The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-14 00:00:00

Grand Heat.

W. Bond
... (green)
T. Sheen ... ... ... ... (pink) 0
G. Careless ... .. (dark blue) 0
The winner took the lead and kept it, winning by
some lengths. Bartlett unfortunately capsized in the
heat, but was extricated immediately. Sheen rowed in
the heat, through an arrangement entered into with
Bradcock, his partner in misfortune in the second heat.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 13.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.)
IN RE S. PARKER. _

This bankrupt, a ribbon-manufacturer, of Co-
ventry, now applied to pass his last examination.
It appeared by the statement of the solicitor to foe
assignees, that the fiat was issued as far back as the
year 1839. at which period the bankrupt proceeds A
abroad, taking with him some money, which, how-
ever, was brought back for the benefit of the cred
tors. The case had remained silent from 1830 until
about one month ago, when, upon the proposition 01
the bankrupt, the creditors assented to a compositio n
of 2s. 6d. in the pound, and to have the fiat supei:-
seded. The cae now came before the Court in pur-
suance of an order of the Court of Review, but the
great difficulty was as to form, it being proposed that
the last examination should be passed without filling a
balance-sheet.
His HoNoua said that he would not pass an exa-
mination without a balance-sheet, and would not slake
any precedent in a single case.
Tile solicitor for the bankrupt said that two divi-
dends had already been paid, and a balance• sheet was
useless
His HONOUR inquired if the bankrupt intended to
apply for his certificate ?
The solicitor fur the bankrupt replied that he did.

His HoNous observed that a balance-sheet must be
filed, in order to induce him to say that the bankrupt
had made a full and true disclosure. Under all the
circumstances, the case must be adjourned fox the
balance-sheet to be filed.
Adjourned accordingly.

IN BE SARAH CRALONEB.

This was a meeting for choice of assignees in the
case of this bankrupt, who was a milliner, of Charles-
street, Westbourne-terrace. The debts are about
7001., and assets 1374
The bankrupt was examined at some length, and
stated that she had given her daughter money to the
extent of about 2001. to buy articles of stock, instead
of doing which, it was alleged that she appropriated
it to her own use, and expended it in buying opera
and other tickets to see Jenny Lind, which she (the
daughter) had given away. There was also a dress,
which the dmightcr represented to be for a young
lady of Portland-pace, but the witness never receiv,-•t
anything for it. 1•A value was stated to be 60guineas.
His HON OUR adjon-ned the case for further inquiry

SURREY SESSIONS.

The adjourned quarter sessions for the trial of pri-
soners commenced yesterday morning, at the Court
House, Newington-ca use way, before Thomas Puckle,
Esq , and a full bench of magistr..tes.
The Cn.USMIN having made some few remarks to
the grand jury, relating to the decrease of crime in
the county, they were dismissed.
John Powell, 30, was indicted for stealing a bay
gelding, the property of Thomas Goble, a farmer, at
-13etchworth, near Croydon.
Mr. Corner appeared for the prosecution, and the
prisoner was undefended.
It appeared that the prosecutor had been possessed
of the horse many years, and on the 23d of July last
he turned it into a lawn adjoining his farm to grass.
On the same evening he saw the prisoner loitering
about, but had no suspicion of his intention. When
be went to look for the animal on the following morn-
ing h, missed it, and instantly gave information to
the police. On the 19:h of August he received in-
formation from Goddard, a constable at Tunbridge,
that a horse answering the description of his own
was i❑ the prisoner's possession, and on proceeding to
the latter place he found his property. When he saw
the prisoner, he said tia.t he purchased the animal on
Saturday, the 24th of July, at Salithtield.
Mr. Goldsmith, a grocer at Tunbridge, said he lent
the prisoner a saddle on the morning of the 22d of
July. lie said he was going to fetch a gelding from
Dorking. Oa the Saturday morning al:er wards he
returned to Tunbridge, having in his possession the
horse identified by the prosecutor.
The prisoner read a rambling defence, asserting
that he purchased the horse at Smithfield on the Fri-
day afternoon, but he did not know from whom he
purchased it. The witnesses had all perjured them-
selves.

