The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-12

the English people IN the place 10 NIL
themselves under his protection. 'anc
promisGd them safe conduct 10 Allaha-
bad. He proposed TO send them
In two separate parties down the river,
by boat The frsi no,lla OF boats
!eit' puS before II had gone vory ia-
the hotiila was sunk by rnu:derou,
riuc ana cannon nre from the banks
those who n'anagcd 20 reach the shore.
being Instantly Killed by the natives
,hcrc: Mowhray Thompson was HIT IN.
the hsnd BY bullet, but managed
arvct thcicss 10 swim six ntlcs down.
~" GanGes, With four companions. iu
the terrible heat ot Tho Indian Jun.
afternoon. before coming within rci"ii.
or friends. lie was the only one 81
tho quintet 20 survive TINS exploit
The others al succumbed to wouudh.
sunatroke, and exhaustion. /; may ia
remembered that thDsc who had beer.
left behind at Cawnporc for thc second
n"t!iin, we're all magsacrcd, hacked u
death. III ta"t, or July 10 1851 whyn.
Sir Henry iinvciock's avcnggnE ariny
was T. thin days march OF tho .rI.,c,.
Mowbgny Thompson lived for I nun..
Der 81 Years AZ Calcutta, was piaccd
on the retired list as mere major IN
1850, IN spite u: his long service VA:
was advanced 10 the rank OF general
on on thu retired list ten years later.
lie ,used 10 wear Il long beard. and or,
nigh: after dinner. at Government
House, Calcutta, got so infrrintcd with
ne Niceeroy, Lord I.y.ton c'owca
y,
Lord Luton who Was Very Bohemian
ana eccentric IN his manner, had Civ
en- Tug At rhonipson's magnificent
m MaalS ,.,i rxc!aiming: = virgin
with the Viccroy on this occasion r.
iardcd the reward, which has now
come 20 him in his seventy ninth year,
III the gu!et square at Reading where
Tor n number OF years past he has
mad" his home,
,, Most OF the members OF the grca,
French ducal house OF la Rochefou-
saudi; which has several American
matrimonial alliances 10 it's record.
nave been placed in mourning by the
death ,h Of tho old dow'ager Duchess OF
De La Roche tinyon, al her sons Cas-
Tie OF La Roche Guyon, near Nantes
In the department OF the Selno-et-
0 ,nss,, : sastlg where Louis signed the
trtrched ON the right bank of the
Seine. II dates from days prior 20 the
M .o CONQUEST Of England. when il
Ia Roche. In lilS tho castle was be-
sie@ed by Henry V. of England. and
was was defended by perette. widow OF
corr. Finally driven BY hunger to
surEcndcr she declined the Brit!sE
monarch's permission to retain the cas-
.ie ana The estates as his vassal. de-
than accept anything at the hands OF
me enemies of her country ana OF
ner King. Novelists have used as a
thcmc for their romances tho story OF
now King Henry ". of France vainly
forced his attentions upon the Mar
auise dc La Roche Guyon of his day.
Antoinette by name. she made n poin;
OF crossing the Seine III a boat afte,
dnrk. 10 the farm on the opposite bank
Of the river: and seek refuge with tho
iarincrs wife. who had been her nurse.
whenever the monarch expressed his
intention OF spending the night at tho
chn tcau. II was she who, when finally
asked By the victor of the famous bat
ne OF ivry. to become his suItana, en-
GAINED: II am not OF sufficiently grca,
birth: sire. to be united to you by
marriage. But am of too noble a
lineage TO accept the role of your "a
With the exception of a Jew years.
when the Chateau of Roche Guyon be
ionged TO the CARDINAL dc Rohan Cha
bot. who bcqucathcd It en- his death
70 the late Due Alfred de La Eocic
nuyon. the castle has always been In
me possession of the ancestors of lis
present owners.
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