The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-02 00:00:00

THE REGISTRATIONS.

CITY co' LONDON.—The court proceeded yesterday
with the wards of Bridge, Candlewick, and We!brook.
In the parish of St. Clement's, Eastcheap, Keeney Thomas'
Jones, No. 2, Baldwin-court, claimed to be registered.—Mr.
Smith stated that the claimant was in full occupation of the
premises, and that there were two separate entrances to the
house, one being used by the landlord, who resided on the
premises, the other by Mr. Jones.—Mr. Brown, in opposing
the claim, argued that the two entrances were common to
landlord and tenant, and that there was no exclusive occu-
pation. This argument was supported by evidence.—Mr.
M'Christie said that as it appeared that the landlord occu-
pied part of the house. and that the entrance was common
to him and the tenant, he felt bound to disallow the claim.
In the same pariah, a claimant named John March, was
objected to by Mr. Brown, on the ground that he was not
rated. It was proved that a claim to be rated had been made
an behalf of Mr. March by Mr. Aims, a clerk of the " Libe
rap Association." Mr. March himself had never claimed to
be rated ; but a person had called upon him and asked him
to sign a paper authorising Mr. Aims to make a claim for
him. lie had complied with the request, but he knew no-
thing further on the subject. The Revising Barrister, after
cautioning the claimant not to pursue a similar course in
future, rejected the claim.
During the revison of the list for the parish of St. Law-
rence Pountney, Mr. Smith drew the attention of the court
to the fact, that as regarded many of the houses in this
parish, there were no numbers accompanying the description
on the register. That was especially the case in Old Swan-lane
end in Swithin-street. One great inconvenience arising from
this state of things was, that when notices had to be served
many of the parties could not be found.—Mr. James Smith,
the assistant-overseer, declared that there were no numbers
to the houses which were described without them on the list.
—Mr. Sidney Smith (the liberal agent) said there were
numbers on the warehouses of Mr. Nash and Mr. T. Grove,
and, as the premises were not properly described on the over-
seer's list, he contended that the names ought to be ex-
punged.—Mr. Brown argued that the revising barrister had
no power to expunge, and that in cases in which numbers
had been omitted he was required by law to insert them.—
The names were retained.
In the parishes of St. Michael the Martyr, and St. Marga-
ret, New Fish.street, there were several cases of omission, on
the part of the overseers, to place the names of persons
occupying apartments, on rates made subsequently to the
period of their claiming to be rated.—The overseers de-
fended the course they had pursued by saying that they had
been under the impression that they were not warranted in
continuing names unless claims were made every time a
fresh rate was struck. In every such instance of omission
the revising barrister inflicted a Sae of 34. declaring that
when persons bad once claimed to be rated, the names ought
not to be expunged or emitted by the overseer.
The result of the day's revision was as follows: Liberal
claims—Allowed, 0 ; disallowed, 18. Conservative claims—
Allowed, 0; disallowed, 0. Liberal objections—Sustained,
24 ; failed, 25. Conservatives—Sustained, 103 ; failed, 48.
Objections by both parties—Sustained, 18; failed, 6
The court will proceed to-day with the ward of Broad-
-The lista for St. Margaret's and St.

John's were proceeded with.
John Massey Woods, of Reigent-etreet, was objected to.
He was inspector of nuisances for St. John's, under the com-
missioners of paving. but was also sworn as a constable of
the metropolitan force, and received his authority from that
board. His duties were, however, strictly confined to the
parishes of St. John and part of St. Margaret—Mr. Hag-
gett contended that he came within 10th Geo. IV., c. 44, by
which any police constable in Middlesex, Essex, Surrey,
Hertfordshire, or Kent, or any home& within the
metropolitan police district, is dirqualifiell komv
..
under a penalty of lig The 2nd sad 111
is. 49, also enacts that no member of the polka fora
be entitled to vote.—Mr. Rogers, emery dark, in support of
the claim, urged that Woods woo eel nor eager ratio
and ranked no pay from the polies ememkeimmee, =
they him. S
warthe Me ted did liftauthority over him, aemitimt theraime hien* ie-
speat tatee cem i r le W" at
pelekke Weed by the sib eggilei to meek mom
1111111 tier being phut* en the ikt of totem
slime might waste wowWnthettme.rall_e_..wed
fltlds=AM to eatida s imaitte said
• 1101 -AM Womb coati set his
alike wader the peeing hued witheet the seemsd and
imi
=r ale pike ememit =e kdisrekee
kecce amile he Gems within Ike of the eats
crited.—Mb ad that as the weeds at stasis et
Victoria were " Itembers of the meesapslitee *lee thess,"
they could not apply to a_perez±_cers= Ninot one of that force.—The mid that it
might be true that he only ties Andes eta wile
officer, but It was in the power of elsworilee emameisimen te
withdraw their warrant, which emote as a dimalesal.
