The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-24
GREAT BRITAIN'S
NEW ASTRONOMER

ton, and after the dams and levees
which hold the sea and the rivers III
check.
1t was this arrangement for the no 81 3,
invasion that led the father OF queen
W'ilhelmine to remark at review held
in his honor in Berlin, that the troops
that filed by were mot tall enough.
As the LIST. ed and Sd Regiments 81 81
ever since the days OF the father OF
Frederick the Great for their huge
stature. the Dutch Kings comment
aroused considerable speculation. which
was only set at rest when he explained
that he could flood his kingdom to
the depth of at least ten feet. and that
therefore the stature Of the giants OK
the .Prussian. Guards, ranging from
six feet to six feet three. would not
be sufficient to enable them to keep
their heads above water.
Lord Torrington, who last spring was
shown In the London courts to be head
over ears in debt 70 moneylenders :.
from them at 40 and so per cent.
In order to preserve himself from
being posted as defaulter for the nom
payment of his racing debts. has again
been occupying the attention of the
tribunals, and has Just been deprived
of his motor car license and subjected
to fines amounting to several hundred
dollars. with the alternative of three
months Imprisonment, for motoring at
a speed of fifty miles an hour through
tho High Street of Maidenhead. and
driving his machine straight at a
police inspector. with she manifest
Intent to run him down To make mat
person before the Bench of Magistrates.
or having himself represented by coun-
sci, he contented himself with sending
his valet to deny the charges against
him.
This promising member of the House
OF Lords. whose public career may be
said to have commenced with his Of
nciating as page OF honor to- King
coronation. is the chief of the historic
House Of Byns. and his father. the
late Lord Torrngton. eighth OF his
line, and veteran OF the Indian Mutiny.
was one OF the favorites and most trust
ed members of the. household OF Queen
to dispense with his services as lord
in waiting that led to the Inauguration
OF the present system, whereby one
lord in waiting remains permanently
ereign. In the late reign 1t was Lord
Suffield, and since George v. has come
to the throne It is Lord Wenlock.
Lord Torrington,s ancestral home.
Yates Court, In Kent. is now rented.
1t is beautiful place, surrounded by
some of the srandest trees in the
county, the house being stocked full
of family relics. including the cabin
chair in which the unfortunate Admiral
John Byng, fourth son of the first Wis
count Tcrrington, was shot in 1857.
after being sentenced to death by court.
martial. The court, which was com
posed Of admirals, acquitted him of the
charges of cowardice which had been
| brought against him, but issued a
verdict to the effect that he had no,
done his utmost to relieve Mlnorca
which. was being besieged by the
French fleet. According to the arti-
| cles of war the court had no alterna.
! tive but to sentence him to death or
this count. and though they strongly
recommended him to mercy George II.
with his traditional obstinacy, de.
|clined to listen to word in his be.
half, and the admiral was shot dowr
by file of marines on the quarter.
deck OF his own flagship In Ports
mouth
The first Lord Torrinston was Ad
miral Sir George Byng, so famous 70
his victory over the Spaniards. an,
it is from another Of his sons. Rober
Byng, Governor Of Barbados. that thu
4 Earls of STAFFORD are descended. TIL
later. Earl of STAFFORD. 1t may be re
membered married the widowed Mrs
Samuel Colgate, of New York. who wa
Miss Cora Smith. OF New Orleans
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Conpany.)