Mr. Burbidge, the late Town-Clerk of Leicester, demanded pulls, ment
of the Town-Council of sundry bills, amounting to 4,939/. 9s. 6d. The Council refused to pay this sum ; and it was agreed to refer the claim to Mr. Mills, a gentleman of Tory politics ; who has struck off from the demand of the conscientious Mr. Burbidge only 2.869/. I5s. 6d. or about three-fifths.
The valorous declaration of Lord Wynford, that the petition from Chelmsford against the abolition of Church-rates was to his knowledge signed by all the respectable inhabitants of the town, could hardly fail
to produce great excitement there. A meeting was called by the
Tories for Saturday last to support the Bishops. The Reformers, however, had anticipated them, by calling a general meeting of the whole town for Friday evening. That meeting, held in the Shire Hall,
was numerously and, we understand, whatever Lord Wyaford may pretend, respectably attended, On the other hand, the Tory meeting of Saturday was a complete failure. A corresponMent informs us, that after waiting an hour beyond the time fixed for proceeding to busi- nesq, they mustered about ten Magistrates and twenty parsons, and fifty farmers and dependent tradesmen, and dispersed in'about three- quarters of an hour.—slluening Chronicle.
The triad of " Hearsum reesus Cook," for the recovery of 500/. pe- nalty for bribery, which was expseted to have come to trIal at the next
Assizes at Bury St. Edmund's, has been postponed, in consequence of the defendant having put iii a plea in bar, which contains matters requiring to be proved previous to trial. By the Brilisry Act, it seems, that any person guilty of having committed brilnery may get rid of the penalty to which be has subjected himself, by turning iuformer, and giving evidence against the person whom he lies bribed, in order to recover the like penalty from him. In tine plea whish has been pint in, A. B. Cook states, that on the 18111 of IM-ember 18:31, about a month previous to the election of Duudas and Kelly, be envie the fol- lowing contract with a person of the mune of William Kettle, a voter,
in order to secure his vote for those candidates,—namely, to pay bine 1/. at the time, 1/. 10s. oa the -24th of December, 11. on the 2d of
January, and 1/. 10s. on the 10th of the sanne month. That Kettle " did afterwards, to wit, on the said days respectively, in pursuance of the said contract, unlawfully and corrup:ly " receive annul take of and from the said A. B. Cook tine sums of money so agreed ; that on the 1st of December 1835, Cook, not then having been coevieted of any offence against the statute, discovered the said offence of the said Wil- liam Kettle to one Charles Pretyman, his attorney, end gave instruc- tions to prosecute an action at the suit of Cook, against Kettle, for the recovery of the 500/. penalty ; and that Pretyman accordingly sued out
a writ of summons, which was duly served upon Kettle ; and proceed- ings were had on the 13th of February 1836, when Kettle WU con- victed in the full penally of 5001. Such is the character Mr. Cook gives of himself.—Seilidk Chronicle.
The Liverpool Corporations Schools are proceeding with all the suc- cess which the most sanguine could desire. Prejudice is sinking under the omnipotence of truth. The schools inert:use in the number of their attendants every week.—Liverpool Chronicle.
The London Goldsmiths Company have endowed the Grammar School of Stockport, of which they are patrons, with two exhibitions to either of the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge, of the value of 50/. per annum, subject to testimonials, from the Head Master, of competency and general good conduct on the part of the scholar making the application.
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