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THE GARDENERS 
1 
fresh for a great number of th ] 
in a se situation, and in well-closed = 
Chronicle. 
GATIVE Count.— Wellesley against Hope and another. 
This: oon a business of proving, in solemn form, the last will of 
Mr. Edward Hope by the Rev. Henry Wellesley, the universal 
Hope Ve: rot r 
e argned ‘that the circumstances of th. the case showed tha‘ t distres: 
troyed hi Li the other hand, it was pd caro 
ry "the olicitor- General no aberration of intellect was 
evinced conduct and manner of Mr rradail d 
ver- 
— [London Sittings, before the Lord 
Cov oe si. nage 
Chief justice, and f "Specs al oo ury.] —Harrison and Others v. Hea- 
—This action i 
in question is ** London, August 13, 1922,” to the ndants to take u certain bills of e hang hich had b 
following effect :—‘‘ In the name of God, Amen—I, Edward Hope, wn by their x in North America. The plaintiffs are mer- 
do leave and bequeath everything I possess under the sun to | chants in the City, and the defendants were alleged to bare been 
Henry Wellesley, a younger son of the Marquis of Wellesley, | girectors and shareholders of a co pany ¢ e Anglo- 
who is brother to the Duke of Wellington.” The paper is in the American | Gold Mi ning A Association ” The c sie tiles formed 
deceased’s handwriting, butis not signed at the end, nor attested ne 1894, nt out in its behalf to. North Ame: ica, 
bicge indi uly :7, 1835, bequeathing the en- | 4, ¢ sani 7 wo perint nding and working the gold mines. 
property to the B r. Wellesley, with the exception of While: there he drew the bi question, he company not 
3,0004 se - genes sr: Louisa Goddard, has b pase set | being immediately provided with funds to meet them when they 
aside, the nd of insanity, by a sentence of recichiall due, the plaii om ~ applied to to become partners in 
pris dy by the emtistd Comanithes: The present case came be- sis a ea the requisite money. The plaintiffs 
fore the Court on the e allega tion (in the nature of idit) oO} ecuaeated te aa ‘and an agreement was then 
me case, “Goddard and Wellesley v. Vere,’? wh we 
the ry of the court, to be brought beforeit, in order to illus- the company a biome L a peer sa F ied the 
erate th e present est rg tl apes bess Sion * : nid abcamg he F even though he were, there evidence of his recognition of 
that he was not at liberty, under the pico may ta ated ede to oe oe at Poy hye an terse pred ‘ae iy Sr 
the application. The party opposing the will had waived giving pcb as = counsel for the defendants to cakes a verdict in 
an allegation, and had delayed this application till the present their fav is all thes poin ahs The jury accordingly found a ver- 
moment, when the cause was ready for hearing, his prayer being diet for ya ants Damages, 7,150/; being the amo ant - 
that the Court would cigs that the other Va Fae beg oriaclaail ais ia ee 
in proof of his allegation. The evidence in the 
not strictly os ces Fag peated, remo ‘ate. hep . will CENTRAL oa IMINAL 1 Counr. (Before the Recorder and a Com 
dated thirteen rears pri that pronounced and if the | mon Jury.) On Monday Thomas Bulpet, a labourer, was in- 
wh i se, it dicted = feloniously Noeiery ne wounding ain 7 vem Bivins with 
im some 
entered into igs 
honour of the d 
option of t: 
Th 
been of the the 
the ‘bills, sir W. Follett, on Ard part of the defendant Mr. Hea- 
thorn, raised three points of objection : 
t Mr. Hea 
which cee eae alder to pay Loo 6, pales a the 
rawer of the _ — they wi Oo ha — 
taking shares in the any if the Bg 
iprse ~~ resisted aa sevel eral pa 207 and chert eicace had 
formation 0; e company and the payment of 
first, as to the legality of 
thor: 
would be necessary to reopen and reargue the whole of the former | @ reaping-hook, with intent to do hi dily harm. 