The weeds of the sot of Vista's ewe quite der, end
=li-11114 ealy to the asstrepolites polies, bet to mty am-
tehedever. He wee &rig Imam the seeing of the
police eamesfarirtams.—Tbe deist same be rejected.
Wildest Asises. of Itanbakeleest, a soot wed let voter,
tees eigested le ea the posed of sot harks, pad a rats
saris ea the Apra by Ile 11:41T Fifty Mime mot
sad let seem were It appeesel that
may a Porgy et the mit absellisme paid, end Kr.
ami Kr. G. B. Dun= lIIIMONASI that this was Mtge
templiante with dill 3311 awake of the *Mb= het, which
rerouted all pumas, in erase to setide Ben le vale, to be
duly qualified on the last thy of Jay, to seek maw as if
it were the day sppointed he the similes to be bold. The
rate wee made under the peoviises of a heal eel, 26 Geo. 3,
c. 25, which required the unseen to asesetak tot mann,
of the rate, and to see wbadrar it was mods and deiced
within 20 days afterwerde. But it pus no
to receive it in proportions oe instalemata, al=t
was the practice to do so. Althowsk It might be
convenient so to levy rates, it was dos; not ltsad
there was no discretion given to the ommeme in
them, although there might be in strikiag Sera. Ni
lector had a right to receive less than the whole emeete
the rate. In this case a rata bed hem molt ea the let 4
May. and only a proportion dpigglphelhe "LW 11112.=
coding had been Maio gad Mat gee
was whether, by the Reform Act, a rats-payer was Imed
pay the entire rate by the 29th of July. In this rep, be
contended that all had been paid which was necessary. The
Reform Act only required that all rates and taxes due the
sth of April should be paid by the 29th of July ; whitens
it was now urged that the rate for a whole year was neces-
sary to establish the franchise of a scot and lot voter.—The
Revising Barrister said that it appeared to him that
the votes must be allowed. It was necessary that
a demand for the entice rate should be made be-
fore any one could be considered a defaulter. It
appeared here that in the collector's notice an intimation is
given that the rate is to be paid in four different instalments,
one of which (that to the sth of April) must be paid in order
to entitle the rate-payer to be placed on the registry, and no
demand beyond that (or the first instalment had been made.
He must retain the name on the list.
' The liats were then gone through, and the court was dis-
solved. The general result of the revision is as follows :
Claims—Reformers': Allowed, 29; disallowed, 10. Tories'
Allowed, 8; disallowed, 5. Objections by the liberals only—
Allowed, 351 ; disallowed and withdrawn, 70.

EAST SURRET.—A summary of this registration
shows that out of 349 new claims made at the recent new.
tions, 14 failed. Of 820 objections, 00 were withdrawn, 12
felled, 173 were sustained ; but the claims were amended.
and 376 were sustained and claims capuoged.
WAICEPIELD.—A court for the revision of the list
of Totes for this borough was held in the court-house, on
Tuesday last, before Wm. Gray, Esq., reviling trarej;s".
There were 122 objections in the parish of Wakefield, 43 of
which were made by the liberals and 79 by the oppos
party. There were 56 new claims, 21 mode by the awl:
educationists end 35 by the constitutionalists. II" Meer-
thorpe.with-Thorries there were 9 objections and 7 claims.
The revising barrister, in the course of the proceedings,
re-
marked that there were more ohjectiou within the borough
of Wakefield than throughout the whole of tho West Riding,
The remake will consequently not be known for some days,

RECOVERY OF THE NOTES STOLEN FROM
MESSRS. ROGERS AND CO.
As we have frequently had to recur to the subject
of the robbery of notes from Mews, Rogers and Co.'s balk,
in 1844. we are now happy to state that the whole of the pro:
petty has been recovered, under circumstances which, we
believe, will be satisfactory to the friends of the house,
although the recovery has been attended w ith much expense
and inconvenience.
