The Sun. — 1861-03-11 (London, England)

IRELAND  DUBLIN, SATURDAY EVENING. MORE YELVERTON REVELATIONS. Byron said, or sung, that— " Romances paint at full-length people's wooings, But only give a bust of marriages,"  which is true in a general sense ; but the Yelverton real life romance is certainly an exception, seeing that it has painted portraits as large as life of the honourable major's brace of wedlocks. It is not, however, often that, in a romance, real or fictitious, the hero and the villain are one and the same self-sketched character. It was reserved for Major Yelverton to become the voluntary suicide of his own good name ; and it now appears that the operation of moral self-destruction did not commence in the Irish Court of Common Pleas. All the reasons that he alleged, in reference to his uncle, for concealing his marriage were founded on falsehood. "In his letters," says the IriBl4 2i?nes, " to Theresa Longworth, Major Yelverton alleged, as the principal motive for a clandestine marriage, his dependence upon his uncle. He affirmed that he owed his uncle, the Hon. William Henry Yelverton, the sum of £1,000; that this uncle had compelled him to give a bond for the amount ; and farther, that the stipulation exacted was, that Major Yelverton should not marry under penalty of execution on the bond. He ventured further, and maligned the character of an upright gentleman. He stated that his uncle had ulterior objects to promote and desired that the titla of Avonmore should devolve upon his sons. Major Yelverton added that he had great expectations from his uncle, and that to displease him would be his ruin. All this—the bond, imprisonment, the loss of his commission, the hostility of his uncle, and the sacrifice of his prospects in life—was brought to bear upon Miss Longworth, and at last she was induced to consent to a secret marriage. We have (it continues) the authority of the Hon. William Henry Yelverton, brother of Lord Avonmore, to state that all these representations are without a shadow of foundation. There is not a particle of truth in the story from beginning to end. Major Yelverton never owed a single shilling to his uncle, and consequently never could have given him a bond. Major Yelverton had no expectations from his uncle, for, though prosperous and affluent, he has children of his own to settle in life; and they who have the pleasure of his acquaintance know that he is the last man in the world to conceive so base aproject or entertain so cruel a purpose as his nephew attributed to him."  In reference to the false report that the Honourable William Yelverton was bearing the expenses of Mrs. Yelverton's case, the Irish Times says that, though the lady has that gentleman's sympathy, as well as the sympathy and commiseration of other members of the Avonmore family, " The rumour is without foundation that the Hon. William H. Yelverton contributed any pecuniary assistance whatever throughout the trial. Inclination must give way to higher considerations, and we cannot always with propriety do what we could wish. It is necessary to state this clearly, lest it should be supposed that Mrs. Yelverton does not need all the assistance which a feeling people can give, to oppose the most costly and most worrying processes instituted by her enemies." And it adds, "We are happy to state, for the credit of this country, that the subscriptions are flowing into the National Bank, On Monday we will publish the names of the committee—a committee embracing some of the most esteemed gentlemen in Ireland. We know that to her who has so bravely struggled for her rights, where so many would have quailed, funds will be readily and cheerfully given, amply sufficient to set at defiance and endeavour to overthrow the verdiot of an Irish jury."