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LAW INTELUGEnCE.
COURT Or CHANCERY, NOVEMBER 14.
LORD LnlYTlflla V. •RIAN.

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COURT OP KING'S BENCH, NOV. t 4.
GOODRIGHT DIM. TOWLIII V. IFIRRISTEII.

curmaitr v. raincr.

This caufe has been • already bef..re the public.—
The Sottctrisa Ganseat brought it this day under
the review of the Court. The nature of the quefiion
was, whether a onion employed to difpofe of another's
goods by fele, could, hirofelf, become the putchafer,
at a price put upon it by another individual, in pre
f:nce of the owner (Co acquiereenee or approval being
espreffed), which 'Potwar& moved to be far beneath
its real value. The matter in dispute was a pieure,
the property cf Lord Lowther, as executor of Lord
Lnnfdale. which the Defendant undertook to fell ;
and which he himfelf bought, at the price of soo
guineas, that having been the random valuation put
upon it br a Mr Willey, in' a 'regions converfatioo
with the Plaintiff and Defendant. Mr. Brian, how.
ever, form afterwards made a profit upon it of up.
wards of moo guineas. The bill was filed for retii-
tution of the property.
After hearing the Same:rot G b the LORD
assocsttost Paid, that altboughite had already made
•np Ws mind upon the principles upon which he would
found%ls d .cifion, yet there were tome puts oT the
evidence, which bore a doubtful coallrudion, and
which might occafion bis feuding fame parts of the
quaint) before a Jury. He thetefore felt it limitary
to pottpone pronoulting judgment till Monday next,
in order that he might have en opportunity of re-
gr'fing the e►idence which bad been adduced on both
fides.

This cafe occupied the attention of the Court dnr
ing five hours. It was argued by 6erjeant Wit-
-3.111MS for the Plaintiff, and Sir Yr CARY CMS for
the Defendant. It arofe upon a fpleial verdiO, and
'turned upion the validity of will made by a re.
attainder man in fee, as to certain lands, whereof the
tenant fillife had previonfly levied a fihe, with pro.
tiamations' and the will was made eluting the life of
the tenant for lift. The queftion for the Coast was,
'therefor, principally, whetherthe fines by tenant for
Ulrike operated duffing his life, as a diffeifin agairdl the
remainder man, Co as to prevent the elate palling by
his will.

On the part of the Defendant. pit was contended
that it worked an abfolute diffeifin, and mined the
eflate of the reinaindeK man to a merd tight cf entry,
which could not pals by the devife.
On the part of the Plain.iff it was clntended, that
it did not create a diknntinuance till after the death
of the tenant for life t that the remainder man might
Ilea whether to confider it as a diffeilin or not, and
that even if it were turned to a right of entry, yet it
might be devitable, thane' not otherwif* affignable.
The Conte did not decode upon the cafe, but took
time to confider, and it is itnpolfible for us to give
oven an abridged aceonnt of the argument. which
would not be intelligible -to any but a lawyer.
Str V. GUM mneed for a quo war rattle againll
certain freemen of Saltath. The Mayor for the time
being has the power of appointing a deputy during
his abfcnce. The Mayor was abfent, and appointed
• deputy,-but afterwards 'returned, and then Mr. De-
puty stoats fo fond of hls a thee that he did not like to
give it ups arid admitted feveral burgetfes, notwith.
Rending the true Mayor was returned.—Rule to
tow wife granted.
6s forte 3. e. oottone, ask..
Mr. Gamma/ moved for a criminal information
sgainlk a gentleman of the name of Winton. Mr.
Gordon was educated at the expence of. gentleman
of the name o: Crouch, of Stand/ad Hall, in Etfex,
a gentleman of pool. a year landed eflate. He es-
pefted tome remittancev, which, not coming, he pre.
fumed mttfl be delayed on acr,unt of the infirmity'
of his guardian. upon inquiry, he found that he
was in the power of a Mrs. (It eygoofe and Mr. Win-
ton, who were living in his houfe, in confequence of
which he obtained a commilTwn of lunacy to be if-
fused, and he himt:lf was appointed committer of the
ettate. He then ,ead a letter from Winton, accm
ling him of defaming him (Winton) behind his hack,
and threatening to protecute him, provided he had
at been tufficiently refined in the army to fettle it
in a manner more in congruity with gentlemanly
feeling. That his meaning might not be millinder-
flood, he met Mr. Gurdon one day on horfeback and
alkyl him, if he tboold alight and fettle the bulinefs
with him then ; and that, further, he walked about

with Bouple ut tluubklbatrclica piftolt, intuiting
Mr. _ _ _

'1 he Kole to thew ciente why a criminal informs-
tir n Ihould not be filed for fending a challenge, or
provoking to fend a challenge, was granted.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, NOVEMBER z 4.

