In 1697 our corporation had a law-suit with one _Hulton_, before Lord Chief Justice Holt, which by the following hint in the Hall-Books they appear to have gained—“March 29. 1697, Recovered, on a tryall before Lord Chief Justice Holt, of Leonard Holton a Quitt rent of 23_s._ 6_d._ per annum, and arrears for 38 years to Michaelmas 1694, on his house, late Th: Toll Esq: and also a rent charge of 6_s._ 8_d._ per annum.”—In the same year they had also a suit in the court of Exchequer, with one _Vinckeson_, of which the following notice occurs in the Hall-books—“June 16. Ordered that Hubert Vinckeson be prosecuted in the court of Exchequer for the duty of Lastage of great quantities of corn and graine belonging to fforreigners and strangers to the liberties of this burgh, which have been unjustly coloured and own’d by him, contrary to his aath of ffreedome.”—It does not appear that there was any thing unjustifiable in this prosecution. About this same period our _water-works_ appear to have been a losing concern to our corporation; which they seem to have felt so far as to have the following notice of it inserted in their books—“April 20. 1696. It is reported that the charges and disbursements of maintaining the water-rents for ten 10 years last past, as per particulars is 1427_l._ 7_s._ {869} 8_d._ the rents and profits thereof for the sametime is 1338_l._ 14_s._ 2_d._—Lost by the water account in ten years 288_l._ 13_s._ 6_d._ which divided by ten years is 28_l._ 17_s._ 4_d._ per annum.”—How this concern turned out afterwards, or how it stands at present, we have not had hitherto the means of ascertaining.