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London, England, 1827-02-03 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CONDELEGATES, FRIDAY, FEB. 2.
ELLIS AGAINST
This was an appeal from the Prerogative Court, in a testa-
mentary suit. Upon the case being called, the proctor of neither
party appeared, and upon inquiry on the part of the Court, it was
found that the appeal had been standing since 1824. The assig-
nation on the appellant to prove and exhibit the appeal had been
made in Michaelmas Term, 1525' ; since which the proctor for
that party bad withdrawn, and another was appointed, upon
whom the assignation devolved a year and a half since, although no
step had been taken.
The proctor for the respondent came into Court, upon being
sent for, and declared that he had no instructions : it was for the
opposite side to proceed.
Dr. ARNOLD (the chief surrogate) observed, that the re'pon-
dent might move the Court to dismiss the appeal ; and that unless
satisfactory explanation of the causes of delay was given next Court
day, the Court would dismiss) it.

BILISCO AGAINST GRISCO.
After the business of the Court was over, Dr. Lee, who was
one of the Surrogates in the preceding ease, inquired whether the
case of " Brisco and Brisco" was not set down for to-day.
The Registrar replied, that a question respecting the costs in
this suit Was before the Court, but the Proctors had not entered it
for hearing this day.
Dr. LEE then proceeded to express a very pointed opinion of
the conduct of the Counsel and Proctors in this suit, particularly
that of the Proctor for Lady Brisco.

He was interrupted by Dr. DA ÜBENT, the presiding member in
the ease last heard, who observed, that this question was not be-
fore the Court in any shape ; that the business was over, and he
begged it might be understood that the Court was no party to
these observations.

Dr. LEE—You seem, Dr. Daubeny, to he very averse to my
making any remarks uyon this ease, :lough I am a member of
the Court as well as yourself.

Dr. LEE then resumed his strictures upon the conduct of Mr.
Jenner, Lady Brisco's proctor.
Mr. JENNER stood up and observed, that Dr. Lee had no right
to animadvert upon his conduct in this manner, and that he would
not bear it.

Dr. LEE.—I have a right, Mr. Jenner ; and wken the case
comes before this Court, I shall feel it my duty to put some ques-
tions to you in regard to your conduct in it.

Mr. SENNER__.-Whatever questions the Court may think pro-
per to put, I shall be very willing to answer ; but I repeat, that
ycu have no right to reflect upon my conduct, and that I will not
bear it. _ _

Mr. GLEITNIE, the proctor for Sir Wastel Brisco, begged to ob-
serve, on the part of that gentleman, that he was in no manner party
to the observations made upon Mr. Jenner.

lien; the Kerte ended by the 4/caking up of the Court.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-TlOUSE.—Yesterday, a young female, dressed in
faded mourning, was introduced to the LORD MAYOR, by a
gentleman of distinguished benevolence (one of the Co►nmittee
for the Refuge for the Houseless Poor,) as an object deserving of
his Lordship's peculiar attention and charitable assistance.

