Volume II Part 26 (1/2)
He now gradually withdrew fro horses, and betting occasionally in large su previously sold the Hare Park to Sir Mark Wood, where he lived for two or three years, he bought a property near Pontefract, and settled down (at Ackworth Park) as John Gully, Esq, a gentleman of fortune At the Reform dissolution he was pressed to come forward as candidate for Pontefract, but after soreat interest in politics, and has been an ardent Reformer and a liberal subscriber for the advancement of the cause When Parliaain invited to stand for Pontefract by a nuain hesitated, but finally accepted; Lord Mexborough withdrew, and he was elected without opposition In person he is tall and finely forrace, with delicate hands and feet, his face coarse and with a bad expression, his head set well on his shoulders, and renified in his actions andsense, discretion, reserve, and a species of good taste which has prevented, in the height of his fortunes, his behaviour fro the bounds of radually separated hiuards of whom he was once the most conspicuous, and tacitly asserted his own independence and acquired gentility without ever presuard with deference His position is now reat es of the blackguards of Pontefract should place him in different social relations towards us than those in which we mutually stood before
Petworth, Decee Head: EARL OF EGREMONT]
Canificent and full of fine objects, both ancient and modern; the Sir Joshuas and Vandykes particularly interesting, and a great deal of all sorts that is worth seeing Lord Egrehty-one the day before yesterday, and is still healthy, with faculties and ned here for sixty years with great authority and influence He is shrewd, eccentric, and benevolent, and has always been munificent and charitable in his oay; he patronises the arts and fosters rising genius Painters and sculptors find eallery which is full of pictures and statues, soh the house are interesting and curious Lord Egremont hates ceremony, and can't bear to be personally o as it suits the about it, never to take leave of him The party here consists of the Cowpers, his own fahbour, Ridsdale a parson, Wynne, Turner, the great landscape painter, and a young artist of the na into notice, and ill owe his fortune (if he reh not very refined hospitality The house wants modern comforts, and the servants are rustic and uncouth; but everything is good, and it all bears an air of solid and aristocratic grandeur The stud groom told me there are 300 horses of different sorts here His course, however, is nearly run, and he has the h surrounded with children and grandchildren, he is almost the last of his race, and that his family is about to be extinct Two old brothers and one childless nephew are all that are left of the Wyndhams, and the latter has been itih nobody has any notion of the manner in which he will dispose of his property It is iious wealth of the Earls of Northumberland, and of the proud Duke of Somerset who married the last heiress of that house, the betrothed of three husbands All that Lord Egremont has, all the Duke of Northueshi+re estate belonged to theether is probably equivalent to between 200,000 and 300,000 a year Banks told me that the Northumberland property, when settled on Sir H Smithson, was not above 12,000 a year[2]
[2] [The eleventh Earl of Northuhter, who married Charles Seymour, ninth Duke of Somerset This lady is described as 'the betrothed of three husbands,' because she was married at fourteen to Henry Cavendish, son of the Duke of Newcastle, who died in the following year
She was then affianced to Tholeat, as assassinated in 1682; and at last married to the Duke of Soernon Seymour, who succeeded to the Dukedom of Somerset in 1748, was created Earl of Northureards the latter title) to his nephew Sir Charles Wyndham, who succeeded him in February 1750 The Earldoh Sernon, as created Duke of Northumberland in 1766 The titles and the vast property of the Duke of Somerset, Earl of Northue O'Brien Wyndharemont, to whom Mr Greville paid this visit, was born on the 18th of Decehty-two years old at this tier, and died in 1837, famous and beloved for his splendid hospitality and for his liberal and judicious patronage of the arts, and likewise of the turf]
Brighton, Deceave me an account of the offer of the Chaain They added the condition that he should not oppose Governed to support thearded the proposal as an insult; so the Queen was not conciliated the more She likewise told me that the cause of her for nor Lord Grey told her of it, and that if they had she would have consented to the sacrifice at once with a good grace; but in the way it was done she thought herself grossly ill-used It is impossible to ascertain the exact nature of this connexion Howe conducts hi ardent lover; he never is out of the Pavilion, dines there al, rides with her, never quitting her side, and never takes his eyes off her She does nothing, but she admits his attentions and acquiesces in his devotion; at the same time there is not the smallest evidence that she treats him as a lover If she did it would be soon known, for she is surrounded by enemies All the Fitzclarences dislike her, and treat her more or less disrespectfully She is aware of it, but takes no notice
She is very civil and good-hu as they keep within the bounds of decency, and do not break out into actual ie Head: NAMIK PACHA]
Two nights ago there was a great assembly after a dinner for the reception of the Turkish Aht down by Pal and Queen He is twenty-eight years old, speaks French well, and has good manners; his dress very siold chain and medal round his neck He did not take out any lady to dinner, but was placed next the Queen
