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The Governing Classes. (From The Times."...
bwt ' tkey have r emained hitherto passive spectator * of . Smefliod in wMcb their best Iwpes and dearest iate ^ ate have been squandered and betrayed . Perhaps . Say have Perished a hope that at the meeting of Parlia ^ nfc > aft things would be weB . ^ 5 ^^ % , ^ been content to read tbeir sentiments farfhfutty , reflected uvthe columns of th , e press . Whatever be the cause , of their 8 rrence , thafc cause exists no longer , and we have to look tot an expression of public opinion , from one « nd > of this country to tie other , which wfflcdnvey to owr governing-classes a most clear andrintelligible warning that the patience of the nationiseainausted , and that the necessity of widening the area fjom ^ whiob ourJExecutive i & . to be . taken is * and : paramount . The enthusiastic
grea meeting at the town of Derby bailed the way , and the remaining towns of England w ^ not be slow to follow . The ciyasforpractical statesmansbip , for opening , a free career to talent , fcnr placing our resources in hands equal to the emergency . The Derby petitioners hold no extravagant or exaggerated language ; they declare their confidence in the justice of the war , they express their humiliation and regret at the disasters which have occurred , they . 'pray for a searching in < juiry into their causes , and suggest remedies adequate to the emergency whioui we-toave to meet . While Mittisters-are dettati * g hoiwyte fill up the most important ofiSces , with the least cowppfamt persons , andiconsidering the claims of-raiik ,. of fa ^ ifyvaadrof « o » TOxion ~ of- « v « iytbing £ 5 u $ epfc merib and
capMty—whaethe , friends df " rising young statesmen ? of the-true breed are ; mde & tigably soliciting . their dufcvaacenaent from office to office , the people of England , who . care-far none of these things ,. tu » gwwsely takiag . 'the matter JHito their serious consideration * and-coming ; , to coa ^ asions but little favourable- to the stability of the preseafe'governing classes . We have been ready to allow p lace and patronage to be monopolised by a Jew greattfamiHes » Wehaveb « en < co ® tent * o 3 i » iem > otKrowsa country * 8 t » mge * s to our . own ^ Goyernmen * , = exckidedfrom the * workings of our own institutions , but it was onty £ ! O »^ ndi t » a'tthflt . our ^ aa * ional pride should / -be re ? - spected , and our interests andpositioa in tiite great / family of Batibna * emain . lBjytolatei . This our atastoeraey / baro
failed to-secure to us , and therefore-thepeople-of . -Eng' - laiid . w * H ,. w « i hope , demand ^ in no « pirit ; of wfld-and theoretical levellingy in , no spirit -of ¦ . -hatred -or ammosifcy to rimy -portion > of the cqmmuuity , but in > the « pmfc of practioal reforctt'of an urgent ^^ ttdintolerable . grie « nKiEe , that the ? ayetem which , e-xcltfdes plebeian : talent from , high office shall henceforth ; be discontinued , and ;; that in ; the ; army , at . the desk £ —andT ' Tin . —the council , those , men shall be called to the ; public serwcft ' . 'Who are best ; able to serve the ; pubKo ; : W wish : all . success to this movement ... It has been -oar painful Iotfto-ivitne 3 smorenearlythanothers and to obtain- 'more"aaaple'information as to the nMUmeriii ; which this * war - -has beeni : eonducted r and , we < do not hesitateto
expJWaa fthe- opinion that without , an entire change of sysatemjuanflubstitutioBL of youth and energy for age and decrepitude , - *—tmless ' . some . plan con . ' be hit . upcai by whiuhraawt shall ; be : the only criterion in the filling up of oiviLattd-military / offices , ^—withontr in fact , a- ^ Mnu pletoab « J ^ oiimen 4 . of ^ the . olaiina _ of , T ^ ealtb ^ of fare ^ y , and of interest , ht favour of tha * . ( higher nobility -whiofc the 4 taudof God'has-impuessed'on the forehead of 'every maU-iofctalfiirt , it is vain'for rus "to > contkiue the present contest ^ and better to accept any conditions , however degrading and however humiliating , since no > degradafcioB . and . no humiliation sufitored at the haads ctftbe euemy can . ( exceed those whioh ctar > own iserfriHty'an * meanness haveiinflicted , and are about to inflict -upon ororeelves ^
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A New Stout Of Ifclsh Life: Irish Life A...
