, 1872-10-12

A ROMANCE IN A DIVORCE COURT.

huHAflCE IN a Ul4UhGE CUlhF
4 NeInber OF tho English Nobility
Separates from his Wife. and After
ward Falls in Love with Hi,
Daughter.
From. the Toronto Leadtr
most extraordinary case has recently beer
| heard in the Court Of DiyQrce in London before
Lord Penzance, the Judge of the Court. The
Hon Henry LOTUS, the nephew Of the Marqui:
OF Ely, has had his domestic circumstances rc
| Eealed to the world and it would hare been vel
for him and for his own family il he had con.
| cea1ed his sorrows in his own breast.
! In 1851, Henry LOTUS held commission a
! L1eutenant in Her aIsjesty's Life Guard+. and
annurn. He was veyy handsome, about six feet
nigh: with large blue eyes. blcck eyebrows, and
Was an exceedingly well-built man. At q bali
gwen ct Lady Palmerston's be became acquaiut-
cd With . Miss Ade1ine Montgomery, whose
father had soen chief auache to the British En-
bassy in Paris. After few months acquaint-
ence they were married, and 1Ir. Lotus sold
his commission and went to reside in Brussels.
his income being too small to enable him to live
in Ensland in the style in which he had been &C.
customed prior to his marriage.
About fourteen months altcrhis marriage his
| wife gave birth to beautiful child, wlo was
cnnstened Ennaeline Montgomery. They had 3
handsome house on the Rue Madeline. and mix
ed IN the first circle Of society. They often dined
! with the King and Q1een Of the Belgiaas at the
palace Of the King They became acquainted
; mlth Baron Steiner, young and handsome
! Nas at the same time an accomplished musician
/ Mr. LOTUS occasionally visited Paris, and some
times made short visits to London, Baron
| Steiner WAS. like Dean Swift, great adnirer OF
! female beauty; but only in the abstract Mrs
Lotus was \ handsome woman, very fair rep
| resentatlve Of the highest style OF English
beauty. anu, in Baron Steiners leisure hours.
and thoy s'e1e many. he composed some very
f,Hn%1 Yfr73
much admired. fIe wrote them partly for
amusement, and partly to grstify the vanity Of
i Mrs Eoftus.
III August, 1863, Nj. LOTUS, after short e1-
cursion to Paris, returned Unexpectedly to
Rrusse1s, and he found the Raron Steiner in the
drawing; room with his wife. The Baron was
half intoxicated, and under the influence Of the
champagne he had been imhibirG. he showed Mr..
LOTUS the last sonnet he had addressed to his
Wife. Ii was all impassloned sonnet, and LOTUS
tore it to pieccs, and kicked Steiner ont OF the
house. The Baron, stung by the indignity, chal-
lenged Mr. Loltus TO mortal combat AR. Lof-
tus accepted the cta!lenge-seconds were cb-
tanned, and in the suburbs OF Ma.ines, which is
situated few miles from Brussels, they met
They used pistols, Steiner was shot through the
brain, and lay dead On the'hel
Mr. Lotus returned with his seconds to
Brussels. He informed his wife of the result OF
composure, bat she burst into flood of tears.
In 3 defsnt tone she said to her husband, ''It is
better We part"
A deed Of separation was drawn up, aud 3Er
Lotus returned to London Mrs Lotus re-
manned in Brussels. gave up the house they had
occupied, but hired less expensive house, and
her daughter Emneline was her especial care. As
the mother grew in years she became incapable
she hurled It her daughter = carving knife,
which fortunately missed her. When Emmc1ine
LOTUS arrived 1T 18 years of age she left
her home. and, proceeding by train 20 Ostend.
eequent1y was alone in the great city OF London.
Here size obtained . situation as goyerness.
In September. 1870, she was walking in Regents J
Park, London, where she made the acquaintance !;
Of gentleman a years Of age, Us ahe was seated
on one Of the iron seats in the park.
It was al tventful day for her. She WAS abEo- !,
lute1y tired Of the Eituztisn abe had taken. 1t !
was very handsome man that accosted her, +
But Before the ceremony had been performed
she was installed as his mistress in Hans place. |
Sloane street. London. Daring the time that /
ahe was confined to her bedroom by Sickness !
desk and discovered some photographs AZ he !
was examining them he Uncovered ore that was !
unmist.kab1y the photograph ct his wife He ;
rushed into the bedroom With his photograph in !
his hand. and franticaIly inquired who It repre-
eented- The girl Was very low st the time, said
it was the picture of he. mother. with whom she
had QuarrelIed- .'Ihen / am your father" he
exclaimed He had hitherto disg!tised lis real
name to her, living with her III the name Of
Shortly after her recovery it vas zgreed that
a divorce should be Immediately sought for.
and Lord Penzance, being acquainted With the
facts, granted one. Mr. LOTUS having obtained
a large secession to his fortune. provided hand
somely for his daughter. But the end was not
yet He resolved to have an interview with his
wife, who was still in Brussels and to whom,
through his bankers. he regularly forwarded the !
amount egreed On N the deed of separation. /
By the death OF the Marquis OF Ell and his
grandmother he had BECOME worth e15.000
year, but his wife Was living in Brussels on what
she considered = miserable a1lowance of E400
Gear.
On his arrival in Brussels he stayed 1t the
Hotel Ballevue, the best hotel in Brussels, AND
letter to his wife, who WIS living in
he Tue de- Waterloo. asking her to consent to
IN interview. It WAS impossible that, Is an Eng
iah member OF aristocracy, she could Object to
,rant an interview with her husband. although |
hey had been separated for go many years- He
old her the sequel Of his life after he had sep |
t1ated from her Mr. Loft,1ss wife listened 70 |
he history with patience it WIS told to her
- her husband
As Lotus MSS leaving, having stated tha. this
,nfortuna.o daughter was vell provided for, |
e 9 .s Se zn o.
gith her s. her husband Mr. Lotus told her /
t Was impossible under the circumstances.
There was no possibility Of bridging over the !
hasn1, and their misery they must both carry
his, and as Mr. Lotus lad no evidence against
lis wife in reference to any improper int1gues
nth the Baron Steiner. size commenced suit
ssainst the Hon. Nr. Lotus for restitution Of
onjugal rights; and, under the peculiar circ11n-
tances Of the case, seeing that Afr. Lotus had
ommittel 40 crime Of which the Divorce Court
ould take cognizance, Baron Penzance had no ! I
llernasive but to 1einst4re Mio. Lotus in her c
,11inel marriage rights. 1
An English License LAW. :
Among the noticeable laws passed by the late
.ng1sl Parliament Vas one entitled Licensing ; t
ct which the Queen remarked constituted ! h
anaibla improvement OF the existing Law" GU | q
nat subject The debate on this oct took 4
ide range, and the whole subject Of checks and {
yards necessary to bound and circumsc1ibe the +
lie OF liquor WAS thoroughly ventllsted- The t
pinions yibrated from stringent rules to almost e
zee trnde, and vast amount Of facts was deycl- Il
:aad tl,f sEie.: Aftar |