New-York tribune., 1911-01-29

the day and became ardently desirous 10
enter politics. He thought he saw
chance to do this under the auspices oi
his kinsman, Sir James Lowther, that
extraordinary magnate of the Norei
who, as political boss" usually man
aged at every election TO return at least
nine of his nominees to Westminster
where they were known as his Ninepins
and always obeyed his orders. Auto
cratic indeed were his election methods
He had done much for example. IN
bringing trade and prosperity to th'
town of Whtehaven:
But in return he boasted that the earth
air fire and water OF Whitehaven r.
longed to him. and he eXacted from the
townsfolk 4 servile submission. any AT,
tempted lapse from which was punished
by him with a vindictiveness which Is IN
credible In brief ne ruined alike moi
vjduals or communities who dared even 10
hesitate In according him the instant ODe-
dience he expected from high and low,
nor was any man who offended him too
powerful or too humble 10 &c ape his ven
ceance. If is on record that an unfortunate
tradesn1an of the town who had annoyed
him was by his orders. pressed ana ear
ried out 10 sea for ten Years.
This unpleasant person kept his youne
relative on tenterhooks as long as ne
found it amusing, then brought him in
as Member for Carlisle: and AT twenty
five Stanhope found himself not only a
budding statesman but a brilliant
dandy, a leader of fashion, a Macaroni
nj the first rank The death of his uncle.
John Spencer, made him master of II
fine estate. and Joining the dead mans
name to his own he became Mr.. Spen-
GER Stanhope. His journals begin to re-
feet public events and his intimacies
with the great men of the time. one oi
these was Burke whose speech dcprc-
eating the military employment of Ind
ians in the .'merican war his young
admirer describes with such enthusiasm
that we seen % hear the orators out
burst in response to the excuse "that
Burgoyne had rndeaVored 10 appeal to
the Indians to prevent their violence.
Appeal to the Indars?' ?'' thundered
Burke. 'Ee might as we'll have gone TO
the Tower and thus addressed the as
sembled bcasts-'Ye mild wolves. ye
gentle bears We tender hearted tigers.
ye sentimental lions. and ye nicely-dis-
hyenas-" and then the
orator sat down at the end of speech
which had lasted three hours and half
and had reused his hearers TO an almost
frantic excitement One other scene
Stanhope describes with emotion, and
his descendant tells us that he could
never. to the end of his life. refer TO IT
without tears When the death of
Chatham was announced to tho House
Burke. Stanhope and several other mem
bers passed into the Abbey To select n
site for the statesman's grave. AS they
entered Burke stopped and brokenly re-
cited Tickell's elegy on the death ct
Addison-and the sturdy Englishmen
beside him wcpt as they listened To ths
golden voice, hoarSe at that moment
with uncomfortable sorrow. I'm lighter
vein are Stanhope's anecdotes of Michael
Angelo Taylor, the clever and pompous
little vulgarian who used his large for
tune To such effective social purpose that
he held office almost continuously. ne
came friends with the Prince Regent and
had aspirations toward a peerage:
one Sunday in church, when the clergy
man who was reading the prayers came
TO the words George, Prince of Wales,
Michael added in an aside designed 10 he
audible 10 those about him by the way.
he dimes with me next ThursdaN. on
another occasion when he was going 10
receive the Prince at the country-house he
then occupied one Of his friends mis-
chievously observed to him with an air Of
commiseration. Michael. II must be
receive the Prince" But Michael was
equal TO the occasion: Sir, he replied
casually. my establishment is such that
one or two odd comers popping in make
no difference
Young Spencer-Stanhope was long a
useful member Of the House. When war
with France seemed to he imminent h
throw himself into the volunteer move
ment with energy looked after il in
Parliament. and kept in high efficiency
the company of six hundred Yorkshire
men which he commanded. one of his
speeches to his men was broadsided
all over England. a passage from it
was long quoted: THE Chief Consul of
France tells us we are nation Of shop
keepers. Let us shopkeepers. then,
melt our weights and scales and return
him the compliment in bullets His
hearers found that word bullets as
uttered by him strangely inspiring.
Some delightful pages of this record
are filled with Stanhopes quantity and