The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-12-21 00:00:00

LAPSED LEGACIES.
In the Court of Chancery, the cause of " Chatnherlayue o
Brocket" has been heard, and was an appeal from the
Al aster of the Rolls.
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The snit was instituted to administer the estate of
a Indy named Chamberlayne, who by her will, dated
the 13th of January, 1858, gave to her brothers and
sisters legacies of £lOO each, to be applied by them to
Buell (Imitable pnrimees as each might deem most ad-
visable ' • and she cave the residue of her peisoual
estate to her three brothers therein named upon trust
for i•onvereion and investment in Consols, and
payment out of the dividends of csrtaia specified
yearly stuns for the charitable pnrposes therein men-
tioned, and her further will was that when snd as soon
as laud should at any time thereafter be given for the
purpose, certain almshouses should be buiit as therein
directed, and that the surplus remaining after building
the aln.shonses shrnld be appropriated to making al-
lowances to the inmates of each. The testatrix died
in January, 1670, having survived two of the three
brothers named as trustee, of the will. Two questions
were raised—Whether the legacies of 400 given to the
brothers of the testatrix who preilecease•l her lapsed,
or took effect as reed charitable gifts; an•l whether
the gift of part of the reeidue for building almshouses
was good. The Master of the Rolls having held that
legacies to poisons to be applied to ench charitable pure
potes as they might think fit lapsed by the death in
the lifetime of the testatrix, and that the bequest for
the erection of almshonsos came within the nil, against
perpetuities, no time having been fixed within which
land, must be given, and was therefore void, the Fatties
appealed.
Sir It, Ilaggallay, Q C., and Mr. Speed for the plain-
tiffs ; Mr. Fry, Q C., and Mr. Cadman Jones for the
defendants; Mr. Hemming for the Attorney-General.
Their Lordships reversed the judgment of the Court
below.

THE,SHAKESS AND THEIR ENEMIES.
At the Westminster Police-court in London, on Mom
day, a young man of respectable appearance stepped
into the witness box among the applicanta to the Ma-
gistrate., and said he heel to complain of a great nuhance
allecdng a large body of worshippers caned Bible
Christians, or vulgarly termed " Shakers." On Sun•
day evenings persous were in the habit of asemiliog
outside their place of worthip in Chelsea, annoying
and insulting them, slid last night they pelted them
with slack lime and other missiles, which had 90 in-
jured several of them that they were unable to leave
their homes. He himself was struck.
The Magistrate What is the form of worship ?
Applicant : We read and expound the Bible to the
congregation.
The Magistrate; Who Ic the minister—s man or
woman —Applicant : The woman is the preacher, and
sometimes when she is excited at all another pereon
taker needle discourse.
'I he Magistrate : What does the congregation num-
ber ?—Applicant : About a hundred. There is gene-
rally a noise inside the chapel. The service iedifferent
from that of other communities. lam only a young
hand, and have been only three months a member, but
[have been affected by the spirit myself, and my hands
and arms have moved voluntarily without any agency.
The Magistrate Does that pervade the whole cone