The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-10 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX COUNTY COURT.

KINGSGATE-STREET.—THE TAILOR, THE MILLINER,
AND THE HORSE HAIR CALVES !—BROWN V. TURREL.
.--The plaintiff in this case was a tailor ; and a few months
mince the defendant called upon him, and said he wanted a
pair of the very best superfine black kerseymere dress
trousers, and inquired the price of them. Plaintiff told
the defendant they would be two guineas, but eventually
agreed to take 1/. 18s. As the defendant was so fretfully
anxious to obtain a good fit, plaintiff cut them out, and had
them basted upon his legs ! After the manifold alterations
had been suggested by the said defendant, and assented to
by the plaintiff, the trousers were completed and sent home.
In a few hours, however, they were sent back with a mes-
sage that they were too loose in the seat—(considerable
laughter, during which the defendant looked as grave as im-
posture itself). Plaintiff made the required alterations, but
still to no purpose ; and at length, getting tired, he sent in
his bill and receipt, which defendant thought proper to keep,
without disbursing the amount, and sent back the trousers.
Mr. Commissioner Dusois—Now, Mr. Turrel, what
say you to this ?—which is Mr. Turrel ?
Here a very delicately-made, and rather woeful-visaged
individual, about five feet two inches in height, stepped for-
ward, and with as much dignity as there in him lay, said, "
Sir, am Mr. Turrel---!" _ _

COMMISSIONER—And what are you, Mr. Turrel, eh ?
Defendant—Me, Sar—l'm a tratesman, Sir--.-
COMMISSIONER—Phoo, phoo—what trade arc you ?
Defendant—Why, Sar—aw—l'm a niillanaur.—(Shouts of
laughter.)
COMMISSIONER—WeII, Sir, what do you say to the
plaintiff's statement ? Defendant—lt's all very true, Sar,
as he says—but, Sar, I'm determined to have my clothes to
fit. After I had the seat taken in—aw—l found they
were too long—and aw when aw—he altered them again—
a w—they positively were too short and aw—when I
w anted them—aw—made longer—aw—the tailor said he
ould charge—aw—the alteration, and aw—so you see he
has dragged me here.—(Laughter.)
Plaintiff—Why, Gentlemen, when he first came to ire
ho wanted the trousers made with padded horse hair calves
--( Immense laughter)—but I told him I did not deal in
horse hair. As to the present pair of trousers lam con-
fident they fit.
COMMISSIONER—I'm afraid, Mr. Turrel, we must get
you to do as we usually order in such cases—try them on,
and the Jury will decide whether they fit or not.
Defendant—'Pon my honour, Sar, I cannot.—(Laughter.)

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COMMISSIONER-Why you may go up stairs, unless,
indeed, the horse hair calves are in requisition—we cannot
accommodate you with those—

Defendant, indignantly—Perhaps, Sar, you may not know
what a pair of dress trousers are—(laughter) ; they should
fit tight, Sir, and aw—
Cox MISSIONER—SiIence, Sir good man-milliner—you
shall have these trousers made so tight that it shall puzzle
you to get out of them. Are you (to plaintiff) willing to
make another attempt at fitting this gentleman's extraordi-
nary pair of legs ?—Plaintiff (eying the defendant with in-
effable contempt)—You may say that, Sir—'tis a hopeless
task ; but I'll try.
COMMISSIONER—On that condition then the case shall
stand over for a week, and on Monday morning next, if the
gentleman still objects, he must fit them on here in Court,
when the Jury will decide upon " both capital calves" and
the trousers in the bargain.
The parties then left the Court, one of the Jurymen ob-
serving that the milliner deserved the same treatment that
the dress-trousers had undergone—that is, a good basting.
Mary Fuller, a very knowing-looking sort of pot-house
servant of all work, summoned her mistress for the sum of
6s. Bd., for a fortnight's wages. The mistress, a very lady-
like person, attended on her own behalf, and the following
is a faint outline of the crimination, recrimination, itera-
tion, and reiteration, which continued nearly " one hour by
Shrewsbury clock :"
Mr. COMMISSIONER—Why did you leave, Mary Fuller ?
Plaintiff—She called me a thief ; she said I always went
to the safe, and took the meat. She took the butter off
my plate when I was at breaksfast, and put it into a pie-
crust.

