The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-11
Major the Hon. Edward St.
Aubyn Puzzles Creditors
by His Offer.
AIhItQUiSE DE Fol

lNl Kings Rifles In Egypt and
,n.ao south Africa. and who hos just
lnade his appearance In the bankruptcy
court, with liabilities of quarter of
million of dollars and assets of about
$4,000. Is endeuvoring to arrange with
his creditors on the basis of a small
payment now, and the balance when
nc succeeds to the estates of his brotn-
or, Lord st, Levan, OF whom ho Is the
next heir.
HIS creditors are in somewhat of a.
quandarT. for there is q clause In tho
entail OF the st. I.eYan estates accord.
ing TO which the heir forfoits mis- hf,
interest," therein IN the event of bank
ruptcy. or partlal alienation of his
ne interest to creditors. SO that il
,hey do not accept his offer MS It
stands without any legal surrender to
thon of enough OF his life interest TO
satisfy their claims, or If they refuse
ms Offer aud leave him to be sazcited
bankrupt, they lose every prosp !Ct
OF deriving any eventual benefit from
me 81. Leran estates. At the best the
: major can only hope for the .ntaiicd
prorcrty, for his older brother Lord
ST l.evan, has two young daughters,
10 whom he is devoted. and may be
relied upon to leave them every thing
! that n can ALLEVIATE from the title.
The entailcd estates include st.
Aiichacis Mount, on the coast oil Corn
wall, one of the most beautiful and
picturesaue places In England. 1t Is a
| castle standing on hill. has been
described by tina poet as that beautc-
Gus Gus gem set in the silver sea" and.
-
which 1t closely resembles Is cut oil
! from the mainland by the sea, except
Ing at cutie low tide. 1t dates from
early part of the eleventh century
granted the place to some Bcnedictine
monks. These, after the Norman con-,
great Benedictine monastery OF tho
Mont 81. Michel IN Normandy. But ST
MlGhaeIs Mount soon became more Of
n fortress than priory. King John
ford defended 1t for Henry VI against
EDWARD ~. In the Wars OF the Roses.
In 1913 ten thousand Roman Catholics
mustered there, under Humphrey OF
Arundel. 10 take up arms for the old
religion. In the Civil War 1t was held
for King Charles against oliver Crom-
ter the siege it passed into the pos
session OF the ST. Aubyn family. of
late Lord Derby's military secretary
when Govcrnor-Gencral OF Canada, Is
now the chief.
The old monastic buildings hav, been
fcfhod:lcd. and rendered lit for the
requirements of twentieth century life
i'ut the chapel Is much II used 10
De' with It's secret dungeons beneath
the stone floor. and It's winding stair
way leading to the roof OF the great
tower Many a time has the kindiing
beacon OF that tower dung It's flare OF
warning over sea and land and the
old stone crcsset for holding tn, bca-
con fire Is there yet, and is known by
the people in that part OF England as
ST. Michael's Chair, there being ira.
dition TO the effect that whoever sits
IN areit before marriage will rule tho
husband or wife, rs the case may be.
head inscnsihlc TO vertigo are re-
qnired TO occupy with safety SO giddy
It Will he noticed that In the Peer
ages no attempt Is made to trace the
family Of ST: Aubyn beyond Sir Ed
ward St. Aubyn. who was created
grandfather OF the present peer This
does not mean that thu ST. Aubyns
are modern family. On the contrary,
Dcvonshire, having owned most of the
land on which the important seaport
81 newonP2rt now stands, and. as J..
possession OF ST. Michael's Mount since
tho reign of King Charles. They own
ed, moreover. baronctcy which like
w'iG nn1fa ffom the stus e., KnFs
.Aubyn who died in 1sSo, and who
was the last owner OF the original
h SsronstG ,Svo had In his younger daSs
marriages which have furnished so
much drama and romance TO the
houses OF the British ar'stocracy.
This Scotch marriage had the effect of
tnvhlidating his subsequent English
union, and the result was that none
OF the children OF this latter marriage
were qualified BY law to succeed to his
honors.
Sir John took advantage OF this to
be9ueath his large estates. not to his
eldest, but to his third and ravorite
son. who received authority by royal
license to use. his fathers maine ana
armorial bearings, and who was IN
return for political services created a
baronet In 1856. y son, who died {,
few years ago. was raised to the peer
age twenty years later, rs Lord St
Cornish village of that name which is
part OF the St. .lubyn property. The
present Lord st. I.cvan Is married 10 =
daughter of Lord Mount Edgccumbc
thus allying TWO of the greatest West
Of England houses together.
Tnasmuch as old Lord Nelson. now
in his ninety frst year, has been draw
ing. for close upon eighty years. $500
a week, that Is to say, $4,000 year.
from the British Treasury. in the shape
nation in gratitude for the services of
his srandmother's brother Admiral
Lord Nelson. his vigorous protest
against the onerous nature of the tax
imposed by the present Liberal govern.
mtnt, and his sad plea rs to the diff
Guilty of making both ends meet. with
hitherto been expected 10 give 10 chart
~, comes with somewhat of an i'll
grace from Il man who has received sew
cral millions of dollars from the tan
payers not reward for any ser
vices which II, himself has rendered.
hut merely because there is perpetual
pension attached to the Earldom of
Nelson, which he inherited.
Lord Nelson is to-day the Father of
tha House of Lords, in fact, the Father
of Great Britains Parliament, since he
has occupied seat in the National
Legislature far longer than any one
else. He has been peer of tn. realm
under four different English sovereiEns,
having succeeded to the earldom as Il
boy Of twelve in the reign of William
, V. and he did homage as a peer at
the curonations of Queen Victoria. of
Edward VII. and of George V. lie
is Il clergyman OF the evangelical de-
scription. has been q pillar of til :.
Church Union. and has many friends
among the nonconformist divincs. lie
| makes his home al Trafalgar House
near Salisbury. In Wiltshire: n stately
mansion. large park, and estate. which
were built and presented by the ma
ton To the Rev. William Nelson, in
recognition of the services rendered
nv. In connection with the