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BRIGHTON. Captain PECH EL L was desirous of putting a question to the Noble Lord with reference to the rue :sure of Corporate Reform introduced the other evening. He wished to know whether it was intended that the Borough of Brighton should be incorporated by itself, or with one or more other towns? The borough of Brighton contained a population of forty thousand inhabitants, and it was the wish of the majority that it might be incorporated by itself. Lord J. RUSSELL spoke so low, and the noise was so great, owing to members leaving their seats, that not a word of his answer was heard in the gallery. He said that a conside rable number of copies of the Bill would be ready to-night, and that by to-morrow morning they would be ready for deli very generally. IMPRESSMENT IN THE NAVY. Sir J. GRAHAM was anxious to put a question connected with one of the orders of the day, as by doing so he might ease the House of a considerable degree of unnecessary la bold. The House would remember that in the last Parliament a resolutlon was moved by an Hon. Member, on the subject of impressment the navy, which, in discharge of his duty as a Minister of the Cm;7a, he was under the necessity of resist ing. In doing so he statCf!' that the Government of that day uce a measure with reference had it in contemplation to intrci:_ l to the subject of which the resoluti . o2 treated, which would supersede its necessity ; and in redemption fit . that pledge, al though in the meantime his connexion with thd Government had ceased, he would during the present session intro,lnce the measure which that night stood for Committee. The princ4 ll e of that measure, as the House were aware, recognized the right of impressment, should every other possible means fail in securing the due manning of the navy. To this part of the principle—namely, the recognition of the right to im press--an amendment was announced by the Hon. Member who brought the subject under notice last session ; and, as upon that amendment much would turn, he thought himself justified in inquiring from his Majesty's Ministers what course they proposed adopting respecting it. If they, his Majesty's Ministers, were of an opinion that it would be wholly inexpedient that there should be a statutory recognition for preserving the prerogative of the Crown ; or. if they considered that the encouragement held out to voluntary enlistment by the present measure would prove too expensive—and expensive he was bound to confess it would be—he considered that he should best do his duty by proposing that the Bill be again taken into consideration on that day se'nnight. In the interim the Bill_ might undergo the necessary alterations, and, pro forma, be recommitted ; and, after being thus altered by his Majesty's responsible advisers, be again submitted to the House. Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to say that both his Noble Friend the First Lord of the Admiralty and his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer thought that the Bill required considerable alterations ; and, perhaps, it would be as well to postpone the second reading until those alterations could be suggested to the Right Hon. Baronet Sir J. Graham. _ _ Mr. J. S. BUCKINGHAM consented to the postpone ment of the second reading. The second reading was postponed to that day sennight. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S REGISTRATION BILL. _ . Mr. G. F. YOUNG inquired if it was the intention of the Right Hon. Baronet to proceed with the other Bill (the Mer chant Seamen's Bill) that bad been introduced conjointly with the measure, the second reading of which bad been just post poned ? Sir J. GRA HAM did not necessarily connect the measures, but he entertained the strongest opinion as to the necessity for passing them. He trusted his Majesty's Ministers would not withdraw their support from the Bill alluded to by the Hon. Gentleman opposite. The Right Hon. Baronet then said that he was willing to postpone the further progress of the measure until that day se'nnight. An Hon. MEMBER, whose name we could not ascertain, would not, under any consideration, have , an enactment of that House trench upon the authority of the Crown. Another Hon. MEMBER deprecated the abolition of im pressment. England's sun was set, and we might haul down our colours, if that privilege of the Crown were to be inter fered with. He eulogized the present condition of the British service. The third reading of the Merchant Seamen's Registration gill was then postponed till this day se'nnight. POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. Sir R . ,'!•II,ISGRAVE moved the order of the day for the second readinc, of the Poor Relief .(Ireland) Bill. Lord M 0 R hoped that, for the convenience of the 3 E 'l7! House, the Hon. Baronet would consent to postpone the fur ther consideration of this measure for a short period. Sir R. MUSGRAVE would not object to the postpone ment for one month. Lord MORPETH said that in that period the :.:4overnment would be prepared, he had no doubt, with some furthe: and authentic information on the subject. After a few words from Sir R. Musgrave, Lord Morpeth, and Mr. Richards, tho second reading was postponed for one month. COUNTY CORONERS' BILL. Mr. CR IPPS moved the Order of the Day for the second reading of the County Coroners' Bill. Mr. F. MA ULE had no objection to the Bill going to a second reading ; but he considered that there wero many clanses which required revising. Mr. BL A CKB URNE was determined to take the sense of the House on the second reading of a Bill which went to de prive the freeholders of the county possessed of 40s. freeholds of their right to vote for the office of Coroner, without being heard in their defence. There was a clause in the Bill which recited that at such elections there was riot, and confusion, and great and unnecessary expense. He admitted that there might be riot and confusion, and great and unnecessary ex pense. But because of that was it right to deprive the poor man of his franchise? But the Bill was a partial Bill, and it was intended to bring into play the 501. tenants at will. Co roners were persons to whom the poor of the land looked up for protection, and they were to be deprived of this protector, and all, forsooth, to guard against unnecessary expense. And how did the Bill guard against unnecessary expense? Why, by increasing the charge of the Coroner for mileage on his journey, allowing him Is. 6d. a mile, when before he had only 9d. He considered the operations of the measure to be alto gether partial, and calculated for the benefit of the rich and the violation of the rights of the poor. The Hon. Member concluded by moving that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. Sir G. STRICKLAND, notwithstanding the warmth and zeal of the Hon. Member who had just sat down, must give his cordial support to the general and leading principles of so useful and wise a measure. The objection made by the Hon. Member for Huddersfield (Mr. Blackburne) might be taken into consideration in Committee. Besides the Hon. Gentle man had not stated the principles of the Bill fairly. He had omitted to state the abuses of the present system. In the county of York, in particular, the office of Coroner had be come a property, and it was there a saying that a Coroner was returned by one or two persons. No man would be more ready than himself to endeavour to avoid the disfranchisement of those persons alluded to, but he really thought it was a sub ject for consideration in Committee. The SOLICITOR GENERAL said, with regard to the clause which might be considered harsh in its operation— namely, that which disfranchised the poorer freehold voters, it might be easily altered in Committee, and he for one would concur in such alteration. The present Bill, for the first time, gave the power to a Coroner of Registration of all those who came to an untimely end ; to order the opening of a body when considered necessary ; and authorised the payment of a medical man for the purpose. The Court of the Coroner was also to be an open Court, as had been provided by the Bill of last Session. He trusted the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would withdraw amendment. Mr. JERVIS, while he adopted the principle of the Bill, thought that some amendments might be necessary. He thought that the office of Coroner should be more open to competition, and not left, as at present, to be occupied only by THE SU I=N% LONDON-, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1835 Esc is.. were, by their friends and agents, guilty of bribery and cot. uption at the late election for the borough of Ipswich ; and thc. Arthur Butt Cooke, J. B. Dasent, John Pilgrim, and others, we; e guilty of bribery at the said election. Itc-solved—That .T. B. Dasent, A. B. Cooke, R. B. Clamp, and _john Pilgrim, were guilty of absconding, to avoid being served wit'. the Speaker's warrant ; and that J. E. Sparrow and John Clipperton, the avowed agents of the sitting Members, and F. 0. Maley, Esq., one of the Counsel employed by the sitting Members, aid.'d and abetted them in keeping out of the