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• . , , *l - 1 't Dr. Pert.z.taeoaa and Dr. DODOON contended that the libel was inadmissible, because, if the matter it ceetained, should even be proved, it appeared that the husband had actually condoned the offence. He had, after the first burst of suspicion and displeasure, re turned to a state of cohabitation with his wife, in which he continued for some weeks, and until after the close of the voyage. Now, that because the informa tion alluded to was neither specific, nor could be any other than might have been, and most probably was, obtained at sea before the return to cohabitation ; and because the party could not now specify what " further intelligence" he had obtained ; therefore, the Court ought not to admit this libel to proof. Dr. Jaime& and Dr. Luanuelon were then heard on Oa half of the husband, who had been plated, as they contended, in a most extraordinary and difilcult sitnationaQsad erred (if at all) in utter ignorance of the guilt of his wife, and from an excess of attachment merely, for which be surely ought not to suffer, being, on the contrary, fully entitled to the remedy he prayed. Sir Cmarsvornsa Robinson admitted the libel, in order that the substantive facts of the case might be properly gone into heteafter. WYATT V. WYATT. In this matter, pending suit between the wife and the husband, the Proctor for Mrs. Wyatt moved the Court to decree his party alimony, after the rate cf 3001. per annum. Defendant was an architect, whose professional means were equal to an income of between 4,0001. and 5,0001. per annum.—Ordered. MONTAGU V. MONTAGU. This proved to be a case of singular importance, as involving some general question upon the validity of Gretna-green marriages, and determining an interest in property of the valve of 300,0001. and upwards. Before the question of adultery could be tried, it was of course necessary to prove the marriage, which the husband's plea had denied. Dr.A cows described the suit to be one of separation by reason of adultery, brought by Mrs. Margaret Green Montagu, aealist her husband, George Conway Mon tigu, Esc; The citation in this cause issued on the 10th or May, 1824, and an appearance having been given for the Gentleman, a libel was brought is on the 26th November last, and admitted in the month of February following. That libel in substance pleaded as follows ; the marriage of the parties, and the way in which 1: was actually celebrated ; and the wife at present prayed a sentence, so far as respected the validity of such mar riage sol ely; and the matter now stood assigned for , sentence accordingly, upon that point alone. The libel stated in the first ankle of the law of Scotland, as it applied to marriages between males being above the age of 14 years, and females above the age of 12 ; and it set forth that a valid marriage might be contracted between parties of or above such respective ages, in the kingdom, and by the immemorial law and custom of Scotland, by their consent, " per verba de prgesenti,' without publication of any banns, or authority of any license, or the intervention of any religious ceremony whatever; that the mutual acknowledgment of one another as husband and wife, and their public Cohabi tation together as such, is taken to be conclusive evi dence of their marriage, unless it be distinctly proved that tgey lave not really intended to contract such marriage thereby ; and that, ih the case of persons being so above the age of pupilage, and entering into Arch contracts within the kingdom of Scotland, thelaw of that kingdom does not hold the consent of parents or guar dians to be necessary to the validity thereof. The second article pleaded that in the year 1803, the said George C. Montagu, being under embarrassed circumstances, went to reside at Liverpool, where he passed under , and was known by the name of William Thompson; and where, still passing under such appellation, he did, in the months of August, September, October, November, and December, of that year, being then a bachelor, pay his ad dresses , in the way f marriage, to Margaret Green Montagu, the other party in this cause (then Margaret Green Wilson, spinster), of Liverpool, a minor, aged seventeen ; that he then disclosed to her, as well as to Mr. George Crosbie, a particular friend of her's, that his resl name and description was George Conway Mon tagu; that having agreed to become husband and wife, they, the parties in this cause, proceeded to