The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-29
From the London Times
WI Il WEI MEDnnN GAnE

rerdiet can have no effect the principal poin
on the other hand the case of Yelverton was obv
pusy anteceGently improbable in a very remark
o'e uegree. 1t rested in the main on his own stat
me1ts' with every possible motive for falsehoot
anu IL oroke down in its vital point-the assertiC
0! cohabitation for fortnight before the ma
fse IN ireland. AS regards the actors in this wo
um Drama, it is easy to form an estimate of then
me man who, in his own words, conceived "th
Iuea OF systematic seduction-commtted. if W
may credit himself, most abominable outrage O
| Isay who had just been the guest of his superio
Unieer-proianed solemn and holy rite for th
purpose oil fraud and sensuality-abandoned h
victim In the hour of her peril, with hints abou
avoiding an event" which may well bear terri
oIe lnterpretation-and finally crowned the china
.. MS deeds by running, through his contact, al
misery.
WIN his own cOunse ], we simply give him u
anu can only suppose, in the public interest, IN
p pls name will soon disappear from the army LIS
pq1 what shall we write about his partner in thi
uaih history of folly and ruin, who now floats
wreck on sea of misfortunes by reason, in part
oi her own feelings. and whose very success mus
Iaose Her the keenest anguish? We NAV Iamen
her wrongs and sufferings but cannot conceal from
IS the tact that they principally arise from
neI own misconduct. Let US take it that she wa,
Technically chaste, and that she never cohabited
WIN elverton till after the secret marriage in Ire
land. But was her behavior even from the FIRST
IN accordance with feminine property and is If not
piaih that through all these years it was she who
was teally following Yelverton, and not Yelyerton
whe was seeking her in marriage? This, indeed
Is te only possible plea which can be urged in ex
cuse OF his misdeeds. The worst feature in tbi
case, however, so far as regards the public inter
ests, is its illustration of our law resnecting m
rage In these kingdoms
Had anything like an INELIGIBLE princinla y,
even rule of equal justice, pervaded this part o.
our Jurisprudence, we may be assured that this
ouious case would never have taken its nresent
shape. 1t is scarcely possible for onvono r. Ia
what acts constitute marriage in ScotIanS and
TINS uncertainty in the present case was the proba
oie cause OF all that has followed, and doubtless.
will often again entail the most nainfuI conso
quenceS on families As renards tho LON or -
riage in Ireland its GROSS inirrt;oo - -'S
shown in the circnmstances of tSe snoo. - y
which took place in the chanel ncar ceremony
There is no doubt that on that occasion a v,lid
Roman Catholic marriage was ceIehratad hntb
the parties been of that faith. and II l. t ',
strous that in a country like Ireland 49,,
to the validity of the contract sbonia ~
to turn on the creed of the contractors n1" aIJ
Irish statute however avoids oil -; VI"
brated bv ponisb nresi ht al eele
person who hath heen or hotb rndt "pios anu any
herself tn ba prntestant ~ pott go; nun Vi
twelve calendar months befo sb 'ooII O.1M ecu
MARRIAGE. and nc wiss a - ce'Col S'l"i VI
Roman Catbaio ~ nfs worm was cohiessedy
been Protestant' +b 81 'oh cllhs 10 nave
pleaded in III f,o r'' e'-'o' vi '"o "o' mas peeh
The evidenca of tho r,,t.o r. e.,
Aictip0 at tba ,raI onJ LII ". - aa very con
been pronounced No , tuV eruicc nas
law remains onan f Jpf unenu 'hH' 'he point OF
dwell nm tho ,aI 1;t;oeat; ~ 10 neeueSS 10
arise as regards both The Scotob nn W.. !rIodoy
riages in Scotland Ireland ad bc ,e lSu
of Lords, and which for Years will Ieare IN
t me SOCIAL Sta'"s Of all the parties But is it
f Ft "a, usgraee that our legal system in two parts
most Of Of Treat bpan should leave the
capable OF definition, or hazarded on a collateral
Idcs Whlcn may be entirely unknown to one party
anu should thereby offer an obvious premium to
Itauu, crime, ana perhdl0us villainy in the most
'e'p'"S'''e OF social engagements?
MRS: LoNGWORTH YELvERToN.
4, M FROM me saturday Rere'o,l
~ ue'e od hongwortn, we are not careful to
trSst al ~ tua' we snlhk. happily Tor society, we
uSt tat the mould IN when her character has been
baTa H. go oE e after ,he nrSt cast. Here we
'nI i"cIS vi woman lie, and they are in
eonteS'apie; put except IN "scroulous French
T I've 'ney nave, we nope, never before existed.
