It seems there is some foundation for the strange story
about a will made by a pauper in the St. Pancras Union for the benefit of the master and the lawyer who drew the will. A letter has been re- ceived from a solicitor at Clifton stating that he had-examined the case, that the man Smart's statement was mainly true, and that the only difficulty in the way of recovering the property was his identification. He had several documents in his' hands. Mr. Bishop also, the lawyer, now admits that the property- is worth 5,0001., and denies the right of the guardians •to interfere, while Smart himself appears to have quitted the house. It is of course a possibility that Smart may have drawn up his-will and rewarded both lawyer and master of ,his own mere motion, and- though the transaction looks odd, the guardians must not forget that their only locus stand's in the matter is the right of the parish to be repaid.
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