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London, England, 1824-07-26 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, JuLv

This day the Court sat, in pursuance of adjournment.
31r. A NDIEWS moved, that a Jury should be impaonelled to
value a piece of ground on the west side of Milbank-street, which
the Commasioners of Pavement of the parish of St. Paul, West-
minion., had given notice would be required to wit.an that tweet.
A Jury was accordingly sworn, and by direction of the Chairmen
went to liilbank-street to view the piece of grour4 to be valued.
On their return into Court,
Mr. A waiters staled, that theConaniasionen, under the powers
vested in them, thought i; expedient to putchaae the piece of ground
in question, for the purpose of making Milbank-stremot a uniform
breadth, and they had it valued by theiwo pirish surveyors, Mr.
Taylor and Mr. Howell, who wood that it was worth about three
hundred and fifty pounds, whicn sum* the Commissioners would
have readily paid, without any appeal to a Jury : Mit it appeared
that Mr. Graham; in whose possession the ground was, could not
make a good title, as there was another elan:tent of the ram. ut
CtomwelL l'ode; these circumstances, the only way in which a
pod title could be obtained was, by the verdict of a Jury, who,
however, had bedtime to do with the question of tide, •but merely
with the question of value, which shoulthe fermi in mketscc. •
Mr. Jetsam Howell, surveyor to the Cormtutisiiitiors; stated, that
he had valued' the pie* of irw4W is question, as freehold, at
JCL Its., it itta.bd.a foot
Mr. Taylor, also surveyor to the Commis/timers, stated that he
valued the grmind at 34. U., being, in his opinion, worth Ila. &I.
pelican. •

• JIB. Cu impart, who was Counsel for Mr. Graham, said it was
trickery to say that hit client could not make out a good title. That
gentleman was deicended from William, Lord Cromwell, the cele-
ibreted favourite of Henry VIII. Who had granted high the ground
in question some years before be atdcred him to be beheaded, which,
as they all knew, was a very contemn mode with that Monarch of
finally disposing °Ohms who to highest in his favour. The
Ciekft ii‘on nod antlested the possandon of kle. Um-
nneestoes ever since the grant by Henry VIII., and no taut
could be more unexceptionable. • Ile (Mr. Curwood) only receive.'
ins instructions the night before and it was only that morning a
surveyor hod been employed ou ase pan of Mr. Graham to value
the ground, of which he was to be deprived. The ,Pury, after
hearing that gentleman's eyed**, would determine the value.
Mr. Pitt, Surveyor, stated, that he had that morning surveyed
the groom:tin question and valued it. The ground at 10s. SI. a
foot, for which rent it could be let on a lease ot 99 years. maki• g a
rent of 31!. which at 1l yenta purchase, would be 176/., and the
reversion would be worth six years, which -would be TOM making
together
• The rust away charged the Jury, that it WY Mr. Graham's
owls fault that he had not the ground valued before that morning.
as he had ample notice. Mr. Pitt wia certainly a gentleman of
great talent; but it was not to be supposed that he could, without
any time for consideration, come to as accurate a conclusion on the
value of property, as if more time had beets graven him. The Jury,
however, when ant man's property was taken front him under an
Act of Parliament—it might be said by force—would b.: careful to
givehito its full value.

The Jury, after commlting about half an bout, returned a ver-
dict, finding the value MM.
The trial of asaaultu was then proceeded on, which were the only
cases before the Court.
Murtha Tally was indicted foe assaulting Martin (friftin, a
young man of respectable appearance. The prosecutor rateC dud
a person of his acquaintance being indebted to the defendant, who
keeps a public house, and being desirous of paying her, but afraid
of going into her presence without a friend, who might be some
restraint on the violence of her teisPer, asked him (the proeecutor)
to accompany him to the defendant'S horse, which be did. Ti,*-
found the defendant in thebar, 504 Todd inquired how much he
owed, which the defendant trfid him, and he paid in the most civil
manner. The defendant, as soon as she received the money, dis-
charged a volley of abuse at Todd. • The prosecutor begkner to
I restrain her anger,-Shen she instantly sw ore she would his
head off, and struck at him several times whh a pint pot. He re-
aired the blows on his arm, guarding his head.
Three persons who were present corrobotated the prosecutor's
statement.

The Jury instantly returned a verdict of " Guilty."
The en Al II MA N said it was• most violent and aggravated re •
sault, aid might have been murder. The sentence of the Cant:
wa.., that the prisoner should pay a fine of JUL
There was no other case of the least interest.

About half-past eleven o'clock on Saturday morning two
houses in Warwick-street, Golden-square, fal to the ground with
a tremendous crash. One of them was uninhabited; the other was
occupied by me (lobby, a tailor, and his family, one of whim,
b ippming to be ift an upper room, heard a alight noise, and also
felt the room to shake. She immediately ran down stairs I.n.f
alarmed the other inmates, who, with hefitelf, had scarcely time t..
reach the street, before the whole interior of the house fell to the
groin d. Furniture and other property. to a considerable amount,
has been destroyed by this unexpected calamity.
Ilr"Tar erne Ft ft a.—On Monday evening last, about
half-):to eleven o'clock, a fire was discovered in the house of Mr.
stein, surgeon, in Kin .street, be some of the 'iseighboura, who
wee teturninifimm thelllinor Theatre. They lint saw the flames
in the char, and lost no time in alarming the family, who had re.
tired to rest &tea after ten o'clock; ind were at the time asleep, u.t.
conscious of the danger that threatened then,. Mrs. Stein was the
first who heard the a a-m, and, thinking that some person required
the professional assistance of her hUsband, she went to the window,
when she len apprised of the perilous situation of herself and fa-
mily. She immediately aroused her husband, and took the nett-,
any steps forsecuring the safety of her children and parents ;
the whole family made a precipitate escape front the house in their
night clothes, the rapid progress of the flames rendering it dang.r.
Ms to stay for the purpose of putting on even a single article of
dress, or of securing the 'Richest portion of the property which the
house contained. Mr. Stein attempted to save his book of
counts, and had two or three of them in his hands, but was
so overcome by the dense smoke, which rushed in clouds from
the cella:s, that he fell, and was obliged to relinquish then:,
and seek safety in flight. The flames having commencit:
in the lowest story, made a very rapid progress upwards • in a very
short time after the family had escaped, the whole house was ea-
relived in flames. An alarm was, of mum.. immediately given
and several engines were speedily brought ; but considerable diffl-
Way was experienced in procuring a supply of water ; the nearest
fire-plug that could be found was at the hOltOlll of King.street, aro:
when it was opened, there was no sater in the pipes ; so that ti.,
engines were useless tin half an hour of they arrived. The
fittle,4 had then made so much progress that ti
the slightest chance of saying the house, and it
the firemen was chiefly dirt. ad to the preset
adjoining premises on each side, shish took fire,
welt difficulty saved from destruction. The oftirt
Tindall and Varey, solicitors, on one side, and of
and Mr. !tent, solicitors, with a room used as the dep
Society for ',mutating I 'l•ristinn knowledge, on the oc
more or less injured : but we are happy to yaw, that
active exertions of the police, and of ream ocher p
paper of importance was preserved. But (nun Mr. Su
we I elieve not a single article was semi. We 'lndere
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Stein is insured to the an o n1'42,0410/. but !hit Ng loss
that sum. With regard to the origin of the fire we
able to obtain any satisfactory account; indeed we I
deal id uncertainty prt Luis on the subject.— ila who

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