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London, England, 1805-02-25 00:00:00

RIGII COURT OF DELZGATES.

Af —a days since, came air t heard, before the Ifieh Court
De,reat.a., at Serleantetinn a Caw*, in which William.
Walker, and 1-11a-rivt Mare Walker, Spinster, the Ex cu
tnt. and Re•riduary Legataes, named in the last Will and
Testament of Anne IValker, late of Eau Ilarotree, in the
County of Somertet,Spinster' deceared, are the Ap,,rllaiit.;
Samuel Ireket, and Mary Walker, Spitnner, the allegril
4 sccend Ceunr, and t*o of the alleged next of Kin, of the
sae' deceased, the Resprindente.

This curious and interesting cause, which has
been argued for several days, and closed on Tues.
day last, is an appeal and complaint of a grievance
horn the l'rerogative Court of Canterbury, promotes'
by 'he said William Walkerand Harriet Mary Walker.
Spinster, the executors and residuary legatees named
in the last will and testament of Anne Walker, late of
the parish of East Haxptree, in the county of Somer-
set. Spinster. deceased, dated. Bth September. 1789;
ga;nct the said Samuel Walker and Mary Walker,
Spinster, the alleged second cousins, and two of the
alleged next r f I:ia of the said deceased, whose inte-
rest is denied, bin who are admitted as contradic-
ters to the will The said deceased died in the
rmnrli of o.!lober, mi. hue will before-men-
tioned bears date ihe Bth of September, 1769; and
it appoints William Walker, and Harriet Mary
Walker, Spinster, executors and residuary legatees.
It purports to have been signed and sealed by the
testatrix, but there arc no witnesses to attest the exe-
cution; notwithstanding there is subjoined the
usual clause for the attestation of witnesses.

The cause commenced in the Prerogative Court
of Canterbury. by a caveat having been entered,
the same was warned on behalf of the executors.

The usual proceedings were had in the Court of
Delegates, and the cause having been regularly as-
signed, came on for information and sentence be-
fore the whole commission, on the 12th of July,
when the Court were pleased to pronounce for the
appeal as a grievance, and to admit the whole of
the allegation and exhibits, and to retain the princie
pal cause.
The allegation on behalf of the Appellants con-
sists of 21 articles, and pleads as follows : That
the said Anne Walker, Testatrix, in this cause, de-
ceased. departed this life at noon, of the 14th day
of the month of a!tober last, at her house, situate
at East Harptree, in the county of Somerset, where
she hid lived for upwards of 30 years last past, be-
ing of the age of 81 years and upwards ; and that
the said Testatrix died a Spinster, without father or
mother, or any other next of kin, except some dis-
tant cousins. That a very great regard always
subsisted between the said testatrix and her cost-

