The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15

sisters. who include Lady Isabel How
ard. wife of Esme Howard. formerly
first secretary and councillor of the
British embassy at Washington Lord
Derwentwa,er proposed marriage. not
once nor twice. but q dozen times. 10
Lady Newburgh. who was quite reso-
lutte in her determination never 10 wed
again her first husband having been
the Hon Thomas Clifford Chudleigh.
by whom she had one daughter OF the
mare of Anne.
Lord Derwentwater, however. was
not the man to take a widows nay,
and one day he clambered down the
chimney into her sleeping room-the
chimneys were very large and roomy
in those days-and pointing out 10 her
that she was hOpeiessly compromised
BY his presence in her bedroom at that
time Of night. eXtorted from her a
| consent to their marriage. Unless !
am much mistaken. this is the only
instance in the annals Of the English
aristocracy where a peerless in her
own right has been won by suito-
clambering. not up 10 her window, bu;
down the chimney Of her room.
Ingatestone. the other home of Lord
Petre. in Essex. is portrayed by Miss
Rraidon the novelist. under the name
OF "Auliey Court" in her most power
full novel. Lady AudIey's Secret
The Petre peerage dates from the
reign of James l. The fourth Lord
Pe;re was one of the victims OF the
perjured denunciatiOns of the infamous
informer Titus oates. dying as pris-
oaer in the dungeons Of the Tower OF
London. The thirteenth Lord Petre
was prslate Of the Church OF Rome
and the first Roman Catholic ecclesias-
tic of high rank TO occupy a seat IN
the House OF Lords since the days OF
the Reformation. He was succeeded
first by one brother and then by an
other. the late peer having spent a
number ~ years in this country prior
to his accession to the title.
The extraordinary dissertation Of
Supersa. the royal mausoleum OF the
reirnins house Of Italy. near Turin. by
robbers. who burst open the triple
collins Of Queen Marguerite's mother.
the late Duchess OF Genoa. in order 10
steal the superb pearl necklace and
pearl earrings with which the duchess
had been eutcmbe5. indicates the
c~ossest kind + negligence. For royal
tombs are invariably the object OF
! elaborate safeguards In the form of
special custodians. police and military
seutineIz. just 20 prevent any attempt.
either ny anarchists TO destroy the
tombs or b. ghoulish robbers. such a.
thos- who thicvcd the dead duchess
jewcl- or hy bOdy-snatchcrs bent on
holding royal corpses Tor heavy ran
som.
The Saperca Is wonderful church
which has served a. last resting place
70 tn. sovereign house u savoy for
near tso hundred years. II was upon
the summit ~ the Supcrga Till that
enc ramouS General Prince Eugene OF
savoy directed the battle which raised
tho French siege Of Turin. and where
he vowed TO build church on the
epof n victorious Among the features
/ ~ The vaults In which the royal dead
rcpose are wonderfully carved skulls.
masterpieces OF the scuiptor's art. and
z-h.oh. crowned BY Gilt diadeuss. seem
20 grin a. one from All the dsrkcsi
corners. creating a most extraordinary
srnnression upon the visitor and recall
ing f~ A particularly grim fashion q
mind the vanity Of human grandeur.
IRE Srperga holds the royal dead %
SAVOY. from victor Amadeus IT. 20
Charles Albert. Inclusive. Victor En-
manuel n and King Huroert reposing
In the Pantheon az Rome.
The SuperEa also possesses the heart