70" we almost refuse credence to the exist
rants ht al PstSon one seems TO nave had pa
anIt. DSs al 'uaG we kno" ABOUT her father is
biot r I'M" anu unnatural parent OF hction,
tbn;at, Sa. 10 III me sLereotyped form OF an
Eno,, TO- 40 80 49, y SIIl oorH we uon exactly
J;oon ,anu "ieu IA d conVeht; leit TO her own
Asia without orr r;sibI .ia n'"uV Europe ana
rentiv n6t tohid III we VI es 81 "lnls' dppa-
of r.tDii,r ~ $3.50; "a WI t'Ie heceSslteS
80 ~ e, eTce'toH III i ahce anu ltaiy,
nnu WIN d Cosmopolitan acquaintance with all
hair and s,rro,S5n%ahS ealuinalS 10 oes-
whom she attracts nv hcyr J VI lovers
rirtras. ,o,aS:;Iy nc I on" lis anu a"es ny her
ri;sLoS' 49,! Ile'c'' pioolSlouSly accom-
to'I"n,'e' entuusIasuc, versatile, deV0ut,
teiia'ous ana charitable; SeHr dc Charlie under
at once and Sonbia q Cbantni nl'J h'Glse
mixed UP with the most lannon's u bottIosP r5
stirring events of history burn;ur, Ia IA
at the same time nrndent. Win HitJbS' AN auu
derful powers both of seifsacrifice and saIc,rn
straint; chaste vet always on the very vorca or
sin; With the sternest APPRECIATION nj cbaTsctor
and vet with the most nass;onoto and nL,uI ,
disregard of proprieties; scornfui Of the wboIs
N worldS opinion, yet proud, self-contained, and
prodlgal and insoIen in her display of passion and
vehement emotion, vet with a clear cold annracio
ton OF an end of lfe-such is her own account If
herself, and we are not disposed TO question it,
OF In the worst sense of the words her life is that
of femme libre. Hitherto we have only met this
sort of lady in French novels; and thouGh she has
scorched up the susceptible Celtic hearts in Dub
lin, say it with no unkindness we do NOT desire
to meet her like again. Her excellencies if snch
she pos eses, are far above the commonplace dnIl
stupid, exigencies of everyday life If ali our
girls were of this pattern social life worId bo an
impossbiity; and her career and her fate NAV he
useful warning. She towers above her sex; and
the sex may be congratulated that hers il an mat
tainable level. She is a woman such as the world
has seldom seen, and such as the world seldom
wishes to see; and all that she has won bv her sin
gular pre-eminence is crown of misery for which
the momentary excitement of the wild Irish oya-
ton will poorly compensate.
MAJOR YELyERToN's "GEST1E R1oon
A correspondent of the Cork Southern ReDortey
writes:-MajOr Yelverton, in his cross-examination
is reported to have said that, without GENTLE blood
there could be no LADY, Education virtno ocoon,
plishments religion. were nothing witbont a.
rentle blood We'll nerhanO hi; h6od " ; tlle
tie, since his great.grandfatber had a hUfcbari.
stall in. the town of Newcastle conntv i,inoerint
and his grandfather married his own ooai IN
tween the butcher and the cook his blood mnst he
the real sangue azuleo of the Spaniard
c,,,;,, D.. I,-,.--,---- ,
i"F'''"' "' ''''eSP'"ISse o me courier deS Etai
THE CPEAT nrp,rr
PARIS, March 8.-The discnsaion or tho addro,s
in the Senate baS nroad ,nnst vi tno ADDRESS
France bnt FIR Eurone for H. not oniy loI
nolicv of Tho cornt anu
Togetbar III ~ P oateu az lne same TIM e.
the pripcinal one that Of fho ihart Wto4 was
and the nrass also comonn IT. 49, We io a. u
November had decidadp tbis bt ~ " eue 9tn
moving all obscurities mr. ayaciIv JoGr;nCt ~ III,
its. This obscuritv j. diss;nsted and IL .Nc nin
has at once rnganed tic fnII on3 ontio NC 3ot
donoo + ' - anu eh'iie lnuepen
more effect because if was sp te
assertions of ~ EI;k ~ AZ aitet Tue
which pretended 70 fnntr that ,h tan JouFhalS
removed bis consin for soro pc Hau
in bureapS of tba Sapo+o =.
be more circusne cue fo suu MN TO
ovnrossod b;n.anis Nv ~ tnI lu'ue. Inc rFlhce
g Oh !Ge contrary, with clearness
az ~ "Hlch nave given decided reiu-
'a ~ h ~ t oitsL Inmor;
that France 6o. by nga political reasons
onpht to rest 10 bo 70 lear from PM, 'aly, ana
in snite of the onnosition and even os the
difiicnIties on specai nuestons which
table bv reason Of the difrenca Of tba"
This double nosition be Snst,inoJ 80
motives which indncad tbo En,naro ~ tnV
Enonois ond b;s En";I ~, IA. p.oI " Pptecl
atoans nf ot our squautoh' ~ was