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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1835. MUNICIPAL REFORM BILL. FIFTH AND SIXTH WILLIAM IV. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF MUNNIPAL CORPORATIONS IN ENGLAND AND WALES.—Sierr. 9, 1835. (Continued from The Sun of yesterday). CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS IN 38 G. 3. C. 52. REPEALED:---BER WICK-UPON-TWEED TO BE A COUNTY OF A TOWN.--AS TO TRIAL OF OFFENCES COMMITTED IN COUNTIES OF CITIES AND TOWNS CORPORATE. 109. And whereas an Act was passed in the thirty eighth year of his late Majesty George the Third, intituled an Act to regulate the trial of causes, indictments, and other proceedings which arise within the counties of certain cities and towns corporate within this kingdom, but certain cities and counties of cities were excepted out of the opera-1 tion of the same : And whereas it is expedient to repeal in part the said exceptions ; be it therefore enacted, that so much of the last-recited Act as provides that nothing therein contained shall extend or be construed to extend to the city or county of the city of Bristol, or the city or county of the city of Chester, or to the criminal jurisdiction of the city of Exeter and county of the same city, shall be and the same is hereby repealed ; and that the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed shall be taken to be a county of a town corporate, and to be within all the provisions of the last-recited Act ; and that after the Ist day of May, in the year 1836, and until his Majesty shall be pleased to direct a Commission of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol De livery to be executed within any county of a city or town corporate, all bills of indictment for offences committed within such county of a city or town corporate shall be pre ferred, and all proceedings upon such indictments shall be had as in the last-recited Act is authorised to be done, and the counties of the cities and towns corporate named in the first column of the schedule (C)`to this Act annexed, shall be considered as next adjoining to the county named in con junction with the same respectively in the second column of the said schedule (C). OFFENDERS COMMITTED TO BOROUGH SESSIONS, WHOSE JURISDICTION IS TAKEN AWAY, TO BE TRIED IN THE ADJOINING COUNTY. 110. And be it enacted, That after the said Ist day of May, 1836, every person who shall then stand committed to take his trial at any court of gaol delivery, general or quarter sessions of the peace for any borough, charged with any offence which the Recorder of such borough after the said Ist day of May will not have jurisdiction to try, may be lawfully removed and committed to the gaol or house of correction of the county in which, or adjoining to which such borough is situated, there to remain and take his trial at the next court of quarter sessions for such county, if the offence is cognizable by a court of quarter sessions, and if not, then before the judges of Oyer and Terminer and gaol delivery at their next circuit ; and all persons bound by re co;nizance to prosecute and give evidence against such of fenders, shall be bound to appear to prosecute and give their klce at the Court at which such offenders shall be tried said ; and all such recognizances and all depo sitions r g to such charges shall be transmitted to the proper cer of the Court where such offenders shall be tried ; and the sheriff, under sheriff, gaolers, and other offi cers of the county in which such offenders shall be so tried, are hereby authorised and required in every such case to re ceive every prisoner so committed to their custody, and him safely to keep until delivered by due course of law ; and the judges of assize and others named in his Majesty's commissions of Oyer and Terminer and gaol delivery, or the justices for the county, as the case may be, in which such offenders shall be tried, are hereby authorized and re quired to hear and determine all such cases, and to order the payment of the usual and fit expenses of the prose cutors and witnesses, and all other costs and expenses which in like case may be directed to be paid by order of the court. COUNTY JUSTICES TO HAVE JURISDICTION IN ALL BOROUGHS WIILCII HAVE NOT A SEPARATE COURT OF QUARTER SES- SIONS OF PEACE UNDER THIS ACT. 111. And be it enacted, that after the Ist day of .May, 1836, the justices assigned or hereafter to be assigned to keep the peace in and for the county iu which any borough is situated, to which his Majesty shall not have granted that a separate court of quarter sessions of the peace shall be holden in and for the same, shall exercise the jurisdiction of justices of the peace in and for such borough as fully as by law they and each of them can or ought to do in and for the said county ; and no part of any borough in and for which a separate court of 'quarter sessions of the peace shall be holden, shall be within the jurisdiction of the ju:- tices of any county from which such borough before the passing of this Act was exempt, any law, statute, letters patent, charter, grant, or custom to the contrary notwith standing. CERTAIN BOROUGHS NOT TO BE ASSESSED TO COUNTY RATES. IF2. And be it enacted, that within ten days after the grant of a separate court of quarter sessions of the peace to any borough, the council of such borough shall send a copy of such grant, sealed with the seal of the borough, to the clerk of the peace of the county in which such borough, or any part thereof, is situated ; and after the grant of such court to any borough, it shall not be lawful for the justices of the peace of any county wherein such borough or part of such borough is situate, to assess any messuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments within such borough, to any county rate thereafter to be made, but every part of every such borough shall thenceforward be wholly free and dis charged from contributing otherwise than is hereinafter pro vided, to any rate or assessment of any kind of and for the county in which any part of such borough is situated : Pro vided, nevertheless, that all arrears of such .rates thereto fore made may be levied and collected as if this Act had not been passed. BOROUGHS TO PAY THE EXPENSES OP PROSECUTIONS AT THE ASSIZES.-7 G. IV. c. 64. 113. And whereas by an Act made in the seventh year of his late Majesty George the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for improving the Administration of Criminal Justice in England and Wales," it was enacted that all sums directed to be paid by virtue of that Act in respect of felonies and misdemeanors therein enumerated, committed in liberties, franchises, cities, towns, and places which do not contribute to the payment of any county rate, should be paid as there in is directed ; be it therefore enacted, that all sums directed to be paid by virtue of the last-recited . Act in respect of felonies and such misdemeanors as aforesaid, committed or supposed to have been committed in any borough in which a separate court of quarter sessions of the peace shall be holden, shall be paid out of the borough fund of such borough, any thing in the said Act contained notwithstand ing ; and the order of court shall in every such case be di rected to the treasurer of such borough instead of the trea surer of the county. TREASURERS OF COUNTIES TO KEEP AN ACCOUNT OF EX PENSES OF PROSECUTION OF OFFENDERS SENT BY SUCH BOROUGHS FOR TRIAL AT THE ASSIZES, AND MAKE OR DER ON THEM FOIL PAYMENT THEREOF.