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COURT OF CHANCERY. AUGUST IL
Mr. Warteri a minor, aged nineteen yeas, to-
gether with his wife and their friends, and the Rev.
Mr. Vv'illanb a venerable And aged Clersyman, •from
Cheshire, appeared petsonally in Court, to answer
for I charge of contempt preferred against them re-
specting the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Warier, with
out the leave of his Lordship, as guardian of all in-
fant Wards, of whom Mr. Wafter is one. The mar.
riage was solensuiaed in Church according to La.:.
after the regular publication of banns, in the paris..
church of Mr. Willan. The affidavit of the Rev. Di
vine fully exculpated his conduct in the business, anJ
was admitted on all sides to be satisfactory.
The Loan CHANCELLOR observed, that the Clergy-
nian's conduct appeared to him to be strictly proper
and blameless, and allowed him to depart the Court
quite exempt from censure ; but entertaining a doubt
as to the legality of this marriage, his Lordship di-
rected a reference to the Master to inquire whether
the marriage be valid or not in law in the course of a
week, and then the parties to-attend again in Court.
Mr. MONTAGUE applied to the Loup Cuascat.vin
on behalf of the. creditors of a bankrupt, to remove
1 the assignees, and appoint others, on the ground that
they had suffered a person to prove a debt which was
afterwards expunged by order at the Court, as being

bottomed in usury.
Sit S. ROMILLY contended that there was no pre.
tence fur the motion, and Mr. MONTAGUR was pro-
ceeding to reply, when the LORD CHANCELLOR rose,
being engaged on business wich the Vice Chancellor
at two o'clock.
At the rising of the Court Mr. HART moved to
amend an order made on a former day for paying a
sum of money to a Lady who is a flaw covert. 'rhe
order had been made upon a decision that the Lady
was endtled to dower, but as the Waldi " for her
use" were by mistake omitted in the said. order, the
Accountant General refused to pay her the money.
The object therefore was to amend the order, to pro-
duce the effect intended by the Court.
His Lordship acceded to the motion.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.
Tuesday, in the petition of Singleton, Mr.SPANKI E
opposed the defendant, on the ground that he had
suffered his bail or surety to be charged, and stated
the facts, which were agreed to by the dtfenclant.—
It appeared that he was a Sheriff's Officer in the
county of Lancaster, and had given a bond to the
Sheriff duly to-account, but having failed, his securi-
ties were obliged to pay. This, he contended, was
within the sfith sect. of the Act to except persons
who had suffered their bail or surety to be charged.
Mr. l'aince Sumo for the defendant, said, that
the Act was confined only to cases of actual bad
or in the natuenof bail, and that if the large sense now
contended for were to prevail, it would extend to in-
dorsers of bills of exchange and all securities for an-
nuities. The law meant only, that where a man had
undertaken to save his bail by his appearance in Court
or by going to prison, as that could be done without
moneydre should never be discharged of the sum which
his negligence or omission had cast upon his bail.
bir.Srojeant RUN N IN9ros said, that on first arming
into the Court he had decided, that the Act related
only to actual cases of bail, or sureties in the nature
of b.eii, for .•n apcearance before soma
Lasaggiett .1.• so omitted ; and,
upon the must mature deliberation, he was confirmed
it, his opinion. The defendant must therefore be dis-
charged of this debt, .it beino agreed that it was not
on a bail-bond, but on a mere-bond of indemnity.
Yesterday the Rev. Dr. Lloyd was brought up to
-be discharged, Inn was opposed, on the ground that
he had already taken the benefit *of an Insignia Act
within the period of live years.
Sirjeant RUNNIRCITON held, 'that although the
'prisoner had availed himself of one Act, he was yet
conipetent to apply again in a less period than five
years, on :bean% conscientious grounds for so pro-
ceedi.ig.
Doctor Lloyd being examined, stated, that while
living on a small Curacy in the country, he was in-
duced to undertake a school establishment at Barnes,
for part of the purchase money of which he was ar-
rested in February last, and was now sought to he
detained. He complained of having been deceived
in the agreement which he entered into for tl)is esta-
blishment.
The prisoner was remanded, to give time for an
inquiry into some circumstances of the case.

Mary Juno has been committed to Maidstone
gaol, tot maliciously administering to Henry and
Elizabeth Woodroffe, a quantity of deadly poison,
with intent to murder them.
Tag SLIMP-WALICIM—At Walsingham Sessions,
Sarah Crowfoot, a young woman of 17 years .of age,
was indicted for an assault, in violently beating Mrs.
sary Allison, of Easton' her mistress, first with a
,dumb bell on the bead, and afterwards with a stick
lying near the bed, whilst asleep in the same %one
with the prisoner (no other person being in the house,
and the outer doors properly fastened), by which she,
-was awoke, and inquired of. 8. Crowlent, who theh
stood at the foot of the bed, if she sneany,to murder
tier, but received no reply. She then desired the girl
to go to her bed, a separate one, which she did.—
Tbe prisoner pleaded Not Guilty, denying any re-
collection of the tact ; and her father and mother
both appeared in Court as witnesses; when the for-
mer stated that be had two other childred, one nine-
teen, and the other thirteen, addicted to walking in
their sleep, but had never. known this daughter to do'
-so; but on her returning home next day, said, she
had been discharged by her mistress for some impro-
per conduct, although she was wholly unconscious
of it. After twenty minutes deliberation, the Jury
returned a verdict of Guilty, but recommended her
to mercy ; and she was sentenced to three months'
imprisonment.
A susuce.—The LGentlemen of the Long Robe
sometimes meet with a rebuff in quarters where they
least expect it. A woman who was examined as a
witness at Stafford Assizes made use of the phrase
mug. Counsellor P. questioned her repeatedly as
to the meaning which she attached to the word. The,
witness, unable to define it, was a little embarrassed;
but being bard pressed by the Learned Gentleman,
sh: hit upon this practical illustration-44 Suppose,
Sir, I were to say that you are lundsoms."..-4. Well,
woman, and wb ti then 1".-41 Wby cheap sir, you
waive be iniames r •

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