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saw her alone. She Was dressed in the costume of
a scour de charite ; we sat in a private room. I
embraced her and kissed her two or three times. I
did not refer to any intentions.

Mr. Whiteside-II object to that mode of giving
evidence.
Witness—We referred to the probability of our
meeting again,. if she came to the Crimea, and I
made some love. I cannot describe it in any other
words.

The Chief Justice—ln other words, sir, did you
make dishonourable propositions ?-1 did not, my
lord, in words.
Sergeant Armstrong—Did you tell her you had
come from England purposely to find her I
did not. Where were you going at the time P—l
was going to the Crimea; I was in command of a
battery of siege artillery. Did you on that occa-
sion make the lady lan offer of marriage P—l
did not. Did you, promise to marry her on that
occasion ?L=l did not from that I went to
Balaklava; the Transit steamer in which I
went was lying in t harbour while I was at
Galata ; I next saw tole lady after that in the be-
ginning of 1856—February, I think. Where ?—ln
the Crimea, at General Straubenzee's hut; I was
aware of her arrival tliere before I visited, about
ten days. Did you Make or renew any offer of
marriage then ? I did vet. Did you tell her you
were ender promise npt to marry any lady who
could not pay your debts ?--I did not. Did you tell
her you were under pecuniary difficulties, and could
not marry then P—l told her I was under consider-
able pecuniary diffieulttes, but I did not state any
time that I would, be able to marry. I made no
mention of time..!-- Did you make any mention of
marriage did sot:- My lord—l fear_ lAgve
made adiiitoriect answer, rinisthidefaiold counsel.
The Chief Justice—l twill take the answer you
have given, then you olin make any explanation
you may think proper.
Witness—My lord, I talked of marriage, but I
did not propose it. I Understood Sergeant Arm-
strong as having asked me if I proposed marriage,
which I did not.

Sergeant Armstrong—State in what terms mar-
riage was spoken of P—l spoke of it as, under the
circumstances in which I was placed, a thing I

could not enter into, or engage with the lab,
I was in the habit of seeing her at General Strau-

benzee's hut for about three or four weeks.

did not during that period propose for or make
an offer of marriage to the lady. Did you dur-
ing that period repeat more than once what you
have already stated as to your circumstances ?

(After a long pause)—l tail it once for all ; I
never went back to it: Do you recollect whether
you did repeat it ?—I left it upon the one state-
ment. Do you recollect having absented yourself
during that period for any time from General Strau-
ben zee's hut P—l recollect no such interval. Did

you propose to her there q secret marriage ?—I did
not. Did you propose to her that you should get
married in the Greek church at Balaklava ?—I did

not. Did she state to you that they were Greek
Catholics and not Roman Catholics at that place ?
—I have no recollection uf any such conversation.
Before parting with her at General Straubenzee's
was there any arrangement as to where you were to
next see her ?—There was ; we arranged to go to
the Bosphorus, and that I was to go to see her
wherever she took up her abode. I left the Crimea
on the 18th June, 1856 ; I came home by Odessa
and the Danube, and by Vienna. After parting
with the lady at General Straubenzee's I next saw
her at Leith, at the end of January or beginning of
February, 1857. Did you see her at Balaklava on
board a steamer when she was leaving the Crimea ?
I took her down to the steamer with General
Straubenzee and Capt. Straubenzee. After General
Straubenzee returned to the camp I went back to
the steamer. Did you go on your knees and implore
her to go anywhere and get married P—l did not.
Did you go on your knees at all while on board the
steamer P (After a good deal of hesitation)—No,
my lord. Had you to get up from your knees
several times as sailors had to step across P—No, I
had not; there were very few people on board.
Did any familiarities take place between you on
that occasion ?—Yes. State what they were and
where ? Sitting on the raised poop of the vessel.
I sat with my arms round her waist, and kissed her
several times, and attempted to take other liberties.
The Chief Justice—What were they ?

Witness—Towards attempting to take possession
of her.

The Chief Justice—ln other words, you attempted
her virtue ?