-IN CASE OF DIFFERENCE RESPECTING SUCH ACCOUNT, THE SAME TO BE REFERRED TO ARBITRATION AS PROVIDED IN 5 G. 4. c. 85. 114. And be it enacted, that the treasurer of every county in England and Wales shall keep an account of all costs arising out of the prosecution, maintenance, and punish ment, conveyance and transport of all offenders committed for trial, to the assizes in such county from any borough in which a separate court of quarter sessions of the peace shall be holden ; and the treasurer of every such county shall, not more than twice in every such year, send a copy of the said account to the council of each of the said bo roughs, and shall make an order for payment of the same on the council of such borough ; and the council of every such borough shall forthwith order the same, with all rea sonable charges of making and sending such account, to be paid to the treasurer of such county out of the borough fund ; and in case any difference shall arise concerning the said account, it shall be decided by the arbitration of a bar rister to be named as is provided in the case of differences pith respect to the payment of monies under contracts made by authority of an Act made in the fifth year of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for amending an Act of the last session o f P ar li amen t, relat ing to the building, repairing, and enlarging of certain gaols and houses of correction, and for procuring information as to the state of all other gaols and houses of correction in England and Wales :" Provided that nothing herein con tained shall be construed to alter or restrain the powers given by the last mentioned Act of contract ing with the justices of the peace having authority or jurisdiction in and over any gaol or house of correc tion of the county wherein or where such borough is situated, or whereto it is adjacent, for the conveyance, support and maintenance in such last-mentioned gaol or house of correction of prisoners committed thereto from such borough, save only that all such powers shall, after the Ist day of May, 1836, be vested in the council of such borough in the name of the body corporate whose council they are, and in none other ; and for the purpose of making such contracts as aforesaid the council of such bo rough, and none other shall have power to make the orders required by the last-mentioned Act to be made by the justices of the borough at the borough sessions. COUNCIL MAY CONTRACT FOR COMMITTING PRISONERS TO THE GAOL OF ANOTHER BOROUGH, IF SUFFICIENT. 115. And be it enacted, that in every case in which it shall have been made to appear to the satisfaction of one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State that there is in any borough a gaol or house of correction fit for the con finement of prisoners, the council of any borough shall have the same powers of contracting, in the name of the body corporate whose council they are, with any person or body corporate having the government or ordering of such last-mentioned gaol or house of correction, in like manner as is hereinbefore enacted concerning contracts with justices of the peace having authority or jurisdiction in and over county gaols and houses of correction ; and all the provi sions of the last-recited Act made in the fifth year of his late Majesty shall extend, or as nearly as may be, to all such contracts for the conveyance to and support and main tenance of offenders in such borough gaol, or house of cor rection, and in case his Majesty shall have granted to the borough in which such gaol or house of correction shall be situated a separate court of quarter sessions of the peace, such offenders may be tried and sentenced by such court for all offeLes of which te court has cognizance, and punished accordingly ; and all the provisions of the last recited AO- made in the fifth year of his late Majesty shall extend as nearly as may be to the trial and punishment of such offenders, and to all Acts necessary for such trial or consequent thereon. COUNCIL OF CERTAIN BOROUGHS TO HAVE THE SAME POWERS UNDER:THE ♦CTS 4 G. 4, c 64, AND 5 G. 4, c 8.5, AS JUSTICES OF THE PEACE HAVE AT THEIR SES- MONS IN COUNTIES. 116. And whereas by an Act passed in the fourth year of his late Majesty George the Fourth, intituled " An Act for consolidating and amending the laws relating to the building, repairing, and regulating of certain gaols and houses of correction in England and Wales," it was pro vided, that certain cities, towns, and places included in a certain schedule (A) to the said Act annexed should be taken to be within the provisions of the same : And whereas by an Act passed in the sth year of his late Majesty George the Fourth, intituled "An Act for amending an Act of the last session of Parliament, relating to the build ing, repairing, and enlarging of certain gaols and houses of correction, and for procuring information as to the state of all other gaols and houses of correction in England and Wales," so much of the last recited Act as related to the cities of Canterbury, Lichfield, and Lincoln, was repealed ; be it therefore enacted, that the council of every borough named in the last-mentioned schedule (A) (except the cities of Canterbury, Lichfield, and Lincoln) shall have within their borough all the powers (except in hearing and determining appeals against convictions) which any justices of the peace assembled at their general or quarter sessions in any county in England have within the limits of their commission by virtue of the said last-cited Acts or either of them, or as near thereto as the nature of the case will admit; and all things in the said last-recited Acts or either of them provided to be done at any general or quarter ses sions of the peace shall be done at some quarterly meeting of the council of such borough. BOROUGHS TO PAT A PROPORTION OF THE OTHER COUNTY EXPENDITURE. 117. And be it enacted, that the treasurer of every county in England and Wales shall keep an account of all sums of money received in aid or on account of the county rate, and of the sum of money expended out of the county rate for other purposes than the costs arising put of the prosecution, maintenance, and punishment, conveyance and transport of offenders committed for trial in such county, and in the case of boroughs having a seperate court of quar ter sessions of the peace other than out of coroner's in quests, and shall, not more than twice in every year, send a copy of the said account to the council of every borough situate within such county in which a separate court of quarter sessions of the peace shall be holden, and which before the passing of the said Act, intituled an Act to set tle and describe the divisions of counties and the limits of cities and boroughs in England and Wales, so far as re spects the election of members to serve in Parliament, was chargeable with or liable to contribute in whole or in part to the county rate of such county, and shall make an order on the council of every such borough for the payment of such proportion of such sum as would have been chargeable, after deducting all sums of money received in aid of the county rate as aforesaid, if this Act had not passed, upon such borough as the same shall be bounded according to the provisions of this Act ; and the council of such borough shall forthwith order the same, with all reasonable charges of making and sending the said account, to be paid to the treasurer of such county out of the borough fund ; provided that in case any difference shall arise concerning the last mentioned account it shall be decided by the arbitration of a barrister to be named as is provided in the case of diffe rences with respect to the payment of moneys under con tracts made by authority of the said Act made in the fifth year of his late Majesty Ting George the Fourth, intituled An Act for amending an Act of the last session of Par liament, relating to the building, repairing, and enlarging of certain gaols and houses of correction, and for procuring in formation as to the state of all other gaols and houses of correction in England and Wales." BOROUGH COURTS OF RECORD TO BE HOLDEN AS HERE TOFORE, BUT IN CERTAIN CASES, WHIR EXTENDED JURISDICTION. 