THE BARONESS BURDETT COUTTS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 237, 27 November 1880, Page 4

THE BARONESS BURDETT COUTTS.

a*f v^tf -yA ■'. f. I . t^rTr^"'"' 1 " ;. ' ' :■;■-.-■-?■■■■■.- -- $>ffsbs& :^ofati?iK; -Glvroniclep; thus^ r #ssi p;: c^3c6iinlp^ ti|^^^]^^^-^rbn^sV:r--A shprfc itiff|eV fe^|i^;^fmeS^W;^Tlmntire>a^ kojbos^rea^hed id> th©. !>^lß^!vW^«jn(li:-6f ; ?h^civ'iiieed world, to b rjat|irai T ; tHe' v ßV6>^; though at first ;conHJfj^^i|t^dl;^Dd 'niuiili; jdiscrediteid,, really^ S^^^piit be true, and there^is inqw doubting that, in spite of 'S'^^g.iwt- I; fli«»parity'"i^' :^ c a g 88 of 1 ■ r . i^and , bridegroom elect, the mar-'Xf.inags^4!:li)ior^ry;,ta;k©.-plac6i The llady J \^|a v ßi|tiyUix[ -the. gentleman not ; yet. thirty^ -iearsKoid, ; ; /The difference is :?,'■ :^rtaini^Sre^vand{^ecjdedly on| the" ?^rronf> ; side. ■ I ,^we had leairned .y'-io believe the barojofess would never vVj iniiwy ' ;r and npw;| arrived: at an ; adTanced fge, thatshe should do so tabes; '^s/all 4)y f surprise. #ut ns witty Lady : r Morgan said, '' What have women to do with dates?" and of course; the baroness is free to please herself, j It is said "that the late Duchess, of; St. Albansj nee Harriet Mellon, the actress, -iwhen -leaving Mies Angela Burdett- > Coutts, her legatee, inserted this clause Vr. injieriwilLt^-That if the heiress mar-yied-an s alien or naturalised s»bjecther, :.V4Qfißi^i.in<t|ie'great' Coutts Bankjand te right tb other property real i and personal, should cease from the time: marriage was contracted;, pchis provision seems to have be^nniaclewith •• -the^ direct view, of preventiiig, any such V^contingency as that which has jnow arisen In. spite of these precautionary : . :iTneaßuresV-and in utter disregard of the : \ her \chpide of a ;hus-^ i L; ;l>aiidjentmlß, the baroness is determined '. to follow ' -the bent of her inclination, J^in.d'j'ii'sp-'domg it is needless to say she ekcites !the wonder and astonishment. of ' f i6y6rybpdy^ down the anin>a(l---u version of herl^ '■; v. Bringing a rembnstrancefrom the chief .person in this* kingdom ;while[ as .^iiight /be .expected, the cbmmentk of, the public on -the' match hre not re- :".' ma Aable : either for, i.their reserve or . ;; i ;kl |ielicacy V in short, nobody seems to be ' .: :; pieaßedv-excep,ting of ;course the Bride. infyiwib, the -bridegroom elect (jwhb of course is not the least bit iner-i^C^riary^j-andl the sister of the baroiesß. 'If intp all the property con-^ :. J : { -^cat^d; "^bj v.that ■ jady/s marriage -r a Y '".^ l> su%sepprted^^o- exceed ; £loo,ooo j per I^\Jaimurii.. rMre^ Money, -the; lady, fwhp ' iciw^^ahW^rgp^rtyj and whose v :name, shpws a ,, felicitous coincidence ( ■f-; with her present' pro- pects.has npt.been J>>!onvternis of amity with her relative!, for '; J --il<Bome years. It was suggested to j.he'tthatjn'iconsideration of the advanced-r-iagevof^her sister, she should. Tforego I her ■ ■ iightfor the.rbrief period: which, acbordingVo human calcuiationj the baroness , Jjmight.be expected ;to, enjoy her: berit-J V age. /Whether this etory iB true or! not tell, but it is said Mrs Money 10 "will put in her claim. Naturally enpugh she mi^ht tbiuk that the step about to < *be taken by . her sister, argued no, :d^sire ■ . ; jip part with4ife, but rather that jsbe 1 calculated 'upon many .more : years of <■ existence.. Indeed, it may be regarded !;^jvinth*e 'light of^taking a new-lease'ot'that ;- /uncertain tebure, ' which is called jlife, course, , thera can be j no''actual assurance of leDgth of. days. | It : is evident the lady fees herself younger i iithan? her .years Would: seem to warren t, , that she haa the;.

height of six decades and a - half- upon her Head.; It is well known thajb the baroness in her earlier- yea'fs refused • many very elgible offers,' recognising frankly; her personal; .^eficiencieSjj and (JdUbtibK l?er ppwer to attract except vby, rneacja of ':ber well-filled money jbogs At ihe^ge;of; sixty-six even .acknowj Ifdgediqueens of cocquest may justly begin t. tdoubtVbeir power any .longer .'to : e;x- ; ite'the" paßßion of love-' W/tbo, bosom of the opposite ccx. How ;is it then that the baroness, who up to this titiie basbeeri so dietrustful of arid' others, has gained faith.in her own charms, and spcli profound belief in the disinterestedness of her .wooers? , One might think that increased years woul have doubled the danger of which the baroness heretofore has been apprehensive. Strong, indeed, must bej the newly developed confidence which induces the 'ady in question to take to .herself a husband thirty-eight years her junior. The baroness has now £300,000 per annum, one-third of which; she forfeits by her marriage; hub even then at least, a small sufficiency remains) and enough is left to make people I talk about mercenary motives on the one side, and blind credulity on the other.