Star.
London, England, 1821-11-08 00:00:00

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STEALING A WARD IN CHANCEIii.

COURT OF OH AVCCRY, VOVEMI3ItR T.

SHALES V. BARLOW& • •
M-. MirNo moved, that Thomas Barlowe and Jo-
seph Barlowe, two brothers, be committed to the
custody of the Warden of the Feet, for a contempt
of Court, in carrying off Margaret Seale, an infant
of nineteen years of age, and a ward of Court, with
the intention that Thomas Barlowe should marry her,
which marriage never took place. •
It appeared from the affidavits, that Thomas Bar-
lowe was a journeyman tool-maker, working for his
brother Joseph, a tool-ranker in the county of Derby,
and that the infant resided with her aunt in the same
county, and that she was entitled to a fortune• of
£7,000 on attaining the age of twenty-one; that the
aunt of the infant, on findine, that Thomas Barlowe
was paying his addresses to the infant, told him that
she was a ward of the Court of Chancery, and forbtl
him the house; however, on the Bth of October last,
the infant eloped with him, and they had secreted
themselves in some part of the country. On this cir-
cumstance being made known to the paternal uncle
of the infant, who residedin London, he applied to
his Honour the Master of the Rolls for a writ of Ha-
beas Corpus to ring the infant to. the bar of the
Court. Mr. Stales having received informat;on that
Thomas Barlowe and the infant were at Lye pool,
his Solicitor proceeded there, but found they hai left
that town; he inquired at the different churches whe-
ther banns of marriage had been published between
Thomas Barlowe and the infant, and found they had
not been published. Ile issued twenty-seven no:ices
to forbid them being publi,?lted. 1k than proceeded
to Manchester and issued simila:• notice;, from which
place he went to Chesterfield, in Derbyshire, where
he learnt that Thomas Barlowe and the infant were
residing at Stavely, about ten miles distance from
Chesterfield. At the door of an inn,' at the latter
place, he saw Joseph Barlowe, and on seeing him get
into a post-chaise, he mounted a horse and rode after
him. When he passed the chaise, he cracked his
whip at the Solicitor by way of defiance. This was
on the 31st of October, three weeks after the elope-
ment. On his arrival at Chesterfield, he served the
order of the Master of the Rolls on Thomas Barlowe,
and demanded that the infant should be delivered up
to him, and after waiting two hours, she was deli-
vered up. He took her to Chesterfield, where they
were followed by Thomas and Joseph Barlowe. At
two o'clock on the morning of the Ist of November,
he and the infant got into the mail-coach for London,
on which Thomas and Joseph Barlowe got also into
the coach, and accompanied them to London, and
persisted in conversing with the infant, in defiance of
the order of the Master of the Rolls. Joseph Barlowe
boasted that he had planned the elopement, and that
it had cost him one hundred guineas; that he knew
the infant was a ward of Court, and that she WAS
made by a bill of reviver. On the Solicitor ar►
riving in London with the infant, he delivered her up
to her uncle, with whom she has since resided, The
Learned Counsel was convinced he had shewn suffi-
cient to his Lordship to induce him to order Thfunai
and Joseph Barlowe into custody. They had been
ordered to attend in Court this day.
' Mr. ROUPELL said he had been consulted by the
Barlowes, and they stated that they could rebut the
chief of the allegations stated in the affidavits in sup-
port of the commitment. He advised them to do so,
but he was afraid they had not had time to file it.
Mr. CUING-" As they do not appear, I move for
an order for their commitment."

This case was not again alluded to during the sit-
ting of the Court.

BREACH OF CONTRACT OF MARRTAGE!—Yesterday
John Bryne, a youth 18 years of age, charged, at
Marikorough-street Office, Miss Ellen Rot erts, a re-
spectable. maiden on the wrong side of 30, with as.
saulting him, by striking him violeatly in the face.
The youthful complainant, who had become his own
master at the early age of 17 years by the death of
the master to whom he was apprenticed, set up in a
little way of business on his own bottom." The
defendant, who lived in the same house, had for some
time a latent kindness for the youth, and invited him
to tea, over which she told him of a dream she had
respecting his future fate—that he was to do well in
business, marry a good-looking woman a little older
than himself, one that could take care of things, and
mind the main chance. t. Who can it be ?" a•led the
youth: She replied, with much coyness, that the was
herself to be the happy woman; and asked the lad if
he had any objection? The youth said, that some
' time must be allowed for courting,• and thus corn.:
menced a platonic intercourse between the parties.
He continued to pay his addresses for nearly twelve
months, when he met with a young woman whose
age was nearer to his own, and whose person "suited
his fancy. He took what- he thought was a favour.
able opportunity of communicating to the defendant
his determination to abandon. her. When the latter
heard the cruel words, rage took possession of her
soul, and site flew at the faithless youth, and corn,
milted the assault complained of. T,lie defendant, iri
tears, replied, that the young man had promised her
marriage ; he had bought the ring and•appointed the
day tOr their marriage; and hi: conduct ss-a,
cieut to provoke her to act as she had done, after she
hal devoted her time and affections to him.
Magistrate—You should not li..ve assaulted hint, that was no
proof of your affectiot
Female.—D.sappointment provoked me; he knows the wed-
crng clothes were bought.
Magistrate.—Toss had better have nothing further to do
with him. _

Female.—l wish I had formed that resolution from t!.e first;
but I am determined, although he triumphs itow, to put him in
the situation I now stand in.

Magistrate.—Do you mean to ptc,<•ecute him?
Female.--I will bring my action for breach of promise.
Magistrate.—Theu you may enter iato your own
recciAnizauces to appear at the Sesions, to ai.swee
what the young matt May prefer against you.—...L.e
pirties withdrew.