118. And be it enacted, that in every borough in which by charter or custom there is or ought to be holden a court of record for the trial of civil actions not regulated by the provisions of any local Act of Parliament, or in which, at the time of the passing of this Act, a barrister of five years' standing shall not act as judge or assessor, the recorder, or in the absence of the recorder, or in case there shall not be a recorder, such officer of the borough as by the charter constituting such court or by custom shall be the judge of such court, shall continue to be and act as such judge ; and the council of such borough in every case, whether such court be regulated by the provisions of a local Act of Par liament or otherwise, shall have power for that purpose to appoint the necessary officer, other than the recorder, be fore whom such court is to be holden ; and every such judge or assessor, other than the mayor, shall hold his office during his good behaviour ; and the judge of every such court shall hold the said court at such times and places, and with such rules of practice, and with the same powers and jurisdiction as belonged to the said court at the time of passing this Act : Provided always, that in every case in which such court had not before the passing of this Act authority to try such actions as are hereinafter next mentioned any such court in which a barrister of five years' standing shall act as judge or assessor shall have .authority to try actions of assumpsit, covenant, and debt, whether the debt be by speciality or on simple contract, and all actions of trespass or trover for taking goods and chattells, provided the sum or damages sought to be recovered shall not exceed twenty pounds, and all actions of ejectment between landlord and tenant wherein the annual rent of the premises of which possession is sought to be recovered shall not exceed twenty pounds, and upon which no fine shall have been reserved or made payable : Provided also, that every such judge respectively from time to time may make rules for regulatieg the practice of such court over which he presides, but so that no such rules shall be of force until they shall have been allowed and confirmed by three or more judges of the superior courts of common law at Westminster : Provided also, that the jurisdiction of every court of record for the trial of civil actions within any borough shall be extended so far as the metes and bounds of every such borough, as the same shall be and be declared under the provisions of this Act : Provided also, that no action shall be tried by any such judge, wherein the title to land, whether freeheld, copyhold, or leasehold, or other te nure whatsoever, or to any tithe, toll, market, fair, or other franchise shall be in question, in any court which, before the passing of this Act, had not authority to try.actions in which such titles as last aforesaid were in question ; and in case it shall appear, in the course of any action in such court as last aforesaid, or shall be made to appear upon oath to such court as last aforesaid, that any such title as last aforesaid is in question in such action, that then the jurisdiction of such court as last aforesaid in the matter of such action shall cease, and it shall be in the discretion of the court to award costs against the party commencing the same. COUNCIL TO APPOINT REGISTRAR AND OTHER NECESSARY OFFICERS OF THE COURT. 119. And be it enacted, that the council of every bo rough in which there shall be holden a court of record for the trial of civil actions as aforesaid, shall appoint a regis trar of such court, except in boroughs where the town clerk acts as such registrar, and such other officers and servants as are necessary for carrying on the business and executing the process of such court : Provided that no registrar or other officer of such court shall, by himself or any partner, or by his or their clerks, practise as an attorney in such court ; nor shall any such partner or clerk act as agent for any such attorney in such court : Provided also, that un less disqualified as herein provided, every attorney of his Majesty's superior courts at Westminster shall have full liberty to practise as an attorney in every such court. EXISTING SUITS NOT TO ♦BATE BY REASON OP THE CHANGE OE JURISDICTION. 120. And be it enacted, that no suit commenced in any court of record in any borough before the Ist day of May, 1836, shall abate by reason of any change that shall have been made in the constitution of such court by the provisions of this Act, but that the same may continue and be heard and determined as if it had been commenced before such judge. WHO TO ISE JURORS.-SUMMONING OF JURORS, &C.- FINE ON JURORS P6R NON-ATTENDANCE. 121. And be it enacted, that every person being a burgess of any borough wherein there shall be a separate court of sessions of the peace, or a court of record for the trial of civil actions, (unless he shall be exempt or dis qualified other Wise than in respect of property from serv ing on juries by virtue of an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of King George the Fourth, intituled " An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws relative to Jurors and Juries", shall be qualified and liable to serve on grand juries in such borough, and also upon juries for the trial of all issues joined in any court of quarter ses sions of the peace, and in any court of record for the trial of civil actions triable within the borough of which such person shall be a burgess ; and the clerk of the peace of every such borough shall give public notice of the time and place of holding every such quarter sessions of the peace, ten days at the least before the holding thereof, and shall seven days at the least before the holding thereof, cause to be summoned a sufficient number of persons, being quali fied and liable as aforesaid, to serve as grand jurors at such sessions ; and the clerk of the peace and registrar of the court of record respectively, shall also cause to be sum moned not less than thirty-six, nor more than sixty per sons so qualified and liable as aforesaid, to serve as jurors at every such sessions, and at the holding of every such court of record for the trial of causes, in case there shall be any cause then to be tried ; and such summons shall be made by showing to the person to be summoned, or in case he shall be absent from the usual place of his abode, by leaving with some person therein inhabiting, notice under the hand of such clerk of the peace or registrar respectively, containing the substance of such summons ; and such clerk of the peace shall make out a list of the names of such persons so summoned as grand jurors, and the clerk of the peace and registrar respectively shall also