Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-06-29
From tAe London Otsefre'.
SCENE AT TIE ENGLISH BAR.

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Tn the sheriG's Court a few DAYS ago, an action
was brought by the trustees OF lhoihas .. cl'Pe'
n recover from Mr.. Dickens nearly 9lO0 tor da-
n,aas dona IN some premises at Brentford. where
NJ dickens carried on the bushes of u ship bro
ker, and which he quilted at the latter end or last
wear. The case was opened by Mr.. Adolphus.
Mr.. Prendergast, who appeared for the defendant
said that IN December last MIR. Hope, "ithout
giving any notice to the defendant, demised the
PREMISES to Messrs. Hazard & Booth. brewers.
No notice was given to the defendant prior TO the
expiration of his term, that he must put me prem
ises into better repair, because, 1.-THE defendant
had done so, it would have been 0f no service 10
the plaintiff, as the buildings were to be taken
down for enIarging a brew house. The Plalntlh
therefore, by a paltry sort of %trickery. waited t''
the term had expired, and then brought hs action
for damages. The law of the case was with the
p!aintit-he certainly had the benefit Of the chit
canery of the law, but the Justice OF the case was
against him. Mr.. Prendergast. no" ever, failed
to prove the lease to Messrs. Hazard, and Mr..
! Adolptus commenced his address to the jury by
remarkins upon the gross virtuperailon OF the
.'person' mir. Prendergast) who had so peril
u~eciously violated the rules Of evidence, IN pro-
posing questions which, but for his large deiicien-
CIV of knowledge, (he would not use a more APP
~pr0priate form he must have known were illegal.
MIR. Prendergast.-I say they were legal.
MIR. Adolphus.-If this .'person" will not "a
gain interrupt me 81 indecen;ly, / will proceed.
Mr.. Prendergast. - Don'tlet lis have any thing
rude; 90 on as d%ecentIy as you can, it you have
any regard for character.
Mr.. AdolpIius.-I will not be interrupted: you
are the last person who should refer to decene!y
of character.
'lLo Cb,.;r n, oonIop,op ountI pcrcnnaI
remarks.
Mr.. Administrations, you have herd
from this person nothing but impudent assertion
and false charges of ~trickcry and oppressive con
duct on the part of Mr.. Hope. There has beeh
no proof whatever, but mere round and bare as.
sertion, bya person who seems disposed to assert
any thing. Mr.. AdoIphus continued till he was
interrupted by
MIR. JuIlion. the solicitor for the defendant,
who said, That is not true"
Mr.. Adolphus.-Keep quiet, sir; be decent.
sir.
Mr.. Jullion.-I will not hear a falsehood ut
tered to the prejudice Of client without contra
dieting it.
Mr.. AdoIphus.-Will you be silent, sir?
The Sheriff Il request order.
Mr.. Prendergast. He (Mr. Jullion) will act
as a gentleman, however you may conduct your
self.
Mr.. Adolphus. 1t is more than | expected
from the society | see HIN in.
The jury and all in court appeared annoyed.
Mr.. Jullion-l tell you, Mr.. Adolphus, thai
you are no gentlemen is well known.
The Sheriff. must have order.
Mr.. Prendergast rose again.
Mr.. AdoIphus.-l will not be further inter.
rupted; never was any thing so indecent, SO dis.
graceful.
Mr.. Prendergast.-Ifyou had attended TO your
case instead of attacking me-, you would have
met with no interruption.
Mr.. Adolphus called upon the jury to give the
full amount Of damages proved by the witnesses
The sheriff summed up, and left it to the jury
to say what the plaintiff was fairly entitled to re.
cover.
The jury retired for about a quarter Of an hour,
and returned a verdict-damases Is.
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The following is an extract from the last num-
Der of Willis's Magazine:
"One must write by night in weather like this.
We will sit down with you to our Table at twelve
1.-The clock is striking 1t at this moment.) How
finely the full tones sweep past through the air,
as if they would take up your thought and carry
it many miles away to the very friend you are
tn1TiNlHp III dt tc UOUIcut. u iScUtIueI dl tUc
Fort heard that clock, and the first scholar
looked up from his Fluxions at Cambridge, and
walked to the window to cool his strained eyes
as the vibration reached him, and the s~lecplcss
maniac at Charlestown turned his insane gaze
aside and listened to ii. twelve solemn strokes
with habituaf attention. How many haunts Of
wretchedness, hidden from human eye, in the
depths of human hearts, have these cold vibra.
tons reached while they are dying SO carelessly
on our ears! What tales. could they but return
articulate, might they not tell of secret misery
sickness unmatched, and preying sorrow. aud
fear. and care. and the thousand bitter cankers
that lie and feed at the very heart-strings. be-
yond all reach of medicine, perhaps of sympa-
thy. Many a wife sits watching with a broken
heart for her husbands step-maDy a mother for
her chiId's-many a venturous merchant lies
haunted by fears Of shipwreck and fire-many an
undecided defaulter fancies voices at his door
many a young girl, just finding out that love is on
ly a h~eaviness and a tear, muses. bitterly over the
caprice Of a moment, or an unrneant trihc. And
these are the only watchers-for the happy are
~asleep-save, perhaps. the bride on her daintiIy
wrOuoht inflow murmurinp i'm a low tone IN