The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-05 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Cadmus, 21, 400 horse-power, completed her altera-
tion and repairs at Chatham on Saturday, and was floated
out of dock at high water, and placed at her moorings op-
posite the dockyard. Her official trial of speed has been
postponed for some days in consequence of several of the
officials connected with the steam reserve being engaged on
an important trial in the Court of Queen's Bench. In con-
sequence of the inferior description of copper used for the
tubes for the boilers of the Cadmus it was found necessary
to remove the whole and supply all the boileis with new
tubing. This circumstance taken in connexion with the
strong reports from time to time made to the Admiralty of
the faulty character of the tubes sent in from private firms
for use in Chatham dockyard has induced their lordships to
issue an order directing that in future the whole pf the
boiler tubes supplied by private manufacturers are to be
sent to Chatham dockyard, where they are to be subjected
to a rigid test before being used. Any not found satisfac•
tory will be rejected. Care is at the same time to be taken
that the tubes supplied by each manufacturer are to be used
in separate boilers, so that a fair comparison may be made
of the wear of each. This arrangement, there is every
reason to believe, will prove a corrective for what has been
for some time past a fruitful cause at complaint by the offi-
ciala'connected with the steam branch at each of the dock-
yards.

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provide the Admiralty with the quality of iron required for
the construction of the iron-clad ships now building. The
plates before being need aro subjected to the usual tests at
rho hydraulic testing-house in the dockyard.
The iron steam floating factory Chasseur has been re-
moved from Chatham and sent down the harbour to Sheer-
ness, whore she will be employed in connexion with the
vessels fitting for the first-class steam reserve.
First Lieut. M. A. S. Bree, of the Woolwich division of
the Royal Marines, was tried by court-martial on board the
Royal Adelaide at Devonport, on Friday, on a charge of
drunkenness, preferred by Capt. Lambert, of her Majesty's
ship Liverpool. The drunkenness is alleged to have occurred
on the 22d of November, just after the arrival of the Liver-
pool in Plymouth Sound from the West Indies. Capt.
Phillimore, of her Majesty's ship Defence, presided. After
hearing the evidence of Capt. Lambert, of Commander
Leech, and of Capt. IL E. W. Lane, in support of the pro-
secution, and Mr Spear, surg., Mr Tremble, assist.-surg.,
Lieut. Watts, Royal Marine Artillery, Mr Jones, engineer,
and others, for the defence, the Court decided, in conse-
quence of the contraditory nature of the evidence, that the
charge had not been established, and they, therefore, ac-
quitted the prisoner.
A fire, which was soon extinguished, occurred about 11
o'clock on Saturday in the Devonport dockyard. It broke
out in the pitch-house, a:detached building close to the rooks
at the north end of the establishment. The roof over the
caldron was destroyed. It is supposed to have been caused
by a want of pitch in the copper, in consequence of which
the sides became overheated and the contents ignited.
The Prussian screw steam corvette Victoria, 14, Capt.
Batsch, from Gravesend, which put into Plymouth Sound
wind-bound on Monday, the 28th ult., left again on Friday
the 2d inst for a cruise.
Admiral Superintendent Thomas M. C. Symonds, C. 8.,
at Devonport, paid off on Saturday the crew of the screw
steam corvette Jason, 21, Capt. Edward P. B. von Donop,
and the crew of the screw steam gunboat Steady, 6, Com-
mander Frederick Harvey, who were brought home pas-
sengers in the Jason.
The division at Aldershot, under the command of Lieut.
Gen. Sir J. L. Pennefather, K.C.8., paraded onThorn-hill,
at half-past 10 o'clock on Thursday morning, for field
manoeuvres, the infantry regiments being furnished with
10 rounds of blank ammunition per man. Tho troopshaving
