The Sun.
London, England, 1819-03-27 00:00:00

[Morning. Chronicle.]

We this day lay before our Reader's the follow-
ing Copy of the LORD CHANCELLOR'S Judgment
in the important case of TEMPEST v. ORD :

COURT OF CHANCERY.

TEMPEST V ()RD.

COPY OF THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S JUDGMENT.
In,this case I have again read all that was I aid before, me -on.
the former hearing of several yeti. ions ; I bare also read, after
hearing Counsel, the several papers and athilarits relative to the
additional matter lately submitted to my consideration. I be-
fore mentioned in Judgment, for reasons I then stated,l Articled
on the comparative ages of the parties, in the fact that Lord
Stewart was a widower, with a son by his first marriage, the
heir of his fortune and titles, and in several other circnin-
stances referred to, that the proposed offer of marriage did
not appear to be as eligible, or such as might probably have
been made td Lady Franc'es, or might be expected to be Made,
if no prejudice Was likely to arise from the extent in whi.ch
the present offer had been entertained. Tl.l at Judgment was
formed upon the opinion I entertained,-that the Court's duty
was not to determine whether the proposal of marriage ap-
peared upon' ihe evidence before it to be a pr4osal ~s eligible
as it might have been wished t..at a proposal of marriage to
Lady Fraimes,should be, but whether, alter a careful regard
to the effect of every cireumstance in the case before t he Court,
due reflection upon all the consequences that might follow
such a proceeding on the part of the Court, the Court was
called upon to interfere as far as its powers, such as they are,
would enabie it to interpose, by its prohibition, to endeavour
to prevent the proposal from being carried into effect.. 'I
have
re-considered the whole subject, including in that conside-
ration the Matter laid before me upon the discussion of tilop
motion lately hearrl before ine,'and judging,. as well as 4
am able, how much there is of truth in 'the anonymons,
communication which occasioned that motion. The notice
of motion prays aseference to the MaSter to consider and re—..
port upon the circumstances which have become known to
Mts. Taylor since the Master made his report ; but no cir-
cumstances were mentioned to me, except such as were de-
tailed in that anonymous communication; and in• the course
of hearing Counsel, I hare already stated that the Cburt
could, in the first instance, judge of the effect of These:cir-
curnstances, without,,a reference to the Master. The result
is, that having regard to all which 'up to this period has
passed in the progress of this business—to so much of the
anonymous communication as can be considered as founded
tt uth, to all the possible consequenees of withholding consent,
as well as to the consequences of not withbolding,il, and to ..
what appears to me to be the fixed and unalterable pnrpostof
Lady Frances, after al! the information which she has re-
ceived open the various parts of this subject (whatever may
have created that purpose, or contributed to render it un-
alterable); and to all the circumstances. to which my at-
tention has been drawn, I do not find sufficient reason for
pronouncini a judgment -now different' in its effects 'from -
that which was before delivered. The reconsideration of
this subject, upon new matter, may be thoUght by Couri
sel to open this business to an appeal from the disniissal
of the motion, to be presented without unreasonable delay
to the House of Lords. Should that be the case, it cannot
but 6e a . great satisfaction to me that any error of
went into which I may 'have fallen may be Corr;icted,:
aid the highest authority in that case may enable judgment
to be formed by the parties interested in what an imperfect
sense, and in bow limited a degree, considering the nature of
its jurisdiction, the Court can he said, as, is usually said, to
stand in loco parentia, as to its Wards, and more especially
where; with respect to any Ward, the proceedings: which
have been had during sonic years, in the snit which placed .
the party in Court in the character of a Ward, have been
such, as upon inspection of those which have been had in the
present case they appear to have been.

[Morning Post.]

Tue PERSIAN AMBASSADOR.—We have already
stated•that the Pet Shin AmbasSador was about to
quit 'Pads without being presented at the 'Tuile-
ries. He bad conceived, says .a private letter,
that the King would stand up. in his presence,
,and in that posture receive the letter which his
Master hadeotntnissioned bin; to give to his Ma-
jesty. After this difficulty was got rid of, by
reason of the gout under which his Niajesty
present labours, the Persian insisted he must sit
beside his Majesty; afterwards, at least in front
of hint ; Maintaining, that otherwise he should
certainly have hii bead cat off on his re-
turn to his own country. As there was no wish
to expose ltirrt to a danger of this sort, it -appeoe-
ed the.,simpleat plait to dispense with the inter.,
viemaltogether.