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TUB DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1866.
HODRN ECCENTRICS.
JBBI7BALBS1 Wn Al.LHV,
Mr. Wbftll'-y was elected for Newcastle 1785,
before was of age, which wu nit unoBnil in
Ire1atid;Le sat lor it to 1790; and Tor Enniworthy
from 1707 to June, 1800. He acquired tbe
soubriquet of Jerusalem Whaley In consequence
f a bit, eaid to have bocn 20,000, that he
woslil walk (exceoc where a sea-passage was
ssnavoidable) to Jerusalem, and back within
twelve months. He started September 22, 1798,
and returned June 1, 1780, having played ball
against tbe walls ot tbe Holy City.
Lord Cloucurry (inscribes Wnalley as a perfect
tpecuncn ot the Irish gentleman ot the oldon
time. Gallant, reckless, and profuse, he marie
o account of money, limb, or life, when a feat
was to be won, or a daiintraeed to be attempted,
lie rprnt a tine toituee In pursuits uot more
cioBiablo than his expedition to plav ball at
Jerusalem, and rendered himself a cripole for
life by lumping from the lrawii)2-room window
ot Daly's ciub house, on Collcus 'Green, Djblin,
n to the roof of a hackney-coach which was
parsing.
W bailey, "Buck Whalley" as he was some
times called, is stated to have been tne founder
et the Hell-tire Ciub. Having a taste for the
fine arts, and menus to sriatn v it, he accumu
lated a large number of valuable paintings in h s
mans on at Btepheu's Green, Dublin, nt which
the following account has appeared in the
Jsitlilin Unweriity Magazine : in the centre
of the couth side of St. Stephen's Green standi
a noble building, with a large stone Hon
reposing over the entrance, and finding his
legs and tail encroached en by gias , and
weed?. This mansion belonged to the Treat
Buck Wh alloy, and witnessed many a noblo
least and mud' ciroue during the viccrovaliy of
the Duke of Bucktughaiu. At last, when all the
pleasures tbat coula be procured on Irish land
were tried, and found to result in satiety and
dtsenst, and his tailor end wine-merchant beean
to disturb him, he sought ne excitement in his
20,000 wager," w hich ha 1ut been described.
"A bard, who contributed to a collection ot
political squiltt, enti led 'Doth Bides of tbe
CiutUr,' sane tbe troing forth of the expedition;
It is entitled 'Whallev's Embarkation,' to the
tone of 'Eutland Gigg."'
The lawless behavior of the yeomany corps
which he commanded obainod tor him another
and less agreeanle appellation. "Bever-chapel
Whalley." H s residence on Stephen's Green wa-t,
1b 1865, converted into a nunnery. Sir Jonah Bar
rington states that 40(10 was paid to Mr. Waal
ley by Mr. Gould, M. P. , for Kilbeggan.
" THE FRINCES3 CABABOO."
Early in the year 1805 there died at Bristol a
female of considerable personal attractions,
whose early history waa am using enough, yet
took a strong hold upon credulous persons ba'f
a oentury since. She pretended to be a native
Javasu, in the Indian Ocean, and to have been
carried off by pirates, by whom she had been
aold to the captain of a brig. Her first appear
ance was in tne spring ot 1817, at Almondsbury,
ia Gloucestershire. Having been ill-used when
on board tbe ship, she had jumped overboard,
she eaid, swam on shore, and wandered about
six weeks before ehe came to Almondsbury.
She appears next to have lound her way to Bath,
and mere to have created a sensation in the
literary and lahhionable circles of the city and
tner places, which lasted till it was discovered
tbat the whole affair Was a romance cleverly
sustained and acted out by a young and prepos
sessing girl, whoFoueht to maintain the imposi
tion by the invention ot bieioglyphics and char
acters to represent her native language.
In 1817, there was published at Bristol a nar
rative of this singular imposition, "practised
upon the benevolence of a lady residing la the
vicinity of Bristol by a joung woman of the
name ot Mary Wllcocks, alias Baser, altasBaker
stendht. alias Caraboo, Princess ot Javasu;" lor
which work Bird, the royal academician, drew
twoportraits.
It was ascertained that she was a native of
Witheridge, in Devonshire, where her father
waa a cobbler. She appears to have taken flight
to America, and in 1821 she returned to Eng
land, and hired apartments in New Bond street,
where she exhibited herself to the public at the
charge of one shilling; but she did not attract
any great attention.
On being deposed from the honors which had
been awar Jed to her, "the Princess" retired into
comparatively humble life, and married. There
was a kind of grim humor in the occupation
which she subsequently followed that of an
Importer of leecoes; but she conducted her
operations with much ludgroent and ability, and
carried on her trade with credit to herself aud
satisfaction to her customers. The quondam
'Prlncess" died, leaving a daughter, who, like
her mother, is described as very beautiful.
There is also a very strange story of the Prin
cess having got an introduction to Napoleon
Bonaparte at St. Helena, of which ail'air the fol
lowing account appeared in Felix Parley's
Bristol Journal, September 13, 1817:
"A letter from Sir Hudson Lowe, lately re
turned from St. Helena, forms at present the
leading topic of conversation in tbe higher
circles. It states that on tbe day preceding the
date of the last despatches, a large ship was dis
covered in the ofiine. The wind was strong
from the south-southeast. After several hours'
tacking, with apparent intention to reach the
island, the essel was ob.-erved to bear away lor
the northwest, and in the course of an hour the
boat was teen entering the harbor. It was
rowed by a single person. Sir Hudsoa went
alone to tbe beach, and to hi astonishment saw
a female of interesting appearance spring to
land. She stated that she bad sailed trom
Bristol, under the rare of some misoionary
ladies, in a vessel called the Robert and Anne,
Captain Robinson, destined for Philadel
phia; that the vessel being driven out of its
coune by a tempest which continued for seve
ral successive days, the crew atl length per
celved laud, which the captain recognized to be
1st. Helena; tbat she immediately conceived an
ardent desire of seeing the man with wboe
future fortunes she whs persuaded her own were
mysteriously counected; and her breast swelled
with the prospect of contemplatin luce to face
an impostor not equalled on earth since the
days of Mohammed; but a change of wind to
the couth-southeast nearly overset her hopes.