been formed up in order of battle were set in motion shortly
before 11 o'clock, the direction of the intended operations
being north-west. The cavalry and D battery Royal
Horse At finery, the latter under the command of Lieut.
Colonel Mitchell, proceeded to the Farnborough-road,
while Major-General Bates's brigade descended Thorn-
hill, the 60th Rifles throwing out skirmishers, General
Russel marched his brigade towards the camp canal
bridge, accompanied by a detachment of E battery, 9th
Brigade, Royal Artillery; and Gen. Taylor's brigade, with
the 2d division of this battery, wheeled off towards the canal
bridge, near the commissariat. The F (or Grey) battery,
Royal Artillery, remained on Thorn-hill. In this order the
troops pushed forward, the Royal Engineer Train, under
the command of Capt. Duff, quickly throwing a pontoon-
blidge over the canal, towards which the 2d Brigade was
moving. At eleven o'clock F battery opened fire upon the
enemy, who appeared to be retiring upon a strong position
near the North Camp. The firing was well sustained, and
was taken up by the Ist Brigade, which had now reached the
common. Simultaneously with the advance of this brigade
the 3d Brigade could be seen debouching from the camp canal
bridge and the 2d Bridge crossing the pontoon bridge. The
three brigades threw out skirmishers, who soon presented a
front which extended for about a mile and a half. General
Taylor now rapidly converged his force on theother brigades,
and Gen. Russell coming quickly into action on the left
opened a brisk file-fire upon the enemy. This was con-
tinued for several minutes, and Gen. Bates advanced his
brigade to the support of Gen. Russell. " Cease firing" was
sounded, and after an apparent lull in the contest the action
recommenced by Gen. Bates opening a vigorous fire from
his brigade. This appeared to stagger the enemy, and a
general advance took place in the direction of Ceve-cora-
moo, the Lieut.-Gen. bringing his whole force to bear upon
this point, apparently for a decisive manoeuvre. On reach-
ing the common the 14th Hussars took ground to the south-
ward, and the Scots Greys and Royals to the north, facing
west. The whole of the artillery took up a most advan-
tageous position in the centre, presenting a formidable line
of 18 guns. The 14th Hussars and the Greys skirmished on
their respective flanks, the artillery again opened fire, the
skirmishers were recalled, and the 14th retired by squad-
rons. When the fire of the artillery ceased Gen. Taylor
threw his brigade forward in the centre, supported by Gen.
Bates, while Gen. Russell made a similar movement on the
left, the 14th Hussars retiring. These brigades deployed
into line, the 2d in rear of the Ist. The Ist and 3d brigades
again opened fire upon the enemy, now beaten to his last
position, and a smart fusillade completed his discomfiture.
The troops then returned to quarters.
In accordance with a resolution recently passed at a vestry
meeting of the inhabitants of Aldershot, a memorial has
been drawn up praying that steps may be taken by the
Government to provide a suitable building to carry out in
Aldershot the provisions of the Act 27th and 28th Victoria,
cap. 85, otherwise known as the Contagions Diseases rre-

The following
appointments have been made at the Ad-
miralty :—Commander C. T. A. Noddall, to be master-
attendant and the harbourmaster of Deptford dockyard,
vice Poarn, retired—Staff Commander O. H. K. Bower, to
be commander and master-attendant of the Royal Clarence-
yard, vice Noddall—Lieut. H. Davis, to thelßlack Prince—
Ahmuty Irwin, surgeon, to the Aurora—John Edwards,
naval cadet, to the Achilles—Robt. Gilmour, assist.-surg.-
additional, to the Rattlesnake—Richard Munday, paymas-•
ter, to be secretary to Admiral Kellet—Thos. Beckham, as-
sist-paymaster, to the Britannia—Wm. R.'.Weatherley,
assist-paymaster, to the. Egmont—Jno. Heath, assist.-
paymaster, to the Excellent—Robert Williams, chief engi-
neer, to the Orlando-4. G, Bain, assist-engineer, to the
Victoria and Albert—T. P. P. Shelley and H, W. Wilkins,
assist. engineers, to the Urgent.