A NEW STOUT OF IfclSH LIFE : Irish life and death Itave been illustrated in a more than usually romantic manner in the Dublin Chancery Oourt . It will be observed that a distinguished member of our House of Peers * « ne of the bwrning , andshiniOff lights of our Governing . Classe . % figures , rather' proHrinently in thia oxciting drama—of niiwde « Vrad « l * ery , and fraud . TbecdwA came'on for heaidng before the Ix * d >< 3 hawcellos' iof IrdlMMl on the 24 th of lust month . It was" -a' - petMon ^ y John SttaXSord Handoook , tha » hei « NaVlaw- < rf his niede , Jtflfls Henoraa- Handoock , wbo < Med « n the ISth DeoemfeeP , 1853 , ¦ intestate . On coiwiftg to ttfceipossesswn j of M » property he found thafowttamdeedsy eatoctrted by-i HoutmimtM & fhm tw » clckr sisters , who Jjad pro-deceiwed lien > oestaln' judgmonts entered op b y « we oif . thonij Jo- ¦
jepbteey * " & certain charges 'created by h « nr wtu , wonW lavetbe « fle « t of depriving hhn of the estates o » d v « stng thetn in the TOSpondent Dclfcoour , * naturj » l son « € he mother of these young fridtes , and n minor . The ictKSon tWW tha * , these deeds and otteer charges shonM > e 4 e « la ««* 'lfeMf ** aoBffrarid votdj- aw * bio BOt aside , A « he'flfcWlS'lio * without its Kssmw teothi in- morals and loltdoft / w « i » y befbro our veefders *•» « hoit abstract of it akmi ** m ¦ ¦ ' tfcte openly st «* emeirt of the petitioner ' s ouxflKJt t < too'A * t * rn « r-G }« n « ral ., Th « t ststemeut ia , iu-\» o ^ 9 » fm * t * , but it htm not b « M * ^ naworod . IBlMi BNkM Josephine Kelfy" was " a gareat beauty , ind- « lnr « . Ti ^ BfynmbHione aad designing woman * . " It ipp « MW itibM efa ^ wtth the assistance of Lord Olwnrilardtf « R « iuft « h »> project of * l » y < ii » if tiermlf t « Mr . 3 ** m H * i "gNriftNaaiiwf co * MMtitib > pt 6 p « ety to the
county of Galway . According ly , in the month of DecemboB , 1-834 , sbx > r tiy . afteis H « i « cock came of age * this . ambltieas-aod de 8 ig * angv be » u 4 y « ccoaa ^ i 8 hed > her objeok A , in « n » age was-celeteated . ; the testates , after-a lifeuae ,. weie , settladonthe <> bad « n ia . tail ^ with a jointure of . 7 QQL * . year for- the Wboow . Mr . Haneock ? s , friends wfire . ayerse to Ae carriage , yet it , took jflace , * nd < i * ee daaghterawere ftelBBue . The sad history of these tliree unha «» y g ^ -ls i » one « nWofeen tale of Tnisery and pe « ecu * i © n ^ told even ., in tha < JoM language of , the C 3 iaacery lawwr , it , mmk * sthebtoodxuacold . v ;_ ,. _ . „„_ T _ furthedad la ^ " ..- "' . ' . ' ' ¦ ¦ ' ' ' * ' — . ¦ . " . * . i * _ t * t * v _
Eroml 828 to 1840 there wer © no r »* en » . this latter year , in consequence of a suspicion 9 f . ^ oo greattan mtiaaacy between . Lord , € la » rioard « and , Mrs . Haadcocfc * thwe , was a sedation , and Mr . Handeook wentto ^ Erance . la October of that . year Mrs . Handcook , was the guest : of Lord Olaaricarde at Portumofta Castiet This fact-seems , however , to have escaped the recollectien of Lord € laarie « crdft , as his ^ affidavit states that < i * was in ^ ossible for Mm to have seen Mrs . HandcookvduaMg : that yean , as he passed the winter in Russia . A dee & offstipavation was executed in July , 1841 , and in the samejyear ,-wien Mrs . Haadcoek was on the continent ,, a » d-. afte ( t-she-had been some time separated from hertusbaad , she # ave birth to an infant , the present respondent Delacou * , but no one could aay wh © was bis father apw & Wirhei was born . it be
