Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-14
4 RAkE,S PROGRESS.

Lord st. IIeonards' case cxcites little
surprise Since this distinguished person
succeeded TO a seat in the British House Of
Peers his time has been occupied in finding
The means IL crafty The tastes Of Il million
air ri. iic incJmc OF 4 crossing sweeper.
His family allowed him $40 a year, and
though his skill "a billiard player and
pigeon .hoi added something to this sum,
yet everyhnay foresaw that his path lay
straight Tor The Old Bailey dock, which no
peer has occupied for many years.
Whgu Edward s;usdcn, his grandfather,
rose ioIn the position OF errand boy III II
convevanccr'S office 10 the position OF Lord
Chancellor OF England he hoped to lay The
foundation Of Il great family. The father
Of the Chancellor was u hairdresser, and the
shop is still open in Burlington street where
the elder Sugden curled the locks OF the
nobility and gentry in the days OF George
H. Like other eminent lawyers, Lord st.
Leonards died intesHe7, and his family
fought for the possess sM of Boy lie iarm, one
Of The most beautiful Selfts on the Thames
The grandson, who succeeded to the title Of
the old man, had declared TO a butler and n
nurse his intention of leaving Boyle farm to
his brother. The evidence ofthe butler and
nurse was accepted, and the second Baron
st. Lconards was thrown on the world with
an income Of f40 a year.
The title won him wife. His family
plufned themselves on arranging match
with Miss Eastwood, who had hundred
thousand pounds in her own right. But
with the sudden accession OF wealth the
new rcer began 10 indulge eccentric tastes.
Hi !aroriie companions were Jockeys and
pEeor ianciers. His fayorie resort was
the shady villas o. ST Johns Wood. Elect
,.L y mc1aher Of the Carlton CluD, lie lent
Tie weight of his presence TO :. few debates,
ih.n subsited into les which landed h!ll
first IL :hc Divorce Court and lastly in
Bankruptcy. 'iieHcs;~rw&Id his drcadencc
W:tss c,..apictc. Stunned rv his Ir!and&, iie
engaged 4 SlH@iI lodgingat ilCiimcnG, where
ihc billiard tables are lnany an: tbc skill "i
fia players is Slight. Eor short time the
Yr,>tirs were proud 10 lose money TO peer
O! the realm.
Then ugly runOrs about him ran round
the town. Hotels and bars closed t.e'r
door :."uinst him. Barmaids ran away al
his approach. lie had not absolutely n
uannv in !hG world whci chance tlrrN him
;,cros:; the path Of Mr. Samuel @rawIpcG, o.
rrWic;enham. vino had been Il miner III
California. :. sheer farmer in h">iraia, and.
being q genial person, &c invited lh" bank
rupt paer into his house ant piled him with
liquor and hospitality. Lord ~! Lconar,is
drank ha liquoc ana repaid the hospitality
by seducinn a maid lie NOW lies III Che
House Of Detention Ill IicrkcGwcll, and
his pycseuc3 Wa# riiSsG;: in the HUuS"
of Lords. where his vote un the Pigeon
Shooting bill would have been accepted rs
the vote Of III. expert, amt would haTo help
ell 10 outweigh the arguments ol Ills itio"
legislator. the Archbishop ci Canterbury.
On February ;, last year, NAs heard The
divorce case of ST. LeoGartis vs.. 81. Leon
ards This was :. consolidated matrimonial
suit Lord St. Leonards filed 4 petition
against his wife for restitution OF ccnjugal
rights: she filed one against him for Il judicial
separation, on the ground of adultery, and
both suits were consolidated. Lady st. Leon
ards was examined, and stated that she and
T,ordSt. Leonards were married in 1876 There
was one child of the marriage. She left her
husband in 1880, taking the child with her.
On March -, 1882, she was served with q
citation on petition by him for Il restitu-
| ton of conjugal rights. a woman who liv-
| ed in the Marylebone road testified as TO
ibe fact CT The adultery. There WAS no
cross examination of any of the witnesses
nor WAS there any attempt TO support the
petition for restitution Of conJugal rights.
The President of the Court decrecd a Judi
cial separation and gave Lady St. Leonards
the custody Of The child.
Lord St. Lconards makes bitter COM
plants against his incarceration in Clerk
enwell where he is awaiting trial Tor a
criminal assault His lordshp's especial
grievance is that he is allowed no tohact Q
In jail, and as he always smokes clay pipes
and drinks beer Ikea coal beaver when he
is at liberty. this must be a great hardship.
He continues to exccrate the magistrates
who committed him without bail, in the
most prot,ne and indecent manner, and Is
altogether very fractious and unruly pris-
oner. His lortlship's victim in the mean
time is the subject OF many expressions o.
sympathy, and INC general feeling Of The
public regarding the refusal OF bail for the
| titled ibertiuc is one Of unbounded salts
faction.
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