The Express.
London, England, 1860-09-17 00:00:00

THE MIDDLESEX REGISTRATION.

The revision of the list of voters for the county
of Middlesex ootumeoces this day, at Uxbridge, before L.
le dwell, Esq., the revising banister. From the fol-
lowing statistics it will be 808 D that the work of this
revision will be heavier than that of any previous year.
The number of elector. on the existing register is 14,504,
but deducting duplicate registration, this number is re-
duced to 13,724. There are 2302 names upon the new
claim lista, 1,810 are new claimants to the franchise, and
492 are persons now registered claiming to be
re-
in respect of new qualifications or amended
The overseen throughout the country have nisde-7467bjec-
tiona, while the two political parties, the liberals and the
tones, have secured the large number of 5,200 notices of
objection ; about 500 are duplicate objections, taken
both parties to the same electors. This arises from the
practice of both skies to object to the retention of the
neon" ..f deceased electors, or of those known to have
Itrlwith their qualifications, whatever may have been
olitical opinions. The numbers in each polling dis-
trict range from 200 to 1,100, the latter number bong taken
in the Hammersmith district. The liberal party claim
2,150 of the whole number of objections, and the tones the
remaining 3,050 ; of the former coattail, or 1,100 are taken
against tory uuw claimants., and the other against
disqualified or incorrectly registered electors. Of
the tory objections 2,300 are levied against regis.
tend electors, and 700 against liberal new claimants.
From these figures it would, therefore,
.appear that the
twice have the advantage, so far as it is given them by
numbers, and by the fact of their objections being taken
chiefly against electors on the register. Whether they will
be able to maintain this advantage to the end will much
depend upon the spirit shown by the liberal party in re-
sisting the attack made upon them. If the majority of
those whose right is challenged will take the trouble to
attend the revision court', the present strong posi-
tion of the liberals will sot be materially affected,
as the probably successful objections on their side will
counterbalance any tory gain on the remaining number.
It appears that on the conservative side there are
"two Riehmoods in the field," the "Conservative
Registration Committee," and the " Conservative Re-
ginration Association," the liberal interest being repre-
sented by the " Middlesex Reform Registration tiociety."
Among the electors objected to by the tories are many ge
tlemen of the highest standing in the county, posie n-
ned of
large freehold properties; yet the solicitor to the Comer-
vatted Land Society, in a letter to a contemporary, makes
the following extraordinary excuse for the levy of the 3,000
objections :—" Three thousand notices of objection ' only
have been served by the association ; and whilst, doubtless,
some of the objection axe taken on the pound of misde-
scriptiou, kr., it will be found that many of them are to
voters whose names were at the period of the Ants-Corn-law
egitation placed upon the register without • pretence of a
. Pki numerous were the instances of impost-
=lather:me time will elapse before a complete purities-
thin osia be effected ; and if in the process ' Liberal regis-
tered electors be unnecessarily called upon to attend before
the revising barrister, they have only to blame those
of their party who lent themselves to the deception."
Mutely the tory party cannot expect to pin either the sup-
port or the respect of the county electors by such ridi-
culous allegations upon which to net their proceedings.
We shall be much disappointed if the independent liberal
electors thus maligoed will tamely put up with the affront
and submit to disfranchisement. Foch elector objected
to should, indeed, consider it his duty to attend the revision
court of his district, and maintain his right to be registered,
otherwise he may lose his franchise, as personal attendance
is indispensable to its maintenance. The tories know this,
and therefore they have speculated largely this year in their
objections, more particularly to men of business. It must
he borne in mind, however, by the voter that where the ob-
jection is proven to frivolous and vexatious, he is entitled
to recover coats from the objector. - &mew.