Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-03-23

| w hnoH' IHoy dte uoo OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
as they do twelve or fourteen columns of the
Herad-for insertion in the .'Times" More.
over, the letter of Mr.. Weed, which we have
already published, has placed the public il
possession of all the material facts established
before the Genoess Court. Wikof has been
| convicted Of persecution, trickery, and show
of violence, ifnot of absolute violence, towards
| Miss Gamble, and has been sentenced to an i'm
prisonment of fifteen months. As an act of JUS
tice to the Chevalier, we publish his statement
OF the affair. 1t will be seen he attempts to
treat the whole thing mere triAe-a lovers
foly-not worthy of serious considerations
| WYKOFF0S STATEMENT.
| GENOA, Feb. II, 1852.
Y GU have heard before this of my odd ad7en-
| ture in Genoa. You recollect | told you of nv
counting an English lady. When u left Paris
In October, at her invitation, to marry her in
London, a love quarrel broke out there between
us-and she, une coquette lndomptable--set off
for Italy, quite sure that l would follow her,
which, in truth | swear had no idea of doing.
| sent for her courier, who had been with Miss
Gamble, when l travelled with her in August
last in Switzerland, on the day she left London
| 9th October, and showed him that | was going
to Russia, and begged him to watch carefully
| over her, as he was her sole protector on her
| trip. [ requested him to write me constantly
| from every town, and promised him if | married
her, which then never doubted, to keep him
| in our service or present him $500. The sum
was somewhat absurd, but was frightened at
Miss G.'s going off alone under the sole care ola
courier she had only known for q few months,
and | valued her at that time at far more than
| promise of $500. Miss g., as pretext for
running off, said Mr. B. of Baron Bro
| theirs, had opposed our match. I went to see
him after the departure of my cara, and he de-
MED it in toto; and he gave me this reply in wri
ting the next day.
''Dear sir-I return you the letters of Miss
Gamble Il have had only time to read the shor-
| ter ones. You are quite mistaken my dear sir,
if you suppose that | have interfered with your
destiny in any way. I said no more than what
you read in N.Y. letter to the lady. cannot &C.
count for the conduct Of Miss Gamble, who GER
tainly appears to have acted in most extraordi-
| nary manner towards YOU.
Very truly, yours ]. B.
| London, Nov 1,1851.".
| | returned to Paris with this letter, and found
a letter there from the courier of Miss G., say
ing that ''she was reading my letters along the
road, weeping, and regretting that she had not
married me at once and with other facts equal
| ly strong | suddenly determined to run down
to Turin, only forty-eight hours from Paris,
where | expected to meet Miss g., meaning to
return Immediately by way of Genoa and Mar
settles. My object was simply to see her once
more, and ask her to abandon the insufferable
coquetries of the last six months by marrying
me- or to give up all hope of ever meeting me
again. | found her at Turin, but when / let
her know that had letter from Mr.. B. against
her, she serious, and refused to see me-
Anticipating this result, had tried to see her
the previous evening by surprise, but gave it up.
She dashed off Immediately to Genoa, and you
may suppose, after crossing Mont Gents in a
snow-storm l determined to see her, by hook
or crook, before | went back again. stopped
one day behind to dine with the Prime Minis
ter and the cabinet, when [ met our amiable
Charge, Mr.. Kenney, and then | set off to &C.
noa. [ took an apartment here, as it was i'm
possible to see Miss G. at her hotel, and told
her courier to bring her there under some pre-
text or other. He told her that he had lost his
passport and she came niong to get another,
but found me awaiting her instead. She was
vexed at first, but then ate hearty lunch, and
| talked gaily. She offered to marry me next
day, but finding me incredulous, she sat down,
of her own accord, and wrote an obligation of
marriage, and offered the half of her income
as forfeit. and in proof of her good faith. Of
course the engagement had no legal va ue what
ever, and was mere entanhllage. Miss G. re-
manned in my apartment till late at night, and
pretended to be more anxious to get out than |
really think she was. At midnight she ate a
good supper, and an hour or so later we sailed
out, and she proposed to go to some other hotel
then her own to pass the night, to which made
no objection. | cite this fact to show how en-
tirely she confded in my protection. At nine
O'Clock next morning we returned together to her
I, r 7,,J II,
with her. To my astonishment she went the
same day to the English Consul, and laid COM
plant of sequestration against me, my servant.
and her courier. The two latter were arrest
cd, but J. was protected by the American Con-
sui. The matter was arranged between the two
consuls on the ensuing day; butthe police would
not consent to it, and against the wish of my
Consul, DR.. Baker, | surrendered myself, and
took up my quarters in old convent used
chiefly for political offenders. Finding mat
tiers had gone so far, Miss Gamble was advised
by the English Consul, Mr. Brown to prosecute
me with all possible vigor, for said he, if l
were not condemned, public opinion would hold
her responsible. This rash and unfeeling coun
sci she accepted, always meaning, as l heard,
in case OF a sentence, to obtain my pardon from
the government. was first through the active
exertion of the English Consul indicted for a
criminal offence but the court refused to listen
to it, and pronounced the police INSIDE
meanor. In addition to this charge, Miss Gam
BILE brought a suit against me for money-dam
ages. After three months detention, and
the refusal OF ball. at the advice OF the English
Consul | was brought to trial on the 10th and
18th inst. The case from its novelty, excited
great interest, and as facts gradually developed
strong sympathy began to prevail for me, and
great surprise to say the least, was manifested
against Miss Gamble. It appeared from the
evidence Miss Gamble attempted no denial that
the following was the eventful history of my
courtship. In the month of April last passed
nine days at hotel in an English watering place
with Miss Gamble occupying the same saloon
with her and the lady who accompanied her.
From that period upto the middle of October,
it was proved that had five times broken off
my attentions to Miss Gamble, worn out by her