Finding the captain resolved to proceed acoord
ln to hi" original destination, she watched her
opportunity, and springing with a large clasp
knt'e Into a small boat which was fIuuit at th i
stern, bbe cut the ropes, dropped safely into the
ocean, and ro wed a way. The wind was too
fctrong from the land to allow of the vessel
betnji brought about to thwurt her obiect. Sir
Hudson introduced her to Bonaparte under
the name of Caraboo! She described hersflf
as l'rincet-s of Javasu, and related a tale of
extraordinary Interest, which seemed in a high
degree to delight the captive chief. He em
braced her ith everv demonntration of enthu
siastic rapture, and besought Sir Hudson that
she mieut be allowed an apartment in bis
ho lite, declaring that she alone was an adequate
solace in his captivity.
f'S r Hudson subjoins: 'The familiar aoqua'nt
ajce with the Malay toneue possessed by this
most extraordinary nersoua'e fand there are
many on the island who underatand thut lan
guage), together wva the knowledse she dis-
Tl IB nt fill) Tnrlllin a ti ,1 rhinaa. nnlit Ua nn.l thd
eagerness with wh ch she speaks of these sub
jects, appear to convince everv one that i-he is
no impostor, ner manner is noble an i fusutua
ting in a wonderlul deroe.'
"A private letter adds th following testimony
to tne aoove statement; 'Since the arrival of
this ladv. tbe manners, anl 1 mn sav tho conn.
Unance and Ceiir of Bonaparte, appear t be
wholly altered. From being reserved and de
lected, he has beoome truv and com ni n n i n at! v .
No more complaints are heard about inconve
niences at Loupwood. He has intimated to Sir
Hudson bis determination to aoplv to the Pone
for a dispensation to dissolve his marrl virvi with
Maria Louisa, and to sanction h s indissoluble
onion with tbe enchanting carnboo."
However, corroboration of this strange story
is wasting. -
"BOO iKNUrKUB."
This eccentric character, Henry Constantino
Jennings, was born In 1731, and was the ton pf
a gentleman possessed of a large estate at Snip'
lake, in Oxfordshire, ne waa educated at Wot,
minister School, and at the age ot seventeen
years became an ensign in the 1st regiment of
Foot Guards. He held the commission but a
short time, and on resigning It went to Italy la
company with Lord Mcmtbermer, eon of the
DuVe of Montagu. i
While at Rome yi.intr Jennings commenced'
his first collection of articles of vertu, and ever1
alter was known by the coarse and vulgar name
ot "Dog Jennings," In consequence of a circuni-!
htance which he thus relates:
"1 happened one day vo be strolling alone!
the streets of Borne, and perceiving the shop
of a staUary In an obscure street, 1 entered it, !
and began to look around for any curious pro-!
duction of art. I at length perceived something
uncommon, at least, but oemg partly concealed i
bchmd a heap of rubbish, I could hot contem-
f late it with 9ny degree ot accuracy. After all
m pediments had been at length removed, the
marble statue I bad been poking lor was dragged
into opeu day: it pioved to be a huge but tine
dog and a oog it was, ani a lucky doe was I
to discover anu to purchase it. On turning it
round, I perceived it was without a tail this
gave me a hint. I also i-aw that the limbs were
utely .roporlioned: that tne ngure was noble;
that the sculpture, in tibort. was worthy of the
bet ageot Atncns; and that it must be of the
age ot Alcibiades, whose favorite do? it
reitainly was. I struck a barculn instantly
on the spot for 400 scutli: anu as the muzzle
alone was somewhat damaged, I paid the artist
a trifle more tor repairing it. It was carefully
packed, and being sent to F naland a'ter me, by
the time it reached my house in Oxfordahne it
had lust cost mo 80. 1 wish all my other bar
gains had been like it, lor it was exceed
ingly admired, as I well kiow it must bs by the
rornoisteurf, by more than one of whom I was
bid 10C0 for m.y purchase. In truth, by a per
son sent, I believe trom Blenheim. I was ollered
1400. lint 1 would not part with my doj; I
had bought it for myself, and I liked to contem
plate his fino proportions and admire him at
ray leisure, lor he was doubly dear to me, as
being my own property and my owl selection."
At the Literary Club, one evening, Jennings'
doe was tb topic of discussion. Boswell re
ports: "F. 'I have been looking at this famous
antique maible dog of Mr. Jennings, valued at a
thousand guineas, said to be Alcibiades' dog.' -Johnson.
'His tail then must oo docked. Tnat
was the mark ot Alcibiudes' doe.' a. ' A thou
sand guineas! the representation of no animal
whatever is worth so mucu. At this rate a dead
dog would, indued, be better than a living lion.'
Johnson. 'Sir, it is not the wortn ot the
thing, but of the skill in lorming it, which Is so
hiehiy estimated. Everything that enlarges the
sphere of human powers, that shows man he
can do what he thought he could not do, i)
valuable.' "
But, Mr. Jennings, like many other collectors,
owing to a reverse ot fortune, was compelled in
1778 to break up his collection, whicn being
sold by auction, the dog of Alcibiades was
knocked down lor 1000 guineas, and became the
property ot Mr. Dunconibe, M. P. It is now at
Duncombe Pork, in Yorkshire, the scat ol Lord
Feversham.
It is nainful to read that the latter davs of Mr.
