FORI'Alt COUNTY ELECTION.—On Monday, the Committee struck off the list
of voters the name of Robert Rolland, on the ground that he did not possess at the time of giving his vote the requisite qualifi- cation. Mr. Charles Gray was objected to by the counsel for Colonel Ogilvy, on the ground that he had been insolvent, and as such had exe- cuted a ceNsio bonorum ; and it 'MIS contended, that his freehold must of necessity be included in this cessio of all that he posseesed. to his creditors. It was however shown, that the lands from which the vote was derived were entailed; and that the CCSN1.0 bOnOr21»1 was only a trust, which could. not convey the personal right of a life-rent voter.
The Committee dismissed the objection. This point settled, the counsel for Colonel Ogilvy gave up the election, as his opponent had the casting-vote of the President, supposing the votes should be equal, —as, by the rejection of two of Colonel Ogilvy's votes, they /IOW were. The Chairman accordingly reported the decision of the Committee to be- Thet the Honourable D. Ogilvy had not been duly elected to serve in Parliament 111,, ce!mtv or Earfitr.
114., inalourante D. G. Halliburton had been duly elected, anl ought to have Leen returned.
"That neither the petition nor the opposition thereto was frivolous or vexatious."
In describing the case of Mr. Gray, Mr. Robertson spoke of the Scotch courts having dispensed with the " dyvour's dress," or, as the reiqn-ters have it, " the diver's dress." This was, we suppose, to throw dust in the eyes of the lim;lishinen, by making them believe that there was comic peculiarity in the case. We should like to know if AIr. Patrirk Robertson ever saw the dyvour's dress—if he ever heard of an instance of its hieing imposed, not since he began to preetise, hat since he began to live. Now that Mr. Halliburton has got the seat for For; arshire, we hope he will take care of it. He might have obtained it wiihout a Committee, had he been as active as he ought to have been. We need not tell him, that to keep friends, requires some attention, as well as to gain them.
EvieneefoN.—A paper, of which the following is an abstract, has beim laid before Parliament, showing the number of emigrants from the I.T:itcd Kingdom 'between the ath January 1825 and the 6th July
?MI, and the countries or colonies will be seen that America is beyond to which they have emigrated.. It all comparison the favourite.
1828. 1829. 1830. 1831.
toiled States 12,817 ... 15,678 ... 24.887 ... 15,724 British North American Colonies. 12,084 ... 13,307 ... 30,574 ... 49,183 Care of Gond Hope 135 ... 197 ... 204 ...
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New south "Wales, Swan River,
aid Vail Dientelis Laud
1,056 ... 2,016 ... 1,242 ... 423
-- 26,092 31,193 65,583 Totals 56,907
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