Witness—l did—(sensation)--I shall explain.
The Chief Justice here intimated it as his opinion
thai: ladies ought to leave court.
(The ladies, with the exception of the personal
friends or the parties, left court, after a good
deal of apparent reluctance, the Chief Justice hav-
ing had personally to remonstrate with some of
them individually, pointedly informing them that
if they had any modesty they should leave.)
Sergeant Armstrong called on the witness to
state the nature of the attempts to which he re-
ferred. He proceeded to do so with great minute-
ness and deliberation—the details being unfit for
publication. The witness then continued—l first
saw her next at the Ship Hotel, Leith. Miss Mac-
farlane was with her. I saw her for some little
time before 1 saw Miss Macfarlane ; about an hour
or so. I next saw her at Edinburgh, at Mr. Gamble's.
I saw her :there repeatedly. I rode out with her.
She remained there about two months, or a little
better. Did you at that time, or at any time in
Edinburgh, propose a Scotch marriage to the lady ?
I did not. I did not tell her what was sufficient to
constitute a Scotch marriage. She did not say she
would be married by a Catholic priest, and that
she would think it a sin if she was not married in
church. I did not say that it was the parties them-
selves who conferred on each other the sacrament

of marriage and not the priest. I did not
at any time read to her and get her to read
with me the marriage service out of the prayer-
book. I did not say, " This makes us husband and
wife by the law of Scotland." She never said to
Miss Macfarlane, in my presence, "We have mar-
ried each other." I remember her leaving Edin-
burgh and going to Hull. I next saw her at
Waterford, in January, 1857. I received a letter
from her (letter produced and identified). I went
straight to the hotel from which it was written.
She did not tell me at Waterford that she had been

looking for a priest there.—Did you tell her you
could get a priest at once at Waterford ? I did
not.—Did you say it was better not to stay there,
lest Mr. Bellamy should follow her ? I did not.
We went from Waterford to Thomastown. We
continued there one night or two. I am not sure
which. I was one night at Cummins' Hotel,
Waterford.—One night ; did you sleep with her
there ? I did. From Thomastown we went to
Malahide, through Dublin. We were at Malahide's
for five days at Shaw's Hotel.—Did you give your
own name or any name at the hotel, at Waterford ?
No, I recollect giving no name there. At Thomas-
town I don't recollect giving any name.—Do you
recollect giving any name at Malahide ? I do. I
gave the names, " Mr. and Mrs. Stuart." While
at Malahide we occupied a sitting-room on the hall
floor. We occupied the one bed-room, and slept
together. On leaving Malahide we went to Newry.
We put up at Dransfield's Hotel, where we stayed
two nights. I think I gave the name of Power there,
but I don't recollect. We occupied a bedroom there
and slept together. We went from thence to Itos-
trevor to Sanxster's Hotel. I recollect the Thursday
after we arrived there, and I recollect going to War-
renpoint on some Sunday, whether that one or not
I do not remember. I went with her to the door
of the Catholic chapel, but I did not attend service.
I have some recollection of her speaking to the
clerk or some person about the chapel while she
was leaning on my arm. I recollect leaving for
Dublin about August 11, and remaining for one
night. Did you tell her you were going to Dub-
lin for a priest—that you could get one for £.50,
but that you thought it too much to pay ?—I did
not. Did she tell you that she had seen a priest
who would marry you, but that a dispensation
was necessary ?—She did not. Did she tell you
that she had been to the bishop and that the dis-
pensation had been allowed, and that you could
he married the next morning ?—She did not. Did
you tell her that she ought to have paid for the dis-
pensation, and that you would send it to Mr.
Mooney P—l did not, It was not arranged that
I should go to high mass the next day with her.
I did not go. I went to a chapel with her shortly
after my return from Dublin. Did you go into
the chapel did. Whom did you see ?--Mr.
Mooney, I had not seen or known him before. Do
you recollect what Priest Mooney said when you
went into the chapel—where was he when you
went in P—He was on the right of the chapel as
you enter, at the upper end ; he was outside the
altar; he had some conversation about our being
late, saying that he expected us sooner, and had
nearly given us up. We gave an explanation, say=
ing that it was farther than we expected from
the house to the chapel, as we had gone
part of the way by boat. State what next
n:
occurred.—He spoke to us both as we stood i
front of him. He said that he understood we
eame there to give our consent to one another.