It appeared, from the statements made to his Lordship, that
amongst the wretched females who sought shelter at the Refuge
for the Houseless, a few nights ago, the applicant was conspicu-
ous for her apparently severe mental suffering. Her manners were
very superior, and particular inquiry was made into the nature of
the case. She stated that she was the widow of the Hon. E. Roper,
the brother to the present Lord Teynham. Her husband had died
suddenly in 1815. Since that period, she had lived upon small
means which he had left to her ; but these failed her to-
wards the commencement of the year, when her own parents
being dead, having no relations of her own to apply to, and being
refused relief by her husband's brother, she was plunged into a
state of indescribable misery. She had that morning been turned
out of doors in consequence of her not being able
to pay her wandered about the streets, and the seve-
rebnyt. her landlady,he
rity of the weather, and her own distressed state of mind, would
probably have occasioned a fatal termination to her sufferings,
had she not accidentally been directed. to the Refuge for the
Houseless, with the nature of which she was not previously
acquainted. Her statement was corroborated by her certifi-
cate of marriage, and other documents, which she produced.
One of the ladies of the Provisional Protection Society gave her
some requisite articles of clothing, and every attention was
paid to her, that the nature of the place would permit of,
until yesterday, when she was brought before the Loan
Mavou, to ascertain whether some permanent relief could not
be procured for her. She was, she said, the daughter of Capt.
Rivit, of the Royal Navy, anti W,19 married to her late lamented
husband in 1809, at Marylebone. She was then married from
school, and was at the time little mere than 14 years of age ; he
was 31. She lived happily with him, and had seven children,
all of whom were however, now dead. His income was 2,0001.
per annum, but-that terminated with his life. When the means
which she had left were exhausted, and she failed in obtaining re-
lief of her husband's relatives, she sought means to set up in busi-
ness as a dentiSt, for which she considered herself eminently quali-
fied. She had always paid peculiar attention to the subject, and
having received instructions from a gentleman of great chirurgical
skill at Edinburgh, she was enabled to give many satisfactory
proofs of her skill. She did not by any means wish to become
dependant upon any one, and all she sought was to be set up in
this profession, aid left to the fair exercise of her abilities. Lord
Teynham and her husband had been for some time at variance,
and since his decease she had not applied to his Lordship until
she was driven by necessity to do so. It was at the commence-
ment of the last session of Parliament that she last applied to
his Lordship for the loan of 201., and promised never to make
any further application to him, if her request was acceded to,
as else trusted it would enable her to take seine place in which
she might set up business as a dentist. His Lordship, how-
ever, said that he had l 0 children to provide for, and having
reconunended her to seek an eligible matrimonial engagement,
coldly expressed hie regret that he could not accede to her request.
She was then driven to the most dreadful extremity. She re-
ceived occasional relief, and much humane treatment, from Dr.
Pettigrew. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, also treated her
with the utmost benevolence, but she was compelled to make an
appeal to the public charity, and those gentlemen not only gave
her present relief, but defrayed the expence of the advertisements,
and offered to receive subscriptions for her. At that time, how-
ever, the overwhelming distresses of the manufacturing classes oc-
cupied public attention exclusively, and not a shilling was sent for
her. She applied to Mrs. Coutts for aid, but without success,
and was informed that that lady had determined to aid none but
public subscriptions. She then applied for relief to the parish
officers of Lambeth, when Mr. Harwood, a gentleman who was
one of the overseers, gave her temporary relief, and endeavoured
to lay her case before her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
but ne answer was ever given to her application. Some gentlemen
who conducted the public press behaved liberally- to her, by inserting
her advertisements gratuitously, but misfortune seemed to pursue her
every where. She was known by opulent persons, who had acted to-
wards her in a very different manner whilst she was in a state of pros-
perity. She obtained a little money occasionally by casual employment
in her new prOfession, but that required time and capital to make
herself known, and although perhaps little was requisite, she could
not obtain that little. With occasional assistance from illessrP.
Smith, Payne, and Smith, she lived precariously from day to day,
and was nearly driven by despair to commit suicide, when she was
turned cut of doors by her landlady, from inability to pay her
rent. She gave the names of Mr. Fentum, the music-seller, and
several others at the west end of the town, who could give satis-
factory testimonial. of her skill as a dentist, and her anxiety be-
yond her present relief was to obtain employment in that pro-
fession.

It was stated that the Ladies of the Provisional Protection So-
ciety had found no reason to doubt the truth of the particulars
of her case, which she declared would undergo the most strict in-
vestigation.

A note was handed to the Lord Mayor from Mews. 'Smith,
Payne, and Smith, stating that they would readily receive any
thing that might be sent for the aid of the unfortunate lady.

The LOAD ALtvort expressed his commiseration of the case, and
his desire that it should be made public. lie gave the applicant
two sovereigns from his own private purse, and recommended her
to the care of the Ladies of the Provisional Protection Society,
who he was sure would superintend the application of any thing
that might be transmitted for her relief.
The applicant expressed her ardent gratitude to his Lordship
for his kindness.

BOW-STREET.—A man of very decent appearance, named
William Tetsill, was yesterday charged at this office with at-
tempting to pass a base shilling and a counterfeit half sovereign,
with intent to defraud Isaac Levy, a butcher, residing in Dean-
street, Seven Dials.

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bad, and he returned it to the prisoner as such, who told him he
had no other change, bnt offered a half-sovereign, which witness
also knew to be counterfeit, and he challenged the prisoner with
attempting to pass bad money. The prisoner denied the charge,
stating that he had just received 12s. from a person in Titchfield-
street, for whom he had done some work, and he called upon a
man, who was waiting for him in the street, to verify his state-
ment, who said he would go immediately and bring forward the
prisoner's employer, from whose hands the alleged base coin had
passed, but he did not return, and witness gave the prisoner into
custody.
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After a scrutiny of some moments, it seemed to be the opinion
of the bench that the half-sovereign, although cleverly executed,
was a counterfeit.
Sir R. Braxia observed, that there was a visible difference be-
tween the two pieces in the formation of the letters, and the head
on the counterfeit coin appeared to want the finish of the other.—
It was surprising, however, (the worthy Magistrate observed),
to perceive how closely the base coin corresponded with the ge-
nuine, and lie added a wish that the ingenuity which had thus
been so mischievously employed had been directed to other and
better purposes.

The prisoner denied the charge, and said if the money was bad,
he knew nothing of it. He gave the name and addross of his
employer, from whom he said he had received it, to buy food for
his sick wife and her two children. He said he was by trade a
coach-smith, and that be had a little shop in Rose-street, Seven
Dials. He mentioned the names of several persons from whom
he had received employment from time to time, and who, he was
sure, would be willing to speak to his character.
Sir R. BIRNIE having ascertained where the prisoner had a
shop, directed in a whisper, that an officer should proceed there
forthwith, adding,
significantly. " You know what I send you for;
examine carefully the nature of the tools which you find on the
premises."