Pp ngs. The appli as el one; it was unfortu- | The umstane is case have been nation evious 
nate that the party had not made it at an earlier period, and it | Num! 4 he prosecutor, who was obliged to be carried into 
uld be extremely inconvesient for the Court to accede to it. | Court, an suffering severely from the injuries 
Dr. Haggard and Dr. Harding then argued against the validity | he had received, stated that he was a farmer at Heston, Middle- 
of the paper, that the contents, though not, in the language of | sex. On the 27th Aug. the prisoner and a person of the name of 
Swinburne, “‘ sounding to folly,”” bore s of haste, impulse, | Andrews were employed by him as reapers ; they had been cut 
and eceen y ; that it was informal, being without signature; | ting some corn, but had not done th ork to his pings 
that it was inofficious will, giving the whole property to He complained to the prisoner, and told to do his work i 
stranger, to the total disinherison of the next of kin, and tha’ roper manner ; but his answer was, that if he did not “ike it, rhe 
the Court no ac tt of its place of deposit during the long | might do it himself Witness then told him that he would not 
period its thedeath of the deceased. The paper i e had done it properly. This occurred in the 
de} en! e of handwriting, which was not | Moruii I ev the prisoner and Andrews called at his 
sufficient, according t doctrines of this Court, unless cir- | house and demanded their money; but he again told them that 
cumstances conspired w that it w; natural and probable | he would not pay them till they had finished the work as he re- 
disposition. Sir H. Jenner stopped Dr. by, on the oth me words ensued, and as they were leaving t 
side, and said that where th are cir ces of suspicion | prosecutor followed them out to the gate, when soner 
the id not be satisfied with mere evidence of hand- | turned round on him, and, after applying t so aten- 
ut adminicular f. But here there could be no - janguage, struck at him witha hoewhich he had in his hand; 
doubt of the identity of the party, orof the handwriting, which was rer e ensued, — while Mr. Peto was endeavouring to wrest 
admitted ; and the will might be i al, he sati: oe from him, ived a severe wound in the leg, from, 
that it was in as complete a state us d meant it to wag supposed, By ing hook, which after found 
in, and unless there was 5 ing to shake the near the spot. Mr. Peto’s life was some time in dan in conse- 
tion, the Court was. nag that a person w nee, and he y unable to about the 
of unsound mind shown the law sng currence. Poe a was adduced to establish the statement of 
The jettes hacen the a the ient conduct of the prisoner. 
. Till the contrary w: 
pce eve every testator to be of sound nrg 
terrogatories was att extriordinary one; owe coupled 
with other facts, might have bela suftic! ficient to induce e Cou: 
to conclude that the deceased.was of u: id 
was nothing besides, though it was quite competent to the 
other party to Have pleaded other circumstances, be if he could 
pees oe “s was 
at aft 
ill of Mr. Edward Hise bat arg) he fore nag to do 
nothing more to render it operative, and that 
that he was of unsound mind. He was Anon t 
cree adi minist the paper annexed, to the Rev. 
—Gibson Craig, Bart., and Others 
an n action on a policy of insurance 
for 20,000/.. ree = ke seg of LS a Hon. George H 
wsbu: 
of 
‘ected on the Tith aes 
loan made by the a = 
and the policy th: 
i anager gens ae 
te habi 
uae issue he sper 
It was to 
plaintiffs bound t 
ce age 
abits, 
— - that defends repre. 
