TÉRM—MICHAELMAS, 1827. In Literis Humanioribus. Nathaniel Goldsmid, Exeter. John Griffiths, Wadham. W. R. Courtenay. George H. Hadfield, Pembroke. Clement Greswell, Corpus. W. Hill, Wudham. Thomas Lewin, Trinity. George W. Hope, Christ Church. Charles Neate, Lincoln. John G. Phillimore, Christ Church. James Vaughan, Balliol. Henry Sanders, Christ Church. Charles Saxton, Christ Church. John R. Wood, Christ Church. W. Brock, Queen's. Henry T. Worley, Queen's. Walter L. Brown, Christ Church. CLASSIS III. W. J. Chesshyre, Balliol. Henry G. P. Cooke, Exeter. Tully Cornthwaite, Trinity. William H. Fellowes, Christ Church. J. Evans, Worcester. John G. Gifford, St. John's, CLA9818 III. Henry D. Harington, Exeter. Whittington H. Landon, Worcester. Walter B. Mant, Oriel. . Frederick Maude, Brasen-nose. John Grifliths, Wadham. Edward A. Ommaney, Exeter. George H. Hadfield, Pembroke. Richard Seymour, Christ Church. Henry D. Harington, Exeter. James Tanner, Queen's. CHANCELLOR'S PRIZES. Latin Essay.-“ Lex apud Romanos Agraria." William J. Blake, Christ Church. English Essay.-" The influence of the Crusades upon the Arts and Literature of Europe." Frederick Oakeley, Balliol. POETICAL PRIZES. Latin.--" Mexicum.” Charles Wordsworth, Christ Church. English.-" Pompeii.” (Sir R. Newdigate's Prize). Robert S. Hawker, Magdalen. UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, TRIPOSES, 1827. .- Henry , M.A. Trinity. .... Peter. Pinder Caius. Ds. Gordon, (2.) Cooper. Trinity. Turner, (1.) . Trinity. Lewis Trinity. Kelly Caius. De Morgan . Trinity. Brooke, .. St. John's. Cankrien Trinity. Colvile. St. John's. Yate... .. St. John's, Dodd . Corpus. Hopkins Peter. North St. John's. Butterton St. John's. Kempthorne 1.6. St. John's. Tinkler Corpus. Carns Trinity. Thompson . St. John's. Webster Trinity. Peacock . St. John's. Caius. Venn . St. John's. Dawes Caius. Farre . St. John's. Moore . St. John's. Dobbs Trinity. Hoare . St. John's. Jarrett Catherine Hall. Senior Optimes. Ds. Hovenden (B.) .. Trinity. Beechey Caius. Burnaby Sergeant .. Complete Equales. . . 2 .. ....... Caius. .. .. ...... Caius. Eade........ Caius. Corpus. Johnson St. John's: Bowstead...... St. John's. Cooper...... Pembroke. Leatherdale... St. John's. Junior Optimes. Ds. Cartwright Christ's. Collyer ........ Trinity. Kenrick Trinity. Chatfield Trinity. Cottingham...... Clare. Malins ... Caius. Stamforth.. Easton .... Emmanuel. Smith, s. Trinity. Bernard Corpus. Willan ... Peter. Antrobus .. St. John's, Barrs, F. St. John's. Cartmell Pembroke. Vinall .. Catherine Hall, Breynton.. . Magdalen. Braine Trinity. Woodhouse Sidney. Appleyard Robson,... Trinity. John Weller, B.D. Emmanuel. John Graham, M.A. Christ's. Thomas Pell Platt, M.A. Trinity. Second Class, Trinity, Appleyard Caius. Appleton Trinity, Vinall ..........Catherine Hall. Kempthorne ....St. John's. Peacock ........ St. John's. Catherine Hall, Third Class. . St. John's. Willan Peter. Charlesworth Trinity. Paull ... St. John's, Cottingham...... Clare. Trinity. CHANCELLOR'S MEDALLISTS. St. John's, 1 SIR W. BROWNE'S MEDALS. C. Wordsworth, Trinity, PORSON PRIZE. S . .... } LAW CASES AND NARRATIVES. HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. Wellesley v. the Duke of Beaufort. CATHERINE POLE TYLNEY LONG, being entitled, in fee-simple, to certain estates, and tenant for life of other estates, with remainder to her first and other sons in tail male, the whole producing an income of about 40,000l. a-year, intermarried, in March 1812, with William Wellesley Pole. By her marriage-settlement, an income of 13,000l. a-year was secured to her as pin-money. Subject to the payment of that annuity and of certain other sums, a life-interest in those estates of which she had the fee, was given to her husband, a power being reserved to him and her to charge them by way of mortgage with the sum of 100,000l.; and the entailed estates were settled on him during the joint lives of himself and his wife. The three infant plaintiffs were the only issue of the marriage. He Though the 100,000l. had been raised, Mr. Wellesley became so embarrassed in his pecuniary circumstances, that, in 1821, he was compelled to take