The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-08-02 00:00:00

DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS

1/42iCIIESTER, TIIIIIDA T. AUOtlaT 2, 464.

NOTES OF THE WEEK.

The British Channel is swarming with Federal
mad Confederate cruisers On the Northern side
there are the Niagara, Sacramento, and Hoar-
ser& all of which have bees recently seen by
merchantmen in the channel; and on the
bouthers tide there are the Georgia. Florida.
New Alabama, and General Lee. Two other
Federal cruisers were signaled of Ostend on
Wednesday—the Paid Jones, • screw corvette,
and the Hafts*, • paddle steamer. With
regard to the mit' Albania's whereabouts the
greatest mystery appears to exit, alt
report Ores full particular, of the veasel.itit
Is said to be an Iron-clad and • tam, and armed
With pivot gam that can fling hollow projectiles
01 170 Ito., and solid projectiles of 229 lbs. She
can OSSim 18 knots an hour—some say 20—and
will have 172 sailors, picked men, including the
old crew, who will reserve their pay till wanted, I
which will be the fits day of Napoleon, the 15th
of August. Some people believe— and it would
appear just that this jsoils of the
two tie° reseals said to have been bought by
Primal', as it appears they have got only one.
A Paris paper, the Tampa, which is a German
:e?and is usually well informed about affairs
' at Ye, the Degotiations in the Austrian
capital, relative to Denmark, have almost come
to a aces. The Danish government has given
up the Duchies and relinquished the personal
union bohemia The island of Ahem however,
is • difficulty, the solution of which has not yet
been discovered. The expenses of the war are
to be borne by the Duchies—a burden which
they probably won't mind if they are so anxious
to 4oln the Germanic Confederation as the
German would have us believe.
All the ministen, except Mr. Gladstone, were
present at the Lord Mayor's annual dinner at
the Mansion Home on Wednesday. Lord Pal-
merston made one of his mull relit iisB4, and
ally "mime, in which he told nothing and
committed nobody. Earl Russell, however,
made a sad muddle of it. In returning thenks
for the House of Lords he referred to the recent
&Nate, end said the Lord Mayor's oomplinients
to him might appaar almost inappropriate, see-
ing that the tipper Howie had ft.:penny refused
~gereas confidence hi his niviaeinnent of
(reign ALUM. Hit the alarms of the House of
I,,nia, he had the sand etion to think, were
v. 11). lunch «Kaiuerat.al and urspl med ; for this
o,,,lirer wee never !:ri a prouder position, and
1113 it. illfitiNON with all fologn c.nottride
grcater than now. Ttibao 4.4oUniing Matmleli
in-Put• to haVO oumpleto,y par.ilyeed the eseeini.ly,
;.;6longh the et:kiority of the guest. Men. Mims-
terinlints, and hen Hassell not only eat loan
withenit a cheer. Wit cries of " Ob. a! and
Geller eropremiou.s of porpoise were audible.
• Tiiiirelveneu isegiage asp wad finally dm.

Posed of by the Law Lords on Thursil&Y. It
will be remembered that the Scotch Courts do-
'blared that the marriage between Major Yelver-
ton and Miss Longworth to be a valid and legal
marriage, and the MA* • t the
decision to the House of ='d NUMBBefore the
highest tribunal in the land be paired that he
"wore • mask of hypocrisy for years, selected
an orphan am a victim, lied at the very altar,
seduced her, and then oast her off, with a ruined
reputation, and polluted by his illicit embraces,
to be despised by the world, and to Sad such
comfort as she could in the misery of knowing
that she had made her homer and virtue the
sport of a blackguard, who considered that
'gentle blood' was entitled to use common
people for the vilest of purpaisa" Their lord-
ships were divided in opinion. The Lord Chan-
cellor gave judgement in favour of the lady;
Lords Wensleydale, Chelmsford, and Kings-
down contended that the legality of the marriage
was not sufficieotAy established, and the decision
was therefore given in favour of Ityor Yelverton.
Lord Brougham was absent, but his opinion was
that the Seek& marriage was valid according to
the law of that country. As a nutter of course
the journals that have devoted Articles to the
Bulged are divided in opinion as to the soundness
of the decision; nevertheless, all sympathise
with the lady, and all admit that she has been
grievonsly wronged. The Globs of Friday sight
says Major Yelverton has gained his cause,
and has put to silence,' in a legal SOWS, the
woman be has so grievously injured. Hut
neither the judgment of the House of Lords nor
Major Yelverton can put to silence the public
voice, nor prevent the pnblic from believing that
by the aid of the Supreme Court of Appeal in
this kingdom he has been able to triumph in a
Mot wrong. A majority of law lords hare
!riven one sentence, but Muslin equity and
human justice will certainly Five another. Before
the tribunal of the public conscience Major
Yelverton has long stood condemned, and the
decision of the House of Lords by a majority of
one will not have the effeet of reversing that
condemnation. Legally, of course, Major Tel-
yerton is set Sue; legally he has not been
ray of bigamy, and something even worse.
By the decree of the House of Lords he is held
to I•••ve married only brie *omen. Hut no
dec. is of the Route of Lords can alter the
common verdict, or prevent us from believing
with the Lord Chancellor that his only true wife
Is Mbie Longworth." The result of the judgmcat
on Mies Longwortb, which was anxiously waited
for by her at the office of her agent, may well be
imagined. On being made aware that the decision
was against her she swooned, and for some time
remained 111100131160t14, passing from one fainting
fit to another. Restoratives were administered,
and, after a short interval, she rallied, and was
then carried in a semi•prostrate state to a
brougham, sod conveyed to the residence of her
uncle in Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-pert. The
Attorney-General has, on the part of Miss Long.
worth, lodged a minute of reference to oath, the
practical result of which is to prevent the judg-
ment being made final in Scotland until the
parties to the suit have been examined on oath.
Their evidence Pilo in Ireland is considered
most impottent For our own part we do not 're-
lieve that the real merits of the case in the eyes
of the world will be in the least affected lt
decision of the Lords; for, although theo
judged by what they supposed was law, common
people will judge by common sense and equity.