make out a panel of such persons so summoned other than grand jurors, and such list and panel shall respectively contain therein the Christian names and surnames, places of abode, and descriptions of the several persons therein named ; and if any person, having been duly summoned to attend on any jury, shall not attend, in pursuance of such summons, or, being thrice called, shall not answer to his name, or after his appearance wilfully withdraw himself from the presence of the court, the court shall impose such fine upon every person so making default (unless some reasonable excuse shall be proved to the satis faction of the court) as the court shall think meet ; and if any person on whom such fine shall be imposed shall refuse to pay the same to the person who shall be authorized by the court to receive the same, it shall be lawful for the court, then or at its next sitting, by order of the court, signed by the clerk of the peace or registrar respectively, to cause to be levied, by distress and sale of the goods of the person on whom such fine shall have been imposed, every such fine, and the reasonable charges of such distress and sale ; and every fine so received shall be paid to the trea surer of the borough, to be by him carried to the account of the borough fund heroin-before mentioned : Provided nevertheless, that no person shall be summoned to serve as a juror at such sessions or court of record oftener than once in one year. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, &C., EXEMPT FROM SERV ING ON JURIES..--BURGESSES OF BOROUGHS WHICH HAVE QUARTER SESSIONS, EXEMPT FROM JURIES OF COUNTY QUARTER SESSIONS. 122. And be it enacted, that after the passing of this Act every member of the council for the time being of every borough, and every justice assigned to keep the peace therein, and the treasurer and town-clerk for the time being of every such borough, shall be exempt and disqualified from serving on any jury summoned within such borough respectively, and exempt from serving on any jury sum moned to serve in the county wherein such borough is situate ; and all burgesses of every borough in and for which a separate court of quarter-sessions of the peace shall be holden, shall be exempt from serving on any jury sum moned for the trial of issues joined in any court of general or quarter-sessions of the peace in the county wherein such borough is situate. ALL CHARTERED EXEMPTIONS FROM SERVING ON JURIES ABOLISHED.-6 G. 4, C. 50, IN PART REPEALED. 123. And be it enacted, that after the passing of this Act no person in any borough shall continue to be exempt from serving on juries in any of the King's courts of record at Westminster, or in the superior courts, civil or criminal, of the counties palatine of Lancaster and Durham, or in any court of assize, Nisi Prius, over and terminer, gaol delivery, or sessions of the peace, or in any other of the King's courts, by virtue of any writ, grant, charter, prescription, or other wise ; and so much of an Act made in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, entitled An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws rela tive to Jurors," as provides that all persons in any borough exempt from serving upon juries in any of the courts afore said, by virtue of any prescription, charter, grant, or writ, shall continue to have and enjoy such exemption in as ample manner as before the passing of that Act., and shall not be inserted in the lists thereafter mentioned, shall be and the same is hereby repealed. FEES. PAYABLE TO THE CLERK OF THE PEACE, CLERK TO THE MAGISTRATES, AND REGISTRAR AND OFFICERS OF TIIE COURI: O. RECORD. 124. And be it enacted, that the council of every bo rough shall, and they are hereby required, within six calendar months next after their election, to make and settle a table of the fees which shall be taken by the clerk of the peace in those boroughs in which a se parate court of quarter session of the peace. shall be holden, and in those boroughs to which a commission of the peace shall have been granted, a table of the fees to be taken by the clerk to the justices, and in those boroughs in which there shall be a court of record, a table of the fees to be taken by the registrar and officers of such court ; and such tables of fees shall be submitted to one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State ; and when such tables of fees shall be, confirmed and allowed by such Secretary of State, either as such table shall have been submitted to him, or with such alterations, additions, or abatements as he shall think proper, the fees therein mentioned may thence forth be lawfully taken by the person therein named to be entitled thereunto ; and it shall be lawful for the council of such borough, from time to time, as occasion may require, to make new tables of fees to be taken in stead of the fees contained in the tables which shall have been made as aforesaid, which new table shall be con firmed and allowed in the manner hereinbefore men tioned, otherwise the same shall be of no validity ; and that until tables of the fees so to be taken in any such borough shall have been made and confirmed as afore said it. shall be lawful for such clerk of the peace at the quarter sessions for any such borough, and such clerk to the justices, to take the fees authorised by the table for the time being to be taken by the clerk of the peace at the quarter-sessions and clerk to the justices respec tively for the county within or adjoining to which such bo rough is situated, and for the registrar and officers of such court of record to take the fees usually taken by them be fore the passing of this Act. TABLE OF FEES TO BE HUNG UP. 125. And be it enacted, that the town-clerk of every borough shall cause a true copy of the tables of fees in force for the time being to be hung up in a conspicuous part of the room in which the business of his office is tran- sacted, and also in the room wherein the justices of the peace of such borough shall sit for transacting their busi ness, and also in the room wherein the court of quarter sessions of the peace for the borough shall be held, and also in the court of record of the said borough. APPLICATION OF PENALTIES. 126. And be it enacted, that when by any Act any pe nalties or forfeitures are or shall hereafter be made recove rable in a summary manner before any justice of justices of the peace, and by such Act respectively the same are or shall be limited and made payable to his Majesty, or to any body corporate, or to any person whomsoever, save and except the informer, who shall sue for the same, or any party aggrieved, in every such case the same, if recovered and adjudged before any justice of any borough in which a separate court of quarter sessions of the peace shall be holden as aforesaid, shall, notwithstanding any thing in such Act respectively contained, be recovered for and ad judged to be paid to the treasurer of such borough for the time being, to the credit and on account of the borough fund of such borough ; and no such penalty or forfeiture, or share of such penalty or forfeiture, shall in any case be recovered by or adjudged to be paid to any other person than the said treasurer, unless such person be the informer or the party aggrieved : Provided always that nothing herein contained shall extend to any penalties or forfeitures recovered under any Act relating to the Cus toms, Excise, and Post-office, or to trade or navigation, or any branch of his Majesty's revenue. LIMITATION OF TIME FOR PROSECUTION OF OYFENCEB PUNISHABLY ON SUMMARY CONVICTION. 