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| | November 24th |
 | | In the bankrupt list of The London Gazette for November 1772, the attention of the public was called, somewhat significantly, to 'Teresa Cornelys, Carlisle House, St. Ann, Soho, dealer.' It will not be uninteresting to the reader to have some account of the nature of Teresa Cornelys's dealings. |
 | | This was probably the identical mermaid, respecting which the lord chancellor was called upon to adjudicate, towards the close of November 1822. |
 | | There was a disputed ownership, and his lordship expressed his satisfaction that he was not called upon to decide whether the animal was man, woman, or mermaid, but only to say to whom it rightfully belonged. |
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