New-York tribune., 1907-10-09

WHO presided at the trial as Lord High Steward.
me earl, who left no children by his marriage.
1--we 10 The galows at Tyburn. where the Marble
Areh now stands in London, in his own state coach
I'u sA-that is TO say, the carriage all gilded
ana coroneted. that was otherwise used at court
I'M lohs' FOR coronations and for the opening OF
Farhament. The scaffold had been hung with
Diach oy the undertakers, at the expense Of the
IaiiiiE, and the rope with which he hanged
"aS OF SIX instead of hemp. II at his execu-
roH that the drop used for the first time in
t4iieiaho IN place Of the old system of cart and
lauueI' The drop, IL is reported did not work
80 vel II is on record that the earl's toes
.ouched the ground. and that che suffered little.
having ulne TO raise the cap. But the executioner
Pueo II down again, and then they pulled his legs
- ma lie was soon out of pain and quite dead in
o1i minutes After he had been left hanging
[ui an hour he was buried in old St. Pancras
~ nu' Cn Haro' where twenty years later his body
vas oIslnterred and conveyed 10 the family msu-
soieun az Staunton Harold, near Ashby-de-la-
Aouche, where they now repose
'S carr was separated from his wife, and as
Sne refused 10 hold any communicate with him
ai'er his arrest and trial for murder he cursed
ner on the scaffold and predicted for her horri-
pe death by fire. After his execution she mar
Iieu Lord Frederick Campbell. brother of the Duke
Oi Argyll and lived for nearly fifty years after
-, nu' she was always haunted by the terri
Die curse of her first husband and her fears in
eu win age, so much that she caused
suile OF hreproof rooms to be specaIv constructed
+oi Her at a considerable expense at her home in
|ooIloe Bank. Despite these precautions she was
burned 10 death in her bed, having fallen asleep
"hiie reading, and the hang1ngs of her bed having
sNt Hre from the lamp by her bedside. This
'ook place just hundred years ago
waiter Shirley. the next earl is a very rich
- Ao 10 ms wife, who is a daughter and
heiess OF the late Robert Moon and he has sew
eraI children. Like Lord Ferrers he can claim the
same descent the first President Of the limited
safes. For the first Earl Ferrers married Eliza
"e'h washington only child and heiress of Lau-
renee Washington. Lsurence's elder brother Rob
err Washington, the Lord of the Manor of
sulgrave. from whom George Washington the
Irst President OF the United States is lineay and
IN the male line descended. It is likewise worthy
VI more that connection of the fourth Earl Fer
rers' who was hanged for murder, and namesake
OF the future Earl Ferrers. namely. Walter Shir-
ley, was Colonial Governor of Massachusetts and
commander in chief Of the British forces in Amer
lea at the time OF the commencement of those
troubles between the American colonies and the
mother country which eliminated in the Revolu-
uonary War and IN the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence
The Shirfeys are one of the most ancient fami-
lies IN England. and are on historical record as
having been established at Neither Ellington in
the reign Of Edward the Confessor and the Chris
tan name of Sewalus. borne by the Shirleys at
the Court of King Edward the Confessor. is still
borne by the Earl Ferrers of to-day. Moreover.
Neither Etngdon. sometimes known as Etingdou
Park IN Warwickshire IS still 10 this day in the
possession Of untitled branch OF the Shirley
family. the present owner being Sewallus Evelyn
Shirley. who member oS Parliament for
County Monaghan The barony Of Ferris
into the Shirley family through the marriage OF
Sir Henry Shirley 10 Lady Dorothy DevereauX.
younger daughter OF Queen Elizabeths fayorite,
Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex. who was ike
wise Lord Ferrers. on the death OF Lord Essex
his barony Of Ferrers fell into allegiance. whence
It called by Charles II, in favor of STR
Robert Shirley, grandson of Lady Dorothy Dew
ereux above mentioned. Subsequently King
Charles advanced him to the dignties OF Niscount
Tamworth and Earl Ferrers. Charley Castle has
passed out Of the possession of the present Fer
rers in consequence OF financial disasters, and he
has also been obliged 10 dispose Of the famous
herd Of wild white cattle of Charley, with which
the fortunes OF his house have been identified for
centuries. TO the Duke OF Bedford, who has them
now at Woburn Abbey
MARQUIsE DE FONTENOY.