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London, England, 1811-02-01 00:00:00

r bed fixed on six chairs, while the rest of the apart-
ment was occupied with saddles bridle 4, harness,
and varinus other lumber. About this time he be-
came dissatisfied with the rates of postage charged
by the post-masters on that roat, and determitfed
to reduce them by turning post-master bioiself : for
this purpose he converted the porter's-lodge into a
post-house, and put up a sign-board, in his own
hand-writing, intimating that he should let out.
post-horses on much more moderate terms. Durl-ig
hi 3 residence at ,Bel mint at this -mime,' he used to
to ride about the country on a jack-as-, dressed in a
whine shirt by way of a smock• frock, overt is.other
body clothes, t;ed round the middle with a broad
leather girdle, to which he bad suspended'a leather
b rg, formerly used by the errancbd)oy fo r. carrying
letters to and from the post-office ; a w bite hat,
blue eloth"trowsers, and red slippers, and generally.
armed %s it!! a gun or blunderbuss. At other times,
he wore a flannel jacket, like 'a , bricklayer's la-
.boirry'r, and frequently aseisted his bikmen in
this costume. BA% invited ‘s it b Lord' Hood and
sevcrat other of the neighbouring- Gentlemen' to
dine with, the Finchdean Corps of Volunteers all
the dissolution of that corps, some ?acuity oc-,
curred on finding accommodation for some Of the
company, Mr'. Jertois proposed they shoUld Woe
and smoke their pipes iu his chariot; but alter
sonieremonstrAtices, he gave up that idea. During
dinner his cunverslition was incoherent and =con-
nated ; and he declared his intention' of shortly
visiting his brother in Black Jack (a name he had
given his chariot), carrying a farthing rush'-light
in one, band, andi Common Prayer Book in the
other. For several years testator's brother, Mr.
Robert Jervais,, had been in a state of mental de-.
rangement, and ander the care a a Mr. Hawkins.
On [tearing of the death of his fa.ther, the testator
went to Mr. Hawkins, to wham he. appeared to be
all hurry, flurry, bustle, and confusion : he 'told him
he had much business of importance to commuoi—
cate ; carried him trom Kensington to town in his
carriage ; but there seemed totally to forget the
important,bpsiness; • arid 'talked on-generabiubjecits.
They chore to a conch-maker's Queen-'sireei,
Long-a;:re, Where some alte:ations' were making t
one ut leis carriage ; and because it was not ready
at the moinent, he flew into a violent • pasgion, pe-
remptorily called for the coach-maker's bill, paid
it, and swore he would have nothing more to do with

Here the evidence closed on Wednesday at seven
o'clock in the evening.

THURSDAY, JAN. 31.

The Court havitT tnet at ten o'clock, the next
witness called was
Mr. Stepberts: He was an attorney, and steward
to the I.!.tator't father for his estates,. to Hampshire.
Soon aher i r-ther's death, on the,2sth January,
the testator'canie to "yin) nl great haste, and talked
much about his into refit in the Borough of 'Var.
mouth, which place his tathce had represented ;
spOke of his intention of becoming a eandidate for
the vacancy'otcasiOned by, his tather's death ; in-
;;sted.ori knOwing when the eleaion was to take
placeoind desired he Would immediately 'accompany
him to Petersfield. He almost instantly changed
the subject, talked of the Dolphin Inn, at Chiches-
ter,' and appointed to. meet him there the following
days. On his arrival there, lie received a strange
letter from the testator, desiring him instantly to
deliver up all his papers; and when he rep tired to
the Inn, he found him surrounded by a crowd of
tradesmen a.id inl.abionts .of the place, treating
them to punch, and making a great riot and 'wise ;
the testator peremptorily leiused to see him, bei
desired he should meet him next day, at I'eterstieid.
When they again Met, he talked about purchasing
the Bosh Inn, at Farnham; and With a view to di-
vert his mind from the subjea, he, the witness,
advised him to make some inquiliesabOut it, on his
journry to town; they parted, in great good ha.
incur, but .about two o'clock in the morning, he
received another letter, couched in the most angry
teems, and demanding the itinnediate delivery of
his papers._

ltilr; Walter, a carpenter, was the next witness
called. He stated, that he was employed by the
testator in January, I 808, but tilicl knol,vo,hitn some
years before ; observed . a great alteration in his
manners and appearance in that time. Tbe.first
order he received was on the 21st of January', when
he was deSired to :make a Conjui ing Stool. This.
ingenious piece of mechanism was to stand in his
carriage when travelling, sometimesio be usedas a•
table, at other times as a convenience for the La-
dies to sit on, while they viewed the prosped around
them; it was also to be used as a draft-board, back-
gammon box, cribbage-board, fox and geese, 14ic,
but this very useful piece of furniture baffit.d
the ingenuity of the carpenter, and he gave up the
jiib lit despair. The next order was for a writing-
desk, to be made in a particular manner, to some
various purposes while travelling, but before he had .;
given his final instruaions 'for one job, he talked of
another. The room was strewed with papers, and
he was all litirry, bustle, and contusion, continually
writing notes, and sending his servants on mes-
sages ; during this time the testator frequently cook-
ed his dinner himself, in a conjuror
,in the coach-
yard, and' used to shave and, dress _himself in the
coach-house; at this time he wore a lung dressing-
gown, sometimes tied 'round the waist with a hand-
kerchief, sometimes with a rope, and a hairy cap
on his head; he was continually, cutting up and
altering his coach-harness. At this time the testa-
tor had two vis,a-vis, a chariot and a gig. Be next
employed the witness in cutting off the top of one
of his via-a-vis, and on a Sunday morning the tes-
WOE -sietit fur him, and made him cut the seats out
of the same carriage, to make tmore:room, and hay-
,
ing procured a pot of .black paint, made him paint
it all over; he then placed some boxes,in it by way
of seats, which wereseveralinches higher than the
original seats, so that those who were to sit on them.
must stoop; in this state, on the same evening he
drove the carriage out with the intention of carrying.
two Gentlemen, friends at his, to his country house;
at Egharn---he next had the entire front catt„,out.ot;
his Chariot—sometitnea he would have the body p(
one carriage hung on the carriage of another, ',al.'