sins, the af,reiaid William Walker and Har-
riet Kay Walker, spinster, the exectisors and
residuary legatees name] in the last will and
testament of the said deceased, and two of the
parties in this cause, and that snch friendship
and e-teena continued to the time of her death, and
was constantly kept up by letters, written from
time to time by the said deceased to the said IVil-
ham Walker an,! Harriet Mary Walker, spinster,
wherein she acknowledged the said William Walker
and Harriet Mary Walker, spinster, to be her
consins and next of kin, and in one of such letters
condoled with them on the loss of their father, who
was then lately dead. The deceased, in consequence
of such friendship and esteem tnr the sa:d William
Walker and Harriet Mary Walker, and her inten-
tion of benething them *ter her death,' and being in
health, and of perfect sound mind, did, some time
in or about the month of September, 1789, write
the following paper writing, duly sworn to by the
said \\Warn Walker and Harriet Mary Walker:—
In the name of God, Arun 1, Awls Walken, of F-4.4
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liarptiee. in the County of Somerset. Smoster, bating of a
,and mind and memory, d make this my lad will and testa-
ment, and resign my soul into the handset Almighty C. 0.1, my
Creator, in hopes of menial salvation after thi• life misled,
through the merits and mediation of my blessed
Saviour Jesus Christ ; my body to he decently buried nndrr
the new tooth At Lytton, with my father arid sister, by my
tweeter and Executrix hereinafter cuentioned ; as h. my
worldly estate that God bath blessed me with, I glse and dis-
pose of as Winos r.
Item. I give to Mr. Wilhite Wevtley, yrine.merchant,
in Bridal, fihy pounds. item. I give to the poor of
!implies and Lytton, to each minds fire pounds, and all the
rest and of nog swig sod chattels, ail me ready catty
nut before Mien and disposed of, all me mete ages, all my
land. at East firopar,e, at Coley, in the parish of fad Hal,'
tree, at Wells and Minium Ma'let, I give and bequeath to
Mr William Well,
and Mn. Harriet Mary Walker, hi,
easier, both of Clasen T.otto.on, eq..allr to be di-
sided between them and their heir. fur ever ; and do make the
aforesaid Mr William Walier, and his sheer, yes. ioont Este
Color and Faccutris of this is. dot will arid te.iansent, and
that they shall see, and e nose yearly to hame the two tombs at
Lytton herpes ice good repair, aa I have directed; neither shall
my exacta .rue estowtrix, nor any o! their family whatever,
OPIr ever .v4I, thing*, leaie, or lett, any of iti.. Feeds aformAid,
to Mr R•diert Wright, aEastHarptree, which lie wanted to
porch sec, nor to any of his family, err to any other person er
Ullder (1113.1 r with a pr a. lice for themselves,
(0 V., nor to chance with the void Mi Robed Wright, or
•r 4 rainily, ror it never shall be told to ate person any of
particularly a small field 11,t0n2i., to the !Ands
at Cries, liseion Aar tht rm.( if Mortfairds, joining u. the afore-
said Mr. Robert Wright Oniiings. hat .t ewer shall ever remain
in my family to and otth the other laialt for ever till time shall
be no Mum. And I oil' that my executer and executrix shall
bid their executors or executrix, administrate, or adesinistra-
kix, or amigos, to keep the Pomo, in good repair, as I hayed:
woad b.rfore forever; and 1 do revoke all former wills ay me
mad.:, am/ declare this to ,or say last will and testament In
vt...se,r hermit, I hare hereindo act niy hand arid seal this
day of September, seventeen hundred eight nine. Anne
Vi• •;;,,. Ls signed, pu'ilisherl, an-I declaimd by me, the said
tiriiiror, to be tr.:- lair will, in the presence of us whn atteced
ti, *331., in the presence of eait'i other of the said Wien',
LA4, at her moues; in pieSCISCs! ii cacti caber.
To this will is annexed an attestation, in conse-
quence of an opinion which the deceased entertain-
ed, and had frequently expressed, namely, that is
will in the hand-writing of a testator w,uld, in All
cases, and without any exception, be go.ld and va-
lid in law—and the deceased being desirous that the
said paper writing should immediately take effeEti
did set or subscribe her name at the toot or bottom
theteof, and did also set a seal thereto. That the
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whole body, snits, and contents of the paper-writ-
ing, and the name Anne Walker thereto nit and
- subscribed, were and are all of the proper hand-
writing and subscription of the Testatrix, deceased,
and are so well known anal believed to be by divers
persons of gond credit and reputation. This will
wax drawn from a paper found among other papers
cf value, which purported to be the will of William
Walker, her late uncle, who also lived and resided
at bast Harperce, and which will was all in his hand-
writiag, and si red by him, with an attestation at
thebesta testation there were no
• eased, after making

said will of the Ilth of September, 1759, carefully
folded it up in an envelope, with thefidlowiug memo-
randum : I sealed and signed my will, to have it
ready to be witnessed, the first opportunity I could
get proper persons to witness it."
The deceased lived in a most retired and private

manner, never going into the village, or beyond her
own house and premises, not even to church, for•
near 40 years preceding her death, and saw no com-
paay for the last 20 years of her life, disliking any
our to visit her, except the said William Walker,
and I larrict Mary Walker, her Executor's, • when
they came into the neighbourhood ; and though•she
had been long aLguainted with a Mr. Jenkins,who was
her Attorney, she never saw any of his family. She
constantly slept in a room, where the greatest part
of the cieling ha fallen in, and would never per-
mit the root of the house, nor any of the offices, to
be repaired, bur suffered the greatest part of the
building to fall down and go to ruin, sooner than
have workmen or strangers about her : and never
employed an apothecary, or medical person, and
stri:tly forbid her servants to fetch her one, in case
she should ever be indisposed ; and when any per-
son came about business, she would look through
the key-Irde of the door, which site always kept
locked, to see who was there, before she would suf-
fer the same to be opened ; and, on no account,
would admit more than one person at a time ; and
continued to live in such a recluse and retired life
down to the time of her death.