Scotland for the purpose of so intermarrying; and did, on the 29. h of December, 1803, in the presmce of divers credible witnesses, at Gretna-green, in Scotland, acknowledge and declare each other to be hush snd and wife, Go and were validly joined together in matrimony" by one Joseph Paisley, who performed the ceremony on that occasion, 6 4 reading in the pretence of the Said George Conway Montagu and blargaret Green Montagu, for merly Wilson, the of fi ce for matrimony as contained in the liturgy of clic Church of England as by law esta blished; the two parties passing by their real names of Montagu and Wilson ;" the marriage so celebrated, being a good and valid marriage according to the Scotch law. The third article pleaded that, shortly before the par ties went to Gretna.gretn, Mr. Montagu, under the assumed name of William Thom; son, wrote and ad dressed a letter to Mr. Charles Wilson, the grandfa!her of Miss Wilson, wherein he informed Mr. Wilson of his departure for Scotland with his grand-daughter, and of his intention to marl y her ; that Mr. Montagu enclosed. such letter in an envelope, and delivered it to Mr. Geo Cros!rie, with directions to give it to Mr. Wilson, which was done ; and that shortly after the marriage, Mrs. I blontagu herself, formerly Miss Wilson, wrote and sent a letter to her aunt, in Liverpool, informing her that she laid on the previous day given her hand to the said George Conway Montagu, describing him under his assumed name of William Thompson, which letter was addressed on the outside, and in the hand-writing of lb. Montagu, to tie aunt, who has since, by marriage, assumed the ante of Itavely. The lour th article exhi bited in supply of proof two exhibits, being the letter l (before-mentioned) marked No. 1 and N 0.2; whereof No. I was entirely of Mr. Montagu': band-writing, and No. '2 of Mrs. Montagu's, with the exception of the supetscription, which was written by her husband. The fifth article set forth, that after such their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Montego cohabited together in all re. spects as husband and wife in the mty of Edinburgh, till about the end of Mar ch, 1804, when they returned to Liverpool; Mr. and Mrs. Montagu, in all that inter val acknowledging each other to be, arid being acknow ic Itled by, their friends, acquaintances, &c. for husband and wife, and particularly to Mr. Crosbie. It was set forth in the next article, that during their residence at Edinburgh, Mr. Montagu, under the name of William Thompson, wrote and sent a letter to Mr. Wilson, in forming hint be had married his grand-daughter; such letter (masked No. 3) being brought in as an exhibit in further supply of proof. The Bth article stated, that at t h e t ime of Mr. Montagu's marriage, he obtained feern Joseph Paisley, the man who had celebrated the same, a paper writing, purporting to be a certificate thereof, which paper he preserved, and has frequently shewn to many persons of credit, and on one occasion, to lately as in the month of Mae, 1823 ; and that in June, 182'2 , he had applied to Mr. Geo. Crosbie, and re on his t oad to Scotland, at Gretna him another copy of this writing. The Pth article recited, that on the return of ' Mr. ' Montagu to Liverpool, in March, 180 f, he informed Mrs. Montagu's relations of her marriage to him ; and that after spending one day in Liverpool, his Lady and himself proceeded to Maidenhead, where he intro duced her as his wife to his sister; and proceeding to Lackham•house, in the county of Wilts, to his mother and family ; and that they resided there and at other places subsequently, until about the month of March, 1821, always cohabiting together and aihriowledging one another as husband and wife, and that during such time they had issue six children, three of whom were still living. In supply of proof, the 10th article pleaded the letter, No. 4, brought in as an exhibit, and purporting to be written from Calais by Mr. Mon tagu to his wife. It appeared to be uritten in the month of September, 180, and was in the hand writing of Mr. Montagu. These, the Le .rnei Counsel observed, were the only articles that bore any relation to the question about the marriage. Any question upon the other articles, which related to the facts of adultery imputed to this Gentleman, was not at pre sent before the Court. The question for the Court's pre sent determination related solely to the marriage, as that was pleaded to have been celebrated, acknowledged, and confirmed in the various articles of the lib:1 from 1 to 10. O.