Star.
London, England, 1810-11-17 00:00:00

FRIDAY, NOVI:MEER 16.

The Court was occupied the whole day in ]wring
justifications of bail. Mr. Justice BAILEY alone at-
tended ; the other Judges did not attend, as it was
understood there would be no ti me for business in Banco.

COURT OF CHANCERY, NOVEMBER 16.
SCOTCH MARRIAGES.
EXPA !ME, HALL IN THE MATTER OP IMPICENSON.
This was an application on the part of Henri Wil-
liam Hall and Harriet his wife, the said Harriet
being one of the daughters of the hankippt, to he al-
lowed Co prove under the Commission 'in the follow-
ing circumstances :
The petitioner, Hall, and Miss Harriet Dickenson,
being both under age, had eloped to .Scotland, and
had there been married, agreeably to the forms of the
Scots Church, without, or rather contrary to, the
4. consents and inclinati.ms of the fathers on both sides.
On their return to England, the father of the bride
being impressed with an idea that a marriage in Scot-
laad was illegal, and desirous that no possible stig-
ma should be allowed to attach to the young couple,
insisted strongly on their being again married in
England by proclamation of banns, and with all the
usual solemnities. The father of the bridegroom, on
the other hand, was of opinion that a Scots marriage
was completely valid, and therefore objected to a re-
petition of the ceremony. To induce him to consent
to this measure, Mr. Dickenson wrote to the elder
Mr. Hall on flie Bth December, 1807, agreeing, on
the marriage being again celebrated, to grant bond
for payment to his daughter, and her husband, of
4105 per annum, during their joint lives, under the
penalty of 81050. The marriage ceremony was
again performed, and the bond by Mr. Dickenson,
the bankrupt, in favour of his daughter and her hus-
band, was granted ; and sometime after this, but sub-
sccitient to the bankruptcy of Mr. Dickenson, the fa-
ther of the petitioner, H. W. Hall, granted to his son
an additional annuity of £4OO, on the narrative that
:web: annuity was given in consideration of the bond
granted by Mr. Dickenson in favour of his daughter,
the wife of the petitioner. On this bond it was now
asked of the Lord Chancellor, that the tpetiti.,ners
might be allowed to prove before the Commissioners,
on Mr. Dickenson's separate estate.
Mr. HART, in suppert of this application? conten-
ded that the bond now sought to be claimed oti, was
not voluntary or gratuitous, but was granted, in two
different respects, for a valuable consideration. rn
the firSt place, it was granted in consideration of the
re'-celebration of the marriage between Mr. Hall, the
,younger, and his daughter, which to his (Mr. Dick-
enson's) mind, was not lawful or obligatory ;—but
might, upon application to the proper Court, be dis-
solved—that the creditors of Mr. Dickenson too could
not be injured at the time he granted the bond in
question, by such an appropriation of part of his for-
tune ; o'n the contrary, that he might have been war-
ranted in making a much larger provision for his
daughter, was apparent from this circumstance, that
at this moment his separate estate was much more
than sufficient to pay all his individual debts. But,',
secondly, if any thing could be required to support
the fact that this bond was not granted voluntarily,
best for a consideration, itavas to be gathered from this
circumstance, that the additional annuity granted by
Hall, the elder, to his son, proceeded on the narrative
that it was so granted in consideration of this very
bond ; so that, to judge of the motives which had
the conduct of the father of the young lady,
to look to what the father of the young
had done.
trt of his case, the. Learned Counsel ad-
depend on the estimation in which his
Scotch marriages.
CHANCELLOR said he entertained no
Scotch marriages were very good.
argued that that Court was not aecus-
them.so.

J eildiNeitLoß said, if the settlement had
by older of the Cottrf, that would have
against the cfairris of any creditors.—
, not stated, that any positive agreemint
made prefious to the execution of the bond
Ie did not appear that Mr. Dickenson
the lidn'tlfroM any obligation on him to
annuity, grinted by the petitioner's fa-
iis gamed some time after the date of
that instead. of the bond being granted in
iM the annuity, the annuity seemed to
graitted. hi consideration of the bond ; a
• which was at ante destructive of the
ailim on the Bankrupt estate, on- the
bend not being a voiunrary act on the
deftddOnt. lf, however, the rietitloner
YattieeiktfUt existin4 antecedent to the
bond, that would, .do away the cir-
-4 the annuity by 14r.11.211, senior, to his
beenigranted at .4, posterior date. The
(Want Ist.sueha manner as to induce a
guess, but by no means to convince him,
the case. It was, as it now appeared,
affectod the heart much more than it did

said he should inquire, and if he could
wits to s4tisfy his Lordship, he should
;ist, his Lordship should hear no more

Rowe-ILLY said, there would be a sur-
Diciensnii's separate tstate, but before
could have any claim upon it, the joint
)irri and his partner must be satisfied.
CsdANctt,Lonsaid, certainly. •
. agreed that in this view of the matter,
the . of his cli'.nt being unable to satisfy his
Lordship ak the point his Liardship had alluded to,
they MA lie &opt.

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