She placed great confidence in Mr. Jenkins, and
permitted him to receive her rents, and transaft
other business for her, but she studiously concealed
from him, as far as she was able, the real state of
her affairs ; and whenever he, or Mr. Rich, who suc-
ceeded him in business, applied to her for•loans of;
money on mortgage, she always declared that she
had none, and wondered what could induce them
to suppose she could command so large a sum as a
thousand pounds. She was more particularly dis- •
trustful of her servants, and constantly kept in her'
pocket the key of the private room, where her tree- I
sure and papers of moment and concern, together
with her will, were deposaed, and would never
permit any person whatever to go into it, nor even •
her maid servant to clean it, and always kept her
garrets locked, and concealed the several keys of
them. She watched every part of the house with
the greatest care, and, during the latter part of her
life, scarcely ever ventured into the garden above
once in two years, and that only when her man serv-
ant was from home. The better to di semble her
circumstances, she pretended always great poverty,
and •would borrow small sums of money of the te-
nants, and other persons in the neighbourhood, tb
enable her to pay her taxes and parochial assess-
ments, saying at such times, that her rents were not
due, hut that she should soon receive them, and
would then repay the money she had so borrowed.
Down to the time of her death, she continued to
use such and other like methods to conceal from the
neighbourho-d, and particularly from her streams,
the exteat of her property; she entertained an opi-
nion, which she at different times expressed to di-
vers credible persons, that, in a formal execution and
publication of a will, it was necessary to acquaint
those who were present as witnesses, what were the
contents of such will.

The deceased was seized with a paralytic stroke,
of witch she died, and after her death, among other
papers found in tl e drawer of the bureau in her
private room, at East Harptree, there was a paper
of instruaions concerning her funeral, wherein she
mentioned that none of her cloaths should be given
to the daughter of her late servant John Walker,
not any of his family ; also there was found in
such drawer an inscription, also her own hand-
writing, to be put on her tom-s after her death,
as likewise an ACCOUIV, also in her own hand
writing, ref some of her property, and where
such property, together with her will, ssras to he
found; as also a paper writing, containing direc-
tions where to find her keys, and tfiat her said will
was found in the upper drawer of the bureau as
therein metsr sliest ; and after her death, on observ-
iog the further direCtions, the keys also were found,
but the deal box in the wall, mentioned in the paper.
had been lost or mislaid, so that it could not be.
found, but a tin cannister Wag found, containing
sundry sums of money. There were also formd se-
veral small boxes, a large coffer containing xlso
some money, and sundry gnineas,talf-guineas,
mu-
leatts, and other Portugal pieces; of different dates
and value, and also there were found in a box in the
kitchen chamber sundry sums of money jmokig
some rags, as likewise several sums of money in s
great chest over the kitchen, and on examining the
da.k closet in the kitchen chamber, there were fetund
various sums of money, and on etamining a scrutoire,
there were found several sums of money, as also
other sums of money, to the amnunt of twenty awa-
ited pagiwis, or thereabouts, secrete/ in ninety-five
different places and parcels atm.:. the said house.
The following are a part of the Letters which
were proved in the cause, as evidence of the regard
which the deceased bore for the said William Wal-
ker, sad Harriet Mary Walker

No V.