, The-Attort « 5 ^ 6 eneral though * would a . rash aittem ^ t to conjecture whothe fatherwas , for it was a wise man that knew bisHxwn fathjec , but . people genera % - understood , who ^ -their mother waa .. ( Laughter . } Lord : Clanrieardeiin his-affidavit said ; he 'could not state anything as t »; the bkth or panentoge of the minor respondent John Delacour , and that he never saw him until he was iappasentlyiabout three or four years old , as . he-refcolledta , and ihe ^ positively says that Itrs . Httndcock of
• never stated tor mtimatedto him ; who werethe . pafeats JohnDdlacour . The Attorney-General suggested , that > perhap 8 vthe ^ lady thought it quite unnecessary to give the-. noble-B & irquis- any mformation on l ^ iat point . -M * . HandcockAaving'gone to France , Lord Glaaricarde and Jilrfts Handcoek also appeared there , and it seemed that Mu Handceck endeavorwed to conceal himseif , for he appeared hinder the fictitious name of Gaptaia Browne , iiolhbeing ; ansiouB to see either ioudKSfaaricaude-or . $ & ai . Handcock . ~ : ¦¦ ~ '¦¦
In 1842 Handcock returned a dying * nan to Engl & nd i and took up his abode ia Miehaers-road , Brompton . There was reason to believed that when he first came : there he waa not anxious , to renew-intercourse with Lord Clanrjoarde . or ¦• : his : wife- Lord Clanricarde , however , Tprtvaaediupon him . te accept of his good offices . He reconciled the -husband and father ^ a ifew daysJbefore his death in .. 1843 , to bis discarded wife , and deserted children . This would ; appear to be an act sufficient to give moral dignity toia commoner—^ butwifo can fail to J > e
impressed rwith so touching and elevatang a picture-as that c < f a Samaritan in high life Had the story only ended there , who would riot have . gloried in this additional illustration of " Erin's honour and EirinVpride ?" But Irish stories have a habit of Tunming , to too great Iengih ¥ , Tairathe ^ : p 6 intmg . "Ofthe . moral-makiBS'mere fiftglishmen sigh for an unadorned tale . The-sagacity of the AAtorney ^ Gkneral led Mm to procure a diary which had been keptvby-4 hje eldest-daughter ; JosepMno , and which-diary isatbet-ahEkes our belief in the au * hentioity of the pretty ^ d & Jrisitfian-like pict «! re above . ILear the Attorney-General
<•—" A notice had been served on the respondent in this ¦« anBe-td produce -a diary , which ( the'eldest daugbtery J ' otsephhiai . appeared . * o * ftve kept , and he ( theA'ttorney-< 3 reneiwU >> chad' 'earainriBed it , and' anything . ; -more touching than ; the aecOMrts so given by that j-oung Jady . of tie nriserable scenes , she tiien witnessed , he never heard . The feCber was ia the custody of . a spy in the pay "of Mrs / Haaicook , her object being to acquire the custody of those children amd the control of their foitanesi It w « s known tbot . Mr , Handeook hod / made a ¦ will > by -whioh hfa bi » 6 thei > in-law was to have been intrusted . with the most delicate office of proteotirtg his < childaea , and thm- spy wa » ' plooedi about / him * , and , Kke persons in hte 'condition , he endeawmred ; to betrayi the person ho was employed to betray and thai person who employed himj his object being , to obOain a will fat hinw-¦ selft However , ' the-damKhter was brought to the father
