New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-04

backward. Lord Lathom Is a handsome man.
with a long white beard reaching almost 10 MS
waist, whose figure yet retains all the eiastci'y
and elegance Of man Of thirty. He IS very Tall
not quite so tall. however, as the LORD stew
ard. the Earl Of Pembroke. whose good looks
stature and noble bearing are unrivalled IN the
House OF Lords, as they were until three years
ago in the House Of Commons. This is not as
tonishing, since he is the head Of the House OF
Herbert, which for centuries has been renowned
for it's good looks and is, moreover. the grand
son Of the famous Russian beauty Catherine
Countess WoronZow while his fathers charm
Of person and manner has been portrayed by
Lord Beaconsheld in his novel "Endymion," in
which he figures under the name Of Sydney
Wilton" 1t may be Of interest to add that the
present Lord Pembroke Is not without American
connections his younger brother, Michael Her
bert, popularity known in the diplomatic service
by the nickname Of "Minga," being married to
daughter of Richard T. Wilson. Of NewYork
whose hand he secured while British Charge
d'Afaires at Washington.
PRINCE ALBERT'S INNOVATIONS.
There was a considerable amount of walking
backward at the English Court previous to the
accession to the throne of Queen Victoria, but
nothing like 50 much as there is at present. In
deed royalty nowadays, in England, at any rate,
is environed by vast degree more Of etiquette
and homage than in days OF yore. This is en-
tlrely the doing OF the late Prince Consort. When
he married he was not slow to observe that not
only there enormous amount of corrup
ton, extravaganza and naladmir istration at the
court Of his royal BRIDE but likewise that there
was particllarly the ma ri n the great mobiles
and principal dignitaries, an absence OF Difference
grated strongly upon the ideas Of young prince
who owed. If not his political principles at any
rate his views with regard to manner etiquette
and breeding, to Austria's great chancellor,
Prince Mettcrnich. The middle-class farmer-lik
habits Of George H. the shameless immortality Of
King George " and of his profligate brothers,
the Dukes of York and Cumberland, as well as Of
his successor. King William ", who added there
to an eccentricity verging on imbeclity, had i'm
paired to such degree the prestige of the SOW
ereign and Of royalty in the eyes Of the aris-
tocracy that it had lost almost every vesigc of
reverence for the anointcd OF the Lord. Indeed,
this was carried to such a point that the Jockey
Club, composed OF the greatest mobiles and prin-
cpal social personages Of the United Kingdom,
did not hesitate to warn off the turf the trainer
and the jockey Of King George " (Which was
equivalent to inflicting the same public slight
upon the monarch himseO on the alleged ground
that one Of His Majestys horses had been run
unfairly. Moreover, when Queen Victoria made
up her mind to wed young Prince Albert, who
was not even a member If I royal family, but a
mere Serene Highncss." number OF the great
English peers and digntaries actually forgot
themselves 50 far as to grumble openly at the
idea of their being compelled to accord the
pas" to the husband of their Queen.
AN EFFICACIOCS MOVE.
The manner in which Prince Albert set all this
to rights was az eflicacious as it was radical and
characteristic. \ Liberal in politics, and that,
too of the most advanced description, he revived
a. the English Court all those medieval ideas
according to which was entitled to wait
upon the sovereign or upon the members of the