I am totally cetipwer Inc ;omit t 4 express my cordial thanks
Inc yom'a and the (lumbers very üblizinginvitation to London.
lint ems', einheace it, for was I to make iou a visit and should
it ple..se the Almighty, toy dear, while I should be with you,
to call in: horns to himself, it would give you a Vail deal of
tronisle to send my corpse down lo'L.:ttois (two miles from
boom) to be interred with my dear father and sister, as I In-
tcini, die whenever I tear, to have my remains deposited under
the tombs that my snow ratty mingle, with those ever dear
',ministering, ever to b• Istnesited friends in the silent grave,
;ether; I wish it had been our fates to have lived nearer, that
see to art haw? had frequent interviews with each °diet --
Just after sr hat to you, Mr and Mrs. J enlty ns lost their daugh-
ter and unly child, I never sew her, but by ell A. scription I have
hail of are would have made a were elegant woman, she hail a
Foe person ; and in a few day. afterward, Mrs. Senkyn's father
duel, he came up to see tots beloved granddaughter, and I be•
hese Cie ion. of Mi.., was to weight, a grief for a gentleman of
his great age to supports r she V 29 the only and beloved dart-
ing of the family I fear 'twill impair Mr. and Mrs. J. rattan,
they have been buttery little well. since their reetrewiersele
Alas, how little is their in this fleeting state but certain troubles
and uncertain pleasures, for death in one moment mats afall
the hopes of marry future yew of htiprel far happiness in
many familys. My ardent election. watt on you and my drat
cousins, and ma, every felicity crown your present and eitteirc
wishes, than be the fervent prayers of your ever unchangeable
East Mentzer, 7th June, 79. WALKER.
Mias Shepherd desires her mom respeftful compliments.
(Super...tilted) To Miss Walker.

Nn. VII.

To hear of lour health and tafereu srn to London, gave me,
I assure you, deer Cousin, a very acreeaWe plessuss, paysy
would you rsentiuu suck a Milk? I dare IV you west partook

PRICE OF STOOLS SATURDAY.
411
Bank Stark
A per Cent Rednend. 51173
per Cent. Centel. • 58114
4 per Cent . .•••• 00000 •••.••••761
per Cent. Navy
Lang Ann . . ..•••• l7 $.%6.
Imperial Ann
()rtinioni
India Snick ..•
Ex Janine, MY dl. par.
Censoia tut..
56.41 i

T. BIS% Slack&late*,
VW 4, Combat, 'lad",

TRICE OF IRISH STOCKS.
Cu.. Deb 5 per east. (Feb. 13) 844

COURSE OF EXCH.62IGt, rata‘r• FAA 22.
3 daraerdem .... 94 9 1 17; Genes
Dam, at flight .. 38 I Venice lBl
Rotterdam IS 3 2 U. Lashes' , ao
ti,..atirih 25 8 141/. Oporto 6O(
Alton'
Parrs I day's daap 15, IS
Ditto -' 26 0 t U. somas. I. a d
Idnuraeaux SG P Icti In Coin
W Cadiz • 14 yman .iallets alet
pair et... 4 0 0
Ditto
Ma Ind .. . 14 rn payer New Dellers.
0 5 4
Ditto 'lOl elf .1 Sillier is Sm.__ • 0 0 0
Silber .5.7j ' Mrs L,tais nab t... 0 0 n •
LeShen I 49; ' Ape on the Bak of Holland
Napier
Danko es Lasko (rob. 16.)

•aIRt HS.
Tyeshetp7diagrlst.eHnonniLa,
the Istd.r of the Hoed George Villjer., ofa rnnrarenor
street.
ths Tit ursday lut, Mrs Colonel Francis Blackford, of Rai,.
,t-eet, of a son.
MARRIAGES.
Thursday, at Easter, Captai.t of the in
Regiment, to MIAs Charlotte Rishoo, of Exeter.
At Madras, in June lut, Captain Charlerneratt, of rh.• tee
Regiment of Native Infantry, to Min Elizabeth Wirer, h
ter of Colonel Oliver, lahlGovignor of AlratoNia •

DEATHS.
On the 17th inst. At Deptford, Mn. thensten_, ngsi
91
mother of Captain Crandon, t: rounandor thd Nome 3:
eiety's
Lately„in the Stith pew of his atili heroine with a de5id,„,,,,4
44' the Company's troops, in the P.ovincie of aundelria,
and. after An almoner of above forty years in the East
Lieutenant Colonel illsonsas Polhill, of Ole ht Reeimant
Native Infantry, and Commander at Pi ine•of Wales's Is
ant
He ova the Nest sem of the late Damn Polhdl, Esq. oar of
.I,l,ticvn of Maidstone.

WWI WATER THIS DAY AT LONLION-BRII.A.
Morn. 51 min. after 11.—.Evert. 12.