127. And for the more effectual prosecution of offences punishable upon summary conviction by virtue of this Act, be it enacted, that the prosecution for every such offence shall be commenced within three calendar months after the commission of the offence, and not otherwise ; and that where any person shall be charged on the oath of a credible witness with any such offence before a justice Of the peace, the justice may summon the party charged to appear before any two justices of the peace, acting in and for the borough iw which such offence shall have been committed, at a time and place to be named in such summons ; and if suc h party shall not appear accordingly, the justices of the peace then and there present (upon proof of the due service of the summons by delivering a copy thereof to the party, or by delivering such copy at the party's usual place of abode to some inmate thereat, and explaining the purport thereof to such inmate), may either proceed to hear and determine the case in the absence of the party, or may issue their warrant for apprehending and bringing such party before them, as the shall think proper. POWER TO SUMMON WITNESSES.-PENALTF FOR DISOBE DIENCE OF SUMMONS, &C.-NO WITNESS OR JUSTICE TO BE INCOMPETENT ON THE GROUND OF RATEABILITY. 128. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for any justice of the peace acting in and for any borough to issue his summons requiring any person to appear befo re any such justices of th e p eace f or th e purpose of giving evidence touching any o ff ence aga i ns t thi s Act ; and if any person so summoned shall neglect or refuse to appear at the time and place appointed by such summons, and no reasonable excuse for his absence shall be proved before the justices of the peace then and there present, or if any person appearing in obedience to such summons shall refuse to be exam'ned on oath touching any such offence by the justices then and there present, every person so offending shall, on corn iction thereof before the said justices, or any other justices of the peace, forfeit and pay such sum of money not exceeding five pounds as to the convicting justices shall seem meet ; and no person, although liable to the rate contributing to the borough fund of any borough, shall be deemed an incompe tent witness in proof of any offence against this Act by rea son of any penalty or forfeiture for such offence being appli cable to the use of such borough fund ; and no justice of the peace shall be disabled from acting in the execution of this Act by reason of his bein„ , liable to the rate contributing to the borough fund of any borough. PAYMENT OF PENALTIES ; MAY BE LEVIED BY DISTRESS ; OR OFFENDER IMPRISONED. 129. And be it enacted, that the justices of the peace by whom any person shall be summarily convicted and adjudged to pay any sum of money for any offence against this Act may adjudge that such person shall pay the same either im mediately, or within such period as the said justices shall think fit ; and in case such sum of money shall not be paid at the time so appointed, the same shall be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the offender, with the reasonable charges of such distress ; and for want of suffi cient distress,' such offender shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, in the common gaol or house of correc tion, as to the convicting justices shall seem meet, for any term not exceeding one calendar month where the sum to be paid shall not exceed five pounds, and for any term not exceeding two calendar months in any other case, the im prisonment to cease in each of the cases aforesaid upon pay ment of the sum due. PRICES Or SHARLb THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Pa . Share. United Mexican (issued at pm.) Ditto Scrip Great Western Railway Company • 5. London and Greenwich Railway Company 2 ,) London and Southampton Railway Company lO 414 Y, . ) .51:1 5 LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 6, 1835. We have read with some surprise, and no little disgust, an account of a Protestant Meeting held on Thursday last at Edinburgh, for the purpose of reviv ing the old "No Popery" cry in Scotland. The speeches delivered at this Meeting were marked by more than ordinary intolerance ; that of Dr. MACFARLANE was pre-eminently so ; indeed so wroth was the Rev. Gentleman with the " hellish system of Popery"--ias a certain divine, with a refinement of language worthy of Wapping, called it some mont h s s i nce at Exeter Hall--that the quite lost sight of common sense, and involved himself in a maze of the most glaring absur dities and contradictions.. Thus, after observing that Popery had not changed ; that it was still the same Church it was when the Council of Trent issued its decree forbidding the reading of the Scrip tures by the common people," he proceeded to neu tralize the effect of this remark by stating that the " Catholic Church had the adroitness to accomodate itself to times and circumstances." The Reverend Doctor had afterwards the hardihood to attribute the misfortunes of Ireland exclusively t o P opery, just as if there were no such thing as Protestant ascendancy in that country. He said, "in the three provinces which were almost altogether Catholi c , wretc h edness and i vice were supreme ; but n the other, which was Pro testant—the province of Ulster—indu s t ry an d happi ness were everywherethe oneplace,the peasant r y a evidenced." Andwliyirse this little ? better ßeca thannse; in slaves ; and, in the oth er , t h ey exercise all the rights and privileges of freemen. It i s not Catho- lie, but Protestant, intolerance that for generation after generation has been the bane of Ireland. Men arc still living who can remember when the condition of the poor Papist was, if possible, worse than that of the Christian at Constanti nople in the old days of Mahometan bigotry ; and these are recollections not to be " steeped in Lethe and forgotten" by a country which has suffered so much, and so long, at the hands of her Orange task -masters, as Ireland. Let England but resolve to do justice to the sister country, and Doctor MACFA It- LANE need no longer fear the spread of the Catholic religion. We should not omit to add that the Edin burgh Protestant Meeting was attended almost exclu sively by parsons, one of whom, in the true Hudi brastic spirit of bigotry said, " We have now resolved to raise a protest against Popery, and that protest shall be urged over the whole empire. 