New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-14


died last Sunday morning; nor perhaps
one who cared less for the great interests
,,,d IN in his order. interests Of which
tho Peers themselves are the custodians'
In the course of an acquaintance which
lasted some thirty years. l cannot re-
member that ever heard Lord Carlisle
cav word on any great public question.
1,o had on,nions and even convictions, to
The expression Of which he was not
riven Yet he was the ninth earl. the
hesd of a great Liberal house. family
which for generations has produced the
,ivsls Of the Lowthers in the County OF
Cumberland.
His father who never succeeded 10 the
title was member Of the House OF
Commons for as many years as there
are Articles OF Religion in the Church OF
rnsland-from 1910 to 1879. II there be
much substance 10 the modern doctrine
Of heredity which would trace the mental
equipment OF the son to the mother, the
son ought 10 have had hold upon the
practical side Of life. for the mother was
daughter 10 that great lawyer, Sir James
Psrke. who became Lord Wensleydale.
The doctrine should be good for daugh-
-.rs and fathers as we'll as for sons and
mothers But nothing could he less like
hard headed lawyer Of great learning
and force than this late Earl OF Carlisle.
True. he touched politics casually and
oarelessly. sitting twice for few years
IN the House OF Commons, but the
routine Of politics did not attract him.
A great issue could stir him 10 action.
When Mr.. Gladstone broke the Liberal
party in pieces in 1856 for the sake Of
Irish Home Rule, Mr.. George Howard,
as he then was. went with the Liberal
I-nionists II ne followed anybody he
followed Lord Harrington. Nor, in spite
81 domestic pressure Of very formidable
kind. did he ever return. as Sir George
Trevelyan returned, TO the Liberal or
Gladstonian fold. In this instance he
emancipated himself from the influences
10 which he so often yielded. All these
matters are so public, and have so long
been public, that I know Of no reason
why I should not say that the influence
which often proved an overriding in
fuence was that of his wife. he.Countess
OF Carlisle, who survives her husband.
Lady Carlisle was Rosalind Stanley a
daughter of the second Lord Stanley Of
Alderley, himself a masterful man we'd
ded TO a masterful woman. London
used 10 hear strange stories OF Ben"
Stanley once Her Majesty's Postmaster
General, and OF his wilful eccentricities
o. speech and conduct. His wife out
lived him long. and for that among
other reasons is better remembered.
Hers was a house in which the traditions
of earlier generations were cherished;
the last residential mansion in Dover
street. I knew her long and rather well.
Her drawing room was a Sunday after
noon rendezvous. There are no more
Sunday afternoons They have vanished
with other good and agreeable customs.
The motor and the weekend in the
country have killed them; and the
nomadic element has replaced the sta
tionary. leisurely. reposeful element
which so long seemed to be the ruling
element in the social life Of London.
But while Lady Stanley Of Alderley
lived she lived her own life. Not only
were you sure of finding her at home OF
a Sunday afternoon, but you were sure
Of finding. if not always the same call
ers. some OF the same loyal group Of
which she was the centre. Henry
Reeve who edited THE Edinburgh Re
view" and finally scandalized society by
the way in which he edited. or omitted
10 edit the Greville Memoirs, was one
OF them. Mon dttentif' was Lady Stan
ley's name for him. She seemed TO like
him because so many people disliked
him; and for other and perhaps better
reasons. He. too. was masterful in his
WAY. and they wrangled with each other
n their hearts content; and were well
matched, though in the end IT was al
most always Lady Stanley who came
best out OF these encounters.
There was in Mr.. Henry Reeve quar-
relsome vein. He was ready 10 fins
down a glove 10 all corners. THE Edin-
burgh Review" was, or had been, a great
power. and he was so much in the habit
OF exercising his editorial authority upon
contributors 70 this Review" that he
seemed 10 suppose his authority over the
rest OF the world was equal. But 1t was
not. II you stood up 10 him he gave In
Nor is London the place where preten-
tious demeanor avails. From 1910 To
1855 he had been foreign editor Of The
Times" and before that he had trans
lated into what he supposed TO be Eng
nsh Tocqueville's Democratic en- Amc-
rioue." one Of the worst TRANSACTIONS any
where 10 be found. which nevertheless
did something 20 make known in Eng
land. and later in America, the most en-
tightening OF all books concerning the
American Commonwealth.
Mr.. Reeve had huge. ponderous
body. OF which, as Punch" said OF some
one else, the chest measure had slipped
down 10 the waist. He rolled as he
walked and even as he sat- and his eyes
rolled. as II in search Of an opponent TO
attack. However, he had much knowl-
edge and considerable powers Of mind
and was interesting II only as relic.
Mr.. Gladstone was another OF Lady
Stanleys Sunday afternoon circle; less
frequent than Mr.. Reeve and In no way
10 be nkened TO him. Where Mr. CLAD
stone v,ss n did not much matter who