New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-04
&c. B." In NAVAL GARB.
British Premier an Elder Brother of
Trinity House.

in naval uniform which differs little from that OF
an admiral, instead Of heretofore, in the soio
lace toggery of member Of the Prtvy Council Ior
the Prime Minister has Just been elected to be one
or the Elder Brethren of Trinity House. in success
! sion to the late Lord Goschen The Brethren IN
cInde among their members a few OF the most
experienced seamen of the world. not only the
royal navy but also the mercantile marine Deihs
represented among them. Besides these there are
eleven Elder Brethren who recruited from DIS
tinsuished statesmen some of whom are not even
acquainted with the yachtsmen among
these non-professional brethren are Lord RoseDefS
Lord Lansdowne Lord Jersey and Lord James.
me late Lord Salisbury, the late Duke or cam
bridge, the Duke of Wellington. Lord Pal
ineTston and Pitt have all been Elder Brethreh.
So too. was Mr. Gladstone, who invariably wore
! the Trinity House uniform at court and at state
functions, preferring II to any other ofneal sarD
MS tastes IN this respect being shared by MS chei
| adversary, Lord Beaconsfield, who on one mem
orable occasion appeared at court in the gold epau-
letted and anchor embroidered seafaring garb of
Trinity Brother. with the trousers. the sword ana
| the chapeau Of Prvy Councillor. his appearance
giving rise to CONSERVATION among the court ON
Gals and 10 much amusement in the royal circles.
While Trinity House is an institution about which
the general public especially in this country. knows
little or nothing. its name is familiar to every sea-
farins man. II is of the Oldest Of those depart
Inents or the British government which are Writ
ually independent both of the national treasury
and OF the Crown. and which manage their finances
without the Interference supervision of Parla-
ment. In the way that the Royal College of
Heralds is permitted to maintain itself in existence
by means of charging heavy fees for the regstra-
ton or TILES for the grants of armorial bearings
for genealogical searches and for the management
of state functions has the Trinity House been
allowed for several centuries to raise large reve-
nues by levying pilotage and lighthouse dues on
| all vessels entering British ports In return for
this. Trinity House has undertaken since it's
! foundation to maintain and lighthouses. 10
place buoys and TO furnish efficient pilots in all
British ports and British waters in Great Britain
! and elsewhere. II is 10 King Henry WILL that
royal Buebeard. who inaugurated the State Church
| Of England. that must bo ascribed the origin Of
| Trinity House True. there traditions TO show
that the institution in existence previous TO
| that date. under a different name. But II was
| Bluff King Hal who first granted the charter of
| Incorporation to what then a guild of pilots.
seamen and mariners. at Deptford Stroud. in the
| County Of Kent.
In the early part Of the seventeenth century 1t
vas intrusted with the responsibility of surveying
shipping built hired purchased by the govern
ment and in 1913 a vessel named the Mayfower
was offered for sale to the government, but
rejected unfit for public service by direction
and on the report Of the Brethren of the Trinity
| House II this very ship. thus rejected by
the Crown. which subsequently brought the Pill
| grim Fathers 70 this country.
The headquarters Of the corporal ion-Trinty
! House. it is styled-are situated on Tower Ill.,
| adjoining the Tower of London. and were
| built the end Of the eighteenth century
| from designs by Sam Wyatt being the third
! home Of the corporation. The first house was
destroyed by the Great Fire Of London in 1856 as
recorded by Pepys. who Brother Of Trinity
/ House, in his famous Diary The courtroom Of
! the present home Of the Trinity Brethren is a
| magnificent chamber. adorned with old por-
| traits, with relics Of the Spanish Armada and
| with flags taken by Sir Francis Drake and other
| celebrated English naval commanders from the
| enemy. The and chief Of Trinity House is
the Prince Of Wales, who succeeded his uncle the
Duke OF Edinburgh and Coburg and who draws
| emoluments 10 the extent Of $4,000 for his
| services.
PRINCE HUGo's BROTHER-IN-LAw IN
TROUBLE.
Many people here will recall Prince Hugo
Hohenlohe. younger brother Of the Duke Of West
| who spent a couple OF years in this country
| unpaid clerk Of the German american banking
| house OF IAdenburg, Thalmann & Co, in Wall
Street. for the purpose Of making himself acquaint
| ed with American business methods. The prince
was extensively entertained by Mr.. and Mrs Cor
nelius Vanderbilt and by their friends at Newport
! and New York and freely discussed in the
| American press alleged sutton for the hand
OF Miss May Goelet who afterward married the
| Duke OF Roxburghe. The prince. thoroughly dis
| gusted by the newspaper gossip OF which he had
been made the victim. returned to Germany fell in
love with Nine. Freyslebcn widow OF the celebrated
! gentleman rider Of that name and made her his
wife. AS he unable 10 secure that consent Of
! the chief and agnates Of his house which was in
dispensable to render tho union valid. be obtained
! permission OF the Emperor to resign his position
/ and status "A scion OF OF the medatized
formerly reigning houses OF Germany. and 10 be-
come a mere noble. with the title OF Count Her
mersberg, with the right, therefore. to wed his in
amOrata footing Of peTfecs equality. Nine
Freysleben is other than Helga Hager. the once
famous circus rider who the death OF her
grandfather. old REM founder Of the celebrated
! Circus REM. inherited from him enormous
fortune
! The ex-P Prince Hugo Hohenlohe. who is cousin
! both OF Emperor William and OF King Edward
lives with his beautiful wife at Gross I.chterfede
in the neighborhood Of Berlin and is interested
| in all OF industrial and commercial enter
prises, for which his American training has par
ucuary well fitted him. His wife has an elder
sister of the name Of Clothilde Hager. who mar
ried in the first place Baron Emar Won Sauken
! and IS now the wife Of Count I.ucchesi Pail The
count has just been arrested in Berlin on charges
fraud connection with his circulation OF checks
upon banks where he had no account and has nat
urally made the of his relationship TO the
| princely house of Hohenlohe through his wife
But he is involved in such mess that even II
| his brother-in-aw, the eX-Prinoe Hohenlohe' were
to come to his rescue It is difficult to see how he
could escape from the application of the criminal
| law his indiscretions
| The mother of Countess Hermersberg and of
| Countess Lucchesi Pail was the daughter of old
Ernest REM the founder Of the circus. and their
! father was the well known bareback rider Haser
! Old REM. who died in 1892 leaving fortune OF
| no less than 100000 marks. had, in addition to
| his daughter Amanda Hager. two sons. the
younger of whom retired to private life. while the
elder. Francis after marrying the beautiful gym
mast Oceana. endeavored for time TO keep up his
| fathers enterprises and to- maintain unimpaired
! the prestige of the widely celebrated REM
| Circus But he was overtaken by failure and died
| a thoroughly broken and almost ruined man at
| Nice about ten years ago. Oceana REM left
daughter. bearing her name who AFTER hguring