New-York tribune., 1909-11-17

with the conduct OF the trustees. and
pentoning that the fund Of $500 should
be administered instead by the Court Of
Shancery and her son be made a ward
thereof- This petition was as usual with
such applications. granted without diff
Guilty. and everything relating to the lad
ana 10 his property became thenceforth a
matter OF immediate concern 10 the court.
his conduct continuing 10 be wild was
brought 10 the notice Of the court which
repeatedly admonished him quite severely.
aho when al length his mother discovered
thst the boy. under twenty, had married
without the consent OF the cour, a girl A.
rev months his junior she appealed TO tine
Lord High Chancellor 10 have the vounx
couple. as we'll as the clergyman who had
performed the ceremony. committed 70
prison for contempt OF court Husband
ana wife were duly arrested. and while
the girl after some days OF detention. was
feieasen on us being ascertained that she
had beeh ignorant Of the fact that her hus-
hand was ward in chancery and a minor
the young man still remains i'm iail
In TINS connection Sir Thomas Warning
ton the judge OF the Supreme Court an
pointed TO deal with the case thoroupb1,-
established the law in the matter and
mads II clear that the protection Of the
Lord Chancellor could be sought i'm a simi
lar manner by parents when their daugh-
ter becomes the object Of attentions 20
which she is inclined TO lend an ear but
which they consider undesirable. All that
the father and mother have TO do is To
settle small sum OF money on the girl and
name trustees. then TO have the Court OF
Chancery take over the trusteeship from
the trustees. converting the girl into
ward Of chanoery. II they then find that
the suitor who is Objectionable to them
SIM continues 10 render himself agreeable
10 their daughter. and that there is any
danger OF his securing her hand. all they
nave 10 do Is to appeal TO the court To
admonish the man. II he disobeys this
admonition and still persists i'm his atten-
uons. then the court can and will cause
his arrest and his consignment to prison
for term OF six days. six weeks, six
months. or even six years IL Il sees fit as
a penalty for contempt OF court. II the
offender happens TO he a peer. the Lord
High Chancellor has the right TO sequester
his property In the case Of an aggravated
contempt.
The value of the property by means OF
which the young person is made a ward of
the court the oollusive character Of the suit
~ which the trusteeship is transferred from
the original trustees to the Lord High Chan
cellOr and even the wishes of one Of the
parents are all irrelevant. The authority
Of the Lord High Chancellor is supreme
overriding that OF one or both Of the parents
and guardians and his powers in the matter
ore as intimated by Sir William :. Gilbert.
in ''Iolanthe." altogether despotic. II would
he interesting 20 know whether the courts
Of law i'm the various states of America
u Or1lH h. will -, to aa of
parents in a similar fashion in order to clip
the wings OF wayward lads and girls. par
ticularly when they happen TO be love
stricken.
may add that when the new Lord Selbv
suffered several months imprisonment last
year for carrying of his little girl to Swa-
den. IL was not because he lad disObeyed
any judgment of the Court Of Divorce. hut
merely because his daughter happened TO
be ward Of chancery. He had been sepa-
rated from his wife some years previously.
rot judicially nor through decision of the
Divorce Court, but merely by private agree
nent drawn up by his and her lawyers.
Both had stipulated that the Young daughter
OF the marriage should be made a ward in
ohancery: that is 10 say. Of tho Lord High
Chancellor. The latter, as he invariably
does I'm response 10 such appeals. had ac-
cepted the trust, end had ordered that the
child should live part OF the time with her
mother and part Of the time with her grand
father. the late Lord Selby. cX-Speaker of
the House Of Commons. The childs father
violated this order when no carried off ths
child with him to the Continent. and was
in consequences punished for ahducting
ward Of the Lord High Chancellor. even
though the ward In question was his own
little girl.
MARQUISF DE FONTENOY.