The Express.
London, England, 1851-09-27 00:00:00

THE REGISTRATIONS.

LONDON.—(Before Mr. M'Christie, yesterday.)—
In the case of Wm. King and four other claimants in the
parish of St. Michael, Bassishaw, a question arose as to the
constructioa of the Compound Householders Act of last
session, in the following way :—The claimants had claimed
to be rated on the 28th of September, 1850 ; on the follow-
ing day a rate was published, from whieh they were I
omitted; but their names appeared on ail the subsequent'
rates. The overseer had omitted them from the list by ,
reason of their not being on the September rate. It was !
now contended, by Mr. Smith, that the claim to be rated, !
though made only the day before the publication of the rate,
was sufficient under the Ist clause of the Compound House-
holders Act, which provides, "'l'h it from and after the
passiug of this act no person so claiming to be rated shall
be required to make any further claim in regard to any
future rate upon the premises in respect whereof his right
to vote in any Such electiou as aforesaid shall arise, but I
shall be entitled to be registered as a voter, provided I
he shall have occupied the premises in the manner," Ac.—
Mr. Brown contended that there was nothing in the act to
warrant the court in giving it a retrospective operation. Ho
cited the cases of Waesey v. Perkins, and Thomsen v. Lax
(3 ft. B. 240), in which the construction of other acts was
involved, and argued, from analogy, that under the new
act, 14 and 15 Victorie, the claim must be made once a
year—Mr. Smith said that all the cases went to establish
the fact, that a claim to be rated operated in reference to
the rate with regard to which the claim was made. Even
without the new act the claim was sufficient to establish the
light, under the 30th section of the Registration Act. —Mr.
Brown replied that the operation of the construction now
argued for would be to Stool the register wits lodgers, who
would he merely required to put in an appearance once a
year, by making a formal adm. The barrister reserved his
decision, Mr. Browu stating that in the event of the claims
being admitted, he should ask for a case for the opinion of
the Court of Common rleas.—ln the parish of St. sicholas
Olave, Mr. John runchuril claimed, as oceupying a ware-
house in Huggin-lane. He had only been there since April,
but had previously occupied premises in Bread-street-hill,
which had been destroyed by fire. The question arose
whether any interval occurred between the two occupations,
and it appearing that about three weeks had elapsed, the
claim was disallowed.
SOUTUNORTHUMBERLAND.—NEWCASTLF. Pol.l.flec
Diseatier.—Mr. Hogg, the revising barrister, held his court
at the Moot-hall on Wednesday, for revising the lists of
voters in this polling district. Objections had been made to
about 50 voters by Mr. Robson, of Sunniside. Mr. Geo.
Wailes appeared for Mr. Robson. Mr. Liddell asked for
proof that the notices of objection had been signed by Mr.
Robson. Mr. Wailes said his clerk could prove that the
wakes of objection sent through the rust-office were signed
by Mr. Robson. Mr. Philipsost, taking up one of the du-
plicates, asked if that was signed by Mr. ]tub on. Mr.
Wailes said Mr. Itobsou's name was weitten with his con-
sent. The court held that that was not enough, and all the
objections were Mid informal. All the voter.' names were
of course allowed to stand on the register, and those who
atteudel to establish their claims had no costs allowed to
them, because the notices of objection were not according
to leer, a most annoying circumstance to the voters, many
of whom hail atteuded at great inconvenience. About le°
names have been added to the register through Mr. Liddell.
A number of claims were lodged by individuals on their
own account, but a considerable number were rejected on
account of informality.—Nelocastle Chronicle.
Bowmen Revistax.—The lists for the borough were
revised on Thursday last. Some householders, whose
names hail been omitted in consequence of their change of
residence, bad lodged claims which were rill sustained with
the exception of four. To this list there has been an M-
ame this yt ar Mahout 22.5. Objections had been taken
by Ur. Liddell to 24 freemen, fur whom Mr. Wailes
appeared; the description of one voter was amended ; two
were allowed their VUtli, but not costs. There has been a
decrease this year on the freerni tie list of 96.
The Small Tenement Rating Bill has had the effect of
adding 100 new parliamentary borough voters to the list
for the parish of Sunderland, and 10 to the Bishupwear-
mouth list.
Souris DURII.OI.—At tho revising barrister's
court, at Darlington, on Wednesday, the claims of 11 mem-
bers of the South Durham Freehold Land Society, to be
registered fur portions of the Dielmire estate, near Darling-
ton, were disallowed, on the ground that' the claimants
had not hail legal possession of the lima the requisite
time. The tories made 41 objections, 32 of which they
substantiated, and withdrew 9. The liberals made no objec-
tions at all.
Souris DERRTSIIIRE.—THE FREEIIOI.D LAND SO-
ClETY.—Several members of the Derby Frei:hole Land
Society, who had paid up fur their freeholds, claimed to
be inserted in the list of voters fur the southern division
of the county of Derby, but they were objected to by the
conservative party. The cases were heard before the
revising barrister on Saturday last, when Mr. Culmore,
of Birmingham, appeared on behalf of the parties objected
to, and Mr. Saint George Smith on behalf of the parties
objecting. The following were the grounds upon which
the votes were opposed :—first, that the land was not of
the annual value of forty shillings; and secondly, that
the parties had not paid the whole of their purchue-
money. In answer to the first of these objections, it was
shown that the Stockbrook Field Estate, of which these
allotments formed a par, was originally purchased at a
comparatively smell price, but that expenses had been
curred to the amount of about 3,0001. in forming streets
and sewers, and making other improvements, S.) as to rea-
der the property available as building land, by which
means its value had been greatly increased. It was con-
tended, dud although some of the allotments were let for
gardens at less than forty shillings a ecur, this was only a
temporary occupation, and that the real value was what the
land was worth, if let on lease for building purposes.
Messrs. Smith and Soo, Surveyors, gave evidence to the
fact of each allotment being worth to let on lease for ninety-
nine years, not less than 51. per annum, and there were
other witnesses prepared to give evidence to the same effect,
but the learned barrister being satisfied of the value, did
not require any further evidence to be produced. As to the
second objection, viz., that the parties claiming had not
paid the whole of their purchase money, their respective
conveyances were produc. d, and Mr. Whitaker, the Secre-
tion of the Society, proved that the whole of the money
had been paid. The votes were consequently allowed.—
Derbyshire Chronicle.
Weer YORIESUIRE.—Mcsers. Boothby, Blanchard,
and Temple, the barristers appointed to reve.e the West
Riding lists of voters, have made considerable progress.
'This week they have held courts at Leeds, Knaresbarough,
and other towns in those localities. There are altogether
26 polling districts in the West Riding, the lists in; 16 of
which have already been revised, leaving only ten districts
to go through. The furies and protectiouists in many places
have made no appearance whatever, from which we must
infer they have given up the game for the Riding,
The total nett gain to the liberals and free traders in the dis-
tricts revised is 859, which, added to the gain of last year,
a ill make a total gain of upwards of 1,700. In calculating
this gain no amount is taken of duplicates either in the
number of new claims, or of names struck off from the old
list ; the gain stated is therefore • clear gain of so many
votes to the party. The ten districts, either not revised, or
not reckoned in the above calculations, are Dent, Doncaster,
Oisburo, Selby, retail Bridge, and Settle, which are
mainly agricultural districts (in which the literals had last
year a slight gain); and Sheffield, Huddersfield, leeighley,
and Rotherham, the manufacturing districts, in which the
liberals had last year a gain of 150 votes. If, therefore,
the liberals are equally successful this year, and there is
reason to believe they will be more so, the total gain at the
close of the Riding revision will probably reach a 1,000
votes. The following are the particulars of the gain and
lose to each party in the districts revised:

