New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-03
pryELATTONS OF THE BRI1IS"
ARISTOCRACX
A HISTORY OF AWFUL CRIME

IN NJ his moment in thick ana o~A '' va
Ne head Of EDglsnds a's'ocr'cy - -.
The ,oueh blast Of sevassopoi n'd ''rn s'lae me
,.he and ,xoceed the fat ulcer ~nieh wa ea'ssa"V
a. life OF England. The CrmeA sad exposed inc
'S,. ~.nt Of head in Englsnds privileged
.,.,se. and now the story OF h'ndcock ana De
% exposes the shameless absence Of heart
A. he details of this honid story as just now
brought out in evidence, will, for a moment al
most, divide the public interest with Sevsiopo',
and tend . thrill through thousands Of Engand's
hemes, we give The tale, not only a. told in the
Court Of ChaDcery, but with many attached Incl
dens and sketch Of the principal party in the plot,
which, perhaps, are no, within the knowledge, and
win certainly not be found in any other journal of
HI. country or Of Europe Those who read may well
coy that truth is stranger than fiction.
The traveller, who, in pursuit Of business or Of
Measure. takes the little steamer which plies from
Atblcpe to Limerick, will be attracted amid the glo
r;ous scenery which the Upper Shannon unfoids, by
m old gray ruin, which, On the Galway eide, looks
down with beautiful sorrow upon the noble river,
which, with strength aud youth untouched by time,
eslDaptly rolls psst her. This ruin, or rather
The rude modern building which adjoins it, i.
the seat Of the De Burshs, family settled in
Ireland. even before the Gersldbes, and whose
e,t Of Europe. The Clsnricardes Of days pastor
such lie the title OF the De Burghs-unlse the present
)oro. usually lived among their oTn followers and
6i.nSs ard hunted ia the field and caroused at the
board with their gallant negbbors. the Pesses, the
Bodkius and the Burkes. Indeed, the struggling,
dirty village Of Louehea which is the Capital Of the
vast Csnricarde estates was the headquarters OF the
celebrated "blazer-,' whose deeds OF drink and
in his Heyr
Iorriouer" ard Tom Burke" Married to a
daughter Of the neigbboriDg house OF Burke, OF
Marble Hill a Roman Catholic lady, who recently
closed life Of rome 90 years, the late lord had
iseue-the present lord and two girls, married,
enc to the Marquis Of Sligo, the other to the
Earl Of Hoah. The old Earl, for such was then the
rank, dying when the present Marquis vas but young,
he was left at an early age bis own MASTER and, in
country which bore the highes. distinction in the
world Of sport speedily surpassed all competitors and
was acknowledged to be the best bOfseman, toe best
shot, snd the most cunning angler. Galway, like
Argos Of old, was celebrated alike for its noble steeds
and far women. Beauty is said there in its rapid
development TO rival the celebrated fruits in the
shanted garden
Scarce one is gathered,
Ire another Slows
and every assze ball furnished bouquet from
which the most fastdous florist might select flower.
In England but especially 10 Ireland, girls are
very nuch like colts brought up with great attention
to their physical but little or none to their mental
perfection and at certain age as three-yesr ODDS for
the Derby brought to these assize balls, exhibited,
trotted out, and Opposed Of to the highest bidder.
Among the fllies entered for the wedding stakes,
about the period that the young Canrcsrde was star
ring in his native county, was singuary beautiful
but as since shown, equally vicious jade, Niles
Catherine Kelly known from her extreme aversion
to watsr, under the rather dsagreeable designation
of DIRTY Kitty Kelly This dirty Kitty at once
attracted the adDiring gaze Of young Clanrlcarde,
who being, from bis rank and position, un-
willing to wed her himself, joined in an intrigue to
palm Der off upon good natured and very well-look-
ing noodle, Mr. Handbook who had recently
cone into possession of very large estates, and hsd
attached himself TO the fashionable train Of Canri-
csrde. Having thus pleasantly disposed Of matters
among his county friends, the young lord, like all
his followers repaired TO the great center of pleasure
London. Here, though Of siogularly unprepossess-
ing presence, the far more formidable weapons of
soft tongue and generous dash Of bearing, won for
him the affections Of the daughter of the celebrated
George Canning then in the full flush Of political
tIiun phi, to whom he was welded, and was shortly
after raised through his connection, to British
Peersge, as Baron Some hill and to a Marc usate
in the Peersge Of Ireland.
Though Lord Clsnrcade could not Plead NJ Lob
tkis excuse Of an ugly wife for his going to gala
"vant, his lady possessing, even now in the autumr
OF her beauty great luxuriance of charms he WA
seen little too often, for married man, among thu
rOues Of the opera-box, or coquetting in gentle dal
lance with the coryphees de ballet. Thee soft fail
ipps touched lightly however on his reputation com
pared with far heavier stain which, whether justly
or not, was affixed about this time to his name, an,
which was said, more than the aristocrst'
ISLANDERS and cabals which assaed him a, the time
to have given it's death wound to the proud and sen
sitive spirt of George Canning.
Americans, when abroad usually make the most o
their time, and love TO everything and TO tsst,
everything. And as there is no spot in merre Eng
land in which they can look upon fairer scene, snC
at the same time, eat sweeter thing, we fame,
most have been at the Star and Garter, which stand
hg'aboye the pleasant village of Richmond, look
down upon that soft and lovely valley through whicl
the Thames fingers with thousand coquettish wan
deripgs, as if unwilling TO leave and, upon who's
bosom is here and there nestled, like gipsys tent
some fairy cottage with its silver wreath Of smoke
speaking of home and happiness and sll those &C
compartments which make even nature thrice beau
tiful In coy little room in this Star and Garter
just adjoining the large saloon in which, last ceebra
ton day, Mr. Peabody sandwiched our Washington
between Victoria and Albert, and had to poke sundr!
republicans into 10y politeness, party Of four gen
tlemen assembled on pleasant summer evening, snC
looking down ON the fair scene We have pic
tured, a rather unfair deed was done. The party
consisted of hero Lord Clsprcarde. his broherin
o,J bn - he I'm md