The National Register.
London, England, 1821-11-12 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 7.
FLOFFMCNT WITH A WARD OF THE COURT.
Elisabeth i. ales, Margaret Scales, cad Elizabeth Scales, In-
fants, v. Trapp anti Scales.
Mr. China, in pursuance of a apecial appointment this
morning, made a motion for the committal of Thomas amid
Joseph ltaeloo, to the Fleet Prison, for contempt of the
court. Ile stated that the motion WAS supported by the
atlidavils of rlrs. Scales, her uncle and appointed guar-
dian in a snit in Equity stow pending in this Court ; and
also by that of Mr. lirookshiaik, the solicitor its lb.. cause.
From these tittelavits, whirl' 1i read, the following par-
s appeared: Mrs. Scales hail sworn that Alias NI.
Scales, otte of the above-nanied plaintiffs, was a lady
Mann • ace,' years of age, sine! Mr. Scales living her
gitardian, lie had placed her in a boarding selionl near
London to receive an education eyed to her fertility.
which would amount to several 0(111.410s of pounds on
her attaining the age of 21 years. 11.tviog remained at
a school till Mithunntirr, Ibill, she was taken home to
.reside with Mrs. gales, at Brilmingt on, near Chester-
field, where, for a einaitleiable period, her conduct was
moat exemplary, and that or a young lady el her fortune
RIO expectations. About sit: weeks since her conduct
had 'lentil notably been the leserse, and her manners had
become elisssolate soil irregular, from a ciatitection which
she had retitled us ith a young man, named 'ros. Barlow,
a journeyman mill maker, residing at Staverley, about
four miles from Whittington. Upon the intercourse br-
ine discos reed, it seas immediately dierontitenanced, Hod
Miss Scales seliOliA) tel fur holding a connection
altogthi rso insworshy her station in life. This ail ttttt tri-
tium not meeting with its desired On-et, Barlow received
notice to desist 60111 continuine his counect ion Mich her;
of the consequences that would result to lintrielt from a
non-attention to this advice, he was informed she was a
ward iiiChaecery, and of course that he mast be in-
volved in serious Roubles, if his emultiet made an tipple' •
cation to the Court necessary. The good ails ice given to
the lady was also unlaced. it , and on alonday evenieg, the
Silt of October, she left her grandinialli is house, ll's-
caping through the garden gate, while Ballow was in
attendance to receive her; and they directed their course
across the country, in such a direction as to elude the vi-
gilance of these who pursued them fur a considerable
lapse of time. These circitnist WWI'S were conimistlicated
to the attorney in the snit, awl lie inimedintely made ail
a plicatiou fur, and produced an order of the Court, ill-
reeling Barlow forthwith to re slot a the lady to her guar-
dian, and interdicting them from contracting a marriage.
It also cited Moslem and his litoilier, who was al.o aft
active agent hi promoting the elopement, to appeal Is tore
the Court on the first day of Term, to show cause airy
they should not stand committed for contempt iir the
Court. On the 31st of October he traced the fugitives
to Chesterfield, and was *tutus Died by the Haunts that had
he en entaged there, that the lady with T. Bat loe , and his
!nuttier hail left that place on the preeralitig day Ira Ste-
verley. W lien the parties arrived at the house ut NI low,
a great resistance was uttered, and it %salt aot till atter
much opposition that he awl his brother were served us
itlt
et copy of the order of the Master ut the Rolls, and the
raisin ri were successful in obtaining the easto.ly of Alias
beaks. Ott their as-sisal is London site was given lulu the
hands of her uncle, with whom she has slice remained.
In a convei eatiou which Mr. Brooksbank hind with Joseph
Ilarlore , lie appealed to have a perfect knuWlege of the
snit in Chancery, of the lady being a ward of the Coma
trial of the amount of 'military it Was probable she would
pa possessed ut. He also said that Ise had expended up-
was ds of an hundred guineas ill assisting his brother isa the
lopritteiit, and they had actually been married at Gretna,
but the latter statement, it is haltered, is untrue.
'llse laird Chancellor.—t% hat is Joseph Barlow t
Mr. Ching.—Be is master tool-maker, and his brother
Titomas is his journeyman. Front the inquiries which
lead bet m made, it appeared that the whole of the family
ut the Hallows were illiterate„ and of low habits and
emit:nice. Its ceuchtsioti, it was vLset red, that iu bring-