New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-06

20 the ONCE Is that Charles Maitland Earl Of Iau
oefdaIe IN whose favor King Charles II made out
the patent comforting upon him the Office was
ultimately deprived OF his honors and Offices nv or
der OF the Court Of Session at F-dirburpb fo- g..
as Master OF the Mint Whether this dignity was
among those which he forfeited on that occssio,
mas never been decided. having been specifically
ANenIohed IN the judgment against him
Sir John Blundeu Naples death IS likely ~ Lea
10 still further severance of the relations of his
soA-ih-id"' Baron Eckardstein. with the land OF
uis oiEth' and IN the service of which he spent a
NUMBER or years, both as soldier and as a
diplomat. Sir John has but one child a 4a,,sr,a
married TO the baron. and he has left TO her the
oulk or his immense fortune amounting TO several
ilIhons OF pounds sterling, on the condition tina
Turing each period Of twelve months preceding
sIe ahhlV ersary Of her wedding day she has re-
aioeo al least 2to days within the United Kingdom
OF Great Britain and Ireland"
ms VIII result either in the separation OF the
aaron from the land of his birth or from his wife
For II Will be impossible for him to continue the
poH1Cai career on which he embarked q wear or
50 ago IN the Prussan legislature II he is COM
peiieo 10 spend three-fourths Of the year in Eng
anu and In the same way he cannot dream OF any
diplomatic appointment which would take him
away from England
II would seem that Sir John was not altogether
creased with his son-in-law For this stipulation
,''i regard 10 the residence IN England OF the
oiess' as well as the stringent manner IN
All tune IS Ded up Tor her benefit, and
'!7 codich which provides Tor the payment
VI plttance of $1,000 year to the Baron quar-
'e'y' II he complies with certain very severe cond
od' 90 not indicate the very cordial relations be-
tween the two
Or 'ohh was a typical English retail shopkeeper,
possessed OF all the virtues and the prejudces as
wen as the shortcomings. or his class He dropped
ms aspiFates In the most terrific manner. enter
ai1eo the most holy horror and distrust for every
1alng Foreign. and was much distressed when his
o!ily daughter who the apple OF his eye. In
sisted upon marrying Baron Eckardsten, who will
% remembered at Washington, where he spent
Sumo une. as a wonderfully good looking stall
"art man. Foreign nobility was of no account
whatsoever In the eyes OF Sir John, who Il Is said
aIIer receiving the honor OF knighthood In recos-
uitich OF MS immense contributions to tho cam
palsn Iuhd or his political party. put forward an
extraordinary pretension to descent from BIondeI
tEe Itroubadour who sought out King Richard
CHur &c Lion from his Austrian prison, and helped
TO rescue him from his captivity.
1t may DO remembere1 that according to the le-
gend BIoncel visited every castle where he thought
that the king might be incarcerated. singing the
favorite songs of the monarch, and finally discov-
ering 1t through Richard taking up his song and
Richard heard the song he exclaimed Blond Ell
m Appel" (Blondel calls mel and Sir John insisted
that the names "Biundell Maple" were merely a
corruption OF this exclamation Of the king which
afterward became the motto Of the family founded
by the troubadour
MARQUISB DE FONTENOY,