perhaps Lord Brassev, like most OF his
fellow peers Will be content TO sign BrasSe7,"
aud not Brassey Of Buckley 1t is not usual 70
aid the territorial name unless there be two or
more peers Of the title, as for example Lord
Napier of Maglaa. who uses the full style to avoid
being coufounled with Lord Napier aud Ettrick.
But a certain Mr.. Buckley conceived ttat he
had a grievance against SIR Thomas Brassey. On
the faith of a report that ne meant 70 call himself
Lord Bulkeley this Welsh owner OF the name
addressed protests To the newspapers which he
signed Bulkeuy. owen IT,; sort of signature
which may be- for aught know. Welsh. but which
certainly Is not Eng sh. Somebody then asserted
that the Brasseys 90 back to the COnqueror and
spring from one Hugo De Bressy. which Bulkeley.
Owen ] ." denied No less person than Somerset
Herald then appeared ia the lists as champion OF
the Brasscys Somerset Herald need | say, be-
lo1gs 10 that august institution known-and
known to many Americans. tOo-as the College or
Arms or Ierad's College whereof HIS Grace the
Dake of Norfolk Earl Marshal of the Realm. il
head, with three Kings Of Arms. sA teralis, and
-four Pursuiyants who DO his bidding There IS
popular beliet-this also is cherished by certain
Ancricans-that the Heralds College may be rel ed
To discover pedgrcc for any applicant will
to pay the cost Of the requisite researches and
to blazOn a coat of arms for him and otherwise III
him Tor the social rank he desires to assume. This
is matter on winch express opinion. All
have now u do Is t. note the facts that Somerset
Herald perhaps ought 10 say that his everyday
name is stephen luckerI-asserts the right of SIT
Thomas Brassey to call himself Bulkeley if he
likes. This Is the name of property which. he
insists has been in the Bgassey family since l4Ol.
and now belongs to Sir Thomas. Moreover. we
nov learn the same nj Sh authority that the late
Mr Brassey's nnbroken descent from the thirteenth
century-inOt quite from the COnqueror them
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