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LAW INTELLIGENCIL. COURT OF CHANCERY, JAN. et: ELOPENI ENT-CONTEMPT OF COURT. IN THE MATTER OF STABLES, RELATIVE TO DRAW A MINOR AND WARD 01 THE COURT. Mr. WeTiIFRFLL this day beean by observing, that the ease had recently been heaoiehis Lot (Ishii) lii the form of a motirro, whe, it was ordered to shie l d nvtr, with leave to !!resent a short petition hounded on the affidavits which have been filed, Ile had heft to Sttlitilit that peait ion to 114 e coo shit-ration of the Court, and it piayad , hat a re ference might he made to the :%las'er to ittooire into all the citcrintstanc,s atiradioe the Gretna Green mattilee, and to report whe her it was valid o r not, the Court mei:while granting an in• Juvetiou to put vent a se c ond Inacriaae taking phire. The aithjact haviog been folly before the Court co a forint, oacasioo, it would he urine ce•sary to: him to go two it again, excepting men ly tt, state that Cie peti , ion was neatly the same vt It the motioa fottnerly heard. It assert ed that Mr. and Mrs Loraotao Sables reale sof iy t•f" tilt haeaded elapatattn, as scat evirten• from the naitire atrtl siourdar mode it. which that elorwrient Nita stables, seta reti r ed to beer 0 , 1 H o to' r{Cron ten the ev nitro( of the 11'11 of last Dyeembar, eta! was , 00n after tolloaeti by his !A. ( ) Mri. Stables, Mss St stiles , and Mr. Anthony Dean alone iu , the dr awiug-roout, woe rind water. Tie roma, lady goes down S airs, sod is smut followed by her lover, vil, handed I:er into a post-chaise, anti t heti (hove off. Thi s of itself turd ! , aff.tded strong presomption of the family's having either comiived at, Or promoted the mart iage. But he would ask, if this were at tempred.to be denied, what cause the two bro. ohers could have fur leaving their young friend and sister in this manlier ? Was it entirely by ac cadent that they had done so ? He certaiaily could find no excuse for them going of trues this room so abruptly, as it was contrary to the usual rules of common politeness. There might be some excuse for the pater familial retiring soon, as he n:igltt from age or ittfirinity naturally he excused, but. for his sons no apology could be made. Alarm was SOOll after given iii the elopement, when they came down, hut ac cording to their own account, in their affidavit, not rill fifteen or ((verity minutes after they had - gone to their room. They appeared Riticio agi tated, but his 'Lordship requited not to be told how often ftar and similar passions might its such concerted eases he dranrticallYpersonated. At all events, there tvas no guest expedition in their so codniug down, for according to Mrs, t•hahle's account, she gave the alarm in '2 or 3 minutes, vt hereas they said it was in 15 or 20 There taaq was an obvious contradiction bet weett th e en eats, arid truly exemplified the jos tle'. o f that old remark, " hingna esl veritas et pre valebit." in it ni•,C and other concerted plans, tabwever well constituted such schemes might be, there was alwaye some part, which, by its con tradiet ion, exhibited the t.dlacy of the whole. Hatt they bee., ignoraiit of the scheme, would they have been so dilatory in coming down stairs ? What 1 . in an affair so interes4ina to the character and happiness of their sister, ssaas it possible they did not hear the voice of their alarmed mother; or could art man believe they did not bear it ? When they came dowa, they were only half dress ed ; but woold it take faiaaen minutes to have taken oaf or put on half of c heir clothes ? John, nue of the sons swore that i;e. ran out utter his sister, bet hearing no tidings of her, he returned, when he heard that she hind-gore with Deau over Finchley-common. John denied in his affidavit that he had been in the Registrar's office on Toes day the 14th December, but admitted that lie had been there on the preceding evening, where he made some inquiries of Mr. Standen), a clerk of Mr. Raynsford, as to whether any order bad been made relative to a Ward of Chancery, hut not mentioning any names. This was precisely ano ther act of prudence to escape detection, and there could be only one motive attributed to his