by Lord dajmioarde from' day to day tmtil'hts wffeotions wow awmsed and awakened ? and ; he was . pneywiled upon to add a . « odicil to bis ^ will in July , byi which ; the . un » - -happy gentleman appointed the Wife ho had discarded the ignaTdwwi of his ttoee daughters . He w « s ftttematod by ! Lor * t © lanmowde ' fl' fkmily . physioian ^ wh « was pledged to secrecy ; his brctlior , tfeewftwty bad nmoh difficulty in learning whore he was , andi . atvived only after- he- h « d breathed hto- last .- The > ditmgymnn who attended him describes it as a most frightful deathbed . In J « ly , 184 d , fee died . iR . Awgr atthe widow waa mppointed guardian of t « e children , and Lord . 'GlwBrioarde of the ptwporty . The widow had then TOOL a yewr jointure ) but-his lordship , the goavdinn of the property , made her an all «« h «» nce Of 1 , 500 / . a-yoAr ^ and thb oowrt , acting on the socmrtty of this nobleman of high , iwnk , gnrated her a mansions aiiddemeenetont , fNxa , mtti OWL to £ lu > niahJit . " 3 *> tfco necensMies-and comforts of the three young
ladies were at least provided for . Again hear tke Atr tom « y- JQ » ne » al' :- ; - . "He could state / posittvely -that , dturifag 'the time , thfiy resided in this mansion , a mere abject state of misery than these yoiing . ladies -were kept 4 n . he hardly . r , emembe * ed'ever to ; h & ve read-ofc He « e *» iaaiot Tjh * iap ^ preheVidthat their early and pretnaturfe deaths were , owing tothe manaeria ; wbioh . they "were treated , : « nd hetrusted , in God they ^ vere- not so Seated designedly .. During , this tisae . the boy coiled Jbhn DeiaeoHr here , bat : who w « nt by an euphonious aiamej and » one to which pewliaps be- had . as'igood ^ a title—John de- Burgb ^ Mvag l iving in tae- house . ' Instead of beings * rea * efi as the ranhatmy d » uglit © r » werey-this adopted * t * t Was indulged in < ¦ _ ji i * ¦ _ j . 1 _ _ _ a . i ? ^ i , f * l < Taw . ¦ A maIm l » i »__» ii . . ¦'» .
every possible manner ; . and , indeedy it-appeased in the evidence that they ( the daughtera ) weite obliged to perfoMn .-even mendal services-feff 'him \ and- it would seem that greater cruelty Was ; never practised by a-vgaoler towards his prisoners inthe worst of times than tMs un > - natural mother displayed towards ^ her daughters , especially- when- they thirorted this young ; adopted child o £ her & " Inthe * neantiine , tooj thfemot * iet ; i it'appearsj had taken to drinking ; and thas-may , perhaps ^ somewhat palliate .-the unnatural-and loatihsome aiatiure of her conduct to her , poor daughters . She accuses > oa & daughter ofcrimiBalco-nductwithhet . solicitor ? sayang ,. also , that her person * was offensive—that : she wasuTottett : and to account fotfthei existence of young Delacour ,. she states that he was the natural son of another daughter , by a
French gentleman of high position . In 1847 , the daughters Mary Anne and Josephine executed disentailing deeds , the grantee m "both'being Lord Clanricarde . In 1849 ; Mary Anne , the eldest daughter , died ^ shor tly « fter comferg of age ; leaving her mother 10 , 000 / . The property then became vested iri the younger daughters , Josephine and Honoriay who executed disentailing deeds in February , 1 * 851 , to Lord Clanricarde . In that month Josephine ' s end was approaching . She made a will , which was drawn by Lord Clanricarde , by which she left 10 , 000 ? . to her mother , to be paid on the marriage of her sister ; aWd inthe event of her sister dying without issue before Iterfflfofher , her landed estate was to be sold , and the proceed ^ given to her mother absolutely . In June ; 1851 , Josephine ^ died , and it Was swefcn that the exemplary onotiieT Hraaifested
