The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-02 00:00:00

le'lr in any parish or place made part of any borough under
the provisions of this Act, for the purpose of watching
solely by day or by night, or for the purpose of watching
by day or by night conjointly with any other purpose, it
shall be lawful for the council of such borough W levy a
watch-rate sufficient to raise any sum not greater than the
average yearly sum which during the last seven years, or
where such rate shall not have been levied during seven
years, then during such less number of years as such
rate shall have been levied, shall have been expended in the
maintenance and establishment of watchmen, constables,
patrols, or policemen within the district within such rate
was levied, and for that pufpose the council shall have all
the powers hereinbefore given to the council in the matter of
the borough-rate ; and where any part of any boroug:l shall
not at the time of the passing of this Act be within the pro-
visions of the Act authorizing the levy of such rate for
watching as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the council
froi2 time to time to order that such part, or so much
thereof as to the council shall seem fit, shall be rated
to the watch-rate in like manner as other parts of the
borough to be specified in such order, and such watch-
rate thereupon shall be levied within the part mentioned
in such order in lice manner as in the other parts of the
borough so specified, end all such sums levied in pur-
suance of such watch-rate--•shall be paid over to the ac-
count of the borough fund : Provided alweys, that no
such order as last aforesaid shall be made for rating to
such watch-rate any part of any borough in
which at the time of passing this Act st.Th rate as afore-
said shall not be levied, and which is more :Ilan two hun-
dred yards distant from any street or continuous line of
hati.!es which shall be regularly watched within the borough
under the provisions of this Act : Provided also, that
nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to render
liable to the i„.iyment of any debt contracted before the
passing of this Act! by any body corporate any part of the
real or personal estate pf the said body corporate which,
before the passing of till% Act, was not liable thereto, or
to authorize the levy of any cAte within any part of any
borough for the purpose of paying any debt contracted be-
fore the passing of this Act, which before the passing of
this Act could not lawfully be levied therein towards the
payment of the same.
ACCOUNTS OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEICSENTS TO BE

KEPT, AUDITED, AND PUBLISHED.
93. And be it enacted, that the treasurer of every bo-
rough shall, in books to be kept for that purpose, enter true
accounts of all sums of money by him received and paid :
and of the several matters for which such sums
;lull have been received and paid ; and the books
con;::tinlng the accounts shall at all seasonable times
be open to the inspection of any of the aldermen
or councillCF pf such borough ; and all the accounts,
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with all vouchers ruid papers relating thereto, shall, in the
months of March and September in every year, be sub-
mitted by the treasurer., of the borough to the auditors
hereinbefore provided to b, elected, and any such mem-
ber of the council as the mayor' shall name, on the first day
of March in every year, or in ca:o of extraordinary va-
cancy, within ten days next after su.cll vacancy, for the
purpose of being examined and audited, from the Ist day of
September in the year preceding to the Ist day of March ;
and from the Ist day of March to the Ist day of Septem-
ber, in the year in which the said auditors were elected and
named ; and if the said accounts shall be found to be cor-
rect, the auditors shall sign the same ; and after such ac-
counts shall have been so examined and audited in the
foonth of September in every year, the treasurer shall
make put in writing, and shall cause to be printed, a full
abstract of his accounts for the year, and a copy thereof
shall be open it, the inspection of all the rate-payers of
such borough, and copies thereof shall be delivered to all
rate-payers of such borough applying for the same, on pay-
ment of a reasonable price for each copy.
POWER OF SALE AND' LEASING RESTRAINED.
94. And be it enacted, that it shall not be lawful for the
council of any body corporate to be elected under this Act
to sell, mortgage,. or alienate ti.lands, tenements, or
hereditaments, of the said body co;:norate, or any part
thereof, except in pursuance of some cove:nant, contract, or
agreement, bona fide made or entered into ot: or before the
sth day of June in this present year, by or o.*l behalf of
the body corporate of any borough, or of some resolution
duly entered in the corporation books of such body corpo-
rate on or before the said sth day of June, or to demise or
lease, except in pursuance of some covenant, contract, or
agreement, bone fide made or entered into on or before the
said sth day of June, by or on the behalf of such body cor-
porate; or in pursuance of some resolutions duly entered in
the corporation books of such body corporate on or before
the said sth day of June, or except in the cases hereinafter
mentioned, any lands, tenements, or hereditaments of
such body corporate, or any part thereof, or to enter
into any new covenant, contract, or agreement (except in
the cases hereinafter mentioned), for demising or leasing
any such la:1(1s, tenements, or hereditaments, or any part
thereof, for any term exceeding thirty-one years from the time
when such lease .111,111 be made, or, if made in pursuance of a
previous agreement, (ben from the time when such agreement
shall have been entereUo to ; and in every lease which the said
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council is not hereby
restrah,:!d from making, there shall (ex-
cept in the cases hereinafter met; tinned) be reserved and made
payable during the whole of the term thereby granted, such
clear yearly rent as to the council appear reasonable,
without taking any fine for the same .* Provided neverthe-
less, that in every case in which such en: mcil shall deem it
expedient to sell and alienate or to demist. and lease for a
longer term than thirty-one years, or upon Llifferent terms
and conditions than those bereinhefore mentio.led, any of
the said lands, tenements, or hereditaments, it shelf be law-
ful for such council to represent the. circumstances of the
case to the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury ;
and it shall be lawful for such council, with the apptuba-
tion of the said Lords Commissioners, or any three of them,
to sell, alienate, and demise any of the lands, tenements,
and hereditaments of the said body corporate in such man-
ner and on such terms and conditions as shall have been
approved by the said Lords Commissioners : Provided
always, that notice of the intention of the council to make
such application as aforesaid, shall be fixed on the outer
door of the town-hall, or in some public and conspicuous
place within the borough, one calendar month at least be-
fore such application ; and a copy of the memorial intended
to be sent to the said Lords Commissioners, shall be kept in
the town-clerk's office during such calendar month, and
shall be freely open to the inspection of every burgess at
all reasonable hours during the same.
THE CO:TNCIL OF ANY BOROUGH UNDER THIS ACT AU-

