New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-11

Importance In the North After sitting IN 1--WE Par
naments and lighting seven costly elections in be-
han OF the Conservatives. he became so exasperated
y me views adopted by that party the subject
OF tariff that he resigned his membership of the
N@tlVoh Cluo' severed his connection with the Con-
serNa0iNe associations and Joined the Liberals
Inc transfer OF his political allegiance derived an
aoouonal value from the fact that he is the owner
% me scarborough Post" one of the most infu-
entlal organs OF the provincial press
ne Is not only we'll known sporting man but
also student. familiar figure IN the British
museum library and the author OF several works of
research notably OF a "Feudal History of Derby
shire"
Lady Ida, his wife is a sister OF the nrasen.
Earl OF LondesborOugh. and is renowned all along
the Yorkshire coast a cliff climber OF extraordi
nary skill and courage art acquired in the
searchsfor the eggs OF the sea birds that nest
along the face of the dizzy cliffs OF the northern
coast OF England. Lady Ida seems to enjoy the
danger OF swinging the face OF a cliff at the
emo OF two-hundred-fOOt length OF rope, with
perhaps another three or four hundred feet OF
space between her and the stormbeaten rocks be-
low. She is devoted TO ORTHODOXY and her coil
lection Of birds eggs is of the most famous
In England Her SPACE time she devotes like her
friend Lady Colebrooke, to the turning OF ivory
and wood
Although the Sitweu baronetcy was craat.d
only hundred years ago. in favor of Sir Sttwell
Sitwell. in the reign Of George Ill one OF Sir
Georges direct ancestors. Robert Sitwell of REM
HAaNs II ou nisIOrlcal record having been
OF the chief subscribers toward the defence OF
England against the Spanish Armada in the reign
OF Queen Elizabeth.
OTHER SUPERNATURAL APPARITIONs.
mentioned the other day in these letters that
King Edward vouches to have seen the appsrttion
OF the monk that hauEts Rufford Abbey where the
sovereign spends each year week in the fall with
Lord and Lady SRvile, for the Doncaster races
80 extremely levelheaded and hard reasoning
= qha late
saw the ghost OF Queen Elizabeth in the royal
library at Windsor Castle while staying there with
her mother. the late Queen Victoria Mrs David
son, wife OF the present Archbishop of Canterbury
also processes to have the ghost which was
likewise on another occasion seen in the library by
Captain ST. Leger Glyn. OF the Grenadier Guards
while on duty at the castle.
Perhaps one OF the belief compelling wit
nesses TO a supernatural apparition is that
derfully able lawyer Lord Halsbury, who was for
many years the Lord High Chancellor of Eng
land and who is devoting his time to the
codifcatiOn Of British criminal law Some years
ago he leased the country house of Mr.. and Mrs
Erskne. at st. Boswens. in Scotland. One day
Lady Halsbury lying down with a headache
when she heard a carriage drive up. She looked
out OF the window and rather old-fashioned
! conveyance, with a strange lady seated inside
Lady Halsbury rang for footman. In order to say
that she was too indispOsed TO any one. But
when the footman came to the door he found no
trace OF any carriage. Meanwhile Lord Hasbury
who had been seated in the library, and who had
heard the carriage passing over the gravel of the
drive. toward the hall to inquire who 1t might
be- Meeting the footman there, and going 10 look
out, he. too. found carriage; did subsequent
investigation reveal any traces of wheels the
thick gravel of the drive A days later he
learned that Mrs. Erskine the wife of the Of
the house, had died that afternoon: and then
II 10 mind that there is a tradition in the
Erskine family that whenever a death takes place
among the members Of the house phantom car
rage always appears to give warning Of the
Both Lord and Lady Halsbury saw from different
rooms Of the house this phantom carr1age and
being exceedingly matter OF fact prosac people.
incapable Of romancing their testimony should
possess some value in the eyes Of skeptics.
MARQUISE DE FOETENOY.