SALES BY Au c

Sy :). SADLER

At his Renositorv, Goawell -street, Sear SmithAeld TO.Moit.
ROW, the 25th of Februar.. at o.l^ Wel
A PAIR of CRAIG.° f GELDINGS, ,he
..71 Property of a pentlemmi der tared, a clever Cr,
a IMt trott •r, le ii:n.rate to tide, and remarkably quits
rwss ; •.Hsy Golding, a clever hackney. I, Laker bk,.;
tee hand. and a half birth, fag in all her pat,.
hung Cart Hottas and upward: of Suet, Horses, of various
de.c,iptSons, J11101)g obrzh are several good Hackney% Sio
Post Hoses, gc.
N. II Several Chariots, Chaise., Gigs, Phaetons, and sou•
dry other Lots To be viesossil the morning of Sale.

To STATIONERS, BOORRIP•LERS.R CARD MAKERS,
Goutsim: Stock of Paper con: gned from teelaud.
Be Mews BURTON and VENNOR,
Oa THURSDAY, February 28, lOUS, at Eleven u'llock, a
the Paul's Head, Caosat.urstreet,
AGENUINE AsSORTMENT OF PAPER,
recently consigned f.oru IRELAND, it 'tidal several
Fluodred Reams of FoutiClV, Thick and Thin P. 41, I.lllli u.
Nlws Demy, and llo!al Double Short Demy for Mw
sic, kc.

To be attired the Morning of Sae ; and Cayaloguer had se
the Room ; and of Mean. Barton and Verrisor, 62, Cambill.
N R The Lots will be arranged Inr the aceoenndlatwo
the Trade.

Cliespede.—LEASE of a convenient DWELLING HOU%
with neatthoo and Private Entrance.
By Mews. SURTIIIB and VENNOR,
tht FRIDAY, March t, at Garraward, by DireCtiou Ode
Prenrietnr.
' (SHE LEASE, with immediate Possession, tip
I convenient Brick DWELLING•HOUSE, with 'ant
,orrie private entrance, and neat slcie, moat eligibly Winded,
Nu 81, Clusapaide, two doors trate (Ad Jewry. The Privies
at.: five st..ries high, and contain Eight Chambers,
ranm, Drawing room, two Kitchens, Wash-ramie, Shop ~ttk
coronundi,l temir front, neatly fitted or, 'Mr ?lib", beViiirt,
contend'', at a small ewer:ace into an este 1111:e.notr,
private entrance, and irdtahle domestic ,otiveitiencies, lieges
L.cate for an uectte,ired term of about 17 years, at airaketta
rent.

To be viewed six days rreviousto the Sale, and pinto
tit-tears had eh the Preentsea; at (3;:trussay's; add si
13tIn011 andVennor, 62, Comilla

Capital Frii-ho!•! Two Vat Paper Mill with Ihsell:eg *Opt ,
Garden, Orchard, Eight Tenements, and suitable Uut•baiiis.
togs, Kent.
By Mews BURTON and VENNOR,
. .

M Garraway's ou !FRIDAY, March 11, at Twele, by Dies.
flue of the Proprtetor,
AValuable FREEIIOLI) Two Vat WM-4
PAPER MILL, with Duel.ing Ifrthie and , wars' , `.,••
ovulation to do a severe'', stroke of Sirsiorts, very Idea
tautly situate, with a large !lead of Watei, in the oloita-.tVii
Cheritou, between the lea Port Tonna of Pulkatore amA
II) the, in Cm County of ge..t, together with fight Teir•
twenty fir Work :le l, and siittaide I..oftv and Premises, rem-,•
ekil a pl.m.ant did:ince from me Dueling, a anden and Or.
Oland, planted with thriving Fruit-trees, atad :,rte Mill Patel%
well ,tocked with Fills ; the whole Freon are in (nod re.
pair, and a t.u.rably roviuged w docad,wt the Rtleilloll IF AI
littat facJity ; iminadiato poov evion w... he given.
To be .iew.vi rix days I/ft:Vat/US to tht Sale, when Ilium&
Particulars star be had on the Premises ; :t the onnentalli.ti,
Folkston, anti fir the; Star, X lanlAtine ; Gull, Worthasa al
Garraway'v and eel Mawr. Rimini and Vintner, 62, *walk
l,ntiots
N. H. A Moiety of the purchase may relstankma Martina

