The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-20 00:00:00

CURIOUS LAW PROCEEDINGS.

The French courts of law have been occupied
leveed doss alai* with prossedinp In which Mr. Weble,
r goatiassa of prepr, and a Spaniard named
hie wits, atstl ter nether have figured. Part of
those proceed*, esswisted, ft say be remembered, in the
trial and condemnation of Leosnada by the Court of
Assiut for having from (as he represented) jealousy caused
sulphuric acid to be thrown into Mr. Web's'. face, whereby
he was frightfully burned.
The Civil Tribunal was on Thursday again occupied with
a case in which these persons were concerned.
Mr. Jules Fenn, advocate of Mr. Weble, made a state-
ment to the following effect : Mr. Weble is a young Eng-
lishman of good family, and very rich. In the course of his
travels in different parts of Europe he became acquainted
with M. and Mad. de Loussada, and the latter's mother,Mad.
Davaisore. De Loussada was a Spaniard, but naturalised an
Englishman, and he lived by scheming and play. His wife,
who is of considerable beauty and great intelligence, and is
besides possessed of musical talent of a high order, was
destined for the theatre. Mr. Weble met them at Hem-
bourg, and became their intimate friend. Being very easy
and good-natured, he gave money freely to Lomas, to his
wife, end to the mother. Their cautions at last became so
ezieseive that he was threatened with rein, and he checked
them. Thereupon De Loussada pretended to be jealous of
the attentions which Weble had paid to his wife, and a
challenge was the result. Weble accepted it, and it was
settled that they should meet at Venice to light. Mr.
Weble at that time deposited 7,000 fr. in gold in the hands
of Madame Dcvaisore, as a reserve for her and her
daughter in ease any misfortune should happen to him.
At the decisive moment, M. de Lonnada observed that
it was foolish to fight for such a trifle, and the idea of
'the duel was abandoned. Mr. Weble demanded and ob-
tained his 7,000 fr. from Madame Devil/ore; but she
and her daughter were very much irritated at his so doing.
In 1851 Mr. \Yob's returned to France, and the two females
did the same. It was shor iy after that De Loussada threw
the sulphuric acid In Mr. Weble's face. In October, 1851,
that gentleman resolved to establish himself at Paris, and
as he feared that, as a foreigner, he might be imposed on,
he got the two female" to purchase a quantity of furniture
for him. Ile supplied the money for that purpose. The
two females had not the means of doing so : Male. Devai-
sore, though; living in costly style, had only an income of
1,500 f. a ear;y Mine. De Loussada had nothing at all ; and
when in -Italy, both had lived on the liberality of Mr.
Weble. The furniture selected was of great beauty,
and cost 60,000 f. It was conveyed to the apartment
occupied by the ladies, No. 36, Rue de la Charts-
see d'Antin ; but that place being. too small, another
apartment was taken at No. 25, an the same street.
There the furniture was deposited, but not arranged in
order, and a number of pictures and other works of art,
worth 22,000 francs, purchased by Mr. Webb in Italy, were
also deposited there. The two females subsequently pret
tended that the furniture was theirs, and their claim to is
led to a rupture between them and Mr. Weble. That gen-
, Semen subsequently went to London on business, and on
his return hired an apartment for the furniture. Madame
11 de Loused' then wrote to him, to ask him to provide for
her ; and the provision she required was 12,000 francs a
year, well secured. Mr. Weble refused to accede to her
demand, and it was then that she and her mother took
measures for retaining possession of tho furniture. Mr.
Weble had consequently been obliged to bring an action
before the tribunal, to get it out of their hands. In sup-
port of his demand he produced the biila he bad paid for
the furniture, and for the works of art from Italy.
M. Laehaud then pleaded for Madame de Limeade and
Madame Devaisore. He commenced by saying that he had
that morning received a most insulting letter from Mr.
Weble, which contained a challenge, or something resem-
bling one; but that he treated it with contempt. lf, he
added, ho were so brave, which was something new to him,
be might wait until runt de Loussada, whom he had
robbed of his wife, should be released from gaol. During
two years M. de Loussada had followed him to France,
Italy, and to England to obtain satisfaction, but Mr. Weble
had refused to give it, because, he said, some gentleman of
his acquaintance had declared him unworthy of it. He
then went on to contend that Madame Damson had pur-
chased and paid for the furniture; and that as it was in her
possession it was legally hers. He alleged that Weble'
only claimed it because Madame do Loussada had
refused to have anything more to do with him;
also that his liberality to her had not been so
great as represented—he having contented himself by
making wills in her favour. After making some sharp
comments on the conduct of the plaintiff in laying such an
action after having seduced Madame Lou, ads, the learned
gentleman produced two documents dated Bologna, 16th
August, 1861, and Paris, sth May, 1852; the former being
a will by which Mr. Weble.left part of his property, con-
dating of money, rent,., railway shares, &c., to Madame
Unmade; the othu promising to pay 120,000 fr. on her
demand.