way, to avoid giving the r evidence before this Committee. Re s clved—That the said John Pilgrim, having at length been sencd with the Speaker's warrant, was prevented attending on this Committee, by being arrested, on a charge of embezzlement, by Messrs. Sewell and Co., under very suspicious circumstances. " Resolved—That the conduct of the Magistrates, Samuel Big nel 1. Esq., and E. Temple Booth, Esq., before whom he was charged, appears to this Committee to be a - breach of the privileges of he House." The Hon. Member then approached the Chair, and, in a tone ve:v indistinctly heard by us, stated that by a resolution of the 14 use in the year 1833, certain of the electors of Ipswich were auf:,ected to the hardship of being disqualified from voting at tit- last election.' Out of 21 votes struck off, 13 were struck of because they had not been duly registered. The Hon. Meinher concluded by moving for a new writ for the Borough of Ipswich, and that the minutes of the evidence taken before Committee be laid before the House. Mr. GISBORNE would beg 14:0 call the attention of the H. use to a case quite analogous, the of Penrhyn in 1827, in which the House interposed its author.. There a man mined J. Stambury was served with the gpeAer.'s warrant, by .t, in defiance of this summons; absconded. Appd,flatiFT was m a de to the Speaker, and he issued his w a rrant f o r h:.7 ar re,t, and the man was taken into custody. Now, thoug, ; . S.ambury absconded after he was served with the warrant, ar d the parties in the present case absconded to avoid be ing served, yet the analogous case of contempt of the House was, he thought, made out ; and what was done in the Pen n case should be done in the present. There was an otf,er part of the report equally worthy the attention of the House. This part stated that the conduct of the Magis trates who received the informations against Pilgrim appeared to be a breach of the privileges of that House. That part e the Report of the Committee made it indispensable to the Pouffe to assert its own authority, and to bring the parties guilty of this breach before the House. He thought the bet ter and more regular course would be for the Chairman, or acme other Member of the Committee, to move that these parties be taken into the custody of the Sergeant at Arms. If neither of these Hon. Members, took up the question, he (Mr. Gisborne) would make a motion to that effect. The Report further stated-that Pilgrim was, after being served with the Speaker's warrant, prevented from attending to give idence, by being arrested tin a charge of embezzlement, by Messrs. Sewell and Co., under very suspicious circumstances. E thought it due to the ends of justice that these parties, though he would not move for their arrest, should also be sum inoned before the bar of the House. Mr. STE WART said he would not shrink from the dis charge of any duty of his, but he had no authority from the Committee to make any such motion as would have the effect of having the parties taken into custody. Pilgrim and others did subsequently 0;9 evidence before the Committee, and did their duty. He could not see, then, any good grounds for moving that they should be brought up in custody. Mr. ROEBUCK asked why not include in the motion that the late Memh4rs should be taken into custody? Mr. GISBORNE said according to precedent, which should be the guide in such cases, the question concerning tie late Members should be postponed till after the minutes of the evidence were laid before the House. That being done, it would then be time enough to deal with the late Members. The SPEAKER begged to remind Hon. Members that tl e real qaestion before the House then was, that the minutes of evidence be laid before it. Mr. C. PELHAM spoke in support of the motion, but in a tone quite inaudible. Mr. D. W. HARVEY said u the real question was the submitting to the House of the evidence, with a view to guide it in any subsequent proceedings that it might be found ne cessary to adopt, he would not now express any opinion on the point. But as it appeared that one of the Members, a King's Counsel, who appeared not only as defending the elec tion, but actually as an advocate for himself and his colleagues, bad entered into elaborate statements, and used arguments in support of the validity of the election, it was, therefore, quite consistent with justice, and the duty of the House to have the benefit of a copy of his address.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. O'DWYER moved that a transcript of the speeches and arguments of Counsel be laid before the house.—( Oh, oh, and laughter.) An Hon. MEMBER said, after what fell from the Hon. Member for Southwark, the proposition of the last speaker was net quite so absurd a one. Mr. SHE IL begged to ask the Noble Lord was it the in ttntion of Government to retain the Magistrates in the Com mission of the Peace ? Lord J. RUSSELL said the Government could not pro ceed to punish the Magistrates till evidence of their' guilt was furnished. As the documents were not yet laid before the House he could not give an answer. Sir R. PEEL said it was better to suspend all judgment till the evidence was laid before the House, as Hon. Gentle men called on them to exert an authority, and indeed it might be found necessary to exert it. The case of Stambury, quoted by the Hon. Member, was not at all an analogous one. He was actually served with the Speaker's warrant, and he delibe rt tely refused to obey it ; whereas in the present case the par tics were not served at all, and therefore could not be punished for contumacy or disobedience. Surely it was not a punish able offence to avoid a warrant.---( Cheers.) How did he know he was to be served ? The House should pause before it adopted any rash course. If the witnesses did actually ab scond to avoid giving evidence, then it was competent for the 'louse to enforce their attendance on the ground of contempt of authority and obstruction of justice. But it was absolutely necessary that evidence should be given of their absconding with that view. That fact should be first clearly established before they adopted the summary and dangerous course of de priving a subject of his liberty. Mr. STEWART said there was evidence that they did ab scond from that motive. Sir J. CAMPBELL thought the parties should be placed itt the same situation as if they had been served. They must ce known they were to have been served, and were witnesses of importance. It was their duty not to abscond. There was no difference between a man who got a warrant, and one wbo low he would get and yet did not get it. Though it was a st..ong proceefling to take men into custody on such presump ti.,n, yet he thought justice required it. Sir W. FOLLETT said the presumption of his Right Hon. Fiend was that the party was guilty ; but was it not too bad to make this presumption the substitute for substantial proof, at.d the ground of his real guilt ? For the sake of common jcitice the House of Commons shouM not go on such presump ti..u, and should not decide without hearing the report of the stimony of the witnesses. Besides this, ti:° Committee were not unanimous in the resolutions presented to do House. An Host. MEMBER. was understood to ask how mo . v of the tl o Committee dissented from the resolutions ? Another HoN. MEMBER, one of the Committee, as we lamed, was understood to object to the question. Sin.W. FOLLETT—But suppose the Committee were animous, yet they were liable to err. If a breach of privi ly ge were in reality committed, he would consent cheerfully that the House should vindicate its dignity. There was no precedent for the House to go on but that of the Penrhyn case, a..d even that was not applicable. Indeed the two cases were d fferent—there the party had contumaciously refused to obey tl.e Speaker's warrant, when served upon him, and the Chair tAn applied for a warrant for his apprehension. But here the ,aty was never served, and could not therefore be pronouneel r uilty of disobedience. He hoped the House would first re ceive the evidence, and then act on the strict principles of jus t e, without prejudice or partiality.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL said all parties seemed to agree to that B eat desirable end, that the evidence should be received by the Louse. The Hon. and Learned Member for Exeter spoke of the personal liberty of the subject. Certainly that was of great value ; but was there not something connected with the present subject of far greater value? Was not the purity of those who were described as the guardians of the liberties of V.° people, of greater importance ?