The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-27 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

The Austral bas been announced off the Liz°at
from Geelong, with 15,361 ounces of gold, Wine
at £61,444.

THE NEW LAW RELATING TO Mr 4
CIPAL ELECTIONS.

The last Act of the late Parliament (22d of Irje;
ctoria, chap. 35) was passed to " Amend the 1a,.;
relating to municipal elections." The object of to
Act is to divide boroughs into wards, the bona;
daries of which are to be fixed and councilWoli
elected. If two-thirds of the council of a boron°
shall agree to petition, and the council shall thel
upon petition her Majesty for the division of 014
borough into wards, or for an alteration of t'.l
number and boundaries of the wards, her Majoal;
by an Order in Council, may declare the nun be
of wards into which such borough is fiver.
divided. Notification of a petition is to be
tised in the London Gazette one month at least before
the same is to be taken into consideration. beige
senior judge of the assize for the summer eire,
next after the order in Council has been znaae';,,
to appoint a barrister for the purpose of deternr;
ing the boundaries of such wards and apportioninrl
the number of councillors of the borough, aturro
such wards. The barrister so to be appointed
empowered to set out the boundaries of wards, a"io
the costs and expenses thereby occasioned are be
be paid and discharged, and the barrister is Wile
remumerated at the rate of five guineas a day a
is employed over and above his travelling. rarer
other expenses, out of the borough fund. •i-'`,„„it
[ the declaration of the first November
of councillors, after the division or alterationoa;
a
all the councillors for the borough so divided, tia
for the wards so altered are to go out of office, ,
are eligible to be re-elected, and in the first yl
after such election of councillors for the bor°lo
so divided those who go out of office are to beiest
councillors who were elected by the 01811 eat
number of votes at such election, and in the 11,
tia°
year those who go out of office are to lest
councillors councillors who were elected by the next sins of
number of votes at such election, the majority the
the whole council always determining, .whell..,bea
votes for any such persons have been equal, orJ tics
there was no poll, who are to go out of office. r4° f
of the election is to be given by the town clerk
borough, and any person entitled to vote ina9ll° e
nate himself or any other person. Nomination PaP be
are to be provided, and directions are set forth tooter
observed at the elections. For personating a 1,, of
the offender may be committed to the 11°'1.5+-b or
Correction for a period of three months, o'll', be
without hard labour, and a like penalty Inay
re.
imposed for forging nomination or voting Pser
For bribery, -which is defined in the Taro of
described with respect to elections for meillueored
Parliament, a party is to forfeit 405., to be reco ed
in a County Court, and if convicted to be exec: to
from the list for six years. An appeal is grroana
the quarter sessions. All proceedings for Pallinto.
penalties are to be commenced within six al°ll...hs,
The Act to extend to all the municipal born ton
and to be cited as " The Municipal Corpora
Act, 1859."
a lire
THE IMPUNITY OF CROWNED CRIMINAI,IO no
!hear a great deal about the law of nations. Therewith $
such thing. What is law without a judge, or evel.l_archs
judge, without a Jack Ketch ? Which of the Nresiote
who &eaten to disturb the peace of Europe need 'clanged
to execute his murderous design for fear of being
in the event of being defeated ?—Funch,

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