I said I wished him to unders.tand that I was not
there for any purpose of my own, but for this lady's
conscience sake, or words to that effect. He asked
me what my religion was—l replied lam not
bigotted. I am—(hesitation)—he asked me again,
Are you a Roman Catholic ? I replied lam a
Protestant, but you Roman Catholics don't seem to
know that we Protestants call ourselves Catholics.
He then, or during this conversation, was moving
round placing himself inside the altar rails. He
bade us kneel down before him. I rather hesitated,
looked round, and listened, and said, " There must
be no witnesses to this." He replied, " There are
nose." I went to lock the door of the chapel.
A Juror—Who locked the door ?—Mr. Mooney.
To Sergeant Armstrong—While he was locking
the door Miss Longworth appealed to me to say
nothing more. Mr. Mooney came back from the
door, placing himself inside altar rails. We knelt
down before him, and went through a portion of a
marriage service. It was not similar to the Pro-
testant service, which I know. Ido not know the
Roman Catholic ritual.
The Chief Justice—lnstead of saying that a por-
tion.of the service was gone through, state what
occurred—what was said—as well as you can.
Witness—l recollect taking her for my wife, and
she taking me for her husband. I recollect joining
hands and touching a ring which she had on her
ringer. I don't recollect anything else.
Sergeant Armstrong—Had you given her that
ring ? I had. Where did you give it to her ?--At Ma-
lahide to the best of my recollection. Had she worn
it before the day of the ceremony ?—She had. Do
you recollect was the ring taken off on that occa-
sion ?—lt was not. Do you say that positively, or
to the best of your recollection ?
Mr. Whiteside—l object to the question.
Witness, to the Court—l have stated everything,
to the best of my recollection.
Chief Justice—You are not able to say positively
whether you took off the ring or not ?—To the
best of my recollection the ring was not taken off
by any one.
By Sergeant Armstrong—My father and mother
are Protestants. I am a Protestant myself, and
have never been a Roman Catholic. I do not recol-
lect having accompanied the lady to chapel after
that ceremony. Did you ever go to any Roman
Catholic place of worship with her after the cere-
mony ?—I recollect at Bordeaux, just before we
parted, going with her ; up to the time of this cere-
mony I have never been to chapel and gone through
the service with her. I attended the service of the
Church of England while in the Crimea on duty.
We proceeded to Belfast after leaving Rostrevor.
At Sanxster's hotel we occupied the same bed before
the ceremony. We remained in Belfast a very
short time—one night only, I think; we went
from thence to the Giant's Causeway, and returned
to Belfast, where I parted company with her; she
went by steamer to Glasgow, and I returned to
Dublin; I next met her at Mrs. Stalker's house in
Edinburgh ; I was introduced by Miss Longworth
as a friend of hers; Mr. and Mrs. Thelwall and
I\liss M‘Farlane were present. In the two months'
visit previously to Edinburgh, before the cere-
mony at Rostrevor, there had been improper
intimacy between us at Mr. Gamble's and on board
the steamer when she was going to Hull. I re-
mained that night at Mrs. Stalker's, but did not
sleep with Miss Longworth. She remained there
after that night about six weeks. We occupied the
same bed during that time. Miss Macfarlane was
there all the time. The entry in the book handed
to me, " Mr. and Mrs. Yelverton," is in my hand-
writing. This was the Doon Castle visitors' book.
I was there at the date mentioned along with her.
About six weeks after she went to Hull I went
there also. We stayed together at Mr. and Mrs.
Thelwall's on that occasion. I remained nine or ten
days, and then went back to Edinburgh, leaving
her at the Thelwall's. I saw her again in about
three weeks, and remained six or seven days. I
went then to London, and met her next at Dunkirk,
about the month of February. I remained there a
couple of days, and went to Amiens through Paris;
at Bordeaux we went to a hotel, and there got
apartments. We remained there five or six weeks.
I was on leave of absence, which expired on the
10th April. I did not state to her while at Bor-
deaux that I would communicate our marriage to
my mother, and ask her to keep it secret. I next
met her at Leith, at the Ship Hotel, about the 2.lth
or 25th June, 1858. To the best of my tecollee=
tion, I was shown into her room. She came into
the room, and I asked her why she had come there
back to me in spite of what I had written to her. She
said she wanted to see why I had so written. I said
it was because, for reasons that she knew perfectly
well, I could not live with her any longer, and that
it was better for both of us that it should he so. She
taxed me with going to be married. I told her I
thought it was the best thing I could do—(sensa-
tion)—and asked whether she would marry, too, by
captivating some rich man, or whether she would
prefer going either abroad or to New Zealand—the
proposal to go to New Zealand having been sug-
gested by herself. She did not actually accede to
either proposition, but seemed to entertain the one
of going to New Zealand. I told her I would send
my brother to arrange matters with her, but that I
could not see her again myself. I asked her would
she go to Glasgow on her way to New Zealand, in
order that my brother might arrange with her. I
gave the address of a man there—a Mr. Gilligan—
where she was to leave her address for my brother.
I have two children by my present wife.
Mr. Whiteside—l object to that being taken as
evidence, if he had as many children as King Priam.
The Chief Justice—How does it occur to you as
being evidence, Sergeant Armstrong ?
Sergeant Armstrong considered that it was a fact
which tended to show the present position of the
defendant.
His lordship decided on not receiving the evi-
dence.
In the course of the cross-examination of Major
Yelverton by Mr. Sergeant Sullivan, the following
questions were put :
Major Yelverton, did you ever love Teresa Long-
worth ? I did.—Did you ever love her purely and
honourably ? Not entirely.—A juror said he had
not heard.
Sergeant Sullivan—l repeat my question ; did
you ever love Teresa Longworth purely and hon-
ourably ? No.—Then your love for her was always
founded in dishonour. Yes.—With the deter-
mination from the first to seduce her ? No (in a
loud tone).—But your love was all founded on dis-
honour ? Yes.—Explain me that. When I began
the correspondence with her it was with no object,
either dishonourable or otherwise. I continued that
correspondence with her. When I met her at Galata
I was carried away by passion, and then first con-
ceived the design of making her my mistress.—ln
the eonvent of Galata ? In the convent of Galata,
sir.—She wearing the robes of a Sister of Mercy ?
True, sir.—ln attendance on the sick and dying
soldiers of the Crimea ? True, sir.—And you con-
ceived the notion, then, of taking her from that holy
work and taking her as your mistress? I conceived
the notion of making her my mistress, but not from
that holy place.—l suppose you thought as your
mistress she could as well perform the works of
charity ? The kindest-hearted women in the world
sometimes are mistresses.—To be sure ! That's your
notion on the subject.—Did you intend to make
her your mistress on that occasion, and to dishonour
her in that convent? No.—No. But you formed
the design of making her your mistress ? I formed
the desire, sir.—The " desire," and not the " de-
sign ?" "Design" is a strong word, sir.—And de-
sire is a weak one, is it? The "idea," sir, I think,
was the word I used.—The idea! I ask you did
you form the design ? I can't call it design.—
But you conceived the idea of making her your
mistress ? I did.—And you determined from that
moment to carry it out? I determined from
that moment nothing, sir.—You had read her
letters and knew she was an orphan ? Yes.—And
a lady ? What ?—A gentlewoman ? A gentle-
woman ! I don't know, sir, what your definition
of a gentlewoman is exactly.—Will you tell us
what your own is? A woman of gentle blood.
(Slight murmur.)—Has education anything to do
with it, think you ? With making a lady ?—Yes.
Have manners anything to say to it, think you
They have, sir.—Have accomplishments anything
to say to it? They have.—Belief in religion?
They have.—Did you know that Teress Lung-
worth was an accomplished woman? I thought
so from her letters—certainly, sir, that was my
opinion.
After some discussion, witness said— What I
said to Miss Longworth was, thud, marriage was an
impossibility, and I suggested another sort of con-
nexion.—Chief Justice : Do you mean at General
Straubenzee's ? I do.—Sergeant Sullivan : In
Lady Straubenzee's house you, an officer of the
British army, suggested this connexion to Miss
Longworth. Chief Justice: Is that what you say ?
!ia
—Witness : Yes, my lord, I am sorry to
Chief Justice : You told her marriage was impos-
sible, and you proposed to her to become your
mistress.—Witness : Very nearly that, my lord
It now being half-past five o'clock the court ad-
journed to ten o'clock this morning. As the pro-
ceedings terminated a continued hiss was heard
from the galleries, while in the hall and vicinity