Defendant—Oh, Mary! Well, I never—oh !
Plaintiff—You know very well you said I shouldn't slob-
ber the butter away, and anything would'nt be too good
for me ; and, to be sure, you was always larking about my
appetite, when you never knew me to eat above a pound of
meat for my dinner, all the time I was with you.
COMMISSIONER—You've said quite enough. Now, let.
us hear the other side.
Defendant—Sir, I can assure you she is a very bad ser-
vant. She eat every bit of lean that came before her, and
threw away the fat ; and as for pepper, why I could never
keep a bit of it in my house.—( Roars of laughter, in which
both Commissioner and Jury heartily joined.) She'd go to
the safe, and cut off about three pounds and a half of meat
at a time. She was very dirty, and never washed the vege-
tables ; but the worst of all, she formed a very improper
intimacy with a pot-boy, and hero, Sir, is a letter I received
upon the subject.
Here the letter was handed up, and the COMMISSIONER
read as follows :

" Genevverry fust, 1887.
" I rite these faw lines to let u no how ure sarwcnt is a
goin on—l sees er—ewerry day—and wen she Bits along
the pot-boy, has saws u—u karnt tel how she bites ure back
(backbites) an I nose werry wel as she guves him wittles
an sich likes—l don't want to say nuthink to hinger the
gal, but my feclins is urt to see sich goins on."
The above is but an extract of the delectable letter, ver-
bauim et literatim. The award was in favour of Mary, the

An Irishman named Featon was committed to gaol
last week, for a brutal assault on a solicitor, at Rugby. The
scoundrel drew a sword stick, vociferating justice or blood ;
and but for the interference of some persons who chanced
to be on the spot, murder would probably have been
perpetrated.

COURT OF ALDERMEN.—Yesterday being Plough
Monday a Court was held, for the purpose of receiving pre-
sentments from the various inquest juries of the City of
London, and of swearing in constables. Nothing of any
public importance took place.

A young lad lost his life on Monday at Duddingston
Loch, Edinburgh. A number of persons had assembled on
the ice, which gave way at one spot, and twelve individuals
were immersed in the water, but all were rescued save one.
The marriage of the daughter of Prince Esterhazy
takes place at Easter in the Royal Palace at Vienna ; the
Emperor gives the lady away. It is supposed that his
Excellency will remain in this country until the middle of
March.

The young lady whom we stated, a few days ago,
General Baron Athalin to have married, is Mademoiselle
Lelatraais, one of the wealthiest heiresses of Normandy.

REPRESENTATION OF ANGLESEY.-We are
enabled now to announce what for some days has been an-
ticipated, that William Owen Stanley, Esq., of Penrhos, is
the Reform candidate for the representation of the county
of Anglesey, in opposition to 0. F. Meyrick, Esq., Bodor-
gan, who stands on the Tory interest. Mr. Stanley is a
staunch and uncompromising Reformer. Carnarvon
Herald.

The registry of the county Leitrim closed yesterday.
The numbers registered were as follow :—Liberals, 29 ;
Tories, 5 : Cases for appeal—Liberals, 8 ; Tories, 2. The
activity and zeal of the agents on the estate of the Earl of
Leitrim are deserving of the greatest praise.

On Christmas-day 204 children were baptized, and
43 marriages celebrated at the Collegiate Church, Man-
chester.

The ordinary meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society
was held on Saturday, Sir George Staunton, Bart., in the
chair. Several presents were announced, and J. Hender-
son, Esq., of the Bombay Service, Messrs. Richards, Por-
ter, Malcomson, and Parkinson, were elected resident
members. The paper read was the first part of a com-
munication from Lieut. Dickinson, being an inquiry into
the fate of the ten tribes of Israel after the fall of Samaria,
founded upon the testimony of various Arabian writers.
M. Felix Lepelletier de St. Fargeau, brother of
Michel Lepelletier, who was stabbed by the Garde du
Corps Paris the day after the condemnation of Louis the
I 6th, died on Wednesday morning at Villiers, near Neuilly.
Expresses are sent off to the Duke of Cumberland
twice a week, viz., on Tuesdays and Fridays.
The members of the Lambeth Reform Association
connected with the Vauxhall district, at the Monthly Meet-
ing, specially convened (and which was very numerously at-
tended), have come to a resolution to support the two sitting
Members for the borough (Messrs. D'Eyncourt and Hawes),
and to defray any expenses which it may be necessary to
incur in that district in favour of the popular candidates,
for which ample funds have been already subscribed. A
similar resolution was to be brought forward at a General
Meeting of the Association, which will be shortly held, and
no doubt is entertained that it will be agreed to. This is
very encouraging to the hopes of the Knight of Kerry. The
Reformers of Lambeth are fully determined not to give him
and the Conservatives the benefit of a division in the camp.

It is well known that Meunier, the assassin, is
afflicted with a certain cutaneous disease. Le Corsaire says
*t no fewer than a score of officers of the National Guard
e :Aaed the honour of having arrested him, and that at a
Jutpoiree one of them was boasting to a lady that he had
ii4n
igg' the criminal. "Oh ! Sir, I hope not !" exclaimed
tbe4 ady ; " has he not the itch ?" " Be not alarmed,
, I did not touch him."