Lord Clarence Paget MP., and his Con.

stituents.

j,ord Clarence Fagot, vac of the numbers for Sandwich,
addressed his constituents at Dual, on Friday evening.
Owing to the indisposition of the mayor, Mgr George Hughes
occupied the chair.
Lord Clarence Pager, having been introduced by the

chairman, referred at some length to the foreign and finan-
cial policy of the Government, and he went on to say that
with regard to naval expenditure it bad been his earnest
endeavour to watch over, control, and limit it; and if any
gentleman should ask him why he was not oftener amongst
them, paying them his personal respects, his answer must
be that ho was watching over their naval expenditure. The
expenditure of the navy, it mas true—and he was thankful
for it—had been reduced very considerably within the last
two or three years. Yet the naval estimates had amounted

to no loss a sum than £12,750,000. The estimates for the
present year were something like £10,750,000, showing a
reduction of £2,000,000. He spoke not out of disrespect to
any previous Government, but if he were asked why this
enormous expenditure had been necessary he must frankly
reply that in the year when the present Government came
into office the navy of this country was not in a satisfactory
state. We had neither the quantity of ships, nor had we
the number of men, which it was absolurely necessary we
should maintain if we at the same lime desired that Eng-
land should maintain her position as a great naval power.
The consequence had undoubtedly been an enormous
expenditure, hut the result of that expenditure was
that we had now, either built or in various degrees
of construction, no less than thirty armour-plated ships.
Now, when he talked of thirty ships it was perhaps not
easy to realise what that represented in money, but when
he reminded them that each of our armour-plated ships
cost nearer half a million than a quarter of a million, some
idea would be formed of the expenditure which had been

necessary in constructing our armour-plated fleet. They
would remember perfectly well that in those days, some
four years ago, we used to suffer from a sort of chronic panic.

We used to hear that the country was utterly unfit to repel
invasion, that we had.neither ships nor troops, and that we
were in fact at the mercy of any nation who chose to invade
us or to insult our flag. We did not hear of these things
now. Englishmen did not now express their apprehension
of danger from invasion or insult, and he therefore asked
whether he might not therefore claim continued confidence
on this score in her Majesty's Government. The noble lord
then spoke of Mr Cobden's views as expressed in his recent
speech at Rochdale, and continued—lt was his fortune
during the past session of Parliament to be called on by the
House of Commons to state, as chairman of a very impor-
tant committee—that committee being appointed to inquire
into the dock accommodation existing in our dockyards, in
the country generally, and in the colonies, that our dock
accommodation was wholly insufficient for the wants of the
navy. It was true that it was his duty as chairman to frame
the report of that committee, yet he nevertheless could not
subscribe to every paragraph it contained, for he thought
they were apt, when they went into inquiries upon these
important matters, to forget that we had vast private esta-
blishments in thin country'which might always be counted
upon, in the event of an emergency, both for repairing and
docking our ships. Nevertheless, he was bound to say that
the evidence the committee received, and the conclusion to

which they came, showed that the dock and basin accom
modation for her Majesty's navy was insufficient for its
wants. lie alluded to this fact because he wished to put

