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London, England, 1819-10-14 00:00:00

kovAL arnicus OF SCOTLAND.

(Concluded front or r Paper 6.1. Satanic!,

Oa the fourth head, a want of power In ri!l 011:n
hates sod emitted to Recount for I:wir minagimarat. It,►
apiuioo of lord N►wlun. atr►ady tl fp. t. ~, tiow
Was! " It Is exceedingly diffirnll t , v shot stem a.► ei
be taken, as the law at present stand., to toiler' tho posit.
trate* and town conned of hnrebs in si.►
the public (rinds. It was toned by the ‘1•••••14.10
s ease, as I think. from the Imre, that
owily did not lie in that Court, t•:sereiuk to the pursiiii• is
make their complaints in the cam, of FArbipner; n. it. by
Ike Covert of Excheqner it was itesib in a ca► r,,„„
the burgh of lbusibarton, that they hod OM janf.tr,,,,.,
This him gi.en rise to weserst proceri!;:ies all l4ttlta, qt. I.
vest a jnriediction somewhe►e, fit, tAttsz atop,
plaints teeniest weittchitratea for mat adintaistratie., hut no
c'a'ste has yet bee. passed to that ►ff. et."

In a late raw, that of the hurgesiei
the magistrates, It ■ppraea front the evidence of lltr Ivsry
who is or counsel fur the magistrates. that th►
mill, Ordinary has Prnloinntria an lalerlacab.r. 1641.1 Eilt
the pneiners as bargees,' of larrcary. themes h••c •
remote interest in the fitnits and vel.r.-rta t.f the hare%
have no such patrimonial richt in these funds and
as to confer on them a tole to call the invr.,i•lritea to a¢cuu..t
in the manlier concluded for : and tl. t their intorr.t in th*
funds in question, which, fir stated in the entielilisioi e
libel, leads them only to conclude that 11n• inane? shall
placed to Ike credit of the roost bare, as miss-ire of rh.rge
agaiaat the present magistrites, is too a
interrit in the fond* as can entitle t... 111 to Itisiq !we
action.

On the sixth head, the Committer of 17'13, repos '4./ tot
in t 9 burghs there was, in Pi years, levied wish 'sod tot,
beyond the amount payable to government nal the ripen.,
of collection, the snot of 12,336/. Ms. Id Smog
third of the whole laid tax of florae horghs: sad that to e.,..44
of those berets was these ivy Act of Parliament, or oil,
similar anthority, fur impaling sock tale...relay% .N.e,not.
thl this autiket Die returns made to your Constance are ru ;
essinpleie.
On the ttla head it is enacted, by the 7 C.o. IL r. Dy.
see. 7, " Thal it shall and may he lawfol to and for any was
walnut, or conusellor of the bornoth who apprrismob say
wrong was done at any annual elect* .to bring his sets.,
before the Court of Session in Scotland for reetsfyis; saes
abuse, or for making void the whole election (if Olin
only a itbln the space of eight weeks after such elretimi
is over, rind the Lords of Sess• shall, and they are hefts
by 'brevity authorised and reqnired„ to leas said di broom
the amuse summarily, avid to silo* to the party that shall
prevail their fell costs of snit" And by IS Gm 11. 0.11,
see. id, it is farther provided and declared, " TIM it
aid may he lawful to and for any couistituent at sow
meeting for election of 'nations's.. Or counsel's..., or of auS
meeting previous to that for the rim-tom of sweistraws
and counsellors respectively, who shall sporangia my smog
to have bees dare by the majority of sorb wenn. to apply
to the mid Court of Session by a summary enneriont tot -
11ifying such shine, or for making void the 'Murk diction uss.:e
by the said majority, or for declariiig earl steersman%
the ekes made by the minority, SO as mach complaint
be presented to the said Court of Session 'Millis two ca.
leodar months after the animal election of the isiagistratra
and ..... ollors; and the said Court hhatl thereupon
grant a warrant for ailmosowins the magistrates and coun-
sellors elected bribe majority, own thirty dais moire, and
shall Mar and deli:value the said complaint sulsonSids,
without abiding the coarse of any roll, and shall allow to the
party who shall prevail their full mists of suit."
In the interpretation' of these Arts, in the case of the
town of Edinburgh, it was finally decided ow the Dub June
151 S, by the Lords of the Second Division of the Court ef
Session, that James Innis, David Ogilvy, and famy'. roost.
Neat members of the tweeting of 'tenons corporation. jet
'election of drarmis, held previous to the election of m,.
gistrates and councillors in the month of September 15/7,
had so tithe to insist in the complanos against those elec-
tion., and they were found conjonetly sod severally liabte
In the defenders in that action in hill costs of suit, in terms
of the statute; as has been established before your Com-
mittee by the papers in the said come, which have herr pro.
duced to them. This is a judgment, finding that none but
weal ineushers of the tweeting for election of the town
council, or of some previous meeting of that body, that is,
noise, who wee not Members of that body, hare a right to
complain of such election..
Hence it appears, that no deviation from the sett of a
royal burgh tam be matileolled or questioned by may person
sot a nteasher of the conned, at the sleet such deviation
takes place.
08 the eighth head, the gmatine or rcfasing warrants for
the elittion of the magistrates hod town cultist-it, by pull
of the burgesses, in eases where the eketius tif magistrates
and *council km Men set aside (a question of the utmost im-
portance, as iavolving the prerogative of the Cowen us one
hand, mod the rights of the subject on the other), par Cula
Miner have not obtained such information, ste hers able to
bestow such attention, u 2.1 authorise them to after say
thing to the House.
The Committee then proceed to the curs of the foss
burghs, before alluded Yo.