FREEHOLD ESTATES, SOITTHWARE.
By Mum. BURTON and VENNOR,
On FRIDAY, ?starch 6, at Tool ye, at Garraway'a, by Direr
tion of the Executors, in TA. Lott,
11111S1RABI.F. and very improvable FREE.
DOLD ESTATES ; comps-mg several Britt Diol-
ling floosies (one of which is a Public flow`, and spa.itwit
Preraist* situate lu Stuney•tarie, resoley-etreitt, Borough
Lid. I. A sulutantialgitiriet Dwell ing-houseLsiteate is Stoney-
lane; containing Chatobeis, Two Parlour‘, Wadb•
haute, and Counting holm, • IpieCiPtli Yud, with Wolishins,
Smith's Saup,aosel Saw 1'441,0 on Lease to Mr. Cooper, A'
wright, for an miespired term of 14 years, at Mielsonsrier
neat, at a moderato root. I.ot IL A Public Ileum and Pre.
ruin, known by the sign of the Ship, eligibly situate In !ivory
I are, euntigtinui to the Brewlionte, lets on Lease for an art-
pired terns of 24 years et Aumwt Wit. Also Six tuber iv is
Brick Tenements, cull with Twueimentery Parlours,
Louse, and Yard, lett to mood Temuiti at wilt.
The Premises to Ire viewed by leave of the tenant. 'it c
proritats t.. dm Sale ; and Paint:inert had at Mr. C00p.•..a.
Public house; of Meats. Billion and Vol:taw, 6i, Cat. hal;
and at Garraway's.

PEMBROKESHIRE.
Valuable and foaproveatile Freehold gstate, with Royale*
Manor, Fisher", Pernrtual Ailvowaon, Sr.
By Pk. fER COXE, BURRELL. and Ft:STEP.,
At Garraway's, nn FRU) Marth Cg, at TeelAt,
A VERY vakabie and improveable FREEIRILD
Es-r. \ TR, containing 1,00 acres of Land, lett to testament
will, cancel I;rost Trefgarn,being a Par icb and Lordship of itself.
situate era a delightful past of the county of Pembroke, stasind.,
lag in Game, five miles on the turnpike road front Daverford.
west, and ten milmfrom }retard: cossitting nt sundry gatla
orehanls, hennas, court lodges, bins, stables. closes, Plc,'s Ina
of rich and fertile arable, ince rw, sod' ww4-11411. °
aci,:s of which are oak timber, Mghly ornamental as wen as pm-
fiiahle, and with uninclosod sheep-walks t t..e whole in a II I
fence: together with the next Presentation and P. ..1
Advowson of the Living of Great Trefgarn, and all the lto.sl,
tie% Maslow') Right, an Court Leet, Court Boren, &r with an
samurai' Fish,sy of newt tan miles of the Went keddy,
skins the Estate, a favourable Wean' for nett, bout, and 01.
mon : tit ne it good stone on she Estate fer bialding. and a ores
mill may be erected at very little expellee. property i. eel
worth the attention oi any Nobleman or Gentleman who nut
wish to investhis money in Land, to • part of the caviar. •'.ers
the value of land is daily rising, as in that part of Smith W Jet.
May De viewed any time till the Sale en application to .Mt.
Peter Axtn, Belmont, near lavertene
west, of whom
ars may be had One monthprecedingalas of Weis, Sh
Docker, Yates, and Hodson. Manchester John Chamberil Aar
Esq. Chester; the bunk loss, Bristol; the Cattle and the
Maiiwer, Haverfordwest; the White Hart, Narbe4 ; at
Place of Salo and of Mears. Peter Come, Burrell, and regal'
I brogioorte.i-stiest; where a Plan of tbelkettileeney he seen.

LONDON s--. Mated by GIORGF. DAVIDSON, Na SI.
Wycluervel. es. Clesseees. use published by JOIOMIL
4YDrit, at the Office, No. 15, 11.,c1t St. clew's"
Church, StraDd, where Orders fee dm Parer, &C. (tiosiml"
duly attended be.
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