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Read in the Wunder reader — freeMr. Brougham. Did you at the same time see the prospectus of the plan for laying out the place?
A. This, I believe, is a copy of it.
Q. What should you think is a reasonable compensation to the person who arranged that plan, and made that drawing, and the others connected with that plan, and the prospectus?
A. That it would be almost impossible for me to tell; that must be governed by the trouble that was attendant upon it, and of course of that I cannot be a judge.
Lord Ellenborough. It is a very well drawn plan?
A. Certainly it is.
Mr. Brougham. Are you aware, that a plan of that kind cannot be made out, without a survey of the ground?
A. Certainly.
Q. Are you aware, that in making a plan of that sort, there are various other plans previously made, before it comes into that state?
A. No doubt, there must be.
Q. Can you take upon you, from that, and from your understanding of the manner in which such plans are made, to say what would be a fair reasonable compensation for the trouble bestowed?
A. Mr. Cochrane Johnstone, whom I saw upon the premises, made a representation to me----
Mr. Gurney. We cannot hear that.
Mr. Brougham. From your own knowledge of the subject, and the ground, what should you take to be a reasonable compensation?
A. It is so governed by the trouble attending it, that I cannot say, with any precision; I should judge, from the calculation of the trouble that must attend it, that a compensation of from two to three hundred pounds, might not be excessive.
---- M'Guire sworn.
Examined by Mr. Park.
Q. Are you the wife of the person who has just been here now?
A. Yes.
Q. Did you know Mr. De Berenger, when he lived at Chelsea?
A. No.
Q. Did you know Smith, his servant?
A. Yes.
Q. Did your husband on any day, and if so, on what day, mention to you his having seen Mr. De Berenger, Smith's master?
A. Yes, he did on the 20th February, about ten o'clock at night.
Q. When he came home?
A. Yes.
Q. How do you happen to know it was the 20th of February, more than the 13th or the 6th?
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