After dinner the King made him a ridiculous speech, with abundant flourishes about the Sultan and his friendshi+p for hih Admiral at the time of the battle of Navarino, to which the Pacha replied in a sonorous voice He adreat ease All the stupid, vulgar Englishwomen followed him about as a lion with offensive curiosity
1833
January 3rd, 1833 {p339}
Lady Howe begged her husband to show me the correspondence between him and Sir Herbert Taylor about the Cha and confused; Taylor's first letter, in my opinion, very impertinent, for it reads him a pretty severe lecture about his behaviour when he held the office before Howe is a foolish h, better than 's desire, proposed to hireed to do so with liberty to vote as he pleased, but pro not to be violent So stood theHudson[3]
wrote by the King's orders to know definitely if he meant to take it, but that if he did he must be 'neutral' Horote back word that on such terms he declined it I told him my opinion of the whole business, and added my strenuous advice that he should immediately prevail on the Queen to appoint somebody else I could not tell hily as I could, hinting that there were very urgent reasons for so doing He did not relish this advice at all, owned that he clung tenaciously to the office, liked everything about it, and longed to avail hie of circuer her officer, he had ever since done all the business, and in fact ithout the name, as much her Chamberlain as ever Lady Hoho is vexed to death at the whole thing, was enchanted at ed hilad she was at what I had said, and askedof Howe's connexion with the Queen, which I told her they did I h to satisfyin it' but the folly and vanity of being the confidential officer and councillor of this hideous Queen, for whom he has worked himself up into a sort of chivalrous devotion Yesterday Howe spoke to the Queen about it, and proposed to speak to the King; the Queen (he says) would not hear of it, and forbad his speaking to the King To-day he is gone away, and I don't knohat he settled, probably nothing
[3] ['Young Hudson' was the page of honour as sent to Ro year to fetch Sir Robert Peel, when, as Mr Disraeli expressed it, 'the hurried Hudson rushed into the charew up to be a very able and distinguished diploreat services to the cause of Italian independence]
[Page Head: LYNDHURST AND MANNERS SUTTON]
Lyndhurst dined here the day before yesterday Finding I knew all that had passed about the negotiations for a Tory Government in the middle of the Reform question, he told me his story, which differs very little from that which Arbuthnot had told me at Downham, and fully corroborates his account of the duplicity of Peel and the extraordinary conduct of Lyndhurst hi he went to the Duke, who said he o directly to Peel Peel refused to join The Duke desired hio back to Peel, and propose to hi hi begged he ranted He came back, said he would take office, but that they must invite Manners Sutton also They did so, and Sutton refused Vesey Fitzgerald, however, suggested to Lyndhurst that if they proposed to Sutton to be Prime Minister perhaps he would accept Another conversation ensued with Sutton, and awas fixed at Apsley House on the Sunday In theand told hi that Sutton would not do, and that the Duke alone could form a Government At Apsley House Sutton talked for three hours, and such infernal nonsense that Lyndhurst was ready to go mad; nor would he decide They pressed him to say if he would take office or not He said he
They said, 'It(on some frivolous pretext) till the afternoon He went to the House of Coiven any answer The faame was up
All this tallies with the other account, only he did not say that Peel had desired Baring to insist on Sutton, and had advised Sutton to take no place but the highest, nor that he had without the Duke's knowledge offered Sutton that post, and concealed from Sutton his subsequent opinion of his incapacity and determination that he should not have it I asked Lyndhurst how he ed with Sutton, and whether he had not come to Apsley House with the impression on his mind that he was to be Premier He said that 'he had evaded that question with Sutton'--that is, all parties were deceived, while the Duke, who reat disregard of personal interests and selfish views, but I shall always think his error was enormous It is remarkable that this story is so little known
They had a dinner and dancing the night before last at the Pavilion for New Year's Day; and the King danced a country dance with Lord Amelius Beauclerc, an old Admiral
London, January 11th, 1833 {p341}
Came to toith Alvanley the day before yesterday Howe plucked up courage, spoke to the King and Queen, and settled Denbigh's appointh not without resistance on the part of their Majesties Lord Grey came down, and was very well received by both At the co sat by him, and was full of jokes; called hireat amusement of the bystanders and of Lord Grey hi _moyennant_ a douceur of 2,500 to accept the Constableshi+p of the Round Tower The stories of the King are uncommonly ridiculous He told Madame de Ludolf, who had been Ambassadress at Constantinople, that he desired she would recoht tell thehter of one of his late brother's sultanas (Lady Jersey) His Majesty insisted on Lord Stafford's taking the title of Sutherland, and ordered Gower to send him an express to say so One day at dinner he asked the Duke of Devonshi+re '_where he meant to be buried!_'