going there. It would not surely he said, that he went from a metaphysical love of knowing the forms of proceedure in Chancery Ward cases ; for, on the contrary, his (Mr. IV's) instructions charged that gentleman with knowing that Dean was about to be made a Ward of the Court, and with having come thus to the office, knowing, that if, on in quiry, he found that Dealt had not been made a NVard, then the parties were at liberty to act . ad libitum. A post-chaise Being procured, the two sons set off to Barnet, where they ordered the post-boys to stop till (key returned in the after n u t, which they did, and came back to London, sayiog, the search was fruitless, as the pursued were gaining ground on them. Did they think they coold poraibly make any. •orao believe this story, urileat one whose understanding could he supplanted by beffonnery ? IVlren he read over the affidavits of Mr. and Mrs. Statues, and compared them with that of Dr. Moore, the Vicar of St. Pancras, ,he was fully sath , fied that there was a coospirtiey among rite parties. In Oleic affidavits, the fainter declar ed they went to Dr. Moore to stop the banns, which had been twice published in the Parish Church, and that they had pe:atiaded Dean not to marry till he was out of his minority. Dr Moore, t ow-ever, gave a very different account of the whole; for be stated that in conversation with the father and mother, he understood the marriage would be highly acceptable to Mrs. Stables, as the parties were attached to each other. Dr. Moore said, thotigh -the'parties wets minor*, yet if the banns were regularly published, and no im pedimerit offered, it won'd be legal ; bttt on un derstanding thst they did n o t live in the parish of St. Pancras, he refused iocelebrate the marriage, and siopt the banns. nos It!s Lordship would sae that the objection of Mrs. Stables was not to the propriety of the marriage, but merely on ac count or its legality iii•St, The Lotto CtIaNCIULDR—Dr. Moore was right; for though the mat - tinge might be legal, it would, tinder such circumstances, have been a breach of the Ca-on Lana: Mr. WirroitHeLL then went on to the affidavit of J. Ballard, servint . to Mr, Stables, who had cut a prominent figure in this case. "'lids affidavit (lid riot in any iota contradict what had been stated on hear log the motion. Oat the colthary, it admitted clearly the part which he had taken in this elope ment ; for it stated, that the plaintiff (`lr. Dean) having toll him' that his mother was reluctant to the match ; gave him his mime, and also that of the young Lady. with w*,ich Ballard went to St. Pancras on the 25th of Nov. to get the banns Published. Plaintiff after this told him that he would elope to Gretna Green, on which Ballard got the chai=e ready in Aladdox-street, into which Miss Stables was conveyed without either hat or bonnet, and a messenger was sent before hand to secure suffitient relays of horses. De• poem s.sw them married at Gretna Green, and in their wort' back, ha by mistake went into the coach for Newcastle-under-Lyne, instead of the one for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and on comitig to London, he was not allowed to remain in Mr. Stables's house. This (Mr. W. observed) was not to be wondered at, as there were repeated 11:- stances of set vents being discharged after hieing played the part assigned !hem, such discharge being til , v.ys d , me as a pretext to save appear ,inees. Ar Uatlide the Iwo lovers stow, having given the Gte ita-G' e' n 491. in cash, and t9t on Promissory Note, and there they were visited by another tit Miss Stables's brothers, What a strange coincidence ! ' How did rtis happen ? it it was said that is letter had hien setae down, he woold reply that the post most have travelled with mote ditto usual have to enable that Gentleman to meet the lovers there, lie would like to know where the other footman of Mr. Stables I:ad been all this time.