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London, England, 1827-02-12 00:00:00

°fermi Womb a patio *l apology. mod Pay • lulu of
money, operated very much in his favour. tar sen.i
mace of the Court was, that be pay a fine of 301. and
be discharged.

PREROGATIVE COURT, Fes. to.
mem P. meas.
This was a suit Co decide the validity of several
testamentary papers ezecuted by a Mrs. dt. Leger, who
was stated to have been a lunatic, with lucid intervals.
The testator was the widow of Col. St. Leger, in whose
family she had lived as a chamser•maid previous to her
marriage. She died at a very advanced age, leaving a
large property, derived from her husband, whose rela-
tives are parties is the present suit, against the relatives'
of the deceased.—The Court ordered the allegations to
be admitted, with certain corrections.
SHRRIFIrS•COURT, RED LION SQUARE. Fs. 10.
waatee St. sea IPINItaTILIi SOWS 00110 t 11101111111 WIT.

Mr. Abourstos and Mr. Kat.ar appeared he die &Witte.
Mr. Anus and Hr. PLAIT for the defendants.
The damages were laid at AVSO.
Mr. Ewa, opened the pleadings, sod
Mr. ADOLPHUS addressed the Jury, stating that thel
claimant had for many years followed the nautical pro
,fession, by which pursuit he had acquired property suf.
geient to take the public-house known as the Crooked
Rillet,in Little Thames-stre?t, Iron Gate, St. Katharine's,
the good-will of which in DM, he gave 3001. and
ur the furniture Ulf. The Jury, no doubt, were aware,'
I it in 1825, ea Act of Parliament passed for the pur-
pose of excavating and making docks, and erecting,
**rehouses, by the defendants, in the parish of St. lio-,
tolph, Aldgate, in the precinct of St. Katharine's, and
amongst the great number of bosses selected to be
pulled down was the one occupies' by the plaintiff, who
was a tenant under Messrs. Ca:teat and Co. in whose
.hessesslon the house had been upwards of forty
years, doting which iperiocl only three tenants had
, occupied the premises, including the claimant, w
I was now, contrary to his will. and by the inspects-
titre injunction of the Act of Patliatnent, compelled to
leave the spot where be had hoped, from the long este.
Wished custom to the house, to retire from the CAM qi
business with affluence. The principal customers at-
tending the claimant's house were masters of vessels,
bellnging to the Aldboreugh.Woodbridge, and Ipswich
trade, and all of whom were supplied with beer as/
ipirits from the claimant's house, exclusite of which it
, was the booking-mice of the,Sl;waroess Hoys, and Mr.
Warren was also agent to pilots. From this latter
source be derived a profit of ei per cent. All these
different branches of business would be annihilated bi
the removal of the claimant, who, from his education
a mariner, and the contiguity of his premises to the
Thames, could not find any equally eligible nuncios. Ina
deed,he could not better illustrate the painful sittnelesof
persons claiming compensation, than by relating a/
Anecdote which bad been recently communicated teliiat
by the Recorder of Londop, and he (Mr. Adolphus)
would state it in the very words of that learned person I
'64 At the time," said the Recorder, N that I was engaged
as Counsel for the London Dock Company, I had (Kea.
nom to appear at the Bar of the House of Lords, to
apply for an amendment to the first Act of Parliament,
and it was then soggested by the House, that notices
1
'should be served on the late occupants of the houses
which bad been pulled down, and a messenger ap-
I pointed for that purpose; this suggestion was ac.
ceded to; and when it afterwards came before their
Lordships, the - seemenger, wee callest..iti Ito pro
his service of the notkes; and upon being Atles•
tioned as to twhether they had been delivered, he
replied—Yes, my Lord, and a heart-breaking task it
was: those who had liied in affluence, and accumulating
property to support and educate their families, I found
some in garrets, some in cellars, some in hospitals,
lad numbers in the workhouse." The Learned Counsel
recited• this with great feeling and emotion, and impor-
tuned the Jury to weigh this little anecdote in their
lißinds, and reflect upon what the claimant might stai-
rs:lostep from the narration be had mar*. lie should
now proceed to call the witnesses, and prove the case,
which he trusted would enable the Jury to give the
compensation he sought for.
A number of witnesses from the bieweries and dis-
tilleries at which the plaintiff dealt, proved the large
extent of business carried- on, the profits arising from
the claimant's premises, which Afforded great accom-
modation both for eating and sleeping to masters and
captains of vessels; other witnesses deposed to the large
fits derived from the booking Sheerness parcels and
business as agent to pilots.
Os eress.damiaarwe At we admitted that the debaser wee
minty a mast at will te Masers. Calvert, sad was removable at
ores ISlOetke pike.
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Mr. ADAM, for the Dock Company, spoke in miti-
gation of damages, and lamented that insinuations had,
`peen thrown out against the Company, which were most
stifounded. and which he hoped the Jury would repro.
head by their verdict, and treat them with scorn. In
fact, the body he had to represent had a wish at all!
times to be just. and this they had, in his opinion, suf-
ficiently proved by their general conduct. The Learned
Counsel, in an ingenious argument, then proceeded to
enforce the justice of the Jury curtailing the amount
claimed.
The Com deism having summed up, the Jary retired to
smolder their verdict, and after a long consultation, assessed the
damages at ett,t 55, Whig 4105 more than claimed by Mr. Wanea,
111CIIISPIO of all 'Attires.

A short time back, the'following dialogue was held
between a patient and a medical Cioutlernan, celebrated
alike for his skill and eccentricity I'm come, Sir."
164 You need not tell me that. I see you're come. Well,
what do yeti want with me?" I feel very bad in my
inside, and have no appetite."—" Pray what are yea r
"I'm a publican, Sir."—Oh, you're a publican, are
you? well, Mr. Smithies, I suppose you take a glass of
gin before breakfast r Yes, Sir."—" And seine.
times two?" •• Yes, Sir."—•s And very likely a friend
comes in, and you take. a third glass?" " That does)
happen sometimes, Sir."—" Why, you gin-drinking
scoundrel, you burn up your guts with drams, and then
have the impudence to come to me to be cared ; get
out of the house this moment." _ '

An aceoent appeared a short time back of an attempt
to break out of Hamster Gaol having been contem-
plated by the prisoners confined there, which was said
to have been prevented in consequence of information
given by a person who had been convicted of disinter.
ring corpses to the neighbourhood of Bath, and who
stated himself to be the individual that performed the
operation of cutting off the heads of Thistlewood and
his companions. It appears that the fellow's story is
altogether a fabrication, and was made for the pur-
pose of obtaining from Government a mitigation of
punishment, on the of his having discharged the
odious duty refaced to. The man who really decapi- '
tilted the coostztiozie well knows at the Hospitals,
, and is wow is