New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-30

A question which for long time past ha.
excited considerable interest and conjec
ture in English society is, what has become
OF Lord Aberdeen! This young nobleman
young man Of twenty-three, left England
about two years ago, without giving any
clue to his whereabouts, and has not com
municated with either his friends or his
family since. Information has reached
them, however, that he shipped as @
common sailor on board merchant
man, bound, it is believed, for this coun
try, and it is further stated to have
been ascertained that he has since passed
the examination for his ship as mate. No
satisfactory cause is assigned for his strange
conduct, but it has been supposed that
having taken up the notion that his estate
Is more heavily encountered than it really
Is, he has resolved to live for some years
merely on the fruit of his own earnings,
while sufficient sum accumulates to liuui-
date the charges on the property. Mean
while there is said to be very large sum of
money lying to his credit at his banker
which might be probably applied.
Lord Aberdeen is grandson of Lord Aber-
deem, who was Premier of England in 1854
The family is remarkable for taciturnity,
aud HaddO, the ancestral seat, was said, in
the Minister'S time, to be the most oppres-
sively silent house in England
The brother of the present peer, prOmis-
tuE yOuuS IclOW, ftmdrkdDie lOr MS extra
ordinary skill with rifle. died under mel
ancholy and mysterious circumstances,
when a student at Cambridge, and his
family have never been able to communi-
cate this sad event to the elder brother.
Lord Aberdeen is not the only man OF his
rank, in the present generation, who has
proved impatient of its conditions and de-
termined to adopt those of different phase
Of existence. Lord Ockham, who, had he
IIvynA Ill
rons grandson, and heir to his fathers earl
dom OF Lovelace-evinced similar taste
After great deal of strange and trouble
some conduct Lord Oci,ham took regular
employ in the yard of Mr. Scott Russell, the
eminent London shipbuilder. On one occa-
sion having need Of money for the purchase
of some instruments, he wrote to his grand
mother, Lady Noel Byron, for the required
sum, which was promptly supplied.
The check was drawn to the order of Wis
count Ockham, and he accordingly, in his
wOrkman's dress, walked into great Lon
don banking house and presented it. The
clerk glanced at it, and then handed it
back, saying sit is drawn to order, and
needs his lOrdship's Endorsement" upon
which, to the indignation of the officer, the
rough mechanic seized a pen and scrubbed |
'Ockham" on the back. The scandalized |
clerk Immediately signalled the constable |
-
posed, and the culprit was led into the par
lor to be confronted with a partner
What is all this about - asked Mr.. G..
The clerk explained the circumstances. |
We'll" replied the offender, to the clerks |
astonishment, II am Lord Ockham." Mr.. !
G., who knew the family and the peculiar
circumstances of the case well, looked stead
lily at the young man for minute, and then
said to the clerk, Yes, it is quite right; paw
the check" Lord Ockham at the time of |
h!s death was engaged to young girl of
highly respectable antecedents, in humble
lite, whose parents were almost to the last
ignorant OF the real position of the sutton.
An idea prevails in England that Lord
Aberdeen is in this country, and should he
chance to read this notice of, him. il is de-
sired that it may lead him to relieve the
anxiety of his family-Ncv York Post,
The New York Euening Post has been
informed by friend of the missing Lord
A berdeen that, though it is true that he has
left England, his general purpose in tray
cling is known to his family and that tbev
also know where he is. The Post is also
assured that he is young man of HIGH
character, and that tho ugh his present
course is unusual, it is inspired by deter
mined and worthy purpose