As the subject is of more than ordinary interest, on
account of the large amount of property involved, it will
perhaps be useful to revert briefly to some of the circum-
stances connected with it, which, although well known to
most of the customers of the firm, have not, we believe,
hitherto been made public. It is to be regretted, perhaps,
that more publicity has not been given to the p
roc=
which have taken place since the robbery was di
because the most absurd and unfounded rumours have teen
current, which would at once have keen silenced by a brief
statement of facto.
On Monday morning, the 25th of November, 1844, en
opening the door of the strong room at the usual hoar of
commencing business, it was discovered that one of the boles
placed in it on Saturday night, containing all the Bank of
England notes in hand at the close of busineae, and ethereality
able securities, had been removed, together with 1,2001, in
gold, contained in the usual canna bags; making, in all, up.
wards of 40,0001. in notes and gold, exclusive of bills of ex-
change and cheques. Attention wee, of course, in the first
place directed to ascertain by what mean+ the thief or thieves
had obtained access to the strong room, There were no mina
of violence on any of the doors or windows of the house, and
the lock and door of the strong room were to all appearance
the same as usual. It was evident, therefore, that the lock
had been picked either by false keys, which was almost im-
rble, or by copies of the keys used at the bank having
some means been obtained by the robbers. We believe
last don is now thought to be correct. Suspi-
&wild ss immediately attach to any one; all the pen=
orsegod hi the establishment gave a satisfactory account of
thmeaelese, and accounted for the manner in which they had
seepectively been engaged on the Sunday, the day preceding
the discovery of the robbery. The porter had also been out
all the day by permission, and had been seen to leave the
bank in the morniug at the time ho stated. We believe the
partners were quite satisfied with the explanations of their
clerks, and fully exonerated them from any participation in
the robbery. It would, of course, be out of place for us to
state whom they did suspect, no criminal proceedings having
been taken against any one, from the absence of all meanie(
proving the crime ; but we feel convinced from the facts we
know,; hat the robbery will not ultimately go unpunished.
There is at present a difficulty in obtaining legal proof of
the crime which may hereafter be supplied. A reward of
3,0001. was immediately offered by Messrs. Ragas
and Co. for " the apprehension of the guilty party or
parties," and restoration of the property ; and lists of nearly
all the notes were made out, and distributed throughout the
kingdom, and subsequently all over the world. Mr. nobler,
the solicitor employed by the Bank, took the most efficient
means of proving, if necessary, the service of there lists on
the continent; and by inserting them in this Magazine for
same time, he would have been able to prove their delivery
to nearly every bank in the kingdom, if required. By them
means, the negotiation of the notes was eflectually stopped;
and as all the 1,0001. notes stolen were dated the 13th of
May, 1844, the Bank of England, when applied to by Mr.
Mohler, called in and cancelled all the outstanding notes sf
that date, excepting those stolen, and thus afforded a further
means of detection. Subsequently, the Bank of England
also allowed Messrs. Rogers and Co. the full amount of the
notes, on their undertaking to guarantee the Bank against
any claim which might be made upon it, and giving oath-
factory security.
In this state the matter remained, until about a twelve-
month since, when, in consequence of information received,
it was believed that the stolen property was secreted in a
house at Islington. The grounds of suspicion did not, how-
ever, justify a search warrant being issued ; but, as other
stolen property was believed to be secreted there, a warrant
was obtained, and six hundred pounds in sorereigns were
found concealed. The money, however, could not be iden-
tified, and no proceedings were therefore taken. The thief
or thieves had acted very judiciously at the time of the rob-
bery, in not taking any of the silver coin from the strong
room. In order to save themselves the trouble of opening
the bags to see which contained gold, they had cut Me sides
of each bay with a knife, and so aacertained its contents.
In addition to the notes specified in the lists as stolen,
about 4001. more (chiefly in 51. notes) were taken ; and u
the numbers of some of these were known, it was hoped,
that if any of them were negotiated, a clue might be ob-
tained to the guilty parties. The thieves, however, were
evidently masters of their craft; and instead of attempting
to pass the notes, they entered into negotiations for the re-
turn of the property. Amongst other ingenious modes of
effecting this, one party undertook to find out by mesmerism
where the property was concealed; but Messrs. Rogers
firmly declined to receive back their property on any terms
which should screen the guilty party or parties from justice,
and hence the matter has stood over until the present time.
