, 1863-11-21
TEE LsAL11EEkSTON SCAN.
DAL.
Opinions Of the English Press.

From the Liverpool Courier, Nor. IL
Nothing else Ia talked Of in London. aad
very little tlsewhere, thaa ths "greas divorce
csse-" The London papers, with tho excs
tior Of the Star, have studlous1y igaored It !;
but this seems al excess ct reticerce, when
the threatened trial Is tbs one subject Of con
Terehlon. not only In tie more exclusive re-
gion Of the cluhs, bu. also In eysrE steamer
and omnibus and ra!l1ay carriage. The re.
Fort that the case had been COMPROMISED bv
TIT payment Of *, 600 en- the p 1T Of the cor
respondent vas generally current on Mon-
day, and Was the theme OF much comment at
Wes:minister Hall. Some regret was fe1t that
tits course had been taken, because It Tss
generally believed that the noble lord whose
character is duplicated would be better served
by the fullest Investigation, than bY hush
irE up- Whatever be the merits OF ths pro-
seht case, it caonot be forgotten how Lord
Casttere sgh consented to settlement, and
Of those R1o had him at their mercy drove
bin to destroy himself. On the other hand
Mr.. G1aGstcne's pluck, WHEN some ten yearh
ago he wns Charged with immortality, and his
triumphant conviction ofthe faleehood Of his
Ilauderer:, is coLtIasted with the conduct Of
the aboye MENTIONED unfortunate nob1eman,
and ar 1nlereLce is drawn that whether Lord
Pa1merston have good case or trpar:ial, Il
better tt1n compromise.
We have btl51e mentioned that the pa.i-
t!oner, WHO la, an 1ieh name, Is described
as - formerly Of Rromptc1, and nom Of the
commercial 1uad''-n description that will
.fdes Of the euiI is discussed. Another cir
cunssauce will, probably, Incline public opiu-
icn even more strongly TO the Side Of the cor
respondent. The solicitor VITO writes to the
London Star to deny that any arrangement
ha3 betn effected bears tae same name and
w1ites fen the same address as person who
1,oe fcr f31ho 4 tsr{1 4,
clients in tie London papers. This person
f:forn8 sthe enbarra:5ed'' that he viii al
T71ce money, SID Wiu Insure ''protectton In
cases frcm IS, pay able in inetalmen,s." This
l. followed by tie veIy significant announce
Ment, Divorce cases couddentially conduct
ed.H The TeAGer IL Informed Of the 81 oriEf-
IA, advertisement, 1870" whereby re pfc-
sumo is meant thzt Mr. Wells has been ssad-
vertisipg fo- clients for neatly a quarter Of
3 century. Whether the petitioner above
mentioned will prove satisfactory client re-
mains TO be seen
In the meanwhile goFsips of the political
genus cannot forbear epeculatiug on what
would happen # the case should turn ont to
lie genuine, and Sir James Wilde should have
10 decree divorce between Mr.. O'kaue acd
his wife. TIE high character Of tbs Queen,
and her inVincible tepuguance to have FOR her
councillors suy but men Of uob!emished mer-
is would. j: is thought, involve 2 political
followed the duel between Mr. Canning and
Lord Cas:lcreagk in 1900. Tha. the pSesen.
Ministry would stand without its head, no
one believes CsrtainlY the departure of the
Premier from the Cabiret would be folio wed
by dissolution Of tie Cabinet itself, end
Earl Russell would in vain strive to recon-
strrct IN administration without tbs presence
Of the minister who has succeeded for tbs
last four years In obtaining large .uajo.ities
in House where, according to tho statistics
Of political parties, Ills majority WAS scarcely
two figures According to pres :edents, then:
ought to be Cabinet cfiGis next monEh In
December, 1851, Lord Palmcrkton Resigned
office on account OF the "judicious bottle
hc1dcr'' speech In December, 1858, he re.
signed again, oEtenxibly On account Of the
Rstor1n bill, but really becanse he wished a
Ruesian War. December is row again close
ut hand. and By the time 1t COMES tue trial, 1t
it COME on at ul1, will have probably been de-
cidsd, and the fate Of the Painerston Russell
administration decided likewise. Iu the
event OF break up, and the return Of Lord
Derby to power, there would, 1t Ia Thought,
be general election, in which the conssrva:'
tives would be able to go to the country With
the new crE cf "pu1!ty Of nora's:" Uc-
80 Tar hs concerns the business ut the polling
booths, these ru1nors aud speculatsons, ocsur-
ring at the dullest season Of the year, are the
a}l-absorbir e theme, and for once the news
morger treats lis newspaper with neglect.
MR. o'kANE, TIE INJURED HUSBAND.
From the Dublin Eroniag Mall. Oct. 311
As the particulars Of tie Divorce Court
scandal are now no secret, We may mention
that the name Of the petitioner Is O'Kane,
described Is formerly Of Brompton, and now
of the. Commercial Read, London. aud the
correspondent is no less personngo than
Viscount PalnerEton. In case of this kind,
affecting person Of the age and position Of
the noble lord, the public will naturally sus-
pend their Judgment
IRISH REPORTS AND MINISTERIAL PREcEDExTs.
ILondon {Nov. p Correspondence Of Irish T!mesl
The diyorcs easel in which V1scount Palmer
ston is named as correspondent has given
abundant food for the gossip among legal md
general cilc1es fer the past week. confas.
6aye felt it = delicate subject to touch upon;
but the general pa6l'cl:y given TO it makes it
laid in Half Mvon 1ueet, Piecadily, within a
few doors Of Cambridge House; the dlte al.
leged is the latter part Of last session, the end
of July and lie begianing OF August.
The I1nintif is clergy man named O'Kane,
mud photograph Of the st fEsr brt frail o1e''
tshasdsd about; They rho wish to ioju1e tha
reputation Of tue noble lord assert that the
case has been compromised By the payment
Of q cum Of money; but this his admirers
Indignantly deny, alleging that the whole
affair is q plct to cxton money, and that Lord
Pa1mers.on will show his usual pluck by
ala~, Lord Melbourne, did. in a similar ca=e,
which gained the then Attorney General, Sir
John, att.1Eands Lord Campbell. great re.
poun-the canec Of Norton ys, Mslbourne.
The c.ufe, If it be net withdraw, cannot
come on this term, and believe will never
come On. would fain be persuaded, with
those who t1ke the noble Viscount'e side,
that the 1eeult NUT create euch reaction in
bis favor in the popular mind as to lend fresh
vlgor to bis ministry. -.
london {Noy. ~ Correspondence of the Dublin
Frceman|s JoutnAlj
The case in which Lord P4lmerstou is CO.
respondent cannot be Hpe for. hea1inK for
some months, but the solicitor for tha pstf
timer positively INSERTS that no compromise
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