Arizona republican., 1900-07-31

But he was as poor a builder as he was statesman, and before he died the en- tire portion of the cliff on which his castle was situated slipped into the sea.
 His son. Lord Mount Stewart, built the present castle ct some distance from the cliff. It is a gothic edifice a quaint combination of castle and ab- bey. being adorned with fragments brought from monastic ruins in Norm andy. A great deal of the tracery and carving is very fine, and there are splendid views from the front of the house and from the tower above it. while the entire castle is protected from the north wind by a large wood of fir trees. It was the favorite residence of Louisa Lady Waterford. who inner ited it from her uncle, and she in turn left it to Col. Stuart Wortley (son-in- law of Admiral Schley of the United States navy, and a partner of the re- gently dissolved New York firm of Price, Mccormick & Co).
 MT. Cavendish Bentinck leases High cliffe castle from Col. Stuart WOrtley. and it is the first time that he and Mrs. Cavendish Bentinck have entertained the Prince of Wales or any other mem Der of British royalty beneath their roof.
 MT Cavendish Bentinck is the son of the late Right Honorable George Cavendish Bentinck. who was one Of the pillars of the Tory party. and him. self a grandson Of the third Duke Cf Portland The present Mir. Cavendish Bentincks mother was for years one of the most powerful and influential leaders of London society. By reason of her stately and commanding person. by reason of the imperious brusquerie of her manner, by the brilliancy of her costume and by the prodigious quan- tity of jeweIry with which she would adorn herself. she used to go by the name of Britannia" No party was complete unless graced by her. and wherever she went, her face, her voice and her wit rose superior to everything round. There are hundreds of people now prominent in English society who are indebted to her for their introduc- tion thereto.
 The sister Of Mir. George Cavendish Bentinck is that cratic Lady Sykes, whose legal encounters with her el- derly and equally eccentric husband. Sir Tatton Sykes, with the principal money lenders in London. and whose entertaining fights with the generals commanding in South Africa have fur nished no end of material for gossip of the most piquant character. Lady Sykes has recently published book on the subject of her experiences in South Africa, and her pen portraits of the military commanders. with whom she had disputes. constitute decidedly racy reading. It is a pity that she does not give all of her experiences, especially those which led Gen. Sir Redvers Bull Ter to order her away from the front and back to Capetown on the ground that. no matter how excellent her in- tentiOns. her behavior was not of the kind that was calculated to soothe the wounded and dying soldiers whom she was intent on nursing.
 Contrary to the widespread and very general impression, the English House of Lords is in no sense of the word the hereditary chamber, as it is so ire quently styled. It is not the fact of his birth that gives any legal title to a no- ble:nan to a seat in the House of Lords but the summons of the sovereign. and no one who succeeds to a peerage can demand a place or a vote in the uppsr house until summoned by the sover- eign. It would, therefore. be far more correct to describe it as the chamber of the sovereign's delegates than that of hereditary legislators.
 My readers will understand from this that the inheritance of peerages does not ipso factO imply taking a seat in the house of Lords by the eldest son or le- gal heir to any member of the gilded chamber, but that by right of birth he is entitled to summons from the sav- ereign to become a hereditary legis- lator," and the issuance of this sum- mons is not at all obligatory upon the ruler.
 The Queen can summon anybody that she pleases to sit in the House of Lords and no one can dispute her right whereas she cannot appoint a single individual to sit in the House of Com mons. that being essentially the peo- ple's chamber. The sovereign may omit to summon a successor to a duke dom, an earldom or marquisate without contravening any requirement of the British constitution.
 I may state in conclusion that when a peer renders himself guilty of any in fraction of the law of the land, or oth- erwise misconducts himself previously to acceding to the title. it is entirely in the hands of the sovereign to refrain from summoning him to the upper house to take his place among the her editary egislators.-Marquis de Font enoy in the Washington Post.