Jennings were spent in the King's Beuch; and
wuuin tne rules or tnat prison ne died February
17. 1819. at his lodirines in Belvedere Place. St.
George's Fields, in his eighty-eighth year.
"WALKING STEWART."
Early in the year 1821, London loat one of its
famous eccentrics, who rejoiced in the above
distinction, which, it must be admitted, he had
fairly earned. He wai one of the lions of the
great town, and his ubiquitous restless nature
has been thus ingeniously sketched:
"Who, that ever weathered his way over
Westminster Bridge, has not seen Walking Stew
art (his Invariable cognomen) sitting in the
recess on the brow of the bridge, spencered up
to his throat and down to his hips with a sort
of garment planned, it would seem, to stand
powoer, H6 became tne nautt ot a military man ;
his dinuv, dusty inexnre sibles (trulv inexores-
sibles), bio boo. s travel-s'ained, black up to his
knees and yet not black neither but arrant
walkers, both of them, or their complexions
belied them; his aged, but strongly-marked,
manly, air-ripened lace, steady as truth; and
his large, irregular, dusty hut, that seemed to
be of one mind with the boots? We say, who
docs not thus remember Walking Stewart, sit
ting, and leaning on bis stick as though he had
never walked in his life, but had taken his seat
on the bridge at his birth, and had crown old
in his sedeutary habit r To be sure this view of
mm is ratner negatived by as strong a remem
brance of him in the same spencer and accom
paniments of hair powder and dust, resting on
a bench in the Park, with as perfectly an eter
nal name; nor will tbe memory let him keep a
quiet, constant sent here lor ever: recalling
him, as she is wont, in his shuttling, slow
prramDuiation or tne blrand, or Charing
Cross, of Cockspur street. Where really
was he? You yaw him on West
minster Bridge, acting his own monument. You
went into the Park he was there ' nxed as the
gentleman at Charing Cross. You met him,
however, at Charing CrosB, creeping on like tbe
hour hand upon a dial, getting rid ot his rounds
and his time at once 1 Indeed, his ubiquity ap
peared enormous, and yet not so enormous as
tbe profundity of his sitting habits. He was a
profound sitter. Could the Pythagorean system
be entertained, what other would now be ten
anted by Walking Stewart? Truly, he seemed
always going, like a lot at auction, and yet
always a a stand, like a hackney-coach 1 Oh,
what a walk was bii to christen a man by I A
slow, lazy, scrapine, gazing pace-a shuffle a
walk in its dotaee a walk at a sf aud-still vet
was he a pleasant man to meet. We remember
his face distinctly, and allowing a little for
its northern hardness, it was certainly as
wise, es kindly, and as handsome a face as ever
crowned the shoulders ot a toldier, a scholar,
and a gentleman.
"Well 1 Walking Stewart is dead I He will no
more be seen niched in Westminster Bridee, or
keeping his terms as one of tue benchers of St.
James' Park, or painting the pavement with
moving but uniiltea feet. In vain we looked tor
hlm ati. lbe nour w!ien ne WttS wout to walk.'
The niche in the bridge is empty ot its available
statue, and as be is gone from this spot he bos
gone Irom all, tor ho was ever all in t, 11 1 Three
persons seem departed in him. In him there
seems to have bc;n b triple death 1"
We are tempted "to consecrate a passage" to
him, as John Buncle expresses it, trom a tiny
pamphlet, entitled "The Lite and Adventures ot
the celebrated Walking Stewart, including his
travels in the East Indies, Turkey, Germany,
aud Ameuca;" mid the author, "a relative " has
contrived to out-do bis Bubject in gettinq over the
ground, tor be manages to close his woik at the
end of the sixtcen'h page!
Jonn Kfeantt, or Wttlkinj Stewart, was born
of two Scutch pnreute, In 1749, in London and
was in one time seut to Harrow, and thence to
the Chnrter House, where he established him
self us a dunce no bad promise iu a boy, we
think I He let school und was sent to India
where his ctr.micter and energies unfolded
themselves, as Ins biographers tells us, lor his
mind was unshackled by education.
He resolved to amass 30110. and then return
to England. No bad resolve! To attam this
bo quitted the coiupanva service, and entered
that of Hyder Ailv. He now turned soldier,
and btctinie a general. Hjder's geneials were
easily made and unmade. Stewart behaved
well nco bravdv, an t paid hU reuiment without
drawbacks, winch made him popular. Becora-ti.B-
wotimed somehow, and having to grett
faith in llvders surgeons, he begired leave to
ioln the F.upl sh tor raeoical advice, Hyder
gave a Polomus kind of heradmisrlon, quietly do
Urminiiii! to cut the traveller and his journey as
short a possible, for his own sake and that of
the invu'iu. Seart snltl'id the intuition of
Ally, mid 'ukina nn early opportunity of'cuttim'
bis cr.iiipi.nv lu lore they could cut him he
popped Into n liver, literally ewatn for tin 'life
reached the bank, ran betore his hnnters like an
antelope, and- arrived safely at the European
forW. lie got In breathlc&s. and lived. Ho v he
was cured of hi wonnds is thns told by Colonel
Wilts In his "Sketches of the South of India:"
"An fcnglleh g-ntlcraan commanded one of
the corps, and was most everely wounded, after
a depperntereslFtacce; oth.cn in the same un
happy si nation met with Irtends or peisons ot
the same caste to procure lor them th rude aid
ottered by Indian surgery. The Englishman
was destitute of this poor advantage; his wounds
were washed with simple warm water by ftn
attendant boy three or lour times a day, and
under this novel system of surgery they reco
vered with a rapidity not exceeded under the
best hospital treatment "
A writer in the Quarterly Review, '' 1817,
appends to the above quotation the tollowing:
"Tht BnirHsh gentleman is the person distin
guished by the uamo ot Waikinq Stewart, win,
after the lapse of half a centry, la still alive, and
still, we believe, walking dallv, in the neighbor
hood ol the Haymarket and Charlnc Cross."
