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ABDUCTION.

Cinder this head testes' statements have appeared in the journali
of the circumstances attending the alleged abduction of a young
lady named Turner, of Chester, by a Mr. Ederird Gibbon Wake.
field. We are happy to be able to state that Miss Tut ter has been
metered to her friends, and that, ton, under eircnnistances upon
which she and all connected with her have g%ii`. reason to con-
gratulate themselves. The following statement i 4 derived from
unquestionable authority :—lt was more than auaptrted that Mr.
%Wakefield when he had, as he thciught, accomplished his object in
Scotland, bore hit fair charge direct to France, and this fact was
established beyond a doubt in two or three days, by th- receipt od
a letter from him; dated Calais, and addressed to Mr. Turner, in
which he stated that be had married his daughter, anti taking Ala
the blame of the transaction, as tar as " over-peraiunion" went,
added, that bliss Turner was fondly attached to him, and that it
should be the anxious endeavour of his life to promote her happi-
ness by every means in his power. Still, however, her friends were
of opinion that she had yielded rather to coercion than to persua-
sion, and that if an opportunity offered she would gladly return
to her afflicted mother, and they derermined to use every exertion
to give her that opportunity. Her paternal uncle, accompanied by
his son and their solicitor, posted to London, and immediatilye
on their arrival sought a private interview with Sir R. Rirnie, the
Chief Mairtstfate of Police, who, on hearing the circunistacces.
entered at once warmly into the feelings of the ponies, and said he
would most willingly give every assistance in his power, but he
mush doubted if he coolg render thews imp material service. kis
had not, he said, much difficulty in sendinthia warrant to any part
' of England, but he feared lie could not do much on the other vide
of the Channel, although his authority had sometimes been re.
specteet even there In cases of a highly criminal nature, such to
forgery for instance. After some conversation Sir R. Birnie
if they could proctire any aid at the Foreign Office, in the shape of
a letter to any of the authorities in France, he would not hesitate
to give them the services of one or two of his ablest officers. They
went to the Foreign Office. and obtained a letter from Mt...
Canning to the British Ambassahoi at Paris. Thus anted
they returned to the Chief Magistrate, and he directed Ellis, oce
of the principal officers, to accompany the gentlemen to France,
first instructing him to act with the utmost caution and de-
licacy if he should succeed in finding the fugitives. They pro-
ceeded to Calais, and had scarcely landed when they saw the objects
of their search walking together on the pier. They immediately
approached them, and Miss Turned, the moment she saw the
party, exclaimed " Good God I here is my uncle," and leaving the
side of Mr. Wakefield, she sprung Into the arms of Mr. Turner,
kissed him most affectionately, 3rd bitret into tears. A warm lea.
versa•lon took place between 3liss Turner's relatives and Mr.
Wakefield, and the latter having learned that it was their intention
to take her back with them to England, declared that she was hits
wife, and that no earthly poster should deprive him of her. Mr.
Turner however was firm. and Mr. Wakefield then appealed to the _
civil power for protection for him and •` his wife," and was attend-
ed to ; the authorities Stating that they could not suffer a lady, even
young as wan bliss Turner, to be forcibly taken away from the
person who claimed her as his wife, unless she gave her full and
free consent. The question wss then formally put to Miss Turner
as to whether elle would go with her uncle or not, and she ex.
claimed eagerly, " Oh ! yes, I will go with my uncle any where,
any thing to get away from this man (Mr. Wakefield) ; I am mot
married; I am not his wife at all; I was taken away and
brought here against my will entirely. I have been dragged from
my friends by force." Mr. Wakefield had no reply to make to
such a declaration as this, and the French police saw no
occasion for further interference on their part. Some question
were then put to Mr. %Wakefield by Miss Turner's relatives, and he
declared that he considered himself lawfully married to her; bat
said that the marriage bed never been consummated. He went
farther, and gave a written declaration that iliss Turner was, as
respected him, " a pure and spotless virgin." He said that they
had plighted their troth Meech other, and acknowledged each other
as man and wife in the presence of a third person in Scotland, and
that, according to the laws of that country, constituted a legal mar.
riage.—We omitted to state in the early part of this narrative that
Sir R. Birnie was anxious to send two officers, but Ellis only was
at hand. At midnight of the day on which the application was
made,Taunton another officer, arrived from a country journey, and
he, being well acquainted with France am! its language, was
ordered to follow the parties to Calais with all speed. lie arrival
there aeon after the others, and after the *airy before the police,
he watched Sir. Wakefield to his hotel, and found that he in•ended
to proceed iniestatly to Paris. It was then agreed upon that Ellie
and the Memos. Turner should conduet the young lady to Eng.
land, while Taunton and the solicitor should follow Mr. Wakefield
to Paris. and there, if they could obtain the permisssion of' tha
French (internment, apprehend him and bring him to this country,
it being the determination of the other parties to enforce the utmost
rigour of the law against him. The Messrs. 'turner and Ellis,
with the young lady, arrived at Bow.street within forty-eight pouts
from the time that the application vat made, and she is now safe
under the roof of her doting parent. She states that she neve; saw
Mr. M'akefickl until he drove up to Mrs. Dalby's door, where she
was visiting, near Liverpool, anu that when they had travelled a
great distance she inquired anxiously bow tt was that they did not
meet her uncle, who Sir. Wakefield had said was to meet her on
die road. lie made various excuses, and at length, in answer to
an Inquiry, hesaid "keep quiet, my dear—when we cross tide
stream that you see we shall be sere to tee him." They stopped in
a short time, and then Mr. Wakefield disclosed his views to her,
and under the influence of terror she consented to acknowledge bust
as her husband. Ifs then took her to Calais, scarcely suffering her
to speak to any one. She declares solemnly that she was the whole
time under coercion. has been hinted that Miss Turner's in.
tellects are not of the strongest kind.l It is due, as Mr. Wake-
field said, that the simple ceremony which he described, does by
the law of Scotland constitute a marriage, but it is only legal
provided the parties be above the age of fifteen years, and it hap.
pens that Miss Turner now wants sibeut one month to complete her
fifteenth year. so that the ceremony was to all intents and purpose.
nugatory. 31r. Wakefield's age is 42.
A tolerable idea may be formed of the profits, or rather
plunder, derived from a gaming-house, when it is stated
that the keeper of a certain hell actually lost and paid
18,000/. to a Noble Earl in one bet at the Doncaster races.
lloas EALI t appears from a return made by
order of the House of Commons, of the persons convicted
of horse-stealing during 1623, 1824, and 1825, that the
number amounted to 449, of whom io were executed.
21i4 transported for life, and 203 transported or imprisoned
to hard labour fur various periods—of the latter, three were
female..

