Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-15
AN ERKArIC "MARcHIoNEss!
The Former wife Orau Irish Marquis in
Police Court.
iron. The Nan York Har9l

from the Mem York lorna.
LONDON. Jaa. 9.-Sir Bernard Burke, Of
''peerage0 fame, was two days ago fur
nished at the Hammersmlth Police Court
with a new chapter to his work, "Vicissi-
tudes of Families" The London street
directory names No. . Sheffield street, in
aristocratic Kensington, rot far from
Campden Hill, as the residence Of the
MarchiQness of Westmeath The Mar
qUisate OF Westmeath is extinct, but
the CarldOm still exists.
Late on Wednesday evening this Mar
chioness. who is RS larky as the one who
picked the mutton bone with Dick Swiv-
uler, was GGrestedih High street, Noting
Hill. for beng drunk ana dis0rderly, aud
Tor ii0urishiHg shiitelah which, when
produced in court, sne called he wand.
The magistrate lined her ladyship 3s. Ga
Doubtless If she had been barmaid she
would nave ten days imprisonment.
7 A VICIOUS CAREER.
In 1858, as Maria Jarvis, the daughter
of a. Westmeath man, she married. as his
second wife, the first and only Marquis Of
WSstmeath, her predecessor having been
tlytEaughter of the first Marquis of Sails
5ufy. -Four years later, tor gross miscon-
duct, she was divorced from her noble hus-
band. then 81 years Old, she being %.
Nothing dismsyed he married again, and
then her divorced ladyship married
young ne'er-dO-welL VINO was too poor
when in court to sigS bond 10 keep the
peace. -
She exists upon a Ehny pension, And,
not dsdaining public houses or question
able society, the MarehioRss, as the pC-
lice inspector said, does not allow utter
loss OF self-respect to come between the
ward and her nobility The family solicitor,
IN court, said measures would now be- Ia
ken TO shut her up in an asylum.
MAY AND DECEMBER.
The divorce suit OF the Marquis OF
Westmeath VS.. the Marchioness Of West
meath and Chapman, which came before
thn court and a special jury on March 2S,
1862, created mucp talk at the time $40
London. The RESPONDENT was Of humble
position IN life. She possessed great per
sonal beauty, sngularly pleasing man
ners and a winning address, The Mar
quis' estate was small, and ms Incom
was slraitened for "A person or his rank,
but he made liberal settlement on bis
wife ana was very generous TO ner family.
Ia 1860 Iisdy, w estmeatb went 20 Depre.
where she made the acquaintance Of Mt.
George Edward Chapman, son % the then
British Consul az that tort, and became
intimate with him. The following yer
sine lived with M. Chapman rs his wife
at Nattcck, in Derbyshue. When she re-
turned 10 her husbands home, in London.
She continued beR. intimacy will Mr.
Chapman as mia wife at AattOck, in Der
0yshire. When she returned 10 Der has
bands home, In London, she continued
her intimacy with Mr.. Chapman. Lord
Wcetmeath's eyes were opened 70 his
wife's inddelity by her Ladyship's maiG,
who betrayed the guilty pair and gave
Lord MestmeQth aletter addressed by b los
wife 10 her lover. This letter which wse
signed "ChIckie" spoke 81 the old hus-
band as "FIdge" and contained many en-
dearing tcrns for Dir. Chapman. The
Judge Ordinary summing up spoke OF The
MARRIAGE rs being unfortunate, like many
other such alliances between May au1
December. Tho jury estimated the loss 20.
the lady as worth $500, ana the divorce
was granted.