Hitherto, Stewart had saved little money. H
now entered the Nabob of Arcot's service, and
became f rime minister, the memoir doe not say
how. At lcncth ho took leave ot India, and
travelled over Persia and Turkey on roof, in search
of a name, it should seem, or, as he was wout to
say, in search of the Polarity or Mornl Truth ;
and alter many adventures, arrived in England.
He brought home money, and commenced his
London life in an Armenian dress, to attract
attention.
He nett visited America, and on his return,
"made the tour of Hcotland, Germany, Italy
and France, on foot, and ultimately settled in
Paris," where he made friends. II intended to
live there; but alter inventing his money in
French property, he smelt the sulphur clou 1 of
the Iievolution, and retreated as fast a possible,
losing considerable property In his flight. He
lettirned to London, and suddenly and unex
pectedly received 10,000 from the India Com
pany, on the liquidation of the debts of the
Nabob of Arcot. He bought annuities, and fat
tened bis yearly income. The relative says :
"One of his annuities was purchased from the
County Fire Otlice, at a rate which, in the end,
was proved to have been paid three, and nearly
four times over. The calculation of the assurers
wss here completely at lault: every quarter
brought Mr. Stewart regularly to the cashier's,
whom he accosted with, ' Well, man alive 1 1 am
come tor my money 1"' which Stewart enjoyed
as a joke.
Mr. Stewart now lived In better style, gave
dinners and musical parties. Every even
ing a cotivertazione was given at his house,
enlivened by music; on Sundays he had select
dinner parties, followed by a philosophical dis
course and a pcrlormance of sacred music,
chiefly selected trom the works ot Handel, and
concluding with the "Dead March in Saul,'1
wbiehwas always received by the company as
the signal for their departure.
Stewart was attached to King George IV, and
lived peaceably until the arrival of Queen Coro
lite, when her deputations and political move
ments alarmed Stewart and awakened his walk
ing propensities, and his tnends had great diffi
culty to prevent him lrm eoing to Aaienca.
Stewart's health declined in 1821; he weut to
Mareate. returned, became worse, and on Ash
Wednesday he died.
To all entreaties from friends that he would
write his travels, he replied no that his were
travels of the mind. He, however, wrote essays
and gave lectures on the philosophy of the mind.
It is very odd that men will not tell what they
know, ano will attempt to talk of what they do
not know.
BABON WARD'8 BEMARKABLB CAREER.
Perhaps no man of modern times passed a
more varied and romantic life than the famed
Yorkshire groom, statesman and friend ol sove
reigns, and who played so prominent a part at
the Court ot Parma; bis career exemplifying the
adage that truth Is stranger than fiction.
Thomas Ward was born at York, on the 9th of
October, 1810, where he was brought up in the
stable, but was shrewd and intelligent, far be
yond boys of bis own station.
He left Yorkshire a boy in the pay of Prince
Ltcatenstein, el Hungary; and, atter four years'
Bticcesttul career on tbe turf, at Vienna, as a
iociiey, he became employed by the reigning
Duke of Lucca.
He was, at Lucca, promoted from th" stable to
be valet to His Koyal Uiskness, wbicn service
he performed up to 1846. About that period he
was made Master of the Horse to tne Ducal
Court, when he caused extiaordinary changes
In that department: the stable expenses were
reduced more than one half. Yet the Duke's
ittid was the envy and admiration of all Italy.
Eventually, he became Minister ot the Household
and Minister of Finance; he acquired adiplomatio
dignity in the disturbances which preceded the
revolutionary year 1848, and was despatched to
Florence upon a confidential mission of the
highest importance. This had no less an object
than the delivery, to the Grand Duke, of his
master's abdication of the Luccheec principality.
At first the Grand Duke hesitated to receive, in
a diplomatic capacity, one of whom ho bad only
heard in relation to the races of tbe Casino.
But our envoy had seen and provided lor
such an emergency. He produced from his
pocket a commission, making him Viceroy of tne
Duke's estates, which was to be acted upon it
tbe Grand Duke raised any obstacle, or even if
he refused to receive Ward as Ambassador of the
States ot Parma, at the caoital oi the Medicls;
this, of course, ended alt ditliculties.
Ward held tbe above offices until the Duke's
rule was violently terminated by the (treat revo
lution of 1648. With some difficulty he escaped
with bis uble and faithtul minister, when they
retired to an estate near Dresden called Weisa
trop. At this period Ward became an active
agent of Austria, and as Austria triumphed, he
recovered tbe hereditary estates of Parma and
Plucentla; bat tbe Duke, distrusted by his expe
rience, resigned in favor of his own sou, with
wbom the minister retained the same
lay or and exhibited the samej talents that
first raised blm to distinction, beinz mora than
a match tor the first of the Italian diplomatists.
Upon one occasion he was despatched to Vienna
as an envoy from his little Court, when he
astonished Sehwartzenberg by the extent of his
capacity. His acquaintance was specially culti
vated by the Russian Ambassador, Meyendorff,
who apoeors to have been very fond of York
shire hams. An English gentleman, supping one
pight at the Russian Aa.bassador's, compli
mented him upon the excellence of the ham.
"There is a member of our diplomatic body
here," replied Meyendortf, "who supplies us ail
with hams from Yorkshire, of which county he
is a native."
, As prime minister, Ward negotiated theabdt
catiou of Cnarles II, und placed the youthful
Charles HI on the throne, who. it will be remem
bered, was assassinated before his on palace in
1854. It shoald be observed that ai soon as
Charlos III canae to the throne, the then Baron
Ward wa- sent to Germany by his patron as
Minister Plenipotentiary, to represent Parma at
the Court ot Vienna. This post he held up to
the time of hi royal patron's tragical end.
