The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-11-12

bfe and her Ion with the ancient royal house o.
the CORE 20 a, between Count waewska, the
Commander ar Baron 8repier and the Marquis An
considerable int-rt A disposition was SD own nrss
consider tn French participation rsther In favor OF
Naples ana @ any sorsps sosos % as .ns
pated by this correspondence, and dod very general
~ prevailing opinion now, thai France hes 10 no way 60
In March, and which induced her TO orgnas0 the noapo
hap question Iror'd mott the tone Of Count Waev.h
woroed the language az be which announces the
ton Of Frai TO s.sure efficient protection TO French
for which pv,pos French squadron will be stationed q
Tcolon tie act ine can have but one interpretation
OF THREAT IN the best informed circles there
an idea mis- shie will come Of IT,"
mentioned come time ego that Marshal Serrano, the
SPANISH Ambassador under the UDonnel admn-
is,ra,ion, would not be displaced now that Mar
vnsz ree' cd In his stead That is now CON
hrmed ard the tact. nlu,ng az IL is, Is thought
20 corrob0rsie the spicion tbat nothing viii ID has
recently tram pred Mahrid without the Gmperof's
privty hBdsue 10 kG'echale serrano 70 q pe-eon o.
great accomplishments and OF personal beauty and
he attention che receives at The festivities at Compegne
,s o. the m, ct dhurs uished character.
TIE crfaiins passion horse exercise manifested by
French ladies' tndnced the yi,o de Paris b. toe Em
pe,ors oroer 70 take especa' pNos 10 Improving tue
ai"p.pg ground which fank the right side OF the ave
pImp< Two spots ot earth have been re
moved from he whole ana draning pipes being laid,
red rraveli, to has been brought from vue dAvrAy
hr at EXP AND inber been PLACED 81 sabst'
tu,e for ihe aar f.rmed the previous super
The rte opsneo To day for the first time,
sandy plaps. the admiration OF the
truops who thrODg the 0ppose promcnaoe
The ,ehue oe I'm ,e'a,rce becomes every cay place
g alter resort And the grcat pains taken TO keep
N gns upoe' spcb culture a. shat 10 may enquire the
wipIsr- here no easy TASK.
IRE the Theatre Imperial has revived the bal
let time GATED the 'Corsair which last seaon had
hny.t,x repr ttpa'i ns. Iis temperance has been
grvttd ephu and Nine Rosatis return % the
gatte,e danseqee hss delighted every Her tarykc
grace. her poetic inspirations and the wit nery OF ner
mimic gertures are the theme of universal encomiums
Washlnton Irvi"s's Ancestors.
TFrona the tsatesbead Observer Oct Is
DEAR Sui see from paragraph nov g9 ahas
Mr.. Petrie, county c'e'bof Orkney, has discovered
that Washington. the celebrated writer, Is an
| Orkney man byGrS1ut. Mr.. Petrie says
Along ~hh other lemen have been engaged for the
asst eight months in tracing the redsres Of Wash
ipPton Irving and have found from the manuscripts
{most Of The in my possesson and other sources that
his father born In Shat ,nshay emgrated 10 New
York about 1890 died 1885, leaving large fortune.
The Rev P. r Irving was here about three weeks, and
carried away with him table Of the family descent ac
ing Them back 1872 subscribed by Sheriff Robert
and myself Tho Orkney rvings are descendants Of
the Irving. Of Drum, as appears nom the coat Of arms,
/ appendt 70 charters. &c.
Some years ago. weatherbeaten old Shields
! sailor gave me 70 following particulars-William
shapinsA Orkney, about the middle Of last cen
tailor. The former got on rapidly, and, having &C
quired great fortune while yet young man, set
tied in New York. seventy or eighty years ago.
Peter who remained in his native island, married.
and had five daughters, OF whom the youngest,
Sarah the only OF the lot who entered the mar
ried state was named aftor her unces wife in Anne
RIGA. She espoused George Fowles. mariner, belong
ing to Durpess, and had seven children. OF whom
the oldest. Thomas my informant, now living IN
Shields, Is about sixty years old. The rich Ameri-
can uncle had a son, whom he named after the
iustriops patriot Washington; and teis individual
| is the world renowned author OF the "Sketch Book
| and aRraCehridpe Hall
In Deuniston's Memoirs Of Sir Robert Strange,
some additional facts are given
John Of Trwyn had landed poser Of Holm. In Or<
uey in 1883 wnen the county sti appansge OF
The crown OF Denmark and Norway. The Irvines OF
bay very irequen mentioned IN the mes oil Robert
severely from the osases OF t-Sss rspacous obs:
They became extinct in the direct male line tempor,
Charles but one collateral anch had Immediately
before settled In tho and Of Sunday and another the
rvibes Of Csrstay 10 the Inland OF Shapnshay Tnay
lett the estate u Gasay several generations back and
sank down into tho condition OF mere pcasan tenants Of
Qahozne, where Of them reside al this day waa
there lately with Mr. Bsfour, tho proprietor OF shaptn
Quhone where was born William Irvioc, father Of wash
inston Irving. Is IL not some shat singular that ~
Robert Strange and the author OF Braccbridgc Hail.
be demonstrated OF tho biood guess,
II Irving know bis pedsree could oe traced step by step
I'D 70 John bwyn Of las, he woud readily claim aud
vnocate bis Orcadisn descent.
The Iryines, Twins, or Twins, though seeming to
derive their appt citation from place in Ayrshire
are connected with the old mosstrooping Borrowings
OF the southwestern Scottish march. The latter are
enumerated By Sir David j. ndsay among the Border
| clans -
Adieu al thieves
Taylors, Eurcwngs, and Elwsnds,
Speedy Of foot and light OF hands
A branch OF them settled carly In the North: and
| We find that the Irvines, along with the keiths
Leslys, Forbeses, and other clans, being at enmty
with Huntiy and Enrol, joined James l. in his expe
ditlon INTO the Highlands. (Robertsons Hist Scot.
! Ii. 221)
A tradition exists which refers the same to q Ro
man origin. The family, now 80 widely scattered
has been located from time immcmorial in the vici
nifty Of the Roman Wall in Liddesdale and Cumber
land; and its founder Il said to have been Paulus
lrvinius, the captain of Roman legion stationed
there. This, If true, Is exceedingly curious.
WILLIAM BRocxIE
SoUTn SHIELDS, Oct. IL, 1856.
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EXPEDITION TO NrcAgAGuA.-There "a Q company
OF enterprsing young men In this city preparing To
emgrate to this garden Of the southern hemisphere
| which opens such golden prospects to those who
have the energy TO avail themselves of the opporu.
nifty presented. From all accounts Gen. Walker