refuge from his creditors by withdrawing to the continent, where he lived on the separate property of his wife. and his family, after spending some time in France, took up their abode at Naples, in 1822; and, about the end of May 1823, they renewed their acquaintance with a Mrs. Bligh, who had been formerly known to them, and who, along with her husband, had just arrived following, Mrs. Bligh quitted her in that city. On the 31st of July husband's house, in consequence (at least such was the general rumour) of an illicit intercourse which had commenced between her and Mr. Wellesley. To contradict this report, Mr. Wellesley made an affidavit before the British viceconsul, denying that any such intercourse had taken place, or that he had ever visited Mrs. Bligh, except in an open manner; and he prevailed upon his wife to give countenance and protection to that lady, and to admit her into her house. In the following October, Mrs. Bligh travelled with the family from Naples to Albano; and, joining them at Florence a few days afterwards, continued to reside with them; but, after some time, the circumstances which occurred there induced Mrs. Wellesley to communicate to Mrs. Bligh, that it was necessary for her to quit their house, and to seek the protection of her own friends in England. Accordingly, in December 1823, Mrs. Bligh quitted, in appearance, Mr. Wellesley's family. In fact, however, she remained in an apartment in the same hotel till the April following, when the fact came accidentally to Mrs. Wellesley's knowledge; and, during the whole of that interval, Mrs. Bligh was in constant intercourse with Mr. Wellesley. In May 1824, Mr. and Mrs. Wellesley arrived in a Paris, whither Mrs. Bligh had continent; residing with Mrs. gone before them. Mrs. Wellesley Bligh at Paris, Dieppe, the Hague, immediately wrote to her husband's and other places. Early in June father, lord Maryborough, request, 1825, his wife resolved to institute ing him and lady Maryborough to proceedings for a divorce in the come to her assistance; expressing Ecclesiastical Court, and this her at the same time her readiness to resolution was made known to him. continue her affection to her hus. About the 25th of that month, he band, notwithstanding what she and Mrs. Bligh came to England; called “his profligate and unprin- but his return was not known to cipled conduct," and even to sacri- his family or to his wife, till the fice part of her own fortune, in evening of the 7th of July, when order to make a provision for Mrs. he went to the house in London Bligh, if he would separate him- where his wife was residing. Mrs. self from that woman, and never Wellesley, alarmed and surprised visit her more. Lord and lady at hearing his voice, escaped with Maryborough hastened to Paris, her daughter from the house withbut were unable to detach their out seeing him, and took refuge son from the connection he had with her uncle. On the following formed. His wife then wrote to day she caused a bill to be filed in him, declaring, that the treatment Chancery, with a view to make she had for many months endured the infants wards of court, and to from him, had been such as she protect them against the attempts, could no longer submit to, “and which, it was apprehended, the that she was resolved to separate father might make to obtain posfrom a husband who, in nduct, session of their persons, and to had already abandoned her.” Short remove them abroad. On the ly afterwards, she returned to Eng- same day, he was served with a land, with the purpose of living citation for a divorce at her suit. separate from him. He consented Mr. Wellesley and Mrs. Bligh that the children should go with returned immediately to the contiher; and wrote her a letter, in nent; and Mrs. Wellesley gave which he observed, that, “having notice to the trustees of her marriwith a deep infliction of suffering age-settlement to discontinue the to his feelings, assented to a separa- annual payment which she had tion from his children, heconsidered hitherto caused to be made to him it was not too much to request and out of her pin-money. On the hope, that she would attentively 12th of September, she