The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-18
ny la sIAuauIsE DE FoNTENoY.
~ USSlAS senate. the highest tribu-
X nal OF the cmpirc. has Just do

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I'M clarcd null and void. tho election
of tho Jewish merchant Brodsky.
returned as one OF the representatives,
OF the city. OF Odessa, In the Duma. on
the ground that he had officially used
Tor his h:st lame It's RUSSIAN cGuiva.
lent E
synod has prohibited Jews from bear.
Ing Christian tirst names Aud. as
have already pointed out in these let.
ters. conversion 70 Christianity does
their legal disabilities.
After this IL is useless. Of course. TO
charge the Jews With refusing assiml-
lation. t is unfair. however, TO blame
pcatedly shown sympathy and good
VIII for the Jewish race. But the
ouma and the Council OF the Empire.
sia's national legislature. pave repeat
eddy rejected. by overwhelming major
tiles. projects submitted by the gov
erninent. at the instance OF the Car.
for the Improvement Of the legal SIT
uatlon OF the Jews and qfor the relief
OF their disabilities.
The late Captain george Ernes.
shelley, formerly of the Grenadicf
Guards was a son or John Shelley. or
..Avington lIouse. Iiants. and nephew.
The latter Was vice married, and by
his second wife. Mary Wollstonecraf.
the author OF "Frankcnstein," he had
son. Sir Percy Florence Shelley. who
ceeded BY his cousins, Edward and
Charles Shellcy.Fth elder brothers. re-
apectivcly. of the Captain Shelley
whose demise am recording in this
letter lle
The present head of the family, sir
John Shelley, son of the captains ell
ncr brother Is taking a very, consricu-
or rather. did SO until his wife'S broth
or. sthe Hon. Charles s. Rolls, was KILL
cd in his presence last July. in such q
shocking fashion, at an aviation meet
Ing near Hastings
There Arc two Sir John Shellcys.
both of them barohets, and the onS
who makes his homo at Arlington Park.
in Hampshire. and who is the grand.
nephew of the poet, must not be con-
founded with Sir John shelley OF Sho.
brooke Park. In Dcvonshire, although
they each make use Of the Same her.
aldic devices.
Tbe Arlington Park shellcys have a
strain OF American blood in their veins
marriage Of one Of their members OF
the name of Timothy. to an enormous
~ wealthy New York widow Of the
name Of Mrs. Johanna Plum. Tho bar
onctcy of the Arlington Shelleys was
created at tho beginning OF the nine. .
tecnth century, when it was conferred
upon the son of.Johanna Plum. Ia
The other Shelley baronetcy. now
held by the Devonshire Shcllcys, goes
back TO the reign of James l., and its
owners trace their descent from Thomas
Shelle, who was Lord OF the Manor
of ShelIcyt, in Kent and who nourished
In The, reign Of Edward II. The Manor
of shelley passed out of the possession
OF thGt> ShclleyS, through purchase, as
far back as In the sixteenth century
and for hundreds, of years this branch
Of the Shclleys made their homo in Sls-
sex. 1t was the father of the present
baronet of the senior line of these
SlelleyS who transferred their head.
quarters to Devonshire.
King George has intimated his fnlcn
ton of occupying, whenever he visita
Newmarket. the suite Of rooms at the
Jockey Club which wcro reserved for
the exclusive use of his father. Edward
VII. The latter owned Il place at, New
market, knownHas Grafton House. Bus
lie never liked 1t. declined to stay thora.
ard always put up at tho Jockey Club
whore his rooms form. indeed, n sep
arate part of the house. assuring him
all the privacy that he needed, and
at the same timo providing him with
all the convenienccs of tho club.
Charles H.. who spent so much time
| at Newma rket. and who was so fond
or the place. started the construction
Of n palace there, designed BY Sir
Christ Ophcr Wren which would have
been n magnificent place had II been
| compile ted; In one of C!harlcss private
cabinets n sum OF S500.0 was found.
marked with a note TO the effect tina {
] II had becn set aside for tho compile