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skgsgig th psit JWI to 1 pray God to change his been
rod meek Me to black shoes better. . The deceased attended St.
' JeS4'. ebelliatilliatdsvOw t he istroduted himself to the Comte.
Ide Pattern,. amt informed Aft tbat, hie daughterusertelkaurP
I.._depravity. Mr: Barden tendered his services to .reelaiali the
isMtifter but 'eliding that the coroplaents of deceased-was she
freeness of his non deletion, he tmdeavoured inetrectsallpto art - teitfirs oat of his crittilcre. Mr. Wilson, another clergyman. be. gto St. John's Chapel, also Interfered, and actuudly .eues
mad In ptodochtg a temporary reconciliation in the milli of the
Ahmed towards his daughter; bat shortly after he relapsed into
hlxMetier deletion, and aetially forgot that, he bad acquiesced in
whit:Mr. Wilson had recommended. tz orb were the contents Lof
slag aliggationsomut in on behalf of Mrs. Dew. Them allegations
ire pbpported the evidetice of twenty. t hre emitting's, and, from
'ebb fees dep to, it was contended that the testator wee of un-
irt,ind mind with respect to his daughter, and bad been labour:4
I,ellir *te tte! delusion when he est:toed the will above set forth.
Firm the part of :Ileums. Clarke, the nephews of the deceased.
so 'll~l the residue, which comprises the great bulk of the
tes-
tetot'e property, will go, should the will be declared valid., a re.
spir4i•te allegretion,sconaisting of thirty-three articles, was put in.
'lvey/list/legation it was pleaded, that the testator had been raised,.
I,: Awn acuteness and ability, from the situation of a menial •to
ilitlvorSe.siort of wealth and respectability. Ile wee extremely
it tattle. vary •rrogar.t and conceited, and had very high notions'
t.f,paeentril ftathortry. lle was dogmatical its his manners, and
vet arKftrr.ty' in his conduct towards his servants and dependant..
He professed timscif to belong to those religious classes atropin'.
tiattd•M•,thodists, f'alvinists, or Eyangelista, and frequently used
wellistital phrases and scripture images in relntion to the ordwo
centtnwa of life. It was admitted that he was eccentric And
his manners and habits, but it was alleged that he bail al-
wh) s managed his affairs, pecuniary and domestic, without assiot-
anee, and 'shat, ill the practice of his profession and all other
matters,"his conduct oia not betray any thing like insanity or un-
soundness of mind ; on the contrary, although precise and positie
it net declared, that he was intelligent, well-informed, and un-
togllntelly clever and ingenious. To account for the disposition of
Ipeoporty which he had made in favour of his nephews, the allegs.
1t set forth, that Itirs. Dew, although possessed of great ability. ,
iris* person of s perverse, sullen, ;•-id obstinate temper, which irri.
treed Arr. father very much. It was also stated that he had placed her
at Isms hearding-sehoola, from both of which she was dismissed for
rt I.conduct. The deceased mimilested at all titnes the greatest s. .
likitudtrespecting her, and offered Mrs. Rivers, the proprietor e f
Ate of the schools from which his daughter was dismissed, IDOL it
the would take her hack 'Tail, which offer was declined. It was
also surfed that the ptoducant, verbally as well as by letter, had
confessed her own perversity of disposition, and solemnly promised
attiendnient. :the had also confessed that she had misrepresented
tee tither', conduct when she had charged him with inflicting
enmities upon her, In reply to some of the articles contained in
the allegation put in by Airs. Dew. it was alleged that she was not
241'14 by deceased to perform menial services, but was bound out
se a totoirkerset, in ceder, as deceased said, to her acquiring do-
n:l4+7 habits. On one occasinn the prnducant confessed her
vileness of cllstwrsitinn, and biped that she ,slieitlil be able to
tes.l it nffiction for her father she had never before done.
Deeessed then said that if she married •.4 he wished he would
roe let 25.1101.01. for a fortune. Ile said he had remained
serrierri P.. INVs after the death of 1114 first wife only hir
eeughter's sake, and that he married afterwards be-
tr.ese he foitnd Sas trreclajniable. It was stated that Mrs.
ivy had engaged hers,-1i as governess at her father-in-law's honor.
ei of 34. ;he kil/Irlellge el her father. She went with the family to
Conetliind, and hat' returned several week, to England before she
8 her lather know of her arrival. She then wrote, and he erswereil
r er bitten in a rstival manner. 0 proachin.; her with ingratitude
and neglect in not acquainting hint with her return. Subsequently 1
pmdticent magi d with nit the knowledge of 112 r father. to wham
t• .e t t never again reconciled. He frequently esipressed his dis.
leisure at he, union, anal mentioned his intention of disinheriting
bet to consequence. Urdu. all the circumstances of the case,
Dr. Ixtattr swrofe„ for the .blears Clarke, contended that the
will was executed upon Mature deliberation• and by a person thn,
atee,ontel. pe-olfar and eccentric in his habits, evalently did not
el-Per eider that elvroigement cf intellect which would ince-
;ar tase him horn making a legit disposition of his property.
tr. Jcgires. Cif Mrs. Hew. ennteriied that although upon
as.t..oti top:cs the deceased did not indulge in such a torrent of
et...al. yet mom those occasions his conduct bordered on insanity,
end with respect to hi. daughter there was the most striking evidence
st his unsolindnes: of mind. The dereased was said to be a tic.
detest, l'alvilost, and Evangelist. fi.sl torbial! that any of those
tern..hould pentess the principles acted upon by the deceased ;
lin with a Iran or strong feelings and pass:ons, constantly using
I litstees sentences end imager, his principles were most likely to
Vied to insanity. Under all the circumstances he thought the Court
earth! hese no difficulty in pronouncing the will not to be the will
• la sane person, but of a diseased mind, brooding over the mis.
. ardoct of his estiglite-, which had no existence but in his own
1 nagination. He may hive had sufficient soundness of mind to
t urt himself in the ordinary exigencies of life, but he certainly
/sod not PUNaetrt soundness to give validity to such a disposition of
fah property as h: had made.
The allegations of the several witnesses., with the responsive al-
i-rt.ittenui, west! then read, and occupied the Court until its rising.
T !..e arguments of Couesel will be heard on a future day.

