The Sun.
London, England, 1827-05-10 00:00:00

LAW NTELLIGLNCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 9.
TYE WAKEFIELD&

Mr. BRotionAm, in the course of the day, said,
that it had been agreed to enter a nob prosequt
with respect to Mrs. Frances Wakefield, and that
therefore the motion which the Attorney-General
had leave to make to-morrow would most probably
be unnecessary.

PREROGATIVE COURT, MAT 9.
DUKE AND CRAMP AGAINST DUKE AND OTHERS.

William Duke, of Bexhill, the testator in this
case, died in Oct. 1826, at the age of 91, leaving
personal property to the amount of 40,0001. besides
a real estate worth 3,000/. In 1821, and subse-
quently, he executed a will and codicils, appointing
his brother, Mr. J. Duke, and another person, his
executors. The next of kin now sought to set
aside these instruments, on the ground that, from
1820, the testator had been in such a state of debi-
lity, owing to his mental and bodily infirmities, that
he was wholly incapable of giving instructions for a
will, or of reading it or hearing it read, and was

to circuFvention. Besides „being nearly VI
and, so deaf that the.Utraoit "exertion of voice co
not make hiM hear, it was "alleged that he Irv;
weak and unsound mind. Amongst the extrave'
gancies ascribed to the deceased, he was represented
to have driven himself about the country in
chaise, notwithstanding his bodily weakness, acconr
panied by a furious mastiff, in the habit of Worrying
sheep, which would have prevented assistance being
rendered him ; also with harnessing a bullock to 110
chaise, and driving it, to the terror of the neigh.
bouring people; drenching his milch cows with salt
water; ordering his corn to be harvested in a ire°
state; distributing barley-sugar, gingerbread nuts)
and " bull's eyes," (which Dr. Jenner, at the request
of the Court, explained to be a species of sweet'
meat, moulded into a form resembling the balls of
bullock's eyes), amongst children at • church, Sze;
These eccentricities were either denied or explained
away in the answers on the other side.
Dr. JENNER, on the part of the executors,.woula
contend that all the, evidence, even that,of the lu;
verse party, proved incontestibly the capacity an
remarkably strong mind of the testator.
Dr. ADDAMS, for the next of kin,'admitted thit
the allegations set up a case of incapacity strong it
than was proVed ; but he was prepared to content'
that the alleged testator was, notwithstanding,
capable.
The reading of the evidence occupied the rest nif,
the day. The argument therefore stands over no
next Sesiion.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Mar 9.
Thomas Todd, a stock-jobber, came
.before the
i
_Court, to obtain his discharge, but was oppose"
by a Mr. Jos. Grillo', jun. for having defrauded./10.,
of a Colombian Bond. The opposing creditor said
that on the 2d March, he gave the insolvent .a Co'
lombian Bond for 100/. to sell, and met him by 'sr
poiutment at the Fleece Tavern, to receive the
money, where they urank several glasses of liegtl
and ale. The insolvent then became intoxicated, sto,
the next morning he denied heiingieceived the
or the money: It was,; ii4reever, proved that 11°
'had "sold the bond for 391 , and upon. this being
communicated to the iniolvene, he offered to giv.e
Mr.. Grillen bills for the amount, but he declined to
receive. them.

A nt
The COURT, under these circumstances, did
consider the insolvent deserved any punishment, a"
ordered him to be discharged.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.

INSOLVENTS APPLYINI
Petitions to be heard at Nang
MAY 14,

Bardsley, T., Dublin
Bohm, J., City-road
Durden, J., Uxbridge
Graham, F., Pimlico
Hall, J., Netherton
Hooper, G., Shepton-mallett
Knight, G.' Larribt,th .
Marlor, S., Oldham

'G TO BE DISCHARGED'
01-street, Lincoln's-Jun-Field&
AT NINE.
Morris, J., Uxbridge
Needham, T., Nottingham
Pedder, A., Newport
Smith, T., ..ongport
Stradling, J., Greenwich
Weatherley, J., Leeds
Wilkinson, T., Shoreditch

COUNTRY.—At the Court-house, Brecon, Monday, May
at Ten o'clock. •
Marks, G., Painswick, Abergavenny.

CORONER'S INQUEST.

