New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-21

,,,ss roprrscUE AND LORD GARMoYLE'

~ couRT-AN OFFER 10 'o"i
HE FOR f1O 600.
~. on The suit for breach OF prom
LoNpo he Miss Fortescue, the actress, agains'
- CormoyIe. Oldest son OF Earl 0aiIns' was D0
Loru "si" rho court-room was crowded with the
gun " os fashionable society and stage
1~'ohr;,;es Lord Garmoyle was not present
Ch.rles Russell Q. G., IN opening the case Ior 'ne
,;rt,ff smoke in high praise of his client. lie sau
.to asfendont admitted the promise 10 marry the
,,,r,;tf and the breaking of the promise without
;.s,;tabe canse Miss. Fortescue, he continued
,ros educated as a lady, but in consequence OF ner
to,ber,s failure in business had adop'eo s'.s0
,sa IN order that she might be able to support her
motner ard sister. Her salary al the savoy in. ,"
49, ,xos three euineas a week at first, ana ia'er
twice that sum- or, Csormov,o in
Io,o m the wear 1882. The acquaintance
s,.,onod ro,;dlv into mutual regard and intimacy
aa - Iu,v 1888 Lord Garmoyle made propo'"'
s orr;oco Miss Fortescuc accepted this Pio
,,osal opd ot once informed her mother. AL '"iS
iadv,s request. Lord Garmoyle likewise ,n,oi "ou
b;s father Earl Cairns of the step whlch no nov. ,
,aLen The Earl gave expression 10 u cofu'''' '"'
cuarded a,proval of his sons course anu WIZ
Miss Fortescue saying that MS ohiy
IN this matter was for his sons happiness, .1 Ms
Fortescue at once replied 10 her Prospc' -, w.; IL
in.low assuring hin that her one anu o.uS V.LS e.,
Us to make Lord Garmoyle happy. ntile aiter
this Lord (iarmoye saw his father ana MS ia neI
at that time while saying that he woulu hol II mn u
solf have made such choice, gave nls cohseht l"
the tn,on Lord Garmoyle wrote n letter W MISS
Tnrtescue july 20, 1888, in which he stated ma.
Earl Cairns thought he was dong sehsloit tnlng
a. get married. Not long after THIS, WIN ioro
Garmoye's consent paragraph was pnplsheu i in-
nouncing the engagement, and MISS Foriescue no
came thereupon the recipient OF kindly letters HUN
otber members of Lord Garmoyes family.
Some time in August Of the same yenf Lor1 Nal-
movie told his betrothcd that his family held very
strong views IN regard to the theatre ana stage
life They Thought an actors profession was
not only fuil of peril but was ungoily
and profanc. Lord Garmoyle was careful
10 assure her that he did not share these views,
bnt at his rcauest Miss Forescue abanuonen 'le
stage, and her sister who was lool king iorwhil w
a tieatriral career, dcsisted from her prephatlohs
for sncb life. Miss Fortcscnc was after ms III
y,tad to Tarl Cniruss house where she received an
sfeciionaie greeting from both bord hnu heu'
gaitna sGddony and without the sllgh'e,' pre-
yinus hint that such an idea was cnieithneu ioih
(!ntmnyip on ,Innuntv ~, lbhl wrote " ''l'U ~"
Miss Fortracne aud broke of the enlargement !'o
.tijI profeHsrd tho dcepeat love ana hihih',nn wv
her but snid lna ifiendH would u"t oocoP' NV W"
account Of her profession. ,.. a., .t.,,,,,
ATTORNEY. .tioneini James admitted the fit'nm,
tinucrs as they had been presented ny Ni 'nh,l"4
Eussoli, hut lac Justified the hoiioh oi i"'u n'''
movie Tho defendant, he said was now wll'lup'
M he always had been, Ia grant roiip"n,h'l"h ~
the Young lady for the broken contract in Wnur Wnn
eonscnt without objection 10 u verdict OF tloooV
Ar the same time he added ord Gdrnoyle wished
10 state that not the slightest npniaioh resieu on
Miss Eorie,cIc's character. She HAD lhiouehoui
Their intercourse conducted herself as a highly
modest and high-mlnded English gentlewomah'