neither surprise nor TOgret ,. but looked apoa 4 t as the accomplishment of & er rabsttdesired ^ enik- InilS & Sy the last daughter , Honoria , conveyed aH her- property ia trust to Lord Clanrioarde , subject to an appointment to herself for life , and afterwards to her mother , her heirs , and assigns ; butafter the-execution of- ? aiese ^ eed 3 she never had possession of them in reality or substance . In addition to these deeds , ' the mother obtained from her sick daughter , oh the brink of the grave , a bond for 4 r 000 A In the mean time the- mother siokened'herself , and died before her daughter , in the latter part of 1853 ; the daughter dying on the 12 th of December of that year , intestate . The mother , who complained so much of her poverty during life as to be obliged * o deny her daughters the merest necessaries , leaves to her son Delacour 20 , 000 ? ., and to Honoria 60 / .
Delacour claims the chief part of the Handcock estates-nnder the various—deedv * 1 ^ -6 * 60114 ^ fey the d « Hgh « ersj the petitioner claims as l » fete » -at-law to Honoria . The executors under - tfte war < tf ^© sephine oppose : so ^ oes the brother of Mts : WiMndfciock-i J « clgment was 'deferred- ffn expectatloH ' © f a-comproitiisvs , and the compromise has been efifeotea . The < Q & s 4 & sti & will are tft be cancelled ^ Utie pcttttfewet Hfcndcock- « 3 to get the > cstate 5 i and lie is to pay 20 , ' 0 W & tft ^ e "respondent , Drtacom'i onhle < c (« rfAg' <> f '» ge , and in' * hw frtean time fowr > p « f - oewt . an that wmowrfr . 9 & Wtecou * is now only fottrteew years of age ' 5 and shbuW he die befbre attaining tweitty-one , the peftrW » n « r wHl Have the estates absolutely witfhout payment .
On the compromise being effected , ttee Uot > A Chancellor said he had no hesitation in saying < t * rrtt t / he arrangement was for the benefit . of the miner , and that 1 m deoision would have been far less favourable , supposing his opinions to remain unaffected by anything . that might hav « -oo < miTed .
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HOPE VEBStTS AG 0 ADCX . O « k readers have cte « btJe » s not . forgotton this reniftpkable case , which has . been n ^ jouwned « in ce last Decoiwbor . T 4 kj statement of Sir R Thesiger for tl » e plwiatiff will be roinemberod . ; how Mr . and Mx * . Hope were separated , and «« IiiU <} ry was subsequently discovered botwocn Mrs ; Hope ami tlte GoutU ; AgwiuJo-j h ©» v they bathed together , drove together * managed to live ia the same hotels , nnd to have tlM » r rooms couMnumicating . Thh w « ek tho oase was concluded . Aftec various witnesses hnd been ex ^ wAned in . cowoboration ot hit F . CCbesigw ' s opening , statement ,. A «© r »« y-Qonatai roplied , for the defendant . He s » ia«—It w « s quite true as had been sWted , thnlt Mr . mid Mxa . If ope wore not . of congenial minds wtautes- 1 lio lady wob handstrtno , gays « xtmvagant , fond of'dress -anrt pleasore , while lmt hiiabaand waa taciturn , stttdiows , very particular in money / matters , and , matwitlwtonding »»» inuMiise woiatl H oiweBsireiy pennrirtw . Undor those ciwrnmstance * , aftew Jivtogi in Inland , ftnr ¦¦• mo . yeara > the plaintiff thought proper to throw hia ivife mto I *
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 17, 1855, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17021855/page/6/
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