A person here came forward, who gave his name, and said he
was in business in Scotland-yard, and had known the prisoner for
many years. He was quite sure he was an honest man, and be-
lieved him incapable of wilfully uttering bad coin.
Sir RICHARD BIRNIE having put a few questions to this wit-
ness, with a view to ascertain his respectability, told him that the
character which he gave the prisoner should be attended to ; but
the crime with which lie was charged was of too grave and seri-
ous a nature to pass lightly over.
" But, Sir Richard Birnie," said another friend of the prisoner,
who had just arrived, " have you ascertained to a certainty that
the half-sovereign which was offered to this man is really a bad
one, for I feel convinced in my OWTI mind that my friend is in-
capable of passing base money ?
The alleged counterfeits were here produced again, and to put
the matter beyond dispute, the half sovereign was ordered to be
weighed, and the scales were produced, on the turn of which the
fate of the prisoner stewed tleyewlhig. lie was not long in Stu_

pense, however, for the half sovereign was soon declared to be the
legal weight, and as good as any that had ever issued from his
Majesty's Mint.
Sir R. BiaNir, after a short pause, observed, " My good man,
it appears you have been wrongfully accused, as far as relates to
the half sovereign, which I now return to you. With respect to
this shilling, however, I cannot think of restoring it to you,
without having it cut, in order to prevent its getting into circula-
tion again."

The shilling was accordingly handed to Ford, the gaoler, who
proceeded with it to the inner office to cut it with a machine,
which is kept for that purpose. In a few moments, however, he
returned with the shilling in his hand, and with a face in which
surprise was most comically depicted, he cried out, " 'Why, your
worship, it's a good shilling after all."
This unexpected result occasioned a good deal of merriment, and
Sir Richard Birnie hastily gave the poor man another shilling for
that which had just been spoiled, and the case was declared to be
dismissed.

LAMBETH-STREET. —Ye:;terday among the many appli-
cants applying to the magistrates for their orders to compel the pa-
rochial authorities to grant them relief, was a man and his wife,
who stated that they had applied to the officers of St. George's,
to which parish they belonged, for some assistance, but they,
though they were in the greatest distress, had peremptorily refused
them.

Wood, the under overseer of the parish, being in attendance,
said, that the reasons of the office for refusing the applicant's
relief, were, that he was well able to support his family, being
not only employed as a watchman, but also having work at the
Docks.

Mr. HA Rumex. —What do you pay your watchmen per week?
—Wood. Ten shillings and sixpence.
Mr. HA upwxcic.—How many hours are they on duty I—Wood.
Six hours, Sir.

Mr. nannwicx.—Really this practice of eulploying men situ-
ated as is the applicant, as watchmen, is most pernicious, it is
worse than useless ; for how can it possibly be expected that
they will discharge'their duty with integrity, when in such a
state of abject poverty, and having merely so paltry an allmi-
ance for themselves and family as 10s. 6d. a-week. It is quite
out of the question, that while a gratuity of a few shillings
from an offender holds out so great a temptation, that they will
act with honesty.
wood. Others of the parish watehmen received relief yes-

terday.
Mr. WYATT. I look upon this practice to be both impolitic
and unconstitutional; it is a matter deserving the severest repro-
bation, that the lives and property of the public should be in-
trusted to such persons. Indeed, it would be infinitely better if
there were no watchmen, as in this case the public would take
care to protect themselves, which in the present instance they
do not, under the impression that the thing is unnecessary,
the watch affording them an ample security. So long as this
system prevails, and pauper watchmen are encouraged, so long
will crime increase, and offenders escape with impunity. After
some further remarks, relief was ordered to the applicant, who
left the office..

UNION-HALL--Yesterday, a youn woman, decently dressed
was conducted to this office before the sitting Magistrates, by one
of the Bow-street patrol, who prevented her from committing
suicide on the preceding night.
The patrol stated, that on the previous night, as they were on
duty in Blackfi•iars-road, they observed a female walking hastily
along towards the bridge; she appeared to be in trouble, and sob-
bed aloud as she proceeded onwards. The patrol followed her at
some distance, and as she drew near the bridge, instead of passing
over it, she turned to the left, and descended the flight of steps
leading to the river, into whieh she threw herself. The patrol,
however, having watched her manoeuvres, immediately ran down
the steps; and it being ebb tide, they succeeded in rescuing the
unfortunate woman from being drowned.
The Magistrate took infinite pains in endeavouring to ex-
tract from her the cause of her having made so rash an at-
tempt upon her life. Having been soothed into compara-
tive tranquillity, she at length stated, that she had lately arrived
in town from Hull, and procured a situation in a gentleman's fa-
mily, in Mount-street, Grosvenor-square ; but that having unfor-
tunately sprained her wrist while in service, she was rendered
incapable of doing the work, and was therefore discharged.—Not
having any friends in town to assist her, and being without food
or raiment, she said that she was driven to a state of mind bor-
dering on the utmost distraction, and in the height of which she
made the attempt upon her life, for which she was now ex-
tremely sorry.
Mr.,Cxaaiaaxs having impressed upon the unfortunate woman's
mind the sin in the eight of God of committing the crime of sui-
cide, she became quite composed. The worthy magistrate then
examined her arm and wrist, and perceiving both excessively swol-
len, he humanely accompanied the poor creature to Guy's Hospi-
tal, and through his intercession had her immediately admitted
into that institution as an in-door patient.