New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-17


ence Is taken I'D with vehement denunctattnns
of Pitt, whom Creevey detested. and with a.
vehement expressions OF affection for his idn&
| Charles James Fox The Hishrnans politics.
creed he notes. was very simple and witnn
a very narrow compass-merely devotion -
Fox st scarcely know" he says AN earthly
blessing I would purchase at the expense OK
those sensations I feel toward the tncompar-
able Charleyp' An infammable person w1s
Creevey. full of strange oaths and epithets fns
his fellow politicians With Brougham he WIS
more or less intimate for years, and In Letter
after letter he abuses his associate; arch hend@
and "Beelzebub" are the pleasant names N
uses. A queer little glimpse OF the famous
Brougham Is to be found in quotation from
| the lips OF OF Lady Seftons girl friends
1--WE have seen good deal OF Mr. Brougham
| lately; he went to the play with US three 0
| four times. and you never saw such a figure
as he was He wears a black stock or collars
| and it is so wide that you dirty colored
handkerchief under tied tight round his neck
You never saw such an object nor anything
half SO dirty" Creevey sets down this artless
description with malicious enjoyment. hs -
never tired Of hitting his friend, the "unsatis-
factory devil" the Intriguing. perhdious
rogue" Sheridan was another friend or whom
| Creevey tells many stories. mostly illustrative
| of that brilliant beings shiftess and reckless
when sheridans ready tongue failed him is here
| recorded Warren Hastings and his wife came
| to pay their respects to the Prince OF Wales at
Brighton
| I was present when the Prince introduced
Sheridan to him. which was curious. considering
that Sheridans Parliamentary fame had been
| built upon his celebrated speech against Hast
/ fngs- However. he lost no time in attempting
| to cajole old Hastings. begging him to believe
that any part he had ever taken against him
| was purely political. and that had
greater respect for him than himself, etc. etc,
| upon which old Hastings said with great grav-
ity that 1T would be a great consolation to him
| IN his declining days II Mr.. Sheridan would
make that sentence more publck"; but Sheridan
| was obliged to mutter and get out OF such an
| engagement as well as he could
| Creevey was then much In the company OF the
Prince (afterward George IV1. and enlarged
most Loyalty his masters excellent manners
| good hurnor and kindness. One OF the royal
| Georges playful ways was not remarkable In
that period of hard drinking. He used to drink
| a great quantity OF wine at dinner. and was
very fond of making any newcomer drunk BY
| drinking wine with him very frequently. always
! recommending his strongest wines. and at last
some remarkably strong old brandy. which he
called Diabolino." This Diabolino, it may ba
| had something to do with the mood Of The
| Prince when. Creevey says, he was first ia
4 love with Lady Hartford, II have seen thS
tears run down his cheeks, at dinner. and he
has been dumb for hours" Soon after the
Prince became Regent Creevey's intimacy with
him ceased. and the letters filed with
temptuous references to him under the nans
| OF "Frinney." Some OF his most vigorous pages
are devoted to the Princes fncapacity and folly
| and his terror when the political situation be-
came too much for him There is curious
picture OF George crying loud and long In an
| Interview with prospective Prime Minister.
| Creevey sided with the majority IN espousinI
| the cause OF the discarded Queen Caroline
though he had not, to be sure. much admiration
for that silly. vulgar and injured woman IN
many letters to his stepdaughter he gives .
picturesque account OF the Queens trial IN ths
House OF Lords. OF her attempt to force an en-
trance to the Abbey during her husbands coro-
nation. and OF her last days when she showed
more dignity and fortitude than could hays
expected from that weak nature. II going
to die. MIR. Brougham." she said TO her famous
defender. but II does not signify. The last
most characteristic anecdote OF King George to
be found In these volumes Is In a letter from
Earl Grey to our Irishman:
The King had appointed the Bishop of Win
chester (our own Sumner) to administer to him
the Sacrament OF the Sundays about
Easter. The Bishop was not punctuA to his
Time and when he arrived the King, in great
passion at having been kept waiting. abused
and swore at him In the most indecent
manner. ON which the Bishop very coolly said
he must be permitted to withdraw. he per-