THE LATEST LONDON SCANDAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume L, Issue 4844, 15 May 1890, Page 4

THE LATEST LONDON SCANDAL.

Lady Connemara has Bued: her husband for a divorce on the most senpational charge. Lord Connemara was for fifteen years Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs. Some years ago Lord Salisbury gave him his title and sent him as Governor to Madras, a position worth £20,000 a year. Connemara took to India with him his o,wn neice, who was married to an officer of the 17th Lancors. Her husband was then given a responsible position. In her petition Lady Connemara mentions the neice as one of the women with whom his lordship has been guilty. . . ..•:..'' .'■• . '■':■: The current gossip of the club is baaed 6a tho story of returned army officers from ! Madras. A few months after the arrival of tbe niece Bhe assumed the. entire direction of tthe Governor's houae, almost to the total suppression of Lady Connemara. The general impression is that her. ladyship will. not secure the divorce, because m her petition there are no charges of cruelty or desertion. Mere evidence of adnltery is not sufficient ground for a divorce under English law. " : - ■ I Mr Charles Russell appears for Lord-^ Oonnemaro. In December, 1888, London society was startled by a despatch from Madras stating 'that Lady Oonneinara had left ' the Government Bohse, . refusing to remain under tha same roof with her hnsband. She took her leave suddenly duringan offioial bait, and went to a hotel. Captain Quinn, aide-do-camp to the Governor, left the house at the same time, and immediately afterwards resigned bis office.' .■'•-■ ■ ' Madras society was' in sympathy with Lady Connemara. Loril Connemara was known as the Hon. Bobert Bonrke before he received his title. " He us the third son of the Earl of Mayo. " . ■ - : '■'■'.■