The sun., 1919-09-07


Much later, after his political hopes had
vanished in consequence Of the conflict
between his views and those of his party,
he tells MS that he wished he might be
thought worthy Of wearing the Judicial
ermine, but no opportunity Of accepting
a place on the bench ever came to him
again. In his own narrative of these
events there is an UNDERGONE Of conscious
failure to realize his parliamentary and
judicial aspirations. His autobiography
is Enthusiastically the story Of disap-
pointed man.
III
Nevertheless his professional prosper
ity, from q pecuniary point of view, early
became and long continued to be most
exceptional He tells us that during the
forty years from 1868 to 1907 his Fee
books showed an average income over the
whole period Of more than ten thousand
guineas year. "The only way to make
sure OF feeling wealthy" he says, ais to
live in much smaller and cheaper house
than one can reasonably Afford and he
observed this maxim from the beginning.
He repeatedly mentions the happiness of
his domestic life He was married twice.
Referring to his second marriage, in 1882,
he says that he had previously resolved,
when the accustomed year Of mourning
was over, that he would find far himself
another wife. "For more than fourteen
years" he writes, 81 had enjoyed the con-
slant society Of loving woman and
could not resign myself to loneliness;
and he says Of the lady who became his
second wife: "She was at this time
twenty-four years Of age; the interval
between her age and mine being exactly
that which promised a long continued
happiness in married life. Tall, of per-
feet figure, fair complexion, beautiful
features, clear blue eyes, and bright, gol-
den hair, she was the prettiest girl /
knew" Such intimate descriptions of
those nearest and dearest to us are un-
usual even in the most candid of auto
biographies.
Sir Edward Clarke enjoyed not only
lucrative practice, but one which was
largely concerned with celebrated cases;
such cases, for example, as the Penge
mystery, in which a woman was al
legged to have been starved to death as
the result Of conspiracy between her
husband and his relatives; the SANDER
suit brought by Sir William Gordon
Cumming in consequence OF the charge
that he had cheated at cards while play
ing with the Prince Of Wales; and the
defence Of DR.. Jameson in the criminal
prosecution growing out of the famous
raid against johannesburg in South AZ
RIGA. An entire chapter is devoted to the
Penge mystery. English lawyers are
chary Of criticism rejecting upon their
Judges, but Sir Edward Clarke is an ex-
cephor. Mr.. Justice Hawkins, "the sport
ing Judge" who used to take his bulldog
up on the bench with him, presided at the
Penge murder trial; and Sir Edward
Clarke, who represented one Of the de-
PENDANTS, denounces him unsparingly for
the unfair manner in which he charged
the jury, and especially for utterly ig-
noring the medical evidence, which was
strongly favorable to the defence, as it
indicated that the death was not due to
starvation at all, but was occasioned by
natural causes. "The misconduct Of the
Judge" says Sir, Edward Clarke, sawed
the prisoners lives. The indignant pro-
tests Of Charles Reade and Clement Scott
might not have availed, but when the
Lancet made strong appeal to the med
ical profession and 400 doctors with Sir
William Jenner at their head signed a
declaration that they we're convinced that
the morbid appearance observed in the
post mortem examination Of Harriet
Staunton's body were such as to indicate
death from cerebral disease, and that the
symptoms recorded during life were not
symptoms of starvation but were the