The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-05 00:00:00

THE REGISTRATION&

CITY OF LONDON.

In the parish of St. Olave, Silver-street, Sir Francis
Crowley, Bart., claimed to be put upon the register is re-
spect of premises. No. 15, Silver-street, is sassessive occu-
pation from No. 83, Cannon-street.
Mr. Ledger, in support of the claim, called a gentleman
named Edwards, who is in partnership with Sir Francis
Croseley. That gentleman Meted (after proving the re-
moval of the business frost Catinon-strest to Silver-street),
that Sir Francis, when in town, resided at the Linea=
Hotel, in Portland-place.
Mr. Ledger—Has he resided there for six months prior
to the 31st of July last?
Mr. Edwards—Yee, longer than that.
Mr. Hasiedos—Does Sir Francis occupy • set of apart-
ments for his own use at the WO= Hotel?
Mr. Edwards—l believe be doom.
Mr. Hasledon—Then you do not know it yourself.
Mr. Edwards—No, but I believe he does—it is his real-
denos when in town.

Mr. Ledger—We have the manager of the Latium
Hotel here to prove the residenos of Sir Fribinia at that
place.
The Revising Barrister—Examine the manager of the
hotel, if you please.
The Assistant Manager of the Longhairs Hotel wee then
c►lled, and said, in answer to Mr. Ledger, that he had
known Sir Francis Crossley since the lag of February,
when he took apartments as the Lanham Hotel.
Mr. Ledger—When did Sir Francis take the apartments!
The Assistant Manager—On the Ist of February he took
the apartments in the hotel, but be did not ocennenee to
occupy them until the sth of that month, although be paid
from the lat.

-17 p to what time did he occupy those apart-
ments

Assistant Manager—Until the night before lest.
Mr. Ledger—Were the suite of apartments kept spa.
day for firr Francis
The Assistant Manager—Yes.
Mr. Hasledon—What rent did 6k French Crossley pay
for that suite of eats?
The Assistant I sun tell you if you like.
Mr. Ledger—Oh, no, that doesn't matter. The quartioa
at issue is settled, I submit.
The Revising Berrister—Yes, I think the evidence is
quite sufficient to justify me is allowing the claim, and
therefore I shell buert the name of Sir Francis Onealey
upon the list in respect of No. 15 Silver-street.
The court then adjourned until Tuesday next, when the
lists for the parishes and inns comprising the wards of
Perringdon•without (north end south side), Langboorn,
Lime-street, Portscoluen, and Tower, and the lansr and
Middle Temple., will be taken.
The result of the day's revision of 39 perishes, ea sup-
plied by the Liberal Registratioa Association, was 13
liberal claims allowed and 1 disallowed, 89 liberal objee-
tiorui sustained sod 6 failed or withdraws, and 8 were
expunged by the barrister.

The court for the revision of the list of voters for
members of parliament to represent the county of Mid-
dlesex was held to-day, at the Enfield Arms, Enfield, when
Mr. J. N. Gores, the harrister appointed for this reviles,
proceeded with the lists of Edmonton, Enfield, Prima
Barnet, Hadley, South KLIMA.. and Tottenham.
Mr. Gilbert appeared for the Middlesex Liberal Regis-
tration Association, and Mr. T. Alley Jones, the conserve,
tire agent for the county of Middlesex, in support of the
conservative interest.

The name of William Sayer, on the Enfield list, was
marked u objected to by the overseer, and the ground of
objection assigned by the overseer was that he did not
know that he still held the property.
Mr. Dear produced a letter from Mr. Sayer, saying he
still held the property in respect of which he claimed, but
he had removed to 42, Gloucester-road.
The Banister informed the overseer that he should not
object on the ground that a perms had moved unless he
had good reason to know the party had also sold his pro-
perty, and nos at the pound that the overseer did not
know he had not sold. The name was retained and the
address amended._ _ .

711;Figgiof Fait-Wlllll, Forest-bill, claimed tars free-
hold house lad—wee objected to by the evelear.
The Vestry Clerk said the grouad of capstan was that
lan. Flier wee, sad had beast for pare, rabid la rapes.

A personnained Jennings, who was allecii4ouir
the proprietor of tat nigh soatioNsea Ail La
'John Levine, who acted aii auctiOneW at the same pleas r;"
and two men named Alfred Davis arid John Kelly, who
there took tits Dodd what is terhuicallg termed" bonnets,"
were each summoned before Sir Robert W. Carden, at the
Guildhall Polioelourt yesterday, to answer the following
charge :—" For that you, on the 4Sth dag at Saplembee
last, in the said City, unlawfully and knowingly by certain
false pretences did obtain of and from the complainant
the sum of 511.4 a. 3d. of his moneys, with latest to *beat
and defraud him of the soma" _ _ _

When the names were celled • over now of the defen-
dants answered to their summonses. _ _

Mr. ileigi;;;litiiail;;Trirsl7astisteted by Mr. Beard to
defend Jennings, and be was taken by "uprise to find
that he was not in attendance.

---ii4nsiei;ftiiiefTniants were agidn maxi, boa
inside and outside the mart, but no answer V/1111 returned.
Mr. Wontner, for the complainant, said that after the
summonses were ordered agsinst these parties the *Mom
went down to serve them, bat he found the plan shut up,
dearly showing thee some person mast have heen in court
watching the proceedings and given information of what
had taken place immediately after the decieicie bad been
announced, The officer weld see the figures of people
walking about isside tho shop, but they would not open
the door to let him in. The officer, finding be could not
get into the defendant's premises, wr returniag to the
court, whorl he met Jennings in et. Peurnshurohyard,
and served him with his summons, and said to him,
" You:people will not open the door to me, but perhaps
QV win to You will yen glee them their sismencoms?
Hs said Ice would, and took them with him. Man then
John Levine bed vanished from him residence, and the man
who represented that the Oommiesiosiore he Baakruptey
had such groat confidence La him that they estmidedlim
with valuable bankrupts' Mock to sell, was , asportsined to
be living with his mother, his brother, and his sister in a
cellar in Great Ormond-strest. He therefor* arcked for

warrants against Jannis= and Levine, and a freak sem-
i m:_iLs Davis and Kelly, who had not been served
7171—t. it. Darden mid be Ina told that the place was
now opened with a fresh mulioneer and fresh bidlders, end
be thought the pollee odetil to plat* an officer at the doors
'et such plaoss to malion people trait going in. Be
thought it had bett•r: be done at ones. or they might gel
some new victim.

-711aionisist ;aid that in the Bow-dross district they
had adopted that muse, and the read* had been that
there was now not a mock auction to be seen in it.
Sir R. W. Carden thought Inspeoto Everett had better
communkate with the metropolitan polies, and tell than
whet was bring done in the City. There was one in Or-
ford-street that required putting down very much.
Kr. Wontaer laid he thought if snoSer summons was
greeted against Jamakap be would wear on the nest
occasion, but he meet ask fora varmint aia Johgg Levine.
Fresh summonses ware then fru 4
;,Darla, sad Ketr, !Apt wasn't,