When the Duehesvlfenerit assumed stale au
thority, Ward retiit'l from public life, and took
to agricultuial pursuits In the Austrian domi
nions. Without any educational loundation, he
connived to write aud speiik German, French,
and Itnlian, und conducted the all'a.rs ot M ite
With considerable cleverness, if uot with re
markable straight forwardness. But the moment
ho attempted to express bimselt In Emrllnh, hid
dialect was tound to retain all the character
istics of his ant ot education. Lord Palmer
ston onco declared tbat Warn "was one of the
most. retuarkao;e men he had evt r met-witu."
Throughout lite. Ward was ever proud of his
country, never for a moment attempting to con
ceal his numble origin; and portraits of hi
paieats, intnrir hoinesoun clothes, nny besen
m the splendid saloon of the Prime MlaL-terof
Pnrma.
Baron Ward was 'married to an humble
person of Vienna, and at bis dei'b
he lelt four children. From tho stable
bo rose to the h'Khest otlices of a littlo
iT-?! ttt period of great European
political interest, and died in retirement, pur
suing the rustic occupation of a farmer, carry
ing wi'h him to the prave many curious state
secrets.
.The following is a partial 1st only of- the
honors to which Ward attained: B iron of t iw
Ducliv of Lucca, and or the Grand Duchy of
Tuscany; Knight of the First Class of the Order
ol St. Lcuis ol Lucca; Knight Oraud Cross of
the Older ot St. Joseph ot Tnecanv; Knight
Senator Grand Cross of the Order nt 8t George
Conftantinano or Parma; and Moble, with the
title of Baron, In Tuscan v; Honorary Councillor
of State to his Imperial Iliehness tbe Grand
Duko ct TimcBT.v: Minister and Councillor of
State to II. Ii. U. Charles Duke f Parma, etc.
A COSTLY HOUSE-WARMING.
Fifty years ago there lived In Edward street,
Port man Square, one Parraenticr, confectioner
to the Prince Regent. From his emporium, and
that of Romua'do in Duke street, the rmUs
given in the neighboring squares were sump
tuously supplied. In this quarter lived keepers
-of china and glass shops, who undertook, at a
few hours' notice, to iurnlsh all the movables
and ornaments for large routs, a chair, tables,
china and glass, knives and folks, extra phte,
looking-glasses, mirrors, girandoles,chandeliers,
wax lights, candelabra lamps. AurelUn shades,
transparencies, vase?, and otner decorative items
for a complete suite ot looms; togetner with
exotics and green home plants, an i a corps of
artists to chalk the floors. It was by this almost
magical aid that tne Earl of Shrewsbury gave
his magnificent house-warming to tne haul ton
at his new mansion in Brvanstoue 8quare,
which was then in o nndnished a stare that
the walls in many of the apartments were not
evpn plastered. To the astonishment and de
light ot the guests, the whole mansion was
tnrown open, and every room w as furnished and
decorated in ihe most superb stvle. The prin
cipal drawing-room,. with its numerous lamps
and large looking-glass, appeared one bia.e of
liptt; in contrast to w hich, another room, in
sombre gloom, resembled au Arcadian grove of
orange a:d lemon trees and myrtle", part natu
ral and part artificial. The amusements con
slued ot a dramatic tepresentation, a concert, a
dress-ball, a masquerade, and a nmotuous sup
per ot three hundred covers. These elegant
lestivitics cost the Earl several thousand
pounds.
In the same neighborhood, at the corner of
Georce street, Mohammed, a native ot Asia,
opened a house lor giving dinners In the Hin
dustanee style. All the dishes were dressed
with currie-powder, nee,, cayenne, and the
finest spices of Arabia. A room was set
apart tor smoking irom hookahs with Ori
ental heibs. The rooms were furnished
with chairs and sofas made of bamboo canes;
and tbe walls were hune- with Chinese pic
tures hnd other Asiatic embellishments. Either
Bldl Mohammed's capital was not sufficient to
stand the slow test of public encouragement, or
the scheme tailed at once: for Sidi became
bankrupt, and the undertaking was relin
quished. SICK ENGLAND, TOE GAMBLER.
Towards the close of the last century one ol
the moct noted gamblers and blacklegs in the
metropolis was Dick England: his usual haunt
was the Golden Cross, Charing Cross, where hs
was accustomed to look out lor raw, Irishmen
coming to town by the coaches, whom he
almost invariably plucked. nia success
socn enabled him to keep an elegant
house in St. Alban's street, where he
engaged masters to teach him accomplishments
to lit him for polite life. In 1779 and 1783, he
kept a eood table, sported his vis-a-vis, aud was
remarkably choice in the hackneys he rode,
giving eighty or ninety guineas for a horse, a
sum ueanv equal to 200 guineas in the present
day. Another of his haunts was Munday's Cot
lee House, in Maiden lane, where he generally
presided at a tao't d'hote, and by his finesse and
agreeable conversation won him many friends,
being at times the hero of his own story, ho
unguardedly exposed someiot his own character
istic tralrs, which his fcelf-poesesslon generally
enabled him to conceal. His conduct among
men of family was, however, generally euarded;
and he was resolute In enforcing payment of the
sums be won.
One evening he met a voung tradesman at a
house in Leicester Fields to have an hour's play,
tor which be eave a banker's draft, but re
quested to have his revenge in a lew more
throws, when he soon regained what he had
lost and as much in addition. It now being
past three in the morning, Eneland proooscd
that tiiey should retire; but the tradesman, sus
pecting himself tricked, refused payment of
what he had lost.
England then tripped up bis heels, rolled him
in tbe carpet, took a caso-knite from the siue
board, flourished it over the young man, and at
last cut off his long hair close to tuo sc-tlp.