— It was denied that Bullard was his servant ; oit tlle a cttnar.aay, it was sworn that he had snottier, and that Ballard was merely there for a few weeks- Why, in the pique of God,:had no ac,-. cooot been given ,of him ? Was be, on that night, seized also with the same somnolency as the rest of the faitilly ? Amidst all the buffoonery of the case, and ail the frit Iss attempted to he played, it would not, surely, he said he was sick or sleepy, a. Gentlemen did not, in general, allow their toot men to go to bu'd before themselves went. Clete along- conversation took place between Messrs. Wetherell, Sharked', and Heald, as to the line of arguitseto which was now taken.) Ttie faOHD ClasNceLiott.-1 have nothing to do with this case, except so far as a contempt n Court is involved. I: is a most serious and itn portau; cause another respect, to which 1 can oot attrod, but for the part which each took it it !Lev most answer to God and their own con seieners. I shall however, sift it to the very bo!totn hetore I let it go out of my hands, and I am quite sure, from the affidavit of Ballard, that I k e has, by hii own confession, been guilty, of a gross contempt of the Court. I shall not fail to notice that in the maunar which it deserves ; and ntly he allowed :0 say, that it has been MO tOrlitly the ens; (.lil of nty,predecessors and when a young female Ward of the Court has been thus married to gelid it to the Master to inquire whether such marriage is valid, bnt no meld Ward of the Couti can take a second marriage to wake that ialid which was invalid in itself. 1 repeat this is a truly serious case, as 1 never knew a case of a young man being so kidnapped on a former occasion, and the pat tics must know that 1 shall sift ihe who!e to the totmst point. I apply blame to nobody, as yet, but to Ballard. Mr. WETHERELL then, in a most eloquent and luminous manner, commented on the affidavits of the cook-mnid, who is also implicated, and on the affidavits of Mrs. Stables and Dean himself. The LORD CHANCELLOR—It Is now after four o'clock, I shall be gIA, Mr. Wetherell, to hear you ro-niorrow on this interesting case. The Court was crowded to excess. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, SERJEANT's INN, ..AN. 2) . Sittings after Michaelmas 7'erm, lefore aft the Learned Judges of this C'oart. nog, on the demise of witIGHT, v. PLUMBT&B. ' The arguments in this case occupied the Court the whole of yesterday, and the greater part of to-day. The cause was tried before Mr. Justice BusT, at the Assizes for the County of Somt-rset, and the outline of the case was this :—A Gentle_ man named Brewer, at the pet iod of his decease, having no issue otitis own, bequeathed his estate, &c. valued at 50,0001. to u L a dy mimed Moly- Deux, under these restrictions. All the property for life to belong to lmrselt, and one half to be disposable at her death in any manner she chose ; but the other,half she was hontid to bequeath, at her demise, to the next of kin of the devisor, bear ing the name of Brewer, But Mrs. M.lynetix, not being aware of any such person at her decease, bequeathed the whole property to a female named Plumbtre, who had been her companion for a series of years, and 4 ,,this lady, at her death, bequeathed the estat-';'to her sister, named Hannah Plumb. re. ' 4. lter female next of kin to tie original dev - 3r, but who pre viously to the' death of the *tit Mrs. Molyneux, had married a person named Wright, heard of the circumstances of the original will, and put in her claim for a moiety, as the next of kin, of the name of Brewer, although -*lir had then assumed her husband's name, Wright. But this claim was resisted by Mrs. Hannah upop the giound that the claimant was not a person of the tome of Brewer at the time of Mts. Molyneox's decease, for that her maiden name was annihilated by her martiage, and consequeutly she had no right of claim under the letter of Mr. Brewer's The plaintiff was nonsuited at the trial ; and the argument now was, on a motion to set aside that nooduit, and obtain a new tried. The case was argued at. very considerable length ; against the tno.ion, by Mr. Casherd, Mr. Moore, and Mr. Taunton ; and in support of it, by Mr. Serjeant Pell, Mr. Gaselee, and Mr. Adams. COLIRT the cise aess most ably argued on both sides ; but deet red judgment it'd further consideration. The I-Inn. Edtlard Mot►ckroc , , Colonel of the Staffordshire Regiment of Yeomanry, I►as present ed ‘Vm. Keen, F. , q. the late Lieut.