A very efficient committee has been formed at Tiverton for
the pur- pose of watching the Corporation in the expected investigation before the Commissioners. Several of the worthy corporators are already in a " quandary," and wish to hedge off, having, it is said, hedged in more than they ought; an allusion that will be comprehended when we state it is reported that the Crown lands, which were originally leased to them at one hundred and fifty acres, have now dwindled down to six- teen and a half. The lease of these lands expires in October 1831; and it is reported on very good authority, that the Corporation have ap- plied for a renewal of the lease, which has been refused. The inhabi- tants are about to apply for the same lease, for the benefit of the poor ; and no doubt they will obtain the grant.—Western Times.
The Corporation Commissioners have been at Kendal during the past week, prosecuting their inquiries into the condition, property, and management of the Corporation of that town. It appears from a state- ment in the Kendal Chronicle, that an estate called Wastle Head, or near Wastle Head, which formerly let for ten pounds a year, but is supposed to be now worth four or five hundred, is missing from the possession of the Corporation !—Tyne Mercury.
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