The Sun.
London, England, 1820-01-22 00:00:00

PROGRESS OF REVOLUTIONARY PLANS.

" During a large portion of a long public life,
now closed, I have watched the destructive ten-
dency of those revolutionary projects, I have
matked their unremitted activity, their growing
confidence, their extended influence, their last
advancing progreas ! But the evil has out-run my
apprehensions. Never, at any former period, has
it presented so fierce and menacing an aspect i
never has. it so imperiously required, trom the
wisdom and firmness of my country, the roost im-
tbediate, vigorous, and determined resistance."
Lord (irenvilleti Speech, p. 3.

LAW INTELLIGENCIL.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JAN. et:

ELOPENI ENT-CONTEMPT OF COURT.

IN THE MATTER OF STABLES, RELATIVE TO DRAW

A MINOR AND WARD 01 THE COURT.

Mr. WeTiIFRFLL this day beean by observing,
that the ease had recently been heaoiehis Lot (Ishii)
lii the form of a motirro, whe, it was ordered to
shield nvtr, with leave to !!resent a short petition
hounded on the affidavits which have been filed,
Ile had heft to Sttlitilit that peait ion to 114 e coo-
shit-ration of the Court, and it piayad ,hat a re-
ference might he made to the :%las'er to ittooire
into all the citcrintstanc,s atiradioe the Gretna
Green mattilee, and to report whe her it was
valid or not, the Court mei:while granting an in•
Juvetiou to put vent a second Inacriaae taking
phire. The aithjact haviog been folly before the
Court co a forint, oacasioo, it would he urine-
ce•sary to: him to go two it again, excepting
men ly tt, state that Cie peti,ion was neatly the
same vt It the motioa fottnerly heard. It assert-
ed that Mr. and Mrs Loraotao Sables reale sof-
iy t•f" tilt haeaded elapatattn, as scat
evirten• from the naitire atrtl siourdar mode it.
which that elorwrient Nita stables,
seta retired to beer 0,1 H o to' r{Cron ten the
ev nitro( of the 11'11 of last Dyeembar, eta! was
,00n after tolloaeti by his !A.()
Mri. Stables, Mss St stiles, and Mr. Anthony
Dean alone iu,the dr awiug-roout, woe
rind water. Tie roma, lady goes down S airs,
sod is smut followed by her lover, vil, handed
I:er into a post-chaise, anti t heti (hove off. This
of itself turd!, aff.tded strong presomption of the
family's having either comiived at, Or promoted
the mart iage. But he would ask, if this were at-
tempred.to be denied, what cause the two bro.
ohers could have fur leaving their young friend
and sister in this manlier ? Was it entirely by ac-
cadent that they had done so ? He certaiaily
could find no excuse for them going of trues
this room so abruptly, as it was contrary to
the usual rules of common politeness. There
might be some excuse for the pater familial
retiring soon, as he n:igltt from age or ittfirinity
naturally he excused, but. for his sons no apology-
could be made. Alarm was SOOll after given iii
the elopement, when they came down, hut ac-
cording to their own account, in their affidavit,
not rill fifteen or ((verity minutes after they had
- gone to their room. They appeared Riticio agi-
tated, but his 'Lordship requited not to be told
how often ftar and similar passions might its
such concerted eases he dranrticallYpersonated.
At all events, there tvas no guest expedition
in their so codniug down, for according to Mrs,
t•hahle's account, she gave the alarm in '2 or 3
minutes, vt hereas they said it was in 15 or 20
There taaq was an obvious contradiction bet weett
the en eats, arid truly exemplified the jos-
tle'. of that old remark, " hingna esl veritas et pre-
valebit." in it ni•,C and other concerted plans,
tabwever well constituted such schemes might be,
there was alwaye some part, which, by its con-
tradiet ion, exhibited the t.dlacy of the whole.
Hatt they bee., ignoraiit of the scheme, would
they have been so dilatory in coming down stairs ?
What 1. in an affair so interes4ina to the character
and happiness of their sister, ssaas it possible they
did not hear the voice of their alarmed mother;
or could art man believe they did not bear it ?
When they came dowa, they were only half dress-
ed ; but woold it take faiaaen minutes to have
taken oaf or put on half of c heir clothes ? John,
nue of the sons swore that i;e. ran out utter his
sister, bet hearing no tidings of her, he returned,
when he heard that she hind-gore with Deau over
Finchley-common. John denied in his affidavit
that he had been in the Registrar's office on Toes-
day the 14th December, but admitted that lie had
been there on the preceding evening, where he
made some inquiries of Mr. Standen), a clerk of
Mr. Raynsford, as to whether any order bad been
made relative to a Ward of Chancery, hut not
mentioning any names. This was precisely ano-
ther act of prudence to escape detection, and there
could be only one motive attributed to his going
there. It would not surely he said, that he went
from a metaphysical love of knowing the forms of
proceedure in Chancery Ward cases ; for, on the
contrary, his (Mr. IV's) instructions charged that
gentleman with knowing that Dean was about to
be made a Ward of the Court, and with having
come thus to the office, knowing, that if, on in-
quiry, he found that Dealt had not been made a
NVard, then the parties were at liberty to act. ad
libitum. A post-chaise Being procured, the two
sons set off to Barnet, where they ordered the
post-boys to stop till (key returned in the after-
n ut, which they did, and came back to London,
sayiog, the search was fruitless, as the pursued were
gaining ground on them. Did they think they coold
poraibly make any. •orao believe this story, urileat
one whose understanding could he supplanted by
beffonnery ? IVlren he read over the affidavits of
Mr. and Mrs. Statues, and compared them with that
of Dr. Moore, the Vicar of St. Pancras, ,he was
fully sath,fied that there was a coospirtiey among
rite parties. In Oleic affidavits, the fainter declar-
ed they went to Dr. Moore to stop the banns,
which had been twice published in the Parish
Church, and that they had pe:atiaded Dean not to
marry till he was out of his minority. Dr Moore,
t ow-ever, gave a very different account of the
whole; for be stated that in conversation with
the father and mother, he understood the marriage
would be highly acceptable to Mrs. Stables, as
the parties were attached to each other. Dr.
Moore said, thotigh -the'parties wets minor*, yet
if the banns were regularly published, and no im-
pedimerit offered, it won'd be legal ; bttt on un-
derstanding thst they did not live in the parish of
St. Pancras, he refused iocelebrate the marriage,
and siopt the banns. nos It!s Lordship would
sae that the objection of Mrs. Stables was not to
the propriety of the marriage, but merely on ac-
count or its legality iii•St,
The Lotto CtIaNCIULDR—Dr. Moore was right;
for though the mat-tinge might be legal, it would,
tinder such circumstances, have been a breach of
the Ca-on Lana:

Mr. WirroitHeLL then went on to the affidavit of
J. Ballard, servint.to Mr, Stables, who had cut a
prominent figure in this case. "'lids affidavit (lid riot
in any iota contradict what had been stated on hear-

log the motion. Oat the colthary, it admitted
clearly the part which he had taken in this elope-
ment ; for it stated, that the plaintiff (`lr. Dean)
having toll him' that his mother was reluctant
to the match ; gave him his mime, and also that
of the young Lady. with w*,ich Ballard went to
St. Pancras on the 25th of Nov. to get the banns
Published. Plaintiff after this told him that he
would elope to Gretna Green, on which Ballard
got the chai=e ready in Aladdox-street, into
which Miss Stables was conveyed without either
hat or bonnet, and a messenger was sent before-
hand to secure suffitient relays of horses. De•
poem s.sw them married at Gretna Green, and
in their wort' back, ha by mistake went into the
coach for Newcastle-under-Lyne, instead of the
one for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and on comitig to
London, he was not allowed to remain in Mr.
Stables's house. This (Mr. W. observed) was not
to be wondered at, as there were repeated 11:-
stances of set vents being discharged after hieing
played the part assigned !hem, such discharge
being til,v.ys d,me as a pretext to save appear-
,inees. Ar Uatlide the Iwo lovers stow, having
given the Gte ita-G' e' n 491. in cash,
and t9t on Promissory Note, and there they
were visited by another tit Miss Stables's brothers,
What a strange coincidence ! ' How did rtis
happen ? it it was said that is letter had
hien setae down, he woold reply that the post
most have travelled with mote ditto usual
have to enable that Gentleman to meet the lovers
there, lie would like to know where the other
footman of Mr. Stables I:ad been all this time.—
It was denied that Bullard was his servant ; oit
tlleacttnar.aay, it was sworn that he had snottier,
and that Ballard was merely there for a few
weeks- Why, in the pique of God,:had no ac,-.
cooot been given ,of him ? Was be, on that
night, seized also with the same somnolency as
the rest of the faitilly ? Amidst all the buffoonery of
the case, and ail the frit Iss attempted to he played,
it would not, surely, he said he was sick or sleepy,
a. Gentlemen did not, in general, allow their
toot men to go to bu'd before themselves went.
Clete along- conversation took place between
Messrs. Wetherell, Sharked', and Heald, as to
the line of arguitseto which was now taken.)
Ttie faOHD ClasNceLiott.-1 have nothing to do
with this case, except so far as a contempt n
Court is involved. I: is a most serious and itn

portau; cause another respect, to which 1 can
oot attrod, but for the part which each took it

it !Lev most answer to God and their own con

seieners. I shall however, sift it to the very
bo!totn hetore I let it go out of my hands, and I
am quite sure, from the affidavit of Ballard, that
Ike has, by hii own confession, been guilty, of a
gross contempt of the Court. I shall not fail to
notice that in the maunar which it deserves ; and
ntly he allowed :0 say, that it has been MO-
tOrlitly the ens; (.lil of nty,predecessors and
when a young female Ward of the Court has been

thus married to gelid it to the Master to inquire
whether such marriage is valid, bnt no meld Ward
of the Couti can take a second marriage to wake
that ialid which was invalid in itself. 1 repeat
this is a truly serious case, as 1 never knew a case
of a young man being so kidnapped on a former
occasion, and the pat tics must know that 1 shall
sift ihe who!e to the totmst point. I apply blame
to nobody, as yet, but to Ballard.

Mr. WETHERELL then, in a most eloquent and
luminous manner, commented on the affidavits of
the cook-mnid, who is also implicated, and on
the affidavits of Mrs. Stables and Dean himself.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—It Is now after four
o'clock, I shall be gIA, Mr. Wetherell, to hear

you ro-niorrow on this interesting case.
The Court was crowded to excess.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, SERJEANT's INN,
..AN. 2).
Sittings after Michaelmas 7'erm, lefore aft the Learned
Judges of this C'oart.