DISTRISSING SUICIDIC I KINSIKOTON GARDICN%•''
On Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Gell, the Coroner for West-
minster, held an Inquisition at the Fox and Bull publf,
house, at Knightsbridge, to inquire into the death of J(''''"
Nixon, Esq., well known in the mercantile world, ivb„!
body was discovered floating in the piece of water oppo''''-
the Palace in Kensington Gardens, on Monday last.
The jury-room was very much crowded, and o'3'4
friends of the deceased were present during the inquiry f
The first witness examined was George Kin-glieldl, °
No. 1, Palace-place, Kensington, who deposed to filitTl
the body.—From its appearance, the witness considered I
had not been long in the water. On searching the pocket:i
a razor, a penknife, three address-cards, two pencils, and
an eye-glass, were found ; but no watch or money.
Richard Dickson, Esq. of the house of Greff at)4
Kensit, solicitors, Skinner's Hall, deposed that the de.'
ceased was hi* most particular friend, and his Pr„v
vate residence was next door to his (witness's), No. 2"
Windsor-terrace, City-road. The deceased was a I"er,
chant, and carried on business in Clement's-lane, Lomb°
street. Witness, for the last twelve mouths, had observe.'
the deceased to be in a melancholy and dejected otate;
About a week ago he saw him walking on the terrace, .
very desponding manner, but did not speak to him. NFA
nes, was not aware of the cause of his unhappiness,
there had been for some time a misunderstanding bet°,l,e
him and a relative, on matters of business, which wito tz
primary eauee, in witness's opinion,bf the melancholy
of his mind. The deceased was a man of known inteority
and had a wife and three children. Witness is decidedly
opinion that the deceased had, tor some time prior to
death, been insane ; and some time before he left borne 1.(1,1
many days, and on that occasion, his distressed friends tr,
the New River and Canal dragged, under the ltnpfe'ss°-
that he had drowned himself.

Another gentleman, a friend of the deceased, spoke t 1
several arts of the unfortunate man, which clearly denot,el,
his insanity, and, as a further proof, he handed to the C:°o
rover a copy of Burns' Poems, in the fly leaf of which
written, in the deceased's hand-writing, the following 11:v.
coherent expressions :—" Oh, God ! my poor head ;:ci,
reason, if ever I bad any, is gone, and my ideas are l'eff
Oh, my dear Plaehe ! what would she say if she 10e
tie
that her love had been wandering about fur nights with,l,
a pillow to rest his head, and the rain drenching him t°
skin ; no food for two days. Ah, see how they are dalel`-a
reels around me. Oh, Phoebe ! my dear, dear wife, ";,,t
bless you, and your pretty darling babes !" The wi n
tn
said that he thought these extraordinary expressions sve
quite enough to denote the state of the deceased's utiud.
The CORONZR. and Jury were of the same opinion, a`!,.:
after a short address from the Coroner, a verdict of insau°'
was recorded.

go'
Mrs. Nixon, the widow of the deceased, from the •
timely end of her husband, is not expected to giro'
him long.

THE MARKETS.

KET.—M 9. 9ci•
Walls End Newniarch,^ 243, 0
Ditto Russell's 4 0
Ditto Walker 9
Tanfield 6
Pelaw Main and Bean... %5,
Hebburn Bean 70 6
Londonderry small 0
Russell's Het ton's anal, id 6
Hebburn small 7 6
Lambton small ;,c. 0
Cewpen 4-'
Engine C0a1......--
Elgin Main _ - 0
Hartley 0
Llanelly Coal 46 9
,-Scotch 9
Walls End Elgin
• S
EdereMain c
Russell's Lyon's Main
3,7'
Walls End Hetton,—...--•
Ditto Lambton e
Ditto Lyons go 9,
Ditto Stewart's "
Russell's Hetton's W. D. go,
ips sold, 58%---Unsola,

COAL MAIL
Adair's A 325• 6d.
Beaumont
Charlotte
Eighton Main—, 30 0
Heaton 34 9
Hebburn Main 31 0
Killingworth 34 3
Liddell's 30 6
Ord's Redhugh 29 9
Percy 30 e
Pontop Windsor 30 6
Shipcote 3l 0
Tanfield Moor 32 3
Townley 33 0
Willington ' 34 9
Wylam 34 9
Walls End Bell and Co. 34 9
Ditto Bewiekeand Co—* 36 0
Ditto Cramlington 3l 9
Ditto. Hilda ,33 0
Ditto Hotspur '32 3
-Ditto Northumberland 33
Ditto Peareth 32 6
Ditto 31 9
Ships at Market, 193%—gbi

0
40 0
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LIITRYOOL CORN EXCHANGE—MaI B•
This day's market was thinly attended by
or country buyers, and although for some fine itd 'l°
Wheat an improvement of Id. per bushel was rea';'r., ditfr
our previous currency, the sales generally were verJ,. LW)
cult. Oats must be quoted 2d. per 451 b. cbear: to
on this day se'nnight, with scarcely any disPg"l.:
purchase. Prices of Flour and Oatmeal are unvar_
eithercetio°ll