The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-15
NEW YORK HERALD SATURDAY

letter was not forthcoming but instead OF that there
what purported 70 be- copy OF u, atesed py Joh NILE,
who had been aScertained ~ have been clerk m Mr.
Sheddens employment Another copy OF II had come by
another ship ALSO attested by Mills; and he would ask
Mr. shedden had actually remembered in his will
would lend himself 10 abonlnabie falsehood az 10
copy as his masters letter fabricated by some one
ehe The letter began-''My very dear pephew-My
long and painful illness must apologize for my long
silence am now going TO quit this world have mar
ried Miss Wilson which approved of by my friends
here and which restores her and two children have
by her to honor and credit The whole pth OF the do
cument was IN the one word restores and Mr. john
Patrick must have been cunning indeed To have hit
upon phrase which conveyed 50 much without making
any positive statement at all II he had fabricated the
hitherto lived with Anne Wilson, but have married
herr Then the letter went actually to tell Mr. Pat
prided itself not little on its pedigree and yet Mr. Shed
den had never announced the birth OF his heir as he
would doubt have done had he had legitimate
born TO him The letter was quite consistent with the
will, and also with the letter Of Anne Wilson which
had been sometimes relied upon and sometimes
his purpose. The original letter as he had said
was not produced. What had become of itY Mr..
VIM ~, Patrick s said he had given !. 70 the petitioner
some evidence that that true; for in letter OF the
petitioner in 1929 he said referring to letters Mr.
Patrick had sent him, 'As have my fathers
handwriting, and as II probably contains his last sigma
ture, You will easily believe that is very dear relic
10 me.n Mr. John Patrick had said that Mr. Shedden
had two letters TO write one Of them to Mr. William
Patrick and there was therefore, every probability that
letter referred to the the
Nevertheless his petit ton TO the House Of lords and
his evidence oath before this court he had stated
that he the duplicate OF the document TIL
1S49. Nor that all. In one Of his letters he was
complaining, as il would seem, of Mr.. William Patrcks
conduct in sending to America to see u the deceased
had really married Anne wilson; and 80 he said
'tAnd Just To think Of you sending 20 America for
a certificate when you had received my fathers
own letters, telling you Of his marriage TO
my MOTHER II impossible TO reconcile that
with the petitioners subsequent statements. II was
quite clear that John Patrick had no doubt but that the
deathbed marriage would have been sufficient and that
John William Patrick would have accepted the guardian
ship. But John William Patrick felt that there
doubt as 10 the effect Of that marriage and a. he was
agent for his brother Robert who, in the event OF the
petitioners proving Legitimate, would be the heir he
refused TO accept the trust in his brothers absence Mr.
Crawford was the appointed tutor Mr. Crawford, who
was respectable manthough he thought that the judg
ment of the Court OF Sessions strong and
that would be affirmed BY the House of Lords-tought il
his duty appeal to the ultimate tribunal As to the
having been fairly argued there no one could enter
tain any doubt who had read the wonderful acute
the only he had ever drawn up for the
House OF Lords Yet on the mere surmse, he
trick to plumber the estate The charge Of fraud against
Mr. Patrick having fallen 10 the ground the whole case
of the petitioner must fall with IL and he 1.-THE learned
judge) therefore pronounce that he William Patrick
Raston Shedden, not legitimate child Of his father
and was consequently Ie natural born British subject
left by this decision For the male petitioner he could
have no sympathy, He might have brooded over his
fanced wrongs until he had lost his faculty Of judg
ment but the course he had pursued had been such
must totally exclude him from sympathy For the fe-
male petitioner he (Sr @ CreEwelD did feel most
deeply. He had doubt that she had been brought
up in full belief Of the truth Of her fathers story
and from the intimate knowledge which she had
SHOWN Oh every particle pi es,aence c4ansc'ea WIN
for years and years with the unhesitang confidence
Of dutiful and ancctonatc child, until il had at
last become interviewer with her very nature What
"a be the consequence of this Judgment herr must
be OF two things II she not convinced by IL she
would ivh under harrassng sense and nvicton that
{ hp med a Sill kag
unable 10 obtain remedy-a position sad enough II
she convinced she would have 10 mourn and lament
that OF conduct which had embttered the
latter days of aged man, who for period far exceed
ing ordinary life had been loved and honored whose
integrity had been mposched through her Instrumental
lty and who had been subjected TO elcntless persecu
ton which had been carried by unoundcd apcrsons
and most unjusti6able litigation.
Mr. Justice Wghtman and Mr.. Justice Williams empha
tcally concurred and the decree made accordingly
ON the motion OF Mr. Boyin G., the petitioners
condemned in the costs and papers which they
had obtained from Mr. Patrick in the Court Of Sessions
were ordered TO be restored 20 him.
from the London Telegraph Nov 2s.l
BY reference law intelligence il viii be that
this remarkable case which has been long before the
Court Of Probate aud Divorce brought to termna
ton yesterday The Judgment against Miss shedden,
whose petition dismissed by the tribunal II ~
intention TO oer any opinion hero upon this decision,
which has been arrived at after lengthy and mature deli
beration and which may be presumed Is in accordance
with the evidence sdduced We cannot refrain however
from expressing in the strongest manner our sympathy
with Mss shcdden Independently OF this result From
first 10 last she has acted IN manner % command
universal admiration. Her energy and perseverance
have been beyond al eulogy. Deprived at the
commencement OF the OF the assistance
Of counsel she boldly forward and pleaded her
cause, and that, too with ability thai would havo
done honor to profess onal advocate She will at least
have the satisfaction Of Knowing on the authority Of tho
Judge Ordinary himself that the suit did not suffer from
being in her hands. and that she had made herself
perfectly familiar with all It's details She viii further
be entitled 10 feel that IN the exertons Of her hll
devotons she has done al that human cndeavOr could 10
10 establish her fathers claims aud that il she hs
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victory. We have had lack Of rkabo Ia
modern days but of these adiucc better claims
10 sympathy and admiration than Miss Shedden, and the
public II we mistake not, viii ratify this opinion.
The War In venetia.
Translated from the Paris Parie, Nov "a for tho NEw