The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-06 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

(Before the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord
Wensleydale, Lord Chelmsford, and Lord Kingsdown.)

YELVERTON V. LONGWORTH (OR YELVERTON).
This appeal case was continued this morning. Long
before the doors were opened a large crowd of persons had
assembled, a large majority of them being ladies, who were
actuated by curiosity, so that all the space Appropriated to
strangers was very soon occupied. Several members of the
Houee of Commons occupied seats in the gallery. The
respondent was in one of the side seats with two other
ladies, but, as she sat on a hassock, she could only be seen
by a few persons.

Mr. Rolf, Q.C., who on a previous day called attention
to the position of the parties, and the manner i❑ which they
became acquainted, together with a history of the various
law proceedings which have taken place, proceeded this
morning to read lengthened extracts from the evidence bear-
ing upon the case of the Hon. Major Yelverton, the appel-
lant, with a view to show that the lady had anted impro-
perly in her early connection with the appellant.
Lord Chelmsford could hardly see how that evidence,
supposing it were all true, affected the marriage.
The Lord Chancellor concurred in the opinion that it was
Useless to trouble heir lordships with such matters.
Mr. Rolt could not argue that point at present, but
thought it might be found to throw some light on subse-
quent stages of the matter. He would now proceed to ad-
vert to the correspondence which had passed between the
parties, contending that, as the judgment of the court below,
and which was against Major Yelverton, was founded upon
that correspondence, it was of the greatest possible import-
ance to his client, and that must be his apology for intrud-
ing it upon their lordships at some length,
Shortly after 12 o'clock it was evident that Mrs. Yel-
verton was becoming unwell, and she was removed from
the house. In the course of a few minutes afterwards she
made her appearance in the Reporter's Gallery, being
escorted by one of her counsel, and accompanied by her
two lady friends, The news soon spread, and several mem-
bers of the House of Commons came up to the side galleries
to catch a glimpse of the lady who has attracted eo much
notoriety. She is a person rather above the ordinary
stature, of pleasing features, and very fair complexion.
She wore a light silk dress and a light silk bonnet trimmed
with velvet ribbon.

Mr Rolt proceeded at great length to read extracts from
the lady's letters, and said there were some passages which
he would not read, but he would request their lordships to
read them. Some of them were in Italian, and he agreed
with the Lord Ordinary that it was almost impossible for
the lady to have been acquainted with the nature of many
of the expressions she used, some of those expressions
being capable of bearing the most filthy interpretation. He
pointed out other passages in English, in which the lady
had expressed pity that persons about to contract marriage
could not go on trial. Such remarks, he contended, were
entirely inconsistent with all honourable courtship.
The learned counsel was proceeding with his address
when our report left.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A. RUFFIAN PROPERLY PUNISHED.—Fred. Compton,
a powerfully-built young man, descried as a bill-poster,
living at No. 1, Queen-street, St. James's, was charged
before Mr Knox, with savagely assaulting a young woman
named Elizabeth Thompson,

The complainant, a young woman, said that on Sunday
mornibg about four o'clock she was standing at her mother's
door in Stacey-street, when the defendant came up to her in
a menacing manner. Thinking he was going to strike her
she said " Don't hit me." The defendant replied, "No I
will not hit you, I will kick you," and then gave her a
violent kick on the hand. She fell to the ground, and the
prisoner then kicked her on the nose and also on her body.
The complainant showed her hand to the magistrate,
and there was a bad wound on it.
Mr Knot asked the complainant whether she knew the
defendant, and she said she had " kept company" with
him. She had not seen him since the previous night, and
she had given him no provocation whatever. The defendant
had frequently beat her before, and once she charged him
with using a poker to her.
Defendant asked the complainant whether a man was
not talking to her at the time, and she denied it, and said
the defendant often followed her in the streets and threat-
ened to have her life.

Mr. Knox inquired of the complainant whether the lived
with the defendant, and she said she did not.
Walter Sheppard, 55 F, deposed that on going to the
place he foetid the complainant on the ground and the de-
fendant k'cking her. The defendant stated that the com-
plainant had been with another man.
The defendant said that what the complainant had re-
ceived she wholesomely deserved. It was her own fault—
she was in the habit of following him.

Mr Knox said he did not care what the complainant had
done. The defendant had no right to take the law into his
own hands under any circumstances. If the complainant
had annoyed him he could have had protection horn the
Court, and certainly was not justified in kicking the com-
plainant in the abominable way he had done. He should
commit the defendant for three months with hard labour.