The Express.
London, England, 1848-09-28 00:00:00

THE REGISTRATIONS.

CITY or i.ONDON.-11rr: V'ZhFleii;yesterday re-
vised the lists for the parishes in the wards of Csrnhill,
Cripplegate Within, Cripplegate Without, and Farringdon
Within. —Mr. Crawford Davidson Kerr, of 3, White Lion-
mart, Csrnhill, was objected to by the liberal agents. Mr.
Kerr was on the register u Crawford Kerr, whilst his name
was Crawford Davidson Kerr, but he was well known in
the city as Crawford Kerr.—Mr. Smith contended that Mr.
Crawford Kerr was in China, and in explanation stated that
Mr. Crawford Kerr was the son of the claimant, whose name
was C. D. Kerr.—Mr. Brown, the conservative agent, con.
tended that Mr. Kerr, jun. had been abroad 12 yeah, that
he was now only twenty.three years of age, and that the
claimant was well known aa Crawford Kerr. He therefore
submitted that the claim should be allowed, as it could not
be contended that the name on the list did not refer to the
claimant —Mr. SlThristie said that if Mr. Kerr, jun., were
to return he could claim the vote. As Mr. C. D. Kerr had
a vote as • liveryman he should expunge his name from the
present list—Expunged aorrdingly.—The following is the
result of the day's prceediags : Liberal claims allowed, 4 ;
ditto disallowed, 4. Liberal objections sustained, 58; ditto
failed, 25. Expunged by the court, 7.
Wswrmissrsa.—Mr. F. Bayley resumed his fit-
tings in the Vice-Chancellor's Court Westminster Hall, yes-
teNay, at half-past twelve o'clock —ln the perish of St.
John's three Muss were made: two were disallowed, end
ore was allowed. Mr. Huggett raised • new point in she
latter ca e, that of Thomas Bowles, of St. Abet's-strut,
whine dais to be put upon the list was objected to by Mr.
Rogers, the vestry clerk of the netted isaridsets of St. Mar-
garet's and St. John's, on the ground that he had not paid
the rate made on the list of May, 1847, before the 21st of
July, 1848. Mr. Hurried contended that by the
27th section of 2 William IV. it was not neces-
sary for the claimant to have paid any rata made sable.
quent to the commencement of the &Mond year, and conse-
quently that the rate made in May, 1847, having bes im-
posed after the electoral year bad begun, the claimant was
(added to have his name inserted on the list of voters for
1848.9.—The reviting.barrister, after consulting the set,
stated that the claim must be slowed, and added that the
person who had drawn the act entertained the name
opinion.—The result of this decision, if eondnaed by
the practice of other revising barristers, will be
to exonerate ratepayers henceforward from the highly
obp atonable effects of the rattpayiaagg clause of
the Reform BM, which was somewhat motlihed by the act
paned during the last session, known by the name of Oen.
Evans's mt. In St Margaret's parish there were no claims.
Ore name was struck off on the ground that no house existed
in the nursery gardens which had constituted the title to
vote. In St. Anne's pariah the claim of W. Wawn, • soot
and lot payer was disallowed, on account of the absence of
the claimant. In St. George's parish eight claims were
made, 6 were allowed, and 3 disallowed, on amount of in-
formality in tho mode of claiming registration. There were
no other alterations made in the list, which contains upwards
of 5,000 names. The proceedings here terminated.