frankly before his audience what had been and what kit un-
done. Ile quite admitted that it required very great exer-
tions op the part of the public to put our great naval esta-
blishments into the position which was befitting and neces-
sary for the navy, and therefore in stating that which ho now
did he was sure they would believe that the estimates to be
submitted to Parliament for the maintenance of her Ma..
jesty's navy would be framed with the utmost regard to
economy, although the views of Mr Cobden with regard
to sweeping reductions would not be entertained, Indeed,
they must expect, and he was sure when they came to be
acquainted with the details they would justify the Govern-
ment in propos ng, a considerable increase in the votes for
dock and basin accommodation. He had adverted generally
to the policy of the Government, both with regal d to foreign
affairs and with regard to the navy, and ho now wished to
allude to some points which would be interesting more espe-
cially to the naval officers and friends he saw around him.
A groat many criticisms had been given out to the public
with regard to the action of the Admiralty upon several
matters to which ho would briefly allude. He had told them
the Government was maintaining a very large force, indeed
something like 75,000 men, yet they had doubtless read that
in spite of this the Admiralty had had difficulty in manning
our ships. There was possibly not a corner of the country
that had not been alarmed within the last few weeks by a
report that there had been groat difficulty in manning our
line-of-battle ship Victoria. (Hear.) It was stated by one of
the leading newspapers a few weeks ago, and the statement
had occasioned conaiderahle alarm, that great difficulty had
been found in manning the three docker, now fitting as a
flagship in the Mediterranean, and that the Admiralty, in
order to make up her
complement, had unmanned other
ships, so averse were the seamen of this country to serve in
her Majesty's navy.
Now ho would tell them what was
really the fact. The Victoria was commissioned on the 2d
Nov. last. As soon as her officers had joined, orders were
given to complete her complement, which was done in 48
hours, the only vacancies remaining in the ship being for five
shipwrights. He was told the other day that the crew of the
Victoria had been got together from the scum of society,
and that they were not a real man-of-war's crew. Ho had,
however, taken great pains to examine the report of the
Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, who inspected the
ship, and his report of the ship's company, which he (Lord
Clarence Paget) had copied,
was this—"A good ship's
company, and above the average in appearance and quality ;
clean and well clothed." (Hear, hear.) He desired to
allude to one more point concerning naval administration.
The recent experiments which had been made in gunnery,
and likewise with regard to armour plating, had boon
watched with considerable interest. Among other systems
one had engaged public attention to a groat extent—he
meant the turret system. A very intelligent officer of the
navy had brought this system to considerable perfection on
board
la
and many interesting trials had
taken the
c Re
generally supposed that there was a prejudice at the Admi-
ralty against the turret system, and that consequently the
p Royal Sovereign,
the
past summer. Now he found it was
Royal Sovereign was destined to be laid upon the shelf and
kept out of tho view of the public. Nothing could be more
fallacious than this idea. It gave bim sincere pleasure to
state, that as far as experience had gone in the working of
the turret system, that system was a great success. It
had been found that various difficulties which were anti-
cipated by many vanished in practice, He was one of
those who had always been very sanguine that this
' system of naval defence would take a high place in this
country, and he had every reason to be equally sanguine
now. But with respect to the Royal Sovereign, her own
captain, one of the most distinguished officers of the navy,
reported the., although the turret system in his opinion,
and in the opinion of all on board, worked most satisfac-
torily,
the Royal Sovereign as she was was not sufficiently a
cruising ship for sea-going purposes, and that the utmost
that could be expected of her was that she should be used
for the protection of our coast, or in an emergency sent to
the Mediterranean. Under these circumstances the Admi-
ralty thought it would be unwise to keep this ship in com-
mission, as it was evident she could not fulfil all the condi-
tions of a seagoing ship. but with the view and the earnest
desire of carrying out fully experiments in this system they
were making modifications in various matters of detail.
Some accidents undoubtedly occurred to the ship. Her
hawse holes wore damaged, and in various other respects
she required repair, but he could only say that the moment
she was ready she would bo put to sea. He would add one
word more on the subject. So impressed were the Admi-
ralty with the success of the turrets so far as they had
ow under consideration the
worked, that that they had n
sion of one of our large armour plated
.ships which were
now in course of construction into a ship upon the turret
system. (Cheers.) The nobl b? d hen re
recentlyt
made
a local nature, alluding to th? improvements the
and in course of contemplation in the town of Deal,
recent completion of a new pier, and the proposal for carry-
ing out harbour and dock accommodation now heforethe
his speech amid warm manifestations
public, and concluded
of applause,
On the motion of Mr E. Brown, seconded by Mr
Bushell, a vote of continued confidence was passed to his
lordship, and thanks to the chairman concluded the pro-
ceedings.

