Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-15
An English Cause CeIebre.

An English correspondent sends US
the following;
''The London fashionable world is
on the tipt0e Of expectation in regard
TO an impending cause eele5re Of the
first water.
The interest attending trials in
England depends almost exclusively
upon what in the newspaper phrase
Olugy Is termed the position OF the
parties.' Thus when old Lord William
Russell was murdered. many years
ago, by his valet COurvOisier, Il pro-
duced an indeScribable interest and
sensation; whereas, if some ruftian
had knocked poor old plebeian on
the head, none would have cared SIX
pence about the matter.
"in the present case, those lmme-
diately concerned, aud those con-
nected with them, occupy such a posi-
tiOn In society as to make the trial
now imminent unusually attractive to
the lovers Of gossip and scandal.
For the last seven years the
daughters Of Sir Thomas and Lady
LOuisa MOnCTietfe have been famous
a. beauties. The eldest is the wife OF
the Duke Of Athole; another, whose
beauty is uncontested, is the wife of
the Earl OF Dudley, the Iron Earl,
SIS he is sometimes called, in cOnse-
ouence of his immense iron and col
lierv possessions. 4 third married
Captajn Arbuthnott, whose first wife,
the beautiful niece Of Lord Granville,
the present leader of the Government
I'm the House of Lords, was killed in
Switzerland q year or two ago. under
,,irriin1s 1stanceS so sad and romantic as
to have probably become impressed
ON the minds of very many. She
was struck dead by lightning, within
q fortnight after her marriage.
"a fourth daughter, the subject Of
tbe approaching inquiry, married Sir
Chsrles Mordaunt, The representative
of a vCry ancient and honorable n02se
IoDp sea ed in the county Of War
wick, and raised 10 the baronetage so
far back as 1911.
1.-The family seems in these latter
days TO have had a -un o: III luck.
The late barOnet was Killed accl-
dentally, while out shooting, by
friend, and Sir Charles himself E2s,
before his present calamity, eXpe-
rienced one or two very dlsagreeable
strokes of i'll fortune.
"When, some time since, he became
the husband Of his beautiful bride, all
seemed fair before him, but the pros
pect was soon OverclOuded,- and he
now comes TO the Divorce Court as
petitioner in suit in which his wife
Is respondent, and NiscOunt Cole, eld
est son Of the Earl Of Enniskillen, and
Sir Frederick JohustOne, q wealthy
sporting barOnet, are correspondents.
Lord Coles position is rendered the
more unpleasant. iuasmnch as he last
scar married Miss Baird, one of the
co heiresses Of the celebrated Glasgow
iroB-master.
rSir Charles Mordaunt's suspicious
against his wife were, it would seem,
first awakened by statements made
by Lady MOrdaunt when in a semi
unconscious condition during her last
confinement, and which tended to give
a very disagreeable confirmation 70
the truth OF the adage that its wise
child which knows It's own father
''TennysOn says ia his Idylls Of the
King:
% ] hold that man the worst Of "a bite foes
Who. either Tor his own OF childreu'S sake.
TO save HIS blood nom scandal, lets the vile
" nom ne Knows lalse abide and rule the
house,
For, D-iug through his cowardice allowed
Her station. taken eyeryEx here for pure,
she, like new disease, unknown 10 men,
Creeps, no preeautioR used, among the
Makes wicked Iightnlngs Of her eyes, and
The ,.7lty Of our friends, and stlrs- the pulse
VIVA IL Wis leaps, ana PolsOuE half The
young.
"Since the Queens withdrawal
from public life considerable change
has come over the higher ranks OF
English society. Accommodating |
husl ands' have, among certain 1
fast set, become quite common, had /
too many men put up with anything /
sooner than exposure OF their domes- /
tic troubles.
''It is cOntended by the lady's |
friends that her mind has long been 4
affected, and was so at the time she 4
gave expression to the statements on |
which the suspicious 81 misconduct /
are founded. When her counsel ap- /
piled 10 the court 10 fix a day OF trial, 4
the Judge declined 10 take It out of the /
ordinary course. Lady MOrdaunt's 1
counsel then observed that il was 4
most desirable it should speedily !
e,sme 20 trial, for his unfortunate client /
was nav under the surveillance Of ten ]
mad-doct0,s. and If she wasn't mad /
already. she assuredly very soon /
would be. The tisl VIII probably /
take place about the end Of the month. /
scandal has gone 50 tdr as 10 al /
lege that what is called In England a /
very distinguished pensOnage' mar !
rOWly escaped being made cores I
but inasmuch as g similar I
allegation il generally made in regard I
10 him frOm some charitable quarter /
or another, whenever case Of the 4
sort occurs, there Il not the slightest I
reisquce to be placed upon the truth |
Of t.
Hard il bis fate on whom the public /
gaze
is fixed forever 20 detract OF praise.
Il would appear that matrimonial /
are apt to run in families; /
Mrs. Vivian, who last yeaR elOped 4
with the young Marquis OF Waterford, l
Is first cousin Of Lady MOrdaunt.
1 ord WaterfOrd's younger brother has
also caught the Infection, and lately |
disappeared with the wife or the Colo
mel Of his regiment.
"The proud pre-eminencs Of the 1
Pagets in fashionable adultery will /
now be forced TO yield TO an Irish 4
family, hitherto remarkable only for 4
sport, political power, and the num-
Der Of prelates il has furnished TO the 4
Irish Establishment. That being ex-
tinct, its energies are now, it seems,
3, -,,a.d ia a novel direction -