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of the gour(the crowd lingered apparently for the
purpose of obtaining a .sight of the dgfenda~nt as
he was leaving the court. - , , uff„
Mrs. .Y.plyerton, after leaving theT;
court ml Tues-
day, returned to the Gresham Hotel, where she is
now stopping. She was taken alarmingly ill,,owing
to the excitement attendant on her long and trying
examination. Dr. Strokes was called in and pre-
scribed for her. On making inquiries„ in the even-
ing it was fOUnd that she was much better. -
A gentleman, while passing on Wednesday from
the Four
.Courts, was mistaken for Mr. Yelverton.
In a few minutes a large crowd collected around
him, yelling, shouting, and hissing, He declared
cariestpeter to
repeatedly that he was not Mr. Yelverton, and that
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DUBLIN,, THUASDAY !EVENING.
The crosscsaqiniieation of ithe
,clefeidant, Major
Yelvertoia, was resumed'this.,M6ining, and occupied'
the greater portion of -tile day,' after' wliibb other-
witnesses were examined for the defence. The de-
fendant denied that any marriage whatever had
ever taken place in Scotland, and said that the
Irish ceremony was the result of an arrangement
between Mrs. Yelverton and himself, in order tii'
satisfy her conscientious scruples, but that she, dis 7,
tinctly understood it was illegal. It was arranged,'
he said, before he left Edinburgh,' that the =Were'
to meet again in a couple of months, and have a
ceremony:,of an .informal ,nature perfOmed by a
Roman
_Catholic :clergyman, but not sach'ipoleinn
one as wasetibOoltietitly gbne 'through.
charch ,
ing at the altar, he took Miss Longworth as his law-
ful wife, and she took him as her lawful husband:
He repeated the words: of the marriage service
after the priest. Hanaeant, be said, to keep
that proinise subject Jo the arrangement he and
Miss Longworth hid previously entered into. In
reply to a question of counsel, he said this is not an
ordinary case of a mistress kept by a man. I do
not pretend that in taking each other in that way
we thought we were performing a conscience-
saving ceremony that would be binding upon our
consciences, and at that time I intended to fulfil it.
She undertook never .to violate the secret without
periniasion.
Sergeant-Major Mould and Sergeant Bryden, of
the Royal Artillery, were examined regarding the
attendance of Major Yelverton at the Established
Church service at Alderney, Leith, and the Crimea.
On cross-examination Sergeant Major Mould
stated that on some occasions Major Yelverton read
the service in the absence of the chaplain.

