Star.
London, England, 1814-03-26 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCIL

COURT OF CHANCERY, MARCH 24.
OALLINI V. GALLINI.
This morning the LOUD CHANCELLOR sent for the
parties in this cause, together with their Counsel nd
Agents respectively, in order to hear the determbia-
don of his Lordship upon the main question respict-
ring the custody and care of the two infant children
of the parties under the liabear Corps: sawed out at the
the instance of the father to get possession of the chil-
dren, now in care of a boarding-school mistress, Who
had attended the Court with them, in obedience to the
writ and order of the Court.
The proposition of his Lordship was, that the pa-
rents should by mutual consent agree to let the
dren continue in care of the school-mistress, as the
fittest situation pending the continuance of the several
suits depending between the parties, and those impli-
cated with, and .which suits were "directed t.i be pro-
ceeded in and expedited. The nature of the distress-
' ing case, on both sides, appeared to his Lordship to
Ireq ire such at) arrangement as he now recommended,
and if resisted, he had only the alternative of now
giving judgment, painful as it must he to his feelings
as well as those of the parties. His Lordship's re-
commendation was acceded to ad interim, and final
judgment postponed.

MANSION IinUSE.—H. H. 114 well was yesterday
charged with uttering a f irged draft for £304, on the
house of Sir W. Curtis and of which payment was,
received. Mr. Curtis, jun. deposed, that on the
ult. a draft, purporting to be drawn by Brooke and.
S mes, of Basinghall-street, who banked with his firm,
was p iid by one of the clerks, in a 0200 note and
sundry smaller notes.' The draft, on being sent to
Messrs. Brooke and Simes, was pronounced a for.
fiery ; and, in consequence,• Mr. Milder the City
Marshal, was applied to, to trace the notes on which
the cheque had been paid. At the Bank it was as-
eel tained that the £2OO note had Already been ex-
chanBed for 100 £2 notes, the numbers of which
were preserved. After a lapse of time, a one pound
note, which proved to be one of those paid at the bank-
ing-house of Curtis and Co, for the cheque, was
traced to the Clerk of the. Court of Requests, to whom
it had been paid by the prisoner' in liquidation of a
demand for which a process had been commen-
ced against him. The prisoner was, in conseo,uence,
called to account as to the manner in which this nbte
came into his possession. He could not say where he
got it. He was, however, under these circumstances,
apprehended. Two al notes were then produced to
the amount of al" and examined by Messrs. Wal-
ler and Hawkes, who stated, that they were the same
which had been given in exchange for the re2oo note,
on the 14th tilt. These notes had beta delivered by
some person to Mr. Brooke, and by him conveyed to
Messrs. Curtis and Co. On Mr. Brooke being asked
from whom he had received them ? he hesitated for
a considerable time, but at length admitted that he
had received them from the prisoner, who was a clerk
in his house. The Clerk of the Conn of Requests
proved that the al note produced was paid to him by
a person who said he lived at No. 39, Basinghall-
street, which address was written on the back of the
note. Under these circumstances, the prisoner was
remanded.

The following circumstance took place in the Hay-
market, a short time since, which is now the subject
of an action in Doctors' Commons. We give the
facts as they came out at Marlborough-street Office :
' A tradesman in the Haymarket died on the 11th of
January last, and left Mr. Durbon, a respectable
tradesir an in St.James's-street, his executor. The pre-
mises of the deceased were taken possession of by his
brother, to whom the executor read the will, bequea.
thing a part of the property to his wife, from whom he
had been separated, and the residue to two of his
children. The brother requested of Mr. Durbon to
read over the will a second time, and whilst in the
act of doing so, the former snatched it from him, and
it has not been since forthcoming. Mr. Durbon got
a warrant against the brother, but the Magistrate
then sitting not deeming the assault of that conse-
quence to require bail, discharged it, and advised an
action in Doctors' Common*, which is in force. The
deceased, after having been kept ten weeks, was
buried on Saturday, the executor not having been
able yet to administer to the will. Some printed bills
had been circulated, apprising people the corpse was
still in the house, which caused a great assemblage
of persons, who prevented a hearse from being backed
down a yard, but demanded that the coffin should be
brought out at the front door, which was done.
A singular circumstance happened during the
present week, at a village church near Witham. A
couple, whose bans had beeii published in the church
of an adjoining parish, were assembled with their
friends, in expectation of the ceremony being imme-
diately performed, when the certificate of the bans
having been published was required. This was ob-
tained as quick as the distance would admit, but Old
Time was rapidly advancing, and it was proposed to
,arrest his progress, by stopping the clock, but this was
peremptorily refused by the Clergyman, who procee-
ded, but not with that rapidity in his reading, which
one more interested might have done, or that the
anxious couple wished, when lo ! in the very middle
01 the ceremony, the clock struck twelve. The book,
as though by magic, closed, and notwithstanding all
the inueaties of those present, the remainder was de-
ferred till the following day. The business had procee-
ded so far as to invest the bride with the ring, and al-
though the still happy couple retired somewhat dis-
appointed, a consultation was afterwards held among
the old folks, and it was determined to date their union
from that hour ; the usual feasting and rejoicing took
place, and the only part of the ceremony omitted, was
that to be performed by the clergyman the next day.
On the 4th inst. two of the most extraordinary shots
ever recorded were made in the Park of Stainborough
Castle, the seat of H. VERNON, Esq. near Barnsley,
by L Naylor, the gamekeeper, at a distance of eighty
yards. Disputing about a gun twenty-three inches
long, a person held his hat upon his head, the breward
against his forehead, with the open part facing him.
The keeper immediately shot at arm's length, and
the ball went through the middle of the crown. The
person who held the hat not expecting the keeper
shooting, was extremely affrighted for some minutes,
but said he would stand in the same position again if
the keeper durst shoot. The keeper immediately shot
within ontitach of the first shot.

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