The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-26 00:00:00

Rats intelligence.

SHERIFFS' COURT.—YrtrrsapAy.
lamas roe Vold&Snow* or 11locum
LOTT • STMILIT.—OUTIAW&T.

This was an riveter.% leader a prune of cu•lawry,
Mead by the Coen of Embrossr, to mammals what ;m-
-ar:
of nu. Moe ry Thames Eashey, ses sf the Earl of
sod Warr Lord Mesh, /messed trial& the
Of *1 Sheriff el Middieere
Mr. resiess sneered for the plaintiff, sad is Wriggles
'be jury, szplaimod to them the mature of Ik. reseeding,
whisk was to was available Ike the eeeditere of parties
abroad or within% lb. kaiak:dos of the marts of law,
whatever
_property they might lestre behind them. The
priatiff, Elisabeth Lin, was • indite/ of Mr. Stanley, who
was highly 'cosseted, ring son of tbe Bul of Derby, sod
brother of Lard Staaley, to the "meat of 11,0001., sad as
Mr. Swan was abrosa she had resetted to this lead el
prommdiag to rumor the imment af Mr debt. Prior to the
pear 1630 Mr. Iltaalsy had held as Uportaat yobbo odor,
which, however, was abolished is that year, and seder
• royal wanes; ea meaty of 2601. was pasted to
him sharrable epos the removes col the Darbyof Luesster,
by way of essepeasatios. The plaintiff had tau the meal
mesas to bosom messed of this annuity, sad to near ;it
satil her dessaad was satisfied, and on a former inquieltios,
the jun fond that the asseity was Mr. Stanley's, which
flndi, in the ewdisery (mune, would have placed tte ea-
salty wittia her reach, bet before the proceeding. scald be
!rally perfected, they were met by a notice which Mama.
Dearer, Kimberley, sad Dosmill, the solicitor" to Lord
Stanley, had delivered at the Dairy of Lancaster {Am, sad
which was to the sleet, that the annuity in gamdn bad
bees warned by the annuitant to Lord Stanley sad Mr.
Frank Hopwood to the year 1831. This, it would seems, was
put of • family arrangement, for is that year Lord Stanley
**reputed is two deeds to pay to the outlaw is earldom.
tics of the assignment of the meaty, earl far whet' son-
dummies% as annuity of 3501., and, is 1640, the
Earl of Derby eovenaated to pay his a farther annuity of
6501, the• makrg the ostlimes racism 9001 a year; and
the prenent proceeding ef the plaiatirs was to get pommies
of these smarties seta her debt was cleared tiE. The prim-
ed would have bees content with the 2501 a year, but the
anted" that had bees thrown ia her way put her in posses-
sion of farther laformatios, and therefore she now sought the
ismer mass. _ _

Mr. Lemnos*, shirk to Mown. Denton, Kinderley, and
Dowell', was fans& The Warned counsel tailed upon him
to produce Use Med of the anipmeat of the aanuity to Lord
Stanley, dived 16th of Asyut. 1836. Tito witness said
then was no dead el that date. There oertainly was suck a
deed, but it weld not now he found. He bad nadir inquirift
et Lord Stanley la referees* to it. and Lord Swale, awed
worth to be weds for It. It could not los loud, but lw
understood that it bad bum remained assay years ago,
before 1640.

Mr. Pearson asked the witness if he knew of the assign-
ment bevies been effected.
The Under Sheriff said the nature of the deed could not
be gone into without further evidence. The writ wee not re-
turnable till November, and asedjoumment could take place.
Mr. Pearson said if the inquiry were adjourned they should
subpoena t►e Xml of Derby and Lord Stanley.
Ti. witness was this called up on to produce a deed to
which the outlaw was a party. dated 17th January, 1840,
having reference to the annuity from the Earl of Derby. He
produced it, be said, in obedience to his subpoena, but de-
clined to allow it to be read or to give any answer as to its
contents, on the ground that it wee a title deed under which
Lnul Stanley and the Hon. Charles Stanley were c.o-trustees,
and which had been deposited with Keens. Denton end Co.
confidentially as solicitors.
Mr. Pearson asked the court to exercise its authority to
compel the wines to pat is tr a deed. •
The Ueder•Bberiff held that the proper mune would be
to see out as attachment from the court above 'gooiest the
witness. He could not compel the witness to put in the
deed.
M r.

not your firm resit matey to the out-
law under that deed ?

Witeer--1 t►ink sot.

Mr. Pearson then called for the notice served at the Deehy
of Lancaster Office, which being produced and put is, the
keened gentleman isontended was evidence of the right of
the outlaw to the annuities, as it emanated from Lord Stan-
ley's soliciton, and expressly stabil the existence of deeds
giving the owls+ those annuities. If the jary found for
the plaintiff, and the verdict wee wrong, the deeds wild be
produced to set it aside.
The Under-sheriff put it to the Jury whether this notice
satisfied them of the exisu nee of the deeds.