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London, England, 1820-12-25 00:00:00

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VICS:CHANCELI.OR'StOURT, DWATI3rt
THE MARLBOROUGH ESTATES.
Several Petitions were this day presented to the
VICE-CHANCELLOR. The first was from Mr. Black-
stone, praying that the personal and parliamentary
estates of the Duke might he made available to the
payment cf the money that had been appropriated
to the payment cf the annuities, &c. by that Gentle-
man in the course of proceedings under this suit. In,
consequence cf the order pronounced by his Honour
not being generally understood, it was again men-
tioned, when it was stated, that the Marquis of Mand-
-1 ford had a much greater interest in the property than
.appeared to have been underitood.
Mr. WRAY, after some observations from Mr. Side-
botham, Sir George Hampson, and the Vice-Chan-
cellor; suggested the propriety of the Marquis of
Blandford being made a party to the suit, and filing
an affidavit as to his interest-
The VICE.CHANCELLOR said, if he had authority
to give an opinion, he thought, that if the personal
estate was not sufficient, the deficiency must be made'
up by a sale or mortgage/ In the meantime, the in-
terest must be paid by the tenant for life out of the
rents and profits, as he was bound to keep down

the interest.
In the case relative to Sion•bill, a case was di-
rectedto be made to try the question at law, whether
it could be sold without obtaining an Act of Parlia-
ment, and to sec echo-was entitled to the propel ty %
The other Petitions were consented to.

IN THE RATTER OP THE POOR OF DEPTFORD PARISI!.

This case ato-e out of a bequest to the poor of this
Parish, by a Mr. Ailey, in 1606, of £7OO, for the
purpose of purchasing an annuity for the benefit of
the poor inhabitants. When the case was last before
the Court, a reference had been made to the Master,
for the purpose of ixquiring whether the propositions'
wished to be made by the Gentlemen entrusted w ith
the distribution of the money arising from the fund
in question, would be beneficial to those entitled?—
The annual amount of the proceeds was 1.401, and
had been given to a number of persons a few shillings
at a time. The Trustees thought it would be more
beneficial to erect almshouses, or buildings to be let,
but this the Master did not think would be.the most

proper. It was then i-ished to obtain a power to
give the money in larger SUMS than forty shillings to'
each person—in order to do.which, they would not
be restricted to giving it to one hundred persons, but
might give it in sums of forty shillings, or four or
five pounds, as the individual receiving might be
found most deserving. It was also wished by the
Trustees, that a quarter or so of their number ('24)
might be empowered to act, as it Was found very in-
convenient to get the whole of them together.
After bearing Mr. Tass Love and Mr. BARBER,
The VICE-CHANCELLOR said, the better way would
be for him to order a reference to. the Mast( r, to see
what would be the most beneficial course to pursue.
Mr. WINGFIELD said, that the Master seemed to
have thought that all he had to do was to inquire as
to the funds. • • _ .

The VICE-CHANCELLOR.—With respect to the Re-.
port of the Master, I perfectly agree with him, for I
do not think that alms-houses would be the most be-
neficial, either for the Charity or the Paris!). His
Honour thought wore relief was afforded to poor fa-
milies, by giving them forty shillings a-year, parti-
cularly, for instance, at Christmas, than the,parting
the different branches of a family, by sending one of
them to ari alms-house.

Mr.TRESLOVE said, the increased value a the pro-
perty took place by following the course of building.

The VICE-CHANCELLOR said, to make such an
order as that asked relative to building, was, in fact,
asking him to authorize the Trustees to speculate with
the funds in building projecti. In conclusion, his Ho-
nour. said, be thought the best way would be, to di-
rect an inquiry to the Master, as to the best course
to pursue, and ordered accordingly.

-COURT OF XING'S BENCH, DEVEMBER 22.
JACORS.V. HASLETT.

This was an action against the proprietor of the
Southampton waggon, going-from the Oxford Arms
Inn, to recover. £l7 ss. 6d. the value of parcel of
glass sent by the plaintiff to a person residing at
Southampton. ,By the evidence it appeared, that on
the direction of the package it was stated that its
contents were to be. paid for on delivery, and the
sum to be rec,eived, at the-office at Southampton,
namely, £l7 Ss. 6d. was marked on the direction.—
The plaintiff contended that there was a contract
between him and the defendant, by which the latter
undertook not to deliver any parcel sent by the plain-
tiff. by his waggon on the direction of which there
was soar a notification without the money being paid
by the person who was to receive the parcel : in the
present instance, however, he had delivered the
glass without receiving the money, and the plaintiff
now brought his action to recover from the defend-
ant; as for a breach of contract, in having so deli-
vered the goods.
Mr. MARRYATT, for the defendant, denied that his
client had ever taken such a iiability on himself, or
.was at all responsible; and to. prove this case, lie
called the book-keeper, who received and booked the
parcel at the, Oxford Arms. On examining the books
of this witness, however, in which the parcels sent
by the waggon were entered, and the receipt given'
to the person who usually conveyed the pLintiff's
packages to the Oxford Arms Inn, weie found entries
of the directions on different parcels, and on which
was this special instruction—" To be. paid for on deli.
very." There were entries also made by the book-
keeper at Southampton, stating that. the money fur
such parcels had been received .by)fizn, at the Aime,
ithe persons applying for them took them away. ..
The CIIIEF JUSTICE, upon this evidence, said there
could be no douht in this case. Me &tendon; min i&
not, in the common mirk of business, be liable- in-
a case like this, but it he had eliosen, fur sonic reason
which did net appear, to go out of laic way to, take
on himself an extraordinary responsibility, he tryst
take the consequence.
The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff--
Damages £l7 ss. 6d.—costs .10s.

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Mr. Breit was announced to make his dela it on
the New lurk Stage on %Vednesday,the '2.'9th ult. in
the character of hichard 111. On the Friday
ing he was to pliky Othay.