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persons belonging to the parish raising or borrowing su( h
fund.

23 Burials of Paupers.—And be it declared and
enacted that it shall be lawful for guardians to bury the
body of any poor person who shall die within their parish
or union without effects of sufficient value to defray the
expenses of the burial, and to charge the expense thereof
to any parish under their control, to which such person
may have been chargeable, or in which he may have died;
and every dead body which the guardians, or any of their
officers duly authorised, shall direct to be buried at the ex-
pense of the poor-rates, shall, unless the guardians or such
officer shall otherwise direct, be buried in the burying.
ground of the parish, division of parish, chapelry, or place
in which the death shill have occurred, and that the fec
or fees payable by custom of the place in which the burial
shall take place, or under the provisions of any Act of Par-
liament, shall be paid out of the poor-rates for the burial of
each such body to the person or persons who by such custom,
or under such Act, may be entitled to receive any fe4 ; and
if any dispute arise as to the amount of such fee, it shall be
lawful for the said Commissioners, by order under their hands
and seal, to declare whether any and what amount shall
be thenceforth payable out of the poor-rates for the burial
of paupers in the place in which such disputes shall have
arisen : providing always that no Ices exceeding
shall be payable out of the poor-rates to any one person
for the burial of the body of a pauper.
24. Provides that the guardians may obtain burial grounds.
25. Enacts that the casual poor are chargeable to the
whole union.
26. Provides that nDtices of removal may be served by
post.

27. Declares and enacts that no person shell be excused
by Justices on account of poverty from the payment of any
poor-rate in any parish in whick&e.s‘4ief of the_ppor shall
be adininistered by a 'boatirtifkuardlitna, withotti? the eon.
sent of such board of guardians.
28. Provides that the workhouse be deemed to be situ-
ate in every parish of an union.
29. County, borough, and police rates, &c., to be paid
by guardians.
30. Costs of apprehending and prosecuting vagrants,
&c., be paid out of poor rates.
31. Provides that, on Lirinatioa of unions, &c., the
Commissioners may direct the re-appointment of pre-ex-
isting paid officers.
32. Enacts that guardians appoint collectors, &c.
33. Overseers and paid officers ineligible as guardians.
$4. Accounts may be rendered half-yearly, see. 47.
35. Votes of owners and proxies. —That no owner of
property shall be entitled to vote as such, under the pro-
visions of the said first-recited Act, either in person or
by proxy, until three months after he shall have given to
the overseers the statement required by the said Act,
nor unless such statement shall contain a description
of the nature of the interest or estate he may have
in such property, and a statement of the amount of
all rent-service ha may receive end pay in re-
spect thereof, and of th© persons from whom he may
receive, and to whom he may pay such rent-service ;
ani no owner of property usu illy resident in any
parish shall be entitled to appoint any person to vote
as his proxy in such parish ; and no person shall be en-
titled to vote as proxy until three months after he shall
have made his claim so to vote in the manner required by
the said Act ; and no person shall be entitled to vote as
proxy for more than two owners of property in any one
parish (except he be a steward, bailiff, or land agent, or
collector of rents for the owners of property for whom he
may be appointed to v)te); and no appointment of proxy
shall remain in force for a longer period than one year from
the making thereof, excepting only in the case in which
an owner shall appoint his bailiff, steward, land-agent, or
collector of rents to be his proxy, in which case such ap-
pointment shall remain in force so long as the proxy shall
continue to be such bailiff, steward, land-agent, or collector,
and while such appointment shall remain unreicked.
36. Provides that payment of poor-rates be alone re-
quired of rate-payers.
37. Provides that parishes may be divided into wards.
38. Enacts that the Commissioners tray alter the num-
ber of guardians ; and that parishes may be combined for
the election of one guardian.
39. Declares and enacts, that the Commissioners shall
have power and authority from time to time to appoint, or
to direct guardians, overseers, and other officers to appoint
persons CO take, collect, and return, and to assist in taking,
collecting, and returning the votes of owners of property
and ratepayers, and to fix the payments to be made to such
persons out of the poor-rates, and from time to time to re-
voke or vary such appointments and payments as the said
Commissioners may see fit.
40. Provides as to the determination of disputes as to
the election, &c., of guardians.
41. Continuance of guardians in office.—That in every
case in which no person shall be nominated for the office
of guardian at any annual elec•.ion of guardians, the per-
sons elected for the previous year shall be considered to
be again elected, and shall continue to act as guardians
until the next annual election.
42. Commissioners may accept tho. resignation of any
gu..r.iian, .and may order a new election.
43. Absent guardians not to be considered as acting.
44. De facto guardians.--That no defect in the quali-
fication or elect:on of any person acting as a guardian at a
board of guardians, the majority of persons assembled at
ts.heli shall be entitled to act as guardians, shall be deemed
to vitiate or make void any proceedings of such Board in
which lie may have taken part.
43. Limits this Act to England and Wales.
46. Provides that this Act may be amended this Session

THE LATE DR. SIMPSON OF

WORCESTER.

