The evening times., 1895-10-30

| The secret of the whole affair lies in the
fact that Lord SackyiIle is the favorite
| brother Of Lord Salisbury's stepniother,
| the now wido wed Count ness 0 + Derby, whom
| he la tes with a most bitter hatred.
The Countess married the In t. Lord Sails
| bury when he was weil advanced in years
as his second wife, and Immediately COM
menced To show herself hostile to her step
children, the present Marquis and his Sis
ter. the mother of Alfred BalrOur-
By degrees the trouble between step
mother and stepchildren became SO acute
that they were practically driven from
their home. Lord Salisbury being compelled
10 work for u living as Il newspaper man,
also trying his luck, with scanty success,
at gold digging in Australia.
To make matters worse, the young wife
of the late Marquis OF Salisbury made her
self very unpopular by her actions. In due
course the old Marquis OF Salisbury died,
and the customary term Of mourning had
hardly elapsed before the wido wed mar
clIioness became the wife OF Lord Derby.
Lord Salisbury, therefore, feels toward
his stepDiother a resentment which ex-
tends to every member of her family, and
to no more strongly so than TO her favorite
brother, Lord Sackville.
There are few members of the British
nobility more universally unpopular and
more deservedly unfortunate than Lord
Sackvlle. who is forever doing the wrong
thing. When he succeeded to his brothers
title and estates he refused to consent to
his bequest of certain articles OF bric-a-brac
and art to the Queen's maids OF honor, with
whom the late lord had been brought INTO
constant contact during his long term Of
service as a member of the Queens house
hold.
OF course, her ma jesty and the entire
royal family took the part of the maids of
honor and ii was only when forced to do
SO by the courts OF law that he finally
surrendered to the ladies Of the household
the articles bequeathed TO them.
Then, too. Lord Sackyille achieved fame
by attempting TO screw a small rent out OF
the people OF Stratford-oB-Avon for the
ground on which stands the Shakespeare
fountain, presented to the town by the late
Mr. Il. W. Childs, of Philadelphia. The
fountain is located in the market place,
and tiie Stratfordites told Lord Sackville
that they would as soon pay rent for the
sub-soil of the parish pump or for the
ground occupied by the gas lamps. Upon
this Lord Sackviiie wrote that If the town
authorities would admit his right To levy
rent on the fountain lie would consent not
to enforce it, No reply was vouchsafed TO
this and there the matter remains to this
day
Lord sackvilIe likewise obtained unenvi-
able notoriety in connection with his squab-
bles with the people OF SeveDoaks, whom
he has endeavored to prevent from avail
ing themselves of certain rights OF way
across fIis agnificent park Finding that
the law was on their side. he stocked that
portion OF his property uaversed by tue
people with a herd ofver y savage wild boars,
which every now and again escaped from
the park and spread terror in the district
Had IL not teen Tor his relationship TO
the late Lord Derby and the pow erful sup
mort W hich he received from that states
man, he Guild have been dismissed from |
tile diplomatic service in 1871, for having |
" hile secretary of embassy and charge I
d'affaires at Paris during the siege and |
the commune insurrection in that city |
deserted his post, leaving his unfortunate |
to get along as best they |
could without him.
Lord Sackville is now i'll the enjoyment of |
a very large income. derived from the |
W hich he Inherited from his elder |
brother AS his only son is debarred from |
the succession 10 the title and estates, both |
W Ill rass at Lord Saokvilles death to his |
Younger brother. Colonel William Sack ,
Vile, hose eldest son is now married 10 /
pne of Lord Sackvillc's natural daughters, |
Miss Victoria West. who will be well |
in Washington and " 10 will,
through her marriage. eventually attain
those honors and dignities from which
it appeared at first that She would be
cago Record.