Prosecutor identified the apparel and jewellery,
and some of the property exhibited by the officer,
as having been stolen from his premises, from which
prisoner had absconded shortly before he was cap-
tured. A waistcoat was also missed from the shop a
few days ag..
The prisoner was committed for trial.
WORSHIP-STREET.

Two boys, named James Brown and William Oak-
ley, the former thirteen and the latter only eight years
of age, were placed at the bar before Mr. Hammill,
charged with having stolen the the sum of 261. in
silver money, the property of Mr. Edwin Conway,
butcher, in the Flackney•road.
It appeared`from :the evidence' tlNC,peSatnrday
morning last a canvass bak; containingthe above-
mentioned amount, was entrusted to the prisoner
Brown by the prosecutor, in whose seivice he had
been a conFidernble time, with directions to leave it
at an adjoining public-house, preparatory to its being
subsequently exchanged for gold. The prisoner con-
veyed it there accordingly, but returned back in a
few minutes and asked for its restoration, as it had
not been counted correctly. The money was there-
fore redelivered to him, but as he did not return to
his employer's inquiries' were set on foot, and it was
then ascertained that he had absconded. Informati
of the robbery was given to the police, but he was
not met with until the following morning, between
five and six o'clock, when a milkman, who had been
apprised of the circumstance, saw the two prisoners
proceeding in the direction of Cambridge-heath, and,
observing that they were watched they started off,
but were overtaken and given into custody. On
searching the elder prisoner at the station the bag
containing 2515. 103. 6d. was found in one of his
pockets, and they acknowledged that they had been
walking about together all night, and spent the ba-
lance during their nocturnal rambles.
In consequence of the extreme youth of the delin-
quents, and the greater portion of the money being
recovered, the wife of the prosecutor expressed her
disinclination to carry the case any further ; but
Mr. HAMMILL considered that such a degree of
design and artifice had been manifested in the con-
duct of the elder prisoner that he felt bound to remand
him, and should order the younger one to be dis-
charged.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
William Simkinson, Henry James, and George
Knight, were charged before Mr. Arnold, with
having stolen some articles of plate from the residence
of the Earl of Strafford, No. 44, Lower Grosvenor-
street.

William Jones, D 157, slid, on Saturday week
last, about four o'clock in the afternoon, he saw the
three prisoners walking together in Cumberland-
street, looking down the areas of different houses.
Suspecting their object was to commit a robbery,
witness tollowed them, unperceived, into Lower
,;rosvenor-street, on the way to which the prisoner
Knight went down several areas, but, apparently,
without meeting with success. When the prisoners
came to No. 44, Lower Grosvenor-street, Knight
went down the area, the other prisoners keepi,,g
watch about two doors off. The prisoner
Knight cane out of the area after re-
maining there about ten minutes, and joined his
companions, giving something to the prisoner
James. The prisoners then walked into Clierles-
iootrooekkettt,hhaeermim id there witness, having procured assistance,
anlltoinctousctuosdty forody.
goingit nedssowtnoldaretahsemwihthe
intent to commit felony. Si k. ison and Knight
denied having gone down
Lam mare:sus.
.010 e, their way
to the steiticm-homeo
another, " We are dondetete;a'md'll.aannd
cihina;nrgLittely—ihe'pnr'i.:
soners made a determined effart to escape. Witness
was thrown down, and while down he saw James put
out his hand towards a sewer grating and drop some-
thing into the drain. Witness afterwards made
search, and found two silver spoons. A. silver box
was afterwards delivered to witness, it having been
dropped by one of the prisoners.
Leah Bennett, housekeeper thetnoow
prEoadrulcoefdSwtrearffeohrder,
said the silver spoons and box
I; e e p e r property.'s r 0 0 Theni ju s
t propertybefore
the was
prisoners safe in
werethe h
takeno us house-
keeper's -
into custody.
andT h‘le.erperifsuolnlyerscodinenmiei
SOUTH knowledgeivAßK. of the robbery,
John Marshall, th
attempted to poison his wife Elizabeth,wbityhhaving
infusing
tobacco in ale, which she drank, was brought before
Mr. Seeker, for re-examination on the charge.
• It will be recollected that the prisoner and his wife
separated some few weeks ago, in consequence of their
frequent quarrels, since which period he made several
ineffectual attempts to induce her to return and live
with him again. On Monday evening last, he met
her in the street. and persuaded her to accompany him
t:, the Star beer-shop, in Webber-street, Blackfriars-
road, to take some refreshment, and having called for
a pint of -ale, he left the house, saying he should be
backab senitmfrmoedimtatehel.Whn he
room,
heeavailreedtuhrinmesde,lfhoisf NtVhiefebeing
oppor-
tunity, and was observed by the landlady to throw a
powder, contained in paper, into the glass out of
which his wife had been previously drinking. When
she returned to the room, he prevailed upon her to
drink off the contents of the glass, which he refused
to do himself when she asked him, saving that he
would have it out of the pint pot. The landlady,
although having witnessed the circumstance, did not
interfere until the parties had left the house, and it
then occurred to her mind that it might have been
s'mne delete: ions powder he had mixed in tti:
woman's drink, and sent a matt after them, who gave
tlie prisoner into custody. When they arrived at
the station-house the woman became ill, and as it was
suspected she had taken a poisonous ingredient in the

