distance than he has paid his fare for, with intent to avoid the payment, or shall refuse to quit the vessel, such person is to be liable to a penalty of 5s., in addition to the fare payable by him. It is further provided that every person shall be liable to a penalty of 5s. who, having committed any of the offences mentioned, shall, on the application of the master, or other person employed in the vessel, refuse to give his name and address, or who shall give a false name and address. ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO EXPENSES OF PROSECUTIONS. [Cap. 55.]-Costs may be given in cases of misdemeanour for attendance before magistrates, and in certain cases of misdemeanour, costs are to be allowed, which were not before, and from which cause offenders escaped, the parties not being inclined to prosecute at their own cost. In cases of assault which justices may see fit to order for prosecution at the assizes or sessions, the court may order payment of costs of prosecutor and witnesses, together with compensation for their trouble and loss of time. In lieu of the present regulations as to costs at quarter sessions under 7 Geo. IV, cap. 64, the Secretary of State may make regulations as to costs, expenses and compensations on certificate of magistrates--but the courts are still to retain the power to order gratuities to persons who may have shown extraordinary skill and diligence in the apprehension of offenders. Justices at quarter sessions and council of boroughs may recommend to the Secretary of State, that Clerks of the Peace, Clerks of Special and Petty Sessions, and Clerks to Magistrates, be paid by salary instead of fees, &c., "provided that in fixing the salary of any such clerk, regard shall be had to the tenure of his office, and to his rights in respect thereof." No clerk in future to be appointed to be entitled to compensation on account of this enactment. Justices are to concur in the recommendation of the council to the Secretary of State. In certain counties of cities and towns, (such as Hull,) prisoners may be committed and tried at the assizes for the adjoining county. Justices are empowered by order to declare that any gaol or house of correction for such county is a fit prison for persons committed for trial at the assizes for such county, and prisoners so committed shall be, without habeas corpus, removed by the jailer to the common gaol of such county in order to be tried, and while under such removal they are to be considered in proper legal custody. ACT TO AMEND THE LAW OF EVIDENCE. [Cap. 99.]-This very important measure came into operation on November 1, 1851. The act provides that on the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action, or other proceeding in any court of justice, or before any person having by law or by consent of parties authority to hear, receive, and examine evidence, the parties thereto, and the persons in whose behalf any such suit, action, or other proceeding may be brought or defended, shall be competent and compellable to give evidence either viva voce, or by deposition, according to the practice of the court, on behalf of either or any of the parties to the suit, action, or other proceeding. By this clause, in addition to the parties themselves offering to give evidence in their own behalf, the other side can compel their opponents to give evidence in the cause. Nothing in the act is to compel persons charged with criminal offences to give evidence, nor to criminate themselves, nor for husband to be compelled to give evidence against his wife, or the wife against her husband, and the act is not to apply to proceedings in consequence of adultery. Further, this new law authorises the common law courts to compel an inspection of documents whenever equity would grant a discovery. Foreign and colonial acts of state and judgments are to be admitted in evidence without proof of seal or signature; so also an apothecary's certificate. Other documents are to be admitted in England, Ireland, and the colonies, without proof of seal. Persons forging the seal or signature to be guilty of felony. The act does not extend to Scotland. ACT TO IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.[Cap. 100.]-This act has been passed to do away with the many technical absurdities which have too often facilitated the escape of guilty parties from punishment. Failure of justice has often taken place because of a variance in the indictment and the proof on trial of names, dates, and other matters not material to the merits of the case. Such variances as to the name or description of persons, or any matter or thing, or the ownership, or the name of any county, town, or parish, may be amended by the court. In cases of murder or manslaughter, the manner or means by which death was caused need not be set forth. Parties indicted for felony or misdemeanour may be found guilty of an attempt to commit the same; or on trial for robbery may be found guilty of assault with intent to rob. A person tried for misdemeanour is not to be acquitted if it turns out to be a felony, unless the court should so direct. Three larcenies from the same person within six months may be described in one indictment. Coin and bank notes may in future be described as simply money. Many other provisions are contained in this statute, which would not be of interest to the non-professional reader-but are calculated to effect great and salutary changes in the practice at criminal trials. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, For the Counties, Cities, & Boroughs within the Circulation of this Almanack. Right Hon Lord John Russell, Baron L, Rothschild, J. Masterman, and Sir J. Duks. THE TWENTY-FIFTH AND TWENTY-SIXTH OF THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA; AND THE TWENTY-EIGHTH OF THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ALMANACK. By MR. J. D. SOLLITT, HEAD MASTER OF THE HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. The Tables for the Sun and Moon, &c., are calculated expressly for THIS ALMANACK, and for the Latitude and Meridian of Hull, and are therefore suited to all the surrounding Counties. HULL. NOBLE, 23, MARKET-PLACE; LONDON: KENT & CO., PATERNOSTER ROW. AND ALL BOOKSELLERS. ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL. M W at Hull. IW Circumcision. 1862 JANUARY XXXI Days. First Quarter, 7th day, 10h. 47m. afternoon. High Water NOTE. In the column 'Sun rises and sets,' the middle figures describe the minutes, and signify after the hour of rising and before the hour of setting. Example, January 1, rises 21 min. past 8, sets 21 min. to 4. Sun's Moor Mn's Sun Clk.fast of Time. Equation Morn. Even. sets nation & sets ing 6 37 7 218 21 423 15 9 0 58 3 52 5S 2 Sun aft Xmas 6 M Epiph Pl Mon 7 Tu Mars rises 48p 4m 8 W Lucian 8 18 4 22 37 10 27 4 13 5 58 6 35 9 32 9 52 10 12 10 30 10 50 11 11 11 3211 56 0 26 8 14 422 6 2 1 7 6 7 26 1136 8 13 421 57 3 9 753 751 8 15 422 15 0 50 6 22 7 1 8 19 422 44 9 13 3 29 5 16 5 43 THE WEATHER.- January comes in with moderate weather for this usually cold season of the year, although some downtal may be expected, but the general temperature of the air will not be so severe as it sometimes is at the early part of this month. As the month advances the quantity of moisture in the atmosphere will be on the increase, but we do not thing the weather will be very stormy during any part of the month of January. |