Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-08-18

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The BRIGHToN BALL went off beautifully. was
not present-my visit to New Haven prevented me
from enjoying that piece of felicty-bu there's time
for all things. Several beautiful new faces appeared.
Gen. Morris and his staff, in full military costume,
were present by invitation NJ b. AT the splendid
ball given in Brussels by Wellington, before the battle
of Waterloo the military, when they wazed, always
laid aside their swords. II may be etiquette to dance
with the chapeau in hand-bu not with the glittering
swords dangling among extatc legs, and beautiful
dresses. Can somebody give full description of
the ball Next Tuesday comes off the great .tete
champstre. shall be there.
BREAp.-Now that -four has fallen from eleven
dollars eight and half it not shameful tina, the
bakers deal out the same dmnutive loaves before
IMpoRTNrAsr DEcIsIoN-In Chancery Laurence
& Van Kluck rs Ministers, Elders and Deacons,
Reformed Protestant Dutch Church New York
In the above cause the Chancellor at his Court now
sitting at Saratoga, has decided that neither the
esiduary devsees nor the Church are entitled 10 the
large estate In their the devise to the
Church is vod-that il dcscends to the heir at law
Of John Harberd-or escheats to the State of New
York.
This will Of course be carried to the Court OF
Errors. The rcsduary devisees are very sangune of
establishing their right under the devise of the testa-
tor in which he gives to them all his real and per-
sona estate not before disposed Of Ii should turn
out that the herr at law cannot be found then it will
escheat to the Safe ofNcw York in which case they
will undoubtedly give it TO the resduary devsees, as
the nearest kindred Indeed the provisions Of the re-
vsed statutes would give il TO them if the case could
be brought under the present laws.
When we receive further information in this impor-
tant cause we will give the facts to the public.
CouRT OF SESSIONS, Aug. l7.-Before the Record
er, AID Smith and Greenfield
Andrew Elliott and John Bamber were pat upon ,ri-
al, charged with breaking into the store of G.. w
Weld, ahd stealing therefrom six tubs of butter The
cellar was broken open by wrenching off the paddock
the prisoners were seen in conversation together
between twelve and one o'clock at night. The per-
sons seeing them watched them--one of them, Bam-
ber was seen to shut down the cellar door. The
watch was called and the two prisoners taken into
custody. Mr.. Weed and witness named Cabb de-
posed to the above circumstances.
II was commended that since the property had not
been taken away, that no larceny had been commit
ted.
Mr.. Phoenix replied that the mere act of removing
property from the place where it stood TO another on
the same premises although not actually taken away,
constituted larceny in the eye of the law
His honor charged the jury to the same effect who
oners guilty.
Bamber has already figured at the sessions The
o.uer rhot stOutly protested MS respectaShty, ue
clafinR he had never been in any court before.
David A. Rich, whose trial was put of on Wednes-
day. was now put upon his trial. charged with stealing
a.gold watch chain and seals the property Of Mr..
William Seton, late manager Of the Franklin Thea
tire.
The proprietor of the Bath, Mr.. Dale, deposed that
the prisoner was IN the habit Of coming continually to
the bath, but did not bsthe He was seen to- enter
Mr.. Seftons box on the day of the robbery. The |
prisoner came to the bath the day after. He was tax
ed with the robbery, and after some delay gave up the
watch.
For the defence il was urged that the prisoner was
not of sound mind, and that great circumstances in
his favor was the fact that the very day after the rob-
berry the prisoner returned to the bath openly wear
ing the watch. |
Samuel Bowman deposed that he had been ac- |
quainted with the prisoner from his Childhood One
Sunday he came to my house and said, 81 wish ts |
stay; shall not live twenty-four hours The wit |
ness asked him, "who said So" The prisoner re- |
Piled 1.-THE doctor says So" and afterwards said il |
was not the doctor, but the boarders in the house."
Mr.. Bowman then stated that he saw the prisoner
come out OF Brdewe TO be sent to Believes that he