The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-07

hest la hold or storm the fort: but IL wa
never impossible for the aaaailant OF
to-day 20 be- the ally of to-morro~. and
there Was not wanting the sudden transit
ton 81 sentiment which may be observed
ia learned counsel who find themselves
alternately opposed and associated IN
the law cOuris The Post always denied
subservienrs To any Minister or party
A Peter BorthWick said, IL was Postlte
before all things. Personal relations ith
a Minister we're advantageous n not es-
-snt,al to the managers Of the paper,
Lord Palmsrston's views on foreign Affairs
we're generally agreeable 20 them. there
Vas nothing to make the connection re-
pugnani or difiicult. and although he was
neither Conservative nor Proteo-
ZIONIST ,the Poet was alw Ays Prot.ctionisil
become his agents
Extracts from their correspondence
show the reiatlona. an one of Lord
PAlm-rstons letters to Peter Borthwick
he coins a phrase about Austria which is
fully equal to the famous remark of Met
ternich that Italy was only a geographic
cal name: and he declares that Austria il
only a diplomatic expression and that
while geographical Italy has 1T least
a common language. diplomatic Austria
has not even that cemsnt A letter
written by him To Algernon Bortb~ick
IN is5S IL almost a state paper on the dan
gers Of invasion and the principles Of ma
tional defence; and in another hs criti-
cisea the English OF the Queens speech
and he frequently impaired information
which enabled the paper to gain credit
for the correctness OF its forecast One
unconsciously amusing letter from lady
PAlmerston to Algernon Borthwick says
that she had sent away all the reporters
because she was afraid they might put
ia his paper some great hourishing &C
count Of her party. but on second thought
she IL afraid that II nothing il saId about
At 1t might look peculiar and as II they
wsr. ashamed OF their company. 50 she
enClo@-s n list 81 tn. guests and other
particulars and begs that h. will print
them Altogether tn" Post eNercizsd
the predominant influence ON Borth-
wick's career. Before he was - years old
h" Was appointed editor. with full powers
TO guide and educate his fellow men
after the manner OF the press IL was
an ANXIOUS time The CrimeAn War
was brewing and the young editors
responsibility was great Mr.. Irompton
happily had nO literary or political y.arn-
ing- aud did no, hamper him in any way
lie was "a simple Lancashire business man.
and his instructions were very simple
MaL- tn. paper pay
In 1855 MIR Crompton died He had
always led Borthwick 10 believe that he
was to I've his heir and successor IN the
ownership Of the Morning. Post, but when
Alg-rnon found that there was no ment ion
Of him IN the will and that tho paper had
been left 70 Mr. Crompton's nephew ne
announc..d the fact to his mother With
some bitterness mingled With hi- des-
T~rat- resolve TO keep ch~erful. We get
gllmpses % events all over Europe
through Borthwicks correspondence With
foreign Ambassadors and persons 81
distinct on nv lsd2 he felt his feet and
allow 81 himself greater freedom Of action.
Physicaily he was capable of unlimited
exert on and on one occasion he - known
10 have PASSED three nights together
without going 20 ted. dividing hlz time
between bathrooms and his desk As
though hls regular and soci"ty engage
ment~ w"re not enough. he and few
choice spirits founded a famous little
paper called the Oiri We and his com
rade Owls who varied a. different times
IN the hrIef existence " IN" sheet.
mvstifi.Ad and amused London Ia the
last degree Fact and fiction were so
intcrningl~d that u IL now quite inn
possible TO separate them. bu' one Of ~
clever fictitious quotations may h" cited
Mr Gladstone was cr~dited with defining
deputa,ion a. a noun of multitude signl-
fying many but not >ign,fyin: much
Befor" all things the Owls were c-n-ors
and they laid what they thought without
srr7Iple ia June. 1900. paragraph
commented on the extreme Inconvenience
i'm po-"d on the Ministers and the inter-
rIptIon ~ public business bN the deter
m,nation ~ the Queen "a stay at Balmoral
when her presence was required IN Lon
don and later on they admitted this
pleasAntry in French What enlivens
Parip Bal-lmmoral What sadd"ns Lon
don Ralmoral BOrthwick gave up tho
Otrl when he married in 1894. Miss Alice
Lister. niece Of the Earl Of Clarendon
and sister to the first wife Of Sir William
Vernon Harcourt Her portrait shows
that she vas handsome. and 49, are told
that she had a taste for literature. with
az least one highly cr~ditable volume to
her credit about Lord chancellor Clnren-
don and his frisnds; hut her ~ health
forced her 20 live a great part Of tho time
ia Italy on the Riviera, or ~ d"solat"
English spas. The tributes ~ respect
and affection paid her by her husband
and children are 81 the highest order
We are told that her brilliancy. tact and
ambition had much to do with her hus-
bands ever improving fortunes, and their
letters 20 each other are delightful.
In is7? Borthwick cea.ed 70 be ttular
eiitor of tho Post. but he never surren-
derei the powers Of direction and control.
In 1876 the proprietor Of the Post died
Mr. Borthwicks posItion AZ this date
was that he poesessed an interest u the