Dreading worse, he gave a cheque for the
amount and wished England griod morning
England fouttht a duel at Cranlord Bridee In
17f4, with Mr. Le Roule, a brewer, from King
ston, from whom England had won a large sum;
or this a bond had been given, and which not
beina paid, led to the duel, in which Le Roulo
was killed. England fled to Paris and was out
lawed; but it is reported that eaily in the Revo
lution he furnished some useful intelligence to
our army in the campaign in Flanders, tor which
he was remunerated by the British Cabinet.
W bile in France he was several limes impri
soned, and once ordered to tne guillotine, but
pardoned through the exertion and influence of
one of the Convention, who also procured for
him a passport lor home. After an absence
ct twelve jears, he was tried for the Crantord
Bridge duel, louna guilty ot manslaughter,
fined one shilling, aud sentenced vo one year's
imprisonment. Atter his release he parsed the
remainder of his lite at his house in Leicester
Square, where he lived to the age of eighty.
His end was an awful one: on being called to
dinner he was found lving dead on bis sola.
MRS. GABK1CK.
In the autumn of 1822, we well remember the
appearance In the priuUhops of a small
whole-length etching of Mrs. Garrick, who had
died three or four days previously, having
outlived her celebrated husband three-anl-lorty
years.
John ThomasSraith notes: "1822. In October
this year the venerable Mrs. Garrick departed this
life when seated in her arm-chair, in the front
drawing-room ot her bouse in the Adelphi
Terrace. Sue had ordered her maid-servants to
place two or three gowns upon chairs to deter
mine in which she would appear at Drury Lane
Theatre that evening, it being a private view of
Mr. Elliston's improvements for the season.
Perhaps no lady in public and private life held a
mote unexceptionable . character. She was
vinited by persons ot the iirstrnk: even our
lute Queen Charlotte, who had honored her with
a visit at Hampton, lound her peeling onions
for pickling. The gracious Queen commanded
u Knife to be brought, saying, 'I will peel some
onions too.' The late King George IV. aud
King William IV, ns well as other crunches of
tte royal tauiil, frequently honored her with
visits.'1
in the year previous to her death, Mr. Gar
rick went to tbe British Museum to inspect the
collection ot tho portraits ot Garrick which Dr.
liuriiey had piade. She was delighted with these
portraits, many of which were totally un
known to her. Her observations on some of
them were very interesting, particularly that by
liance as "Richard III." Oi that painter she
Btated that-, in the course of his painting the
picture, Mr. Garrick had aered to give him two
hundred guineas for it. One day, at Mr. Gar
rick's diuine-table, where Dance had alwavs
been a welcome guest, he observed that Sir
Watkin William Wynne, who bad seen tho pie- I
lure, spontaneously ottered hitu two hundred '
guinea lor it. "Did vou tell him it aB tor
mrr" questioned Garrick. "Nj, I did not."
"Then you meun to Ipi htm have it ?' Garrick
rejoined. "Yea, I believe I shall." reollai the
painter. "However," added Mrs. Garrick, "my
husband was very good: he boueht me a hand
some look!ng-glas, w hich cost him more thau
the acreed price of the picture; and that was put
up in the place where Dauce's picture was to
have hung."
"Mrs. ifaiTcTc, being about to qu;t her seat,
sflld she would bo glad to see me at Uamptou.
'Madsm,' said Mr. Smith, 'yon are very good,
but you would oblige me exceeding? by honor
ing me with your signature on this day.' 'What
do jou sok me lor? I have not lateen a pen in
my band for many months. St it, let me com-
foee mjelM don't nurrv me, and 1 will see what
can do. Woold jou like, it wil.ten with niv
spectacln on, or without?" Prelerrins the
latter, she wrote "E. M. Garrick," but not with
out some exertion.
''I suppose now, lr, you wish to know my
aee. I wa born at Vienna, the ?9t ti ot Febru
ary, 1724, thongh my coachman Insists upou it
tbat I am above a hundred. I wss married at
the parish ot St. Giles at 8 o'clock in the morn
ing, and immediately alterwards in the Chanel
ot the Portuguese Ambassador in South Audlev
street.'
A day or two after Mrs. Garrick's death, Mr.
Smith went to the Adelphi, to know it a
day Bad been fixed tor the funeral. "No,"
replied Georce Harris, one of Mrs. Garrick's
confidential servants, ''but I will let you know
when it is to take place. Would tod like to see
her She is in her coffin." " Yes, I should."
Upon entering the back room on the first floor,
in which Mrs. Garrick died, Mr. Smith found
the deceased's two temale ervants standing by
her remains. He made a drawing of her, and
tuten ed to have etched it. "Pray, do tell m,"
said Smith to one ol the maids, "whyHthe
coflin covered with sheets?" "They are their
wedding sheets, iu which both Mr. and Mrs.
Carries: wished to have died." Mr. Smith was
told that one of thce attentive women had iu
enrred her mistress' di-pleasure by kindly pour
ing out a cup of tea, and handlug it to her in
her chair i " Put it down, you hussey ; do you
think I cannot help myself." She fook it her
self, and a short time alter she put it to her
lip she died.
Ibis lad j indulged her ptactlce of swearing
now and then, particularly when anv one
attempted to impose upon her. A stonemason
brought 1n his bill, with an overcharge of six
pence more than the sum agreed upon; on
which occasion be endeavored to appease her
rase by thus addressing her: "My dear madam,
do tonsider " "My dear madam I what do
yon mean, yon d a fellow? Get out of the
house immediately. My dear madam, indeed !"
On the day of tbe funeral Smith went with
Miss Macauiay, the authoress to see the vener
able lady inteireJ; but when they arrived at
Westminster Abbey, they were refused admit
tance by a person who said: "If It be your
wish to see the waxwork, you must come when
the tuneral's over, and you will then bo ad-
nut' cd into Poet.' Corner, by a man who is sta
tioned at the door to receive your monev."