► this libel there had been examined eight witnesses in London; three under a requisi ion addressed to a place called Longtow n, in the County of Cumberland, and twelve under a requisition at Edinburgh. It appeared to the Learned Counsel that those witnesses most fully proved the marriage in question to have taken place, very much in the way stated in the libel, and that three of them in particular (members of the Scotch Faculty of Advocates) spewed that it was a valid marriage ac cording to the law of Scotland. That law must depend for its application on particular parts of this case, ;,0 which it was very material that the Clurt should atten tively consider the nature of the evidence produced.— (He►e the Le4rned Gentleman entered i►+to a summary of those poi tiotis of the testimony adduced, which proved the addresses paid horn September to Ilmem ber, 1803, by a person passing under the name of Wilt Liam Thompson, of Liverpool, to a Miss Margaret Green Wilson, of that place—the circumstance of these parties quitting Liverpool in the latter end of Decem ber in that year—their communications with Mr. Geo. Crosbie on the subject—the marriage of two parties about this time at Gretna-green, and their identity, al though the Gentleman was so married under a different name, with the William Thompson and the Margaret Green Wilson deposed of.) Sir Cis:norm Rossi:sox suggested the propriety of Counsel's reading tie most important depositions in this ease, netwithbtinding that the Court had already perused them with great care. The Learned Counsel accordingly proceeded, in the first place, to read the depositions of Henry Cockburn, Francis Jeffery, and James Moncrief, Esqrs. the general effect of which was, that by the law and custom of Scotland, a marriage contracted by any man and woman, being above the age of pupilage (fourteen in the male, and twelve in the female) per verba de pre senti, in the presence of witnesses, and followed by mu tual cohabitation, recognition, and acknowledgment, would be a good and valid marriage, and would re• quire neither the publication of banns, the consent of parents or guardians, nor the performance of any religious ceremony in facie eccksice to give it authen ticity and effect ; excepting only in a case wherein it could be clearly and distinctly shewn that the verba de. prosenti had not been uttered with the intention of so contracting, or had been uttered jocularly. Upon this evidence as to the law of Scotland, and the evidence of Mrs. !Lively, Crcsbir, Winburne, and . others of the wit nesses, as to identity, cohabitation, and acknowledge ment, the Learned Counsel submitted that the marriage and identity of the parties were proved and established. Dr. Lusuturrros, on the same side, adverted also to this remark able acknowledgment of the marriage by the husband himself, in the letter addressed by him to Mrs. .31ontagu from Calais, in the month of September, 1323 : " To you, my wife, to the only ear and heart I feel disposed to appeal to, &c." The remainder of the evidence was then shortly read. Sir CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON observed, that this question arose out of a suit of sepration by reason of adultery, promoted by the wife against the husband ; but the marriage of the parties had taken place under such peculiar circumstances, as rendered it necessary in the first instance to prove that marriage. The Court then recapitulated the substance of the libels as to the fact of marriage, and the heads of the evidence adduced in support of that marriage; observing, that it had very seldom happened, in a case extending over such a long period of time, and to be established by so nume roue a body of wi.nesses, that the chain of prcnf and evidence was made nut in so unbroken a manner u in this instance. There was not a chasm to be supplied. The Gotta alluded to a part of tl:e deposition c•f Mr. Tugssell Robins, of Queen's-square, Bloomsbury, soli citor in this case, as extremely material to shecv the allusions made by Mr. Montagu to the certificate sub sc►ibed by Paisley, of Gretna-green, as to a paper of which he was most ca:eful and tenacious, because it proved his marriage with this Lady. After an elabo rate review of the -whole case, which our lim is will not permit us to follow, the Court pronounced for the validity of this marriage. Upon the application of Dr. Ana's% an allotment of ASSOO, in the nature of alimony, was