Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-08-16


however, while they were staying nj nswI..y
she lett the house aud eloptd from thai niaai
with Mr. Lee Jortn. The learned eonnssi t,''s t.aNs
q letter which Mrs. Ley had written since Nv
elopement to her brother ia which she exnrs.,n ,p1
ner poignant grief at the wrong sho mi Ky
nor husband, and assured him that her t,,.
panus unequaled devotion aud kindness wonlJ
70 eFer ptetent 10 her thoughts until her avi,,,
Jay, aud that her greatest punishment wo,i5 e
the recollection Of the misery she had hesn
unhappy cause Of bringing on him. sh,o
sara mat she had struggled with herself ..i
sne hau iounu II impossible to do her duty a.
vile that she could not return to her f,'.,.
that she was now treated with the utmost Ia33'
ness and consideration, and hut far tb, r..
and singing reproaohes OF her consoicnee .bg
might be happy He alse read "A letter fran Nv
correspondent 10 the some gentleman refusprsr
interview with him, saying that, however nv
placed it might be, the love between himaeli a',
Mrs. Ley had been true aud deep attaebn,rt
Tor years, and that he would make the onlv
parauon IN his power by marrying her the MAJ.
ment she was released from her existing i,..
and nothing on earth should ever pari tbo.
again. These facts spoke for themselves tbe,a
was no excuse for the correspondents conlp,t
and he ought to pay substantial damages.
Lady Frances Ley, the mother Of the neti.
uoner, said; After the marriage they lvrl
upI
sometimes at Dawlish. They had no cbiIlreo
We made the acquaintance OF the co-rcsponleu,
at Dawlish about FIVE years ago. lie BIAS fipce
called on us occasionally, about once u year an
something Of that kind. At the beqinning nr
the present year, when l vas at Dawlish, No
ceived an anonymous letter about the coiuluct ,f
Mrs. Ley in Richmond terrace. showed i, ia
my son, and he was much distressed and fur
prsed. lie spoke to her about it, and iha lay
NANN Iak... a Il.
| much, and said she had behaved very shams
lessly and wickedly after all the kindness anl
affection my son had shown her. Her brother
came the rext morning, and told him all about
II. She said she would have no further com
municatiOn with Mr. Lee Jortin, and she wrote
a letter to him saying it was her wish and that
/ or her husband that she should have no further
Intercourse with him, and il they ever met again
II must be as strangers This was on Tues
day, and on the following Saturday she went
out saying she was going to see her grandmani-
ma at Tegnmouth. She returned about inbe
afternoon. | went into her room AID a,kcd
whethcr she had seen her eraulmamma. he
said she had not and that she wanted to see her
husband. She afterWard said, Il h1ve seen .m
(Mr. Lee Jortin) lie has come and gce. .r.
over, and we have both taken our eolem oa,As
never 10 meet again. thought II better 10
have an interview than to write letters. Aui nog
1t Is all ut an end forever Sac ta.d ma. tl.t
Mr.. Lee Jortin had wished her to leave her hus.
baud, aud she embraced me and thanked me for
all my kindness tO her and for saying her. 81
told me that She had never doGe anything
wrong, or she would never have returned to her
husbands house. but she had been foolish md
thoughIess. On the following Tuesday she nl
she was too Ill TO move, and she meant ~ lie 10
bed all day. She presently got up and had hef
breakfast, and then went out Wilh hst hast and
She soon came back alone, and thea went cut
sccOud time, and returned. My SOU came in and
mud some luncheon, and askud her to 40 U4.
with him, but she said she was tOu III to 20 out,
and she should stay in the house all dly.- lie
then went TO Teignmouih. About four in tlc
, aiternoon saw her running quickly out % lll
I gate. That was the last | saw OF her. WIS
, much surprised aud alarmed, aud went up 10
her room and found she had tuken soma Il Aar
things with her. This letter soon uftergarl,
= arrived. In this letter. written by Mis-. ley
to her husband, she said that she Waa gone iioir
! him forever; that his goodness, kindness, eul
affection to one 30 unworthy ouly mado A =
miserable; that she had slryen n. r utnuei 30
try and return to her duty, aud had promised ly
do 80 in all truth and sincerity, but chs" lal
since returned, and she had mot "himn 4ai
she" had told her he would not cavt ag,a
without her. She added in conclusion, ull
God would reward him for his goodness to ua,
who for four years had loved another. 10 lls
u Court.--l never knew that Mr. Lee Jortin had
opportunities Of seeing her
= Jane Bolton, ehambermnid at the Mas-f
Hotel, Trafalgar square, proved that IN the lO b
. Of February last Mrs. Ley and Mir. Ire JOHN
,. . had slept there together, Maria Mercer, ile
la1dlady Of the George aud DEACON, Tham,s
Ditton, proved that they had arrived ihera ea
the llth Of February, and had remained ter wo
= nights, passing M man mud wife They bad
!. then taken lodgings in Thames Dtton, aud
II stayed for two or three days longer Alr LIE
Jortin gave his address in Curzon street. Nay
a fair.
DR.. Deane, in mitigation Of damages, said lll,
many people had hoped aud believed that Tue
blot on the law OF England by which husbaol
was enabled to demand Il money payment ior
the chastity of his wife had been removed, bat
y that was not the case.
, The judge-ordnary, in summing up said
= = they had nothing to do with the policy ol ihe
: law which enabled man still to claim dluage,
for his wife'a seduction Such a remedy Wa
, hardly in accordance with our feelings, but On
u the other hand, If no such remedy existed, what
'was there TO stand between a man aud the graft
hcation OF bis passions II II man fell n love
with another mans wife, and she with bipi
what was there to prevent them from gang
away together and waiting till this court bad
4 pronounced decree, and then marrying each
! other! What was there to operate as the sale
: guard of husbands home aud of domestic hap.
d piness, II this much-abused remedy was taken
8 away. The anonymous letter had caused le
husband to demonstrate with his wife, aud she
! yielded TO those remonstrances and prUi0iscl
never to sec the correspondent again; hut with
In few days, Notwithstanding their oahs anl
promises, they started OF together, nDd were
next found sleeping together at the hotel lhs
jury, after an hours deliberaton, found u yeIs
dict for the petitioner, with 5,O00i. damage
Decree Hisi, with costs against the COrospou-
| dent