Mr. SECHER said that he should remand the pri-
soner until Thursday, and that in order to have his
wife in attPridance on that day, she must be sent
back to prison, unless she found the required securi-
ties to appear on that day.
The wife, however, said it was impossible she could
get bail, and she and her husband were therefore
conveyed to the county gaol.
LAMBETH.

Davis Ryland was placed before Mr. Elliott on a
charge of improperly obtaining half-a-crown from a
young woman named Priscilla Burley.
From the statement of Mr. Games, who volunteered
his professional services gratuitously to the com-
plainant, it appeared that on the 10th of last month
the complainant had her master at this Court on a
sunamonav fgr -assaulting htr.ancl damaging her boxes,
when the magistrate convicted Min in the penalt3r, of
T 20s. for the one and 7s. for the other. he.eom-
plainant at the time requested the magistrate to make
an order on her master-for the payment of the wages
then due to her, and his worship told her that he had
not the power to do so, but told her to go to the
County Court. She acting on the magistrate's advice,
went to the County Court, Denmark-hill, Brixton,
on the following day, and applied for a summons
against her late master for 1/. 2s. 6d. due to her for
wages, when, it appeared, she was handed a piece of
printed paper, or plaint, which she was told to fill up.
At this time the prisoner introduced himself to the
complainant as an officer or authorised agent of the
court, and undertook to take out the summons, and,
in fact, settle the whole affair for her. The com-
plainant, under the belief that he was what he repre-
sented himself to be, an officer of the court, gave him
a shilling, all the money she then had, and subse-
quently paid him eighteenpence more, to take-
out a summons for the debt. After receiving
the latter sum, to raise which the complain-
ant had to pledge her gown, the prisoner ab-
sconded from his lodgings ; but the complainant, with
much exertion and difficulty, traced out his lodging
and urged him to get the case on. He put her off
from time to time, by representing he had taken out
the summons. She at length applied to Inspector
Campbell, at Camberwell station, on the subject, and
that officer sent a constable with her to the court to
make the necessary inquiries on the subject. On the
clerks being applied to, they examined the books and
said that no summons had been taken out in the cause,
and described the prisoner as one of the " hangers on"
about the court, who had no right whatever to inter-
fere in such matters. The cohiplainatit next acct,m-
panied the officer to the prisoner's lodgings, and on
seeing him, he (the prisoner) declared in the officer's
presence that he had taken out the summons, up m
which sbe gave him into custody.
The complainant was here sworn, and corroborated
the whole of the preceding statement.
Samuel Wight, a constable belonging to the P divi-
sion, deposed to having heard the prisoner tell the
complainant that he had taken out the summons, but
after she had given him into custody, he expressed his
willingness to give her the half-crown back.
Mr. Games was here about to apply to the Magis-
trate to remand the prisoner, to afford him an oppor-
tunity of producing some person from the County
Court, to show that he was not an officer of that
court, nor a person at all authorised to interfere in
its proceedings. Upon observing Mr. Jones, who
is connected with the court, present, he put the ques-
tion to him. _ _