—( Hear.) Great delin quencies bad evidently been committed, a degree of delin quency, which, in point of fact, went much farther than some persons would wish—and it was the duty of the House to in stitute a very rigorous inquiry, with a view of ascertaining its course. After a few words from Mr. WILKS, Lord JOHN RUSSELL quite agreed with the Hon. iNlember for Exeter that.the present ease ought to be de eded by precedent, and perhaps it might, on that accoont, be better that they should postpone the further consideration of the question until to-morrow, in order that Hon, Mem rs might have time to look into it. As far as he was indi vidually concerned he was confident that all precedent would e found in favour of the proposed motion, and a case which he had within the last few minutes succeeded in laying his hind upon justified that confidence. He found that on the I.;th of June, a report of a Select Committee in the case of the borough of Stamford was presented to the House of Com mons, in which, among other matters, it was stated that a Mrson named William Hailing, a drysalter, residing in St. ary axe, had absented himself, although summoned to give evidence before that Committee. On the report being brought up it was ordered that it should be taken into con. si leration on the 23d day of June following, that, in the meantime, it should be printed, that a new writ for the bo rough should issue--( Hear, hear, from the Opposition benches)—that the said William Hailing should be taken into custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms attending the House, and that Mr. Speaker should issue his warrant accordingly.— (Cheers from the Ministerial benches.) Notwithstanding that authority, however, he was inclined to think the better course would be to postpone the further consideration of the question until to-morrow. Mr. D. W. HARVEY wished to know if a report of Mr. Kelly's speech, which he understand had been taken down verbatim by the short-hand writer, who minuted the evidence, could be printed with the other proceedings before the Com mittee? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied that the Act of Parliament did not authorize the House to call for any minutes of a Counsel or party's speech before an Election Committee. Mr. GI SBORNE said that, withdrawing his original m o l don, he begged to move the second to which he alluded, namely, that " A. B. Cook, J. Bond, J. Clamp, J. E. Spar row, J. Clipperton, and F. 0. Malley, be, for their offences against the authority of that House, taken into the custody of Ike Sergeant at Arms." After a few words from Mr. HARDY, which were inaudible is the gallery, Sir S. WHALLEY supported the motion. Mr. BLACKBURNE observed that, as regarded one of the individuals named in the motion, namely, Sparrow, there was no evidence whatever to criminate him. Mr. M. L. C HAYMAN contended that there was evidence of the strongest possible character, arising out of previous con versations, against Sparrow, and was surprised to hear the lion. Member seek his exclusion from the motion. Sir R. PEEL felt convinced the House would be establish ing a load precedent in adopting the course proposed by the Hon. Member for North Derbyshire; and although he might be exposing himself to observation for doing so in an unpopular cause, he could not refrain from protesting strongly against its adoption. The Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin said they wcre not called upon by the motion to presume guilt, but to secure the attendance of the implicated individuals ; the Hon. Member for North Derbyshire, on the contrary, expressly called upon the House, by introducing into his motion the word " Offences," to recognize tont, and, pro ceeding upon that principle, to deprive the parties of their liberties. The House of Commons, he was well aware, was not bound to suffer the absence of any techni cal evidence to defeat the assertion of its authority, but it certainly was bound to see what evidence could be arrived at before it came to a decision. If they acceded to the motion, they at once branded the characters of the implicated par ties.—( Some few cries of " Oh, oh," and symptoms of impa tience.) He was sorry to find he spoke in the presence of men who seemed to think it a light matter to assume the guilt of parties without hearing their defences ; but, for the sake of the decency of their proceedings, for the sake of the character of their authority, he entreated the House to consider whether they were justified in interfering—not after looking at evidence taken on oath in their presence, but, on the allegations and opinions of parties who were present, and heard the proceed 41gs before the Committee. He did not ask the Hon. Member to ai lictain from making his motion, but to wait until they had an opport:::nitY of considering its justice. There was another part which he ,}'ought himself justified in alluding to. Why was not Pilgrim in ~ , tally in the motion ?—( Hear, hear.) The -mally "snort which had been pre. guilty with the others, and Committee made him out e' l if they were to act at all on the 'reTendations• sented, they were bound to Act up to all rr in Taking —( Hear.) They certainly would not be justice.. an arbitrary exception of one or two individuals. He, fa con clusion, entreated the House to act according to the uSual course, and to take twenty-four hours to consider how the case stood.—( Hear. ) Loyd - J. RUSSELL should move that the debate be ad journed until to-morrow.—( Hear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. Rosaucie, which were not audible in the gallery, Mr. Sergeant WILDE said, as the suggestion for an ad journment came from so high an authority, he would be dis posed to adopt it ; but at the same time he would be under stood as doing so without at all concurring in its expediency. Mr. GISBORNE having consented to withdraw his motion, the amendment of adjournment until to-morrow (this day) was agreed to, and in the meantime the papers were ordered to be printed. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.—BOROUGH OF medical lawyers. It wag also important to the coun try at the Coroner's Court should be an open Court, lar men ge that a-' for which reason he should give the Bill his support. He should, however, oppose in the Committee that clause which proposed the disfranchisement of the lower class of freeholders, in-regard of voting at the election for Coroner. Mr. BL ACKBURNE consented to withdraw his amend ment, reserving to himself the right of opposing any obnoxious clauses in the Committee. Mr. WAK LE Y said the Bill before the House left the Co roners' Courts exactly as it found them. It was true it de- . ' Glared them open to the public but it gave the Coroner a power of excluding all persons, on the pica that the ends of justice required it. He strongly deprecated the clause which went to exclude iwrsons cotopetnt to return Knights of the Shire front voting at the election of a Coroner. He trusted that the lion. Member who had undertaken the care of the Bill would expunge it altogether, and also mote such other alter4tions as were necessary to ensure its further support. The ATTP4NEY-GENERAL, said that the Clattse rgt lating to the Coroner's Court was his and he wo sure that, on further consideration, it would be found useful for the pur pose for which was designed—publicity. It was true that it vested a discretionary power of excluding the public, when the ends of justice required it, in the bands of the Coroner; but it wad 4159 trite that he exercised that power on his on responsibility. Mr. PEASE was understood to support the principle of the Bill, but lie objected to the clause which went to disqualify forty-shilling freeholders from voting for Coroners. Mr. CRIPPS replied. The clause for disqualifying the forty-shilling freeholders was introduced by him with no other view than to prevent riot, fraud, and perjury, all of which he had himself at various times witnessed at the election for Co roner in his own and other counties. _ _ The Bill was accordingly read a secund time, and ordered to be committed next Wednesday fortnight. CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS. The House resolved itself into Committee on the Capital Punishments Bill. It was reported pro forma, and ordered to be taken into further consideration. PRISONERS' COUNSEL. Mr. E WART moved the second reading of the Prisoners' Counsel Bill. _ _ . Mr. F. MAULS opposed it, on the ground that it was not necessary, and might be mischievous. He should, therefore, move that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. SANDFORD was understood to support the principle of the Bill. Sir G. STRICKLAND also supported the Bill. Mr. H. TWISS supported the Bill. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed this day (Wednesday) se'unight. SALE OF BREAD BILL. The House resolved into 4 Committee of the whole House upon the Sale of Bread Bill. After a few observations from Sir R. Vyvyan, Lord Gran ville Somerset, and Mr. Young, The CHAIRMAN reported progress. INSTRUMENTS OF SASINE (SCOTLAND) BILL. After a few words from the Lord Advocate, Mr. A. John ston, and Mr. Pringle, the Instruments of Sasine (Scotland) Bill was read a second time. Mr. C. STUART brought up_ the report of the Post Office Duties Bill. . Sir C. BURRELL moved, pursuant to notice, for copies of certain Treasury minutes connected with the dismissal from office of Mr. James Walker, the late Crown Agent at Berbice. Colonel SIBTHORP supported the motion. Mr. BARING opposed the motion. Sir C. BURRELL was not satisfied with the reasons stated by the Hon. Gentleman for the non-production of the papers. He would not, however, press it to a division. Mr. MACKINNON postponed his motion relative to turn pike trusts. AFFAIRS OF TRIPOLI. Dr. BOWRING rose, to bring forward his motion for the production of papers relative to the conduct of Mr. Warring ton, British Consul at Tripoli. He did not mean now to bring any direct charge against Mr. Warrington, but it was matter of general notoriety that ho had for the last twenty years been engaged in many squabbles both with the Government of Tri poli and with the Consuls of other countries resident there. It was the more important that the House should have informa tion upon this subject, because the appointment of the Consul to Tripoli, as to the other ports on the African coast, belonged not to the Foreign Secretary, but to the Colonial Department. Independent of other considerations, there was a great deal of property involved in this question. He did not charge Mr. Warrington with encouraging acts of piracy, but he trusted the documents would be granted, for the purpose of showing what had been passing at Tripoli for some time back. The Hon. Member concluded by moving for copies of the correspondence between his Majesty's Consul at Tripoli and the British Go vernment, relative to the claims to the Pachalic, and the claims of British subjects on the Government or the subjects of Tripoli. Sir G. GREY opposed the motion, on the ground, as we understood, of inconvenience to the public service. After a few words from Mr. SCARLETT in support of the motion, it was withdrawn. On the motion of Mr. S. CRAWFORD returns were or dered of sums of money paid since 1815, to Presbyterian and Dissenting congregations in Dublin, under the denomination of Royal Bounty. Mr. WILKS postponed for a week his motion relative to public charities in England and Wales. SCOTTISH ELECTIONS. _ The LORD ADVOCATE moved for leave to bring in a Bill to explain and amend the 2d and 3d of William I V., cap. 65, entitled " An Act to amend therepresentation of thepeople of Scotland, and to diminish the expense of elections therein." The objects of his Bill were to diminish the expense of elections, and, as far as possible, to remedy the present evil arising from the creation of fictitious votes. After a few remarks from Mr. C. Bruce, the Attorney- Ge neral, Captain Gordon, Mr. Fox Manic, Mr. Sinclair, Sir Hugh Campbell, Mr. R. Stuart, and others, leave was granted to bring in this Bill. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock. INTERVENTION IN FAVOUR OF SPAIN. (From the Supplement to the London Gazette, of Tuesday, June 9.) WEDNESDAY, JrNa 10. At the Court at St. James's, the 10th of day of June, 1835, present tho King's most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas by an Act, passed in the 59th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 111., entituled " An Act to prevent the enlisting or engagement of his Majesty's subjects to serve in foreign service, and the fitting out or equipping in his Majesty's dominions vessOs for warlike purposes, with out his Majesty's licence," it was enacted and declared, that if any natural-born subject of his Majesty, his heirs and succes sors, without the leave or licence of his Majesty, his heirs or successors, for that purpose first had and obtained, under the 3ign manual of his Majesty, his heirs or successors, or signi fied by Order in Council or by proclamation of his Majesty, his heirs or successors, should take or accept, or agree to take or accept, any military commission, or should otherwise enter into the military service as a commissioned or non-com missioned officer, or should enlist, or enter himself to enlist, or should agree to enlist or to enter himself to serve as a soldier, or to be employed, or should serve in any u arlike or military operation in the service of, or for, or under, or in aid of any foreign Prince, State, or Potentate, or of any person exercis ing, or assuming to exercise, the powers of government in or over any foreign country, either as an officer or soldier, or in any other military capacity, or should, without such leave or ",Anse as aforesaid, accept, or agree to take or accept, any — . no, warrant, or appointment as an officer, or should commies., eiself, or should agree to enlist or enter him enlist or enter nr marine, or to be employed or en. self, to serve as a sailor board any ship or vessel of gaged, or should serve in am; ,?" war, or in and on board any ship or vessel used or fitted out, or equipped, or intended to be used, for any wari i i. l :.! a n urNse , in the service of, or for, or under, or in aid of, any foreign Power, Prince, State, or Potentate, or of any person exer cising, or assuming to exercise, the powers of Government in or over any foreign country, or should, without such leave and license as aforesaid, engage, contract, or agree to go, or should go, to any foreign state or country, or to any place beyond the seas, with an intent or in order to enlist or enter himself to serve, or with intent to serve, in any warlike or military operation whatever, whether by land or by sea, in the service of, or for, or under, or in aid of any foreign Prince, State, or Potentate, or any person exorcising, or assuming to exercise, the powers of government in or over any foreign country, either as an officer or a soldier, or in any other mili tary capacity, or as an officer or sailor or marine in any such ship or vessel as aforesaid, although no enlisting money or pay or reward should have been, or should be in any of the cases aforesaid, actually paid to or received by him, or by any person to or for his use or benefit, in' any or either of such eases every person so offending should be deemed guilty of a mis demeanour, and should be punishable by fine or imprisonment, as in the said act is mentioned : His Majesty, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, being desirous of enabling all persons to engage in the military and naval service of her Majesty Isabella the Second, Queen of Spain, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the tenth day of this instant month of June, it shall be lawful for every . person whom soever to enter into the military or naval service of her said Majesty as a commissioned or non-commissioned officer, or as a Private soldier, sailor, or marine, and to serve her said Majesty in any military, warlike, or other operations, either by land or sea, and for that purpose to go to any place or places beyond the seas, and to accept any commission, warrant, or other appoint ment from or under her said Majesty, and to enlist and enter himself in such service, and to accept any money, pay, or reward for the same. Provided always, that the license and permission hereby given shall be in force only for the term of two years from the said 10th day of June instant, unless by Order in Council, made in manner aforesaid, such period should be further extended. WILLIAM L. BATHURST. The King, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, arrived in town at a quarter past one o'clock yesterday afternoon from Windsor Castle. Prince Esterhazy, Ambassador Extraordinary an d Plenipo tentiary from the Emperor of Austria; and Count Sebastian,Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from the King of the French, had audiences of the King to d e li ver l e tt e rs. Their Excellencies were respectively introduced by Vi s c o unt Palmerston, his Majesty Princ ipal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester,'Master of the Ceremonies. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION REFORM. A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS IN ENG LAND AND WALES. Whereas divers bodies corporate, at sundry times, have been constituted within the cities, towns, and boroughs of England and Wales, to the intent that the same might for ever be and remain well and quietly governed. And whereas, partly by defects in the charters by which the said bodies ceipai ate have been constituted, partly by neglect and abuse of the privileges by such charters granted and confirmed to the inhabitants of the said cities, towns, and boroughs, and partly by eliange of circumstances since the said charters I were granted, the said bodies corporate, for the most part, have not of long time been, and are not now useful and ef- Aoient instruments of local government : Be it therefore enacted, by the King's must excellent Majesty, by and • with the advice and ceosmit of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and coiletious, in this present Parliament assembled, and by authority of the same, that so much of all laws, statutes and usages, and so much of all royal and other charters, grants, 4r.cflettees patent now In force relating to the several boroughs named in the first column of the schedules ( A) and ( B) to this Act annexed, or to the inhabitants thereof, or to the se veral bodies or reputed bodies corporate named in the second column of the said schedules, or any of them, as are incon sistent with or contrary to the provisions of this Act, shall be, and the same are hereby repealed and annulled. And be it enacted, that in the construction of this Act, the word " borough" shall be construed to mean city, borough, port, cinque port or town corporate, named