New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

Prince Nicholas Esternazy ever sought or re-
ceived the permission OF the city of Vienna. as
required by law. for the removal OF Haydn
remains from the Hundsturm cemetery -
Eisenstad;. and the fact has been established
that the pviace managed to effect the transfer
solely and scntjrely by reason Of his great wealth.
ana influence. wlIch enabled him. 50 TO speak.
70 disregard ststuto-y ordinance At the tins
Of the removal, was in 1S2n-it was found
thEt tho body lea dless- The wig was there
but not the head which it had adorned in lie
Prince Esterhazy made inquiries. and later
head was sent on from Vienna to he added 10
the remains. as appears from a letter written
by the Rev Father Frank, dated December T.
1890. IN which he reports to Prince Nicholas
Esterhazy that he had quietly opened the
coffin containing the remains of Haydn in he
church al Eisenstadt and had added the head
which he had received from Vienna As there
is the most authentic and indisputable evidence
to show tnat the head still in the museum of the
Imperial Society II Music at Vienna IS that OF
HAYDN. it naturally follows that the one added
to lis body at Eisenstadt is that Of a stranger
Haydn is by no means the only celebrated
parsonage whose head has been parted in death
from his BODY For whereas the body OF
oliver Cromwell is at Newburgh Priory. his
head is In the possession Of :. F. wilkinson
of Seal near Seven Oaks. in Kent II may he
remembered that the restoration OF Chdrles
IL the body OF the great Protector was dlslh-
TERED from it's tomb in Westminster Abbey
and after being suspended from the gallows at
Tyburn was buried at the foot thereof, though
not before the head had been cut on and I'M
paled along with those OF Ireton and BRADSHAW
on pikes stuck on the roof Of Westminster Hail
Cromwelrs daughter. Lady Fauconberg, by
means Of liberal disbursement Of money in
,l,, f,r,,, Of bribas 1anaged q from Ile
public executioner of the day her fathers head
less body. conveyed it secretly TO Newburgh
Priory her place in Yorkshire, and caused II
TO be immured in the walls OF one OF the upper
rooms For several generations the iocaliF
was preserved a family secret but no"
marble tablet affixed 10 the wall OF one OF 'us
most remote of the rooms on the upper moor
bears an inscription to the effect that behind
the mass of stone to which the tablet has oech
attached lies the body Of the Protector sir
George Wombwen. one of the heroes Of Bala-
clava and the owner of Newburgh Priory, Is Il
grandson of Lady Anne BeIlasyn. the daughter
and beiress of the last Lord Fauconberg. and as
such a descendant of Oliver Cromwell
With regard to the head of the Protector
some TWENTY-FIVE years after having been I'M
paed on the roof of Westminster Hall II was
blown down in storm and secured Dy one o.
the sentineIs duty. who carried II nome
Owing to the hue and cry that Followed IT'S us
appearance he did not attempt to dispose OF 1t.
but on his death 1t was sold by his widow and
daughter to the Cambrdgeshire Russelis. one or
whom Sir John Russell. married Frances Crom-
we'll the fourth daughter OF the Protector A
descendant of Sir John by the name of Samuel.
however became heavily involved in debt. and
was compelled to relinquish the head which he
had inherited. to a Snowman by the name or
James Cox for the sum of Ills. the original
deed of sale being in the possession of Mr.. VIII
kinson After that the head passed through
two or three hands by purchase until 1t reached
the Wilklnsons about hundred years ago 1t
is preserved in couple of caskets, the outer
one being of polished elm. while within Is the
original oaken casket, black with age, in which
IT was first placed by the Russells when they
purchased II from the sentnel's widow and
daughter The brown skinned head is still
pierced by the pike which bore 1t in West
minister Hall, and the point. attenuated by rust
and exposure emerges from the top OF the SKULL
slightly to the right of the centre The en-
balming was so excellent that the eyelids,
tongue and nose are still perfect. Two teeth
remain in the Jaws. and, convincing evidence of
the skulls authenticity, the famous wart the
right eyebrow can still be traced. 1t may be
added that the measurements OF the original
death mask Of Cromwell. preserved in the Brit
ish Museum, and the measurements OF this skull
in Mr. WiIkinson's possession, coincide COM
pletely; and, moreover, MIR. Wilkinson has a
mass of documentary evidence completing all |
The length of the chain of more than two and |