made to the Lady, to be accounted for here after, in reterence to any future allotment of alimony to be made her pcoulexte life. quested him to apply, g c green, and obtain for 1 DAVIES V DAVIES. This was a suit originally i3stituted by Mrs. Hannah Davies, against her husband, Mr. James Davies, the proprietor of a resFectable tavern in the City of Lon don, for the restitution of conjugal rights. Pending the suit an order had been made by the Court to compel the husband to allow the wife a stipulated som per an num as alimony ; and in order to get rid of this annual allowance, the husband had been compelled to produce depositions to establish the fact of his having parted with his wife on account of her adultery. The depo sitions of several witnesses went to shew, that in 1822 the husband had discovered his wife at his own house, at Layton, in bed with one Henry Wray, a clerk in the house of Samuel Williams, Esq. merchant, of Finsbury square: upon this discovery he ceased to cohabit with her, yet she had sued him for a restitution of conjugal rights; and the husband now prayed a divorce, upon the ground of the adultery. Dr. Lusarntaaon, for the husband, rose to address the Court, when Dr. ADAMS, for the wife, said, he would not trouble the Court ; for, from the evidence he had read, be was - - -- - convinced that it was useless to resist the prayer of the husband for the divorce, the fact of the wite's adultery being clearly and distinctly proved by so manywitnesses. Sir C. Rostssom—l am decidedly of your opinion. I have read over the whole of the depositions, and certainly I never saw a case in which the adultery was more clearly proveu; and the latter part of the evidence not only clearly negatives all idea of there being a connivance on the part of the husband, but, on. the contrary, it establishes his character and reputation. I Dr. Luenntiim—Yes. Sir. I think the *snail chaitlisinent inflicted by the !unbend on, this Mr. Wray, at the tine of the 4k. coveting him in bed wkh his wife. is quite selicisni to neptiVe all Idea of connivance on the part of the husband. Sir C. Rosuason—l think so too; and the Counsel tdi the wife acts very wisely in not resisting the divorce. The sentence of diverse was then pronounced as rayed. Nest Friday—Pm , Prizes of 221,000,/e.amowttioss to X 204,40, She lamed Sam ever known in Ptiha in One Day, with Sixty-four Pipes e Wilts Gratis.—.4ll Next Friday. • THE EVENING STAR LONDON. FRIDAY. JULY 3, 1325. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account are 911 f. In the Foreign Market very little alteration has , taken place, Mexican Scrip is 251 disc. and Colombian Bonds 881. In Greek Scrip the Market is dull at 13 to 131 disc. and Danish is sto 3/ disc. In the Continental Bonds little is doing, 981 to 99 is the price of Austrian Bonds, and 961 that of Russian. The Share Market remains nearly as during yesterday, the Anglo Mexican being at 85 pram. the United at 26 to .27, and Ca nada 26 to 28. The New Devon Ilaytor Granite Company at tracts the chief notice this day, and the Shares are at 5 to I prem. In other Shares there is little doing. Current Prices: New Spanish 161 17, Old Spanish 225 1, Rut. sian 961, Mexican 751 76, Austrian 981991, Colombian New 881, Brazilian Scrip 1 to 1 disc. Mexican Scrip 25 to 5 disc. Danish Scrip 31 to 3 disc. Greek Scrip 14 to 13 disc. Pt: ICE OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 232 231 1 / 4 S i.er Cent. lied. 90% 1 4 3 4 S per Cent. 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Scrip 1925, 135 1 dia. Ditto Acct. Ditto Acct. 131 13 dis. French Reines, spCc. 102 f 75c Mex. Bonds, 5 p Ct. 755 5 Exchange, 25f. 10c. :BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK.: NINES. SHAM PAID. PRICE Mt RHA112...1 Anglo Mexican . £lOO £25 iss. £5 pm. £3071 Castello&EspiritoSanto 100 5 $k 91 Cobalt and Copper 50 - 2 11 91 Milian - £lOO if.: . 15 e Consolidated Copp.&Tia 20 2 51 6 Equitable 2 2/ Pasco Peruvian - 100 - 5 - - 181 1 Potosi. I.a l'az, & Peruv. 50 5 301 11 101 Royal Irish 1 9.16 1 die United Mexican 40 - 20 - Ditto New 40 10 ASSURANCE COMPANY. 36 37 Protector Fire 20 0 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY. 100 8 6b M ISCELL A NEOUS. Continental MAIM PAID. mace Tilt SNAA& EritiTh Iron Company - 100 . 