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London, England, 1812-11-17 00:00:00

EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, Nov. 16.

To-day their Lordships sat in the Exchequer
Chamber, to hear the pleadings of Counsel in the
eaise of •

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. BLEW AND OTHERS.
It appeared, that person:, for whom the defend

ants were trustees, had covenanted with the trtis-
' tees of a Charitable Fund at Worcester, in the year
1749, fol. a building lease of a certain piece of land,
on which two ruinous tenements were „situated.—
The lease was given for a terarof ninety-nine years,
with a right of renewal at its expiration for the like
term, on a consideration of an annual payment of
eight pounds ground rent, and that a sum not less
than 2001. should be expended in the erection of
fit habitations for the accommodation of families.
Such being the nature of the lease, the erection
of new houses was begun in 1754, and continued
for several years, during which time, the value of
lands and tenements increased ; and, at the end
of fifty years, • the annual rent of the new houses
and gardens 'amounted to 101/. 10$. Meantime,
the 'succeeding trustees of the public Charity be-
gan to examine the deed .by which the defend- •
ants-held these premises, now become so valuable.
This deed they discovered to be of a very clues-
tionahle nature, for besides its unusual length of
lease, they conceived it to contain a most iinvo7
vident disposal of the lands of the Choritv. THY
accordingly claimed the restoration of their pro-
perty, on thegrounds that the lease was improper,
because it exceeded fifty years, the usual term of
charity building leases ; also, that the permission
of renewal at the same rent stipulated for in the
first covenant was a fraudulent and improvident
disposal and acceptance of the Charity tene-
ments.

On the part of the defendants, it vas maintain-
ed, that an immeasurable loss woted be sustained
by the unexpected demand to surrender their ha-
bitations. 'Fourteen hundred pounds and upwards
had been expended in their erection, and put of
them bad been granted by testament to children,
under the 'contemplation of the lease being a war-
rantable one. Some of the defendants desired
compensation for the surrender of their property,
under such circumstances. Others maintained the
validity of the first lease, but voluntarily surren-
dered the right of renewal; and the two remain-
ing leaseholders, who possessed claims on three
hundred pounds vested in the tenements, made
An ample surrender of their rights, praying that
their costs might he allowed by their Lordships.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL commented., at con-
siderable length, on the improvidence of the
lease, which the trustees of the charity had given,
and•contended, that a retrospective calculation
and surrender of overplus rent for the tenements,
since the year 1799, should be made by the de-
fendants.

The Loito CHIEF JUSTICE counselled the de-
fendants to surrender the tenements to the trustees
of the charity, and accept .a, renewal of their
lease, upon those conditions which had been very
offered to them. His Lordship desired them
to cast the business over in their minds till Thurs,
day, 'when judgment would be given.

IRLANTI).

COURT OF KING'S DUBLIN, Nov. 11.

THE KING AT THE PROSECUTION OF DENNIS BOWES

DI LY, ESQ. V. RICHARD MARTIN, ESQ.

Mr. GOFAGIITY, in this case, moved for a con-
ditional order tor a criminal inforMation against the
defendant. His motion was grounded on an affidavit,
which stated a requisition from the ilefendant to the
prosecutor to this effect, namely, that the said D. B.
DaPphOuld either compel Dennis Daly to resign his
pretensions of renresenting the county of Galway in
Parliament, or that he the said D. B. Daly should
relinquish his • own claims to the honour of being
returned for the said county. It is farther stated,
that the defendant had in several times in England,
and in this country, declared, that the survivor of
the candidates would certainly be returned theMem-
her to serve in the ensuing Parliament, and con-
chided by stating, that the defendant had chal-
lenged the, prdsecutor to Eight. The Court
granted the motion.