Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-05-01
FROM PAIL MALL WINDOWS.

Lord Sydney, whose death &C.
CURED LIST week, was Perfect sVeci-
men OF the aristOcratic, as opposed
To the servile c0urticr. He had fill
81 every variety Of household Office,
aUd Was al unequaled authority on
questions OF precedence, rank, title
and etiquette. He was also shrewd
man Of business, and even when he
was out Of Office was much consult
Ell by the queen about the manage
meut and domestic economy Of the
royal household. The lord stewards
department is chemically bankrupt,
and It's working expenses are only
met by savings in the department OF
the master of the horse. This adjust
ment Of receipts and liabilities, and
the consequent shifting Of RESPONSE
bility from one set Il officials 10 an
other, gives rise 10 a host Of difficult
problems, in which, Lord Sydney's
deXterity, perfected by long prac-
tice. was Of essential service. Lord
Sydney was n Siaunch Protestant
aud "A res0lute Zoe Of ritualistic in-
nOvation; and circumstances some
times made him q Kind Cf lay-bishop
on a small scale. As lord chamber
lain in two administrations. he
had official control Of the chapels
royal; and when Mr.. Gladstone
made Lord kenmarc, v no is q R0-
man Catholic, lord chamberlain. he
delegated his ecclesiastical func-
tons TO his highly Protestant col
league, the lord steward.
In person Lord Sydney 'Iooked
the Character TO perfection. He
was erect and portly, with fair fea-
lures, carefully trimmed whiskers,
and the dress and manners Of fine
gentleman Of the Regency. Yet, sin
spite Of all temptations 70 belong TO |
other''-poiitical parties, he was n
consistent and progressive Literal, /
and an unfailing Though latterly |
4 rather alarmed) supporter Of Mr.. |
Gladstone, who was constantly his |
guest in Cleveland Square. at Deal |
Castle, and in the lori stewards
official pew in the chapel royal.
lord Sydney's titles become ex-
tinct 10y his death, and his estates
10 Kent, which are Of 10 great ex-
tent, pass Subject to Lady Sydney's
life interest) TO his nephew, the Hon.
Robert Markham.
The oonstabseship Of Deal Castle
Is = pleasant piece Of patronage
which the queen keeps IN her own
hands, and will probably b.stOw on
some meritorious gentleman who
wants a gratuitous residence on the
south coast
For the lord lieutenaney Of Kent
there will be fierce competition
among the Tory magnates Of the
county. Lord Abergavenny is n
claimant, from his in
satiable thirst for hOnOrs, and his
knack Of uhrusting rivals on one
side. And Lord Darnley, Lord
and Lord Amherst will
all put in claims; but the general
favorite, ia both senses Of the term.
y Lord StanhOpe, n COED man OF
universally liked and re-
spected.
OF Lord Lamington there is little
to say that has not teen said already.
An amiable, accomplished, and
high-priucipled gentleman, his sole I
title 10 fame was that Lord Beacons-
field drew ludicrOus caricature Of
him il the clevertst Of all his poli.-
cal novels. The character of Buck
lurst in "Coningsby," read with ,
he "Recollections OF the Dandies'' !
m Bidckgrood, gives a fair notion Of
he career and qualities Of the first
Lord Lamington.
The evergreen Duke Of Rutland I
5 now, believe. the sole survivor
Il "foung England" He is an !
and excellent nobleman, '
md is endeared 10 hundreds Of bis
who never saw his {
ace, by the lyrical extrava-
'snees Of his early youth. a
'ertain cOuplet on the value Of
he nobility is too wei known TO
ear reproduction; but the same
en produced another couplet, which ,
;, / think, much less celebrated
han it deserves to be. In a fine Z
PROPHETIC frenzy the young hard Of
3elvoir sees good time coming for '
be poor and the oppressed =
con shall the lower orders once again q
eel the kind pressure Of the social chain. L
Surely this inspired couplet should .
e emblazoned in letters Of gold on
he badges and banners of the 2
'rimrose League. IL is not often
bat a poet or prophet Is permitted
. see so literal realization Of his
reams. ,
In Sir Louis Mallet, whose death, !
scribed 70 influenza, took place on :
be seventeenth, at Bath, the coun- A
y lost one Of the most efficient and '
IL not one Of the most n
Of its permanent civil q
.rvants. He was the grandson Of g
fallet du Pau lone Of the most 9
ioughtful Of the Frenchmen who
ave described for posterity the =
Of the Revolution which ~