in one of the said schedules ( A) and (B) ; and the words " body corporate" shall be construed to mean body corporate named in one of the said schedules (A) and (B); and the word " burgess" shall be construed to mean citizen in the case of a city ; and the word " county" shall be construed to mean county, riding, or division, and the word " trustees" shall be construed to mean trustees, commissioners or directors, or the persons charged with the execution of a trust, by whatever name they are de signated ; and the word " pariah" shall be construed to mean parish, township, vill, hamlet, chapelry, tything, district, pre cinct or place maintaining its own Poor ; and the words " over seers of the poor" shall be construed to mean all persons who execute the duties of overseers of the poor ; and that in all things hereinafter provided to be done until the first election of councillors in any borough under this Act shall have been declared, the word " mayor" shall be construed to mean the chief officer of a borough, by whatever name he is now called, " town clerk, common clerk, &c." and in describing any per son or thing, any word importing the singular number, shall be construed to mean also several persons or things respec tively, unless there be something in the subject or context re pugnant to such construction ; and that no misnomer or inac curate description of any person or place named in any sche dule to this Act annexed, or in any burgess roll, ward list, no tice or voting paper required by this Act, shall hinder the full operation of this Act with respect to such person or place, pro vided that such person or place shall be so named as to be cortt , monly understood. And be it enacted, that after the first election of council. Tors under this Act, in any borough, the body or reputed body corporate named in the second column of sail schedules, in connection with such' borough, shall take and bear the name of the Mayor and burgesses of the borough of (as the case may be), and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be capable in law to do and suffer all acts which now lawfully they and their successors respectively may do and suffer by any name or title of incorporation; and the mayor of each of the said boroughs shall be capable in law to do and suffer all acts which the chief officer of such borough may now lawfully do and sufer, so far as the same re- I spectively are not altered or annulled by the provisions of this Act. And be it enacted, that after the passing of this Act, the metes and bonds of the several boroughs named in the first section of the first and second divisions of the said schedule ( A) and in the first section of the said schedule (B) for the purposes of this Act shall be the same as the limits thereof re spectively settled and described in an Act passed in the second and third year of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled, " An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs in England and Wales, so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament ;" and the metes and bounds of the several boroughs named in the second section of the first and second division of the said schedule (A), and the second section of the said schedule ( B) for the purposes of this Act, shall be and remain as the same are now taken to be, until such time as his Majesty shall have been pleased to issue his letters patent under the great seal, that he may be certified concerning the fit metes and bounds to be allotted unto the same respectively, and until such further time as it shall please his Majesty, by advice of his Privy Council, upon inspection of the return thereof made by the Commissioners, unto whom such letters patent shall have been directed, to declare fit metes and bounds of the said last-named boroughs; and the metes and bounds of the said last-named boroughs thenceforward for the purposes of this Act shall be the same so declared as last aforesaid. And be it enacted, that every place and precinct which shall be included within the metes and boundaries of any bo rough as hereinbefore provided, and none other, shall be part of such borough, for all the purposes of this Act, and in those boroughs which are counties of themselves, shall be part of such county, and of none other, for all the purposes of this Act. And be it enacted, that after the passing of this Act, every male person of full age, who, on the last day of August in any year shall have been an inhabitant householder within any borough, or within seven miles of such borongh, and shall have occupied any house, warehouse, counting-house, or shop within such borough during that year, and each of the two preceding years, and who shall have been rated, in respect of premises occupied by him, to all rates for the relief of the poor of some parish, wholly or in part within such borough, made in that year, and in each of the two years next preceding that year, shall, if duly enrolled according the pro visions hereinafter contained, be a burgess of such borough, and member of the body corporate of the mayor and burgesses of such borough : provided, that the premises in respect of the occu pation of which any person shall be so rated need not be the same premises, or in the same parish, but may be dif ferent premises in the same pa r i s h o r in different parishes : provided also, that every person who shall come to occupy any house, warehouse, counting-house, or shop in any bo rough, during the time for which any rate for the relief of the poor shall have been made, to which he would have been rateable if he had been occupying there at the time such rate was made, may claim to be rated to such rate in re spect of the property which he shall so come to occupy, and upon his so claiming and paying or tendering the amount of rate, if any, then due in respect of the premises, he shall be taken to have been rated to the relief of the poor in the parish in which such premises are situate, from the time at which the rate in respect of which he shall have made such claim shall have been made : provided also, that no person shall be so enrolled in any year who shall not have paid all such rates due from him at the tier of the revision of the burgess roll, hereinafter provided, except such as shall have been made or become due within six calendar months next before such revision : provided also, that no person shall be so enrolled in any year, who within twelve calendar months next before such revision shall have received parochial re lief or other alms, or any pension or charitable allowance from any fund intrusted to the charitable trustees of such borough hereinafter mentioned. And be it enacted, that in every borough it shall be lawful for any person occupying any house, warehouse, counting house, or shop, to claim to be rated to the relief of the poor in respect of such premises, whether the landlord shall or shall not be liable to be rated to the relief of the poor in respect thereof ; and upon such occupier so claiming and actually pay ing or tendering the full amount of the last-made rate then due in respect of such premises, the overseers of the parish in which such premises are situate, are hereby required to put the name of such occupi er upon t h e rate f or t h e ti me being, and in case such overseer shall neglect or refuse so to do, such occupier shall nevertheless, for the purposes of this Act, be eenied to have been rated to the relief of the poor in respect of such premises, from the period at which the rate shall have been made in respect of Which he shall have so claimed to be rated as aforesaid ; Provided always, that where, by virtue of any Act of Parliament, the landlord shall be liable to the pay ment of the rate for the relief of the poor in respect of any premises occupied by his tenant, nothing herein contained shall be deemed to vary or discharge the liability of such land lord ; but in case the tenant who shall have been rated for such premises in consequence of any such claim as aforesaid shall make default in the payment of the poor's rate due in respect thereof, such landlord shall be and remain liable for the pay ment thereof, in the same manner as if he alone had heen rated in respect of the premises so occupied by his tenant, And be it enacted, that if any person, who shall have been enrolled a burgess of any body corporate within any borough, according to the provisions of this Act, shall at any time there after cease to occupy any house, warehouse, counting-house or shop within the borough, or neglect or refuse to pay such rates as aforesaid due from hire at the time of the revision of the burgess-roll, except as hereinbefore is excepted, his name shall, at the then next revision of the burgess-roll, be struck out from the said burgess-roll, and he shall thereupon cease to be a burgess and member of the said body corporate : pro vided nevertheless, that if, at an? , revision of the burgess-roll within two years next after the time at which he shall So cease to be a burgess, he shall occupy and be rated for any house, warehouse, counting-house or shop within such borough, he shall be entitled again to be and be enrolled a burgess and