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London, England, 1804-11-06 00:00:00

LAW ATEL LIGENCR.

COURT OP CHANCERY, NOVEMBER 3.
The LORD CHANCE Limit fat till near three o'clock,
hearing petitions in caufe.
An application was made by Mr. Owen, for leave
to iffue a writ of Ye Pxrat Rept*, to refirain a Well-
India merchant, of c,,nliderable dealings, from de-
parting the realm. The ground of the motion was,
that the perfon againli whom it was to be direfted
intended to quit the country, without providing for
the payment of his debts ; hut the only inference of
that fall was the belief of the parties who made the
affidavit. They Hated, that they had heard, and
they believed, ht was going beyond teas. The LORD
CHANCELLOR obferved, that unlefs the allegation was
pofitively (worn to, he could net reftrain any man
from going where he pleated.--The motion fur the
writ was refufed.

The Court was engaged nearly the whole or Vie'
morning in determining a cuellion upon the cofillrue-
tion of the will of the late Duke of Neweafile's mo-
ther in law. The tellatriz had left a very canfider-
able legacy to the Duke's younger children, by his
wife, her daughter. It happened that the elder fon
died, and the next in point of years took his place.—
The quettien was, whether the fon, who, at the time
of making the will, was one of the younger children
loft his right to a thare of the legacy, by becoming
the olden, after his elder ►rothe:'s death ? His Lord.
Chip decided, that he was not entitled ; and dirdted
the legacy to be divided,per cap/fa, among the younger
children.

Ix Fiera cavrtartatet.
Mr. Rooth-LT Rated the fuhflance of this Petition
to be that of letting forth route proceedings had in
this Court, on the lubjeCt of the Clandettinellfarriage
of Mils Pierce to a perfnn of the name of Locker. in
difobedience to the Order of the Court, for which.
the parties are mw fuffeting the punifhment of thp
Law. " That Thomas Pierce, an infant of theage
of in years, entitled to a large property, brother of
the above-mentioned Mit: Pierce, had been under the
guardianfhip of a Do tar Roberts, where he Milcon-
dueled hiaafelf, and was confequen tly removed and
put under the care of the prefent Petitioner ; that.
while he was there, a tonfpiracy was formed for the'
purple of getting him away from his Guardian for'
the purpofe of his being married to a woman of the
name of Farmer, who was Rated to be a widow'
of low, if not i..digent eircumftances ; and who had
buried her hulband about eighteen months. That
in furtherance and pet execution of this plot, two
rerfons had come from London to Hadley, where
they continued to entice this young man away, and
prevailed upon him to fay that he was going to fee a
friend in the neighbourhood, and, when he got there,.
to fay that he then wanted to go to fee a friend in
London, but loon afterwards, their ptlepore being
fufpeaed, the Guardian followed and overtook them
at Coicheller, and fo the porpole, for the prefent,
was defeated ; but the confpirators were heard to
fay, " that the matter might Rill be done," In that it
became neceffary that the protection of the Court
fhould be extended to this infant. There were let:
ters from Mrs. Farmer to this young man, and others
from him to her, by which it appeared, they had
exchanged vows of mutual and inviolable attach-
ment, and a refolution to unite in the bands of mar-
riage. But traderßanding fince, they would be fub-
jea to puni/lunent if they did In, without the leave
of the Court, before be was of age, as he is a Ward
of it, they had determined for the prefent to defer it
far three years." The objeB now was, to prevent
the accefs of thefe confpirators, as they are Rated to
be, to this infant ; fo as not to continue their af-
cendancy over him. In the ordinary courfe of things.
the motion he fhould now have to fubmit to the Court,
was, " that all the parties charged with this confpi-
racy might be ordered, on an appointed day, to at-
tend before his Lordthip ;" but that was rendered un-
neeeffary, by their perfonal attendance here to-day,
in purfnance of notice of this motion, and therefore
his Lordßrip would make Inch order now as fhould
be. juR.
Mr. COOKY, on the fame fide, obferved, that the
Court would take care to protea the infant from
falling a facrifice to artifices that might be employed
in order to entrap him.
_

Lott!) CHANCLLOR.—" IS any body concerncd for
them hoe now ?

Mr. ROM,LLV.—" Na, my Lord."

Loan CttAwei•. L LOt•—" I dunk the proper order to
he made now is, that they flionld all and every of
them, he tar:tined from having, by themfelves or
any other perfon or perfons, any intercourfe, corref-
pondence with, or needs to this infant, and that the
matter hand over for a week, for them to make fuch
affidavits as they Mall think proper. And I with
them now to underhand, that it any of them dare to
go near this infant, I will pundit them with the ut-
moll feverity th.tt I can."
Mrs. Falrner was in Court, with her two friends ;
and as they were retiring, hi. Lordthip Allred them,
in the molt tinequivr:•al terms, that, if he heard they
interfered with the yolng man after this admonition,
he fhould certainly commit them to the Fleet prifon.

The late Lord CHRDWORTN was a very acentric
rharafler. During hit lail illnefs, which was of three
months continuance, he was invifible nail his friends.
He is raid to have died worth yoo,oool. of which
flint he has bequeathed iBo,oool. in legacies to VA.
Tinos perfons. He has appointed Mr. WiLsori, of the
Lord Chancellor's Office, to be one of his executors,
and has left him zo,oool. and his wife ty,cool. Mr.
PENI IC go fUTZTON of Yarmouth, is the other execu-
tor, and alfo refiduary legatee. To Mr. Plows he
has left aci,o.:al. ancrGoool. to his fon. As refiduary
legatee, it is impollib,e to fay what Mr. Pasaies will
get, perhaps not lefs than too,oocl. Amangli other
legacies arc the following. viz.-3oooL to the Hon.
C. J. Fox ; trs,ocol. to Mrs. TA•LOR, late of the
Norwich Theatre, aoccl. to a daughter of the late
C BARRIS TAR ; 1 5,0001;la an infant dimes.
ter of Mrs. EDGAR, (late Mil's S•LSaY, at the Griffin,
!pia ich ) ; 1,3c01. to the Rev. Mr. Lay Tom, of Ipf
an.- the fame firm ro his liner ; t?ool. each to
Mik Enm, An and Mir., K I T. late of the Norwich
Theatre. His LorZthip Ir• :an left handfome legs.
cies to Mr. I),.Y.sst and yawns, formerly ~f
.h • lame the.ore. bcfl2:s of 400‘1. soctel.
and 6ocol. to many pert m .r Ipftvich. His ►aiu.
a'a`c I.brary h: Las lit hrt,ycca Mr. LIMOS, Mr.
P►ssiss, ansi