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London, England, 1829-08-01 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 31.
WELLESLEY V. THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT.

On this petition being called on,
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had considered
the matter which had been in discussion before hint'
and was of opinion that the children of Mr. Welles'
ley had, better not pass the ensuing vacation at Ser
gry. He thought they had better go to the egir
side, and perhaps East Bourne was as convenient°
place as could be selected for that purpose. 11i8
Lordship therefore wished to know if there • vo'
any objection to that place.
Mr. Wellesley had no objection whatever to aci
place of his Lordship's selection. He then pre'
ceeded to call the attention of the Court to tha othir
part of his petition, which it had been settled
should stand over until this day. The secoai
prayer of the petition was, that the injuncti°ll
of the Court, by which he was restrained fr'i,
having any intercourse with his children lit,
in the presence of their tutor, might be r..,`
scinded. It was for the purpose of affording the
that instruction which no tutor could afford to thew'
that he desired to have access to them. It was t,
exercise over them the influence which his charaen
as tbeir father—which his knowledge as a mall/
the world—which his perfect acqttaintance
their dispositions had possessed him of, that he 05
sired to communicate with them. No tutor cow,'
know what he, who had observed them from thejr
infancy, knew of their capacities and natural die
sitions ; no tutor could feel as he felt respectil
them, nor have that intense anxiety which he 04:
for the welfare and future conduct of these ell:d
dren, who were to continue his name in the vrtir`vi
and in whose happiness his own was most deep
interested. It was not, however, upon these gentej
ral grounds, although he felt they were so power' t
that they defied all attack, that he placed his preeelij
application. It was because he had had practicr
proof that the manner in which his children's
cation had been conducted, was so defective.agl
require immediate check and alteration; and becaor"
he could prove to demonstration, that while under hi;
superintendance they had been in a course of ralll
advancement, and that their progress since he
been deprived of intercourse with them, hadta
only not gone forward, but had, in fact, retrogror,
Up to the time at which his sons' had been and
his care, they had both displayed considerable acute;
ness, considering their years, and had made a fv7;
sonable progress in their studies. Of his eldest
he had a right to say more, without incurring t",i'd
imputation of that partiality which sometimes Ma",'
a father a very bad judge of his children's real 61:',1
rite. He remembered one instance which that chi
had given, when eleven years old, of the advance;
ment he had made. He had been in conversatio
with a literary friend of his (Sir George Dallas)
one who was then his friend, and who was now rtC
enemy, but who yet was not so much his enemy hi;
that he would vouch for the truth of this fact.
discussion arose at table about a passage in Gibboal•
Sir George had expressed a high, he (Mr. We;
lesley) thought even an exaggerated, opinion of t,h"i
boy's proficiency. By way of putting him to olio
test, he was asked to translate the passage, and
was then able to put it into very tolerable LatintPrid
into very good French. He (Mr. Wellesley) WS/
suffer' death if that child could do so now. Had hi
not then a right to say that his boy's educati°r
had been neglected, and that he wanted some ofilt
influence to direct it than that of a tutor ? gc
had been said,--said in the broadest and 11'°''d
offensive, and, he would add, the most tindeserYeA
manner, that his (Mr. Wellesley's) own err%
had rendered him unable, and had deprived IP,
of the right to exercise this influence. He vi;
ready to meet that charge, and to deny and dispr,°ll,
it. He knew he had committed many errors; 11
had paid the penalty of all of them,—he had git
more than the penalty of most of them ; and well 0
was for other men that they had better fortune the 4
he had encountered, and that their misconduct 10e.,
not been raked up and exaggerated and mister!:
rented as his had been.

Mr. SOLICITOR GENERAL opposed the petitioe.
Mr. Wellesley replied.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said the Court 1... d AA
power to decide upon statements made at the 1.0;
nor could it pay any attention to them, exceptingej
far as they tended to elucidate, and were confirnitin
by the depositions of witnesses duly sworn. .`,,
therefore felt bound to confirm the former orderv.l
far as it related to Mr. Wellesley's intercourse It.
his children, and he repeated his directions s°
the place at which the infants were to pass the 'I"
cation.
Mr. Wellesley, accompanied by his friends, t 1
withdrew.
The case lasted till past six o'clock.

pn
Mr. PAYNE, of Ruishton, began reaping
Friday, and Mr. HALL, of Obridge, near this Oh;
(Taunton), also commenced on Monday. At H01ce0146.'4
near Wellington, and at Bishop's Lydeard, the wheliti„--;,
vest has begun ; and, the present fine weather contiour;s
the reaping-hook will be in active operation througuilt
the county in the course of this week. That the wn
would prove an average crop, we stated in our last,
°f t,
can now add, with great confidence, that the quality °eat,
grain will be unexceptionably fine. Barley will be !aloe"
ably deficient.—Taunton Courier.

BIRTHS.
On the 26th ult., at Mothecombe, Devonshire, the -
ady
of Captain W. Harris, 16th Lancers, of a son, still-bort
On the 26th ult., the lady of H. J. Montefioret
Albemarle-buildings, Stoke, near Devonport, of a ion; As
On the 29th ult., at Laughton, Sussex, the wife of
"-
Rev. H.daughter.
On the 31st ult.o, in Bloomsbury-square, Dils. Wilt.
field, of a son.

MARRIED.
On the Both ult:, by the Rev. Mr. Willtnottp is t S:o.
Pancras New Church, John Savery, Esq., MasanSta.,
Anne Maria Turner, eldest daughter of C. Turner,
A. R. A., of Warren-street, Fitzroy, square.

DIED.
At Thorpe, Anne, the wife of General Scott, and via-P
ter of the late Sir E. Blackett, Bart. c•l;ea.
On the 14th ult., at Calais, after a severe illness'
teeth, the wife of R. G. Cunningham, Esq., of 1H
Kennedy, county of Wicklow, aged 35. rtathr
On the 29th ult., at her house in Edward-street,
Mrs. Wren, relict of C. Wren, Esq., Newcastle •upOD-1/
in the 72d
ar of her age.
On the 9th ult., aged 50, Mr. J. Nnnneleyr Lei

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