274 MB. SERJEANT PELL. 



insides by act of parliament, and no 

 more; and no more would he allow. 



Now, being pretty well up in acts of 

 parliament relating to stage-coaches, with 

 due deference I begged leave to observe 

 that the act to which he referred ex- 

 pressly says, that a child in the lap 

 under seven years of age shall not be 

 counted as one passenger, and that such 

 child shall not be deemed in excess. 



Losing his temper at being thus con- 

 tradicted on a professional point, he 

 said : 



"You do not know who I am, sir." 



" Yes, sir, I do, M replied I, " and have 

 had that honour many years. You are 

 Mr. Serjeant Pell, and you once de- 

 fended an action for me at Winchester 

 assizes, much to my satisfaction and that 

 of the court generally, of which you 

 were the leading star." 



" Have the goodness to shut the 

 door, sir ; " which I did, after putting in 



