APPENDIX TO CHRONICLE. 
MATRIMONIAL CAUSES. 
Fellowes, falsely called Stuart, 
vy. Stewart, otherwise Stuart.—This 
was a proceeding at the instance 
of Miss Jane Fellowes, of St. 
Clement’s Danes, describing her- 
self as falsely called Stuart, and 
wife of William Dundas Stuart, 
against Capt. Wm. Stewart, of 
Dover, Kent, otherwise William 
Dundas Stuart, for nullity of a 
marriage that had been had in 
effect between them, on the 
ground of an undue publication 
of bans, 
The defendant was the son of a 
gentleman’s servant in Edinburgh, 
but who afterwards became a re- 
tail dealer there in spirits and to- 
bacco. He was born on the 15th 
of September, 1783, and baptized 
soon afterwards in Tron Kirk pa- 
rish, Edinburgh, by the name of 
Wm. Stewart only. He was edu- 
cated at Heriot’s Hospital, and at 
a suitable age apprenticed out by 
that institution, but disliking his 
situation, left it for the army, and 
rose to his present rank of Cap- 
tain. In the autumn of 1811, be- 
ing resident in Eaton-street, Pim- 
lico, he renewed an acquaintance 
he had formerly had with a Mrs. 
Corbet of the Strand, a country- 
woman of his, by whom he was 
introduced to Miss Fellowes, who 
_ then resided in Nelson-square, 
- Blackfriars-road. To this lady he 
represented himself as the son of a 
gentleman of large landed pro- 
perty in the county of Perth, and 
presumptive heir to the title and 
estates of the Right Hon. the Earl 
of Moray, in Scotland, and Baron 
Stuart, of Castle Stuart, in Eng- 
land. He also described himself by 
the names of “ Wm. Dundas 
Stuart,” and assumed the arms of 
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the family of the Earl of Moray. 
By these means he succeeded. m 
gaining Miss Fellowes’s affections; 
but her mother positively refused 
her consent, from a dislike she 
had taken to Captain Stewart, 
which was ‘so strong, that she de- 
clared she would not have him 
herself if he was to. offer, even 
though he should succeed to the 
title and estates of which le 
boasted. The parties availed them- 
selves, however, of a. temporary 
absence of Miss Fellowes from 
home to effect their purpose, 
and a marriage accordingly took 
place between them on_ the 
30th of October, 1811, at Saint 
Margaret’s Westminster, in_ his 
assumed name of “ William Dun- 
das Stuart,”? she being then but 
18 years of age, and he 28. The 
marriage took place in pursuance 
of a publication of bans, effected 
through the medium of Miss 
Elizabeth Myne Jones, a friend 
of Miss Fellowes’s. He gave her 
his name for tilis purpose, in the 
course of a morning’s walk with 
her and Miss Fellowes, as ‘“ Wil- 
liam Douglas Dundas Stewart ;” 
and she, on her return home, 
committed them to paper, and the 
publicationaccordingly took place — 
the first Sunday in those names. 
He afterwards, however, for some 
reason, thought proper to call on 
the church officer, and represent- 
ing this as an error, persuaded him 
to omit the name of “ Douglas,” 
and the bans were, in consequence 
published the two following times 
with his names as “ William Dun- 
das Stuart,” instead. The mother 
did not think proper to institute 
any proceedings to call the vali- 
dity of the marriage in question 
during her daughter’s minority ; 