THE LAUNCH OP THE BLACK PRINCE.

GLASGOW, FEB. 27.
Another most important addition to our infant
Iron Navy was made to-day at Glasgow by the
launch of the magnificent armour-cased frigate
Black Prince, which was safely sent afloat in the
Clyde from Messrs. Napier's yard at Govan. The
construction of this noble vessel gives still further
proofs, if proofs were needed now, of the almost
boundless manufacturing resources of this country,
and of the rapidity with which, even within this
year, we might, if the Admiralty were so minded,
overtake the great lead which the French have got
of us in frigates of this construction. Just one
year and two days have elapsed since the first
plates for the inner keel of the Black Prince were
laid, and the vessel is now afloat in the Clyde, 'her
first row of armour plates already belted round
her, and in such a state of forwardness that three
or four months will see her departing on her first
cruise. Certainly, in no other country in the
world could such an engineering feat be achieved
in so short a time; and, probably, in no other part
of England save on the Clyde, could it have been
accomplished at all. The facilities which iron
shipbuilders on the Clyde enjoy in the immense
supplies of coal and iron on the spot give them
such advantages as few builders in other parts of
the .kingdom can contend against. Messrs. Na-
pier's yard alone could complete three vessels like
the Black Prince in a year; and though, that. is,
perhaps, one of the finest yards in the kin dam, it
isn,ot, the only ore on the Clyde equal to the rapid
manattrof -these stupendous frigates. --The
launch excited the most intense interest in Glas-
gow. The weather, unfortunately—as is not un-
usual on these festive occasions—was, on the whole.
unfavourable ; and, in filet, " not to put too fine
a point upon it," it blew and rained with chilling
vehemence all through the day. ATI-1011g Londoners
the launch of all the iron frigates ever built would
not have drawn a thousand people together in such
weather; but, strange to say, in Glasgow it ap-
peared to make no manner of difference to the
crowds that flocked to witness the ceremony. Most
of the public buildings and warehouses had flags up.
All the ships in the river were decked with them
from stem to stern, and though the rain was heavy
yet the wind was high, and the bunting was kept
spread abroad with as festive an effect as it was
possible to produce under such extremely adverse
circumstances. Both banks of the Clyde were
literally thronged with an immense concourse of
spectators. More than two hours before the time
fixed for launching each side of the stream seemed
a huge bank of people all roofed in with umbrellas,
like a pile of colossal fungi sprung from the very
dampness. Even the first day of the attempted
launch of the Great Eastern did not command so