"Curse the waxworks !" said Smith, "this lady
and I came to see Mrs. Garrick's remains placed
in the grave." "Ah, well, you can't come in;
me uean won't auow it." "As soon as the cere
mony was over," savs Smith, "we were admitted
I for eu pence at the Potts'. Comer, aud there we
saw the earth that surrounded the grave, and no
more, as we lelused to pay tbe demands of the
shownn n ol the Abbey."
Horace Walpole, thongh he wrote a bitter
letter upon Garrick's funeral, and some stranue
opinions of bis acting, lelt some good-humored
remark? upon Mrs Garrick: he writes to Miss
Hannah More: "Mr3. Garrick 1 have scarcely
seen this whole summer. She is a liberal
Pflninna t rrtn I trill nAt anv nn CA ter Ihnnnh
u,l,u iv UIV, I' 111 uw OU(, ..II U ' IU1 ,1IUUKU
Ehe reaches fruit to me, she will never let
me in, as if I were a boy, and would roD her
orchard."
Garrick's villa at Hampton, with stable, coach-
nonse, Duitoines, ano avciiing-hoiiBe adjoining,
freehold and copyhold, about eleven acres in
extent,. were, June 17, 1804, sold hy auction, by
direction of the executors of the late owner.
Silvanus Phillips. Esq., for the sura of 10,800;
the purchaser being a tradesman, ot Pentonville
roaa. itmpie isar.
FINANCIAL.
JAY COOKE & CO.
No. 114 South THIED Street,
BANKERS
AND
DEALERS IN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
U. S. 6s Of 1881.
6-308, OLD AND NEW.
10-lOs; CEB1IF1CATE8 OF INDEBTEDNESS,
7 0 N01E8, lt, 2d, and 3d Series.
COMPOUND INTEREST X0TE8 WANTED.
1N1H.BH.ST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS.
Collections made. Stocks Bought and Sold on
Commission.
Special business accommodations reserved for
LADIES. 6 7 2m
JOHN BAILEK.
GIOBCK STSVCNSOV.
gAILER & STEVENSON,
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
No. 191 S. TII1I113 Street,
OPPOSITE GlEARD BANK.
GOtD AND 81LVKK. BANK NOTES, GOVERN
MENT BONUS, and COMPOUND IMEEEST OTS,
lougbt and told.
COLLECTIONS promptly mads on all accessible
points
CUT WARRANTS WANTED. . C7 U itatalm
SrOCKe Ld LOANb boauUtand fold on commlwlon.
U. 3. 8 E I I KIT IBS.
A SPECIALTY.
SMITH. BANDOLPH & CO.,
BANKERS & BE0KEES,
16 S. THIRD ST.
PHILADELPHIA.
3 NASSAU ST.
NEW IOKK.
STOCKS AND GOLD
DO VOIl I AND iOLD ON COMMISSION
'm HEKK AND IA SEW YORK. 81
JjVVlJLIH JQKOTIIEKS,
Ko. 225 LOCK STREET,
UANKKIIS AND BHOKEUS,
BOT AND HU.
CNITED BTATEH BONDH. lttils, -20, 10 40a.
GMIUI) B'lAlEa 7 J-iOs. A Li. IhbUU).
CKMiriCATES OF 1MJKB1 ltDNKHH
Aterctml e Paper and Loantoo ( o laicrala oeftatiatad
' Btoita houkLt ai.o told on CotLBiumluu. 13ijj
plE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
i
DAS REMOVED
During the erection ol tbe new Hun It building
TO 1 17 tp
No. BOS CHESNUT S I HE KT
5"20S F 1 y E "T W E N TI E S.
7'3C8 -SEVEN-THIRTIES
W A N T K I),
VE HAVEN & BROTHER,
1 1 No. 40 8. Tqibd SrE&KT. ,
WHISKY, BRANDY, WINE, ETC.
( ISESMT GKttVE- WHISKY,
H K6 Kartb THIRD etroot.
II DTttitng wttwamca to aiovr ih atMolai pnrltt
There Is Boa to ho II 0 nlmu kuon oiumiiilnuc
mti n.n.tii.atii.a i hi. .ri. i.i. i.
. 1'klL.UKI.t iiia, Sxpttmhor t, p
GLOW liickou Bmlua,aud flm. tbat H
ocntainf KOKior tna i oioxor mnarAM known at
rteiLoiL nirh l Ida charctnat,a aud InlurtoiM ta.
aredlentof tba ul1il lntura n.
BOOTH OARRh IT CAVAU, '
Ana'y ical hernial
1 hlifcteiphlat and hating caretuiw teo ed It! I ma
p o. Md to utatr that It l entire y maa riiox r-oiionon
(.a PFLllKMct s Butwlanceft It la an unmiualir nar
ana fine-flavored nair ot whtokr. 7 r
JAMk.8 K HTt.TON.M.D.,
( AnalTtloai hemic 1
v . . o0, Mamnl 1W9 '
I hare made a ehemkal ara'Tsla ut inmrr:ilm
plead tl.rHKn OKOVE WIKt, hic'inrovtk
tt tree turn tha bfHTf VaMI Oila. and aerteotVr anr aa
vuadol'e rated 1 he tin flavor at Inn wblakj la durtva
ft cm the rtfcln ored In manufacturing It
keapectinlly. A. A. H AYR. M D .
Hate Asayet, ho ui Boy too atraet.
Kor aaia hr arrl.deirt'onn.orbottla atNa.314 Sonh
TBlfiD Street Phllade.phla. tt
LONG W O It II'S
CKLEMIATL'D
CATAWBA WINES.
J. W HAMMAR,
KOI.13 AGENT,
6 II thtaiU
No. 020 M AUK ET Street.