member of the said body corporate ; provided that he shall be then otherwise qualified, as herein provided, And be it enacted, that after the passing of this Act no person shall be elected, admitted, or enrolled a citizen, free man, liveryman, or burgess of,any borough, or by any name, a member of any body corporate, in respect of any right or title, other than by occupancy and payment of rates within such bo rough, according to the meaning and proyisiens of this Act. And whereas in divers cities, towns, and boroughs, a cer tain custom bath prevailed of taking or allotting the common lands and public stock of such cities, towns, and boroughs, and the rents and profits thereof, to and for the particular be nefit, use and enjoyment o f the citizens, freemen, and bur gesses of the said cities, towns, and boroughs respectively, or of certain of them, or of the widows or kindred of them, or certain of them, and not applying the same to public pur poses ; be it therefore enacted, that after the passing of this Act no person shall hare or be entitled to claim any share, be nefit, or advantage of or from any of the lands, tenemeuts, and hereditaments, or the rents and profits thereof, or of or from any common lands or public stock of the said body corporate, or any discharge or exemption from any tolls or dues lawfully levied, wholly or in part, by or to the use of any body corporate, who was not a citizen, freeman, or burgess of some borough, or the wife or widow of a citizen, freeman, or burgess of some borough on the sth day of June in this present year, and every person who was a citizen, freeman, or burgess of some borough, or the wife or widow of a citizen, freeman, or burgess of some borough on the said sth day of June, shall have and enjoy the same share, benefit, and advantage, of or from the lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or the rents and profits thereof, or of or from the common lands or public stock of any borough or body corporate,• or from any discharge or exemption from any tolls or dues lawfully levied wholly or in part, by or to the use of any of the said boroughs or bodies corporate, and all benefit and advantage derivable therefrom, as fully and for such time and in such sort as he or she might and would have had and enjoyed the same if this Act had not passed, and no further or otherwise : provided, nevertheless, that after all the persons whose rights in this behalf are herein reserved shall have become entitled to be in actual possession of their share of the premises, the share, benefit, and advantage of or from the lands, tenements and hereditaments, and the rents and profits thereof, or of or from the common lands or public stock of any borough or body corporate hereinbefore reserved to any person, shall accrue for the benefit of the borough fund of such borough, when and as soon as by any law, statute, char ter, or usage in force on the day before the passing of this Act, such person would have ceased to have the benefit of the same if this Act had not been passed, and shall not survive and ac cumulate for the particular benefit of the other persons, or any of them, whose rights in this behalf are hereinbefore reserved as aforesaid. And whereas in divers cities, towns and boroughs, a certain custom bath prevailed, that no person, not being free of a city, town, or borough, or of certain guilds, mysteries, or trading companies within the same, or some or one of them, shall keep any shop or place for putting to show or sale cert a i n wares or merchandize by way of retail or otherwise, or use certain trades, occupations, mysteries or handicrafts for hire, gain or sale within the same ; be it enacted that every person in any bo rough may keep any shop for the sale of all lawful wares and merchandises by wholesale or retail, and use every lawful trade, occupation, mystery and handicraft, for hire, gain, sale or other wise within any borough ; any custom within such borough to the contrary notwithstanding. And be it enacted, that on the last day of August in this and every succeeding year, the overseers of the poor of every parish, wholly or in part within any borough, shall make out an alpha betical list according to the form Number 1. in the Schedule (D.) to this Act annexed, of all persons who shall be entitled to be enrolled in the Burgess Roll of that year, according to the provisions of this Act, in respect of property within such parish ; and the overseer shall sign such lists, and shall deliver the same to the town clerk of such borough on the last day of August in every year, and shall keep a true copy of such 1 ..15t s to be perused by any person, without payment of any fo e, reasonable hours during the first fo ur t een d ays o": at all September in every year ; provided always, that in any Borough in which there shall be no town-clerk, or in which. the town-clerk shall be dead or incapable of acting, a l !. matters required by this Act to be done, by and with rP:g.ard to the town-clerk, shall be done by and with regard, the person executing duties in such borough, similar to nose of town-clerk ; and if there be no such personor if such person shall be dead or incapable of acting, then by and with regard to such fit person as the mayor of' such borough shall appoint it that behalf. _ _ • • And be it enacted, that every person whose name shall have been omitted in any such Overseer's list, and who shall claim to have his name inserted in the burgess roll, shall, on or be fore the 15th day of September in this and every subsequent year, t1.c.1-eof to the Town Clerk in writinT, ac cording to the form Number 2, in the said schedule (D) or to the like effect ; and every person whose name shall have been inserted in any Overseer's list for any borough may object to any other person as not being entitled to have his name re tained in the burgess roll for the same borough, and every per son so objecting shall, on or before the 15th day of September in the present and in every succeeding year, give notice thereof in writing to the Town Clerk of such borough according to the form Number 3, in the said schedule (D), or to the like effect ; and every Town Clerk shall include the names of all persons so claiming in a list, according to the form Number 4, in the said schedule (D), and the names of all persons so ob jected to in a list, according to the form Number 5, in the said schedule (D), and shall cause copies of such lists to be fixed on or near the door of the Town-hall, or in some public and conspicuous situation, within such borough, during the week next preceding the first day of October in the present and in every succeeding year; and the Town Clerk shall likewise keep a copy of the names of all the persons so claiming as aforesaid, and also a copy of the names of all persons so ob jected to as aforesaid, to be perused by any person, without payment of any fee, at all reasonable hours during the week next preceding the first day of October in the present and in every succeeding year, and shall deliver a copy of each of such lists to any person requiring the same, on payment of one shil, ling for each copy. _ _ _ And be it enacted, that the Mayor of every br,rough shall hold an open Court within such borough, for the purpose of revising the said lists, at some time between the first day of October inclusive, and the fifteenth day of October inclusive, in the present and in every succeeding year, having first given three clear days' notice of the holding of such court, to be fixed on or near the door of the Town Hall, or in some public and conspicuous situation within the borough ; and the town clerk of every such borough shall, at the opening of the court, produce the said lists before him, and a copy of the lists of the persons claiming, and of the persons objected to, so made out as aforesaid; and the several overseers within every such borough shall attend the Court, and shall answer upon oath all such questions as the Mayor may put to them, or any of them, touching any mat ter necessary for revising the said lists ; and the Mayor shall insert in such lists the name of every person who shall be proved to his satisfaction to be entitled to be enrolled in the burgess roll, according to the provisions of this Act, and shall retain on the said lists the names of all persons to whom no objection shall have been duly made ; and shall also retain on the said lists the name of every person who shall have been objected to by any person, unless the party so ob jecting shall appear by himself, or by some one on his behalf, in support of such objection; and where the name of any person inserted in any one of the said lists shall have been duly objected to, and the person objecting shall appear by himself, or by some one on his behalf, in support of such objection, the Mayor shall require proof of the qualification of the person so objected to; and in case the qualification of such person shall not be proved to the satisfaction of the Mayor, he shall expunge the name of every such person from the said lists, and he shall also expunge from the said lists the name of every person who shall be proved to him to be dead, and shall correct any mistake