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THE TEL MARRIAGE CASE.

The hearing of this case was resumed on Wed-
nesday morning. The court, as on all the preced-
ing days of the trial, was densely crowded in every
part for a long time before his lordship took his
seat.
The counsel on each side having arrived in court,
Sergeant Armstrong, in reply to the registrar,
intimated that he wished to examine Major Yel-
verton.
The Chief Justice stated that if any disturbance
was created in any part of the court during the
proceedings he would certainly have that part
cleared.

The witness, on being sworn, repeated in a firm
and audible voice after the registrar, who admi-
nistered the oath, the affirmative, " So help me
God,"

Examined by Sergeant Armstrong—You are the
defendant in this case ?—I am the defendant; my
rank in the Artillery is that of a captain, and I am
brevet major in the army. I became acquainted
with the then Miss Longworth in the summer or
autumn of 1852. I first saw her on board the
the steamer leaving Boulogne harbour for London.
I was alone on that occasion. State exactly the
circumstances under which you first addressed her.
—I saw a lady coming on board the steamer down
a gangway. On putting her foot on board, a
shawl became entangled in the rail of the gang-
way and was pulled off her shoulders. I stepped
forward and put it on again, addressing her at
the same time by saying that I hoped that the
occurrence did not inconvenience her, or some casual
expression of that kind. That was about seven
o'clock in the evening. 1 got into conversation
with the lady in the course of the voyage. I
was mostly on deck at the stern of the vessel. We
were conversing almost all night. We arrived in
London at 8 or 9 o'clock in the morning. We were
detained at the Custom-house for some time. State
what occurred in reference to going from the
wharf—l said I had to go a good deal out of my
way to reach the Junior United Service Club, and
on that the lady suggested that I might go to her
house or lodgings and there have a dressing-room,
and save myself the journey. I accepted that pro-
position. We went in the same vehicle together—
a cab. Can you recollect where you went—the
address P—l don't recollect exactly. Do you re-
collect what the lady said—what representation she
made as to the place to which you were going ?
She said she was living at this house, or lodgings,
or with her sister ; we got there after 11 o'clock.
Do you recollect whom you saw—did you see any
one P—l did, a lady. Was she introduced to you
by the other lady ?—She was. In what terms ?
As her sister. About how long did you remain ?
I think about two hours. I spoke of myself, who I
was, and where I was quartered. Where were you
quartered ?—At Malta—l was on leave of absence.
Did you pay a visit after wards at the same place ?
—I did not. Are you certain whether you called
the next day or again on that day P—l did not ; I
never called there again. State the origin of the
correspondence P—l received a very formal note
from Miss Longworth at Naples, to forward a letter
to a person she called her brother, at Monastir.
I was then at Malta, and did what she asked.
I answered her letter, sending my answer by a
friend of mine who was going to Naples in his
yacht, Mr. Roe. It must have been three or four
days before the fall of Sebastopol that I first saw
Miss Longworth at Galata. Describe where you
met her.—There was a convent belonging to the
French sceurs de charite, and she was acting as a
nurse to the French sick and wounded, sent down
from the Crimea. How did you ascertain her first
place of residence P—l received a letter.
Mr. Whiteside objected to any reference to a
letter not produced.
Sergeant Armstrong (to witness)—State what
time you paw her at Galata ?-About mid-day ; I

saw her alone. She was dressed in the costume of
a sceur 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-:--1 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
macksorne love.. I cannot describe it in any other
words.:
The Chief Justice-4n other words, sir, did you
make disbonoufable . propositions did not, my
lord) in *oral.
Sergeant krmstroiig—tiid you tell her you had
come from. kngland iturposely to find her P—No. I
dil net. Where Werb you going et the time
was going 'to the Crimea; I was in command of a
battery of .siege artillery. Did you on that occa-
sion make the h}cly ati offer of Marriage
did not. " bid you promise to marry her on that
oecasion.lit did not ; from that I went to
Balaklava ; the Transit steamer in Which I
went *as lying iti harbour while t was at
Galata ; I next saw'the lady after that in the be-
ginning 61.1856—February, I think. Where P—ln
the Crimea, at General Straubenzee's hut; I was
aware of her arrival-there before I visited, about
ten days. Did you make or renew any offer of
marriage then.? I did not. Did you tell her you
were under promise ;not 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 told her I was under consider-
able pecuniary difficulties, but I did not state any
time that I would beable to marry. I made no
mention of time. :Did.-you make any mention of
marriage P—l did not.; My lord—l fear I have
made an incorrect, answer, I misunderstood counsel.

The Chief Justice—l will take the answer you
have given, then you can 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 lady,
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 said 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-

benzee's hat ?—I recollect no such interval.

Did

you propose to her there a 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 of any such conversation.
Before parting with her at General Straubenzee's
was there any arrangement as to where you were to
next see her P—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 did not.
Did you go on your knees at all while on board the
steamer ? (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 ?—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 vesse6
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 tike possession
of her.

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

Witness—l did—(sensation)—l 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 of 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. lam 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 1 don't recollect giving any nano.—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 Ros-
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
Ido 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 £5O,
but that you thought it too much to pay P—l 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
be married the next morning P— 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 P—l did. Whom did yon see P—Mr.
Mooney, I hael. 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 ?—lle 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
occurred.—He spoke to us both as we stood in
front of him. He said that he understood we
came there to give our consent to one another.

I said I wished him to understand that I was not

there for any purpose of my own, but for this lady's
consciencolsakei or words to that effect, He asked
me what thy religion was—l replied lam not
bigotted. I am—(hesitation)=he asked me again,
Are you a Roman Catholic ? 1 replied lam a
Protestant, but you Roman Catholics don't stein to'
know that we Frotestaots 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 most
be no witnesses to this." He replied, " There are
no!te.il 1 vrEtt to lock the door of the chapel.
A Juror—Who locked the door P—Mr. Mooney.
To Sergeant Armstrong—While he was locking
the door Miss Longworth appealed to nee 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
finger. 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 P—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
Miss M'Farlane were present. ln 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 24th
or 25th June, 1858. To the best of my recollec-
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 be 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
dente.

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 al ways
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 Teresa Long-
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, that 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 Mil
Longworth. Chief Justice : Is that what you say .
—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 Tielllity