The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-25 00:00:00

A NEW YORK "ROMANCE IN HIGH LIFE."

It will be remembered that under this head we gave, some
days since, a brief account of certain passages in the life of a
fashionable young lady of New York, who, having run away
with her father's coachman, and then returned home to her
father's house, was detained, by her angry parent, admission
being refused to her husband. Under these circumstances, it
having been reported that it was the intention of Mr. Boker.
the father, to bundle up his daughter, bag and baggage, ant
by way of rescuing her from so disgraceful a connection, send
her by the Persia steamer to London, application was made
to a judge by the husband, Mr. Dean, for an order to compel
her father to deliver his daughter up to him (Mr. D), lie
having been duly married to her, according to the forms and
requirements, made and provided by the laws of fife United
States. The case necessarily came immediately before
the court. It is needless to say that all New York was
in commotion —that the "fashionables" and the " bhoys"
took up different sides, and that politica and the slave
question for the moment lost their interest in the
all-absorbing question of the fate of Mr. and Mrs. Dean.
The New York Tribune gives a long account of the denoue-
ment of the affair, which may be shortly told as abstracted
from the paper above alluded to. On the hearing of the
case before Judge Davies the court-room was crowded.
It was averred by John G. Baker, plaintiff and applicant
on behalf of his daughter, Marianne, Petronella, that John
Dean, defendant, was a servant in said eponent's family, acting
as groom and coachman. 'That while he was so with him he
clandestinely obtained an influence over said Marianne Petro-
nella at a time when, from prior sickness and otherwise, she
was of unsound mind. That the said Dean, while he had
such influence over her, and with the aid of two companions
or acquaintances of hie, got her to the house of a minister
of the name of Edwin F. Hadfield, who performed some
ceremony of marriage, or alleged ceremony of sit:twig°,
between the said John Dean and the said Marianne Petro-
nella, the said Dean having given the said minister to
understand that she, the said Marianne Petronella, was a
servant girl, and also keeping the said minister as ignorant as
he could of her state of mind and excitement at the time.
That the said Marianne Petronella was of unsound mind at
the time such ceremony of marriage took place, and has so
continued. That .the said John Dean and Marianne
Petronella have never lived together, nor has any such
marriage been consummated by cohabitation. And that
the said plaintiff prays that, in consequence, the marriage
may be considered null and void. Judge Davies thereupon
issued an order to three physician s whom ,he deemed
competent, by their eminence, capacity, and fitness,
to determine upon the soundness or unsoundness of the
mind of the , lady, to investigate the subject. The
report they made was to- the following effect :
" After careful and repeated examination, we are of the
unanimous opinion. that no evidence has been furnished to
show that any intellectual faculty is impaired, or that any
mental unsoundness exists in the case of the said Marianne
Boker, otherwise called Marianne Dean. Upon this decla-
ration Judge Davies gave his decision. Ho concluded by
saying—'There is no pretence that any fraud was pracised on
rat all—no force used against her. In my judgment,
therefore, the whole foundation of the plaintiff's case falls to
the ground, and Mr. Dean has a valid right to the claim he
has set up, viz., that his wife be immediately restored to him
him as her lawful husband. Mr. Dean was immediately
congratulated by his friends and others ; after which he
left the court-room in company with his counsel, followed
by a large crowd. After the adjournment, Harry Bertholf,
the well known crier of the court, was charged with serving
on Mr. Holier the writ of Judge Davies, requiring him to de-
liver up the person of his daughter to her lawful husband. Mr.
Bertholf proceeded to the residence of Mr._ Boker in a carriage
about half past seven o'clock p.m., and having exhibited his
warrant from the court, informed the family that lie came for .
the purpose of escorting Mrs. Dean to the presence of her
husband. Of course, the various members of the family were
deeply oppressed at the prospect of immediate separation from
the young wife, and spared no exertiens to persuade her to
remain ; but she was firm on the subject of going, though
her tears were copiously mingled with those of her friends at
the sad event. The mother refused ..to consent that her
daughter should leave home, until she had made a solemn
promise to return the same evening after a brief interview
with her husband. At length Mr. Bertholf left the house, ac-
companied by Mrs. Dean, and having entered the carriage in
waiting at the door, it was driven rapidly off. Meanwhile a crowd
of several hundred persons had collected in the vicinity. and
rai;ed a loud acclaim as the party issued from the door. The
general sympathy appeared to be with the newly_ married
couple. About .59 persons followed the carriage from Twenty-
second street, the place of Mr. Boker's residence, to Mr Bar-
tholf's house in Jones street, whither it was driven by previous
appointment. In The early part of the evening young Dean
rode home will Judge Davies, wh,, -as his advice had been.
solicited, furnished the anxious husband with appropriate sug-
gestions as to the course proper to be taken. From thence
Dean went to the residence of his counsel, and not finding him
at home ho walked down to his office, and as soon as possible
the two proceeded to the house of Mr. Bertholf, who had
arrived home a few minutes before with Mrs. Dean, and
the husband and wife were speedily brought together. The
scene of course was touching, as all such scenes are usually
supposed to be. A short consultation took place between the
parties present, when a private apartment was assigned to Mr.
and Mrs. Peen for a short interview, with the understanding
that Bertholf was-to conduct the wife hack to her father's
house the same night. Dean was strenuous that the wife
should not return to her father's roof except far the purpose of
packing up her wardrobe, and that on the next day ; but as
he had assured her mother that she would certainly not
remain away all night, his counsels did not prevail. Accord-
ingly, about eleven o'clock, Mr. 'Bertholf, still having official
charge of Mrs. Dean, conveyed her home to Twenty-second-
sheet, with the understanding that to•day he will restore her
to the arms of her consort, when they will commence forth-
with whatever of the ups and down in life may fall to their
share. Where the young couple will eventually locate, we
believe, has not yet been determined. Dean is a shipwright
by trade, and thinks he can earn an honest and frugal liveli-
hood therefrom, while his wife expresses her readiness to teach
music or the languages, three or four of which she understands,
as an additional resource. tee

LONDON. —At several places
ILLNESS OF THE BISHOP or
where the Bishop of London had engaged to attend yester-
day (Thursday), excuses f)r absence were received, on
account of his lordsnip's sudden indisposition.
THE TEA TRADE.—Large public sales of tea were held
yesterday (Thursday), comprising 15,000 packages, of
which only 2,000 were sold;--eonsiderable heaviness
prevailing.