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COURT OP EXCHEQUER, NOVEMBER IL
111 E LINO V. LOLLY.
Theheating of Mr. BROUGHAM upon the seconu'
pint, a d of Mr. Larreufate masted, was postponed
till after the Term.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, NOV. 21.
REX V THOMAS AND Joy IN IVINTLR.
Mr. E. Mooiu prayed the judgment of the Court
upon these defendants, found guilty at the last So-
merset Assizes, of an assault upon James Gibbs, a
constable, in the execution of his duty. It appeared,•
that tiir John Letlibridgesa Magistrate of the county,
on the 27th of dune, 1811; gave the defendant, John
yirldter; into the officer's custody, directing him to be
safely lsepealll the next morning ; in the course of
tie essieringtthe defendant, Thomas Winter, called
upon his brother, and went into an adjoining room
with him, when, upon the constable's attempting to
follow them, the assault in question was committed;
the defendant, 'rhnotes Winter, having pushed the
officer °early, down, and the other defendant having
kicked tim in the shins.
Mr.B ieouea, for the defendants,said, that the coo,
stable bad acted without any warrant, and the Ma-
gistrate had given John Winter over to custody with-
out any ground ; and the pretence of the constable's.
following the defendants was, that they (two most
respectable carolers) would have otherwise escaped
out of the window. It was not the intention of the
prosecutors to have called for judgment had not the
defendants given notice of their design to pray the
Court for that judgment; that, upon being fined Is.
each, (which was now the Court's judgment upon
them) they might proceed to prosecute in their turn.
REX V. JOHN BRICK. EO3, ESQ.
Me. SCA num' moved for a rule to shew cause why
an information, in the nature of a quo wariwfuo,
should not be filed against this defendant, calling upon
him to chew by wheat right he exercised the (dice of
Mayor of Colchester.. He stated, that the election
of Mayor for that town was regulated by certain
charters, which stii•ulated that two persons should be
put in nomination by the Corporation at large, and
that those persons slionlii he returned to the Mayor
and Aldermen, in order that they might decide which
should serve tLe office. By :he same chartets it was
enacted that no person should vote for the election of
any corporate officer, who was a comm in brewer, or
who riteived wages or salary from any person what-
soever. On the d.y of the last election of Mayor,'
three persons were put in nomination, viz. Mr.
Spading, Mr. Smith, and the defendant; at the time
when the poll stood 99 for Smith, 91 for. Spading,
and It) for defendant, the Mayor asked Mr. Sparling
whether he had taken the Sacrament 'luring the last
year ? to which he replied in the negative, although
a member of the Church of England ; the Mayor
then decided hint The election, however,
proceeded, and at the close of the poll the numbers
were for Smith 133, for Spading 123, and for defen-
dant 22. In consequence of the Mayor's decision,
however, Mt. Smith and the defendant were alone
'canned to the Court of Aldermen ; and although
the latter was in so considerable a minority, they de-
cided him Mayor. Mr. SCARLETT stated, that this
application WAS founded not alone upon an objection
to the Mayor's decision, but upon the circumstance
of one of the Aldermen being a common brewer, and
another receiving a salary as a distributor of Stamps.
Whether this latter came within the meaning of the
• Charter, was a question of after consideration; but
it had been decided by the Mayor himself, that com-
mon brewers were not entitled to Vote. Rule granted.

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..CtillAnhs Nov. 90.—in a Convocation on Wednesday last,.
Mesl36wittlitEsq. MA. of braienuLt College, and Barents
of Law,wea ettaouneuely. elected Fellow of Common Law, on
the foundltion of Charles Viner, Esq.
Thursday, hi Congregation, the folloWthirsintlemett Were.
admitted to dizreeti i .
MASTIRS or Jars.
Rev. John Uar.iiter, of Worei:ster College.
Rey. John Soul:fie, or I.l4.ivevity College.
aacusi.oas or A ITS.
John Sri 4ene:l6l °I'D isiverbity College, Grand Compounder.
Adam Aunincl, sq. of Bahia' Collie, Grand Compounders
Mr. George childet, of Magdalen Hall.
ice,. Jolin Rudge'Relton, of Queen's Collile.
Mr. Richard:Bunion, Mr. William Bli.s, Mr. Henry Timm'
Ellicumbe, and Mr. George Clay:on, of Ortel College.
Mr. Evan Weeks, of Watßiant College;
Mr. John .Glarico and Mr. Geo. hernardoof Ikasenose Colley %
'the Right Hon. the Earl of Clare, of Christ Church.
Mr. Charles Davits, of Perubmke tolke.
Mr. Sawrey George Garrard, of Sr% Falnitnid Hall.
ECCLESIASTICAL PItOIIIOTIONS.
Rh?. Sir C. Anderson, Bart. to the Prebend of Thortigati, in
Lincoln Cathedral, vacated by. the Rer.Dr. Middleton.
Rev. J. H. Michell, M.A. Rector of Bucktuol, Hertfordshire,
and formerly Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, to the v:ca-
rage of Waterbeath, Cambridgeshire, vacant by the death of the'
Rev. W. Williams.
Rev. Thomas Joitnes, to the rectory of Brtdstotte, Devon.
Rev. J. Lilly, of Newcuurt, near Hereford, tti a prebendal stab
in Hereford Cathedral.

Rev. William Morgan, to the rectory of Frethurne, Glouces-
tershire.

Rev. Stephen Williams, to the rectory of Lanvilaanzle-ituttas
Ragg4t, Monmouthshire.
CAMBRIDGE, Nov. Fo.--Thursilsn, sennlght the itev. James
lAttignusre was b. ensed by the Bishop of ondon to the I.cc•
turesimp of Manningtree, kw*, havirot been unaniutobsly ap-
pointed to the sante by the ii.habitants, bud approved by the
Rector of Motley.
Mr. John Yull Godfrey, of St. John's college, it admitted ,o
the degree of Ll.. B.
The Rev. John Buck, M. A. is elecre,d Fellow of Christ col-
egc, on the Foundation of Sir John finch and Sin hos. Ban.cs.
A dispensation has passed the Gteat 'leg; to enable eke Rev.
T. Bowen, A.M. (Chaplain to the Duke of Yent), to hold the
vicarage of Llanfihaugrl Pesubryn, tcgether with the. Re, tory nf
Troedyrauri both in the county 01 Cardigan, and place:se of St.
David's.

The Rcv. David Nittiolls is collated by the Lord Bishcip of St.
David's to the Vicarage ot Llanegsvad, in the county of Carutar•
theta, vacant by the cossatun ot the said Rev. T. liowen.