New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-19

hundreds or acres OF wood thar ex,.-s -. =. -,
beach hVe hundred feet below. The picture gal
80 oO-'-i ,,AS hanily portraits by celebrated
painters as well as some fine exarn,e. of r,,,,a.S
Gainsborough, Lely and Knaller uhI - -,
a-orac In the shape Of exquisite bropzo. 80 s,,r,
SeTes a"ouhu on every side. The upper floors ~
me castle nave been htted up as great dorrnitores
for the boys. whose schoorooms a,a ~-,,-,.
at the back and out OF sigh, =. = ~ ' -AA
pairing the picturesque and romantic .v,ao, -, +h.
castle aspect VI inc
Lord Normandy himself acts as .h. ,..z...-..-
and is assisted by large corps OF teachers ,,os+
OF them IKE himself. clergymen of the Church OF
England. Lord Normandy VIII = = - :.
Windsor. has royal blood in his vsi,s go. 20 IT.
maternal ancestors having been a natural daughter
of King James II. 1t was. indeed tbrorgh re- mo-
Mulgrave Castle and the Mulgrave estates passed
into the possession OF the House Of Th,nDs o.
which Lord Normandy is the chief
Lor0 Halsbury, who has just Indignantly denied
that nc has any intention OF resirrinp the Lord
High CHARACTERISTIC OF England. which he has
helo Tor some nIteen years is in spite OF his being
nearly eighty. still most ACCOMPLISHED fenrer
excels at golf and delights in bridge AZ keana-
OF the soverelgn's conscience and DISPENSER OF an
immense amount Of ecclesiastical patronage n is a
source OF relief to the majority OF his couutrvnen
TO know that he entertains old-fashioned ideas
about the Bible. and on the occasion of rne,,ora
bic lecture. delivered by the late Professor MAY
Muller, at oxford, the "coincidences' between
Buddhism and Christianity, he took occasion 70 de-
nounce the professors opinions as rank heresv
and waved away the alleged "coincidences'' nv de-
claring that the Buddhist stories were heather
fables" whereas the stories Of the New Testament
not parallels. but actual facts s,,nnor,ea nv,
abundant evidence. citing the miracle Of the loava
and fishes as a case in point. He added that when
some old fable was dug up in the Eastern World
and pitted against the Gospels he preferred the
latter every time
With all that, Lord Halsburv bauevas +, e,,ner-
natural visitations. Some tine ago he leased the
house OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ersk.ne at ST RosvelPs
in Scotland. One day Lady Halsbury was lying
down with a headache when she heard a carriage
drive UP. She looked out OF the window and saw
a rather old-fashioned looking conveyance with a
strange lady seated inside. Presently the foot
man came up and said that the lady had asked for
the mistress OF the house, and wished TO sneak TO
ner for a few minutes. but had not given her
name Lady Halsbury sent a message regretting
that she was too i'll to see any one but when the
footman went TO the door he found neither lady
nor carriage there, though wheels had been
heard TO away. Meanwhile Lord Halsbury
who seated in the library. had heard the carriage
passing over the gravel of the drive on its ar
rival. came to his wife to inquire who II might be.
Learning what the fOotman had told her he fol-
lowed the man to what the lady wanted On
coming down he. too, found no carriage there, nor
could he ever discover any traces OF the wheels in
the thick gravel. A few days later he learned
that Mrs. Erskine, the wife OF the owner Of the
house. had died on that day, and it appears that
there is a tradition in the Erskine family that
whenever death is about to take place among
the members OF the house phantom carriage al
ways appears to give warning Of the event Lord
and Lady Halsbury are in earnest about this mat
ter, are exceedingly matter Of fact. prosac people,
incapable Of romancing and fully believe in the
supernatural visitation to which they have been
witnesses. MARQUISE DE FONTENOY