NATHANS & SONS,
iMPORTIilSS
op
BRANDIES, WINES, GINS,
Etc. Kto.
No. 19 North f RttNT Street. ;
ruinADELTHlA.
MOSES HATTIANA,
BOltAC'K A. VATHAN8,
OULAMJO D HATHA 8.
110m
MISCELLANEOUS.
I. VACCBAM MIBBICK. WILLIAM H. MBKMCr.
JOllH a. COPE
SOCTHWARK r oLxMJltr, FIHH AND
WA6HlliU10 Bt-e:ta,
Plill.ADitTBIA. '
MKKlllCK to fN8,
EKQIItEaK- AM) a. ACaiSISTt.
monnfacture High and Low Froevure ctieam Englnea foe
JLaud i. lver and AlarlneMerrlce
. iiullera, Uaacmeitrs, Tanks iron Boata eta.
C amlnt,s o. all klnda el her Iron ar binds
Iron rane Boots or Gas Works, Workshop!, and
Ballroad fetation eto
Hp torts and Uas Machinery, of the latent and moat tm
provid consti nctloa.
tvci.v desci Iptlon ol Plantation Machinery, and Sanaa
Paw. and Urtst at tits. Vacuum Pans Open t-tcaui Traiua,
lie lecaiora, Ft tvrs, Pumping LnKlnes eto.
hoe Asinis lor . h'lleax'a Patent tvnaar Boiling
Ai paratns. Nesuiyih'aPatnt fteam Hammer, and As.
plnwall ii Wooisey'a Patent Centrllugal ouuarJDralnltut
Machine. I80S
BRIDEBBDRO MACHINE WOBKS.
orucE.
'0. 65 N FKoNl STREET,
fHILADELt'niA.
We are prepared to till order to any extent for on
well known
WA( HIKtKYFOR COTTON AND WOOLLEN Mil LS,
Includms a I recent liaprovemenls in Carding, Spinning,
and Weavlnit.
We In ite the attention ot manufacturers to oar exten
sive work.
1 IS ALFRED JENK8 A SON. '
F
IT LEU, WEAVER & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Manilla and Tarred Cordage, Cords
Twines, Etc.,
No. it rtn WATKR.xtieet and
No. Ultortu Dt.LAWAKK Aveuue,
fBlLAHELrUIA.
IDWIX B. FlTLER, illCHAZL Wy A VIE It.
CO.VBAD V CLOIB1LB. 114
QEOllGE PLOWMAN,
CAIiPKNTER AND BUILDER,
No. 232 CARTER Street
And No. 141 DOCK Street.
Machine W oik and allllwrlkhting promptly attends
8
CORN EX CH AN O . K
BAG MANUFACTORY.
JOHN T. B A 1 L t, V A O O., '
No. Hi N. FRONT and No. 114 N. WATB tStraeL '
Pnladaipbla,
DEALERS IN bAl.b A.D BAOOIVQ,
oi every uescilptloa. tor
Giarn, Flonr, 8at. buper P ko-phate oi Lime, Bona
lust, Kio.
Tarae and sacall GUNNY BAGS oanatantiy oo hand.
1-i t Also, WOOL BACK.S.
John T. Bailey. Jakes Cakadbx.
LEXANDKK U. CATTKLL A 00.
PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 26 NORTH WHARVES,
AND '
NO. 87 KJCJlTIi W ATITtt STREET,
TulLADtLl'UiA. It
ALEXAKPEB O. CATTKU. KLUAV 6. CATTEIX'
COTTON AND FLAX
BAIL DUCK AND CANT AS, 1
oi all nambera and brands.
Teat Awnlnc. Irnnk and atson-l over Dock. Also
Fa er Uanuiactursra' Drier Fell, trom one to sere
Item "lei Paulina, Belting, Pail Twine, eta
JOHN W. EVKRMAN & Co., !
16$ No lu JONES' -tiler, -
WILLIAM S. GRANT,
' COtaHIxbiON MfcKCBAM,
NO. 83 8. DELAWARK Av.aue, Philadelphia,
AiEKr roii
DnpDt's Gnnpowder,Retlntd Nitro, Charcoal, Eto.
W. baker A (Jo 's I boculate. t ocox, and llroiua.
Crocker Bros. & Co.'s Ve lew Mctll bb.ath'ng, Bolta.
and Nails. tt
STOVES, RANGES, ETC.
JJNION OIL STOVES,
A new and complete apparatus lor Cooklnr and Heating
by Petroleum Oil Our Moves gls ao smoke or odor,
asd are not liable to get oat oi order, being as almpleta
every respect as a Kerosene Lau p. Ihe Buker, Broiler,
and f at-lion Heater are the only sptclal articles f tor
nl.nre required. Foi all other purposes, ordinary stove
tumlture may be used.
DAVID II. LOSEY,
BOLE AGENT FOR PENNSYLVANIA,
No. 38 Sooth FIFTH Street,
Ziberal dttcount to th trade. 4 17 9m rn
QULVER'S NEW PATENT
ij EEi BAND-JOINT
U O T - A 1 it F U It N A 0 E,
RAN(3EH OF AI.L SIZES.
ALSO, rHIICAF.'S JsEw LOW PKKaSTJBB
gltiu litAllit) ilTAOArUS.
. JOB SAL BV
CITAKLES WILLIAMS,
No im Ms RKKI HTKHbrr.
610 f
THOMPSON'S LONDON KITCHENER
OB 1 TROPE tN RAOB. lor (ami ten hotm.
or rubllo iiihMu loux iu TWi ST' if D't Fl-HeTi il
Stoves, liau Uollvrs Mowhoe Pales, D'oIIum. Co!?
liK Moa etc., wtooie e anu t tall, bytli. mniu.!tZ
turers L'llAlii.. H RP A T"M!'J ,J T0" '
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