New-York tribune., 1897-08-29
ONE vICEROY's DRUNKEN vAGARY.

or the royal family.
ONE vICEROY'S DRUNKEN VAGARY.
With some few exceptions. such as. for in
stance Lord Spencer. Lord BessborouGh ana
Lord Clarendon. the peers selected for the
Office Of Viceroy Of Ireland have been such in
telIectual mediocritics and such political non
entities as to have sadly diminished the prestige
Of the office in spite Of the eXtravagant amount
Of etiquette by which they have been enFiTohcu
In the hope of preserving ii from ricicule some
Viccroys have been removed for their drunken
habits even In country where corvi'lahtE Is
the rule rather than the exception. ard there
are few people who do not know the story Oh
that noble duke who. to the dismay OF Inc
Crown and Of the Cabinet. was in the h@oi'
Of exercising when intoxicated his viceregai
prerogatve Of comforting knighthoon. i"e
latter is a privilege that is enjoyed Dy no o'hei
British subject. Neither the Niceroy OF iiu'a
nor oven the Prince of Wales can knight man.
GOV, hv special written authorization OF the
s,>creicn But the Viceroy in Ireland can
knight wbomcver he lists. without PERMISSION
| from any cne and in the particular duke To
whom reference s made any excess ol s'iihu-
! Lnts invariably produced desire 10 h'Hs"'
every one with whom n happened 10 meet
! ON one occasion. when making ''c''eh"'
prosress through Galway. he Was iorceu pS
stress of weather to spend the nSht al VIZ
lacc inn and. as usual. iinbibed 100 licc'9 '0
fore retiring As soon as ever ne hau '
MT TO bed by his attendants ne ihsis'eu o'
/ ,,,.ir,. tho ..boots'' of the establishment. who
| happened to be the husband OF the cha"'oei
maid brou yft into his presence. and then ana
there. arrayed in his nightcap and nigh'sh'''
he proceeded to knight the man. whose name
] iair mil a =
IN the shoulder with his sword Arise. sir
Dennis cuffe" on the following morning the
duke repen;ed as usual. and. sending 'or
~noots told him that TIE whole affair was
Joke ard had better be forgotten. at the same
! ,;,o. Ginning a guinea INTO his hand. sir
1,or,i. cu0a transferred tn, coin to his breech'S
,.clet and then replied. L should be wei
,loyed In obleege Your EXccllency. Du' uh-
| eor,unateIv mentioned the matter TO Lazy
,uNe an she would sooner part wild her ne
! than give up her title
THE VICEROY'S COURT.
With regard TO the pomp and etque''e D.
| which the Viceroy is environed. it may De sa'o
that he is known as the King. ana has
| court consisting of a state steward, VINO "'u''
! be a peer OF the realm. and controiler oi 'he
household who must be a general in the army
| 4 master Of the horse. who is colonel as II
| also the chief chamberlain. While there Is aui'e
an array of gentlemen ushers. gentiemeh-'h
waiting and ides-de-camp. at least hFe oi
! whom are peers and the others army o"cers
ohov tne rank of captain. These as well as
| his t,vo oh plains the senior Of whom is dean
| his physician his surgeon. his ceh'ist a''o HIS
oculjst are maintained at Government expense
When he rides or drives out he Is attenoed
| nv an escort Of cavalry with drawn sapres
| and a court circular published officially every
morning at Dublin records his doings or the
| nre ions dav He is addressed by everybody as
| ..Sir" inst as il he were the Prince OF Wales
| or one Of the royal dukes Men and women rise
when ne enters the room and remain standlhS
until he bids them to be seated even if his own
ro,ber and mother be among them. and when
be either dimes out or ent"rtains people al
dinner every lady is forced 10 courtesy low be
fore him when passing out of the dininS-ro"H
He holds levees and drawins-rOoms at Dublin
Castle just in the same manner as the ir''cc
and Princess Of Wales do at buckingham Pal
ace and ST. James's in behalf of TIE queen ana
he has the advantage over the heir apparent
in being required 10 imprint kiss on the cheeK
of every one Of the fair ones as thty cour'eS!
low before him. The late Duke Of Ahtrcorii'
so faithfully portrayed as The Duke by Lord
Beaconsfield in his popular novel "Lothiir'
holds the record in having saluted in this man
ner no fewer than three hundred young ladies
| in the space Of a single evening.
HONORs CONFINED TO IRELAND.
It must be thoroughly understood that these
honors accorded to the Viceroy are merely con
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