" It is with no ordinary regret, in which great num-
bers of our readers and all classes of persons in this city
(Worcester) will participate, (says the 117orcester
Chronicle), that we have to record, in our week's
obituary, the death of Dr. Simpson, at Shrubbill, at
the venerable age of eighty-five. For more than half
a century, during which Dr. Simpson has been resident,
among us, his liberality as a contributor to all our pub-
lic institutions, his private benevolence, and high moral
character, have deservedly gained him general esteem
and respect. For the long period of nearly forty years,
Dr. Simpson conducted the establishment for the
education of youth in Silver Street, and by the
manner in which he discharged that most useful
and honourable employment, secured to himself
the warmest regard of his numerous pupils, and
the general respect of their relatives and friends.
Gifted by nature with an excellent bodily constitution,
and possessed of a richly stored mind, h^ was eminently
qualified for the laborious charge, and few instructors,
if any, ever surpassed him in zeal, vigilance, persever-
ing industry, and strenuous exertion to promote the
best interests of the youth placed under his care. By
his scholars generally, Dr. Simpson was venerated as a
father ; and, in 1826, prior to his retirement from the
school, they presented him with a very handsome piece
of plate—an imperishable testimony to the kindly feel-
ing that existed between the pupils and their preceptor,
alike honourable to both. In private life the Doctor's
cheerful society, kindness of manner, instructive con-
versation, and singleness of heart, endeared him to all
who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. If an up-
right man is a public good, the loss of one so distin-
guished
as Dr. Simpson for every ennobling quality of
bead and heart, is deservedly attended with general
regret."
A correspondent of the Elgin Courant supplies the
following additional particulars of this benevolent and
patriotic gentleman :—" Dr. Simpson was a native of
the parish of Rothes, in Morayshire, and was born in
th, your 17.5.5. He was brought up there till he at-
tained the age of twelve years, when he was removed
to Keith, and educated at the charge of a relative he had
there, when Sheriff-substitute of Banffshire. When he
was sufficiently qualified for college, he was sent to
Aberdeen, and prosecuted his studies at King's College
and University. On the completion of his college cur-
riculum, he was employed for some years as tutor in a
respectable family in Buchan, where he seems to
have found himself very comfortable and to have
experienced much kindneis. When his services in
this family were no longer required, be adopted
the resolution of proceeding forthwith to the great
metropolis and of trying his fortune on the other
side of the Tweed. At this time, so scanty were his
means and r,-sources, that we are confidently assured it
was with no small difficulty he was enabled to muster
among his friends a sum sufficient to carry him thither.
Having arrived at his destination about the year 1780,
he was employed as usher in a respectable academy in
the vicinity of London, and from that time till the year
1826, lie was assiduously engaged in the highly-useful
and honourable task of educating youth. In this pro-
fession his enthusiastic zeal and distinguished' success
were particularly remarkable, and the extract above
given sufficiently testifies with what high respect,
-
teem, and love, he was regarded by
tsoc amongf
years.
whom he resided for such a long period
As to the exceeding benevolence of his disposition,
r
it is beyond all praise. Many a
we poor
and about Rothes can tell, and
with the deepest gratitude, of
b gone ear •
theliberality of his
have no doubt
orelative in
bounty, experienced for many a 3'.
and as to the warm
i interestn
ever lay near his heart), we
need only mention that
addition to considerable sums
very last to show in the
cause of education (a cause
be continued to the
which, we are assured,
of
_ArelsZt/sif ,Mater, lie has now, at the time
valuable books, formerly
of money and p
other his rel a-
a'lr,acies left to 1
obfeshtoisweddecoenasheisomong
. • r
tives), bequeathed Aberdeen munificentcen:ool. o sum ofth
parisho,oo
0. to
f
King's College, -
Keith, and a like sum to the parish of Rothes, the
interest of which sums is to be given to the respec-
tive parochial teachers. Such a history—the history
of a man
who, from comparative poverty, accumu-
lated byhis perseverance, assdui.Y, and zeal in his
profession, a handsome fortune—should act as a power-
ful stimulus to the youth of our county to' employ
well their valuable opportunities, and to cuitivate di-
ligently their mental powers, that, like the subject of this
paragraph, they may one day, if spared, be an honour
to their- friend), and a benefit to society,--Aberdeen
&NW,

