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

AUSTRALIA.

The Austral has been announced off the Lizard,
from Geelong, with 15,361 ounces of gold, valued
at £61,444.

THE NEW LAW _RELATING TO MUNI-
CIRAL ELECTIONS.

The last Act of the late Parliament (22d of Vic-
-35) was passed to "Amend the law
municipal elections." The object of the
divide boroughs into wards, the boun-
daries which are to be fixed and councillors
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If t,-;•o-thirds of the council of a borough
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upon petition her Majesty for the division of such
borough into wards, or tiz an alteration of the
number and boundaries of the wards, her Majesty,
by an Order in Council, may deciare the number
of wards into which such borough is to be
divided. Notification of a petition is to be adver-
tised in the London Gazette one month at least before
the same is to be taken into consideration. The
senior judge of the assize for the•summer circuit
next after the order in Council has been made, is •
to appoint a barrister for the purpose of determin-
ing the boundaries of such wards and apportioning
the number of councillors of the borOugh among
such wards. The barrister so to be appointed is
empowered to set out the boundaries of wards, and
the costs and expenses thereby occasioned are to
be paid and discharged, and the barrister is to be
rcmumerated at the rate of five guineas a day he
is employed over and above his travelling and
other expenses, out of the borough fund. After
the declaration of the first November election
of councillors, after the division or alterations,
all the councillors for the borough so divided, or
for the wards so altered are to go out of office, and
are eligible to be re-elected, and in the first year
after such election of councillors for the borough
so divided those who go out of office are to be the
councillors who were elected by the smallest
number of-votes at such election, and in the next
year those who go out of office are to be the
councillors who were elected by the next smallest
-number of votes at such election, the majority of
the whole council always determining, when the
votes for any such persons have been equal, or when
there was no poll, who are to go out of office. Notice
of the election is to be given by the town clerk of a
borough, and any person entitled to vote may nomi-
nate himself or any other person. Nomination papers
are to be provided, and directions are set forth to be
observed at the elections. For personating a voter
the offender may be committed to the House of
Correction for a period of three months, with or
without hard labour, and a like penalty may be
imposed for forging nomination or voting papers.
For bribery, which is defined in the manner
described with respect to elections for members of
Parliament, a party is to forfeit 405., to be recovered
in a County Court, and if convicted to be expunged
from the list for six years. An appeal is given t?
the quarter sessions. All proceedings for pains and
penalties are to be commenced within six mon.ths•
The Act to extend to all the municipal boroughs,
and to be cited as " The Municipal Corporation
Act, 1859."

THE
IMPUNITY OF CROWNED CRIMINALS.—W°
hear a great deal about the law of nations. There is no
such thing. What is law without a judge, or even with a
judge, without a Jack Ketch ? Which of the
eed Monarchs
who threaten to disturb the peace of . Europe n hesitate
to execute his murderous design for fear of being hanged
in the event of being defeated f---Punch. - . .