effected that would hav: 
co 
had been e ives and interests in the 
early part their errors and e some provision 
= Were dear to a age depended on them. But such 
the ssa y of the penve; _ ought not to 
be rom down because it offered a hes chance asylum to the 
im ae aan ean ps to prove th: 
intemperate habits of Mr. Talbot 3 at the time of the insurance, 
pa ‘Loe a summed up, the jury returned a verdict 
for defend 
Bo 
and Others. —' — 
the chief 3 f interest app 
Wilde that the Seles _ a 
Vitiate the nea t coaid be shown 
Gonaives the act, — 
between rig 
=o 
Was, at the tim “anes 
agent, 
e 
latter, in wes ek gy endeavoured to —— that he had been very 
um 
Th 
prisoner guilty of an aggra Mr. Clarkson, the 
counsel for the seansacgeor then informed the Court that some 
time since the prisoner bit ofa vouch cheek who was at- 
tempting oO take him pac gts msequence of having 
mitted some p = See ano ther occasion he bit off a 
i 
ng and in the course of the previous 
oe rhe — ata third man wih his reaping-hook, and cut 
great po of his hat from his head. The Rec order told the 
poate that tt the jury had taken a very merciful view of the case, 
and had acquitted him of the felony. Had their verdict been dif- 
baa coe the re would have = aie 
the As “t was, the as of a most serious a 
vuabag: ts pwr the sentence naam ale was, rel baa bcs kep' 
hard labour in the House of ae for 18 mo’ 
to have sent him out of 
oma. aunders a s Bank- 
a — pits aon in- 
given 
traordinary 
rise. Mr. Cave hen originally a clerk a public office. It does 
not appear what were the leading features of his earlier career, 
and the examination merely begins with his first appe in 
the re f an extensive dealer in mine shares. It 
t about en years ago he came before the public as the prin- 
cipal own the Rospeath and Wheal-Bolten mines, in Corn- 
TATTERSALL’S, 
ponte bie 
Tuunspay.—The D Derby. 
strong party, and for want of Shang odds the 
were taken so ea: 
—Ballinkeele | had g a 
e twenty-fives to o one 
ap be still the prevailing — that he will beco 
uglish property. Chatham, Robert de Gorham, the Dirce pom 
and Wiseacre, were in favour at pretty sriecee the averages of 
Monday, and a few bets were laid to smalls “a outsiders, 
without leading to any fluctuations ee on. No 
on the field. 
DERBY. 
to 1 agst all the Mares 1000 to 1 Honest Joh 
to 1 Chatham (taken) 000 015 Lord Geomne (rane) 
20to 1 Ballinkeele 1000 to 10 Th eekie Chief (¢ 
22to 1 Lord of Holderness 1000 to 10 Agreeable colt (ake 
25to 1 Robert de Gorham(ta.) to} Honest John and Wil 
33 to 1 Dirce colt (taken) ace colt (taken) 
to I Wiseacre (taken) jallinkeele  winni, 
40 to 1 Meteor peas ana Be Leger, an med 
50 te 1 Brother to Pheenix(ta.) the Onks (taken) 
50 to 1 Moss Trooper 
OAKS. 
6 to 1 was laid to a small sum against Passion, and afterwards offered, 
eet UP DP =i SE TANT 
LANE, Fripay, Dec. 17.—English Wheat, o; 
MARK which th 
supply c continues small, selis at the same prices as pas Monday, 
Forei ets with a fair demand without alteration, and there 
Oats, which came slow arket, orted ; inferior 
e unsaleable. 
BRITISH, per ts gpm Laisa 
Wheat, Essex, Kent, and Suffolk White 86 to 72 
Norfolk 
Barley Batting’ and distilling 
Gass Riinteliakien and. Yorkshire . os — 
—_— op mgnesr ag a sca eed 24 
Irish 
Red rose 
641066 White Fix 
28 to32 Grind. c4 toe 
a ate Peed 16 to 22 Potato 22t0 95 
Rye 2 eh ab ° i to 42 
Beans, Mazagan, old and new . 80 to28 Tick to 40 Harrow 22to 4? 
Pigeon, eee ++ « 36to44 Winds. a te 50 aes to 40 
White + » 28t040 Maple 32to35 Gre: 
WEEKLY IMPERIAL AVERAGES. 
