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were bad, because the parties were not resident in the
borough. Mr. Scarlett was fUrnished with affidavits
proving that the said voters had been capital burgesses
six years before the election.
The merits of this Corporation question having been
argued at length by Mr. SCARLET/ and Mr. ADAM—
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said,. enough had been
stated to satisfy the Court that it was a question which
ought to come before them upon the record.
The question, consequently, by consent of Counsel, is to come
before the Judges in a shape more regular, with a view to discus-
sion of all the bearings.
Mr. WILLIAMS moved for a criminal information
against Mr. Perry, a Magistrate, and Lord of the Manor
of West Ham, Essex, for alleged improper conduct in
refusing a victualler's license to a person named Strat-
ton, who kept a public-house at West Ham.
It did not appear that any otrrupt motive could be assigned to
Mr. Perry ; on the contrary, the refusal to renew the license might
have proceeded from an honest motive. aad the Court refused to
grant the rule—Application refused.
ALLEGED MISCONDUCT OF AN ATTORNEY.
Mr. BOLLAND moved for a rule to shew cause why
an attorney should not be struck off the Rolls for mis-
conduct. It was alleged that he had conducted two
prosecutions against Josiah Taylor, for keeping a gam-
bling-house, and had proposed to comprt,mise both for
a sum of money—rising in his demands from 5001. to
5,000/.—(A laugh).—The Court granted a rule.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, NOVEMBER 25.
The Loan CHIEW Jusrtmt went to the City this
morning, but there being no causes entered. for trial,
his Lordship proceeded to Westminster, where the
Court was occupied till one o'clock, in hearing a long
argument on the construction of a will, to which several
codicils had been added, and the question was, whe-
ther the last codicil acted as a republication of the will ?

CALTON V. PORTER.
The plaintiff in this case had agreed for the putchase
of an annuity of 1051. per annum, from the defendant,
for the sum of 6301. and had paid the full purchase
money to Messrs. Howard and Gibbs, who acted as
agents fo- both parties in the transaction.
Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN had, on a former day, ob-
tained a rule on the part of the defendant, calling on the
,plaintiff to shew cause why the annuity deed should not
be set aside, on the ground that the whole of the pur-
chase money bad not been paid to the defendant, who is
the granter. It appeared, by the affidavits made in the
cause, that the defendant, at the time the agreement
for granting the annuity was made, was indebted to
Messrs. Howard and Gibbs in the stun of 901. which
sum, together with a charge of 501. for costs in nego-
ciating and completing the sale of the annuity, they de-
ducted out of the purchase money received by the plain-
tiff; and the conditional order was made by the Court,
under the Act of the 59d Geo. l 11, which enacts, that if
the whole sum agreed to be paid for the purchase of
any annuity, shall not be paid to the granter of such an-
nuity, the contract for such annuity shall not be valid.
Serjeant 'FADDY now chewed cause against the rule,
and contended that the payment of the whole purchase
by the plaintiff, to Messrs. Howard and Gibbs, who
acted as his agent, was a payment to him within the
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meaning of the statute.
The Court said it had lately been decided, in the case
of Gorton and Champneys, that the whole purchase
money must come to the hands, or be placed fully within
the disposal of the granter of an annuity, otherwise
the grant would not be binding on him; and as it did,
not appear in this case that the granter at any time had
it in his power to dispose of the %thole of the purchase
money, the order for setting 'aside the annuity must be
made absolute; but the plaintiff would be entitled to
recover that part of the purchase money which was
actually paid to the defendant, with interest from the
time of the payment.

PREROGATIVE COURT, NOV. 25.
CRESWELL V. CNESSWELL.
Dr. LUSHINGTON, in this case, prayed that leters of
administration to the deceased's property might issue
to a new Trustee, in the room of a Mr. Pitt, who had
given up the trust.
Sir J. NICHOLL said, in order to save time, and as he
had read the affidavits, he would state that he had
looked into some authorities, particularly the case of
Nash v. Nash. decided in 1792, where the administra•
tion was not granted under similar circumstances.
Dr. LUSHINGTON said, this case was a most extraor-
dinary one ; an issue had been directed from the Court
of Chancery to try a cause; the will was admitted by
the deceased's sons to be genuine, and they did not op-
pose the administration going to the party applying.
Mr. Pitt had been appointed Trustee of the property by
the Lord Chancellor, but had renounced his tiust, and
consented, by his Counsel, to the Master's choosing
another Trustee.
Sir JOHN NICHOLL said, the moment the Court was
satisfied of MI. Pitt's giving up his trust and consenting
to this application, he would grant the administration
to a new trustee.—The motion was ordered to stand over.

An Inquest was held at the Union public-house, on
Thursday se'nnight, on the body of Mary Malden. The
deceased was a woman about seventy years of age, of
very singular and retired habits. She had lodged with her
son, at '29, Cavendish-place, Brighton, for about two
years. In the winter she used to be wholly without
firing, and her son used to take her victuals to the door
of bet apartment, and place it on a stool near the door,
from whence she took it into the room without speaking
to any person in the house, and fastened the door after
her. On Tuesday evening last the deceased and her
son had some dispute, after which he plaCed her food
as usual on the stool at the door, but on observing it
had not been removed, he forced,thi door open, when
he found the deceased extended on the bed quite dead.
The July, after sitting upwards of five hours, brought
in a verdict-4' Died by the visitation of GOD."

Wednesday morning, a. Meeting of the Common-
Gaincilmen of the Ward of Farringdon-Without was
held at the new Inquest-house, in St. Andrew's Church-
yai d, Holborn, for the purpose of instituting an inquiry
al to the alleged want of a prompt and sufficient supply
Of water at the late conflagrations that have occurred in
that Wald, viz. in Fleet-street, and at Messrs. Wilkin-
son's, on Ludgate-hill. Notice of the intended meeting
and its object had been given to the Directors of the
different Fire Insurance Offices, and also to the New
River Company, and several Gentlemen, together with
some of the RI e.iien, and the parochial and city officers,
were in attendance. •

SPORTING IN SINERIA...—A Yakut, says Captain COCHRANE, Will,
for a considet able wager, ride his horse from 200 to £5O versts, in
24 hours. I titbits:, in a late instance, 000 versts,qual to 170 miles,
have been perlot in, d by oar horse within 24 bolas, not by any vio.
lent exertion, but by regular trotting, which would astonish the
sporters of Old England. Nor is a Yakut behind hand with suc
lapurtxrs in betting.