Mr. Jones replied that the prisoner was not an offi-
cer of the court, nor was he recognised as a person
who had any right whatever to interfere with its
proceedings.
Mr F.r.r mi. —What h the charge for a summons
rettlrt ITr T
quainted with the table of tees, but 'believe the
charge is half-a-crown for anything above 20s.
Mr. ELLIOT.—What ! Half-a-crown for a sum-
mons to recover 11. 2s. 6d. ? Mr. Jones—Yes, sir.

The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said he re-
ceived the moneyiin his character as an agent in the
court, and finding that he could not take out the
said, n
summons in time to have the case heard in the pre-
he
sent inonth, or before the middle of October, he was
n
sgroliceaittor,lho hurryv to take
at the
e it out, as
there was plenty of time.
County
Courts,that the clerks here said there re-
fused to make
out plaints for persons applying for
summonses, on the contrary they
they were liable to a heavy e.alt forrepresented that
the consequence was, that personspny like doing so,. and
who called themselves agents, filled the prisoner,
They also attended on behalf of up the forms.
personsfor
r who did not
dispute the debts, to require time
he (Mr. Hardman) had
known
sfemepaor
them,
andb
their per tentage and charges, make as much as 'fifty
shillings a day at these courts ; indeed, much morey
than attorneys practising in them could make.
Mr. ELLIOTT remarked, that if this was a specimen
of the advantages derivable from the County Courts,
and if persons going fur justice were to fall into such
hands as those of the prisoner, he could not see it
likely to lead to any improvement in the law; such a
state of things could never have been contemplated by
the Legislature, as allowing the interference of such
persons as agents in these Courts. The statute very pro
perly prevented persons holding situations in the
County Courts, from practising in them ; but by the
55th clause the clerks were directed to write in a book,
kept for the purpose, a plaint, stating the name of
the party wishing to bring the action, as well as that
of the defendant, &c., and their doing otherwise was
a complete perversion of the Act. With respect to
the prisoner there could he very little doubt of his
ierenti in ; hut he (Mr. Elliott) regretted -much it
vv,s not in his power to punish him as he deserved.
ILO he received from the complainant more than had
~
eeen [ eeceesary to obtain the sun:en:2.ns, -he certainly
should have felt it to be his duty to have sent him for
trial, but as there might be some doubt about the

