The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-07-28 00:00:00

BOROUGH OF RRECHIN.

We understand (says the Caledonian 3fereNry), that on
Morley last the Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council
uf Brechin, were served with s summons of reduction anal
derlarator, at the instance of his Grace Alexander Duke of
(1 "duo Keeper of the Great f 3: al of Scotland ; the Right 111
Hon ra;able Robert Lord Viscount Melville, Lord Privy
teal; the Right Honourable William I)undas, Lord Clerk
&giver ; the Right Honourable flir William Rae, of St.
Catherine', 'krone', Lord Advocate of Scotland ; and the
It gtt llanourable David Boyle, Lord Justice Clerk of
&viand. Miceirs of State for Scotland.
'l be object of this action is, to have certain elections of!!
tit? Magistrates and Counsellors rf Brechin reduced anal
annulled, which is craved on the following grounds:—',
Paolo, The minute', order, act, or warrant of the Cameo-
Lion of 'loyal Wiewailta. authorising the election of Magi.-
rives litid SAM Jdly, 'non, is vitiated and
erased in su'acaiitidibus, is nut duly sigmal, sealed,
stamped. ur tested, and is defective the forms and so-
lemnities required by law ; seclude, the sett Or constitution
of the borough of Breehin was fixed and settled, under
the sanction of his Majesty's predecessors, according to
certain terms, points, and article's, as is instructed by a
return mate to the l'onvention of Boroughs, on M July,
ifegi, and uniformly observed anal acted upon, until the
date of the forersvil pretended minute, order, net, Of
war-
rant of the said Convention. That the said Convention
ha, no right, title, or authority, to alter, vary, change,
innovile, or modify the sett or constitution ot any royal
lirotrAli, and the said minute professing to alter, vary, or
change the said sett of the borough of Brechin, is illegal
awl one institutional, anal absolutely and intrinsically void
and null. The action conclutleo, first, for reduction of
sail minute, order, act, or warrant of the Convention,
sith all that has followed or may follow. thereupon ;
soul, to have it declared that the Colircntion ot
"webs has •no power to alter, innovate, change, or
mortar the constitution of' any 'loyal borough • third, to
Pim it found that all the warrants, civil and criminal,
I;ratard by the Magistrates of lirechin posterior to the
rlttion an INN, made in tering of the Convention of
kisurba, are illegal and ineffectual ; anal, lastly, fair pay-
nett of the sum ut tire hundred pounds sterling, less or
atarroa the Capztises of process and dues of extract.

Atuatiasen VISITATIoN or Tilt ARCMIIIIIIIOT or
Ikal Ir.— Friday, his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin,
gimlet by his Vicar-4;i sterol, ItisOsier, Chaplains. Ste.,
dier tIA. performance of divine service in St. Patrick's
'11.161, held an adjourned visitation, in pursuance of a
Misclammi limo the Court of King's Bench, to inquire
iala thr complaint of Mr. Smyth, one of the stipendiaries
of Christ Church. against the Lord Bishop of Kildare,
hem of that Cathedral. It will be recollected that Mr.
sin, It had agreed with the thins of St. Patrick's to jierform
tun, meted music in the latter Church for the benefit of
the starving rm. of that I,:berty, 11w which another
lba of At. Pattick's hail lung since done so much ;
the Dean of ehricchittelt waro,sl the musician, that if he
Ilm6lt'd hi haring his " email" at St. Patrick's he aliouhl
bile his "Sm. Na remonstrance could mollify the Bishop
loss of (1°14(11104 for no, (fort of reasoning, rhetoric,
M leasing, could chlightcs him as to the cliff: name he-
lam all oratorio suid a conotira. The charitable music
nwrtifig, however, tack place, anal sure enough the Bishop
1,416110011 U his word, by giving Mr. Smyth his &mit,-
'II. Air. S. cotnplaMed, and affirmed that his dismissal
m a wrungrui one, for that he hell Isis place (on the
rule ma linen as the Jutlgte) for lac, or during good be-
havisir. He therefore summoned the Dean and Chapter of
I lain (bomb before the Archbishop of Dublin, to answer
iit,their conduct. His Grace summoned the reverend licitly
lv e him a first time, but in vain—they appeared nifi.
Ile Archbishop adjourned his visitation to another clay,
nil cited them more emphatically than before, but, like
late Iris'imen. the cent be citid " the snore they would
'''xiocar" Upon which his I trace announced the jeartmi-
fee fact, that the reclaim Bishop tool his knows " have
(iwlrrii, ow the filer the or", hi. and are nowhere to be
MIIaI C. and in order in afford 11r. Smyth •to prove by
'9lll lredence the titbit of his appointment. the "litagiun
al. adjourned to Thut-,lsy.
lie I.o,wlea Mail will hot hare Bristol in future until
Tint foot o'clock, instead of Mitt. as formerly.
trltics ro F.l It NI few ahoy,ago, a relitYlalpie
.at Motile,' at Woic4btcr, by the sitting Ala is-
IK.it or In,. 1.1. *ii, slant or
".1" : also in the s of ?=/- I:".•
• et
tel%tritonls. ril. anal 111:11.. ls. of nuouchwlwat, rat:"
,T4el,-; tip
4C' Sl". "'flit dally of the late Majot
iii this city from Silas y, Eng-
tt ``'ther a sr c:al to,ss-liger has Lein .1., spatelicil
hil") the Pour • Magisarat• it of this r ty.
gams' tis on the trial of 6retat and the two
'1ii:1.,71. the. tutt,,kr t,f his late lai.bantl. It is rxt:
.! I:. yrov,. a most iiltvri sting iiiipot
ict„,n I, a,11,t,:, fiatures of the system of ittaur-
sal he di,
pai)ro, uurity its progress:.