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SUMMER ASSIZES.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT-BURY Sr. EDMUNDS.
JULY 30.
WADE V. TIIE MARQUIS OF lIERTFORD.

Mr. KELLY stated the case for the plaintiff, an
elderly widow lady of good family, residing at Re)-
don Cottage, a short distance from the mansion of
the defendant. The action was brought to recover
damages for a nuisance, which it was alleged the
defendant had authorized, whereby the peace and
comforts of :Mrs. Wade's life were very seriously
disturbed. The lands of the Marquis entirely sur-
round those of the plaintiff, with the exception of
one end, which is bounded by the high road. The
plaintiff's husband was on the best possible terms
with the defendant, and so the plaintiff and her fa-
mily continued since his death, until 1826, when
one of her sons unluckily shot a pheasant in her
grounds, which fell on the adjoining land of a te-
nant of the defendant. From the terms on which
his family were with the noble defendant, young
Mr. Wade did not for a moment imagine that his
following the wounded bird would give offence,
and he therefore passed the boundary line of the
esta!es, and picked up the pheasant. The good
understanding, however, which had up to that
time existed, from tha' hour ceased, and a system
of annoyance was commenced which: completely
destroyed the quiet and privacy of the plaintiff's
domain, till at length Mrs. Wade was obliged to
remonstrate with the defendant, which she did by
letter. The Marquis, in his answers, assured her
that he had given his " bird-boys " strict orders not
to incommode or annoy her, and he was extremely
sorry if they had not attended to his orders. Ne-
vertheless, things continued in this state for a sea.
son or two, when Mrs. Wade again remonstrated.
Not only were pistols, cat-calls, and a variety of
implements, of which the Learned Counsel scarcely
knew the names, made use of, but of late, tin ca-
nisters, with stones, or some such thing, withinside,
were employed in addition to the other engines of
annoyance, till Mrs. Wade's cottage had become
almost uninhabitable, and her life miserable.
Mr. ANDREWS, for the defendant, assured the
Jury that nothing was farther from his wish than to
cause any annoyance to the plaintiff. He had given
orders to his keepers and the other persons employed
about his estate, not to give any ground of com-
plaint, and if they had exceeded their authority, it
was against his wish and without his sanction.

The Jury delivered their verdict for the plaintiff.

NORWICH, JULY 30.

The commission of assize for the county of Nor-
folk was opened this evening with the accustomed
formality. The Civil list is lighter than has been
known for some years ; but in the Criminal Couit
there are for trial, six cases of sheep-stealing, two of
horse-stealing, eight or nine of burglary, five of
highway robbery, and one of arson.

OXFORD CIRCUIT—STAFFORD, JULY 28.
On Thursday the Commission was opened here,
and their Lordships went to church on Friday morn-
ing. Their Lordships entered Court at nine o'clock;
but it being three hours before the usual hour, busi-
ness of course was postponed until twelve o'clock,
when by that time the Grand Jury had arrived. It
was rather amusing to see Mr. Justice Bosanquet
enter the Nisi Prims Court with about 40 Gentle-
men of the Bar, without the appearance of an At-
torney or a Jury. After looking at each other for
a few minutes, they all marched out and retired to
their lodgings, to await the arrival of the Attornies
and their briefs.

There is a good deal of business on the civil side.
There are 10 special jury cases, but of no great pub-
lic interest—two are writs of right.
Thomas Hart, a respectable farmer, aged 60,
was charged with the wilful murder of his wife, by
knocking out her brains with a bludgeon.
His appearance at the bar was that of a lunatic;
when called up to plead, guilty or not guilty, he
said," I am not guilty that I know of."
The Jury were then sworn, to ascertain his sa-
nity, when it was proved by Mr. Brutton, the Go-
vernor of the prison, and Mr. Hughes, the sur-
geon, that he was decidedly insane.
Prisoner—When I used to keep Lichfield-mar-
ket, nobody thought me then insane; people want
to get my money.
The Jury, after a short consultation, found the
prisoner insane.
When the verdict was returned, prisoner said," I
should like a pipe and some tobacco."

Mr. Baron GURNEY directed the prisoner to be
detained to await his Majesty's plessure.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY-JULY 30.

COURT OFREVIEW.

The COURT having disposed of several petitions,
was obliged to adjourn at 12 o'clock, on account of
the room being wanted for a sale. Their Honours
regretted, that the time of the public and of the
Bir should be so wasted, for want of a place in
which the Court could uninterruptedly sit.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION fl 0 USE.

Yesterday, after the general business of the Jus-
tice-room was terminated, a female of respectable
appearance, named Nichol, applied to Mr. Hobler
for advice in what manner to act under circum-
stances which she felt to be peculiarly hard. The
applicant said, that about 15 or 16 months ago her
husband, who was a carpenter, was engaged to go
out to Fernando Po, which had been considered
by Government as a climate much more congenial
to British constitutions than that of Sierra Leone.
He had not, however, been many days at the new
settlement, when he had reason to think that the
account he received of it was very far from the
truth, for it appeared to him a place formed by
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writing home, but that he had been now for a
considerable time silent, from which fact she con-
cluded that he was dead. Her apprehensions
had become greater by the refusal of Mr. Dillon,
of Broad-street, the agent upon whose representa-
tions he had gone out to the colony, and who had
regularly engaged him for the colonial service, to
pay 31. 164., the last monthly stipend, which he had
given her instructions to receive at the office. Upon
requesting that Mr. Dillon would state the grounds
of his refusal, and appealing to him as a man of hu-
manity to let her know whether her husband was
alive or dead, she was assured by him that Mr.
Nichol was in perfect health, and that the money
had been ordered to be withheld, because those who
had gone to Fernando Po were upon their way to
England. She had received no intimation from her

husband of the intention of the Governor to send
him home.

The applicant said, that Mr. Dillon had described
the settlement as one of the most healthy parts of
the world, and her husband had no other means of
obtaining information with respect to it. The let-
ters she had received from her husband described
the climate as the most dreadful in the whole world,
and thet the blacks could not make coffins or shells
fast enough for the white men who were taken off.
Mr. Hobler said, that if the Lord Mayor was
present, his Lordship would probably adopt some
means of procuring more conclusive intelligence for
the applicant, and advised her to make another ap-
peal to Mr. Dillon.