5 - 7 k Whig' flock & Patent Salt 50 5 9t 1 Canal Gag Engine - 50 1 4 1 Devon Haytor Granite 50 2 24 2 4 London & Haul. Steam Packet 25 3 44 544 Metropolitan Alderney Dairy 25 4 - di l'earl and Coral Fishery 40 4 84 Provincial Bank of Ireland 100 5 61 Scarlet Dye 50 3 84 This forenoon we received the Nuremberg Corre spondent to the 30th of June, and the Allgetneine Zeilung to the 2d inst. They contain some accounts from Greece, and an article from the frontiers of France, stating that fresh hopes ate entertained of a speedy con :ention between France and Hayti. The following ate estracts: CORFU, JUNE 7. Ibrahim Paella is still in the Morea, bat his situation is by nn means enviable. After being for months in want of every necessary, the destruction of his ammu nition in Modon, which he witnessed with his own eyes, must place him in great embarrassment. Per sonally, he has acquired the respect of all military men, because he has done wonders with the undisciplined Egyptians, and without any support in his operations, and has succeeded in the reduction of Navarino, of which he seemed to make a point of honour, under cir cumstances that appeared to render the taking of the place improbable. The Greeks, it is true, affirm that this does not improve his bad situation; but so much is clear, that the heroic Miaulis, in his successful operations by sea, was not seconded on the landside as he might have expected. There is, for this reason, something in explicable in the fall of Navarino. Of late there have been daily actions near Anatolico and Missolonghi, which have not led to any result. FROM THE FRENCH FRONTIERS, JUNE 24. According to a letter from Havre, fresh hopes are entertained there of the speedy conclusion of a conven tion with Hayti, the French Government having inti mated, by an indirect channel, to the President of Hayti; that France would not persist in asserting the principle of supremacy over that island. This declaration, it is added, has had the effect, that President Boyer has sent a new agent to France. He has no public character : he is only to confer with •the principal members of the Government, in order to agree on the bases of a convention. It is said, however, that as somas baser are &many laid down, on which the Government of Hayti can negotiate, the agent will produce full powers to conclude an arrangement. It may be expected, that we shall soon be more particu- larly informed on the subject. Not only in Havre, but in the other sea-ports of France, great importance 6 attached to this arrangement, which will be highly interesting to our maritime commerce. At Havre, 'Nantes, l3ottrdeauz, theie have been near meeiingi of the principal merchants, to deliberate on our com mercial relations with the neW Independent American Statet. the general is:Urania given by the Government are ,not thought sufficient. It has therefore been deter:- mined to make fresh representations to it, in order to obtain the appointment of agents (merely in a corn.; mercial character), to prbtect the Prehch trade in some of the ports of those States. It reitiains to be seen what will be the effect of these representations: In the French capital, also, there have been similar meetings of the merchants interested in the trade with South America. No decision, however, was come to, lietAO4 the proposal to apply directly to the King himself was approved by some persona, and this mode of proceeding would hardly lead to the end desired. A general per suasion however prevails, that the appointment of French Commeicial Agents in Colombia, Meico, and Buenos Ayrei, will take pl-ce as soon as some political obstacles are removed. Letters have been received in several sea-port towns of Franc-, which say that the Eng!is% Cabinet is en gaged in s‘ me preliminary measures, the consequence of which will be the recognition of the independence of Greece. In France, where the cause of the Greeks 'is in general regarded irith a favourable eye, the deci sion of the English Cabinet on the subject is in general looked for with great anxiety. Our Government, con sider: ng its connections with the great Continental Powers, can hardly act otherwise than in concert with them, however well disposed it may be to the independ ence of the Greeks, as appears from the fact that the great Greek Committee at Paris enjlys at least the indi rect protection of our Cabinet. We have received the French Papers of Tuesday, and the Eleik of Wec'nesday's date. They do of•t contain any intelligence of importance, being chiefly filled with discussions on M. HYDE DE Iklauviu.g, the Ambassador to Portugal, having been deprived of thAt appoint ment, and placed on the list of Diplomatists waiting for