8111:EP-IPT EALlwo.—By a similar return, of persons con.
victed for stealing of sheep during the same period, it
appears that the number was 288, of whom four were
executed, Itl transported for life, and 140 transported fog
imprisoned to hard labour for various periods. A,
A few evenings since the body of a man was taken spiv
the Thames, near the Tower, tad an Inetuat was
held upon it ; but in the meanwhile some =pas
effected an entrance Into an parish ben•Assusi_4o,o"
instilled, sod bun it silks As uptikeloP—

LAW NOTICES.

COURT OF CHANCERY.
lut• Lord Chancellor does not sit this day, baying to attend the House
*u: ree,..

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.
I TH %ICI-1,114NC LLLLL TBIS BAT, AT HALT-FAST TIN,
Bankrupt Petitions.
Ea-pate Twopenny v.
Dann
Do. Walker v. Dann
Do: Luning v. Love.

11:1-carte Fawn, per

order
De. Wert. part beard
Do. 'tricell V. NevUl
Do. R41114011V. Peacock
Do. *bite
De. Drees _

ing
Do. Wlgley v. Leah
Do. Moore v. PGl:and
Do. Cane v. Pylon
Do. Richardson v.
Coates
Norbnry v. Bad-
dock
Do. Regime v. Cobb
Do.Dowatanv Dow man
ROLLS COFRT.
asses,furti.er directions, and petitions by consent, before the Master of

day_
Do. Huard v. M.Don-
nen

Ile. kthipAr Brewer
liu. beets v. Prince
Lao. pia v. Cooke
pe V. 0011
Do. Reath v. IA
Do. Ireland V.
I.B=en
Do. Suttnn V. Webb
Do. Latham v. Chit-
teodful

Ex parte Rolland v.
Mar+h and Co.
Do. Palmer v. Rollick
Do. ytton v. liytton
Ito. Thomson v. Abbott
Do. V. Whyte
Ito. Baster v.Chambeta
Do. Hlekoon v. Smith
Do. JSvana v. Edward.
Do. Stedman v. 'rutticr
Do. Time v. Benson
Do. Show v. Howard

Do. fiettnett V. teem.

and Gibbs
Do. Peale T. Wadding-

no. Morley v. Thome%
Do. Chabot v. Armand.

Ite—.&;r.;•y •. lifsavball
Du. Mercer V. Metter

tee Rolls this day, at nine.
Kand.riek v. Cornwallis, petition Tomlin. v. Tomlin.. cause and pet.
Phillip. v. Barlow, came Berry v. Perrino, cause
Parks v. Winthrop. petition Bine v. Bailey, petition
Money v. Addentarooke, further dl- !Umiak, w. Gal, ditto
retti,..l... Ord v. Wharton, cause
Poker. Archbishop of Canterbury, Pyke v. Morin, petition
petition Morthwaite v. Jenkinson, ditto
Hall e. Jones, ditto Campbell v. Campbell, ditto
In re Crispin, ditto Bidden v. Ituckleo, ditto
Atkins v. l'seett, ditto Mortlock v. Wedditove. ditto
Braga w, Sitrathinure, ditto Lyme v. Thompson, ditto
ii .v. Wynne. ditto Gyler v. Oakes, ditto
v. Baker, ditto Pzparte Wey and Arun Canal, do.
liay. Postlethwaite, ditto

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COUNT OF CHANCERY, WEDXIeD&Y, MAICU 22.