Wheat. Barle Oat Rye. | Beans.; Peas 
Nov. 5 . . . 65 32 } 22 38 7 40 4 40 8 
i 26 - ec. ol, Oe oe 22 40 2) 4011] 4 3 
ae . 2] esi} a3 4] se 40 2/ 40 4] 4 3 
eek IR 64 9| 32 4) 22 447) 41 24 40 9 
Dec. ey 63 31 9/| g2 445 | 39 4) 397 
— 4 = f 62 7 | | 22 | 44 8) 39 0} @ 4 
| x | | 
6 weeks’ Aggregate Aver. 64 9 | az 4] 22 H a2 1{ 408 | 404 
Duti -| 92 8| i310! 13 9! 6 6} 9 6] 96 
joined are the presen 
pe < fe bushels ; 
Kees those 0s per ton; 
ae —Sub; 
Bone ‘Qs od 
fae 7 nee ton; 
dirty, 27 15s clean, 
Gypsum, 38s 
ITE OF THE Ww 
INS casi street, 
oto 
Finsbary—A. Pi Phillies and J Phillips, taped 
mee UPERSEDED.—J. Smii » Leek, 
M‘E a I. Si Harr 
m 
porcan Barbican, wire workers—W. B! 
pide Sag 3. Grighthe. s, Leicester-street, Regen 
} nodular “street, Finsbury, carey surgical ins 
cowmis: 
Li grocer. 
ii =, Pwlhe li, seen 
Yorkshire, clothiers—R. Scott, 
nts—J- 
eae eral sorts of m 
alf- feck tied ‘le pe i qr. ear ‘ape 
per ton ; Salt, 2 
square, dentist—J. 
GAZE’ ao 
es es Twin Ber 
. Phillips ae L. “Philip aes ene Wileae: street, 
ass pay ae ins ee 
ee -roed. 
—R 
ire, 
Colne! ‘date vesend, 
M. Potter and J. 
ore 
sr 
Stirling 
cH St E TLONS.—D. and P. Mac! 
Ww Mackie neg oe pe ae cate 
wright—J. Mackay. Gla oe maker— 
Dunblane, merchant and manufac —Q. Crawford, Cumnock, Ayrsh 
merchant. 
BIRTHS.—On the 12th inst., at Ardfert Abbey, in the county of f Kerry, the 
lady of W. T. Crosbie, a 2 of a oe 7 soso ae ety inst., at_the “Green, 
« 
Stratford, Essex, the fens of G. E. Hilleary, 
son—At* Page hill, in 
the 13th inst., the feesg = Helen Seams eno 
Rev. J. F. Atle: 
By fleet, Surrey, the ae a eo vthela beso pe ede 
im the iSth inst., i Byfleet-lodge, Cobham, rey; 
3q., of a igh -—On Siig st, at 40, ae salah are, the Res ot Ww: 
Mitcalfe, Esq., of a son—On the 10th Oct., at Madras, ae sage a 
Fryer, of a @aughter—On the 6th ult., at Const ople, of a daughter, 
lady of C. Cumberbath, Esq., her Majesty's Vice Consul at tliat place. 
MARRIED ‘At Little Ousebuarne, on the 7th inst , the Rev. E. pemet 
vicar of Little Quseburne, to Frances Catherine, eldest surviving daug: tas 
the late Rev, A. Watson, vicar of Little Ouseburne id aan 
a ity Church, Sipesouey. square, on h inst-, R. Robinson, 
by Hampstead—On the ith inst., at 
= Phe Sener aes street, St. James's, to Pace eldest st doh ter of zee 
= Habana: TE Dow stree! te Lt Aes pit od ve 16th er = 
ay re ‘ ‘twond, Eo 
8q-» 6! per 
DIED bal the beh | inst., at Brighto rl of Westmor: — meg 
year. His lordship is succeeded in his a os ne eldest son, L ; orgie 
the new es tee Hs ‘o the Court of Prussia—On the oe inst, in at sce 
suddenly, the ilizabeth Mathew, the last of the Lh rum Lice ape of 
Bombay, on the heen =i S a e e Bg ee Erskine erty. ie ioc 
a! jency—On 
= Jn ndges of her Maja S jupreme a Parag 
Liver, in the 57th year of ens mer; an, 
one ne of i the Be parm of the ine per Temple, sed Ie 
Hs A 
» Q, C. 
