The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-29
by Ia MAnauIsE De roNTENoy.
= ING GEpRGE has just appointed


~ Captain dudley de Chair, Of the
N Royal Navy, 10 be one OF his
naval aides de- camp. Tile cap
tain spent several years In this coun-
try as naval attachc OF tho British
embassy Il washington, was born on
this side OF the Atlantic. UP In Canada
and underwent a. the time Of the bonn
novels, and that excited good deal
OF interest al The title here iii Amer
lea. as we'll as In Europe.
* midshipnite. he had been sent by
Admiral Lord Alces, er--'tic sven Of
the Ocean" as he WAS called7to con
vey dispatches trom Ras-el-Teent to the
nutposts ut Ramlch. Losing his way.
he was taken prisoner, and brought be-
fore Arab Pnsha, the rebel generals
simo who sent him off. under strong
escort. 70 Cairo. As i had been inti-
mated that the prisoner was no less a
parsonage than Lord Alcestcr himself.
his arrival In the capital was hailed by
thousands Of natives, yelling that the
English had been defeated. When he
aitghted from the train. and It was rca-
, lizcd that his extremely hoylsh APP
pearaHce and 1iminutive stature pre-
cluded him from being passed off as
the British conmander-in-ch chief, he was
declared TO DO the lattcrs son. and was
then paraded through the streets, on
public exhibition, as q type OF the foe.
Afterwards he was lodged in a palace
belonging TO one OF the Junior princes
+,
cd with the utmost considcra ton dur
ing his five weeks OF captivity that
ensued Arabi being particularly anxi-
Gus 10 show his magnanimity, and al
so to please old Ferdinand lie f.csscps
whose good Will he was anxious to re-
tain. and who had interested himself
IN HE boys behalf
lie was so much Of boy indeed
that his young native friends at Cairo
some OF them princes OF the Khcdlvial
family. took him to visit their mothers
and sisters, no exception being taken
and 1t Is said that he WAS i'm object
OF much interest to the inmates. ult-,
matcly. through the efforts OF De Les
10 Alexandria, before Arab Pashas
final overthrow by Lord Woiseley at
I he battle nf ,rcl-el- Kehir.
Admiral Sir Harry Rawson. Governor Of
New South Wales. and Is ma rricd to n
Miss Enid Strubcn. daughter. of one OF
mother belongs TO that. we'll known
Irish family, the Coles OF Ennislillen.
Constant Say who has Just been plac-
cd by the colp'is under judicial control.
~ the instance OF his mother, with a
view 10 checking his eStravagances, IS
half an American, and has many reia-
mother. who was Miss Mary Davis and
Is INCLUDED among. tho we'll Known
f ns cen Of Hew Ior ki a a1 Si rst
Henri Say. the great French sugar re-
iiner. brother OF the Princess Amcdc
de Broglic, and OF the Viscountcss dc
years later that she was able to secure
her freedom and to wed Say.
The latter, finding that the French
laws would not permit the legitimiza-
ton or the. two sons whom She had
bornc TO him while still Countess
d'IIeursel. secured letters Of nat,ra-
lizaticn in Switzerland. where lcgitimi-
G
nlittcd, and was thus enabled to give
his name to his children.
When he died, he benueathcd TO his
wife ana TO lis two boys his colossal
fortune. But his will while approved
Of by the Princess de Broglie. was con
tested by his other sister. he Vicom-