New-York tribune., 1910-06-27

.-1. the sentry brought Gown ais sabre
,,h snrce on the RsIssian's head "a
1ssse st in twain
poeer. who subsequently comnaudea
- Life Guards, snd who retired
y .As rank Of general. celebrated his
w. .-es.irg last yea-. and having 10
o., his haronetcy. OF which ne was
r<4r holder. becomes extinct while his
'ae .7-,snsive property vii il is under
y s,-e--1aily 20 20 his nephew. CAPTAIN
Sec, Frederick Feel. formerly OF the
=. .s.gssars. who is q grandson Of that
80 Jonathan Peel vno was Secretary
60 for War in ore Of the cabinets Of
-. MS brcther -he great Sir Roher.
-, vas Premier
s,g.e OF the great Vrealth Of n. palrers
- 7teul through the wife Of the first
She mas the beautiful Miss FL
- Ambrose. only child and heiress Of :
Dahlin breve-. and renowned as
~ her bes-r- as FOR her wonderfully
- tongue A pronounced Papist. and
= eesi-:oCs n her ideas. she was az the
- .ir,e an ornament to snd the terror
: ne vice-regal court OF Dublin Lord
-..s-s-seia. when Viceroy. was wont 70
.--,s-e .hat her tongue would blister a
- sna - describe her as the most dan
.,~,-s Of Parists. When her beauty began
-.-e. and she found herself ousted from
- ,osifion ss the Queen Of Beauty by the
.,.n-a-sd Misses Cunning she accorded
s.-nsn5 70 Roger Palmer Of Castle Lakin.
= 4-oi,r-x Navo. ana so great was the
.sl-b q which the rvo were thus able 10
,ss1ose thst il 7as found well to bestow
her, bs1onercy by way Of concinstinx
ten
= RoEer. whose Irish prope-r~ has
.s-s, eeen STYLED the Holland Of Ireland
-.4,e 70 re celebrity o. its tulips which
=. extsrsivslv cultivated there. vas dur
- 4se closing months Of his life 81 war
80, ais irish tenants. who were endeavor-
- "a soTce him 70 sell 10 them. under the
..--,s q the lsa6 act. property that had
~, r his Family fer three hundred years
-els he absolutely refused 70 dc. He was
s.,r fonde- however. OF his place on the
-As-es. known Sc Glenisland. near Maiden
$50 and seated on every fine summer
.s-s-roo- On the trim lawn Of CzleuisIsnd.
s-st below BoGlVeT's Lock, ne was with his
-h.-e beard z familiar figure TO all those
rho vera fond of boating
s.u wears ago he put forward an ex-
--se-6inary claim IN connection with the
Thames. which he succeeded in establish
,7C II court. but which he never enforced.
= was nothing more nor less than an ex-
,,rsire right not merely to ali the fishing
h1t even 70 the water and 70 the bed Of
ne river between Naidenhead Bridge and
tnakhar1 Bridge ST. Roger based his
RAIN on The strength OF the argument that
this stretch of river had existed as a rec
oEnlzed right and property ever since the
Norman Conquest being mentioned as such
n The Doonsday Book. ard that 1t had
psssed iuro the legal possession OF Sir
po-e- Pal-er's ancestors in 1888. AS SION
as this vas proved the court had TO alter
uz-.vs hu- cc grant q decision in favor Of
ST Roger Fortunately. Sir Roger re-
NAMED content with this decision and was
20 zooC hearted Z man ever to enforce his /
-zh-S BIT the judgment suggested all 4
s1r-s Of unpleasant possibilities. for in I
oden davs proprietary rights TO land and /
zsts- ware freely given by the crown 70 4
urTorthv fsvcTites. and since Sir Roger /
dam 7vas admitted in law there was no 1
reason why others should not come for 1
ward sooner OF later with similar preten- /
sens based on nedieval grounds. 70 this I
IT that popular stretch of the Thames, 1
ursCricaIIy closing OF that river 10 the /
7ubiic as 81 aquatic playground and high 1
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