New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-08

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rector OF one of the principal universities OF the
~ ~iilsoom That he should have expressed
Al P,ilt hucA views regarding Edward VII and the
80 '''iiF IS looked upon as downright unpar-
sentiment. u E
1oiu i-eltri;n' who has Just been appointed by
-A'-iS I1u"srd 10 be his lieutenant Of the county
and The city Of Londonderry ts rich net vet +van-
'S-HEe years old and one CT the largest land
owners IN Ireland. He is a grandnephew of the
III carl VINO was murdered in 1873 in such a
mysterious fashion. who is known and execrated
IN ireland to this day az tho ..xvcked Earl" If
Aeltrlm' This particular peer was at daggers
ura"h wlth everybody. especially with his fam
~ "'4u On one occasion. when there ques-
uon OF their taking steps TO place him under re-
suaiIt as a malignant lunatic their lawyers drew
up long catalogue of enormities laid at his door
!" oruer 10 summit 1t 10 counsel. The latter. how
ever ADVISED against any action, because they
pointed out that Irish jury would probably be-
heVe or pretend 10 believe that all these acts Of
harshness. injustice, brutality and baseness were
normal TO- and to be expected from. the average
irish landlord OF the period. Lord I,eitrim was
perfectly aware OF the hatred in which he
held by his family. his tenants and his neighbours
and shortly before his murder, talking with
countryman about some cases of landlord shooting
he asked: why the devil don't the rascals shoot
me?"
'Ah. thin yer homer" said the man. ITS just
ths-what's everybody's business is nobody's bust
ness
month after this conversation. while driving
one wild April night along the shore OF Muroy
Bay, his lodge at Manor Vaughan. Donegal
his car was stopped, and he. well as his secre-
tary and his driver, shot dead. the muir
derers escaping in boat across Mulroy Bay.
reward was offered for their discovery and arrest.
but clew to them was ever found. nor any
one found TO regret the earl's loss. Indeed. bon
fires were lighted TO celebrate the OF his
death.
The present earl Is popular the wicked
earl was the reverse. He came of age while
prisoner during the in South Africa. and when
he returned 10 Ireland on the conclusion of peace
the bonfres which had been lighted TO celebrate
his grandunce's murder blazed afresh from all the
hills on the Leitrim estate in honor of his home
coming. Indeed, his carriage drawn in tri-
umph by his tenants along that very road on the
shore Of Mulroy Bay where the third earl had
been killed. Lord Leitrim married a daughter of
the late Robert Henderson, who was a governor OF
the Bank of England They have no child
and the next heir the title and estates is the
earls younger brother. the Hon. Frank Clements.
who is midshipman in the navy.
That the Countess Cowper should have acted
godmother to the infant daughter Of Lord and
Lady CurZon means than the sponsor
ship OF Queen Alexandra, who was the other of the
godmothers. for the Queen entertains prejudice
with regard to Americans. and is godmothe- to the
Duke OF Manchester's little boy. whereas Lady
Cowper has always been noted for her hostility to
the American element in London. The Cowper
family is well known in the United States. One Of
its notable members William Cowper. the
poet and the creator OF John Glpin," while
other that General Spencer Cowper who
one OF the commanders of the English troops
throughout the American War Of Independence.
Lord and Lady Cowper are a prince and princess
OF the Holy Roman Empire. an honor conferred
upon the family one hundred and fifty years ago.
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.