employment. The Quotidienne pours forth loud lamentations on this event, adding censures on the French Ministers in the most unsparing way, and, with its usual sagacity, in conclusion, ascribes the act to the submissive policy of the French Goveriiment to the politics of the British Cabinet. The Journal des Deiats joins in the virulent reproaches made to the Ministry for this treatment of the Ambassador, and accuses them of a dereliction of their duty, and of treachery to the Royalist cause. By the arrival of the Alicia in the Clyde, a file of liarbadoes Papers to the 25th of May has been 're ceived. They are principally filled with the proceed ings of the Legislature, the Clergy, and the people, to carry into effect the diffusion of religious know ledge after the forms of the E,tablished Church, by erecting a new Church. So strong is this feeling, that the Wesleyan Clergyman, sent out to replace Mr. SHREWSBURY, declined to land, and had proceeded to St. Vincent's, intending from thence to return to England. The mat anxious desire is evinced by all classes to attend, and to get their slaves to attend; the Established Church. The Bishop and the Established Clergy are welcomed with enthusiasm on all occasions wherever they go, not only in Barbadoes, but in all the Wind ward Islands where his Lordship had been. He had also proceeded to visit the Leeward Islands, in the EDEN, Captain LAWRENCE, accompanied by the Rev. Mr. PINDER and Mr. CoLzatnaz. The following ate extracts from these papers:--• OOVERNOR•OZNERAL WARDS'S REPLY TO THE ADD:IESS OF THE ASSEMBLY OF BARBADOES, MAY 24,1825. " Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Howse V . Assembly, " It is with feelings of the most sincere pleasure and gratification, that I receive the address which I have now been honoured with by your Speaker; the expressions of regret at my departure, and the strong and unreserved approbation of my administration of the Government, for the space of nearly four years, and the very handsome and kind manner in which that approbation has been delivered to me, will never be obliterated from my memory; and I trust will be remembered with those feelings which can never be separated from an honourable mind. 44 It is with the most grateful and sincere feelings that I have to offer you my thanks for the expressions of your kind wishes for my return, and more particularly so, as they are coupled with your as surance that they are also the wishes of the people at large ; and t cannot find words sufficiently strong to mark the sense I entertain of the reiteration of your kind feelings, so strongly, handsomely, and kindly manifested towards me and my family. After sack an Address as that which yon have been pleased to deliver to me this day, and which Address will remain on your journals, any pecuniary vote, or more substantial memento of the act, in silver or gold, must ever be considered by me as entirely su perfluous, though such a manorial might hereafter bane been viewed by my children, and children's children, with pride and pleasure ; bet *r myself, possessing a " mass crawls rem' to ape and ensertainbeg a peeper sense of the very high value of your good opinics, sad that of the public at large, so body, so hand sonsely, md so unaninsosely preferred. I can, with m honest pride —and I hope with an equal propristp-derlare, I claim no higher mend of praise." CIOTBRNOB CHIANT I S RILL? TO THII ADDRISS OF Till INHABITANTS OF NNW FROVIDSDICIL " Inhabitants (y' tk Alma V New Providagoe. " I return yds my most sincere and unfeigned thanks for this testimony of your satisfaction with the manner I have discharged the functions of the Important station his Majesty was gracieuNly pleased to place me In among you. 4, To carry with me the good will and friendly feeling of she in habitants of a colony wherein' I have resided as a public character fee a period approaching to five plan, atm* me mach present gra tification. and will be the source of future happy recollections. " If my administration shall appear to have any pretensions to 'part with you impressed with the deepest sense of the conspicuous approbation, either here or elsewhere, I must attribute the fortu nate and gratifying circumstance to the disposition for harmony which has prevailed in the community, and which has given riot to the parti.l view which is now taken of my conduct. " In quitting the colony for a time, being imperatieely called way by private reasons of a most urgent nature, believassn, I shall