Augustus Waller, a respectably dressed young man,
who refused to give his address, was !placed at. the ear
for final examination on the following charge or
robbery, while pretending to be in search of lodgings.
From the evidence gone into, it appeared that on
the afternoon of Saturday, the 4th instant, between
one and two o'clock, the prisoner called at the house
of Mr. C. W. Durnford, printer and stationer, High-
street, Notting-hill, and asked to see the lodgings, the
bill of which was in the window. He was answered
by Mrs. Durnford, who showed him three furnished
rooms, and informed him that the rent was thirteen
shillings per week. While the prisoner was inquirirg
of Mrs. Durnford, very minutely, as to the accommo-
dation he was to receive for that rent he suddenly
asked her if she would have the kindness to oblige him
with a glass of spring water, at which juncture Mr.
Durnford had returned home, and entered the room.
Mr. Durnford prevented his wife getting the water,
and asked the prisoner, who agreed to take the apart-
ments, for his name and a reference. The prisoner
accordingly wrote down, " Mr. John Roberts," as his
name, and as his reference, " Mrs. Miley, 5, Quin-
tam-street, Mile-end-road," and quitted the house,
saying he wished to enter the lodgings in two or
three days. Mr. Durnford, however, suspected at
once that the prisoner's obj?ct was plunder, and de-
termined on watching his proceedings. He accord
ingly f ollowed him unperceived, until he saw him gi#
to the house of rs. Spice, No. 4, "slotting-hill ter-
race, when he looked at a bill in the parlour window,
and then knocked at the door. Knowing that Mrs.
Spice was a widow-lady, 90 years of age and bed-
ridden, and also that, if he went to the house, the
prisoner would instantly recognise him, Mr. Durn-
ford looked out for sone other person, and seeing
Mr. C.. 1 Barnes, surgeon, of Belle Vue House,
Notting- hill, called him to his assistance, and ex-
plained the c;rcuinstance to him. Mr. Barnes hap-
pened to be Mrs. Spice's medical attendant, in-
stantly went to the house. On being admitted he
found one of the servants in the front parlour with
the prisoner, who was explaining to her that he should
each morning require his hoots to have an exquisite
polish. Mr. Barnes immediately told the prisoner
that he did not believe he wanted any lodging, and
ordered him to accompany him into another room.
The prisoner did so, and Mr. Barnes then directed
him to empty his pockets, on which he pulled out an
old-fashioned pair of silver sugar-tongs, and gave them
to Mr. Barnes. They were found to have been taken
from a drawer of a sideboard in the front parlour,
while the servant went up stairs to Mrs. Spice to
communicate to her the prisoner's application for the
lodging. He was then given into custody.
To-day a respectable solicitor, with some members
of the prisoner's family from the country, were in at-
tendance on the prispner'll-41/alf. • .
..The only 'adclitiOMl4ol43nao'attne into was that of
Mrs. Spice's servant, who identified-the sugar-tongs
as her mistress's property, which she had seen safe in
the drawer on Wednesday, the Ist inst., others being
in use ; and the policeman who made inquiries re-
specting the reference given by the prisoner,
swore that he could not find either the person or
street, although he had searched nearly all Mile-end
over. _

........
The prisoner's solicitor submitted there was no case
against his client, inasmuch as there was no positive
proof
sugar-tongs were Mrs. Spice's property,
or
ewere in the drawer on the Saturday, not
tba tt htabte. the h
having been seen from the previous Wednesday.
Mr. BEADON said he differed in toto from that
opinion. He thought that the case had been clearly
made out against the Prisoner, whom he must commit
for trial:
The solicitor trusted the worthy magistrate would
not inflict such a disgrace on the family of the pri-
soner, who were of the highest respectability. He
d
pleacion account of the young man himself,
but account of his friends, and he would draw the
attention
of the worthy magistrate to the 24th
id
on not
section of the Police Courts Act, 2d and 3:1 Victoria,
may be reasonably suspected of having
cap. 71, by which the magistrate in any case where
a person
unlawfully obtained any property,
or
and who shall not give an account to the satis-
faction of such magistrate as to how he came by
stolen,
the same, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour,
and shall be liable to a penalty of not more than 51., or
on the discretion of the magistrate, may be, committed
for two months. He therefore submitted that
that was a case in Point, and that the magistrate
would fine the prisoner.

13Eanosfelt he should not be doing his duty
if he did nat commit him to prison, with hard
labour for two months.

