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London, England, 1819-08-07 00:00:00

THE BISHOP OP ELY r. LORD KING.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said he was sorry he
had not been *hie to este 11l il ie the affidavits in this
case last night. but expressed his hope that he
should have it in Ins power to give judgment on
Monday.

GORDON r. GORDON.
The LORD CHANCELLOR notified his intention
to deliver his dual judgment in this case on Tues-
day neat.
111 THE ►LATTER OF THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH.
Mr. Ti Si EY said. he was instructed to make an
applicatiou to his Lordship on the part of certain
annuitants of the Duke of Marlborough, that the
receiver atiould not be discharged till their interests
were secured.
The Loan CHANCRI.LOR said. he feared he had
already done too much in this matter. and that if
the parties had any further application to make,
they must do it in the regular way by bill.

VELLOWFS v. THE EARL Of PORTSMOUTH.
An itijunc ' had been obtained lately at the
suit of the Plaintiff. who is heir at law to certain
estates of the Defendant, to restrain the batter from
cutting down timber, oruansental and necessary
for shelter thereon.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now, on the part of
the Defendant, moved that it be referred to the
Master to determine what part of the trees were Of.
namentsl, and whether any of them were fit and
proper to be taken down. It never had been the
intention of his client to cut down the trees in-
tended by the injunction to be preserved ; but
from the terms in which it was made. he was afraid
he could not venture to cut down a single tree of
any description, even for the repair of the mansion,
and that it would he impossible for him to exercise
those rights, which, as tenant for life, without im-
peachment of waste, he was entitled to do. The
preservation of the ornamental timber being his
client's wish anxiously expressed, the object of the
application was, that the Master might take an ac-
count of all the trees coming within that descrip-
tion, to avoid falling into any onintelitional error.
Mr. TResLoTE, who followed on the same vide,
said, it was slated in the affidavits that many of the
trees were going to decay, and their tops rotting.
Mr. HART, for the Plaintiff, observed, his client
had reason to congratulate himself un this motion
being suede. .
The order of reference was accordingly allowed.
SU PPOsITITIOUS 0111. D.
SEARUINSoN v. SgAISNIS9ON.
Mr. HART said, he rose to move that the order
of the Court for allowing a sum of 8004 a year for
the maintenance and education of Anne H.irriet
Sesrginson, an infant, out of the estates of her father,
deceased, should be suspended. He had staAe this
application on a former day, on the affidavit of the
Manila (the infant's uncle), that the child its
question was a supposititious one. Übe Lordship,
on that occasion, had thought it right to have sonic
affidavits of persons acquainted with the facts, iu-
stead of letting the question depend sin the bare
affirmation of the Plaintiff's belief In pursuance
of that direction, he had since olitaitied the affi-
davits of pertains connected with the conspiracy.
' The first affidavit made on the subject was that
of Anne ..Metge, who stated herself now to be
a widow; that about twelve years ago, she was
delivered of a female child in Dublin, and
concealed the birth, having been at that time
unmarried, and hying in service; that three or
four days after her delivery, she went to lodge
at Nu. 4, Sycamore-alley, with an old woman,
of the name of Mrs. Burn; that a person, called
Nelly Cunningham, came to the house very shortly
. after, and asked Mrs. Burn, if a girl did mot live.
there who had lately had a child ? that Mrs. Burn
said, yes: upon which she went into deponent's
room, told her she knew her mother, who was quite
broken-hearted at the sad misfortune that hail
befallen her, and asked her, abbe would not coil.
lent to give the child to her ? whereupon deponent
replied, •• Nelly, you are going to take the child
to the poor-house ;" she swore she was nut, but
that it would be taken good care of; upon which
deponent gave her the infant, and received in re-
turn three crowns. Deponent, Nelly Cu 0000 i l 'gimp,
mud Mrs. Burn, sent out fur some spirits and drank
it, and the child was taken away. Deponent be-
ing extremely weak and ill, and unable to pursue
NAY. seat out Mrs. Burn's little boy to watch
what part of the town she was going to; but he
was so young lie could nut keep up with her, and
returned : that she never saw her child afterwards
tell the 2id April last, when she knew it in an tu-
staid.
The object of this affidavit. the Learned Counsel
observed, was to skew who the real another of the
child was.
The next affidavit (lie continued) war that of
Eleanor Cunningham. She deposed that she lived
us servant-maid with a Mr. Cronin, of Lifferstreet.
Dublin, front the year 1798 till the sear 1803,
when Lord Kilwarden wan killed ; that at the baiter
Period Mrs. Cronin was left a widow, "rut away
from Dublin, and returned some time after, got
into debt, and was committed to the Sheriff'''.
poison, whither deponent went to pee her, and
learned that Col. Searginroti was confined there also,
and that an acquaintance had commenced between
him sod her old mistress ; that in about a fortnight
after the Colonel married the widow, after which
they were both set at liberty. and wrist to lodge
tat King's, a shotimiker'i. 'au Parliament-street.
where deponent became Mrs. S.'s servant twin;
a plan was communicated by her mistress and
Mrs. Gibson, of Aungier-street, to procure u child
to be imposed on the Colonel, as his owe,. Wit-
ness then described her procuriug the child as
already related; brought the child to a carpenter's
wife, of the name of Ferguson. at Lasser-hill, and
left it there the first night, where it was suckled by
Mrs. Ferguson; returned and told what she had
done ; was directed to take the infant, and slid take it
the next day tea house in A unguer-street.stear Long-
ford-street; has got GO annuity of ISO. ..year from
that time till last year, when she got only 11. at
Christmas.
There was a third affidavit from a woman, who
ended, that while the Colonel and Mrs. Searginautt
were lodging in Parlisineut-.meet, the latter told