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London, England, 1834-02-24 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, FEB. 22.

(London Sittings at Nisi Prises, before Lord LYNDHURST
and a Common Jury.)
HALLETT V. BAILEY.

The plaintiff in this case was a tailor, in South Nlelton-
street, and the defendant a Colonel in the Army, hi,;hly
connected. The action was brought for 211., the alleged
balance of an account for clothes made for the defendant,
and for furnished lodgings let to defendant in plaintiff's
house. The defendant was arrested in the autumn of last
year for the amount.
Evidence was called to prove that the plaintiff was a
man of rank and fashion, that the clothes furnished to
him were not charged exorbitantly, and that the defen
dant had ackowledged the account for lodgings and clothes
to he correct. No witnesses were called for the defence,
but several items were disputed in the cross-examination,
with a view to show that the real debt, which was under
201., had been raised to 211., in order to enable the plain-
tiff to arrest the defendant. A plain blue cloak, with a
very ordinary black collar, was produced in Court. It was
charged 101. 10s. in the bill. Plaintiff's foreman said
there were three yards of cloth in it at 325. a yird ; six
yards of silk, at 4s. 6d. a yard ; and a collar worth 103.6 d.
The materials amounted to Si. 3s. 6i1., and the witness
swore he did not consider 51. 7s. too much to charge for
fashion ; there was very little work in the cloak.
The Jury found for the plaintiff.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

Saturday an elderly female, named Christiana Guth,
whose intellect some years ago abandoned her in conse-
quence of disappointed affections, was brought before the
Loan MAyon by the parish officers of St. Martin Orger.
She had in her arms a waxen doll, which she hugged with
remarkable fondness to her bosom, over the mouth of
which she had been found pouring gruel with the care and
solicitude of a mother.

The officers stated that the deranged woman was the
daughter of a merchant, who had been very respectable,
and that fifteen or sixteen years ago the death, they be-
lieved, of a beloved person completely broke her under-
standing. Commercial misfortunes pressed upon her
father, who died without being able to make provision
fur her; but a gentleman who resi•ected the family entered
into bond to support her in Bethlehem hospital, and there
she remained in a hopeless state of insanity up to the pre-
sent time. Her parish was Islington ; and the gentleman
who had hitherto maintained her at his own expense,
finding that the incumbrance was a very serious one, de-
termined to hand her over to the parish officers. She, of
course, was removed from Bethlehem, which she consi-
dered to be her own mansion ; hut the parish officers of
hlington refused to take her under their care, and she
wandered about the streets with her waxen babe, and ex-
hibiting the most unequivocal symptoms of a distempered
brain.

The LORD MAyoti said that the parish officers of Is-
lington must receive the poor woman if sLe really be-
longed to them.
It was stated to his Lordship that Mr. Laing, of Hatton-
garden police-office, sanctioned4he rejection of the officers,
and said that if the overseers of St. Martin Orger took
the woman to the Islington workhouse he would order
them to be indicted.

The LORD MAI-oft—Well, I'll try what an order of
removal will do. The total helplessness of the unfortunate
woman requires that a summary course should be adopted.
I regret that the gentleman who has hitherto supported
her is no longer disposed to continue his work of charity ;
but I think the bond he has entered into still binds him.

MARYLEBONE.
REMOVAL OF HACKNEY COACH STANDS.--JOhn
James, the driver of the hackney_coach, No. 1,508, was
charged with plying for hire in Great Quebec-street, New-
road, which was formerly a coach-stand, but which has
been removed to Salisbury-street, Portland-town, by an
order from the Ves,ry of Marylebone. Many of the
coachmen, dissatisfied at the new station assigned to
them, still continue to ply at the old spot.
The Magistrates, under a local Act of Parliament
fined the defendant los. and costs.
MARLBORO UGH-STREET.

THE Dux Or GLOUCESTER FINED.— Yestei d Byers,
the informer, summoned his Royal Highness the Duke of
Gloucester, before Messrs. DYER, CONA NT, and HALLS,
for an infringement of a particular Act of Parliament.
Colonel Higgins attended on behalf of his Royal Master to
answer the complaint.

--'I be offence appeared to be that a cart belonging to the
Duke of Gloucester had not a board with the name and
surname of the owner painted on it, and affixed on the
off side of the cart as well as at the back part of the
vehicle. _

The Gallant Colonel admitted that such was the fact ;
and, on the part of his Royal Highness, particularly re-

quested that no lenity should be shown to the Royal
Duke in case an offence was established against him.
Mr. DYER. said the case appeared to be an exceeding
slight one, and, had the defendant been a poor man, the
Bench would have considered that a fine of a shilling suffi-
ciently met the offence ; but, as his Royal Highness had
specially requested that no regard should be paid to the
dignified rank which he held, but that he should be dealt
with in a more rigid manner, because in a situation
which ought to prevent him from pleading ignorance in
mitigation, they bad determined to inflict a fine of 20s.
and costs.
The fine was immediately paid.