IN!OLVrNT DEBTORS' COURT, MONDAY, JAN. 23.

(An OF WILLIAM YATIA.

Mr. Pot LOC X rose to infor4itl46u;tiiv;t he was about to go
dorn to Westminster. in order to move the Court of King's Bench
tot a mandamus to remove this case to Bristol. where, he observed,
might be tried at the next Assizes, if the writ were granted.
Mr. Beare insisted on the insolvent's right to be heard to-day.
which hid been fixed by consent of both parties. lie had been al-
s'.xtly six weeks in prison, and his cuntitietnent might be indrti-
nifelx prolongcd. while learned Counsel were making experiments.
If ti.e Court of King's Ile,ch were to grant a rule nisi. the case
rcigtit remain unsettled during two or three terms. and the soecu-
lava. advantage of fixing a point of law would afford the insolvent
hi) adequate consolation fur his long imprisonment. Ile (Mr.
.11eaih) therefore could not resign hit right to be heard, and conse-
tr,ntly to the costs of the day, if the cause must be postponed.
The Co raz having conferred together sometime, permitted the
case to ix adjourned to the nth of fcbruary, en condition, that if
it lie heard here no opposition shall be made. The inso:rent had
u:..alitibte.:ly a right to be heard : as the postponement was there-
Ile an indulgence to creditors, they ought to pay the costa of the
dal.
Smite, Elv, • baker if Oxford, was opposed by Mr. Ramsay,
of whom he lisd purchased Sour to the value of 831. The insolvent.
v.heri commencing business, had borrowed 21)01. of his brother,
Forni•ing to re-pay him from the profits of his business according
as they occurred. In October last, being sued for the sum of 60/.,
i.e applied to his brother for acsistance. sun reminded him that his
icirer engagement remained unfultilied, and finally obtained from
hirn an assignment of his book debts to the amount of 1:11:1.
Aliiiut a month afterwards he sold his business, shop-fixtures. Ric.
tiaiszthlting a sum of 1261., which lie raid away to several of his
vedimrs. The insolv.nt, on his eroas-esaniination, admitted that
with)* time he considered his affairs in a dcvlietate state. It ap-
pesrcd also, from the affidavit of the Sheriff's officer who arrested
$1 ILL the suit of Mr. Ramsay. that he then declared that he could
Ir. Barony's demands, if he were satisfied with his conduct.
'a 4,4lcolf.his furniture also, to a large amount, was proved by
zfEdavits of the porters employed in carrying it to the sue-
Laneir.

---1111:Coing. for the insolvent, contended, that although he had
actually withdrawn a considerable portion of his effects fmm his
crediMnt, yet he was not obnoxious to any prevision of the Act of
l'arlisenent. He was cempellsd to transfer his book debts to his
boiler by the condition under which he had commenced business ;
t•-.e Coney raised by the sale of his shop was paid to bona fide cre.
dtkirsi, and the subsequent stale of his furniture (if any took plsee)
wig shhout his knouledge or direction ; he was therefore exempted
Pits in eharge of concealment.
The Loral' were unanimously of opinion that Mr. Ely had en-
&avowed to *maul' the interest of certain parties while he its.
teitllo taking the benefit of the Act ; be had contemplated hut
iqpiincy. it not as a certainty, yet as a probable contingency.
Court therefore ordered him to be cor.tiued within the walls of
t 'll piston Jot ten months.
AM,/ those discharged this day was William Chapman. aged
A4;yeart. The only ground of opposition to him was, that he had
toy** his debts under the feigned name of Craneson. It no.
perrr, however. on examination, that he had borne this name lit
years. an early passion for the stage having led him to Routine it ;
Viet he bad rammed his family name when his accumulated ntis.
fertilizes obliged him to take refuge under his brother's roof.
Ma4l4cw Jupp was also discharged. Hie only debt was a sum
0r43j,, atitked for him to fight a pitched battle in tiloucetoei shire.
Jupp fought, and was beaten; he gas immediately arrested, and
has pow taken the benefit riche Act.