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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 5.

THE KING V. THE DIRECTORS OF THE HUNGERFORD
MARKET COMPANY.

This was an application fo-r—a, writ of mandamus to
(amo!n4g)ceopier of premises in the old
sustained by her by reason of giving up
he directors of the Hungerford-market Company, to
td. a jury to assess compensa-
tion
of the new market. It ap-
nts of the old market had procured a
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premises
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compensation clause to be inserted in the act of Parlia-
•nent, but that the Company had refused, in many cases,
tr, make the required recompense. The clause was to this
-ffect :—" That all tenants or occupiers at will or from
year
to year
os
sf t
any logs,
inte-
rest whatsoever for goodwill, improvements, tenants,
, damage,
fixtures, or otherwise, by reason of the passing of the Act,
le old market,
or
injury who might sustain or b,.
in respect of any
should receive all and every such benefit and advantag (by
way of compensation from the Company by such and the
same means as are provided for in the first schedule of the
act." The applicant, in the present case, had received a
six months' notice,to quit at Christmas last ; and not hav-
ing complied with it, she had been served with an eject-
ment. The question was, whether, under the above
clause; she was entitled to compensation from the Com-
pany, the notice to gait having been given in the name of
her landlord, Mr. Wise, of whom the Company had pur-
chased the property, and she being, as tenant at will,
bound to quit upon a half year's notice.
Sir J. SCA RLtTT and-Mr. FOLLETT, on behalf of the
Company, contended that the compensation clause was
applicable only to such persons as were deprived of their
premises by the Act of the Company, who were em-
powered to take them on giving three months' notice, and
making such compensation for the loss of such interest as
they (the tenants) might have in the premises. In this
case the party being only a tenant at will, and having re-
ceived notice from her landlord to quit, a notice which he
had a right to give, bad no such interest as came within
the meaning of the clause. _

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr. LAW, in support
of the application, stated, that the compensation clause had
been introduced for the express purpose of enabling all
the tenants of the old market to obtain recompense for
the loss of their good-will, &c. Many of them had oc-
cupied their premises for a great number of years ; and
although they held only as tenants at will, or from year
to year, it had been expressly understood between their
landlord and themselves that they should not be turned
out of possession as long as they continued to pay their
rent. The good will, &c. was therefore of value to them,
and was marketable, although it was not a legal interest.

The COIRT observed that the clause in the Act was
somewhat ambiguous, but they thought, upon the whole,
that it must be construed to apply to a case like the pre-
sent.—Rule absolute.

GENERAL ELECTION.

COUNTY OF SURREY.

Yesterday, at Guildford, two Members were
elected to serve In Parliament for the county of Sur-
rey. No contest having been expected, scarcely any
symptoms of the approaching event were apparent
on the preceding evening; but the morning of yes-
terday was marked by some slight bustle. A few
carriages arrived at an early hour—a band of music,
employed by Mr. Denison's Committee, paraded the
streets—flags, with the mottos of the respective
candidates, were suspended from the windows of the
inns occupied by their Committees, and such fur-
ther arrangements were made as the merely formal
character of an uncontested election required.

At half-past ten o'clock. the Town-hull opened for
the commencement of busineis. There were on the
hustings Messrs. Norton and Mangles, the lately
elected Members for the borough or bloildford ; Mr.
IL Drummond, Mr. Calm ford, .Mr. Leach, Mr.
Hawes, &C. &c. &c. "Lad Giantley wasin the hall;
but did not occupy a conspicuous station.
Mr. LEACH proposed William Joseph Denison,
Esq., as a fit and proper person to repreient the
county of Surrey in Parliament.—(Applause.)
Mr. LADBROKE seconded the nomination,

Mi. NORTON (one of the lately elected Members
for the butough of Guildfotd) then came forward,
and proposed John Ivatt Briscoe as the other Mem-
ber to serve in Parliament for the county of Surrey.
Mr. BENJAMIN HAWES seconded the nomination
of Mr. Briscoe, not only upon public, but upon
private grounds. There did not exist a man of more
worthy character than the gentleman whose name
had just now been announced for their acceptance.
He was a man, too, whom they could choose upon
the very highest ground of public principle. He
stood before them that day as one who came forward
at the last General Election to vindicate the great
principles of Parliamentary Reform, and he now
stood before them as the consistent advocate of those
principles, and as the warm supporter of the great
measure of his Majesty's Government. The mea-
sure, respecting which it was the object of the present
General Election to take the sense of the people of
England, was one, which, for many yea, s, had been
advocated by a great and talented and influential
party in this county, and it was now approaching the
fulness of its maturity. The seed which they had
sown was now rising into, great and vigorous plant,
striking its roots deep into the earth and spreading
its branches far and wide. In this, then, he saw
large ground forcongratulating his friendsand brother
electors, at the same time. that he could not but feel,
that in offering such a congratulation, he was ex-
pressing dissent from the sentiments of some high
authorities in that county—authorities to whom, if
he could do so conscientiously, he should be most
ready to bow with respect. There was one gentle-
man in particular, who might be considered the
highest authority to be found in their county, opposed
to the principles of Reform, a gentleman distin-
guished for his commanding abilities, for his great
fortune, for-his.pre-eminent benevolence, and for his
unstained character. It was therefore with great
humility that he (Mr. H.) presumed to differ from
such a man. The gentleman of whom he spoke was
opposed to Parliamentary Reform, on the ground
that it might lead to revolution : such, no doubt,
was his conscientious belief; but he (Mr. H.) must,
in common with the united population of the empire,
take leave to differ from the gentleman to whom he
alluded. He feared revolution ! There was no
danger of any such thing. Had not the Mem-
bers of his Majesty's- Government' as large a
stake in the country as the gentleman in ques-
tion ? Had they not as much knowledge? Were they
not possessed of as much experience, and were not
they, with the King himself, neither more nor less,
than a body of reformers ? The King had now
given his people an opportunity of trying whether
they were or were not in favour of the Bill; and it,
therefore, now was the bounden duty of every elec-
tor in the country to come forward and record hi-
sentiments upon that great and trying question. He
meant, of course, in all cases where contests might
arise. Success would be attended with little or no
difficulty, if Englishmen would only come forward
and bear their testimony manfully in the open day.
But now, with reference to the particular duty
which the electors of Surrey had to perform th,e
day, he would only say, that they had before them
two candidates, who stood pledged to the great mea-
sure of Reform, not only by promises made upon
the hustings, but by speeches made, and votes re
corded in Parliament. They had men before the"
devoted to their interests, and who had bestowee
indefatigable attention upon the duties of popular
represen tat i ves.—(Applause.)
The HIGH SHERIFF having then inquired if an)
other candidate was to be proposed, and proclama•
tionhaving been made in due form,

Mr. H. DRUMMOND begged to know if that was
the proper time for bin/ offer a few words to the