Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-13
MiLpKEDs MARRIAGE
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A London special says: The London
World publishes the following:
There sppcsred in the Morning f'oss NAY
9. 1854, the following advertisement
DAILY GovpRSEss.-The Hon Niidree cos-
ridss. IS Abingdon road, kenslngoo, Ives In
Itsi,.n and Tvsoch. and rudimentsrv Greek sad
Ls,iz. Literature class on WEDNESDAY, s'N''
nooBf.
The appeal 10 English parents for their
uatronase by the only daughter Of tho Lord
Chief Justice OF England excited the as
tonishment, not unmixed with ind'gna1on.
OF the public. The record Of the action Tor
libel brought BY Mr.. Adams against the
Lord Chicf Justices son supplies the ex'
pIanation anc constitutes the requisite COM
mentary upon the eccentric text. Miss
Coleridge was driven to become dstiy
goyerpess, living IN small house or Iodg-
ing In cheap suburb. because her bone,
the home from which her mother bad SIX
wears before been removed by death. and
which was controlled by the fatJer. who
Was. therefore, morally charged with the
responsibilities Of both parents, bad ceased
10 bc FOR Der habitable place. This de-
pIorable and humiliating condition OF things
NAV have been directly brought about by
her ill.starred engagement.
PRiGID MARRIAGE.
But TO admit this Is only 10 compe, US 70
20 oack one stage further. Il IL c0nceiva-
bic that any Young woman OF ordinary SELF
resreet, brought up with the notions ot
delicacy and breeding which one IL bound
10 believe that. at least during the lifetime
OF her mother. Miss Co,eridge had an op-
nor,upiiy Of acquiring. would have ac-
cepted an offer OF marriage n cold, eonven"
tional, and one might almost say a. compal-
sory. A., according 10 Mr.. Adams. was that
which he was constrained 20 makey The
inference which all sensible, all humane
narcnts, all daughters who have any know
ledge of decent homes. will draw is that
Miss Coleridge deliberately preferred
frigid and ioyless marriage TO the domestic
misery which she had endured for years.
Ard this Young woman was nurtured In an
atmosphere where from her infancy she
must have listened 10 the plous precepts and
devotional platitudes Of a snug religionism.
aORALIsT.
The mind OF the Lord Chief Justice. II
an idea can be formed OF II from the
glimpses which In his official capacity be
allows us. ~ a treasure-house Of copy5ook
headings. all Of them hinimg at the union
and identity IN the person OF Lord Cole
ridge Of legal iuiallibility aud moral excel
lence. Lord Coleridge u more than mere
Judge, He i far above the weaknesses Oh
any Of his predecessors. and poses IN all re-
spcc,s a. the ethical superior of the late Sir
Alexander tockburn. Yet 50 beneticent
was the influence which he exercised In his
own household, 30 eminently adapted was
he TO be taken as a model for the father OF
| a family, that while he was sitting IN ludg-
mept, posing a. the visible embodiment of
| civil and divine authority. his daughter was
| heinz driven out of doors and compelled TO
| ply the trade OF a daily goyerness.
SHABBY GENTILITY.
That l. at the best precaroiis and pitla-
| bic calling. But il Il clear that II can nave
| offered Miss Coleridge few fresh hardships.
| She at least bad nothing 10 anticipate In her
| struc gles 10 gain her own bread which
| could deter her from quitting her father !
| roof. II il an edifyng glance into the pri-
| yute hfc of the Lord Chief Justice Of Eng
land which the testimony OF Mr.. Adams
| affords. seldom. even on the threadbare
| levels Of shabby.gcnteel existence. never
certainly in such social position rs that
Of Lord COeridge, has the curtain been
lifted in a court of justice upon domestic
! Interior so gr9celeSs and 30 sqnalid. Mr.
Adams appears 10 have acted with wisdom
in lot allowing himself to partake OF the
ereaily-grudged hospitality OF the Coleridge
family. ne appears. also. 10 have very cor
recily understood the entire family posi-.
tion. when. therefore, the small sole and
| the bread and butter made their appear
ancc, the atlianced husband oi the lady de-
clined To part,ke Of the proifered refresh
ment. except 80 FAR H. Ia consume nag
ment II bread ana butter. and this only u
order not TO wound the feeling OF hi
hostess.
PRECEPT AND PRACTICE.
Even thus he would not apparently hay'
been prevailed upon. without hearing tina
Mis-, Coleridge, like the servants in the es
tabli,hment. was on board wages. What !
picture. The only and mothcriess diugh
ter II that upright and eloquent Judge, &c
whose lips the finest and holiest Of senti
ments are always springing from a guile
less and chiyalrous heart. treated in hel
fathers house upon exactly the same loot
ing ~ a scullery wchchl But there Is M
need to dwell upon all the details OF thi
distressing tale OF parsimony, meanness
and cruelty i'm the household Of judge
The Lord Chief Justice owes il entirely e
himself and TO the wrong headed and dis
courteous Obstinacy ~ his son, who entire
ly ignored Mr.. Adams's offer TO dispr0v'
the charges brought against him TO Mr.
Bernard Coleridge's satisfaction in private
that the public is now acquainted with tn