The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-07-01 00:00:00

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through Its Lfeet;ettee, to the- Honourable William
RrnrY Yelverton, at Whitland Abbey, nearAutigi
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house, wits kirag "Askew* elt ' Vend IA
relational-4p *oh loss,bilersi .4 4,....g, '4' 1W
wises." nammtes claitue £3,000. e letter
referred to was as follow!. —Sir —I observe in to-day's
espy of the ••- Edinburgh Courant" a posigterapt
Uncmneirli thmignagat-yeer heideet ibis B' ,
diA •ri• Tr *erten. tt pew OW Obsfabeee- week: '
Purreei rist..ssynse to yeetiese is be, bisrir it
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*alter i.,..i1m. whrredieldrollf '''' The il ' ifra. Yetrerbox, .whoon reel wane AO -
I""gw°44l. 1841,Apematileft lbsirrelie“ Wee* rilite '
character of my e'm family le aerloo.ly affeeted ' by
this ClrryJu4a
.. if trio, jjefen eeseellwr awy terabit
apology udgjktippeacea,yeg with . this Weer.
When ti . •Iktarvl orznetroneent entasserdieary god .
unnatural conduct in oialroly taking • the caws, of
MI" tortigworth.4l ..the..&bsblá.' -I- Imre easy;
theagh greatly shocked arid grivvidi I hoped thatege
7" am* to maw* mem' wobbly 'ism 'eel; d' tb,
nition io regent Co the eacemeiee llw - year aiephew -
wilii. C. Telvertoe, anyl.,elan wino the red oho-
ruder of Wks leonteorth 1110•04 kii known,. ,it DOW bytillt Witslo/10 FOOT. ' . air liopii
weenie of her ewe may have bees, that efillihilfilE
year becelher Lad Anomore, sad for goer own elta-
reeler, week have prevented yea from pobliolY

associating with this most degraded woman ; but I fear
I have bsen nilataken, and that with the new year
another, and I may almnst say a wrote, dishonour
has fallen on the teuiil*. Had you been a wore distant
relation, or lied you been merely of the public, mania.
terested in the result, whatever It may-be, of the case,
I I sheuld have understood that your disapproval of
I William Yalverton's conduct, rather than your
I approval of Mies Longwerth's, had crested a sort of
sympathy for her cause : hnt that, in your position, ma
beiug the only person Irho could be &matted by
Williauee child being made Migitimate, your near re-
lationship to him, and, above all, the 00114CiOUPOSOP of
the pals which you well know your conduct umst cause
to your kind•hearted brothel and all his family, your
conduct appears to me so aelfish, PO NW*, so unnatural,
thet it is hardly possible to believe it; sod I am
perfectly certain that in the whole world there it not
One person, not excepting Miss Leagworth hors-It, who
lutist at hole the bottom at their hearts despise you.
I have often heard it remarked by those who strongly
censured poor William's conduct, that they would mach
rather be in his than in your position. I can essure
you that it muses we great pain to write what I have
written to one in your position. my wife's uncle, end so
much folder than myself ; but I cannot restrain ruy
indignation, and this I havo written without con.
suiting any one. I know that iny feelings are shared
by all my wife's fatuity. I cannot conceive that your
own family can approve of the course you have taken;
but with them it would not become me to interfere, I
I have done what I conceise my duty in telling yen
wl at my own and my wife's opinions arc.—l remain,
year most obedient servant (Signad) James Wamita"—
Mr. Fraser opened the ease for Mrs. Yelverton, inform-
ing the jury that damages, were a secondary considera-
tion. to object is view tieing the vindie•tion of
character.—Tlie Hon. William Henry Yelverton,
brother of Lord Avonmore, and uncle to the Honourable
Major Yelverton, reputed husbend of the pursuer, was I
examined at great lough. He stated that at first he
was under the impression thst Mini Theresa Longworth
was a person of improper Miaracter. At the trial in
Dublin, he proseeded thither with the view if teklog '
ep a neutral position. The second day of the trial,
jut es eh* was leaving the ceurt, he was vitting under
the witoess-box. He took her hero!, aid said to her
he was perfectly astuniabed she could go through such
an ended. He also gave her credit for considerable
taet, soil told her that, for his part, he was quite
satisfied that she could never have gone through such
en ordeel if she had not been supported hy the trail.
From that time he declared in her favour. The letter
in question front. Welkeg. to hi% was writtanin an
uniustifiable too Hebelinted it txt
with • view 56 %Arne 110 Lviwerth afs-•
Yelverton), Ind tern her out OT his house. tbad not,
however, tee derived -effect; It did net alter his opinion
of her. He showed the lettet to his wife, and believed
that after she beamed it sire einumunieated the 'entente
to Miss Loogworth. Several other witnesses were
exenSined, Lad the Selicitor-General, incontending that
although the lady was entitled to damages, she did not
wish for extravagant or exorbitant damages. The
: jury. retired and after half an hour's consultation,
returned a verdict of 9 to 3 for Mrs. Yelverton, the
, pursuer, damages 1500. The announcement of the
verdict was received with great cheering in the crowd in
, court.