New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-06

member OF the Union Club. the most ex-
elusive and sristocratic IN Paris. aud will
doubtless NC. ike the other members %
that organization. sstounded TO heard OF
the :mpudent pretensions OF the soi-disant
( Marquis DC Montcalm.' now I'm the Ray
mond street 5ail. Brooklyn, charged with
grand lsrceny-that is TO say. with being a
common thief.
LORD CoIebrooks Sells His Estates.
Lord and Lady Colebrooke. who are SO
well known I'm this country owing to their
frequent visits 10 America. especially dur
ing the lifetime Of lhe late William &
Whitney. with whom they were wont TO
/ spend several weeks every year az his
house in New York. at his place on Long
Island and al Aiken, 8. g. are offering for
sale their home and estates in the south OF
Scotland. the property extending over an
area % some forty thousand acres. Since
King FdWard-smonG the many marks OF
friendship and good will which he has shown
them since his accession TO the throne
granted them for the length OF their re-
spective lives the use Of Frogmore Cot
tsge a picturesque villa in Windsor Park.
which during the reign Of Queen Victoria
was occupied by her munshl or Indian sec
rotary and is very commodious and pos
sessed Of a large private garden and
grounds, they find no further use for their
home in the North. which has therefore he
come a useless expense.
The property offered for sale includes
Glengoner House. where King Edward has
on several occasions stayed with them. and
which is situated in Lanarkshire. about
half way between Abingdon and the village
OF Iyedhiils The latter is queer old
Scotch place. which is peculiar in being
without any clocks. al its affairs being reg
ulated by a bell. ancient and elaborate
contrivance straddled on three legs, in
charge Of a village official. II rings the
meD 70 their work the children TO school,
the funerals the festivals, the church ser
vices the weddings and the curfew. In
fact. everything at Ledhills goes by bell,
iust as on board ship. Formerly gold used
20 be mined at Ledhills, and by reason OF
the auriferous nature Of the soil in that
portion Of Lanarkshire IL used TO be known
in the days Of the Stuart kings as the
treasure house Of Scotland" Gold is still
20 be found In the sands Of the Conner
River. which runs past GIengoner House 10
Join the CLYDE. and on the occasion Of the
marriage Of the Prince Of Wales 4 scarf
pin was presented to him ny Lord Cole
brooke consisting OF nugget as big as
large hazel nut which had been found in
the gravel Of the liver. Let me add that
the sceptre Of Scotland is said 10 be made
from Dedhills gold.
Lord Colebrooke. who IS Lord 81 Wait
ing TO the King. descends from James
Colebrooke. OF Chiham Castle, Kent who
died during the reign OF George II, re
pUted worth $4,000 His eldest son Rob
ert was for twenty years a member OF the
House Of Commons and afterward ambas-
sador at Constantinople. Lord Colebrooke's
grandfather was famou- as a Sanscrit
/ scholar and spent over thirty years IN
India: while Lord Colebrooke's father was
an intimate friend Of Gladstone. Lady Cole
brooke is a tall, handsome. dark haired,
dark eyed woman one Of the many daugh-
tiers Of Lord Alfred Paget, and sister there
fore OF General Sir Arthur Paget and of
Almeric Paget, who married Pauline Whit
ney. She Is a splendid whip and horse
woman, and among her accomplishments
possesses those. too. Of a sculptor and
ioiner. on her husbands estates in Scot
land she founded several schools Of car
pen;rv for the instruction OF the tenantry.
and both he and she will be much regretted
by the people Of I.anarkshire when the es-
tates pass through sale into other hands
MARQUISE DE FONTENOG.