M. Jules Fare, in reply, maintained that the furniture
and other things were undoubtedly the property of his
client. Ile then charged Mme. Devaisore with having en-
couraged and profited by the immorality of her daughter.
In proof of it he read the following letter, addressed by
her to Mr. Weble, just after his departure for England:
"My dear Mr. Weble —I address these lines to you un-
der re painful impression of a conversation which I have
just had with Fanny. As I said to you yesterday, the
future prospects of this poor child terrify me, if she does
not become mistress of her position. Alas! mon Dieu!
what will become of her? At this sad idea my heart and
my eyes fill with tears. I'ardon me, for I scarcely see
well enough to write. I supplicate you, as I have done be-
fore, and I now make the same prayer—be to my Fanny
her laving angel, eras I, her mother, cannot aid her. That
idea causes irritant pain to the heart of a mother who
cannot herself ear from ruin the beloved child. Mon
Dieu! You,air, whose heart and mind are so lofty,
judge of heart of a mother who dreamed of a
brilliant future for the child whom God has pre-
served to hes, and yet is able to do nothing for
her—nothing Why cannot I die ? But until I shall die,
I beg of you to continue your kindness for the lessons of
our Fanny, who, I hope, will prove hermit worthy of the
tender solicitude of a friend whom I pray to God to preserve
to her. If lam ever forgetful, preserve my letter, In order
to read to me all that I owe to your tender devotednees."
The learned gentleman then read mike letter from the
mother to Mr.Weble,in which she related with great apparent
grief that her daughter had :thrilled to commit suicide,
owing to the direbirde she felt r to her future prospects,
and again entreated him to do something for her. Shortly
after this letter Madame de Lousier wrote herself as
follows
_ _

" Robert, I am about to address you frankly as my moat
sincere friend, and supplicate you to reply to me In the same
manner. Will your respective fortune allow you without any
extraordinary privations to secure my future prospects ? But ,
what prospects, you will ay? If, in order to remain with you
and to devote my life to you. I renounce the fortune which
I might make for myself, I must sincerely tell you that I
would not have a km sum secured to me than would pro-
duce me an annual income of 12,000 f. God knows thatl
might hope to de Ruh better in a few years, but I will not
here draw a comparison between what I may leave and
what I weight hope for. But I will not have less than the
ma I mentice, and be at liberty to invest it u I think
proper. Oh, mon Dieu! I have finished; how have I
dared to write all this to you ? Forgive me, Robert, but it
was neolessay. It is well understood that if you accede to
my demand, all expenses shall be in common between us.
But, moo Dieu! hew have I been able to write Ton all
Ithis ? What will you reply to me ? Under any circum-
stances, believe in my eternal gratitude ; and if we are
to MI each other again, I hold at your disposal all
that you have tr.
; or, if that suits you better, be-
fore ow year I pe to aepay you all you have expended
on my amount.
"Obi WHO WILL NIMES FOHOZT TOO.
"Do not, I beg, come to Paris until you bare replied to
ma."

X. Jules Fans then asked the court if this did not fully
prove that the woman only wanted to get mousy from Mr.
Viable ; and if, on seeing, that he did not do right to break
off with them / He, however, had no wish to take back
the presents he had made to Madame de Loussada, but he
certain:7 could not allow her mother to retain his furniture
and works of art. In conclusion, the learned gentleman
read extracts from Madame Louseada's letters, in which the
the things in question were admitted to be the property of
Mr. Waal.

---ib;;llbstitute of the Prooureur of the Republic said that
ft eaoeureA to Din thatthe hualiand of Madame de Loussada
sitriasi tansy am Mr. Weble, and that, after him,
lbw raerlarr, etm rite sirusersl. had lived on her prostitu-
tion. As to the furniture, Airs was nothing whatever
ism said, to prove that it was the property of Madame De.
miser*.

The Tribunal decided that Madame Devaisore should give
up the (limiter', or in default pay 40,000 f.

TnE MILITIA.—LEEDs Durum-T.—The enlist-
ment of volunteers is still going on at Leeds, and there is
no doubt that a considerable number of men have offered
their Nervier,. They are not however of that class called in
some of the newspapers " fine young fellows," nor do they,
generally speaking, belong to the employed industrious
classes. As far as we can judge they are more like the
recruits for the army, who are seen in all large towns de-
corated with ribbons, and smoking at the doors of tavern,.
The ofileen and official, who have to do with this business
still say that they shall got as many tolunteers as; they
want, and that as many have offered., they anticipated ; but
they arc very backward in giving specific information as to the
numbers. There can be no doubt but the placards of the
Peace Society have bad something to do with the back-
wardness of the industrious claws in this matter; but
apart from that, our great industrial community are, as a
whole, strongly embued with peace principles, end would
rather follow their industrial occupations than be called out
to play at soldiers. Under these circumstances, it is more
than probable that the number of suitable volunteers will
fall far short of the number required. In other districts
the exact number of attestations is made known. Why it
should be kept back here we cannot tell, except it be that
the number Is not so satisfactory as the parties pretend.
LANCASIIIRE MILITIA. Misstatement, having
crept into the newspapers relative to the militia establish-
ment, we find upon inquiry that the enrolment for the god
Lancashire (the Liverpool) Regiment is going torwsrd as
rapidly and as satisfactorily as possible. I Ito enrolment
commenced in Liverpool on the 4th inst., and up to the 18th
the number actually enrolled was 601. The number era
mined by thy medical inspector was 746, el when 145 were
rejected. At Prescott, on the 17th and 18th inst., 191 vo-
lunteers were enrolled ; many of these are labourers at
Knowsley, and to whom Lord Derby has promised half-
wages during the militia training. It is expected that the
present week will furnish, voluntarily, the complement for
this district.