or supply any omission which shall be proved to him to have been made in any of the said lists in respect of the name, or place of abode, or local description of the rated property of any person who shall be included in any such list : provided always, that no person's name shall be inserted by the Mayor in any such list, or shall be expunged therefrom, except in the case of death, unless notice shall have been given as is hereinbefore required in each of the said cases. And be it enacted, that every mayor holding any court un der this Act for the revision of the said lists, shall have power to adjourn the same from time to time, so that no such ad journed court shall be held after the 15th day of October in any year, and shall have power to require any overseer of any parish, wholly or in part within the borough, having the custody of any poor-rate, to produce the same, and allow the same to be inspected at any court to be held for revision of the burgess-roll, and shall have power to administer an oath (or in the case of a Quaker or Moravian, an affirmation) to the town clerk and to the overseers, and to all persons claiming to be in serted in or making objection to the omission or insertion of any name in the said lists, and to all persons objected to in any of such lists, and to all persons claimin,, , * to have any mistake in any of such lists corrected, and to all witnesses who may be tendered on either side ; and if any person taking any oath or making any affirmation under this Act shall wilfully swear or affirm falsely, such person shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and shall be punished accordingly ; and the mayor shall, upon the hearing in open court, determine upon the validity of such claims and objections, and shall in open court write his initials against the names respectively struck out or inserted, and against any part of the said lists in which any mistakes shall have been corrected, and shall sign his name to every page of the several lists so settled. And be it enacted, that the overseers' lists, so revised and signed as last aforesaid, shall be 'delivered by the mayor to the town-clerk of such borough, who shall keep the same, and shall cause the said lists to be fairly and truly copied into one general alphabetical list in a book to be by him provided for that purpose, with every name therein numbered, beginning the numbers from the first name, and continuing them in a regular series to the last name, and shall cause such book to be completed on or before the twenty-fourth day of October in the present and every succeeding year, and shall deliver such book, together with the lists, at the expihtion of his office, to the person succeeding him in such office ; and every such book shall be the burgess-roll of the burgesses of such borough entitled to vote after the passing of this Act in the choice of the council and auditors of such borough as here inafter mentioned, at any election which may take place in such borough between the twenty-fifth day of October inclusive in the year wherein such burgess-roll shall have been made, and the twenty-fifth day of October in the succeeding year ; pro vided that no stamp duty shall be payable in respect of the ad mission, registry, or enrolment of any burgess, according to the provisions of this Act. Arid be it enacted, that the council hereafter provided of every borough shall cause to be written or printed cop'.es of the Burgess-roll in the present and in every succeeding year, and shall deliver such copies to all persons applying for the same, on payment of a reasonable price for each copy ; and the monies arising from the sale thereof shall be paid over to the treasurer of such borough, and shall be applied by him in aid of the borough fund hereinafter mentioned. And be it enacted, that the said Council of every borough shall take an account of the reasonable expenses incurred by the overseers of the poor in carrying into effect the several provisions of this Act, so far as relates to the said lists, and shall order the treasurer of the said borough to pay the same out of the borough fund of the said borough. And be it enacted, that in every borough shall be elected, at the time and in the manner hereinafter mentioned, a certain number of fit persons who shall be and be called " The Cotm cil" of such borough, and one fit person ;yin; shall •be and be called " The Mayor' , of such borough ; and the number of persons so to be elected of the Council in each borough shall be the number mentioned in conjunction with the name of sack borough, in the said Schedules (A) and (B). And be it enacted, that no person shall he qualified to ho elected or to by a councillor, Qt One of the charitable trustees hereinafter mentioned, of any such borough who shall not be a burgess of such borough, or during such time as ;,rail hold any office or place of profit that of mayor in the gift . . wsposai of the council or charitable trustees of such borough, or during such time as he shall have directly or in directly, by himself, or his partner, any share or interest in any contract or employment with, by, or on behalf of such cow - • • • or chant - able trustees. w ho And be it enacted, that every burgess of any borough shall be enrolled on the burgess roll for the time bei n g of such borough, shall be entitled to vote in the election f_ councillors for such borough, and no person who shall not enrolled in such burgess roll for the time being shall har e any voice or be entitled to vote in any such election. . 0 And be it enacted, that upon the 25th day of Octobe r this and every succeeding year, the burgesses so enrolled f every borough shall openly assemble and e lect the counc il ° such borough, or such part thereof as shall be needed to stir ply the places of those who shall then go out of office; P ro vided nevertheless, that whenever a n y day by this Act 0' pointed as a day of election shall in any year happen erl b : Sunday, in every such case th e el ec ti on s h a ll take place o n t Monday following. And be it enacted, that up o n th e 25th day of Octobe.r, 1836, and in every succeedin year, one-third part of r" whole Council for the time being of every borough shall out of office ; and in the said year 1836 those who so go out of office shall be the councillors who were electe; under the provisions of thi s Act by th e sma ll e st numbe r "; votes in the present year ; and in the next year, 1837, th ° ,'. who shall so go out of offi ce s h a ll b e th e councillors nil were elected under the provisi o n s o f thi s A c t, by the Welt smallest numbers of votes in this present year, the major it y - the whole council always det erm i ning , w h en t h e vo tes for an Y such persons shall have b e e n equa l, w h o b e the per sons so to go out of offic e ; and th erea ft er t h ose w h o s hall so g o ° out of office shall always be the councillors who have be e rit for _the longest time in office t provided always, th being councillor so going out of ofce shall be capable of forthwith re-elected, if tisit qualified as herein provided'. 11in any A b n o d ro b o e g i h t , e a n o tt o c o te r c .:i l lo t g ha t t o e t v h e o ry pr e o l v e i c s t i i o o o n s o of f t c h o is un A ci o l t, lors wit 0 b e ll b held before the mayor for the time being of such I° ll except as hereinafter is excepted ; and the voting in e a such election s h a ll commence at n i ne o ' c l oc k i n t h e tbrenc'atl; and shall finally close at four o'clock in the afternoon °f t h a t same day, and shall be conducted in manner followings;„Otoa is to say, every burge ss en titl e d, to vote in the election of s-tse cillors may vote for any number of persons, not exceeding to t n h u e m number y o o r f aeovuonteiril:gors, then to be chosen, by d e liveri°, n g es and surnames paper, containg the Christian bk the persons for whom i t s thei r respective races of abode and descriptions, such paper he C ro h tes, "l : l : previoueiy signed with the name of the burgess voting , the the name of the street, lane, or oth er place in win e " 11 property for which he appears to be ra t e d on the burges s ' is situated. eye And be it enacted, that at every contested e's - W ed of councillors or of the auditors her ea fter meat io,„ in any borough, the mayor shall, if required ther et % ° L or on behalf of an y can did a t e , an d if not so reatnerted may, if it shall appe ar t o hi m ex p e di en t, cause to be e re d its for taking the poll at such election different booths for ete s ferent parts of such borough, which booths may be s ite di• either in one place or in several places, and shall be ° ba ll vided and allotted into compartments as to the InaY er :terit seem most convenient ; and the mayor shall appoint 11 ,_. of to take the poll at each compartme n t, a n d s hall cause to he tilt , fixed on the most conspicuous part of each of the said h a the names of the parts for w hi c h suc h b oo th i s respects su ch lotted ; and no person shall b e a d m itt e d t o v ote at 40-7 ., the election, except at the booth a ll o tt e d f or th e part whert in as house, warehouse, counting-house, or shop occupied bo oth , I „..ses:',As.: es: , I:l7gcss-roll may be; hut in case n° d o se shall happen to be provided for any particular part yeti, said, the votes of the persons v o ti n g i n res pect 0 1 ,1: s sia situate in any part so omitt e d ma y b e t a k en a t any s not' booths, and public notice of the situation, division', an" be fors ments of the different booth s , s h a ll b e g iv en two dall e the the commencement of the poll by the Mayor • a nd in ap• booths shall be situated in different places, the Mayo r moat oo point a deputy to preside a t eac h pl ac e : p r o v ided als° , nominationlincil shall be made, or election holden of anY 00 0 1 loss or auditors of any borough in any church, ch a p other place of public worship. lted And be it enacted, that no enqu i r y s h a ll be Per to vote any election of councillors as to the right of any Per s° , ll b i a is t ° as a burgess in any borough, except only as follows ' ise s cO - tvhoeteMianytehreshssamll,eifborerciouitigrhed, putby a t n o y t a w ny ° burg e 0 the voter rov as, time of his delivering in his voting-paper, and not aft the following questions, or. any of them, and no other r o oting" 1. Are you th e p eg son w h ose name i s s i gne d to the paper now delivered in by you? A. 13' 00 2. Are yota the person whose name appears st ing reg is the burg,e'ss-roll now in force for this borough , "''; na ted terest therein as rated for property described to be !, ss i n the ? [here specify the street, &c., as descrine" burgess-roll]. 3. Have you already voted at the present election to ant And if any person shall wilfully make a false answer o f se of the questions aforesaid, he shall be deemed gui&Y„,sy. indictable misdemeanor, and shall b e punished acco rdin g the And be it enacted, that the mayor, having recel esat oe, voting papers so delivered as aforesaid, shall examine t " for the purpose of ascertaining which of the several P e be i n g voted for are elected; and so many of such person s t ien , equal to the number of the councillors then to be cho d to shall have the greatest number of votes, shall be her of be elected ; and in case of an equality in the nul l ; o se votes for any two or more persons, the mayor shah n votes from amongst those persons, for whom the number fetetba shall be equal, so many as shall be necessary to Complete 4 requisite number of councillors to be chosen ; and the 1081,1 shall publish a list of the names of the persons so ele' be councillors not later than two o'clock in the afternoon of the day next following the day of such eleetion, unless such Iles day be Sunday, and then on the Monday following. al And be it enacted, that if the mayor of any borough shill ) f„ ( 1 the time when he shall be required to execute the powers 5, duties herein provided with respect to elections, be dead , oe h sent, or otherwise incapable of acting, the councillors of . 8 11 borough shall forthwith elect one of themselves to exe cut e such powers and duties in the place of the mayor. , first And be it enacted, that after the declaration of til e i n election of the council under the provisions of this ulleil any borough, the mayor, aldermen, and common .. cu„„ men, and all other members of the common council, n' er Tots verning body of the body corporate, named in con,j un o, with such borough in the said schedules A a a lT_ A t hen whatever name or style they may be known or c Ueda s ad in office, shall go out of office, and their whole pc."_,!,, or; duties shall cease, except only where any of t he i B s i ron ' s 19t . sons shall have been again elected under the provos as by this Act : provided nevertheless, that such Per!! ro ugh virtue of any charter are justices of the peace in anYe and ex. at the time of passing this Act, shall continue t° h th f avis Ac t WY ercise all the powers which at the time of passing o May ° a° have as justices of the peace, until th e first daY ye - t. thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and no Intloof the in t. b n " And whereas, by reason of the great nat e ; r „ the bitants of the boroughs named in the first divas bern u g dole (A) to this Act annexed, it is desirable that r ooting tl?: should be divided into wards, for the purpose a ll elections of councillors in such boroughs al separate wards ; be it enacted, that in case his 1 Great be pleased to issue his letters patent under the,l' on mat s t s o that he may be certified in what manner such cliv is therew l ai most fitly made ; and upon inspection of the relit*" , a terit Le made by the Commissioners to whom such letters e r d, b y Di nt last aforesaid shall have been directed, shall be Ple ss an d est! 0 advice of his Privy Council, to declare the numbe r iest disia . „ l % of the wards into which any borouh named in tbeli v idecl, of the said schedule (A) shall be g thenceforwa rd " b . of ¢a all thslice the number of councillors who shall be chosen in b a ll be bo . wards, so that the whole number of councillors 5 40013 e , number mentioned in conjunction with the name the e s rough in the said Schedule A, every such borougu s he dive ed, forward, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to do lor ch e sty into such and so many wards as shall have been ; 0 0 1 . 5 in e 8 sla°stmasfjoresaidh and the number of persons to be elected council eSi ward shall be the numbers so declared as aforesaid' obe y n , And be it enacted, that on the 25th day and v erY e I n one after such division into wards of any boroue , j _ sou te d ceeding year, the burgesses of ' every such war t' b e elec tors others, shall separately elect the councillors then _ f coun cil in such ward respectively, and the whole number n 4rit elee t th e so elected in any ward in any one year after the art of e a of councillors under this Act shall be one-th n i% w a rd r es t whole number of councill ors a ll o tt e d to At. ' O c tober i _ sha h every such ward election, on the 25th daY borough ,s tilli e after such division into wards of any such f o r th e , d a g be held before the person whom the mar ° , We e- n i n i • being shall appoint in that behalf, and in "ri m the ° tha t year shall be held before the councillor wu ° o ; u t in ' i d, cillors chosen in such ward shall yearly aPP I . - su sh W a re , a sp nd eet t s h , e s• shallo t i b i leg conducted behalf, who shall be called " The Alderman" a ll other be fore declared with respect to elections by onadnodetoodthieor the same in a ig beref t " ul atnhneer as e s:hca4ll° in e); whole borough ; and the alderman of each the same powers in regard to elections of cont save r n so walu cillorsh ward, as are herein enacted with rard to the lu_ s l „ per 3 ° fo r whole borough, if not divided into wards; and eve.? e igoe ete a elected, a councillor in such ward, shall hold his e 0 ele ct the same time that he would have held it had be h hall by the burgesses of the whole borough. ° And be it enacted, that every burgess of anY Weirilo4 b rs t tj bo s e , u be entitled to vote in the election of the C O for chosen within that ward in which the propertY on gess, for which he appears to be rated on the bu s i s t et ur e the time being of such borough, shall appea r to allY b t u and not otherwise ; and in case it shall hapPe n _i ie s in AtO gess shall be rated in respect of distinct pre`" ro g e d an"t is or more wards, then ho shall be entitled to be e° . but 0° vote in such one of the said wards as he shall select, rts ie. more than one. And be it enacted, that, for the purpose of he bu r a ril ing who are the burgesses of any such ward, t e „ so , 341 b e tter a see o .o ll of every borough so divided into wards shall then " 1 j o e I C . - urgesse:sh.n h made out in as many alphabetical lists of the b wi t 1 la th ward, to be called " ward lists," as there are wards . 1 , 0 for borough. 0,0 ore And be it enacted, that if at any election of co o .„ r , than one of the wards of such borough, he shall t he sai d any borough, any person shall be elected a councwp-ifbin t hres days after notice thereof, choose for which 008 0 °L e l e ct! ' wards he will serve, and shall thereupon be held t in that ward only which he sbAll so choose. signed is And be it enacted, that if any vacancy shall be ocu any p rc_ r i of the office of councillor for any borough by MOO 'sail son who shall have been elected to such. office not .w her! the same, or accepting the said, nice i n another.sffzing o c r ) tho borough is "into wards, or by reason r 01 ' o'tled to vo! shall, on a day to be fixed by the mayor _a., by (such into war a ed (s u case the borough shall have been divided has happen t awl " ash ': . nold the ;aid office, the burgeosfsessu entitled' to or th in e alderman of the ward in which the vacancy two oc day not to be later than ten days after such v vacancy ;05 other burgess as a councillor to supply such election in case and subj with res every pe til the ti chosen vl then go election, And lo and eve rough sb councillc such bor year; ar mayor of son who the same office, th such vac another I the then And b cillor for cept in a, until he more of thorised —a decli is to say for the 134 said offico duties th ability." 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