.P. for Brtigwater_OB 
Arabia, in the 67th 
year of 
and their mente, hain advance of capital, Mr Cave, by repre- —_—_—_—— — 
sentations as to the productiveness and profits of epee ICULTURAL SUBJ 
saneaaind in Pay ein 54 rig ng of ‘‘ talent, credit, an esp mercy Shag er tee a. € 
bility, to subscribe no um than 368,000/.7. The teaceae @ | Agricult ural Society « y “Orange. tre «, their renovation «815 ¢ 
amounts invested aoa varied from 5,000/. to Cormatoon run, rema’ : se Pea- bug, its —e aaeny 
20,000. Printed circulars, drawn up in the most attractive form, | Cedarof Lebanon used Site o Peary the —— gee 
were ee id by Mr. Cave’s ae % PG potas taserhe ear teresa ite A the Suffilk i ea ps 
, outfits to India, costly velvet dresses, mi marks on Nee bee mers 
tions, and ous acceptable presents were gee Bangs pases by Currant, Knight's sweet red: sive e| Pear-tree, Crace == a6 b 
him, as inducements o prevail on ies to become subscribers ; oo aoe seas oe eating train = 
and it appeared that he eyen atpnnd o a foreign veller, who } gye say pS eee to render ‘eel fruit aad 
journeyed actually as far as Algiers for the purpose of sing a removing §132| delicious . a> 
of shares. Ten cent. was the lowest profit promised. Re- | Floricultural Society = - —-_ 815. ¢ | Physalis pernvians, i its te 7 sire 
spectable people, in temperary strait e prevailed on to. sub. | Gooscberries, wo prune, > S17 ¢ | etoe, Kemp's bata 
scribe by divers miary loans; and one particular of prety aioe sep oetahetnts eg Porenriltees & operate ree ie 
aoe r ceaacaumnns eoaetine 2 considerable pro} for | Horticultural Society - «. B14 ag es for meee nes Se ceuk s Oe 
o i @ perticipation inthe expected pro-| .  — = g sie ise history Sil 
fits. Meanwhile, in the absence of any actual dividend, his co. pon construction iG 6 | Basen, aetie aera a7 
partners were assured, the speculation on the | Ice-stack, to conseruct > 9135 | Silk, its manufactm gise 
int of breaking, that these “magnificent interests” yielded a | Leyland Agri. and H Bide | _ Deccan Gnttle Club  gise 
ge remuanerative return, which would soon be realised, and | Lily of the Vatey cranes ore Sas evs New Bur pos 
might be stated in round numbers to be worth from two to th = — mo ena pSseryeces forapariour case - 37° 
millions of money. The project at length failed; and from the | its efects . 816 | Transplanting, on the season for siz 
tatement ot the Commissioner, Hliams, who, in his ad- | Melonadv vertisemen remarks Trees, sinter, to 
dress, exposed the whole syste been practised, in order | .° - Bieta os te ee oe 
to put the public on their against similar schemes, it ap- g165 | Walnut-tiees;to beat - “a size 
ee! that when goers bankrupt’s chimeras had ended. his whole Oak, © ae sessile fruited the best gl26 | Wheat, ee ee BS 
balance was, in-one case, 1. 4%., and in pie a anit © a treesy imported fom 813-0) Winter Moth Nees asi 
spectable persons, led. wagenind sg bogs in + Of re = ob: 
bankrupt, have keen aioe reduced to 0 _ OF age Lombard-strect., Fleet streets = 
irretrievably rained. Tae pao last aiid aires org Srna ca tS adoorae 
ana he ey Bah Carried om in | the Orrice, 3, Caasiae-crnner, Conant Gonum inthe Colney £0 Sea'te ahs 
ie pe 5 
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