EDINBURGH, Deo. 3.
This case was called to•day at the First Division of the
Court of Session for the purpose of hearing parties on the
motion of Major Yolverton to apply the judgment of the
House of Lords, and on the counter motion of the pursuer
to supersede consideration of the defender's motion, and
allow a condescendence res noviter (a statement of new
matter) to be added to the record and remitted to proof. It
may be necessary to explain that the House of Lords in giv-
ing judgment on Scotch appeals remits it to the Court below
to apply and carry out the judgment, and to grant the ex-
tract which brings it into operation. On the meeting of the
Court fur the Winter Session the defender petitioned for
application of the judgment, and the pursuer fur admitting
new evidence. By the pursuer's motion thi. question is now
raised whether the duty of the Court below is purely minis-
terial or to some extent discretionary. Tho pursuer prac-
tically asks the inferior Court to suspend the judgment of
the court above, and reopen the whole cause.
Mr Campbell Smith, for the pursuer, acknowledged that
the motion he now made was quite unprecedented. It had
never been granted in any previous case, but on the other
hand it had never been refused. What the pursuer asked
leave to do was to lodge a condescendence of facts which had
come to her knowledge since the final judgment. The sub-
stance of it was, that Major Yelverton on a visit to his
brother Frederick, when on his deathbed, admitted that ho
had married the pursuer in Scotland. They should prove
that Major Yelverton visited his brother during his last
illness,. and. then-thedyitag brother • • •

double marriage, and stated that it was a misfortune; and
asked him how, after reading the marriage service with Miss
Longworth in Scotland and after being married to her in Ire.
land he could have married another woman,Mrs Forbes. Ma.
jor Yelverton replied it was a sad thing to have done so,
but that it could not be helped now, and that at the tiwe ho

married Mitis Longworth he had no intention-of marrying
. _

Mrs Forbes or anybody but Miss Longworth. (A laugh.)
That was the substance of the conversation which they
undertook to prove. It had reached them in as trustworthy
a way as it was possible to get such information. The nurse
who had attended Frederick Yelverton on his death-
bed died in the Sick Children's Hospital in Dublin in 1862,
but before her death she communicated to the chaplain of
the hospital what she had heard take place between the
two brothers. Thoy heard nothing of this statement until

the reversal of the decision of the Court of Session by the
House of Lords, the clergyman believing that there was no
need of any information being communicated on the sub-
ject. It was also shown by the evidence of at least one gen-

lemon in the confidence of the deceased Frederick Yelver•

ton that he believed his brother had married the pur-
suer in Scotland, and that he had founded hie belief on
what had passed between him and his brother, Major Yel-

verton, after the marriage with Mrs Forbes, and when he
tried to get the pursuer sent out of the country. The per-
son to whom Frederick Yelverton made this statement in
the end of 1858 was Mr Biggs, of Bannagher, who was then
factor on the estates of his fither-in-law, Lord Avonmore.
The statement by Frederick was that his brother had made
a perfect fool of himself by marrying Mrs Forbes—(a laugh)

—and, further, that his belief of the marriage with Miss
Longworth was induced by a conversation with Major
Yelverton. We are also prepared to prove that Frederick
Yelverton had made similar acknowledgments before his
death to other persons, and that he founded his belief on
what Major Yelverton himself bad communicated to him.

The Lord President—You are to prove that Frederick
believed that Major Yolverton had married Miss Longworth,
and that he based his belief on information he had received
from Major Yelverton.
Mr Smith—We believe that other witnesses besides Mr
Biggs can be found to speak to it. Frederick left a widow,
who, we believe, would be able to speak to it; but we are
as yet able to tell what she would say.
Lord Deas—Why
Mr Smith— She is reluctant to speak. She is on frieudly
terms on the other side.

