New-York tribune., 1901-08-04

copied from that in portrait Of his royal cousin
His wife died here in 1IO, and was buried at
Trinity Church. This third Earl of Clarendon
sold swalIowfieId to Diamond Pitt. that vigor-
Gus EngIishman full of bounce and ha1gEti-
ness" who. starting out with nothing. won
fortune in India outgeneralling the East India
Company and held thereafter high Official
positions in the East and at home. He was, more
over the grandfather of the great Lord Chat
ham His nickname of Diamond Pitt cane
from his purchase in Madras of the wOnGerful
diamond which he afterward sold TO Ph.'.ope
dOrleans. and which has been known since then
as the Regent" So many wild and scGnGslIous
stories were told concerning his acquisition OF
the stone that Pitt thought himself compelled to
write a history of the affair. showing that he
bought the uncut gem after the usual Oriental
bargaining from a native merchant He sold
it to the Regent. after the cutting, which re-
duced it's SIZE for f1250oo one third Of which
sum he received in cash. The remainder vas
never paid, but as he naturally retained the
French crown jewels. which were placed in his
hands as security for the payment OF the debt.
it is possible that he lost little nothing Louis
XIV wore the stone at his coronation, set IN the
| front of his crown; Napoleon at his coronation
carried il in the handle of his sword When
the French crown jewels sold in 1856 the
| Regent was retained and is in special case
in the Louvre. Lady Russell says that some or
the stories about the Pitt diamond which Wllkle
Collins heard during his visits at Swallowheld
gave him the idea Of his "Moonstone.
The RusseIls came to Swallowheld in $50, the
lord of the manor being Sir Henry Russell. the
friend in his youth of Dr. Johnson and one OF
the most eminent of British judges IN lh''d-
When Russell went to India with his wife he
took also two nieces. one of them beng thaI
lovely Rose Aylmer who will live forever in
r
v-rote Charles Lamb to LandOr in an unpuo-
1ishad letter II had 10 say to you which there
was not time for; one. why should forget, Us
for Rose AyIner' which has a charm cannot
explain; / lived upon il for weeks 9if I'el'iE
CON Dreserved various notes of his 1athsF
rarn;nisceuces of distinguished men Here are
some glimpses of DR. Johnson;
Ny father asked him ON day M III ~ -
nasSed the preceding evening "SIr n 7t'o
vent 10 the opera and seeing my latheI i''N
surprised he said: Yes SIT; vent u -
oDer, 10 see Vcstris dance. Ike 20 Sc '''I
-, a.. ,nvtbi1c. that he does better than an
the world besides" My mother, after her hletI-
riage in 11N2 curious 20 see a Hla.I ~
she had heard much. but was alIdiI ~ u -, -
ceivine DIR Johnson at her own nome SH" ".-
therefore invited 10 meet him at MI Ao"'e :,
and she astonished AT MS touI ~& 80, ~ 'hi.b
he came across the room 70 take ner cup 49, a..
he observed was empty Sir j. shua tseN nouns
was of the party. At dinner The DOCTOR Ht Il'tIu
tanned that no man loved labor; no HlS1h ~"uI t
Iyork if h. could help it, Sir Joshua took the
other side He contended that some men dld
love labor. and would rather Worh 'HaH ''''
and h.. instanced Pope. PoDe. he said, was roma
of society and had constant access 10 society OF
the best kind: Vet he would often quit the most
agreeable. companions and retire 10 write verses
by himself And do Vou think, aSAeu tile D" -
tor that if he had thus retired 10 write. YOU
had flung his verses into The fire before any hody
had read them. he would again nave retired 10
write more - Why. no." said SiT Joshua, per
hans he would not Why. then. sir, said the
Doctor lit was the love of fame. and not the
love of labor. Leander swan the HeHTSl 1i'l
but that doesn't prove that IL loved SWIMMING
Ny father called 10 inquire after Dr- Johnson
a few days before his death, and was admitted
to his room He in the armchair by the
fireside he too i'll 10 talk. hur he rccoS-
niZed my father and as he sat saving MS body
backward and forward. he merely ejaculaItd.
from time time. Pray for ne, pray for me
Sir Henry Russell the second, like his father.
passed some useful and creditable years IN INDIA
When on his way home To England he stopped
at St Helena and brought thence many ingeTest-
ing particulars concerning the island prisoner
Napoleon Some of them pathetic. in more
WAYS than one. 'Au the news and tittla-tattle
of the place" writes Russell ARE retaied TO
him by his servants. He knows every ship that
arrives and who comes in her. and il n party Is
given ne likes hear who was at II, Wh;tl oc-
CURED and even what dresses the ladies Nore-
Ii is melancholy To- see such mind rvdo,. y 70
feeding ON the miserable gossip Of p1,' ->e
ST Helena" Sir Henry's brother. Charles i.uS-
sell also visited 81. Helena and saw tAc t.l--rn
Emperor as he walked III front ot his house