The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-27 00:00:00

E VENING

THE YELVERTON CASE.

HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS DAY.

LONGIVORTII (on YELVERTON) V. TELVERTON.
Present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Cranworth,
Lord Westbury, and Lord Colonsay.
Much interest was excited this morning in the
House of Lords in consequence of an announce-
ment that Miss Longworth, alias the Hon. Mrs.
Yelverton, would appear in forma pauperis before
the House of Lords as appellant in this long-
disputed case, and would plead her own cause before
their lordships. The case came before their lord-
ships on a very curious point. The question whether
a marriage had taken place between the parties
having been determined by their lordships on ihe
previous appeal adversely to Miss Longworth, or, as
she still claims to be Mrs. Yelverton, she applied
to the Court of Session in Scotland to refer the
matter to the oath of the respondent, the Hon.
Major Yelverton, eldest son of Viscount Avonmore,
whom she claims as her husband. The Court of
Session having refused her application, the lady
lodged the present appeal.
The appellant, who was:dressed in a light grey
silk, with a black lace shawl of peculiar material
took her place at the bar.
The Lord Chancellor—l thought you were to ap-
pear by counsel.
The Appellant—My counsel has not yet appeared
He is engaged in a. long case in Edinburgh, and it is
very uncertain when he shall arrive.
The Lord Chancellor—Do you think he his likely
to arrive, because we should be sorry that your case
should be prejudiced by his absence. Would you
prefer to address the house yourself ?
The Appellant—Yes, my lord, I should.
The Lord Chancellor--Very well, proceed.
The appellant then, in a firm voice, proceeded to
state the circumstances under which she had pre-
viously been before the Courts. With reference to
the particular motion she 'had to make, she said that
Major Yelverton objected to being put on oath
because he was accused of bigamy, and because
Mrs. Forbes, a lady to whom he was married, was
also interested. This argument, she contended,
ought not to have any weight. She proceeded at
great length to cite cases which had from time to
time been before the Court, and on which she
mainly rested her claims. She pointed out also
from other cases that the matter might have been
put to a jury, or dealt with in other ways than by
a distinct refusal by the Court of Session.
The Appellant—l now propose to read the
speeches of the Scottish judges.
The Lord Chancellor—Yes, certainly ; it is very
necessary that we should hear them.
The appellant then read the speeches in extenso.
While she was thus engaged, the learned lords
held several consultations on particular parts of the
argument.

The appellant then proceeded to comment on the
opinions expressed by the Lord President. One of
the great arguments in the court below was that
Mrs. Forbes had had a judgment. But if that were
the case, why should not the first wife have had the
power of raising her hand in her defence ? It had
been said that Major Yelverton had been married
to Mrs. Forbes in facie ecclesix. Well, was he not
married to Miss Longworth in facie ecclesite also ?

That Major Yelvertou was married at two different
altars in two different characters, bat yet before
the same God, to take two women to love and
to cherish till death did them part, had been
proved beyond all possibility of yea and nay. But
one of these marriages was :in Scotland and one in
Ireland. One in a Catholic church and the other
in a Protestant. Catholic 4, to whom she belonged,
were not Fire Worshippers or followers of Vishnu,
but they were Christians ; and adhered to the same
Christ, and followed his holy teaching ; and was it
because that her form of worship of the divine
Saviour differed from that of another that she was
to be discarded as a worthless being ? In the sight

of that Saviour she was the wedded wife of Major
Yelverton, and would to God the judges of the
land were of the same opinion. The court below
seemed to think that there had been a case of collu-
sion, but there could not be even a microscopical
atom of suspicion of collusion in the case.
She contended that " she wa3 entitled in
this matter to as much consideration as Mrs.
Forbes. Had not the trouble to one lady been as
great as to the other? Had not the annoyance to
her (the appellant) of being dragged from court
to court, beyond all expression, especially when she
had to defend her character against the revolting
accusations of Major Yelverton while seeking to
prove herself his virtuous and lawful wife? At one
time, what doubt was there of the fact? None at

all—and from that position she had been dragged
down by Major Yelverton, and degraded to the
lowest level, for what could be more abject and de-
grading than to be bereft of virtue and honour by
the actions of one whose actions would one day be
judged by that Almighty and all-seeing Providence?
The appellant ridiculed the idea of a judgment which
provided that Major Yelverton should not be exa-

mined on oath, but he should be obliged to speak
the truth. He was the only person who knew the
facts of the case, and he ought to be compelled to
divulge them. With regard to Mrs. Forbes, she
should be glad if she was allowed to state her own
case. Might she be allowed to have an order for
Mrs. Forbes to appear?

The Lord Chancellor (in a tono of kindness)—
Not at present. You had better go on with your
case.

The appellant said it was not her intention to
weary their lordships with a recital of her bitter
wrongs and intense sufferings borne for years that

would bring tears into the eyes of angels.
Mrs. Yelverton seemed at this point to be almost
overcome by her emotion, but she gathered courage,
and proceeded in a strain of very high eloquence
to tell the tale of her sorrows, and evidently excited
very deep sympathy on her behalf. She next pro -
ceeded to comment on the decisions of the other
Scotch judges.

The Lord Chancellor, at half-past twelve o'clock,
said the case must be adjourned, as he was obliged
to go to her Majesty's drawing-room. Meanwhile
their lordships would carefully read the judgment.
The case might be resumed at half-past ten o'clock
to- morrow.

At the close of the appellant's case the Attorney-
General (with whom is Mr. Anderson) will state the

case on behalf of Major Yelverton, the respondent.

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