The Irish standard., 1890-10-04

1t is said in tradition that the firsl
Child born to Cadogan after The execu
tion of the unhappy monk bore the
mark of cross on the palm of its right
hand. The child died six months after
It's birth; since that time several chill
dren have been born to the several
generations Of the house OF Cadogan
bearing this mark, and all have died in
early infancy, while others without che
mark have usually survived. Such Is
the story as told at Bury st. Edmunds'
Of course, no confirmation or refutatlon
of it can be obtained from the Cadogans
themselves. The present earl is high in
the confidence Of Queen Victoria. a
member OF her privy council, and he
left Culford hall September l to act as
minister in attendance upon the queen
at Balmoral. m""..
The ducai house of Marlborough used
to be represented by men OF fine ply
sique. To-day the best looking of the
family is the duke himself, and he
would never have won the heart of the
rich New York widow Hamersley by
his appearance alone. apart from his
title. The duke Of Bedford, who owns
a large part Of London and is a million
aire many times over, looks like au
undergrown. sicklv boy. although of
fairly mature age. When the duke was
paying court to Lady Alice Wortley he
was riding one day to her fathers resi-
dence. near Surrey, when his horse
bolted and threw him, not far from the
Wortley mansion. The duke was badly
hurt, All ankle being twisted and other
injuries inflicted. A passing lustic
tossed hi1n across his shoulder, and in
this fashion carried him to the steps of
the WORTHY mansion. Lady Alice could
not have loved him very much, for she
could not restrain a silvery laugh at the
somewhat ridiculous plight OF her
noble admlrer. He was conscious
enough to hear her. and when he got
we'll he never rode that way agaii4.
But apart from The elder SONS of toe
nobility, who are so rich that it hardly
matters whether they are fools Or not,
so far as their own we'll being is coz
csrned, E agland ia swamped with the
thousands OF younger SOILS, who have to
look to something else than hereditary
wealth. for a living. These Younger
sons are, as rule, worthless fellows in
every sense of the term. Their par .nts
take care OF them long enough to enable
them TO spend their Youth in dissipa-
tion, and usually try to foist them off
on the army, the church, the navy or
the civil service. Every department is
loaded with them and new offices are
all the time being created for their
benefit. At the recent session OF par
lament Mr.. Stanshope. the secretary
of war, was compelled to admit that
numbers OF clerks were employed in
the war office for whom there is little Or
no work But all of them cannot be
provided for at pubic expense and not
only England, but the whole world, is
infested b7 these young men, whose
titled origin is curse to them, because
it makes them ashamed to earn their
bread. On the continent all the sons Of
a prince are princes, and they have a
little to bestow on any wealthy girl
VINO is willing to marry them. In Eng-
land only the eldest son gets the title;
the others have to shift for themselves,
and belong to the common people. It
is harsh law. but no harsher than that
which made Victoria the sovereign of
England when the former king. her
uncle William w.. had children born
in n1atrlmonY bv a wife who had lived
with him for years, but whose marriage
to him had never had the consent Of
parliament.
Many of these young sons are to be
found in the convict prisons of Eng
land. George Wareham-he is known
by a dozen other names-one of the
most expert forgers that ever victim
ized the tradesmen of London, is said
to be the younger son of a noble house
in the northern part Of the kingdom.
His family trained him for the church.
but he found the duties of curate at the
charming village of Wotton BassetC.
in Willis, too irksome. and he soon ex-
changed the pulpit for the army. It
was while a lieutenant of dragons that
he discovered his own ability as forger
in drawing requisition which required
the cOlonel's signature. The requlsI-
tion was honorsd, but Wareham was i'll
due time detected and allowed to resign.
He then forged his own brothers. name
to note for e7OO and got the money,
with which he fled to New York. The
note, purpoting to be a post obit-that
is. payable when coming into property
was not found to be fraudulent for
several years after it was made. Mean
while Wareham got out of money in
America and returned to London,
where be continued his forgeries. He
landed at last in Chatham prison, and
has been in and out of it more than
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