The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-03-20
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.sLa ~ hays. sssn he article In four 3npr
u Tuesday last upep late Hlal Ihs Iish Cohse
oL psoss,lns y ttys P!siss NJ y.r,
stance Of it, 40 far - couesrna ma, l. etnost en-:
ttrely untrue; and, Mhsn son say the ii d eenx yoa
give has not been co1tr addicted, you pnghttO know
and to add. that = rss nos made parry " tte
cause. could not even u would, have -Anticir
paed such caIumniee, or have appeared By Counsel
To reiute them Neither was I, nor could tbe dug
party to the comprcmise by WHICH tbs Aait y end.
The maiu allegation uppn which the stoty, you u
reist. upon the authority OF ths Iri.h Attora aey
General seems to Iest, is that 10 the yoar 1a4I f
consequence OF a suspicion of too great intimacy
oetwsen Lord Clanricarde and Mrs. Handbook,
separation took place, and Mr. Handbook went TO
france" This Is wholly and notoricu.ly false, ard
cannot learn that any attempt va, made to suse .in
sucn statement By particle OF evidence. Iof facr
un periectiy we'll known that Mrs Handbook let.
ner husband on account of bis conduct with her
French maid, who thencsforth lived openIv with
nim until his death. This was happily concealed
Irom tne daughters, and Miss Handeock, In her
otaIy, sifbutes the separation the maehinaiions
OF Pers"ns In her fathers employment NV sfa-
oast was not; as you say /. was naccu ala In ates
upon tais mstter. 1t states thar saw MT and Mrs
Hanocosk In the autumn OF 1s4O, and, "hsyine
,ns" ,os wIer @ o. isio IN Russia did not see
teeni again Until alter their ration which took
place In the spring Of 1s4l while was still abroad
All this 10 fndisputsble out of the Irish Con-, c
Chancery. My affidavit, however. was not msds
" cApidtu Wu0 my character Ia reapect
but 1t was made upon the application Of one II ,ha
lliaants, that should bear testimony to facts wh
In my own knowledge, to contradict stateme ments
sworn to- made by the opposire party az having
existed to show that Mr.. Handbook entertained no
such suspicion as 10 attributed to him. bis own con-
duct when met him 10 Paris and Ia bic last illness
affords good proof Of 1t, -. 80. = az -
That a man, when told that an old acquaintance,
of whose hospitality he had frequently partakeD,
and with whom he had enjoyed field sports, was
dying without decent attention or companions
should visit that person and should advise him to
remove to the best air within reaehs to consult an
eminent hysician to cell In the CLERGYMAN OF the
parish, and to see his child-thst man should do
this without base design, seens beyond the COM
prebenson of The Irish Attorney General end not
to have occurred to the writer of your article. 60
l. however, do no t1onder that wbe1 had ac ted
thus to Mr.. Handbook, his daughters who had
known me from their childhood, should recur tn
me for aid and advice. And whenever was 60
called upon, my Interference wac unfoEaly not In
furiherance OF, bst 10 opposition to the Views Of
Mrs. Handbook, who was determined to secure for
hersef In any way she could the fortune of eachof
her daughters after their deaths. Persons who
knew her are well aware that she was highly In
cersed against me for aiding Mss Handbook TO
make will, whereby she left TO her mother In
pursuance of her own and her deceased sisters
wishes, 10000, instead ef her entire property
When the youngest daughter communicated to- me
her Intention to convey her estate to her mother
preYented her executing any deed to that effect,
which should not contain the power OF revocation
thereupon inserted, and delayed the execution of
any such deed for some months. Mr.. Blskeney
Mrs Handcock's late solicitor, was thoroughly
aware of this These. sesm TO be the main points
| upon which L am falsely accused and viifed-
There are other minor points. quite unfounded,
which you relate upon the authority Of the Attore
ney Generali yet no man ought to be more cautious
than the Irish Attorney General 10 uttering and cir
eulating scandals and calumnies "heard and be.
lieved," or founded upon tnferences wrongly de-
duced from tsstamentary disposition of property
have to request you to give the same publicity
to this letter which you gave to your article.
have the honor to be, sir, your obedisnt se2-
want, ..-.s. CLANRiCARDE.
Lo1Ghfea, February 16 1855. -