AUTHENTIC AND ORIGINAL ANECDOTE OF NAPO.
LEON.—Among those who are Conversant with the life
and acts of Bonaparte, it is kno.vn that the earliest ex-
periments as to popular opinion on his secretly ccnt:m-
plated assumption of the " Imperial" title, were tried
among his military supporters, who, from haling shared
the glory of his conquests, were best disposed to tolerate
his views of self-aggrandisement.
The exact particulars of the occasion when it was
first publicly tried, however, have not been given in any
memoirs, although many persons who were present are
still living (among others, Marshal Sault) besides the
distinguished officer, Baron Faure de Lilatte, who was,
sportively, "the first to proclaim Napoleon, Emperor,"
under the following circumstances :
At the time when Bonaparte contemplated his much-
vaunted descent on the English coast, he had ordered
encampments of troops to be formed at Boulogne, Dun-
kirk, Autro, and, in short, at. all the little towns -along
that part of the French coast.
Prince Joseph Bonaparte (now living in England as
the Count de Survilliers) was then Colonel of the 4th
Regiment of the line, and was stationed at Autro, in
the " Camp de Gauche," commanded by General Soult,
inae become a Marshal of France, and at this moment
French Minister of War.

After the camps had been some time formed, it was
proposed by Prince Joseph and the other superior
officers of the left camp, to give a grand entertain-
ment to all the field-officers of the other camps, and the
neighbouring garrisons, including also the naval com-
manders on the station, and accordingly a very nume-
rous party were invited.
Up to this time there had been no rumour, or even
suspicion, as to Napoleon's intention of assuming the title
of Emperor. On the day preceding the dinner party, f0:11C
verses, referring to the Imperial title, were sent anony-
mously from Paris to the Baron Faure de Lilatte, who,
though a young man, had seen much service, and was inti-
mate with the Bonaparte family. He was surprised at the
subject of the lines, and, after deliberating on what he
should do with them, he determined to consult Stanislas
,Girg.rdin, the constant companion and counsellor of
Prince Jose] r, Girardia took the manuscript, with a
promise of giving Baron Faure an early answer ; and,.
on the ddy of the fete, he restored the lines, acceding
to the young officer's wish for permission to give them

Accordingly, after the numerous party had partaken
of a superb dinner, such as little Boulogne seldom wit-
nesses, Baron Faure requested Prince Joseph's leave to
propose a new toast. This being granted, he rose, and,
to the astonishment of the majority, read aloud his
mysteriously-sent couplet, of which the following is an
exact transcript :
Lorsque Napoleon, a la fibre Angleterre,
Ira dieter les lois do la paix nu la guerre,
Qui pent lui disputer le titre d'Empereur.
Lorsqac ce grand nom est deja dans notrc eceur
" Vise l'EmpereurP shouted the young soldier as his
toast ; and the sound ran like electricity among the
veteran adorers of Napoleon, •' Vivo l'Empercur !" re—
sounding at the same instant from all the crowded tables,
and it was taken up again and again with fresh entliu-
siasm after each momentary pause ; so that the Baron
Faure de Lilatte bad the triumph of thus socially being
the first who proclaimed his general and brother•in-arms
an Emperor !

THE NE W REFORM CLUB-

HOUSE.