PARTNERSHIP CASE.
The Loan CHAWCELLOR stated that at the rising of the Court
yesterday, Mr. Wray had moved for en injunction on the part of
one partner against another, in a case in which the Vice-Chancellor
had stld the Court had no jurisdiction, and that he promised to
take the bill and affidavits to read, which he had since done ; and
had ow to say, if the Court had not jurisdiction in such a ease, it
would now have to repudiate that jurisdiction that he (his Lordship)
bad aet,ll upon ever since he held the Seals, and which, as far as he
covldt-ace„ all his predecessors had done. The case amounted to
this st..- A bill wan brought by a partner against his copartner, on the
gram: of misconduct, for a dissolution of the partnershipde-
s nilant was represented to be Indebted to the partnership between
six rod seven thousand pounds, and that his interest in the profits
ants not sufficient to satisfy that claim ; the defendant had been
draw: ig and negotiating, &c. bills of exchange in the partnership
name. applying the produce to his own private use: in one instance
is particular he had paid a bill, bearing only his individual name,
into the heads of certain bankers, and when that hill became due,
had retired it by substituting one, to the same amount, with the
names of the partnership upon It. The bill chatged, that 31r.
Aston (the defendant) was insolvent ; that be had made this sub-
stitntion in concert with the bankers, they knowing at the time that
lie was Insolvent, but that the partnership was solvent ; and the
hill prayed in the usual way that the defendant might be restrained
from drawing or negotiating any more bills or promissory notes in
the partnership mime, and that the bankers might be restrained
liom negotiating the bill alluded to, that biU not yet being due, as
their negotiation of it would give to the next holder a clear the.
Viand sgninst the partnership. In such a cue the Court could not
give up the jurisdiction to act, provided the facts were made out ;
but though the bill made the broad statement of concert between
the defendant, Mr. Aston, and the bankers, the affidavit did not by
any means hear that out, and therefore the Court would have to
leave it to the gentlemen applying, to see whether, in the tout:mot'
the day, they could find any other statements in the affidavit so
strong as to mipersede the necessity of making a distinct statement
tc the effect alluded to, or whether they would amend the affidavit.
Mr. ‘Vaar said, the parties lived in Staffordshire ; the affidavit
had already been once sent down to be amended, but the parties
in the country had not seemed to have understood the important
points required to have been stated. Before the bill in the bankers'
Enr•ds became due, there would yet be time to send down the
tvit for another amendment, and he (Mr. Wray) thought, in
al. probability, his client would adopt that ccurse.

WARD.
In this case, also mentioned yesterday, his Lordship said he had
seen the Master. and he found that he could not give this girl a bet.
ter husband than she was going to get ; and as the Court approved
o' thL4Nrtentent proposed by the Master, the report would have to
Ls cat t.rmed.

HOWES T. LORD STRATHMORE.
r. Sit ATWELL moved, on the part of Mr. Fernie, for leave to
pay into Court the sum decreed by thi• Court to be refunded by him.
t+•.at decree having been confirmed a few days ago by the House of
Lords, on or before to-morrow.
The LOAD CHANCELLOR thought this •as • very proper
motion.
Mr. Hoarse asked for the costs of this motion.
Mr. 611ADWELL consented to pay them
smiTu r. sIiAnPEI _

Mr. Haar moved f;;l;erciSct:rie of the defendant, now in
the custody of the Warden of the Fleet, and where he had been for
three years and eight months. A bill was filed against the defend.
sit fur the specific performance of an agreemint ; the l'ice.Chan.
alloy made an Interlocutory order, calli: g upon the defendant to
pay the alleged purchase money, to the amount of about 3,00 W. into
Court. and in consequence of non-compliance with that order he
was taken into custody. Subsequently a motion was made here for
an order to discharge him. Upon an agreement the motion was
snowed to assume the nature of a cause, that the Court might hear
the merits upon the affidavits filed, and decide it accordingly.
Tim Court decreed • specific performance. ordering the defendant
to pay the purchase money to the plaintiff, upon the Master up.
proving of a good title and ascertaining the amount of the pur.
chase money. The groand of the present motion therefore was,
that the decree should supersede the Vice-Chancellor's interlocutory
order. and that as he could not pay the money to the plaintiff till
the Mister had made his report, and as the parties had not yet
gore in before him, the prayer was, that it might now be dis-

. . .
Charged.
Ir. Kamm was on the same side. He thought the orders
could not be allowed to stand against the defendant, perfectly in-
continent with each other. . .

Mr. SI;GDEN opposed the petition. He considered there was a
von breech of good faith here in attempting to take advantage of
the plaintlrs having consented, in mercy to the defendant, to al.
low the motion to be heard as a cause. If the money had been in
(butt, instead of the defendant's person in the Fleet, that money
never would have been allowed to hare heel, taken out until the
purchase mane wu paid. Ile hoped, therefore, the application
would be dismissed, with costs.
T replied.
LoRDSH v.'s opinion was with Mr. Sugden's statement,
that if the money had been in Court it would not have been let out
until the twee was decided. Ile could see no inconsistency be-
tween the two orders, and therefore lie would dismiss the applies.
Cho with costs.