The New York herald., 1868-05-16

Mrs. Cox to have her as witness for the rarson who
had laid q trap for me.
The cross-examination of Mr.. Home here termi-
mated, and rs Honor rose.
Professor Homes Defcnce-Whaf Youth,
Aristocracy, Good Carringe ard Romance
Can EHcct-The Femnle Apostle Seventy
five Years Old.
VICE CHANcELLOR's COURT, LONDON, APRIL 90
In the case Of Lyon against Home Mr.. M tthews,
fendant, Home. Commenting on the demeanor Of
the paintin, Mrs Lyon, IN the witness box,
se ana haa su sne
much nr sense Of the humorous. even Of the comic
eSrsates eS that she would kiss kim; CONSIDERABLE
anger and vindctlveness and unusual Obstinacy, as
sss r. was ns S ner az %
Honor was called upon to say had been imposed
upon and deceived. Proceeding to the history of
found to be on intimate terms with Miss Berry, Miss
Nichols and several other mediums. She sought out
Home, and then came the account OF her nrst inter-
view in Sloane street. Mark the improbabilfty of
her story Here was woman, shabbily dressed as
the witnesses said she was at that rime stranger to
Home, who did not know whether she was Mrs. or
Miss; and upon her the court was asked to believe
Mr. Home had in that short interview exhausted all
the resources OF his art. The story OF the handKer
chief was an a1terth0ught devised to support her
story This statement and that about the accordion
seemed to show that the manuscript contained In
tween the 27th Of June, 1867, when the plaintiffs
first afiidavit was nled and the 3lst OF March,
1868. There was the evidence OF Emily Head;
so that the matter did not stand solely upon Mr..
Homes denial nor on the intrinsic imprObability Of
the story. Then came the interview Of the 4th Octo
ber. The plaintif depOsed TO ''raps" almost tmme-
diately. Against Mrs. Keys statement might be set
of the defendants cOntemporaneous account to Mrs.
llenning Of what took place. The third interview
was on Sunday the 7th OF october. The PLAINTIFF
account in substance was this-That Mr.. Home pro-
posed marriage to her. That suggestion OF marriage
Mr.. Home desired marriage ,chy should he not haze
raped ont message that the spirit desired her TO
aaaIrVyIogne, ana marry him tcttOnt settlement
To support the plaintiff g story she called two wit
nesses-the boy Daniel Phillips and Mrs. James Eel
loves These witnesses cOntradicted themselves. The
boy heard screams so loud that he was alarmed for
Mrs. Lyons safety. Mrs. James FeOwes said she
heard, "Let me see him ~ But Mrs. Lyon deposed
to no screams, no vision, no sight OF her husband
not this evidence have been arranged since, or have
been interpOlated from what took place on another
occasion Emily En- gaom saq sas n casd Dane h rnps
to the vision Of the golden haired boy to no less
than ten witnesses did she tell that story. 1t was
said that this showed the supersttOus character OF
her mind. But If 1t arose from the original weak
ness Of the plaintiffs mind Home was not respOn
sble for acts flowing from such motive. Here was
an ambitious woman, upon whose birth stain
rested with whom her husbands relations would not
associate desirOus OF notoriety and society. What
more likely than that she should talk Of her wonder
full visions and dreams as the means OF giving her
some of the ecldt which she could not otherwise
obtains He objected to the Interpretation which had
been placed upon the answer, as ii it had been at
tempted to show that the old woman had to go to
school to tins master Of his art. That was twisting
the answer to unfair purpose. The late Mr. Lyons
alleged statement was of the most vapd and silly
communications possible; and 1t was incredible that
shrewd, vigorous and sell. wied woman as Mrs. Lyon
was imposed upon by 1t. How different was this
vague impression from the solemn Influence sChich
religion exercised the mind arising Jrom the
remembered that the legal authorities upon which
his learned friends relied were all of them cases Of
religious influence. No doubt this was an unprece-
dented gift and 1t was necessary to cast about for
some reason why she should indulge In this extraor
binary bounty. Here was o woman, possessed Of
0OO living In lodgings at thirty shlllings week.
mulating with no purpose OF benefit or advantage TO
herself with no associates but Mrs. Pepper, Mrs.
Sims and the rest; loving a bustling situation but
leading lonely and useless life, with strong imag
n ton and warm feelings. Becoming interested in
him ont and had an interview with him. All her life
long she had desired to adopt somebody. His learned
friends denied this: but he Mr. Matthews) referred
Miss Henning as evidence of the fact. Home lDds
YOung, Of not unptedsfng appearance, had
srstSsetic FRIENDS s,,t am% assoesat,o"s ,o s,s ana
What more probable than that she should entertain
a most natural, and he Mr. Matthewsl would un-
Now 1t possible for person TO forget the date OF
u letter; 1t was possible, by some subvers0n OF the
to speak, of fraud. owing to the glamour thrown
before the eyes, but was incredible that Mrs. Lyon
should have forgotten the affection that existed
in her heart. Her demonstrations were public,
torous and were offensive to bystanders, as the evi
dence abundantly showed Language OF the strongest
eSar to S OF the answer p
those passages bear the construction OF an imputa
tiOn OF a criminal amours Was the mputation
justhedf (Mr. Matthews read the passage In
Mrs. Lyons letter which had been 80 often referred
toy Her explanation was that she hated him,
that she did not like him; that was maternal love-
He (Mr. Matthews) did not suggest any impropriety
to the plaintiff; but he did say that such train OF
thought must have passed through her mind. Was
IL then unjust, cruel or fOul-the suggestion that
something OF the was felt at a subsequent date
considering the evidence of the brokers and othersf
knoW e was to on the cop
nictng evidence on this point when the plaintiff,
who was In court, interrupted by exc!aming, ~ am
sPretvre.'D There was, then, this fond and foolish
but perfectly natural affecton. and the gift was GER
tainiy Of unusual magnitude. But 1t was, he (Mr.
heart Of this lady who was living this obscure and
useless life, should have opened to Home at once,
and that that should have been the cause OF her be-
slowing this bounty upon him. The learned counsel
then proceeded to comment on the discrepancy in
the evidence to Daniels frances, several Of the
70 s a0' S S
All these circumstances contributed to show
tSs1 as sct of sds nsss @
actions be set aside upon these demonstrably false
on the Stn os fne ts aeeds
box she said Home had one arm round her waist and
the other smoothing his hair. But this was contra
dicted, and It was shown that 1t was she who made
the display OF afectlon towards Home. Had not the
deluson, II It ever existed, vanished ut this date
The same might be said as to the other mortgage
deed Mr. Mathews continued and concluded his
argument on the Goth OF Aprtl.1
The Professor Presented I'm Another Light
COMING Down to the Material World-Sir
David Brewster's Views.
VICE CHANCEILoR's COURT, LONDON, May 1.-Mr,
w. NJ James, Q. c., commenced his reply In the case
of Lyon W.. Home at the sitting OF the court tins
morning. After the great length TO which the argu
ment had been extended and the 'thrashing outr Of
detaIIs tn which the evidence had been subjected his