The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1835.

aldermen, who are the ancient select vestry ; at Norwich,
it has been taken from the corporation.

EXTENT OF LOCAL JURISDICTION.

58. The boundaries of the jurisdiction exercised by the
several municipal Corporations in England and Wales are
generally known with tolerable accuracy. Occasionally
doubts and disputes occur with regard to small parcels,
frequently arising from a confusion between corporate and
parochial boundaries. The corporations in some places
make periodical perambulations of a district not contermi-
nous with that in which they claim authority ; occasionally,
as at Lancaster, this is connected with a vague tradition
of former authority or property : sometimes no explanation
can be given, unless it resolves itself into a case of con-
fusion of the acts of the corporation with those of a paro-
chial vestry or leet jury. In those corporations which
have abandoned or lost their power of municipal govern-
ment much difficulty often occurs in ascertaining the limits
of the municipal privileges, which in such cases are usually
of little value.

59. In some cases, as at Grantham and Brecon, the
corporate boundary is not continuous, but includes outlying
parcels of ground. Several remarkable instances of this
occur in the Cinque Ports ; one of the most striking is at
Hastings, where the corporate magistrates have authority,
among other places, over two detached precincts distant
from Hastings 40 and 50 miles respectively. The town of
Ramsgate is subject to the jurisdiction of the corporation
of Sandwich, as is also the corporate town of Deal, which
adjoins Sandwich.
60. In most important towns the suburbs have extended
themselves far beyond the limits of the corporate authority.
The population of the city and county of Bristol is 59,000;
the suburbs beyond the city contain an additional popula-
tion of 45,000. The population of the city of Rochester
is only 9,891 ; the district immediately adjoining it, includ•
ing the town of Chatham, comprises nearly 22,000 per-
sons. The city of Carlisle contains 8,356 persons ; the
suburbs are of as great extent, and contain a population of
10,713. At Hull the municipal borough contains 15,996 ;
the county of the town, including the borough, 32,958 ;
the suburbs, which are beyond the jurisdiction of the
borough magistrates, contain 20,000 more.

61:Frequently there are precincts locally situate within
the limits of the corporate authority, but exempted from
its jurisdiction. Such are found at York, Lincoln, Nor-
wich, Winchester, and Chichester. These have usually
originated in ecclesiastical privileges, or have been the site
of the castle of the lord of the borough. In the city of
Canterbury there are not less) than fifteen such precincts,
though some are in dispute between the counties of Kent
and Canterbury.
By the Act 2d William IV., c. 45, for amending the re-
presentation of the people of England and Wales (com-
monly called the Reform Act) the right of voting for Mem-
bers of Parliamertt was extended to the inhabitants of all
such precincts, but that Act did not affect their exemption
from the corporate jurisdiction.
62. Many corporations exercise authority over the adja-
cent waters to a considerable distance beyond their land
boundary. •

The liberties and jurisdiction of Rochester on the Med-
way extend to Sheerness, a distance of 20 miles. Bristol
has jurisdiction as far as the Holmes in the Bristol Channel,
25 miles from the town. Neweastle-upon-Tyne has juris-
diction on 10 miles of the river below the town, and 7 above
it. The jurisdiction of Ipswich extends over a considerable
part of the harbour of Harwich.

into the shop, aimed a kick a posteriori, and concluded by
spitting again at her. This was the assault complained of.
A host of female gossips from Cross-street attended to
give evidence, but all that Mrs. Burton, the principal wit-
ness was able to prove was, that " she seed Mrs. Lyons's
head go," but whether the act described by the complainant
took place or no she was unable to state.

A second witness heard the defendant call the zom-
plainant " a stinking, squinting, she nigger," meaning thereby
an insinuation relative to the complainant having come of
" Indian abstraction."

The defendant, in reply to the charge, retorted on Mrs.
Palmer, by saying that she had scandalised her to her hus-
band, and it was out of revenge that she had allowed her
tongue certain freedom concerning the complainant.
Mr. CONANT thought the parties had better settle their
differences among themselves, and after some time the com-
plainant consented to have the warrant discharged, upon re-
ceiving the amende honorable from the defendant.