-Colonel, with *nperh and u►aisice Cup The Stafford 'croon had a grand ban, at %%ellen the Cup w,, s f i ll e d by order of Mr. Keen with noyeau. It held 18 bottles of noyeau. MISCELLANEOUS. MSLAN I CtioLY SUlClDE.—Thursday, about four o'clot k in the afternoon, the house of Mr. Towns bend, proctor, Paul's-chain, was thrown into great alarm and consternation, on the discovery of a body suspended by a rope from the root of the cellar underneath the premises, which the servant maid no sooner perceived titan she scream ed out and fainted. Mr. Townshend, jun., on di.envering that the body was that of Mr. Webb, who had been their managing clerk for upwards of twenty years, became paralysed with surprize and horror. It appeared he had been suspended several hours, with his toes within two incites of the ground, and, by this time, was quite cold and lifeless. The deceased, we are concerned to add, has left a wife, now in the last stage of pregnancy, who, on learning the noliappy event, has been in a dangerous situation, and which, it is feared, may prove fatal to her also ; lie has likewise left a family of three small chi'dren. Th , , cause of thitvrash ',act is supposed to have orieinated in the fantare'Ot some specula tions in tallow concerns in which he was engaged. SUDDEN DEATH.-Thursday evening, at eight o'clock, an Inquest wa: held at the Green Man, Little Bedford -street, Covent•garden, bet.)re HIGGS, Beg. Coroner, on the body of Jane Tredger, aged 60, housekeeper to William West Jo nes , E s q. of Itotiina-sireet, Adclphi. Mr. Jones, being sworn, said, that on Wednesday even ing he left the deceased in lier usual Itate of and on his retort) home in the morning, about one o'clock, he did not find a candle burning, or the fire, which the deceas, , ! was in the general habit of prepating for hint against his return ; be went to the kitchen to look atter her, but not finding her there, he pr9ceed\ill to the vatious apartments,.and at length found her lying upon t h e floor .111. the parlour, quite....dead. He called the watchman to .Ci - s . 10,:itisitinge, and a surgeon was sent for, but the deceased was past human She had had an affected eye, and appa rently dropped _dead while in the act of applying sortie stuff-to ir.—The Surgeon was oL, opinion the deccatied died of apoplexy, and a verdict to that effect was returned. UNACCoUNTABLE TaaNsacrtoN.----Application was made a few days ago to the Magistrates at Union-hall Police-office, to send two Police-offi cers down to Chertsey, in Surrey, for the purpose of apprehending a fellow who, it was reported, had cut and stabbed several females in different parts of their body with a sharp instrument, in a similar manner to the monster so much talked Of in France. The application was made by a gen tleman named Wells, an opulent farmer, residing at Ham Firm, near Chertsey, whose servant girl had been stabbed by the sinknown. Two officers, named Hammond and Haynes, were sent down to Mr. I'Vells's house : they interrogated the ser vant, who shewed them her wounds, and stated to them, that on the day when the villain stab bed her, she went to the wood-house for some wood, and was struck with something which run inio her body, and she ran to her master's house and informed the family. On the same day, in the afternoon, she went to the privy, and on ()Petting the door, was seized by the same per. son who had before wounded her, and cut in both arms ; the man (she said) was dressed like a sailor. The ,cuts in her arms were apparent. The officers went in diffetent directions about the neighhouthood, - but they could not hear of any such person having been seen. The females in the neighbourhood %sere in the greatest alarm, and several of them offered a reward for the ap prehension of the wretch. Her Grace the Du chess of York hearing of the affair at Oat!alit's, offered 501 reward to those who should take him ;nib Custody. After a fruitless search many miks . round, the officers, doubting in some respect the statement of the girl, took her before a county Magistrate, that her deposition might be taken on oath. The girl very reluctantly accompanied them, and when before the Magistrate refused to be sworn. He reprehended her for her conduct, and urged her to speak the truth, when she burst into tears, and acknowledged that she wounded herself. She was further urged to explain her motive for such unaccountable conduct ; but nei ther entreaties nor threats could induce her to say more than that the•whole was a deception.