New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-26


but sinks al TIE particulars Of the trials ., as. which
Pot The String claims d, c0p5af YET. s3y
csne NJ pervsr Of ihos the statement mas, b.
fraudulent. The story il briefly follows
A schoolmastsr in Worcsstershire nansd Alsxsniar
Humphreys had for bic mother os1ghtsr d Rev Jane
Alexander who's ancestry has no, Oeen raced. Astsn
der is the Of tbs family whom granted n
EsrldoIn Of Stirling Humphreys ASSUMED TIA o.
Ae1snde- forthwith declared himself the rghfa EAd q
Stirring through the form usu. then bl, since
rodifsd oeoornt Of fis ry eafs Of being served lag
fol AID nearest hei male Of biz mother and " the Ess
Stirling. Further pro orEs steps taken, snd the
secsed Earl At Stirling attended ard voted trcs Il tn
election Of Scottish Peers-'he second time uader prot-s
from the Earl Of Rosebs-ry, Who ia 'rch ls3e o7tsn-d
TIE ponta Of Committee Of ihe House Of Lords 20
CONSIDER the facility with which psops ned titles sita
out authority AMI to this Conmse referred pet
ton from the Msrcbionsss Of Dow0sbr-, as female de
scendsIt Of the fourth Esfl o Srny conpl uonz Of the
unoue assumption Of the Stirling tile b. this said Hum
pbreys.
In the Government: through the lag ofcsrs OF ths
Crovn for Scotland instituted inquiry to the grounds
on which the Esrldom of Stirling clsmsd. the sdge
nord Coekburnj decided that there oof OF dan
plre, grandfather descent from the first Es Of Stirling
By src by the proofa par oe Of documents snony
monty ft az LoIoon lookseer's FOR "the Earl 4 Sui
ing foil. wed by another bundle partly written aud psrty
pasted old map Of Canada dated 1903 Gnonymo1sy
lett With v AGILE e Sormand the forum teller Of Paris
HUI phftSs rti friend, to whom be had given hi
E6ie for 100 coo iTancs.
On trial in Edinburgh before o7r Of the Lords Of
cD commencing April 90 1922 and continuing four days.
the verdict cs bred III Hunph ey5 documents for
ees WtI might this be for the map Of Caasda Ga which
soue of tbem we're written, though dated 5g3 Was no.
published till l7le, when Louis XIV FenslOl and others
trofes sing 20 written signed them dead. fhe
law fsoodAnd has three verdcs Guilty and not guilty
besides proven" which does not acqa the accused
but declaring that the proof is not sufficient to convict
discharges him a suspected person, VINO may again
be tried for the Ike cffense II further proof turn up
II was mot proven that Humphreys had forged the
documsnts bad used them kno wing them to bs forged
Bot that they forged was proved As these co'u
mt nts would be in pounded for they all lodged IN the
CONT and certainly would be restored to the accased
are entitled ask what the documents ny on waich
"the soi d,sant Earl OF Surinl" in Washington
ounos lis claim LAS there been forgery Of ifesh Sc
Of Troofsl
The real history OF the peersge in question ends thus 10
1879 tie Eardo Of Stirling transmitted in tia direct
male ine became extinct Blu. the patet OF Charles l.
dated June q $685. had given tho tide not onyi TO ST.
William Alexander 10 VII H. Ia l62l James had grant
cd Nova Social but to his beis male being bis surname
ard AIMS In the year NO. James Alexander Scot who
bad been in the rebellion Of l7l5, fed to America
and became Secretary Of the Province Of NewY ok, and
site1wark Surveyor neral OF New York NeS jersey
He married tie widow Of David Provost NJ died in
1856 leaving sou William Alexsnderl and several dAush
tiers.
James Alexander was linea descendant Of Andrew uncle
OF sir William Ale ander the first Earl OF Sterling Insre
FORE unoer The pstent Of 1888 direct hersmae failing the
descendants Of the uncle would succeed 10 the title giant
I'd the nephew These rights descended Of oours,, to
William al, xandeT, OF NevJersey.
Weleducsted, young and spirited this gentleman en-
tered the army as AID decRmp and Private Secretary 10
General Shirley, serving through what was called the
French war In 1856 he accompane General Sh riley 20
England received Into the first society, Winning the
frieuoshp of the Earl Of Bate, Charles ToNsbsnd the
Duke of Argyle and others Of note and by the advice Of
his irienos laid claim the Esrldem Of Stiaghi
property in America being sufficient 10 MAINTAIN "the
"digniiy Of the peersge Wedderburn siferSsrd Lord
Chance lor Loughborougb gave opinion most strongly
IN bis favor From 1881 he busy this claim and
in December l7Cl, pettonei the crown to confirm the
title Before Jury in Edinburgh, be was duly served
ne mail heir Berry the last Earl OF Stirling Inc title
no being confined to the heirs male Of the body would
by the Law Of Scotland but not that of England, to The
hens collateral Then came the question. whether tie
union of IL between Scotland aud Ensan abrogai II
the Scottish Law end usage in this respect, OF all the great
lawyers ony Lord Thurow land tina. many years sf,er
coutenoel that il did.
Mir Alexander assumed the title and was 50 addressed
b. Peers and Commons England snd Scotland In lssb
he returned 10 Au-rca ktrpuS Up lio CoI4r' hl-hts
with lis disng eIds in England and Scotland and
Earl Of Stirling he continued 10 bis dying dsy When the
struggle aro.e between the Colonies and the old country
Lord sirng tded with bis couniryrsn the Americans
In MArob l762 the dersion his claim o. the tide
was "pcspontd until the next Session Of PsEliansnt'
but not proceeded with fret from Lord Strings absence
from London and eventually well IS finally from the
outbreak In which as "rebel in arms he became .
marx I'd an not 10 be obliged gatGea by tbs British
Parlia1 ept In tie Wsr Of Independence, Lord String
became Major General OF the Continental forces, and, al
different periods had under his command every brigade in
The American srmy except thsse q South Carolina and
Georgia lie continued IN active service throughout the
whole contest, thanked by Congress- loved by ths
soldiers and appreciated by Washington When the
struggle was virtually ended, be died aged 81, in
January, 1888. Had be left son. the tile would
have desoezded to him. Ills second daughter mar
RED the late Col lam Duer father Of the President
Of Columbia College sne Of Judge Due, Of NsEJsrssy,
whose valuable Life Of the ri Of Si-ling was pub
ished for tie NevJsrssy lston al Scisty, ia l- In
America thereto the EAroom 81 Strln, became extinct
on the death Of good ard grsa. maa scholar solder
ard patriot
The public have a right 70 know whsile. .he Esrl
"StmiDe" erdors,d BY the Satanic Press. ~ Robert
Walker the eminent lawyer, and by Tas Erprs.s news
paper be the Alexander Humphreys wh-e tEis for forge
~. oec-pied FIVE days IL Edinburgh in April snd May
1880 or VII sLer there be another Richmond IN the fed
an nniris9 and b0Rn de Peer Of the British realm Ii the
venerable Earl now at Washingtoa" whose claims oc-
cupy President Pierces attention when suppose, he
not hink ing Of bis new lis eries be the Humphreys
have Introduced tie public, his claims TO tbs tshsTis
Ae worth nothing. No matter for that He has been