W. Serjeent.Serrose• applied to the Court to
make a Rule abf Ante, obtained on a burner day, for
difcharging the Defendant, a foreigner, out of vit.-
tocly, ern the ground of his having been improperly
arrelied and confined in the Fleet Pam ft ap
peered horn the Defendant's affidavit, that in conk.
.ottence of being engaged in bufinefs with the firm of,
Cuthbert. Brook, and Co. certain prtperty belong-
ing to them, confining of 2.60 ounces of L'l'rinnarir::,
a sitialvi;y off efts Lenzuli, with feveral bills of ex.
change and cheeks, were placed in his hands, which
he bad retained, conceiving that he had a balance of
accounts in his favour. A fbort time tiace, on his
refttfal to iteliver the fame to time Plaintiff, who
claimed an exclulivc right to it, he was arrelled on
an Kilian of trov:r for 800. and kept in confine.
ment. With refpea to the Übrart.wire, it was placed
in his hands in France, to prevent the ene.ny from
taking pe ifeibtm td it as Britifh property ; and he
lisd inn:net ions to fell it, and to receive half the pro.
fit as a re warilifor his agency. The Ukraararior and
lapis tazt,,Twcre not worth mote than so.l. not-
seithaanding which he had been smelled for 8001.
and being a foreigner, was incapable of finding
The !atter circtirreflancc, he believed, had induced
the plaintiff to arreft him. He was an agent for fc-
vcral foreigners, by whom be obtained fupport, and
by being in cot (incmeut loft his connetlion ; he there-
f, re prayed. the Court to difcharge him, in order to
prevent Lk ruin. Mr. Serjeant S 0, in Inv
port of his motion. defcribed the proferty to belong
ti Cuthbert and Co. and not to the Plaintiff alone,
sr the bills and ebeepartere *awn by the latter Jinn,

on Moffat 2na Co.- and under all the eirentnaanees,
he contended, that the arreft of the Defendant had
been illegal.
Mr. Serjeant 13ssy oppored the difcharge of the
Defendant, under a fufpicion that the latter would
immediately go out of the kingdom with the proper-
ty. The Learned Serjrant read the Plaintiff's affi-
davit, which Rated, that he had placed the articles
before mentioned in the hands of the Defendant, with.
out the knowledge of his pat tnerstAnd that he had
fillet renowned the Defendant to came to a fettle-
ment, but the latter had retired fo to do, and the
deponent believed he had Pool. diet to him, after al-
lowing every claim thedefendant could frisly demand.
The Court was of opinion that the Plaintiff bad
not proved his right to all the property in the hands
of the Defendant who had been held to bail for Pool.
more than was due, Sir JaMes MAIIISFISLD therefore
difcbarged the Defendant out of cullody ; bat, with
the content of the parties, ordered the property to be
placed in the hands 91 the Prothonotary of the Court,
until the tranfanion fhould be determined by refe-
rence.

Wednefday morning an alarming fire broke out in
Great Montague-court, Little Britain, but through
the laudable activity of thdllnhabitants, and a prompt
fupply of watet, it was extinguifhed previous to the
arrival of the engines, withont further mirchief than
&Ruling the roofs of two houfes.—lt is hoped this
will operate as a caution not to Leave children in
apartments by thernfelvet, it being the fecond acci-
dent which has happened on the fame fpot within a
few weeks, from that more.
A few days Attlee, a young Lady, of she name of
Forbes, whole parents refide in Whitecrofs-ltrect, St.
Luke's, was burnt to death in the following manner:
—As a young man in the habit of vifiting the
family, and Mifs Forbes, wee converting to3ether
in the parlour, a (ea from the fire flew, unper-
ceived, on the muffin drell of the Lady. which
form kindled into a blaze. The young man pulled
off his coat to wrap round her, with a view to ca-
ll tinguifh it, but before he could accomplifh his inten-
tion, (he ran out of the room into the greet I he fal-
-1 lowed her, and before effeflual aft:fiance could be pro.
cured, (be was fo dreadfully burnt, as onl to furvive
till the following morning. Sbe was aboOt 17 years
11 of age, and on the eve of marriage to the Gentleman
above Rated. Imagination may paint, belt language
cannot dery-the, the extreme grief of the parents of this
unfortunate lady, who, we underflami, have been al-
molt delirious fince the melancholy event.

A Letter, lately received Worn LincokAire, de-
ferves fome attenrion.—.. I have the pleafure to in-
form you th it my face is much better, though fill
but indifferent ; beg you will fend me a large bottle,
having been obiged to purchafe fome which I am
convinced ate not yours. I fent to one of your agents,
he had not any in the houfe, but purchafed them elk-.
where in the town for me. I have fent a (mall (pan;
tity and the paper of direetians, in order that you
may difcover the irnpolition, /for fuch I mull think
it) as the effeAs are fo very different." In rhofa cafes,
where SPILSUR ell Patent Aar trcosauric Daors are
given with fuccefs, as in ScurvEGoot, Rheomatifm,
Scrophola, Eruptive Cafes, Nervous and Bilious'
Complaints, the neeeffity of guarding againfl an in,
juriOus mixture is obvious ; therefore with a little
attention, by the following marks, the genuine asedi.
tine will be dißinguifhed readily from counterfeits.
Obferve, that the words "by the King'S Patent," are
expreffed at length on the bottle, in the bill of direc-
tions, and outride wrapper ; alto tlaa Ramp, (the
king's duty) is printed in black inflead of red ink. -
Sold at the Difpenfary, No. 15, Soho-fquate, Lon-
don ; in bottles of ss. 6.1. sos. and tl. as. duty in.
eluded ; Compound Effence,

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