tI(),RISED TO RENEW LEASES, ETC.
95. Provides riways, and be it enacted, that in all cases
in which any body f;Gyporate shall on the sth (lay of June in
this present year have I)cen bound or engaged by any cove-
nant or agreement, exprei.sed or implied, or have been en-
joined by any deed, will, or other document, or have been
sanctioned or warranted by anc;ent usage or by custom or
practice, to make any renewal of any lease for years, or for
life or lives, or for years determ:.nable with any life or lives
at any fixed or determinate or knov%7l or accustomed period,
or after the lapse of any number of year:l. or on the dropping
of any life or lives, and years determinable after the lapse of
any number of years, at a fine certain, or unJer any special
or specific terms or conditions, and also in all cages in which
any body corporate shall theretofore have ordinuaily made
renewal of-any lease for years, or for life or liyes, or for years
determinable with any life or lives at any fixed or determi-
nate, or known or accustomed period, or after the lapse of
any number of years, or upon the dropping of any life or
lives, upon the payment of an arbitrary fine, it shall be law-
ful for the council of such borough to renew such lease for
such term or number of years, either ab:ohttelY or determi-
nable with any life or lives, or for such life or Jives, and at
such rent, and upon the payment of such fuse or premium,
either certain or arbitrary, and with or without any covenant
for the future renewal thereof, as such body corporate could
or migl:t. have done in case this Act had not been passed,
LEASES OF CERTAIN BUILDINGS, AND OF GROUND FOR
BUILDING ON, OR FOR MAKING GARDENS, &C., MAY

BE MADE FOR SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS.
9G. Provided neverthel.flss, and be it enacted, that in
any of the instances hereinafter mentioned, it shall be law-
ful for the council from time to time to demise and lease,
or to enter into any contract or agreement for demising
and leasing, any of the said lands, tenements, or heredita-
ments, to any person, body politic, corporate, or colle-
giate, for any term not exceeding seventy-five years from
the time of making such lease or agreement ; (that is to
say), of tenements or hereditaments, the greater part of
the yearly value of which shall at the time of making the
lease or agreement consist of any building or buildings, of
land or ground proper for the erection of any houses or
other buildings thereupon, with or without gardens, yards,
curtilages, or other appurtenances to be used therewith,
and where the lessee or intended lessee shall covenant or
agree to erect a building or buildings thereon of greater
yearly value than such land or ground, of land or ground
proper for gardens, curtilages, or other appurtenances, to be
wed with any other house or other building. crected or to
be erected on by such ground, belonging either to such body
cotpot.ate or to any other proprietor, or proper for any other
purpose calculated to afford convenience or accommodation
to the occupiers of any such house or building.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)

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" THE WIFE," AND " WOMAN'S REWARD."---
We notice these clever tales from the pen of the Hon. Mrs.
Norton, because they appecr to us to differ very materially
from the generality of the novels of the present day. In
" The Wife", there is great originality and profound insight
into, the dark springs of human motives. The character of
the ill-featured, but tender and ambitious Catherine is a
chef d'cruvrc, and its dcvolopment may be studied with
rs. Norton's style is exquisite, and the
much advantage. M
' machinery of each tale is admirably constructed.