large an attendance ; every one seemed to have a
personal interest in what was about to take place,
and to feel proud of the completion of this noble
vessel and the additional renown it would bring to
Clyde ships and shipbuilders. The launch, do facto,
was of course like every other. There was the same
hurrying and hammering—the same high-strained
excitement (which even the rain could not even
damp) ; the same premature cheers when the ship
was as motionless as Stonehenge, and the same last
visitors, and rushing to and fro of workmen with
planks and mallets. At length the last supports
were knocked away, and the Black Prince rested
on her launching ways. A granddaughter of Mr.
Napier, Miss Lizzie Napier, had the honour of nam-
ing the vessel, and as the wine flowed down its.mas-
sive sides the hydraulic presses went to work and
the launch began. As usual, every one for the
twentieth time shouted " She's off!" but the motion
at first was so imperceptible that it was some minutes
before even those close under the bows could per-
ceive that she stirred ; slowly she gained her way,
and gliding down with a smooth stately motion
was at last in the Clyde, the finest piece of work-
manship that ever floated there.
Like all fine and well proportioned vessels, the
Black Prince at the first glance, and bearing in
mind her immense tonnage, seems comparatively a
small vessel. But a ship of about one-half her
linear dimensions, or in other words, not more than
one -eighth of her actual measurement, would ap-
pear large, yet still be admired for her exquisitely
fine lines and yacht-like appearance. Her bows and
forefoot are as fine as those of a Cunard packet. Her
extreme length is 419 ft. ; breadth, 58 ; depth, 41-1- ;
and tonnage 6,173, The tonnage of the Warrior is
6,177. Her load draught when ready for sea will he
26ft. aft and 25ft forward, at which depth her dis-
placement will be nearly 9,000 tons. The Black
Prince in every single detail is a second edition of
the Warrior. She has no external keel, but an inner
kind of girder, which acts as a keelson. To this are
bolted the ribs, massive wrought iron T-shaped
beams an inch thick, and made in joints sft. long
by 2 deep up to sft. below the water-line, where
their depth is diminished so as to form a ledge on
which the armour plates rest. These immense ribs,
except where the portholes intervene, are only 22
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inches apart. Along the whole length of the ship
from stem to stern are five immensely strong box
girders, from which are bolted diagonal hands of
iron, tying every rib and girder together with the
solidity of one piece. The orlop deck is a wood,
and 24ft. above the keel. The main deck is of irToinie,
cased with wood, and 9ft. above the o
upper deck is also of wrought iron, cased w
and 9ft. 6in. above the main. All these massive
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the lining of 22 inches of teak and the armour-plates
of 41 inches of iron. The engines, like those of the
Warrior, are to In by Penn and Sons, and of 1,200
nominal horse-power. In fact, the method of con-
struction of the Black Prince is almost precisely
similar in detail with that of the Warrior,
which has been so recently described in these
columns. Both are probably the strongest iron
structures that have ever been put together ;
both are equally protected, and in both the same
provision is made, by means of many water-
tight compartments, to guard against danger
from the stem or stern being perforated by shot.
The Black Prince and 'Warrior are, in fact, sister
ships, of the same plan, form, size, tonnage, and
power. The only difference between the two vessels
will be in the matter of their armaments. The