The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-16 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN,

Sir,—From the kind and generous support you have
constantly afforded me, I believe I may trust to your giving
immediate publicity to the foliowing letter, addressed to
me by a ccmparative stranger; one however, too upright
and honourable to suffer such foul injustice to stalk abroad
in open day unchallenged by him. Thus truth asserts its
divine right after six years of the usurpation of falsehood :
"There is a Providence that shapes our ends,
Rough hew them as we may." _ _ _

I am happy to say, this is the last of the calumnies of
which the whole case for the defence consists. You were
good enough to publish in your columns a refutation from
.ny sister, Madame Lefebvre, concerning my first meeting
with Major Yelverton, at which she distinctly asserts she
was present; also another letter from Mrs. Bellamy, who
declares she was present the whole time Major Yelverton
called upon us at our residence in London, The wanton
untruth that I followed Major Yelverton to the Crimea is
absolutely contradicted by the evidence of Captain Gray;
for by a curious coincidence I joined at Marseilles, on one
of her return voyages, the vessel which had taken him
home.

With regard to the calumny invented to rob me of friends
and fair fame at Mrs Gemble's house, it was made so trans-
parent by that lady and Miss Macfarlane, to say nothing of
the three distinct and contradictory statements by the
118jor, who appears to have an inaptitude for remem-
bering the legal statements made for him, that not one
of the fourteen judges, favourable or otherwise, believed
them.

important as is the letter of Captain Champion in a
moral point of view, another, bearing upon one of the most
vital legal points, has also reached me, and is now in pos-
session of my lawyer..--I am, Sir, yours truly,
Condette, Sept. 13. THERESA YELITEATON.

" Great Britain S.S,, Dec. 7, 1859.
.
" Dear Madam,—Replying to your letter, I beg to say
that I have commanded the Great Britain steamship for the
past five years, and perfectly remember Major Yelverton as
a passenger from Malta to England in the Great Britain
steamship. On referring to the log-books I find that Major
Yelverton embarked at Malta, March 24, 1855, and landed
at Portsmouth April 4, 1855.
" On referring to the log-book I find you embarked at
Marseilles on the 12th May, 1855, and landed at Constanti-
nople 21st of that month. Subsequent to your leaving the
vessel I twice had the pleasure of seeing you at the Galata
Hospital, on the last occasion in the dress of the French
Sisters of Charity.
" Bel:eve me to be yours respectfully,
(Signed) " JOHN GRAY,
Commander of the Great Britain S.S.

"2, Alliance-villas, Victoria-park-road, Hackney,
London, Sept. 8, 1864.
" Hon. Mrs I'. Yelverton,
" Madam,—l think it due to you, as well as to myse

to refute, as far as my knowledge of facts will allow, the I
false statements which I have seen in a pamphlet respecting
what took place on board the steamship Melbourne in the
harbour of Balaklava, March, 18.56. I commanded the
Melbcurne at that time, and distinctly recollect General
Straubenzee bringing you on board (then Miss Longworth),
and placing you under my protection. Previous to that I
had frequently seen you out riding with the General and
his lady. When yourself, the General, his aide-de-camp,
and Major Yelverton, who I knew by sight, came on board, I
was on shore, but returned shortly after ; the General then
told me he wished to put Miss Longworth under my care fer
a passage to Constantinople. After remaining on board about
20 minutes, himself and party landed. Some time afterwards
I observed Major Yelverton had returned on board in plain
clothes. I also remember him walking on the poop-deck for
some time with yourself and the doctor ; you then eat down
on the arm•chest at the afterpart of the poop, a signal lan-
thorn burning a bright light being suspended directly over
head and exposing every person on deck to view, there being
no bulwarks round that part of the ship. I remained on
deck till nearly midnight, after seeing all the sentries pro-
perly posted. A petty officer was also on watch cn that
part of the poop near where you and the Major were sitting.
Having a large number of troops on board at the time, sen-
tinels were placed on other parts of the deck as well, so that
.no part of the deck, fore or aft, was unseen. I saw nothing
in the conduct of Major Yelverton improper ; had it been
so, it could not have escaped observation. The assertion
that any nolse in your cabin could be heard in mine is not
correct. The cabin you occupied was in the after part of
the saloon, and mine in the fore part, about 60 feet between
them. The reason that Major Yelverton assigned for not
going into your cabin must therefore be a fabrication. We
sailed at 4 a:m. On arrival at Constantinople I landed you
in my own boat, and saw you safely in the care of some
French ladies wearing the order of the Sisters of Charity.
When these false assertions were first made public I was
not in England, and did not become aware of them until
my return, then too late to be of any service ; but seeing
the matter revived, and understanding that you continued
the struggle solely for the purpose of clearing your honour
and fair fame, I could no longer refrain offering my tes-
timony so far as I remember the circumstances,
"I have the hono ur to be, Madam,
" Your obedient servant,
(Signed) "W. Clumricai."