New-York tribune., 1907-11-15

'ef ana twice he was actually arrested along with
huinoer OF Nihilists charged with congpirtng 10
4 "e Ear life. was convicted with them and
- oeu 10 lifelong Imprisonment, with the object
oi preventing his identity from beconne known ~
the Nihilists. N' -
presence IN London, IN attendance on the
"4uo"cd Czarina' and the lack OF caution of the
.as. ponce intrusted by the English govern
- ~ 'e'. ''le projection OF the Czarina. led as
'Io Hlehuoned above, to his Identity becoming so
Wen known as to considerably interfere with his
"oih' apu that Is why he IS now settled in Eng
iahu' he mas handsome house In the West End
-.,- are plenty Of autograph portraits of
~ ~-o4lUeis o' the Russian imperial family scattered
Alouhu the rooms to indicate the great degree of
tSsaio ana esteem in which he is held by them
he rs man of fortune and announces that ~ ba
mas transferred his residence to England for a
Aiie II IL lot the purpose of disconnectng himself
ehIEey from police work and associations Per-
haps' however. it is merely with the object Of
studying new field of activity. and by diverting
attention from himself to be sbIa - ,rorlr roo-a
effectively In behalf of the imperial family.
KINGS NEW HOME RULE LORD IN WAITING
Lord O'Hagan. who has just been appointed =
iord-n-waiting to the King. is well known in this
country. where he spent several months travelling
ABOUT three years ago, and is a son Of that emf
nent Irish lawyer who the first Roman Catholic
to hold the office of Lord Chancellor Of ireland
since the reign of King James IL; that too In
spite of his having been an ardent Nationalist
especially in his younger days, when he published
In The Irish Nation" the following verses
How RS g.1,;,rS 9ia they sy pass essna the Union7
Ry slaves slaves Who SOLD their land for gold.
By all the bloody acts that ret
The The pits1' pitfhGap ,; and d. tie .i2 5ayOne'
The eldest son Of this great jurist, who was
Keeper OF the Grea; Seal of Ireland In the Glad
administration Of lSS0. died fighting for Eng
land in the Boer war. and it is owing to his prema-
ture death that his younger brother. Maurice. now
holds the O'Hagar peerage in his stead
Lord OHagan's mother, the widow Of the Lord
Chancellor. is remarkable woman. who has been
the subject OF immense amount of discussion
She is the daughter of the late Colonel John
Towneley. of Towneey. in Lancashire. the heiress
of that great Catholic Towneley family which until
some years ago had been established in Ian
cashre ever since the reign OF King Alfred the
Great The connection with the county was sew
cred by Lady o'Hagan. who aiienated Towneley
Hall and park by selling it to the corporation or
the town of Burnley The sale OF Towueley, the
extinction OF the lamp that had been burning be-
fore the altar in the private chapel of the hai
without interruption and without ever having gone
out for a thousand years. and the sensational de-
sertion by the widowed Lady O'Hagan of Roman
Catholicism for the Unitarian Church, all occurred
about the time and were followed shortly
afterward by the still more startling marriage OF
Lady O'Hagan's eldest daughter TO an ex-prlest OF
orders of the Roman Catholic Church, had been the
private chaplain at Towneley Hall and spiritual ad-
wiser Of Lady O'Hagan and her family Indeed II
is understood that IL was his influence that led
them TO abandon Roman Catholicism. When the
second Lord o'Hagan died in South Africa it was
said that before he expired he became reconciled
to the Church OF Rome, statement which led to a
very angry correspondence In the newspapers be-
tween those who made il and Lady o'Hagan ~
One of Lady O'Hagan's sisters was the late Lady
Alexander Gordon LennoX. mother OF Cosmo
Stuart, otherwise Cosmo Gordon LcnnoX, the actor
who with his WIFE Miss Marie Tempest, of foot
light celebrity, was over here two three years
ago professionally. playing TO large houses in New
York, Chicago and other big cities.
In mentioning the Towneey family should not
omit call attention to the fact that one Of the
most celebrated collections Of ancient marbles in
the British Museum is that formed by Charles
TowneIey at the beginning OF the last century In
deed IL is held by many to be of greater value than
that of the famous Eigin marbles, which, as every
knows. came from the PartheEon at Athens
The Towneleys we're always great collectors and
travellers, and II is on record that one of their
number, Richard Towneley, who lived in the six
teenth century. stayed away on his voyage so long
that when he returned home no one at Towneley
Hall recognized him. Indeed, he was about 10 be
turned away as iTnpOstoT when faithful old
dog blind with age, recognized his voice. and
rushing forward. licked his hand and induged In
such demonstrations OF JOY that 10 doubt was any
longer possible 20 his Identity.
Lady OHagan's father, Colonel John Towneley,
was the twenty-third owner of Towneley IT the
direct male line and the family was already -four
fishing at Towneley In s9j
Lord OHagan is, like his father the Irish Chan
cellor Liberal and advocate of Home Rule. and
for some time past has been acting as private Sec
retary TO LORD Tweedmouth. First Lord of the Ad-
Iniralty. Like his mother and sisters. he has be-
como a convert 10 the Unitarian Church and is. /
believe. the only member OF tho Kings household
TO belong to that denomination. He takes the plaza
Of Lord Granard. who has been promoted to the
Mastership OF the Horse. and who is q Roman
Catholic HIS title runs "Iord O'Hagan OF Tulls-
hoerle, Tyrone and the addition Of the words in
the United Kingdom means that the peerage Is
not confined to Ireland only, and carried with 1t Il
seat ia the House Of Lords. II Lord Chancellor
OHagan selected the words 'Of rulahogue" as tho
territorial OF his peerage. It IS because in
olden times TulIalogus belonged to the O'Hagans.
It was there that the O'Neills crowned as
sovereign princes OF Tyrone. and the chief of the
OITagans enjoyed the hereditary right of presiding
at the ceremony OF nvestiture.
MARQUISg DE FONTENOY.