New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27

Ear Of Aberdeen ~ marriage which that
seer had contracted In this country. Much
money is required q prosecute such claims as
nese. ana II Is possibly on that account that
.oung has been heard about the matter dur
hg the last few months.
An analogous case IS that which led. just
quarter Of a century ago. TO the sensational
Tshborne cause ce1ore II Sir Henry to-day
solds the baronetcy and estates Il Is only be
eause no one knows what has become Of his IN
d, Sir Roger Tchborne, vi no vanished in 1859.
The ship Bella or which ne sailed for Australia
from Valparaiso never reached any Australian
port under the same name as that which il
hre on sailing and 4 has always remained an
Her question as 10 whether it foundered on the
tip with all hands on board or whether the
uev comprising the missing Sir Roger mutt
bel against the officers. killed them. used the
vessel for piratical purposes and finally ran
Ne into some sntipodean port under another
ZANE. In the early seventies a man appeared
Who claimed 70 5e the missing Sir Roger. The
eal In connection with the case, which cost the
English Government over 100000. eliminated
. the proof that the claimant vas al impostOr
b1i no light vas shed upon the question as 10
shai had become Of the real Sir Roger, and the
poss. ollity that either he himself or a son Of
~ may turn W one OF these days renders
~ title Of the present holder Of The baronetcy
enc estates soneW nat insecure
THE MELODRAMATIC LOvAT CASE
Among the many peerages the ownership Of
which is now being contested is that Of Lovat
q almost melocramatic interest being given 70
ws particular case by the fact that abduction
sopement murders. rebellion. forgery and
Hson' as vel as the sacrilegious rifiing OF
Onbs figure in the case Every body recalls
me tenth Lord Lovat, known in Scotch history
The nickname Of The Traitor" who was
oecuted on Tower Hill in the last century, afte,
~hg discovered n the act Of betraying the
'aeooites 10 the Hanoverans and the latter 10
lie Jacobites. The present claimant 70 the
LVat peerage furnishes proof that he is de-
Dnded from the elder brother Of The Traitor.
MO having killed his piper in a fit of passion,
20 Tor his lie 10 Wales. where he died In i'm
diversified circumstances, leaving son who
soghi In reality 70 have succeeded TO the peer
aee Instead Of The Traitor" that is to say. his
mcie II he manages TO prove his case-ano
orle Of the most expert genealogists In the
united Kingdom insist that he will be able TO
70 so-he viii secure possession. not only OF the
LoVai peerage but also Of vast estates The
Present Lord Lovat being one Of the largest
A'downers Ia Scotland.
lnasmuch as there if some talk at the preserh
roment IL Paris concerning the likelihood OF a
marriage between the Duke OF nontmorency'
Younger brother Of the Prince of Sagan. and .
'el-knOwn American woman in Paris. IL may
Y as well 10 draw attention TO the fact thai
'o' only Is mis- title TO the Dukedom OF hont-
norency contested 10y descendants OF the an
'ent house Of MontmOrency through he feuiaie
he, but Likewise BY the famous Arab entertain
Achmet Ben Mokrani Who al the close oil the
reat Algerian instruction Of 1917 was CON
lcted by q criminal tribunal and sentenced 70
end servitude for life In ew-Caledonia, where
e has since remained working In cha1nA Tns
Ale Duo dAumals (who always insisted that