The prisoner was accordingly committed.
THet 31 S.
A lad named John Llliotl, belonging to the ship
Helen, in the London Dock, was brought before Mr.
Yardley, charged with stealing three gallons of
brandy.
It appeared in evidence that the prisoner was
stopped on Saturday evening by a gate-keeper, named
Cornwall, leaving the dock, and two bottles,
each s
containinglhe was
a pint anti a half of brandy, were
found concealed under his waistcoat. On being
questioned he said he took the brandy out of the
captain's cabin. He was given over to the custody
of Sayre, a dock-constable, and he stated that he
effected an entrance to the cabin through the bulk-
head. Sayre very soon ascertained this statement
was false. The bulkhead and the cabin had not been
disturbed, hut on searching the prisoner's bed-place,
on the larboard side of the half•deck, he found two
more bottles of brandy. The prisoner then confessed
into the hold, discovered that a hOk-sucß.,2—zfee.r.sliny•
had been very recently broached. The officer gauged
the cask and took a sample from it, which corre-
sponded in quality an colour with the brandy in the
four bottles. The deficiency in the cask amounted to
three gallons.
Mr. William Galsworth, the master of the Helen,
said the vessel, which belonged to Bristol, where
the owners resided, was on the point of sailing. He
gave the lad a good character, and said he had been
apprenticed three years, and sailed in the ship all that
time. If the Magistrate would overlook it be would
take the lad to sea again. This was the first time he
had heard of any dishonesty on the part of the lad.
Mr. YARDLEY said he could not by any possibility
look over such a serioas robbery as the prisoner had
committed. It was an extremely bad case; and if
he was to allow the prisoner to escape without punish-
ment, he should be holding out an encouragement to
crime. In consideration that the ship was going to
sail immediately, and that it would be very inconve-
nient to detain the crptain on shore, he would deal
with the case summat justified,
however, He was scarcely
however, in not senditg the case for trial. The of-
fence was one punisheole by transportation. To pass
it over would be trifling with justice. The object of
punishment was to Teter others from committing
felonies. He should !onvict the prisoner of a misde-
meanour, in having inlawful possession of the two
bottles of brandy fount upon him, and impose the full
penalty awarded by aw for such an offence, which
was two months' imirisoninent and hard labour in
the House of Correcton.

was sweeping - ----
STRANGE Visrrott.,—On Saturday afternoon, as
the ostler of the Quell's Head Inn, Bishop Auckland,
called " a great ugly fly," which proved to be a very
the Prot of the inn, ho found what he
tiny locust. There we one taken about this time last
}ear at Hunwick coicry,
near Bishop
.Auckland. It
1: co' 90.0 a ,D have c(ftte to ttis country in the egg, or
•:'-' 1 .I.'. n ,v: ,rac,-- cheat, Or by f,.•- 49poyt-.:.:-:,%
ot t,,rne oth4_,r iruii, old to have coulo 4t7"t•sid-to of
"3,:t.,!ity. It is nowln the possession of Mr. Joseph
1....,., I.hoeuir.lt,r. B,4eriti locuAs Have been ouug,bt ill
cola neighbourhood ; lie in a corn field in Ryhope-lun©
last week.--Sundertal Herald

Mr. DAVIDSON. writer, took the same view of the
subject as Bailie Wallace. He would not justify the
*hutting up of the glen ; but he had little doubt that
the statements which had appeared in the public
prints were one-sided, and, as a matter of course,
highly coloured. He moved the previous question.
Mr. TURNBULL thought it entirely out of place in
the Town Council of Perth setting itself up against
the highest nobleman of the county. It was well
known that gentlemen had been at great cost and
trouble in preserving places for deer forests, and it
was nut to be thought that students wandering about
whither they would in such localities, could do so
without destroying the sport of these gentlemen.
Those conversant with the subject knew that the least
inroad upon the privacy of the deer sent these ani-
mals to an entirely different part of the country. It
was doubtless a consideration of this kind that made
the Duke of Atholl say to the Professor and his young
friends what ha ,would not have said in a calmer
mood. 174 (Nii:',Turnbull) regretted to see Glen Tilt
shut nil; but I,l'o,oought the Council should refrain
from meddling:.,o4 the matter. He seconded Mr.
Davidson's motion. S _ _ _