'We have unfurled the banner of Protestantism, and we are determined to elevate it on high, until Popery with its ten thousand curses, and plagues, and abominations, has been ex pelled from our land, and we will not cease urging for ward this cry, until it has ascended from every corner of the kingdom." Fine words these, and worthy of ancient Pistol or Bombastes Furioso. Doubtless Mr CUNNINGHAM is desirous of recommending himself to the notice of the Tory bigots ; but even they, ad dicted as they are to all sorts of high-flown absur dity, cannot possibly do otherwise than laugh at trash like this. The proceedings at the late Meeting of the Commis sion of the Assembly of the Scottish Church (not a meeting of the Assembly itself, as stated by some of our Contemporaries) will amuse, if they do not instruct our readers. A certain party in the Church, headed by Dr. CHALMERS, have been for some time making a great clamour about the want of accommodation in the Churches of the Establishment. The Rev. Doctor even goes so far as to assert that nine-tenths of the people of Scotland are at this moment absolutely destitute of the means of hearing the gospel preached— at least by those whom he considers its only legal and authorised expounders. This assertion may astound some people : to us it is not in the least surprising. Doctor CHALMERS has cultivated so exclusively that species of eloquence which depends upon the imagination, and cannot brook the shackles of the reasoning faculty, that we are quite ready and willing , to make the allowance for the strange aberra tions into which orators of his class are almost necessarily led. We know, too, that the ardour with which men of his peculiar temperament engage in " enterprizes of great pith and moment," is apt to render them blind to some difficulties, while it magnifies or distorts others. In no other way can we account for the monstrous incongruities with which the very eloquent oration of Dr. CHALMERS, care fully written out, and read to the Commission of the Assembly, is filled. The drift of this discourse is to exhibit the Go vernment in a discreditable light to the public, as if his Majesty's Ministers had amused the Reverend Doctor with promises which they never n leant to fulfil, and had actually set the persons employed: under them to work, to prevent the fulfilment of those very promises which had so refreshed his in:Lud. When we say this, we must at the same time admit that never was so serious an accusation brought forward in a more evangelical spirit. Who can re; al the following pas sage, glowing as it does with all - the warmth of Chris tian feeling, so characteristic of the Gospel Minister, without perceiving how deeply - .Dr. CHALMERS has been disappointed in that Cc immission, which he and his party were the first to propose, and how meekly he bears his disappointment ? Anxious to exculpate himself from tbe charge of being a party to its appointment, Ile says " they (the Deputation from the Assembl y to the Government) ought to have recollected the possibility of a measure ostensibly and avowedly favo c , rable to the Church, being handed over for the seat ement of its details to some lurking, low-minded underlings of office, some hacknied practitioners in politi es, unencumbered by delicacy, truth, or honour ; and l who were on that ac count, all the better qualified foi the task of traversing the promises Government had rE ade, and of dashing to the ground the expectation the se promises had awa kened." He then endeavours to impress upon his brethren the idea that the course pursued by the Government was the best ctdculated to promote the interests of the Church, and labours to convince them of the propriety of giving all possible as sistance to the Commissioners, whose honesty he says he has no reason to suspect I ! And as to the clause in the Commission which authorises " enquiry into the extent of religious inst ruction communicated by the Dissenters," which many people thought hard and hostile to the Church, he tho ught the best clause in it, and goes on to state, that he believed no aggression was intended to be made on tlac independence of the Church I Of what, then, it may be asked, does the Rev. Gentleman complain ? We tl link it will not be easy to make out an answer to this question from the state ment to which we are alluding:, for it is so skilfully drawn up, that the one part is a complete answer to the other. There is one thing which, be fore we conclude, we must hint to the Learned t Ind Reverend Com mission, as it seems entirel y to have escaped their recollection. It is this----t 1 hat the money which they are urging the Governn ii mt to grant for the support of the Presbyterian C' h urch has to come out of the pockets of Catholics, F ,piscopalians, and Dis senters, of all descriptions a - aid shades. Will the Scotch Presbyterians be willing that their money should on some future occasion, be vot ;e d away for the support of these sects? The French Papers of Sup Any • mention the signifi cant fact of a Captain of the 3 7th Regiment of the Line having been detected in ki :eping up " a secret correspondence hostile to the Go ,-, rernment," and hav ing been placed on half-pay in consequence. This fact, though but briefly and vagu :ely alluded to in the Paris journals, is important for t , NO reasons ; first, be cause it proves that disaffectim 3, caused, no doubt, by the late tyrannical proceedin t ;s of Louis Pun, LIPPE, is not unknown in tl lat army to which he looks for support in the hour, IN tich is approaching, of extremity ; secondly, because it. equally proves that he is full of apprehension and con s ei, ousness of his own comparative weakness ; for what b ut fear could in duce him merely to place on b alf-pay, a soldier who had been guilty of an offence for which, under a strong Constitutional Government, he would have been visited with the most rigorous penalties of martial law ? When with this fact we corn Ibine the statement of the Reformateur, that " Governn lent had discovered an immense conspiracy in the army, , and that upwards of 300 sub-officers have been arrest( :d in different gar risons, but particularly in those of t lie south," enough will have been shown to prove that L( ; vuis PIIILLIPPE is by no means in that secure position : , ~ which he is so eager to have it believed, throughou .t Europe, that he is. PARIS, OCT. 4.—The Journals of this . morning give no news from Madrid later than the 23d. The Journal des Debats, replying to the doubts expressed by the English Journals, says, " We most earnestly des ire that the bad news from Madrid may be incorrect, or that later letters may represent the situation of Spain in le: ;s gloomy colours ; but till new orders, we cannot participate in the enthusiasm of the London Exchange for M. Mendizr bal. A man may be a distinguished financier, without beit i g a statesman ca pable of salting a country, especially in t he deplorable state in which the Peninsula now is." BADAJOZ, SEPT. 19.—1 t is affirme d ;that the Junta yesterday decided that, after the expiration of four daYs , all the monks in the provinces must lay aside the habits of their respective orders. The Junta of Saragossa decided on the 23d, that the Ur' ban Militia shall henceforth be called the National Militia ; it has also ordered, that all the towns in the provinces shall acquaint the Junta, by petitions properly signed, of their wishes with respect to the improvements to be made in the institutions of Spain. It seems that the popular Juntas of the provinces of Spain do not approve of the appointment of Cordova to the chief command in Navarre ; they would have a man of experience at the head of the army, and especially a ma° who has given unequivocal proofs of his attachment to liberty. The Juntas in general fix their eyes on Espinoza• The news we gave of the appointment of M. Ofalia to the Embassy to Paris is not correct : it was in contempla' tion during the ministry of Amarillas and Toreno ; b et since that time the opinions of the Duke de Frias are more conformable to the ideas which now prevail : he will there fore remain at Paris.