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Liberal gain an new claim
Ditto OR objections

644

316

Total liberal gain in 16 districts
LEEDB.—Willinal Gray, Esq., the barrister ap-
pointed to revise the parliamentary list of voters fur the
borough of Leeds, held a court there for the purpose, on Thurs-
day lust. Mr. Morgan, registration agent, appeared for the
liberals; the tories made no appearance. The liberals put
on 64 new claimants, and struck off 83 tories, thus obtain-
ing a clear gain of 147 votes by the revision.

REPRESENTATION OF BRADFORD.—The Bradford
Obserrer says that Mr. Milligan is at present the only can-
didate in the field, Mr. Reynolds Living declined the invi-
tation of the Bradford Democratic Committee on the plea of
ill health, and Mr. Wickham, the expected conscrvevive
candidste, not having yet announced himself.

REPRESENTATION OF LINDSEY.—II appears by an
address to the electors of Lindsey that Mr. Christopher is
determined not to abandon his share of the representation
to Mr. Banks Stanhope, but that he will take his part in
the contest at the next election, if the new candidate resolve
to go to the poll. This will, no doubt, be a gratifying an-
nouncement to the hon. member's old supporters, sod even
to assay of those who formerly opposed Mr. CliristOphor,
for however much a portion of the constituency may differ
with Mr. C. on political grounds, no one can deny that ho
is an active, intelligent, and efficient member of the legisla-
ture. It will of course prove a mortifying thing to him to
have to bear the expense of another electioneering slava&
particularly as, whatever may
dates are pledged be the result, all the condi
to precisely the some course on the great
principle at issue—the cause of protection.—Mansjori Ne. s