New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-11

MY. lie d leeoEr snied BY As s0a-"
Next declaration a. to how LORD Stirling CLAIMS
viz
LAM yount ada yscoaut nd E, Of Sfr and Eur
, ,s s :. -t 70, "a ~ ct y Pa-a, u ne srs
re Of kns hs .Ar t aSss sts 81 q Ss rec s 70 a.
Jo Novs D,a o. The sads orishp s.rea
81 s.~ set.r a Fer Isssosl 1ha,,sT u caaad. i,ca8
ia issgve bouad b.tt si the River $, L'~r-nee 40
Tis cis1t Il Nov. Scotia AID Canada give Lord Sns ii
so 'see on prssy he eos, sth have rslSqashed
tent Of eoasi OF ever 3fto miles IN isnsih-'
Lastly IS regards Earl Of Stirling who is said "a
bave rred bis title the American Company before
rer'iored i; i alleged
Il Courts competent jurisdiction have jadeay sEsbIsssd thai
RI. Preeut Far Of S'bG ns des sed from the ast Earl Of
I'll The es the preent Earl Of >rng have heu ohsy -
III In, furher alleged ,hs Ear Of ia
SERTED te ,eat ra q re Ps,' ., sco,l'pd "a l, ,o ~
tie H0use Of Lords entered upo1t r-s snd sso
re ..rsr. e.et,or. Of ss5 and 1887 entered
the st OF bose Peers ~he ep-ed a. those h cra
Il Troo 'bs ron 1875 to tSs Ors.-ot ,+.y
81 scoSsiS v1,A.1f easc5- Tro,,st
a.. ~ cv Of Tsssrsh svt S,t H. Lord saco Lyai.
urst Grey he Prime Noer the LOrs Of the Commute, Of
sgi e. I'D - 's sse rs Sfm - n. ais
..r. I'D VIII t Bon RspeIs YAK. '' ate ssee;s o. the
M W.tr @ the, Pnor to h Sg'se Tor ~, s5'Ri az no.
uunrise perverted bis having been poeona' an
islee n sS osr.a. Suriss he I.s
W.. ESlsps ana seosnd Of be sti5ss i legal gss
rvse5 81. nod an ia,s i,s W Walker iz0rm
~, 6af - Hass,'s sisezcsfi q tyue ard oor-erLT
T. matter if true IS important IL may be worth while
10 exsuIei In my humble opinion founded upon facts
a. notorious that George the Fourth died in 1880 the
s.le h.lopss to that genus in nStural history which Is
hatch I'd out as What vulgar psrl.noe calls mares nests
Il al turns on two quesuons-l Are there ssch docu
meuis in existence those mentioned above, and , Is
there such person The Earl Stirring
james the First Of Eng and had project Of coonizing
the BORDERS of the Cult OF st Lawrence and vas warmly
aided therein By scottish gentleman (FelLknown Is
statesman and poet) called Sir William Alexander, Of
Mensre afterwards created Earl of Stirling aud gifted by
Royal Charter with vsst territory, which included not
only uhais still known Nova Scotia but also large
part Of Canada He aud his peers thereby appointed
rtciisry Lords eu,nsHis of this vast territory with
graf porers The population soAnty - true but
10 induce Scochmen Of means, md good family 10 sstts
spd color ze the Stirling vceroys were so Ted the fur
Their privilege of conf, ring the dignity OF BTone's OF
Nova Scotia" IN sut,bl persons who had paid for and
taxi n up grant Of l6 in that colony T. this
hour among the minor nobility Of Scotland are SONS Of
the hereditary holders Of these Nova Scota bsronetces
The son Of the Earl II Stirling becoming involved sid
his Nova Scotia tights privileges 10 OF the Frsnon
coonts y The treaty of Sr GERMAN in 1888 all these
British Moth American colonies ceded to France
The Treaty Of Utrecht in i73 restored them TO EngAnt
but on new basis i they then bsc'ms British for
the first time The Alexander who had disposed OF their
yieees and family claims under the charter made no
claim then for restoration or compensation. Nov aud
then in the ensuing III years there was occasional TAX
ef claiming the Stirling ttsss there has BEN ia oar oTa
day respecting the dormant Marqu safe Of Annsnd de
which almost every Johus,one declares he is entitled 10
but d, cnes to 90 20 las for nasmuch Mr Hope I'm
- much fort the al the
Earl If Stirling We 10 Shether. at the pres
ent day any body Is tie legal holder Of the dormant tide
b. gal heir Of the r which the second Earl disposed
Of in his need.
In the yesr 1904 an elderly named Alexander Hum
phr,ys no had previously kept school in Gloucester
shire we level obtained wha' is called roy license
assume the surname of ALEXANDER. In his application
the Grown be declared that such the name Of bis
II afernal grandfher and wished to bear his nane ss
w out Of grateful respect to his memory as out IT re-
p,c for the wshes olteDtmes expressed by his deceased
other" The required permission, which costs about
in fees granted Invariably H. where the a2
plicant has money to pay for il
ST. Humphreys having 10Y loyal license assumed The
family Rom. ofhe EaTs Of Stirling next proceeded to Try
nd tabL his parona descent from that race He said
bat bis father William Humphreys Of Birmingham, had
married Hannah daughter If Rev j. hn Alexander who
wss Ire aon # JOIN Alexander. Of d naghaiss in IT,
sud Hho said 70 be the son Of Hon John Al7x.nier
fourth son OF the Earl OF Sizzling. This desoeut II Is m
rortant 70 Doti go, vas through the INN iae
In Scot I'd by old practice going through certain
formslues a mat who claim. title or hud, Or b'tn may
be served heir before the Nicer (o i-rs in attendance
on the Supreme Court put'og 10 hi claim producing
documents which ere examined except when they
attempted TO obtain property ard wers cha'nzef an
tbi- service" ususy made with free circU ton d ths
wfiky tile Obtained public and ju cal certificate o.
has pedgree which # subsequently gu soned has to ba
dsproved by evidence Ar Humphrey before this drum
ken tribunal # "macer lwhoss occupation IN such mat
te has in CO been abosh-c thus asserted hs descent
rom the Irish Ale1and-rs from the Eiris Of s'-iog
them IL also claimed BY further proceedings %
be heir to the prop-ry privileges and honors Of tbs Er'
Of String and this claim, obtained the mscers cefua
cate that be wss heir because 81 toe other Descendants
had becue extinct The original charter Of Nova Scotia
hat each Earl Of S-kTk shD aid bs formally ia
vested by some ceremony In The C,se Of Edinburgh aud
Mr. Humphreys so invested.
l. it b. asked why all these things were allowed the
reply j. what vsry body business il nooodys business
No o1e was personally BE- damaged by an heir 20 the
Earldom sprDgng up And, beside the b.ing served as
heir before the uacsr then ordinary occurrence
Scotland merely equivalent u the inita,ory steps taken
a ..where preliminary 10 making clam.
TIE American estates as We have seer, had bsen dis
uoeed u There wa another difficulty. The ETdom o.
Stirl and It's est,tes went OILY 70 helr 1a, While Mr
Humphreys claimed through frmqis. This was met ny
urodueirg docunenf purportlg Dc copy Of char
ter grsrt.d by Chare IN 1882 by which All the gran's T.
the Ear # Stirling renewed, with extension Which
20 braced hei5s female 80 well az male.
Thee proceedings took place in rs, =, Edinburgh
. bihsr Dir Humphreys had y Reside. lie assumed
1.-THE state lived At . N derle expense. called himself Ear
e,cisad .lyif ac4ufti where