—Messager, Oct. 4. Hamburgh papers announce the arrival of the En'' peror of RUSSIA at Toplitz on the 26th ult. The following is the Speech delivered by the Gover nor of JAMAICA to the Assembly of that Island on the 10th of August : " GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL. " MR. SPEAKER, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE 01 ' ASSEMBLY. The Address which has this day been presented to me 1 1 the House of Assembly bein g o f suc h a na t ure as t o render !. impossible for me to give it an y re ply, I h ave cons idered g necessary to call you together, to inform you of the determinate tion at which, in consequence, I have most reluctantly be e° forced to arrive. " The very offensive and uncalled-for tone which pervad e : the whole of the Address, one so totally deficient in the res Pee due to the Representative of the Sovereign, renders it ion' . perativc on me to withhold all further communication with th! Assembly. The positive refus a l by th e M em b ers o f this branc h of the Legislature to entertain at this period measures for tke consideration of which they had b een spec i a ll y sum monoe , without even having waited to receive the information and dr cuments which I had promised t o l ay b e f ore t h em , an d 114 1 cut which it is impossible that they cou ld arr i ve a t a corree conclusion, compels me to withdraw from them the confide! I otherwise must have felt in their decisions. This hasty jection, on grounds so insufficient, of measures of such vital importance to the well-being and t ranqu illity o f th e islan d, has compelled me to come to th e reso l u ti on o f sending the Members back to their constituents, in order that another 1:0 0 u/ may be selected for carrying on the public business. " It is my opinion that the interests that they were sen tt° „ protect would have been consult e d by a ca l m an d anx ious "; liberation on the measures I proposed to them ; and if afte r temperate consideration it had been found expedient to am en or reject them, such decision would h ave been entitled to the weight and respect due to a legislative body. is " Such a course, however, not having been pursued, my duty to let it be clearly understood that on the Hous e Assembly rests the whole responsibility of the conse quenc es which may ensue, and th a t t o th e i r con d uct must b e a tt r ibute any resolution which the British Government may be CO lll ' pelled to adopt. " I do now, in his Majesty's name, dissolve this Gene Assembly, and it is hereby dissolved accordingly." It appears by the papers that this abrupt dissolutO of the House of Assembly has caused a great s ense . tion throughout the island, The Address which call e d f or th thi s di gn ified an appropriate rebuke is too long for insertion in our lurnns. Our readers will, however, have no great 0 ; son to regret its omission ; for we d o no t k n ow tha t ever we saw a more contemptible production, wheth er we regard the ludicrous arrogance of its pretens lol or the tone of vulgar insolence which runs through We think it a fortunate circumstance that this reftl e. tory and contumacious spirit has broken out in time t° be repressed by the substantial arguments which w ill an d mortgagees suggested by the Government to th e p ro p r i e tors , -nd mortgagees here, and by them transmitt e d to they Representatives in the next Jamaica Assembly. • , s ....! , .!" - 4 ' ••4 . 4 11 7*, ~,,, ~. , Nr , " • ...t,, • •P I , - • 4 '. 7 7 Zre:-: JEtte manna FORM OF CONVICTION. 130. And be it enacted, that the justices of the peace before whom any person shall be summarily convicted of any offence against this Act may cause the conviction to be drawn up in the following form of words, or in any other words to the like effect, as the case may, require ; that is to say, Be it remembered, that on the ,in the year of our Lord county of -• A. 0. is convicted before us, J. P. and J. J. P., two of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county tor borough, or otherwise, as the case may bel, for that the said A. 0. did there specify the offence, and the time and place when and where the same was committed, as the case may bel ; and we do adjudge that the said A. 0. shall for the said offence forfeit the sum of - and shall pay the same immediately Lor shall pay the same on or before the day of i to said borough, to be by him applied according to the directions of the statute in that case made and provided. Given under our hands the day and year first above mentioned." " To wit, (TO BE CONTINUED.) PRICE OF STOCKS THIS 'Sank Stock 3 Nr Cent. lied 3 per Cent. Cons 91 IA 90N 31i per Cent. - DIM, Red. - New :1' , 4 per Cent....... 99% 1 4 9 N New 5 per Cent - Bank Long Annuitielto expire Jan. 5, ISM - Oct. 111, 1850 - Jan. 5, 1860 - Jan. 5, 18.10 - April 5, 1%2 - .. DAY AT JNE O'CLOCK, India Stock 2514 4 ;' Ditto Bonds 2 4 pm. South Sea Stock -- Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1151... ---.. Exch. Bills, £l,OOO l4 16 pm. Ditto 500 l4 16 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial — pm. Ditto Advertised — pm. Bank Stock for Account 2124 India Stock for Account — Consols for Account 91 , / i 90; Jan. 5. 1870 Omnium 3A 4 4 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account 85% Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Aecount Chithan Bonds Ditto Account Colombian Bonds , Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, :824 33 2% 3 Dam Account 33l 3 Danish Bonds!, 76 ki Ditto Account Greek Bonds — Ditto Bonds, 15•25 _ Ditto Account • Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto Account — Ditto, 6 per cent. DUO Account — NTewolitan — THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds , Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds 97 to Ditto Acrsunt Ditto New Bonds BBX Ditto Account FB Prussian Bonds Dittu Bonds,lB:2. ; Russian Bonds, 1821 1074 I Ditto Account ! Ditto Metalilc !Spanish bonds 43V, ti 43 , 4 434; 4 407 A 39}:, 1 1 D 3 i i t t t ttt B o A o c n c Accountdo‘s I t 534 French, 5 per cent E —c. 4 per cent. —f. .....c. 3 per cent. r —f. —c. !-- Eichauge —f. —c. Dutch, 254 per cent. 54% 4 Ditto Account 54 Ditto, 5 per cent. ICOI,i% Ditto Account ...... ...... ... MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America. 0 1 France ii 0 Lisbon 0 0 Brazil 0 Buenos A y res... 0 1 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 0 0 Cartlisgena 0 0 Holland 0 0 Ostend 0 I Dublin 0 0 Jamaica 0 1 Sweden 0 0 Flanders 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 1 Waterford 0 . HIGH NV ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 31 minutes after 2. f Evening 49 minutes after 2 THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING will be performed the Comedy, entitled THE ROAD TO RUIN. Old Dornton, Mr. W. Farren ; Harry Dornton, Mr. C•oper . ; Gold. finch, Mr. Harley; Sulky, Mr. Bartley. Widow Warren, Mrs. Glover; Sophia, Mrs. Yates; Jenny, Mrs. Humby. After which, THE BEGGAR'S OPERA , Peuehum, Mr. W . Farren ; Lockit, Mr. Bartley; Captain Macheath, Mr. Anierion; Filch, Mr. Harley. Polly Peachura, Miss F. Healy; Lucy Lockit, Mrs. Ilumby. To conclude with—THE BRIGAND. Alleesandro Massaroni, Mr. Cooper; Maria Grazie, Mrs. Vining. Stage Manager, Mr. Cooper—Acting Manager, Mr. Yates. The Box.office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Parsons, of whom Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be obtained. Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.—Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Second Price, 9.5. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Second Price, ls.—Upper Gallery, Is. ; Second Price, 6d. To-morrow, Hamlet, with The Maid of Cashmere. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. THIS EVENING will be presented the New Grand Spectacle, with New Scenery, Music, Dresses, &e., called MANDRIN ! Produced under the sole direction of Mr. C. J. Matthews. Principal Characters by Messrs. Palmer, Buckstone, Hemming, Attwood, Miss Ellen Clifford, Miss Ayres, and Mrs. Daly. After which—THE MYSTERIOUS FAMILY. Principal Characters by Messrs. Wilkinson, Backstone, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the New Domestie Burletta, called THE LONDON CARRIER. Principal Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, W. Bennett, Hem ming, Wilkinson, Attwood, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Ayres. Box-office open from ten till four, where places and private boxes may be had of Mr. Calvert. Private boxes may also be had of Mr. Sams, Royal Library, St. James's-street. HAMBURG, SEPT. 23, 1835. HEINE BROTHERS, CONTRACTORS for the STATE of HAMBURG'S GREAT LOTTE RIES, beg to inform the Public that the Diawing of the 66th Lottery having terminated to-day, Tickets of the 67th Lottery will begin selling at £8 ; say. Eight Pounds next week. The Two largest Prizes of the 66th Lottery cams up to the fol lowing Tickets:— Bancomarcs. No. 8,673 a whole Ticket, with the motto " Heine Brothers, remit to Liverpool" 4.555 a whole Ticket, with the motto " Lots of Luck to Edinburgh" A printed authentic List of all the Numbers and Prizes, will ap pear in a few days. The publication of Tam SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at Five minutes to Three o'clock. isv THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK 1e The Morning Herald has stopped th e p ress to give I' d arrival of the Earl of Roden steamer at Falmouth fr e t : o Santander, with an account that a b ou t th e 20th ult. tlif 6th regiment, about 700 strong, under the co mmand ,% Colonel Tipper, mad e a sa lly f rom Bilb oa , an d s ucceeo e t in taking a whole Carlist battalion, about 600 men, Wit the loss of a single officer or private. The above we can scarcely credit, as we have seen lett/ from Bilboa received two days ago , t o th e 23d u lt., whic do not mention a word about it. Colonel Evans, with General Alava, was going to leal. e , with 5,000 men, for Vittoria, whi c h pl ace was t o be th e head-quarters for the winter. Letters are in town from Madrid o f t h e 25th ult., c fi e . day later than the last accounts. They confirm that -° O l Mendizabal had been much indisposed with an a ttack a , the cholera for one day, but had completely reeove r le Also that he experienced some difficulties in gaining ove r Juntas, but they do not mention his resignation. ar a Our arrivals this morning are v er y f ew — a F r ench t he Lisbon Mail, the latter by the Nautilus, which left 0 1 ! 28th September. She does not brin g an y ne ws 1. portance. THE FUNDS The British market continues firm this morning. C L I CI sols which left off yesterday at 91 3 1 for Money, are 91 - t ; 91 to for the Account, with little d o i n g a t pres en c y, Mexican, 4 prem. ; Exchequer Bills, 14 16 ; India ne,iih 11; i 24 ; Bank Stock, 211/ 212 ; India St oc , 954/ ' 9 4 , -. The Foreign Market, which appeared very bunY an- ( 10, the early part of the morning, particularly Spanish ' l3 etgi have since become very heavy, and have receded from to 414 42, at present may be quoted at 42/. This i s e vf. ing to the various reports in the French p a pers that ilo p Mendizabal had resigned, and left Madrid ; also that von Carlos had left his head quarters. Another re port t ' ip , all the English troops were going to return from ,St i o. All this we presume is mere stockjobbing speew a i lo Portuguese stock 881 ; 3 per Cents., 58/ ; Colour 321 ; Mexican, 371 38/. HALF-PAST °li e d FROM HEAD QUARTERS.—Letters are in town ' l , a n pt Madrid, the 25th ult., and nothing is said in there av; g a the resignation of M. Mendizabal. The Revista of the "'ip speaks of the great activity displayed by that gentleMo the several departments under his care. thu g Letters from Lisbon, received by the mail arrive - oe morning, state the increase of the prices obtained (for the,rge tional property, and that the Government are making 11 , 0 0 remittances to their agent in London, in order to ele 4 '. o o some great financial operations which have been some in agitation.oE The Consol Market is not so good as in the early P. at the morning, when they were 91 to k for the Aeeor i 7 t tle present may be quoted at 904 ; f or M one y, 90i, .10; doing. Omnium, 34 4 prem. ; Exchequer Bills, 13 India Bonds, 2 4 ; Bank Stock, 211 - 2121. n clsl The Foreign Market continues heavy. Spanish Pto, 421 4 ; Portuguese, 881 ; 3 per Cents., 574 • Colo r"' 11 33 ; Mexican, 38 ; Danish, 761 ; Chilian, 44 ; 13 Tian, THREE 0' CL 0 CIC Consols for the Account, DOi. THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 9 per Cent. Cons (10% 3y,, per Cent. 91, per Cent. Ited New 3 per Cent 99 4 per Cent. Assented Dissented Long Annuities to expire Jail 1860 Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 1 OREI G . . Belgian, h per cent lO2 Brxzilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent Columbian. 6 per cent. — Ditto, 182.. , Danish 7614 Greek Bonds, 1825,5 per cent. Mexcan, 5 per cent., 1825 Ditto, 18'25, 6 per cent 3B Peruvian, per cent William Guthrie of Forfarshire was a regular rary drudge, "an author by profession," boasting in I ' ls ( C' i g , ago of being the oldest member of that fraternity in e ; it tence—" the father," as it were, of the trade. Ile toy do up simply as a profession, of which he ought to make. t : o g best. He was born with no conscience as regarded on both sides of the question ; and for money suPP erteu, er set of Ministers of different principles, just as a i n V r ar pleads for, and a tailor makes trowsers for, Whig and Tura' pleads alike. It was his profession, and he thought it voa' hard to restrict him in its use.—Dundee Chronicle. occus h e j Peter Wyte, sailor, from Dundee gaol was oe of three acts of assaulting and striking own ' moth er ' 'il k" which convictions had been obtained two before tbe i r do lice Court, and one before the Sheriff and a jury' b eg Se three other separate assaults upon other individuals' n the pleaded not guilty ; and evidence was called, wh: sO prisoner was found guilty of the first and third cha r !' 'the ; and he was sentenced to be imprisoned.for, space of eighteen calendar months.—Dundee Chroinew Austrian 5 per cent FUNDS._ r .3. Si j Omni .1 m .......................... India Stock .......................... Ditto 80nd5......... ............... 4 > South Sea Stock ... ............... • Ditto Old Annuities ........... •• Ditto New Annuities ........ ..1• 6 1 Ex. Bills, I( 01. ..... .......... ;` ,6 p Ditto :6 on' t Ditto 5001................... ..0574 Bank Stock for Opg. .......... India Stock .or Act. ••••••"' r" - Conso , s :or Act. ................ ••• UNDS. 9 14 Ditto,Po rtugu N e :, e v ....... ..... Pruss•an. 5 per cent. ....... Russ , an Bonds, 5 per cent- " Ditto, Metallic ................ .••••• Spanish, 5 per cent........ ..••••••* : $9!; Ditto, itat .................... French, 5 per cent .......•• 1, Exchange ................. ••• • French, 3 per cent. .....--•• b o t Dutch, 2i per cent. ....... .. Ditto, 5 per cent....... ..... TOPLI T here yeste Orloff, and floor, the fi of Austria Th e E mpr came dire begin. 1 .., : °n V u.tr ied a numb er , o ti le e Z l(l . ll , nio :ul' as " as in tI It a ain i PE , and t o it, We tit ize Abo t ns Aa r , Ch atn t u e 1 2 1)t oval disc 1 , Iti —eporte