Morning journal and courier., 1884-11-21
BALm FOR WOUNDED LOVE.


 An Actress Gets Fifty Thousand
 Dollars From An EarI's Son Who
 tilted Her.
 LONDON, Nov 2O.-The suit for breach of promise brought by Miss Fortescue, the &C., tress, against Lord Garmoyle, oldest son of Earl Cairns, was begun to-day. The court room was crowded with the leaders of fash ionable society and stage celebrities. Lord Garmoyle was not present. MT. Charles Russell, Q. O., in opening the case for the plaintiff spoke in high praise of the fair iti- gant. Sir Henry James, the attorney gen. era1 who appeared for the defendant, stated that he was willing to accept verdict Of e10,000 damages against his client. Sir Charles Russell said the defendant admitted the promise to marry the plaintiff and the breaking of the promise without g justifable | cause. Miss Fortescue, he continued, was educated as lady but in consequence of her fathers failure | in business had adopted stage life in order 1 that she might be able to support her mother | and sister. Her salary at the Savoy Theater was three guineas week at first and later | twice that sum. She made the acquaintance l of Lord Garnloyle in society late in the year l 1882. The acquaintance ripened rapidly in to mutual regard and intimacy, and in July, l 1883, Lord Garmoyle made @ proposal of marriage. Miss Fortescue accepted this pro- posal and at once informed her mother At this lady's request Lord Garmoyle likewise l informed his father, Earl Cairns, of the step he had taken. The Earl gave expression to a cordial but guarded approval of his sons ! l that his only desire in this matter was for his sons happiness. Miss Fortescue at once replied to her prospective father-in-law assuring him that her one and only wish was to make Lord Garmoyle happy A | little after this Lord Garmoyle saw his father, and his father at that time, while saying that he would not himself have made such a choice gave his consent to the union July 20, 1883, Lord Garmoyle wrote letter to Miss Fortescue, in which he stated that Earl Cairns thought he was doing sensible thing to get married. Not long after this, with 1 Lord Garmoyle's consent, 8 paragraph was published announcing the engagement, and Miss Fortescue became thereupon the recipi- ent of kindly letters from other members of Lord Garmoyles family. Sometime in Au- gust of the same year Lord Garmoyle told his betrothed that his family held very strong views in regard to the theater and a l stage life. They thought an actors profess sion was not only full of peril, but was un- godly and profane. Lord Garmoyle was careful to assure her that he did not share these views, but at his request Miss Fortes- cue abandoned the stage, and her sister, who was looking forward to a theatrical career,
 desisted from her preparations for such life
 Miss Fortescue was after this invited to Earl
 Cairns house, where she received an
 affectionate greeting ~ from both Lord and Lady Cairns. Suddenly and with
 out the slightest previous hint that such an idea was entertained Lord
 Garmoyle, on January 21, 1884, wrote let
 ter to Miss Forteseue and broke off the en-
 gagement. He still professed the deepest love and admiration for her, but said his friends would not accept her on account of her profession.
 Attorney General James admitted the cir cumstances as they had been presented by Sir Charles Russell but he justified the action of Lord Garmoyle. The defendant he said,
 was now willing, as he always had been, to grant compensation to the young lady for the broken contract He would consent without objection to verdict of e1O,O00. At the same time, he added, Lord Garmoyle wished to state that not the slightest imputa- tion rested on Miss Fortescue's character. She had throughout their intercourse conducted
 herself as a highly modest and high-minded
 English gentlewoman. A verdict was rem dered accordingly.