Bailie Dmii:As4 said there was no doubt a heavy
grievaUce here, and one that ought to be looked at
boldly,[ololaFe. Instead of this being a question
whict(Wtitiliqiiiid the jurisdiction of the Council, as
some-firlOrkidous speakers had hinted, it was, in
his fopiii,loiiii.upon which popular bodies should
bestow;ocoliar attention ; and there was no body to
whdin ti*pr4etit question applied in a stronger man-
nei.:',,thisn the Town Council of Perth. It was, in
every respect, a local question. Soon the railways at
present in the course of construction in:this quarter,
would vastly increase the number of tourists to the
Highlands, and were they to sit tamely down and see
one of their greatest attractions taken from them, and
that one, too, to which the community had an inde-
feasible right from time immemorial ? In his (Bailie
Barlas's) opinion; the present attempt of the Duke
of Atholl to shut out the public from Glen Tilt was
to be attributed to a spirit engendered and fostered
by the game-laws ; and he was persuaded that, had
no such abomination as these laws existed on the
statute-book, the public would never have heard of
such an unwarrantable project. But it was impera-
tively necessary that they should see what could be
done in the way of inquiring into the right of the
Duke to act as he had done, and to resist him if it
was found he had acted illegally. For this purpose
it was highly desirable that the Council should com-
municate immediately with the Association in Edin-
burgh, with the view of learning the bearings of
such a question, Bailie Greig, he thought, deserved
the thanks of the community for his movement in
the matter, and he had much pleasure in seconding
his moti.m.

Mr. TURNBULL—You forget the facilities given by
the Duke of Atholl to visitors who wish to view his
grounds at Duilkeld.
Belie BARLAS--The Duke pays himself sweetly
for doing so. It was well known that heavy fees
were exacted from every one who visited the Dun-
kein grounds, and that the whole of these fees went
into the Duke's pocket. Ile Barlas) was cer-
tain there was nit another Duke in Scotland did the
like. [" These fees, we are informed (sip the
Perthshire Advertiser), are as follows :--One person
2s. 6d., two persons 35., and a shilling a-head for any
greater number. A. gentleman told us on Monday
that he had lately paid 7s. for the privilege accorded
to the party with which he was connected."]
Mr. SUEDDEN also thought the Council were under
obligations to Bailie Greig for having brought this
matter forward.

Bailie WALLACE did not rise for the purpose of un-
necessarily prolonging the discussion, but he could
say, from good authority, that there were frequent
complaints, by strangers, in regard to the stated
charges made for viewing the grounds of Dunkeld.
It was but the other day an English gentleman so
expressed himself to him (Bailie Wallace). Now,
ii,4,Lc--ntrrtf)(lohat ill with the liberality of Sir Wil-
Stewart and other proprietors,
wb
eleur
ten
ustirin. Fs _.are are Permitted freely to visit their
tax should be exacted, because it wouta no umw,,,
a certain extent, prevent the influx of strangers, who
do so much good by visiting such a beautiful locality.
Mr. W. IMRIE did not think the Council was by
any means exceeding its duty in taking up this ques-
tion. Other town councils had done so, and surely
they, who were more intimately connected with the
subject than any of them, had a perfect right to ques-
tion the legality of the proceedings. He thought,
however, that delay for a month might be attended
with advantage, and would enable them to get at both
sides of the question.
Provost SIDEY agreed in the view taken by Mr.
Imrie.

Bailie GREIG said the question was one of the
simplest nature. It was this—the right of the public
to a free passage through Glen Tilt has existed from
time immemorial. Shall we, therefore, sit quietly
down, and see this right filched from us, and all be-
cause the Duke of Atholl is desirous of securing
quiet quarters for his hares or his deer ?
Mr. DAVIDSON (with considerable emphasis, and
throwing from him a rather nice-looking silk um-
brella).—l have no doubt this is altogether a popu-
larity-hunting movement. Shall we, I ask, set
ourselves up as inquisitors of the Duke of Atholl's
conduct ?

Mr. GREIG.—Most undoubtedly. A man's public
conduo jA public property, and must submit to h.
canvassed by the public. As corroborative of what
had been stated regarding the conduct of other landed
gentlemen, he might mention that the proprietor of
Dirleton not only allowed visitors uninterruptedly to
view his grounds, but had provided for them a splendid
howling-green, with a large supply of bowls, where
they might enjoy themselves at tliia extiilerating
amusement to their heart's content.
SaJme furth..ir
Mr. Roes pr:qnised to ha,ve "a full, true}-and par.:
ticular account" of the whole transaction ready for
tliv Council by fzIN:J»g, if they would refrain
from going further with it in the meantime,
Mr. LAMOVIT mid he knew the glen ill, and re.