The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-27 00:00:00

CITY OF LONDON REGISTRATION.

Illattrday Ensiling the Court was opened St 10
Abaft, when the reeki in of the list for Ridge, Candlewick,
eel Wslbrcok, wards was proonded with.
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Ovations.
It appeared that the sekess Rif diadem lay the Comereue
thee had bees toned open a Mr. Marshall, who was IA an
memeser el the parish. sad the party serving the wan
MI east upon Mr. Bwegeset, the shame-warden of Me
=het, apes some rile= rellag as that newt=
Illeefeelt Wee oily the eivorelawarirm, aid that Kr.
Membell was die overseer, the seder were afterwards laved
wpm the letter. From these prembee,
/dr. Browse argued that the men calling on Mr. Swap
in with the nodose, and holing sent by him se a puma wise
was am an *veneer, could net be eenetrued by the goad late
• semis* upon Mr. !Simpson.
The court deckled enlist the objection. on the geeing
that the stodge was not • good ow.
Mr. BROWNE then untended that the seder serval
the part of the liberals wire invalid, inasentri Is they
had been toned upon Mr. Swaim., who was a einuchwer-
den and net an overseer. Is support of his segsment, he
cited the Sib Viet., e. 18, a. 17, whisk enacted " that every
person whose name shall have been hammed is cosy lit of
voters for any city or borough, may object to say Mill pew
son as not having been entitled on the last day OS* Met
preceding, to have his name inserted la soy list of MOM he
the Mee city or borosgb, and every person so otfeellogibe
os err Were the 26th of August is that per, give et Miele
be gins. • entire to the overseen who shall have Riede mat
thellet." The 101st menial, which was the taterprelatim
elanse,.west at full length into tie subject, bat it did .at fir
clads the word charchwerden edible the moaning it the
term overseer. This dame imaseed that " wherever emp safes
is by this act required to be given or emit to the evemerem of
say parish or township, It shall be suficient U sue MIN
shall be delivered toasty oese of swirl overseers, or shell M left
at his piece of abode. or at his office or ether plan kr trans-
acting panekial basin's*, or shall be sent by the poet ed.
dram& to the winters of the particular parish er township
to which the unties may relate." Up.. the wt ally
them enactments he (Mr. Browne) eabsiteed =Am
latnre drew a distiaaion between the oM so of
and that of overseer. Their duties wire wade* &Oa
and it was clear dust a 'trete* upon a elmotibietioden Mal
not be entertained es a minim upon an oveimer.
Mr Soma contended that under the authority of the
411 rd Elizabeth, esp. 2, the churchwardens were en #l.
everemn. This net stated that the churchwardens day
perish shall be called overseen of the poor et the IMO
parish ; and it was quite clear from the iaterpeetellett
dome of 6 Vic., up. 18, that the statute was Weeded le
refer to any person who exercised the duties of O.IIIIIOL
BUT he subunit d that the decision of the Court of WEIN&
Plea in the ease M Beenlen a. Hockin" (reported is
Latwyche's Registration Cases), wee ooneduaive upon
the question. Chief JesCoe Wilde had there said
(in reference to the UM point which had been
raised as the present aeration) " The question turns
apse the messing to be given to them words
is the 17th section of the 6 Viet, c. 18, which say that
styes of objection shall be given to the overseen who shall
have made out the list. It is contended that service upon •
churchwarden of the parish who had not signed the list was
lead ; but 1 think an effectual answer has been given to that
objection. The several section of the act which have been
irederred to, beginning with the 10th, an general in their
sermon, and apply to all those who fell within the description
overseers of the poor." He (Mr. Smith) continued
to urge that, upon the authority of the statutes he had eked,
and also upon the opinion uprose-1 by Ms Court of
Common Fleas, the party now in question stood in the
position clan overseer, and that Mentors the notices of ob-
i/miens lit re valid.
Mr. 'UCH IRWIN hell that the services upon the church-
warden a ere good wordier to the authorities quoted.
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