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London, England, 1809-07-25 00:00:00

LifW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT •F CHANCERY, JULY 24.
FRIENDLY SOCIETY OF MASTER BAKERS.
Pr IRCE PIPER.—This case stood for judgment
this day. The LORD CHANCELLOR commented.in de-
tail on the various clauses of the deed by which the
Society was constituted, and adverted again to the
mischievous consequences that often resulted from a
want of due caution on the part of those who formed
societies of this nature, and acted as corporations
without actually being entitled to that character.
His Lordship professed to be no distinguished calcu-
lator, but he thought it impossible for any one at
all conversant with subjects of this nature not to per-
ceive that there were several palpable errors in this
plan, and several probable events left unprovided for.
He then mentioned a case decided by Lord Thurlow,
which formed a precedent for the course which he
was inclined to adopt. A Bill had been filed by Mrs.
Buckle and others, widows, against the Directors of a
society which had been formed by several people with
a view to provide a fund which would afford annui-
ties to their widows. The subscriptions had been
found insufficient, and the annuities had been stopped,
which occasioned the filing of the Bill. Lord Thur-
low submitted the plan to the examination of a Mr.
Brand, to ascertain whether the Society could at all
be carried on under it. Mr. Brand reported several
defects, and particularly that the subscriptions were
too low. Lord Thurlow, however, taking the Om
for a basis, was inclined to adopt the course of carry-
ing the objects of it into execution by correcting the
defects. Upon the authority of that case his Lord-
ship thought his ►est course would be to submit the
plan to an Accountant for his opinion, with a view to
have it carried into execution, if that could be done,
or if not, to do the best that could be done. He
stated, however, that in the case above-mentioned the
parties paid the costs in equal proportions, and had
themselves adopted measures for the prosecution irf
the object of the Society. This he recommended to
the present parties as most becoming their own hones•
ty, as well as the interest of all concerned. He
would look into the Register Books for the case de-
cided by Lord Thurlow, and the affair was ordered
to stand over till Friday.

TYTIIES IN LONDON.
JO/INES v. THE EAST-INDIA COMPANY.

This case came before the C6urt on exceptions to
the Master's report under the following circumstances
—The plaintiff, who is Rector of the parish of All-
hallows, Barking, in the city of London, filed a bill
against the East-India Company for the tythes of cer-
tain houses in their possession as warehouses, at the
rate 43f two shillings and ninepence per pound ster-
ling, from the year 1796. A decree was made in
1804, directing the Master to report what tythes were
due, and the Master reported in June 1808 that up-
wards of 20001. were due.

Sir ARTHUR PICOT and Mr. ALEXANDER excepted
to this on the ground that the decree had pointed out
no data for the Master to calculate upon except those
of the ancient or improved rents. The plzintiff had
not shewn that any rents had been paid for these pre-
mises ; and the Master, they contended, ought there-
fore to have reported that nothing was due, whereas
he had taken the present annual value of the houses
as the ground of his calculation. This they said he
was not authorised to do either upon the Decree or
the Act of Parliament. If such a system should
prevail, the Rectors of London would be richer than
some of the Bishops.
Sir S. ROMILLY and Mr. RICHARDS defended the

Report.
The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that the decree
included rents and value, and therefore the Master
had not travelled out of the record. And as to the
Act, it had been decided by the Court of Fxchequer
and the Master of the Rolls, in the cases of Thynas-
ton v. the East-India Company, and .. the
East-India Company, that the present value might
be taken as the ground work, unless the defendants
could shew the rents and the custom. But as the
case was important, he allowed a petition for rehear-
ing to be given in, that the matter might be com-
pletely argued.

BIR'I'HS.
Monday last, at her house in George-street, Plymouth Dock,
the Lady of Captain Sir Richard King, of the Achille, of a son.

MARRIED.
At North Berwick, on the 12th instant, Captain Browne, of
the 6th dragoons, to Miss Dalrymple, eldest daughter of the late
Sir Hew Dalrymple.Hasnilton, of North Berwick and Bargeny.
At Inchdaray, Thomas Wilkinson, Esq. attorney, Manchester,
to Miss lane Barbara Eason, only daughter of the late Dr. Alex-
ander Eason, physician there.
At Byres, Suffolk, the Rev. Perryman Wakeman, rector of
Little Saxharn, Suffolk, to Miss Mary Eliston, grand-daughter of
the late Rev. Dr. Eliston, master of Sidney Lama College, Cam-
bridge.
Rev. Benson Maxwell, eldest son of Colonel Maxwell, of
Baststown, to Miss O'Hara, daughter of Robert O'Hara, Esq. of
Mountjoy.square, Dublin.

DIED.
Ou the 21st July, at his house in Upper Brook-street, William
Strode, of Northaw, in the county of Herts, Esq. This excellent
man shewed in his whole conduct how near perfection mortality
can reach.
Mrs. Macey, wife of Mr. Macey, of Plymouth.
On the 21st inst. after a few days illness, in consequence of a
violent inflammation of the bowels, the Rev. Alex. Mackenzie,
A.M. and Student of Christ Church, Oxford.
The Htirgerton,
e Rev. Mr. Clark, Rector of Leicestershire.
The Rev. George Clarke, Rector of MeyseyHalllPtons Faidordo
falnucestershirs. •