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London, England, 1839-08-12 00:00:00

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COURT OF CHANCERY, AuGusr 10.
IN RE sAtIMAREZ, A LUNATIC—THREE PETITIONS.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL stated that these petitionS
were from the next of kin of the Rev.
,Paul Baurn
a lunatic. They prayed that there might be a rt fer-
ence to the Master, for the purpose of first ascertaining
the amount of the lunatic's property and secondly,
for the purpose of reporting whether be was not unne-
cessarily coerced ; and third, whether the present Com-
mittee of his person, Captain Saurnarez, should not be
removed, and another appointed in his stead. The
grounds upon which the petitioners sought the above-
named reference were, that certain reports had reached
them that females of no reputation had been introduced
to the lunatic, and had for a long time been left alone
with him. This had repeatedly occurred. The lunatic
had also been restricted from the •Tijoyment of that
liberty which could, without increasing his malady, be
fairly allowed to him. On his examination at issue of
the Commission Mr. Saumarez stated that it was his
intention to marry, reserving 8001. for himself, and that
he should expend 04,0001. of his fortune for building an
asylum for sixteen people. This snowed that his malady
was not mischievous in its tendency.

His LoanstuP said that no case had been mule out
to justify the act of petitioning for the inquiry ; so far
from any acts of coercion having been proved, the al-
legations of the petitions allege too great a laxity ; the
case of the impropriety of conduct of the ladies intro-
duced to the lunatic had also wholly failed ; and be
could, under these circumstinces, do no other tban
dismiss tho petitions, with costs against the petitioners.
FRANCIS v. COLLIER.

Mr. RICHARDS •t:.ttedl that this was an application
on the part of Mr. Dawson, the solicitor in the above-

named suit, to restrain Mr. Sterton, a young man now
paying his addresses to Miss Mar. Bradbury, an in-
tint and ward of this Court, from visiting her; and also
to restrain her uncle, who had been improperly ap-
pointed her guardian, and under whose roof she resided,
from permitting the said Mr. Sterton to visit her with-
out notice to him.
Mr. Wm. Bradbury, the uncle of the ward, carried
on business as a tailor, at No. 2, Mortimer-street, Ca-
vendish-squarewind his niece, Miss Mary Bradbury, the
ward of this Court, had been residing with him for about
fifteen months, where the addresses of Mr. Sterton had
been encouraged. Mr. Dawson had been solicitor for
all parties in six suits in this Court ; but Mr. Bradbury,
instead of making any application to him, had instructed
Mr. Jesse Cole, a solicitor residing in the same house
with him, to apply to the Vice-Chancellor to appoint
him the young lady's guardian. The Vice-Chancellor
ordered a reference to the Master on the application,
and on the hearing at his chambers, the Master in-
quired why the ward's brother, also an infant, had not
been included in the order. Mr. Cole replied that the
motion was only preparatory to a further application to
approve a marriage between the infant and Mr. Sterton.
These facts coming to the knowledge of Mr. Dawson,
he petitioned the Master of the Rolls that the de-
fendant Bradbury, and Mary Bradbury, may be re-
strained from receiving the visits of Sterton ; and then,
for the first time, he was informed that Bradbury had been
appointed guardian of his niece. The match would be
a most disadvantageousone, as Sterton bad not a farthing
to settle on the infant, and is not yet eighteen years of
age. Under these circumstances, Lord Langdale
said that that, as the appointment had taken place by
another Judge, he would order that the petition of Mr.
Dawson should carry it for hearing before the Lord
Chancellor.
Mr. STEER appeared for Mr. W. Bradbury, and op-
posed the prayer of the petition.
The LORD CUANCELLOR, after hearing the reply,
ordered that the defendant, Wm. Bradbury, should be
restrained from permitting, and that Mary Brad-
bury, the infant, should not should not receive, the
visits of Mr. Sterton ; and that the parties be further
' ordered to answer the allegations of this petition.

VICE-CHANCELOR'S COURT, Atra. 10.
His Honour was occupied during the sitting in hear-
ing exceptions and further directions, none of which
contained matter of the slightest public interest.
Previous to his rising, the VICE-CHANCELLOR said,
that although the other Equity Courts would not sit
after this day, yet he would sit on Thursday next, and
perhaps another day in the ensuing week to take the
remaining causes on the list.

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