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Mr. War" teams. said he wee married at Greta* Green.

Mr. HEALD, Cenasel for Mr and Mrs. Staples, said, the,
if his Lordship would read over the affidavitistm would find
there Was to blame attached to the condnet of his client.,
for if the father of the young masa was alive he (mold not
have perveseteil the marriage, and it certainly took place
through the wilicoodoet of Mrs. Deane, the young Gentle-
man's amber.
Mr. i7eirmemaLL said, such an inahniation was not war.
ranted, and lie liras sorry it had fallen from his [Aaron'
Friend, as it would make it necessary fur him to enter more
folly into the case than be intended.
The L4k Csiewcemet-1-" It is clear that a per eon
marrying a ward of Curt, ',limber male or female, le guilty
of a contempt of Court, if it is done without its consent.
Therefore it is tie duty of the Court to order this ”sung
lady who has so offended to appear before it, *long with all
the odor parties conceived."
Mr. WITHICRELL thee stated, that the ward of Court was
only 19 year. u( age, Ned heir to estate of 3.0001. per an_
nom, and the young lady was 17 years of age. The hill
was filed on the 11th of December, making !dr. Deane a
ward of Corsa, and the elopement took place on the 14th ;
and ostler, lime day his Lordship issued an order of injunc-
tion to sr...train Sir. snit Mrs. Staples from perm. g any
intercourse between the ward and their daughter, hot it Iraq
nut served on thews until the 16th. 'Else application for the
order was granted un the affidavit of Mr Carr, the Solicitor,
Petting forth, that the ward was the only son of the Rev.
11'illiato Deane. of Devoushire, dr.-raised, and that he was
earryieg on a correspondeore with Sarah Elizabeth Staples,
the daughter of Lures's° Staples, of Hanover-street, Hummer-
plume, with the intention of marrying her. Mn.a Deane,
the mother of the ward, had written to Mr. Staples on the
1,11..1.14. Plating that she would never give her consent to
the m %relate while her son was a minor, and requesting
that Mr. Staples would forbid the visits of her son to his
house, Mr. Staples answered this letter, saying, that he
had only given his consent to the marriage condition-
idly, and that be would never be mean enough to allow
his daughter to marry without the consent of all par-
ties interested; bet that be could not think of forbidding
the visits of the ward as long as he conducted himself with
honour and propriety. Mrs. Deane then took the ward to
Hastings with her, ote finding that banns of marriage had
hero publirlitd in St. Pancras church, where they were
stopped by Mr. Carr. On Sunday the 12th, the ward left
Hastings, pretending that be was going to Easibourn os a
shouting parte, instead of which he came up to London, and
eloped with Mists Staples on the night of the lith instant.
The affidat it of Mr. Carr theta stated, that on the night of the
elopement lie received intimation of it at one o'clock, from
Mr Staples, and on the following slay he saw that Gentle-
man, when he informed him that at half-pas: eleven o'clock
his slaughter left his drawing-room to light the ward down
stain, and 011 her not returning immediately, her mother
went down stairs to look after her, and found she was
missing, on ohich ;she alarmed the whole of the family, and
learned (torn the cook maid that they had eloped and taken
the northern road, on which he (Mr. Staples) scat his two
sons in a chaise sod four in pursuit of them, but without
success. The Learned Commiel then stated the affidavits of
Mr. and Mrs. Staples, explanatory of their cnudnrt, and
which stated, that Ilse attachment of the ward and their
daughter commenced at the Moser of Mrs. Deane, where the
young holy was too a visit. He then said it was nut his iu-
teatime to ground any special motion, but Mrs. Deane thought
it was haw duty to bring Mr. and Mrs. Staples before the
Camel, fur his Lordship to deal with theta for the contempt
of Court as be should think proper.
Mr. DOWDMIWILLL followed.

Mr. H is, defended the conduct of
Mr. and Mrs. Staples, and conteoded that they had acted
wish all the caution in their power; and so far from con-
niving at the elopewsent, t►ey were much distressed at it.
Mr. SHB OW ELL folbwaYl us the sane side, and was heard
in pail.
The LORD CRMIC rLLOR being obliged to rise, it being
three o'clock, desired that it should go uo tu-morrow.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, TUESDAY, Drcuista 21.

■OBEY r HOWARD.

This was an action broughtbythePlaintiff, Mr. Robey,
against Edwa►d Dusan!, a mosey-ecrivener and annuity.
broker, to recover the sum of 3151. placed by him in the
hands of Howa►d. oil the 11th November 1800, (*elite pur-
pose of being kart on steamily. The Plaintiff had received
the amount of the annuity (4SI. pi r annum) fur three slicer*►
sive years; hut the security se which the annuity had been
raised proving defective, be bad been unable to procure sea,
further payment.
The defence art up Mr. Glat3IFY was, a partnership said
to have existed at the time of the mosey being advanced
between the Defendant and au stitiroey, of tile same of
Dingle, sod that the action was, therefore, not maintaina-
ble its its present form as against the present Defendant only.
Malty witticism were called on lath aides, and the book',
said to be those of the partnership coseern, were produced.
The teault of the evidence appeared luipubstantiate the exist-
ence of a partnership at the period in questitm between the
Defeudaot and Diggle, under circumstances of a very pecu-
liar nature.

The Defendant, it seemed, was a conveyancer, but not
an attune), ; and for the convenience of the law proceedings
arising out of his business of annuity broker, found it ex-
pedient to have an attorney in bin office. He therefute pro.
cured the assistance of Digit', who was an attorney is hum-
ble circommances, nod had a deed of partnership drawn up
between them, which, however, was sever executed, whereby
the Defendant was to receive three.fourihs, and Diggle one.
fourth of the profits arising from the law proceedings to
which the mosey.brokerage business might give rise; but it
did not appear that Diggle was to have may share of the
benefits of the mussily busier's. It further appeared, that
the Defendant bad, subsequeatly to the date of the deed of
partnership, been articled as clerk to Diggle' and upon the
dissolution of the peetossaltip had procured the assistance
of smother attorney to whom his articles of clerkship were
assigned by Nile.
Several witnesses proved that they had transacted bonu-
ses with the &me of Howard and Diggle and always sup.
Cnawed them to be partners; seem& tuber; proved that Ihry
bees engaged is transactions with Howard without any
✓eference to Diggle, mid without any knowledge or idea of
sap partnership between them; and it appeared from the
mairmilmoh gives by the Defendant to the Plaintiff, in which
amenities of the payments were made, sad in which the name
of Howard only appeared, that the Plaintiff had ou intima-
tion whatever of the existence of any partnership, and that
be had advanced the gooney on the single credit of Howard.
Mr. SCMILIVIT for the Plaintiff, in reply, neatly and
pointedly observed on the dexterity of the Defendant, who
had contrived to secure himself by a double defence to nu,
action which might he brought, by proving in case of an
action like the present against himself sillily, an existing
partnership between himself and some other person; and in
case of as actio• against the partnership inn, be 'night
defy the Plaintiff to prows the partnership (himself with.
holding the books mid eked. which he had oat the present
occasion produced), sad might adduce a set of witnesses
with whom he bad trammeled Mishima is his own name sad
ea his wale reepossibi lily, to rebel and negative the idea of
mei a partnership. He treated, however, to the sagacity
and jostles of a jury fur defostiog such schemes, and anti-
cipated their verdict in favour of his chest.
Chief hulk, A/ NM as dear gad perspicuous address.
recapitulated the evidence, wad in • few missies the Jury
gave their verdict for the Plairiiilt