New-York daily tribune., 1857-04-28

year, we have not sacri6csd our principles to gam
popularity bar.ered our independence tor inc sl
ument OF Office, or the fsvcrs Of the gIea'. ~
that we have stood for the nghs, and inieres.'
freedom Of the people, and that we have not
tie honor Iessened the renown Of your emineM cy
Am now :. s.,e h,1at' sesn' very IoTS sRiGHr
DIArH oY LORD DoUGLAs-THS GREAT Doueta, -
CAUsL.-,James Douglas, Baron Douglas d'ed - .' E
seat Boutwell, Castle upon the Clyde on bondey 'he
9th inst The deceased peer had been =, ndinefeh,' en-,
health for heightened period, but the hlness ~h, %
finally carried him of only Of two or tlres aats
duration. he was born in 1867, and sncceedeu ~ 'e
title and estates the death Of his brother II ocP
ten.ber, lSfs. He married m May, 1913 Wuhein&i1a, &
second daughter of the late Gen. James Murray tno
deceased was in holy orders, but subsequently 10 m Ne
accession to the family estates he lived P1he'P"na
either at Douglas Castle at Boutwell, Casue' a"u
rarely took any active part in public AFFAIR." ne wa
also very seldom seen in the House OF Lords. pyne
childless, he is sucooeded in his estates-whrn az
principally situated in Clydesdale, and estiniaeo ~ g
worth about E55 0c0 per annum-by his sister, Lay
Elizabeth, married in 1892 To the Earl Of Home: ns
lady is the mother OF large family the eldest OF wh'
is Lord Doughs.
The deceased peer the son Of the first balon
Douglas in whose name "Ths Great Douglas Caasei
the most important legal of the last century was
carried In connection with the death OF the iest
male heir, it may not be out Of place 10 give pl'
sketch Of thi. celebrated case. The Duke o DouBias
died childness in 76l when the title became extinct,
but the real and personal estate was claimed py h's
nephew, Mr.. Archibald Stewart, who was served
neares, heir TO the Duke in the same year. Inc es
sumption Of the estates led TO this memorable Lawsuit.
Lady Jane Douglas, sister TO the last Duke aireauy
mentioned Of the hsndsomest women oi her
time, and in August l74G, being then 4s years OF age
she secretly married to Mr.. Stewart, sfterward
Sir John stew9It Of Grendtuny They resided abroad,
ber l749 At the latter date they returned to this
country and took up their residence in London, BRING
Tg with them two male children, Of whom they gave
\ IL i L.. ID. n
twin birth in the month Of July, l74S. The young
est Of the twins, whs named Sholto Thomas
Stewart died in May, l753 and in November OF the
came year Lady Jane died at EdiSburgh. Immediate
y after the Dukes death the giardans of the sur
vvrg youth proceeded to put him in possession OF the
estate Of the Douglas family. He was served heir TO
the late Duke before jury after the examination OF
great body Of evidence the examination or inquest
having been attended by counsel on the part Oh te
Duke Of Hamilton who claimed the Douglas estates
az heir male. The guardians Of the Duke OF HHm
ton were not convinced however, of the Legitimacy OF
Stewart Douglas, and with the view OF clearing up
the case they sent agents TO the Continent, VINO
brought back great body Of evidence to prove that
the pretended delivery of Lady Jane was hction,
and that the twins really belonged to wo poor fan
lies in France named respectively Migmoh and Saury.
The guardians Of Mr.. stewart. ON the other
hand brought forward persons TO swear that they
had seen Lady Jane il state of pregnancy, and
that they were actually present at the blrth ot
these twins. After evidence had been collected
pro and con from every quarter, and most nnuteiy
sifted and criticised the case came on for Judgment ia
tbe Court of Session in Scotland the 9TH VI July,
1867 and so important the cause deemed that the
fifteen Judges took eight days to deliver their opinion.
The result was that of the judges voted 10 iaVor
of the identity legitimacy Of Mr. Stewart ana seven
against il; the Lord President who had the casting
vote agreed with the latter by which Douglas, alas
Stewart, cast on the world without either name
or estate. An appeal from this decision was taken TO
the House of Lords however, by which the judgment
Of the Court of Session reversed IL 10y, and
Archibald Stewart of Douglas declared to be the un-
doubted son of Lady Jane the sister Of the late Duke
He retained undisputed possession OF the estates
Archibald Douglas created British peer, by the
title Of Baron Douglas, by George I'LL in lI9o. Ihe
peer who has inst departed his son and last male
heir. liiVefpooi Times.
CoTToE yRon ALGERIA.-The Non,teu, publishes
the report OF the Jury charged to award the prize VI
90 CO0f given by the Emperor annually for period OF
FIVE years from 1853, encouragement for the cul-
tyation of cotton in Algeria.
1t commences by remarking on the great drouth
which prevailed during the last season in the colony,
and wlish materially affected the cotton plants, large
quantities having been detroyed for want OF RAIN This
circumstance however is not considered by the Jury
argument against the climate OF Algera LOT the
growth Of the plant it s stated that, even in un-
favorable seasons, the quantity produced has remu-
nerated the growers for their labor According 10 the
calculations made at the end OF June last the extent
Of ground under cotton cultivation amounted TO y25
hectares t2l acres each. The plantations Inscribed
TO compete for the Emperors prZe were IN extent "a
hectares, being more than the preceding year. lhe
repoIt states that the attention of the natives toward
the cultivation OF the cotton plant had much augmented,
and had extended into parts Of the country where it
had not before been attempted, particularly at Ie-
bee.a Sioux -Anas, Bordjbou-Are Rdji. Nemours, and
Lalla Maghrna, and also among the tribes IN the
circle OF Bona, La Gale and Dj!djely. The report
observes Oh the improvement which has taken place
aimee the preceding in the management OF the
plants and which cannot fail TO deye!ope itself still
more when the planters have acquired more practical
koxr olrs d.
obtained two important points toward competition
with the United States-Quality and equal yield ac-
cordinr to the qaantty Of ground planted There re-
mains third be attained and that is the extent OF
production which can only be accomplished wien the
number OF hands employed can be sufficiently in.
creased The report suggests that the Government
would do well to accord special encouragemens for
works tending to facilitate irrigation and then men
tions the plantations TO the number ofsiI which have
competed for the prize. Each of these plantations Is
spoken of in the highest prase To the hrst as being
the largest in extent and in the finest condition, ths
Jury proposes that the pnze OF O,oof. shall be
awarded.
AusTRaIIA.-ITnder the heading Of "Gold at Last
we find the following announcement In The AdelG,de
Weekly Despatch of Feb. q
1.-TWO men, lust in from the country, called upon
Mr. Tinline at the Bank of South Australia late on
Thursday and deposited with him about IA, ounces,
which after much search, they had obtained in
Of our quartz ranges. The mems account OF the mat
ter is tina. in sinking on the ranges they came upon
lode of reddish-brown quartz evidently Of gold
bearing character and that they had in day
raised ten buckets full of stuff out of the hole, and by
the aid OF logs OF trees and hammers had cr1shed it,
aud obtained that quantity OF gold from it. Mr.. Tin
line brought round this gold to our Office, about 10,
o'clock in the evening, in q basin, with a solution OF
suphuric acid for our inspection II ID of thready
and foated character Just Ike wnat would be crushed
from quartz The mems statemxnt was in al respects
a straightforward and apparently truthful They
believe the god-ed TO extend over range Of half