Show OF aristocracy lord Rosi bir and file nonconformist conscience leace in his inimitable way matthew at thew arnold describes the english aristocracy as t a b barbarians a lans ile he makes exquisite fun or of their for field sports and their general indifference to culture in his hia view the castles which scenery were not centers of elevating influences but were simply elmp y great fortl fled posts or of the hie today to day from their for fortified tIned posts the tha barbara and ana will sally forth in their thousands to make their annual grimage to eprom which may be culled called the mecca ot of the sportsman to days daya gathering catherine would deserve rie serve not a moments consideration from rom sensible people were it not for or tho the fact that it ali be graced by the prime minister of 0 england the fact act thil that lord rosebery Is riot not a barba barbarian rInn makes him bit proman prominence nce at the derby all the more regrettable by this time hla his lordship should have aann bl Ms wild outs towards toward men who mho are aio bied in people are usually charitable tl TJ fly are arc not surprised thit vatan should ind something for idle ade hands tn in to do tut but indulgent criticism ciUl elsm ceases when a man occupying the hrat first position in the state deliberately perpetuates petua tes a 0 form of wah however hoac vcr innocent tn in itself in Us its annu once enee ts in tire the extreme mr me chaplin talks of 0 the necessity ot of improving the bleed of horses what of 0 the tu ibi eed ed of at men today to day what will the herby derby he be but the saturnalia of can any one limone ilir lindstone lendins lending his countenance to it a S sink ot of iniquity Is it II conceivable thu thal the he same game inland can be filled with tho the fragrance or of noble resolves while it Is redolent of the turf and the stable what a contract between glodstone cultivating tiva ting and rosebery cultivating his bettink book clr jr stead IV has I 1 S juit been telling its in ot of lord I 1 deeply earnest und and nature ills hla religion must lip be at a great depth indeed for or never by the merest accident has any of it come ti it the surface lord rosebery declares that ho be Is not ashamed to onn on n a good horse quite so no but that Is not the point at isue I sue what lie ho should be ashamed of la Is lending the weight of ills his name and influence to a form forai of which has long lone passed tile the tage stage of rationality and has now nar bedoe a species tit of insanity besides lees does lord R abery not see aee how bow much h arm arn to the populace tace is done by the barl rl 0 pleasures of the aristocracy to cracy erney what is 13 ile use of an ails aits if not to lead ead the people at least in culture it no lon lingerin loneer gerin ln politics the aristocracy of england grow crow norm ner vans u when hen tho democracy talk violently against the house houma of lords it the ai could manage to exert a healthy social influent their political influence might be trusted to take ca care rc of it Is because the aristocracy have shirked their duties dule I 1 it L Is because chev have wasted their tbell substance balance in foolish frivolity that tod today to d day ay they are a subject of 0 derision lip 0 n democratic platforms and a mournful i spectacle to mon men it la in it time that what larivie called the in g allsto ai cracy of england realized the fact that by their passion for horse racing a and n 11 glided gilded pleasure generally they are knocking nalls nails into their coffins col tins nay more lord Ra gehery hy by patronizing demoralizing amusement 1 Is 13 3 doing ilia best to weaken the influence of the walking section of the aristocracy the fact act that a nun nian like the tha alime minister ister has fallen a victim to the aels to crotto weakness sor or gross pleasures justifies tho the spoken words of xe de nothing Is molo moie wretchedly corrupt than in an aristocracy which retains its wealth wh lhnn n it has lost its power and which still enjoys a vast deal of leisure after it Is 14 reduced to mere vulgar pastimes the ener energetic Frette pac alons and great conceptions which animated it here heretofore tolore loave lave it then and nothing remains to it but a host of petty consuming ices which cling kohout it nhe like worms upon n a carcase edinburgh in bur gh evening news |