THIS TERRY V. TERRY DIVORCE CASE.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1856, 4 July 1874, Page 3

THIS TERRY V. TERRY DIVORCE CASE.

In tho nboro divorce case the following]! , , passage occurred:-Inrim in chief refcrenco had b en nude to a certnin letter in tho petitioner's handwritihg, and of which- Mrs Torry had , obtained possession. The following was the cross-examination on this subject :— Mr Webb—Do you understand theFronoh and'ltalian languages? Witness-Not" much. Mr<Webb-[ suppose, you,know tl what " an trevoir, carissima", means? K Witness-Well, I suppose lido. Mr , n you write this letter with . those words at the bottom of it?- Wit-, .L' ness-Ycs.''Mr Webb'—Co whom'did' v, you write it?. Witness, toJhe.learned __ judge— im I bound to answer that question, your Honor? His Honor—[ think you are. Witness— To Miss Elizabeth Collins. ThoVtness subsequently explained that a f aged twenty-one, whomlie had attended profession illy in his capacity of mesmeric 'clairvoyant. She had been suffering from disease of tho lungs, and'had found great,, relief from his treatment afier her regular' medical adviser had faded to do her any{ - ~ good. He denied that their had been f "* anything approaching to an improper inti-. macy witboMiss Collins, but admitted that, he had twice taken her to the opera without first mentioning the matter to his wife. He added that the 'conversation * - referred to in the letter took place while the young lady was in the mesmeric sleep. When he wrote it he was disturbed in his miud,' but the next day he resolved not to ■ i send it ' This curious epistle ran as follows:—" Hast Melbourne, Sunday eve-ntng.-Mydear Lizzie,—Ever and anon have your questions been passing through , _ my'mind, producing feelings 'of pleasure l •*• and. occasionally sadness! ' You asked me ' Whydid I allow myself to like you so PI N _, ( ,; My 1 dear girl, I might simply answer, because it was natural for me to do so. @ There ai£ so,many points of sympathy in , our'natures, that rtwas impossible'for ma to be in -your" company, and enjoy your ~( conversation without discovering them, and consequently, feeling an irresistible attraction- towards yjou. I might have t hidden my feelings, but they would have , • existed nevertheless. You asked me also, , ~ ' why I did not, teach;y v ou self-reliance, and'not alio* you to depeud upon me so __, much?' - Lizzie, I have and do inculcate ' self-reliance, buUhat does not imply par-" feet independence' of others, but simply „ the, power to depend upon one's, sell if ( , necessary. It ,is no departure from this ' , principle to allow anotlier to do any little' thing for you which you oould not per-.i-j haps do yourself, but which gives equal u pleasure to the doer as to yourself. You , alluded to the ncessary limit of the dura- J tiuii of our friendly intercourse. But are' ' not 1 all things in. this life limited and transitory? My advice was (and is) to make the best of'things as they are, by care and circumspection to prolong the period of happiness resulting therefrom, t and do not anlicipitp trouble that may novercome. ' Aurevoi>',carmma '— W." The petitioner at once udmitied that this was not exactly ,the sort of letter that ought to be sent by a mir'ried man to a , young lady, but added that uo harm had been done as, in point of fact, it .wasjaevor t . sent at all