Lord Ardmillan—You want an opportunity of finding out
what others would say I'
Mr Smith— Yes. We will do what we can to corroborate
the evidence of the other two. But the new evidence we
now offer is, I submit, evidence which would have led to a
different final judgment in the case, as supplying what was
chiefly desiderated by tho judges of the Court of Appeal—
namely, serious acknowledgments of marriage. It is quite
clear, in the face of our statement—which must be assumed
to bokue at the present stage—that this would have been

regarded as serious —that the acknowledgment which we may
was made .would have been regarded as a very serious ono.
A. more serious acknowledgment Cannot possibly be con-
ceived than the one wo havo set forth here. A deathbed it.
always a place where one may be expected to be serious,
more especially at a brother's. That is a placo consecrated
by everything which could make any place sacred, not
merely by natural affection, but by Cho presence of
" That shadow cloaked from head to foot,
That keeps the keys of all the creeds.

1 lherofore eubulit thatlhat would have been a woet valu-
able piece of evidence, and that it ought t) be admitted to
proof,

Mr Gordon, fur Major Yelverton, submitted that tho re.
tnits of the House of Lords were judgments which the Cour'

of Session must implicitly carry out. Tho judgment of the
House of Lords in theYelverton case was clear and explicit,
and there was no reason for delay in applying that judg-
ment. There had been many litigants who had boon obsti-
nately persistent in their applications to this court, but there
was no case of an application like this made after a final
judgment in the cause. It would rcquiro a strong argument
therefore, to induoo the Court to comply with the demand
now made. The truth was they had no aiternativo but to
put on the record the judgment of the House of Lords, lie
held that there was no case for the introduction of rcs no-

vita'. The pursuer had had opportunity of proving what
Major Yelverton had said to his brother, and of making all
the proper investigatiors to find that out. But he submitted
that this whole statement, was destitute of foundation, and
that there never was such a woman as Sarah Melling in at-
tondanco on Frederick Yelverton.
Lord Dons—Surely that could be found out,
The Lord Advocate—That statement is certainly yes no-
viler. (A laugh.)
Mr Gordon---It is well known that this case has been
much talked of throughout the country, and it is really al-
together incredible that this clergyman was not aware of
the importance of any statement made by Major Yelverton.
The pursuer was in this position, that she might by reason•
able diligence have discovered any statement made by Major
Yelverton ; but she did not use that diligence, and had
been content to take judgment upon the record which had
been presented, so that it was too late now to put in this ap-
plication. If this was allowed, where was it to end?

- The Lord Advocate replied for the pursuer. lie con-
tended that the allegations were distinct and must be held
as true at this stage. They were also material and impor-
tant. Can there be a doubt, ho said, that if Sarah Mallins
attended Frederick Yelverton on his deathbed, and if she
on her deathbed made that statement as to the reading of
the marriage service, that would have had a most material

bearing on the subject-matter of the suit? As to the ques-
tion whether your lordships would have believed Sarah
Mallins's statement or not, that is a matter we need not

enter into here: but if you would have believed it, then
that would have given just the turning point to tho whole
case ; for it that conversation was truly hear and truly re-
pealed, there would have been no doubt of the truth of the
landlady's evidence of what took place on that occasion,
and it would have given an aspect to the whole evidence
most materially in favour of the pursuer. His lordship pro-
ceeded to say that if the allegations were sufficient to en-
title the pursuer to reduce the judgment,they were sufficient
to entitle her to interpose before the judgment was applied.
The Lord President stated thatjudgment would be given
next week,

The following are the affidavits referred to in the discus

Mon :