— The females again walk about without being in constant terror of the supposed monster. DARING THIEVES.--00 Thursday evening two young villains surceeded in starring the window of Mr. Taylor, jeweller, of St. Martin's-cotirt, whence they stole several silver and gold articles, with which they tnade off, but having been ob erved by Gooke am Glasborough, two officers, they were pursued and takeu into custody to Bow street, where they were committed for trial. A bimilar robbery w a s effected the same evening, and supposed to be by the same depredators. It is a fact worthy mt. notice, that no less than 97 lives wete lost, during the last year, Le Lijs of muttaiiiy, by fire. - SHOCICINO ATTEMPT AT St/lc:um—About one O'clock on Thursday morning, the crew of the Bee, a Scots trading smack, lying off Downes's IVhat f, in the Thames, were Rimmed by the re port of a pistol fired in the cabin ; some of them went to the door, which being fastened on the inside, and receiving no answer, they forced it °pee, and discovered Mr. Grim, the owner and , Captain, lying on the floor weltering in his blood ; an open razor was lying near him, also covered with blood, and the shattered remains of a pis tol, which appeared to he just discharged, at a short distance from him. Mr. Grun was quite speechless ; his right hand wos shattered and his breast dreadfully lacerated from the bursting of the pistol, and there were two large inci,ions across his throat, which appeared to be done with the razor. Mr. Price, a surgeon, of Lower East Smithfield, was immediately sent for, who, after dressing his wounds, had him removed to the Cock and Lion, Lower East Smithfield, where he was put to bed. Yesterday the unfortunate gentleman underwent amputation of his right , hantl ; the wound in the breast does not appear t 0 he mortal, and the arteries of the neck are not cot, butt the windpipe is partly cut across, and there is but little hope of his recovery. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ROBBERIES AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The Magistrate, after a suitable aclmoeilioa. and a warning 29 In Iris future conduct and Ilea company he associated with, told him he was discharged. The prisoner and his mother with much gratis tilde thanked Mr. Ellistott for his lenity: With regard to the prisoner Brown the Magisft trate observed, that it was but rarely that a pint% of his age continued co-mmitting depredations for the length of time he bad done ; it was quite dif ferent when an act of felony Was committed :for want or through distress, but he had continued his depredations for several months, and had cott . fessed the whole with great effrontery. The prisoner entreated for mercy to be sliewu him, making strOngivoleSsions of repetranee and • of future good conduct. The Magistrate inquired if his father was pre-• sear, to which Mr. Elliston observed, that his father was employed by him in the Theatre, and was a very worthy man ; lie therefore spared his feelings by dispensing with his attendance. ' The Magistrate observed, that it would be imp possible to let him go at large in London again. Mr. Elliston said, as. far as a few ponnds would go to get him out of the way he would give it. The prisoner's sister was present, and she on.. dertook that her father should have a private in tei slew with the Magistrate upon the subject of disposing of hint. In the course of the examination M r . m a t o* stated, that he had now three hundred and fifty persons employed on salaries at Drury• fame %rhea.. tre, and in addition to them he had tr.