As this edifice is noww—finished and about to be
opened, a few particulars may be interesting. The
style of architecture is what is usually understood as
the Roman-Italian, the chief features of which
consist in simplicity and chasteness of design, com-
bined with a finished elegance in its various details.
The enriched entablature surmounting this building
is greatly admired by connoisseurs, although the
absence of a blocking is considered by a few objec-
tionable. Tire plain unbroken facide pleases the
eye from its simplicity, and the ribbed roof, when
seen from a distance, has a good and classical effect.
The first object which strikes the spectators on passing
the entrance hall is the saloon, the grand feature of the
whole building, and upon which the greatest care, both
as to its arrangement and composition, has evi-
dently been bestowed by the architect. Space and
convenience have, however, apparently been some-
what sacrificed, and made to contribute to its beauty
and effect. This apartment extends the whole height
of the building, being lighted by an immense sky-
light, composed of richly embossed glass fitted into
a cast-iron frame, and from which a gigantic chande-
lier will be suspended ; it is oblong, being about 70
feet by 60, with a surrounding gallery of conside-
rable width, supported by lonic fluted columns of Si-
enna scagliola on porphyry pedestals of the same
materi 11, the capitals and bases being in imitation of
statuary marble ; over these columns is a second row of
Corinthian columns supporting the entablature of the
roof. The floor is mosaic, an& is composed of small
china tiles, three-Quarters of an inch seinnre. with
vitrified colours on the upper surface, all firmly
embedded in a thick layer of cement. The centre
ornament is very tastefully designed. At the farther
end is the coffee-room (looking towards Carlton-ter-
race), one hundred and fifteen feet in length and
thirty in width ; the drawing-room over it being of
exactly the same size and proportion. The ceilings aro
richly ornamented, but appear low. The walls of the
drawing-room are panelled, and it is the intention to
hang them with rich fluted silk. Over the centre
lire-place is constructed a large arched open-
ing, which, looking down into the saloon, will be
occupied by a single plate-glass, and decorated
by columns, and entablature of a very rich' and
ornamental character. On the ground-floor on the
right is the elegantly proportioned library, and above
this room is the Parliamentary Library. It is intended
to fix sliding shutters, each of single panes of looking-
glass to the two end windows of this library to be drawn
up at night. The second floor is entirely devoted to the
dormitories, about 40 in number, all -fireproof, which
are entirely separate from the Club, and under a dif-
ferent Committee of Management.

VALUE OF BAROMETRICAL

INDICATIONS.

Captain Oldrey, commanding the Hyacinth, sloop
of war, was working up for Barbadoes, Auk. 10, 1831,
when the hurricane came on. He had been upon the
deck during the finest weather ever witnessed in that
climate, and had just been admiring the beauty of the
evening. The atmosphere to the horizon was perfectly
clear, not a cloud obscuring the sky ; nor was there the
least probability of a change, as far as could be judged
from any appearance observable in the heavens or on the
ocean. Going below to his cabin, the captain flung him-
self upon a sofa, and a minute or two afterwards chanc-
ing to cast his eyes upon a barometer suspended near,
he observed that the mercury was falling. It was a mo-
ment when he would not have thought of consulting the
instrument for any purpose, and so strange did he think
the circumstance, that he rubbed his eyes, imagining he
was deceived. Still the mercury fell ; he got off the
sofa, and approaching the instrument, discovered that
the quicksilver was falling with a perceptible motion.
He went on deck, but the weather was as lovely as
before ; he descended again, shook the instrument, and
still the descent was certain and continued. A fall
so rapid and remarkable, of which ho had never seen
nor heard of a parallel instance, convinced him that
something was about to happen. He called the first
lieutenant and master, and stated what he had seen.
These officers alleged that there could be no storm
likely, the sea and sky were than so clear and beautiful.
The captain was not of their opinion ; and as the ordi-
nary falling of the barometer indicated a storm, he re-
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furiously along. Foorntunwaitieilcyh tttheereshipwalasy driving
sea room. This extreme fury of the wind, in
which it seemed as if nothing could live, did
not continue more than two hours, and for
the whole time the ocean was without waves.
"Alen the wind abated a little of its greatest
force, the sea began to rise, and falling a little more,
the waves rolled in mountains, while through
these the ship bored her way, rather than
sailed. The next day
the Hyacinth arrived at Barba-
does. The hurricane was over. The vessels in Bar-
badoes harbour, which is two-thirds surrounded by
rocks, the remainder being a sandy beech, wore all
driven far up, high and dry, and nearly buried in sand,
so that, after the calamity was over, there was nothing
to do but to dig them out again,—English Journal.

According to a notice hung up in the Court of
Exchequer on Tuesday, the business of the Western Cir-
cuit will be opened at Southampton, before Mr. Justico
Erskine and Mr. Baron Rolfe, on the 20th February.
The Oxford Circuit, in Berks, on the 24th February, be-
fore Mr. Baron Gurney and Mr. Justice Coleridge; and
the Midland, at Northampton, on the lit March, before
Lord Abinger and Mr. Juatiefo Pattiaon.