New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-02
CORNISH M. ?. HERE
, ard CIifden's Son Will Inherit
Great Tin Mines.

-. 1919 nv the Brentwood Company
CsEs CI,fden's eldest son and heir to his
wealth. the Hon. Thomas Agar
g",es. Liberal Member OF Parliament
hO0s 81 Austell division Of Cornwall,
'N q. due in New York to-day on board
WV runarder Lusitania, was the victim
"0 years ago OF the extraordinary Sc
'Oln i., NJ the laws Of England dealing
va" POLITICAL bribery and corruption.
,os he had been elected by a large
lit for the Bodmin division Of Corn
"w unfortunately, while the electoral
,noion was in progress his mother,
Tiscountess Clifden. gave a garden party
:. ranhydrock, her place in Cornwall, in
.,nection with Lord Citizens presidency
~ .be Liberal Association of the duchy.
y rhjch his estates extend over an area
:, sone seventy thousand acres. The gar
s.c marty was a great success. but after
80 election Of Thomas Agar-Robartes
-. defeated Unionist candidate lodged
petition against his election on the
--ound that he and his friends and agents
I'd rendered themselves guilty Of viola
.,or Of the anti-bribery statutes with re-
ord 10 Parliamentary elections.
The matter was brought into court and
,Jsd in the usual fashion, before two
srpreme Court judges. sitting at Bod
IN and resulted in decree invalidating
=. return of the Hon. Thomas and order
:, new election, since Lady Clifden,
V giving her garden party, had violated
rat section Of the anti-corruption law
rblch strictly prohibits treating" in Par
nmentary campaigns. This law runs as
follows;
Any person who. either himself or by
,,oxy. either before. during, or after the
action. directly or indirectly gives, pro-
slSss or pays for. either wholly or in
mart. any meat. drink. entertainment or
rroyislou TO or for persons entitled TO
vote" and also, ANY elector who ac-
cept, such meat. drink, entertainment or
provison, or the equivalent thereof, shall
* held guilty OF bribery"
Derived Of Scat in Parliament.
The decision against Agar Rob2rtcs,
4, addition 10 depriving him Of the seat
n Parliament debarred him from being
elected 10 the House Of Commons for the
In question, that is, the
Bodmln division. where his home and
the greater part of his fathers landed
property are situated, for period OF eeven
Years. Poor Lady Chfden, who is
charming woman, and who certainly
never had any idea OF rendering herself
guilty Of "bribery," was subpenaed IN
The case, compelled to testify In court
and made to feel that her garden party
rad virtually exposed her to punishment
BY imprisonment and fine. TWO years
later Tom Agar-Robartes was elected
without opposition for the st. Austell al
vision Of Cornwall.
Lord Clifden, In addition 70 his Cor
p,sb estates and his tin mines In the
,uchv. which are the most valuable in
Great Britain. extending for miles under
he sea and yielding him an income OF
bout 100000 a year, is great iand
,wner In Cambridgeshire, of which county
le is the lord lieutenant. Some OF TINS
,ambridgeshire property has been the
INFECT of much bad blood betW cen him
md some of the most influential members
b the English aristocracy, especially that
portion Of it which is connected with the
court where the viscount was for similar
reasons viewed with disfayor during the
last two relgns.
The fact is that Lord Clifden, who IN
those days sat in the House Of Lords as
Lord Robartes. acquired by purchase a
mortgage on the NVimpO,e Hall estates of
his hnsman, the nth Earl Of Hard"icke'
comprising the property and his ances-
tai home. with it's glorious avenue three
miles long, Of elms hundreds Of years old
II is claimed that Lord Robartes suddenly
took advantage Of momentary emoar-
sssment that prevented the earl from
paying on the appointed date the interest
on the mortgage 10 foreclose, thereby
obtaining the entire property. worth
a the lowest estimate 10000, for one
third OF it's real value
Both the fifth Earl of Hardwicke and
his son. the sixth earl, we're personfe
with the reigning family.