died; follow his wishes with regard to having, five days before, enjoined their treatment.” Mrs. Wellesley, her sisters, the Misses Long, to in her answer, expressed the great resist every attempt which Mr. satisfaction she felt at her children Wellesley might make to remove being allowed to accompany her; the children. After her death, the and assured him that, as far as infants remained under the care of should lie in her power, she should their aunts; Mr. Pitman, a tutor be happy to attend strictly to the selected for them by their father, wishes he had expressed, and to who had been with them during the instructions he had given for the whole of the time they had their management. spent abroad, and ever since their Mr. Wellesley remained on the return to England, continuing to reside with them. On the 30th England, and praying that he might of September, a bill was filed in be ordered to desist from prosecutheir name, by their next friend, ting the writ of habeas corpora, against the persons in whom the and from taking possession of the legal interest in their mother's persons of the infants, or attempt estates was vested, praying that ing so to do. This petition came the usual accounts might be taken; on to be heard on the 5th day of that the portions of the two November 1825; and, after conyounger plaintiffs might be raised; siderable argument, the lord chanthat a proper person might be cellor having intimated his opinion appointed to have the care of the that the circumstance of Mr. Wel. persons of the three infants during lesley being then resident in France their minorities; and that an was alone sufficient to justify the allowance might be made for their court in refusing to him the actual maintenance. The bill was after custody of the infants, Mr. Welleswards amended, for the purpose of ley's counsel desisted from pressing adding formal parties. In the his claim. On the 8th of Novemmeantime, Mr. Wellesley was ber 1825, Mr. Wellesley presented residing in France with Mrs. Bligh, a petition, in which he stated that, who had there given birth to a being then in France, and having child, the offspring of their illicit no establishment fit for the resid connection. After the death of his ence and superintendance of the wife, he made repeated applications education of his children, he was to the Misses Long for the custody desirous of having a proper scheme of his children ; directing at first and plan for that purpose, settled that they should be sent abroad to and approved of by one of the him, but subsequently stating that masters of the court; and that he he was only desirous that they was willing to conform to and should be taken to the family-seat promote such plan for the benefit in Wiltshire. With these applica- of the infants. The prayer was, tions the Misses Long refused to that it might be referred to one of comply ; and in their refusal they the masters to approve of a plan were sanctioned, as they alleged, for the education of, and a proper by the approbation of the nearest and suitable establishment for, the relations of the infants, as well on infants, and for their residence. the father's as on the mother's side. Both petitions came on to be heard In October 1825, Mr. Wellesley before the lord chancellor on the caused a writ of habeas corpora to 9th of November 1825, when his be issued from the court of king's- lordship made an order, “ That it bench, and served on the solicitor should be referred to the master to of the Misses Long, for the purpose consider and approve of a plan for of obtaining possession of the per- the education of, and a proper and sons of the infants. On the 3rd suitable establishment or proper of November, and before the return and suitable establishments for, the of the writ, a petition in the cause infants, and for their residence; was presented to the lord chancel- that the master should approve of lor, in the names of the infants, a proper person or persons to act alleging that Mr. Wellesley, who as guardian or guardians of the was then resident in France, in- infants, until the further order of tended to remove them out of the court; that, in order thereto, |