The whole of the notes specified in the lists base now been
recovered, together with the other valuable documents con-
tained in the stolen box. We are not aware of the precise
manner in which this has been effected, but we believe it has
met the firm two thousand sir hundred pounds, being the
.meat el the reward offered during the present year for the
mwsßlof the property, the original rum of 30001. having
been by Messrs. Rogers, who intended to draws
the reward annually.
If the gam had remained unclaimed for flee years, the
Bank of Ragland might have declined paying them, and
could have pleaded the statute of limitations as a bar to say
action for their recovery; but as the Bank have never !title
payment of their notes under any circumstances for such*
rears., it is not probable that they would have adopted this
emus ht the present case. if, therefore, any of the large
MOW lei been presented for payment by a party who
ail bare shown the probability of his having takes
then without " gross negligence," he would no doubt
have been paid by the Bank, and Messrs. Rogers said CO.
meat have borne the lore. The measures of lir. Hobbs',
the esilitur, were, however, so well contrived, that it TIN
01.0.1Warmue:r any of the larger notes to have been
eery. mof the robbery. As we mentioned et the
god spinof the Ifs, of notes won urged
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all aUsmits to steedefti the notes ; end, had fhena begs the
alt hea& elm telharernieser in which the Maw hid beta
oessultted. and &ellen of concealment of the purer, be
wean iee denials", succeeded in bringing the guntriorl7
erre, to4lielt
amyl ettbs measeied vitt cab poi eds.
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GINERAL ESPARTERO.—Tuaday Let, the 1111
ult., yes the day originally Axed for the deputies
Genera Mein aid as Dais of Victory, sad ilesti
kor Dial; imd ow/ peepotelion had been made fac
bailee eira tekee astabalussat at Ablayalak
la la Vali*. ma thelt day.. Than was no rimes
amass the aim by the dake's secretary
has twen cooMereses bat information of the
delesicapsuakdo •
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ranged useveneets wiseetide. The annewil F'
Col. 15nse, the eiseesadel a fie duke, Zia
ty of twidas isalsay /pe
Until Urns returns his. WM& Sees& Berwiteee
remains in London, sad sa that wawa waft ik•
pas, the Duke of Viotees will dakarmins whaler Mein
repair to Spain or not Tail had a langthimed War
view with Viscount Palmerston previous to his lordship hat
jog tewa for Hampshire.
RAILWAY M.P.'e.—in the list of members of par.
Ramat connected with railways, copitd into the Bit
press, yesterday, from Herapath's Railway Joisnsal,ths
name of Col. Reid, M.P. for Windsor, was omitted. Ow
attention has been called to the fact by a correspondent, ifie
states that the colonel is a director of the Windsor, Stant%
and South-Western company.
ARSOCIATION FOR THE AID AND BENEFIT OF
DIPAIMAXERS AND MlLLl:MlA—Yesterday eves*
masa( of the committee and others wined with Ibe
more amociation,as held at their adios a CliMmidash
Dialreet. fl. sopa stated that the *Meat of ths
ettelag was to ambit Oa is of clysemehies sag rallissw
bjniews of a spine of reetstrative ke lbws ef peed ear
mew ad capacity in wit if eiriateit me wait
rad in -sishama, by sMa -medal
of sir. and in is of anapaest y aim atid=
pecuniary islief ; to form a provident fuad, awl by the ear-
th= of the society to induce the principals of deeeamshtei
owl millinery establishments to limit the Ise;;;511.4
wart to 12 hours per diem (where they an air it maw/
lima from 15 to 18), and to shake limy ark.
Dig last year 1,217 young persons waren=red,
aid
whoa 467 were provided situations,
afforded to 83, and pasnissy relief to the areas of .
MU. Oa. id. The repel id that the maim sf the
fad are ally i ngrowing, end that an awhrd bad
Wilat elfeMei In reducing the hemsisi
late e, *et the
CulMade of the initialise wise kffleutshis. Dedell
t isw west le a asteshse eilvettbomeses
==etwr inlets jewel& ate yeas poems le ge set et
fa, to the isms mesa end allesee pHs
of the continent, repraisd due the amt itsseemalie
naiades ; bat the air dinsarad SO lam ademila
meats had bea used Ow She wpm of entrap*, 1i
females, mg by Wet solve awasastion had prevented the
completion el ends sellehmes UMW*
CHAFING-GottHoeMeL.—The winter eerie. d
lectures at this mosalhal salailament, the utility of Ohl