The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-02 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX REGISTRATIOff.

Yesterday Mr. Nathaniel Lindley, the barrister
appointed to revise the lists of voters for knights of the
shire to serve in parliament for the county of Middles.-.,
resumed the work of revision in the Lords Justices Caurt,
Westminster-hall, where he revised the lists for Lincoln's-
inn and the parishes and places within the city of West-
minster.

Mr7ailbert, of 22, Parliament-etreet, Westminster, ap-
paired as agent of the Middlesex ar d Weetminster Liberal
Registration Society.
Mr. T. Alley Jones, of Clifford's-inn, and Mr. J. Alley
Jones, of Chancery-lane, appeared for the conservatives.
A clerk to Mr. Henri Smith,i of Norfolk-street, Strand,
wee silo present asaistang In the revision.
On the list for St. Chime it's Danes, Thomas Hodge, of
Goebtuy-hall, Kingston-on• Thames, S. ,V., was entered for
freehold tenement.

Mr. Gilbert called attention to the extraordinary de-
scription of the qualification in the fourth column—" a
tenement, with the front door opening into Carey-street,
adjoiring the Seven Stan Inn, and formerly. occupied vs a
shoemakers' shop by several parties euccessively, and now
let to Richard Wright, publican, landlord of the said Seven
Stars, at the rent of four guineas per annum."—and asked
the barrister to amend it.

—The Barrister—lt is certainly a novelty. I will amend
the de-.cription by strik:ng out all the words except
" Care street." (Dsughter.)
The Banister, having attended to the amendments of
the list, asked for the objections.
Mr. Peters (the vestry clerk) said there were none.
Mr. Gilbert— N:le objections were made, and the
notices were served on the parties and on the overseen by
Mr. Mr. Petals said he had received none, nor bad either of
the four overseers. . .

Barrister—You must prove service, or I cannot strike
them out. Does any one objected to appear?
Mr. Gilbert—They are all dead.
Barriste.—Can you get the proof to-day ?
Mr. Gilbert—By going out foe it.
Barrister—You can prove that the notioes to the over-
seers were posted?
Mr. Gilbert—Yes.
Barrister—And that they were properly addressed?
Mr. Gilbert—Yes.
Barrister—And the letter was not returned ?
Mr. Gilbert—No.
Barrister—Very well. I will let this list stay over till
the last. . . .

Later in the day a witness stated that he served the no-
tices on one of the overseen, Mr. Woods, in Clare-market,
not by post, however, but personally, at 11 o'clock on the
morning of the 20th of August.
Mr. Peters—lt is for Mr. Woods I appear.
The witness said he first went to another overseer who
desired him to take the notices to Mr. Woods, and Mr.
Woods opened the envelopes in his presence, and pointing
to one of the Dawes asked why he was objected to.
In answer to the Barrister,

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The witness said he did not know how many names were
on the list, nor what any of the names were.
The Barrister said he could not, then, go into the ob-
jection.
Hr. Dear said he could supply the information. He
then produced duplicate copies of the notices to the indi-
viduals, sod said that he prepared from those notices the
list of objections in question to the overseers.
The Banister thought this sufficient ; and none of the
parties objected to appearing, either personally or by agent,
the whole of the names were expunged.
In several parishes the overseers were not present, al-
though they had made objections.
The Revising Banister said that to mark his opinion of
the conduct of these parish officers, he should refuse to
allow their expenses.
The Banister holds a court to-day at Bethnal-green.

EAvr SIIPILEY REGISTRATIONS.—Yesterday Mr.
John Harrell, the barrister appointed to revise the list of
voters for East Surrey, held a court for that purpose at
the Lambeth Vestry-hall, Kennington-green. The lists
revised on the occasion were those of the parishes of Clap-
ham, Streatham, and Lambeth. Mr. Curtis and Mr.
Stakes appeared on behalf of the liberal party ; and Mr.
Shea and Mr. Chevallier on the part of the conservatives.
In the pariah of Clapham there were 73 objections taken to
parties already on the register and to those claiming to be
placed upon it. Of these 42 were taken by the conserva-
tives, and 31 by the liberals. In the parish of Lambeth
there were 125 such objections, the liberals having taken
75, and the conservatives 50. These objections were for
the most part grounded on the death, removal, or change
of qualification of the voters, and where such was proved
to have taken place they were allowed, and the parties'
names struck off the register. No case of importance
arose out of them. In the parish of Streatham the liberals
took 11 objections, the greater portion of which were sus•
tamed.

EXETER, MONDAY, OCTOBER I.—Thin has been
a day of great rejoicing in Exeter, in consequence of the
splendid lifeboat, 34 feet long, purchased by the inhabi-
, tants, being drawn on its transporting carriage through the
principal streets of the city. The mayor and corporation,
the volunteers and their bends, the ancient order of
Foresters, and other bodies took part in the procession,
which was witnessed by upwards of 30,000 persona. On
the conclusion of the procession the lifeboat wsa formally
prtsented by the mayor to the National Lifeboat Institu-
' tion. Mr. Lewis, the secretary of the society, on
behalf of its committee, accepted the magni-
ficent gift in appropriate terms. The mayoress
then named the lifeboat, which was immediately
afterward, launched into the Exe, where its self-righting
and other qualities were, under the superintendence of
Captain J. R. Ward, R.N., the inspector of lifeboats of
the institution, tested by the crew, who on this occa-
sion were man-of-war's men, and who bad been sent
specially for this launch. The whole proceedings appeared
to give the greatest pleasure to the vast multitude who
witnessed them. A public dinner at the Clarence Hotel
and • bell in the Royal Pubho Rooms took place this eyed-
lag in celebration of an occasion which will loug be remem-
bered in Exeter. The lifeboat is to be sent in a day or so
to Brix.ham, where it will be permanently located, and
where arrangements have also been made to give it a hearty
rec OD by the fishermen and others.
eZENT OFTICE MUSEUM 8017TH KENSINGTON.—
Number of visitors for the week ending Sept. 29, 2,397 ;
total number since the opening of the Alone= free daily
(12th May, 1868), 1,078,7 U