The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-09
y ia MARauIsE DE FoNTENoY.

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i Tt the task of reproducing on can
vas the scene IF the coronation Of
i George V. and of Queen Mary, IN
Westminster Abbey next June 10
iptrusted to some English artist, IN
/ stead OF to Edwin Abbey, 1t must not be
ascribcd 10 the present Kings enter
t.inmen, Of unfriendly sentiments to-
wards Americans popular irilpres-
sion resulting from mendacious seotie9.
| The fact of the matter Is that rms
! George offered the commission 10 PAIN
| bis coronation 10, Edwin Aopey, anu
| that the latter begged leave 10 &c
/ cline it The reason Tor TINS 10 tne
! trouble and annoyance TO WINCH M.
| American member OF the roy d! 80
! denny was subjected in connection Win
tba nroduction OF his superb painting
Tor king Edwards coronation, WAlsn
] now aaorns the walls OF Buckins nam .l.
/ l-tlace For the execution OF th no
1 painting It was hecessass nc, .,,.n
| a hundred distinguished persohase s
! who took prominent part IN Tue
1 pageant. . .hh.y
OF ali Of then, according to Anpes,
1 ring r,dward and Queen Ale%ahura
/ we're the most considerate ana Ieas 5,id
| atle AS 10 people Of less exalted
| station he had to sut1er In the mos s.
cxasperating fashion IRON lnelI nd
| punctuality IN the Hlatlei - -. s.Is..
| sfttings. from their failure to Keep en-
1 gagements, and, above all, from We VEL.
/ nigh incredible vanity In us mos.
! petulant manifestations. those OF ieas.
! importance insisting onSoccupsius ...e
most conspicuous places IN t!ie - ~ ~ ,n
| In fact the experience of Abbey III
connection with that picture gave MN mn.
| a curious insight into court Ire, VIII
| all it's petty iealous!es, It's cohceils a nv
/ it's intrigues; and so great Was wv ~
4 ~ ~, hr
lin painting the picture that ne re-
| fused to consider request Hiaae 70
| him from the highest quarters 70 por,
| tray the lying IN state oil M, EuMa .i,u
IVII., in Westminster Abbey. ~ nne oor..-
! mission for the coronation VIII there.
| fore probably go to one the younger
Iof the English academicians.
! After advertising for NUMBER pc. o.
wears for Sir Claude Robert Camp.
lbeil long missing baronet, the court
/ Of probate, in London, has at lensth
Issued decree of judicial presump-
| lion of his death, and has directed the
! few Thousand dollars accrulng 70 M
Ito the maintenance OF ms Wiaom w.
/ mother. Lady Campbell, confirmed
Ilunatic, and inmate OF an insane
asylum Sir Claude when last hea q. =
mast on board a steamship known as
1.-THE Sutherlandshire, which, SAILING
from Rotterdam in May, 1900 was
wrecked off the coast of Sumatra on
July % Of the same year. Whether he
persisted in that wreck. whether ne
was one Of the s4ryivofs or w N tse
ports at which she touched petore
/ reaching the coast of Sumatra, has
never been until now definitely estan-
Ilished, AS there are no helrs, the 1 par :.
i William w, in 1881, in favor of Rob-
4 ert Campbell, of Carrie Buoy, IN
| county Donegal, for services In India
/ has become extinct. -. .,,,,.
4 Sir Claudes father was Sir Gilbert
who is supposed to have died in 1896.
i Sir Gilbert's career was very stormy IN
his Younger days he was IN the army,
held. commission as captain IN the
Ninety-second Highlanders, and served
financial troubles forced him 70 4eave
the service, and he turned his at
tention to literature and newspaper
i work He published several novels and
also what is probably the best Eng q; 81
translation of Victor Hugo's "To1lers OF
the Sea-" But he was unable to make I,
Iboth ends meet, became involved In all
J. sorts of financial scrapes, and tlnally
was arrested as a member OF sans
j, charged with defrauding persons q
literary aspirations, by means or bogus
q companies and societies. which prom
iSed, In return for a subscription. tc
secure publishers for manusc r. s,t ahe
long list of swindles being laid at
{: their door,
, TIis only son, Claude, by his marriage
: with Miss Esther Baynham, received
,Lhis education on board the training
/ ship Worcester, from which he grad
!. uated into the mercantile marine, with
papers qualifying him to take up the
y position OF first or second othcer. us
/ became involved in some trouble, how,
ever, at Galveston. where he deser tee
serving, not as an officer, but before
/ the mast, on board the sutherland nd;
If any of my readers happen TO know
|anything about the missing Sir Claude
!, Campbell. they would do we'll to com
Imunicate with the family LAWYERS
i Rogers, Sons Abbott, Of 70 victorii
"A Street, Westminster, London. Let ms
D add that already two sWindlers have
been within the last tye Years y 50 con.
tI1being an American, for posturing al
the missing baronet. and for obtaini e,