-4p ent i y l2o employed as supernumeraries. He said Le Lad, just before he came to the office, given his Trea surer 1,1501. to pay salaries. tiUILDHALL—Mary Lynch, a well-known coOr tezan, and Mary Sibley, the proprietor of a lodg.. ing-hoose, were yesterday chatged, the knitter with stealing, and the latter with receiving,•a va luable gold watch, chain, seals, &c. the property of Mr. W. H. Brandon. The prosecutor said, he resided in Fetter -lane. Ou Wednesday evening, about tell o'clock, he was returning home, when he was accosted by the prisoner ilt the corner of Plough court, a short distance from his own house ; she strongly soli cited Will, in the usual strain, to accompany' her home. He resisted her importunities, and refused to go with her. She had not parted from bias, however, for more than a few minutes when be missed his watch. No individual but the prisoner was near hies( the time he was robbed of his ,watch. Margaret Lynch stated, that she was a relatio'n to the prisoner, and that on Thursday morning she was sent for to the house of Sibley, whtte Elie former resided. Mrs. Sibley, in the presence of Lynch, asked the witness as a favour to pledge tr gold watch for her at the pawnbroker's ; site consented, and Mrs. Sibley told her to ask 61. for it. Witness took it to Mr. Guest's, iii I'le+ta- market, but there only obtained 41.'upon it. Stephens, one of the servants to Mr. Guest, produced the watch which hold been pledged by the last witrrss ; she said she had been sent to pledge it for a gentleman, who was i n w do i o f the money upon a very urgent occasion. Mr. Brandon identified the, watch as bis pro— per! y. . , The Magistrate was of opinion, that there was not sufficient evidence adduced in order to fix the guilt of the prisoner Sibley, and therefore (uttered her to be discharged: .Mary Lynch was fully copra' ted for It ial. COAL MARKET, JAN. 21. • Ships at Marlict. Ships sold. rms. imi Newcastle 3 Sunderland i .. 41s 6d to .—.., a BIRTHS. Yesterday, the Lady of Mr. M. Gilmore, of Stamford-bit, of a sun. Same day, in Red Lion-square, the Lady of Jain Bridges, Esq. of a son. MARRIED. On the 17th•inst. at Kimbnitoo, Hunts, the Rev. W. 1), Ridley, to Maria , daughter of Robert. Tidwell, for merly of Oporto. DIED. On the 2tst of June last, at Agimere, in the Eitt. Captain Charles Dunhill, of the 7th Native Bengal Infant' of lever, aged 00. . On the 20th i ns t., at his house in Calthorpe-street, Meek lenhurgli-square, the wife of James Scott Savory, 111,4 , of the Hon. East India Company's Service, can the Madras Estatnisliment. On the DILI' inst., at Ihildesdon, Mr. John La‘sretuT, is the 6.lth year of his age. , .• LONDON: Printed by 3. B. CARSTAIRS, of No. 49, Great ( trmood -street, Queen-square; and published by W. A. SCRIPPS, of No. 7, Soul h Molton-street, at TELE Stili Other, No. I 12. Strand ; where Advettisements, Orin;.„ Lettere, &e. (Lost-paid) must be addresstal. 130W,STRR RT.—Yesterday John Brown and Joins Spight, two lads, underwent a second examine , rion, charged with being concerned in robbing Drury-Lane Theatre of a great variety of articles, including several hundred weight of lead front the roof of the Theatre. The prisoner Brown• confessed his guilt, styli implicated his fellow prisoner. H e stated that he had sold the different articles, at au old iron shop in Wild -street, which Bond, the constable, searched, and found a Grecian lamp for Ones burners, which Brown said was sold at the shop fur 3s, The maker of the lamp attended, and said it cost two guineas and a half. Mr. BifiNlll, the sitting Magistrate, lamented the ready receptacle this and similar descrip;iera of shops afforded for stolen property, and declar ed his determination to have the shop closely , watched ; the purchase of property from lads was •' highly censurable. Mr ELLISTON, Mr. Warm, and Mr. WIAiSTOX attended the examination. Both the prisoners expressed their contfition. The proof against Spight was but slight ; tt was principally front what Brown said ; and Mr. Mills-. ton, with great humanity, expressed his wish that every possible leui , y might be 4liew n him, on ,tc count of his widowed mother, although be was sorry to say, he had ascertained that h e h a d rob bed her.—The afflicted mother appeared in mourn ing for her husband, and extremely oppressed with grief. hZ ' • , /lt With 4C Is th rte ity 102. 4421 'er ie l e , 'vii 44„ 1 4e m e tie ..... , 4 .11,