Arizona republican., 1898-11-25

doubtedly the most powerful and influ-
 en5ial ambassador who has ever repre- ! serted Great Britain in the French capital since the beginning of the cen- i tury. His relations with the outer i world, however, may be said to have 1 been conducted. almcs'1 wholly through George SheffielG who for two decades had sole management not only of the household affairs Of the embassy, but also Of it's social power, for in those ! days the British embassy was far and away the most brilliant center of so- ciety in the French capital.
 A member of the Jockey. of the Union, and Of ,he Agricoie, George Shsffield possessed 2 more intimate ac- quaintance CT the ins and out Of Par isian society than any ether foreigner who has ever resided on the banks of the Seine, and his extraordinary taa. and disci etion, his charm of manner and his amiable character rendered his attTactiyely ugly face welcome every where.
 Time and again he was offered pro- motion, but declined it in order to re- main with Lord Lyons. When the lat ter at length was compelled by ill., health to resign shortly before his death George Sheffield instead of being offered, as he had every righ5 to ex- pect, if not some mission at orc Of the lesser courts Of Europe, such as, for instance, Stockholm or Lisbon, at any rate the post CT charge d'affaires at Munich, at CCburg, or at Hesse, was gaZetted off q mere s3cretafyship Of le ga.ion in Japan, at the other end of the world where he would have found him. self under a chief, the late Sir Henry 2arkes, who, although an excellent J,S-- fl,ns oct owl p nT. dinary contrast to Lord Lyons that car possibly be conceived in everything re-
 ating to manner, breeding, and above all, sense Of dignity and fitness.
 Thoroughly disheartened by the treatment to which he was thus sub iected, George Sheffield tendcred his resignation, which was accepted, anC rom that time forth withdrew alto 5ether from society, both Gs regards Paris and London. In fact, he dropped entirely out of sight, and, although fl 1e had died ten years ago the London and Paris papers would have devoted whole columns to the obituary Of this singulariy able man, yet every ono seems to have forgotten him, and. save Labouchere in London Truth, I do no think there is a single newspaper thai las called attention to his demise.
 
 gree of mystery as to why he shoul6 nave been 50 badly treated, ard i5 i generally understood in London that it was because he had incurred the dis pleasure of royalty-that is to say, oi he prince Of Wales.
 During the ten CT fifteen years O Lord Lyons sojourn at Paris the latte, was frequently intrusted by ,'he queer with the exceedingly disa greeable dut! of calling her eldest son to account ii connection with what her majesty wa pleased to consider his moral delin- luencies in France.
 The prince was constantly in the French capital in those days and being It that time of his life far less ssdate md steadygoing than he is now that le has learnt the art of being a grand -a1ner, it is CGly natural that rumors If the exceedingly vivid shade O. rec with which he used occasionally to paint the gay city should occasionally .each the cars of his august mother filing her with horror and indignation.
 At such times she would send per