Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-03-10
DAILY NRGINIAN.
EXCITEMENT IN lash HIGH LIFE
CHARGES AGAINST A CABINET MINIS.
TER OF FRAUD, CONSPIRACY AND


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The Dublin correspondent Of the London
Times of February 18th, gives the details of II
trial which is going ON IN Dublin involving very
large estates, nnd III which revolutions nre mPdc,
which, If substnntnied. must stamp with indo
BILE disgrace, not onlv the mcmor, ot the drnd,
but Gust serious slur upon the reputation of
some of tho parties living. The cnse alluded to
is that of "llandooek dgf. Dcneonr. otherwise
DE Burgh," which first came hrlue the Chanoc
lor tar back Us rarsdny, ,ha 2ilh Of january.
The arguments occupied several days, aud all
the availability Of tho Irish bar WIZ enlisted on
both sides. the Attorney General aud solicitor
General leading for the petitioner md Mr.. Henry
Marley, q. e, aud Mr. Francis Fitzgerald. ..
&, for the respondent.
The petitioner IN the rnsc was John stratiord
llnndcoct, the heir at law OF hrs nciee, M-s lIo
norn llnndcoek. who died ou the 18th December,
lS53 ntesiate. On coming to t1dte possession
ot his property. he found that certain deeds, exc
cutrd by lonora nnd Rrr two elder sisters. who
hod pre- deceased her, certain Judgments entered
up 10y ono of them. Josephine, aud certain charges
created by her will, would have the effect If de
priNng him Of tho estates aud yrrting them in
the respondent, Delncnur, n natural son of the
mother OF these young udlc~, II minor. The pc
titl"n was, TINT these deeds and other charges
should be declared fraudulent and void, aud be
set aside. As the ease is not without lis lessons
both in morals and politics, we Law before our
opening statement of the petitioners counsel the
Attorney General That statement is indeed,
II p0rte, but it has not been nnswrred-unlcsS
agreement to give the Attorney Generals
client all he asks for consideration OF I2O, 900,
can hc called an answer,
1t appears that certain Miss Catharinc
Josephine Kelly was great beauty, and also n
very ambitious and designing womnn nnd il was
aedgcd that she. with the nssstance of Lord
tlhnrcarde, formed the project oi dllyinE herself
To Mr.. Handbook, gentleman of considerable
property in the county of Galway. Accordingly,
in the month of December, 1921, shortly after
MIR. Hancock came of age, this ambitious and
designing beauty accomplished her object
marriage wns celebrated; the rstntcs, aitorn life
Use, were settled ON the children in tail, with
ionurc of Zoo n ycor for the widow. MIR.
Handbook = friends were HVcr-c Ia the marriage,
yet took pnce. and three daughters were the
issue From ls2s 10 1910 there were no further
children. In this Inter year, in consequence of
suspicion Of too great Un Intimacy between
Lord tlnnrlcarde and Mrs. Handbook. there was
atcpHrHton, aud Alr llaudcock went IL France
In October of thai ycnr Mrs Ianeoel WINS the
gucst of Lord tamicnrdo Mt Portuma Castle,
i his iHct seems, however, to have escaped the
recollection of Lord GlnnrIcardc, as hs affidavit
states that il was impossible for him IL hnyc seen
Mrs, IlHndcock dming TINT year, rs he passed
tho winter IN Russia. A decd of separation was
/ tNtFUltU IN July, i6li Nlu IN lht thlnt Nthf'
| when Mrs Handbook was ON the continent, and
after she had been some time separated from her
husband She gave birth to an luihnt, the present
respondent, but 10 one Cuuld sny who waS his
father ur when he was born. Ia liz Handbook
returned u dying man to England, aud took up
his aboard IN Miehfels roud, Brpmpton. There
wns reason 10 believe that when h. first came
here hc was not anxious H. have renewed inter
conr-o with Lord CIanricmd, or his wife.
,uI1 ('nuIIpnrtp however. Ii'tN Nullud HIM
10 accept his good Office. lie ffeoneilcd th"
husband and father. n few du'a npiore hl~ death,
in 1873, to his discarded wiio ula deserted ohi.
drcn. Which Of us wouH h.. thought n-h.
the Morning Neies, n ur tUlH=a through
Michacrs road, compton ou wintrs' -" I'm
1913, disconto nted perhaps n'ter dnF OF fruit
less toll, TINT III Tint moment good samaritan
in the shape ot fashionable mnlqgls, was IN that
humble suburb restoring the ouieast feeonnIIiug
the c-trnnged aed Iartnkjng Of the esgaisite en-
Joy mrnt of witnessing the happiuess # which he
vas himself tho author. Ala Their another
side 20 the pcture Hear the AftoasA Gene.
raj:
"A notice had bacu served on f3e respondent
| in this cause to produce diary 5e tn old II
daughter, Josephine appeared a. hHy, kept, nHd
! he (the Attorney brurraD had examined II, and
anything more touching than The account 80 Civ
en- by that young lrd, or the miserable scouos
! she then witnes-ed he newer heaid. The father
was in the custody Of spy in tie pay Of Mrs.
| Handbook her object being 10 acquire the cu~to-
dy of those children and the control of their for
tunes. 1t was known TINT Mr. Handbook had
made will by which his brother in law 10
| have been entrusted with the most delicate office
of protecting his childrcn,and thI- SPY WAS placrd
about him, and, like persons IN his condition, he
cndcavOred to bctrny the person who employed
him, his object being 10 obtain II will for himself
"lIowever, the daughter brought To the
father by Lord Clanricardc from day Ia day until
his affections were aroused and weakened, and
he was prevailed upon to add codicl t. his will
in July, by which the unhappy gentleman up-
pointed the wife he had Discarded the guardian
of his three daughters. He was attended by
Lord Clanricarde's family physieian who was
pledged to secrecy: his brother therefore, had
much difficulty in Tearing whore he was, and
arrived only after he had bredhed his last. The
Clergyman who attended him describes it
most trghtfui death bed. In July y,lsi3 he died.
ain August the widow appointed guar
dian OF the children and Lord Clanrlcarde of the
property. The widow had then 600 year Join
ture, hut his lordship the guardian Of tho prop
erty, made her an allowance of { 100 year;
and the Court, acting on the security of his no.
bleman of high rank, granted her mansion and
n demcsnc rent free, and goo to furnish it.'
So the necessities and comforts of the three
young ladies' were at least provided for Again
hear the Attorney General.
"lle could state positively. that during the
time they resided in this mansion, more abject
state of misery than those young ladies'
kept in he hardly remembered ever to have read
Of He could not but apprehrnd that their ear
ly and premature deaths were owing to the man
ner in which they were treated, and he trusted in
God they were not treated designedy. Du-
ring this time tho boy called John Delacour here
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