"I.—Affidavit of the Rev. Edward George Campbell, A.M.
"I, Edward George Campbell, A.M., Clerk, rector of
Kilderry, in the diocese of Ossory, make oath and say—
That in the year 1861, and about the beginning of the year
1862, I visited on several occasions a person called Sarah
Mallins, who was a patient in the Meath Hospital, Dublin,
and in which she died early in the month of January. I
attended her as her clergyman, she being then in a dying
state, and had several conversations with her, in the course
of which she informed me that she had attended on the late
Hon. Frederick Yelverton in his last illness, which termi-
noted in death in or about the month of February, 1860;
that he expressed much uneasiness of conscience at the part
ho had taken with his brother, Major Yelverton, in
relation to the marriage of the latter. She also
stated that she heard the said Frederick Yelver-
ton say to the said Major Yelverton, We are
ruined by your marriage with Mistress Forbes. How
could you take her after reading the marriage service with
Miss Longworth in Scotland, and afterwards being again
married in Ireland ?"rhat the said Major Yelverton replied,
It is a sad thing to have acted so, but it can't bo helped
now. When I read that marriage service with her 1 had
fully resolved to have her as my wife, and it was to satisfy
her importunities I renewed it again in Ireland, 1 had u)
thought. of deserting her then, or to marry Mrs Forbes, or
anybody.' And I say that the said Sarah Mallins appeared
to me to speak with candour, and I have remembered what
she said distinctly, and have given the substance of it cop•
rectly and accurately.
" Sworn before me, at No. 20, St. Andrew-street, in the
city of Dublin, Nov. 90864.

" DAVID FITZGERALD,
" A Commissioner in Ireland to administer oaths
for the Court of Chancery in England.
" Ed wd. Geo. Campbell,
Rector of Kilderry, Diocese of Oasory."
"11.—Affidavit of William Biggs, of Bannagher.
The affidavit of William Biggs, of Bannagher, hi the

Sing's County, in Ireland, who being sworn this 19th day
of October, 1864, A.D., maketh oath and says,—That I
am over 30 years of age; that I have been for many years
most intimately acquainted with Lord Avonmore and his
family; that 1 had been agent over his estates in Ireland for
some years prior to the death of Frederick Yelverton, second
son of Lord Avonmore; and that during the time in which
I was agent as aforesaid 1 permanently resided at Belleisle,
and associated with the Yolverton family there ; that I was
acting agent and residing at Balleiele when Wm. Charles
Yolverton, third son of Lord Avonmere, effected a marriage
with a certain Emily Forbes; that I perfectly recollect
Frcdk. Yelverton, brother to the said William, going to Scot-
land about the time of said marriage between thesaid William
and Emily Forbes ; that I fully and distinctly recollect that
some time in the year 1858, said Fredk. Yolverton told me,
that hie brother William Yelverton had made a perfect fool
of himself; that he had married a Mrs Forbes (meaning
Emily Forbes aforesaid) while in reality he was married to
a Miss Theresa Longworth, with whom ho (William) had
contracted a legal Scotch marriage priorily ; that in frequent
subsequent conversations which I have had with the said
Frederick Yelverton, he, the said Frederick, told mo that
beyond all manner of doubt his brother William had posi.
lively married Miss Theresa Longworth according to all the
requirements of Scotch law, and had been living with her as
his wife in Scotland; that he (Frederick) had couw to those
conclusions from tho statement William made to aim in re-
gard to his marriage with the said Theresa Longworth, in
which he, the said William, detailed the facts,/ his Scotch
marriage with Miss Theresa Longworth, and acknowledged
• . erielr, that said Scotch-marriage had - ,
really taken place between him, William Charles Yelverton,
and the said Theresa Longworth; and that the said several
admissions and statements of said William and his acknow-
ledgments in reference to said Scotch marriage with Miss
Theresa Longwortb, as afore-mentioned, was a valid, a
perfect, and duly accepted marriage according to the laws
of Scotland.

"Sworn before ine this 19th day of Vober, one thousand
eight hundred and aix.f y-four, at Egremoni, in the county of
Galway, a Master Extraordinary of her Majesty's High
Court of Chancery in Ireland, for said county, and I know
the deponent. " TILOS. CURRAN,
" WM. Biggs." Master Extraordinary,