The Express.
London, England, 1868-09-14 00:00:00

MONDAY EVENING,

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hi. morning the toviaios of the lute of voters
for the City of London ocsamenced before Kr. Bpenoer
Fennel in tho Court of Common Pleas. Guildhall
The Liberals were represented by Mr. BidneyBmith and
Hr. ledges, and the Conservatives by Hews, 7, R.
Beaky and T. Harper.
The Liberal Registration Associates Walla to insert
208 new names on the Ist, and to amend the
description is the case of 10/ already on
the list. According to their account the number
of tory Wait= for insertion is 238 ; but the Agars is in-
creased to 900 by the agents of the latter. The liberals
have 611 lodger °lain* and the oonaervativet 4/. The
number of liberal objections is 801, sea of ewers-
valise ones 1,620. There are a great number of ledger
claims made by lodgers themselves, and it is stated that
several females apply to be placed on the list.

TK/11 LODOIM OLLIKS.

Bhottly.el ter the opening of the emu*.

Mr. Ledger, addressing-the revising barrister, said
There is • now class of claimants before the court en this
occasion, I mean the lodgers, and you are aware, sir, that
no derision has yet been given by any barrister as to
what would be saMoitrat evidence of their olalms
whether it is to be proved, as other claims are,
to the satisfaction of the barrister. In consequerase of
Laving no Trecedent to guide us, we have not given
any notice to lodgers to appear at any time, thinking
you might kindly intimate what course of proceeding
you enact us to take to substantiate the lodger
claims. I may say that, in addition to claims made
on either side, there are • considerable number of
gentlemen who have made claims quite independently, and
of course they have a greater diMoultT than others will
have in endeavouring to learn what to do. In 99 out of
IGO lodger cases the claimant* are necessarily engw'ed
in business elsewhere, and they would have great
d.ff.culty in finding time to attend at the court during
the day. It has been suggested that revising barristers
might accommodate such persons by sitting at the time
when they could attend, via., the evening. We have to
attend our own °Moe until 9 o'etsrk at Night bar the pur-
pose of giving lodgers the information that is necessary,
and it is at that hour the largest number of them appear,
it being their only leisure time. Under the new Regis-
tration Aot, by the 20th section, the lodger claims must
appear in • separate list. Now I wish to ask whether, as
according to the statute the lodgers have to appear in a
separate list for each parish, the lodger list will be taken
after the household list.

The Itemising Barrider—That seems the proper coons to
take. If a gentleman wishes to get the franchise he mast
take the trouble to rapport his claim. As to the question
about evidence, It is difficult to lay down a distinct role
in the matter, but I am willing to take slight evidence in

oonoboratioa of the deolaratiOn which the act of parlia-
ment causes the lodger to make.
Mr. Sidney Smith —The lodger is obliged to make a
solemn declaration, which he must send to the overseer of
the vestry. I think it is desirable that the overseers of
the various parishes should make some sort of invesitiga-
rioe themselves, and that that proceutioa ought to be con-
sidered sufficient on both sides.

The Revising Barrister—l am prepared to takti—
oertificate of the lodger, if admitted on both sides, instead
of attendance; but the lodger must remember that
another objector might appear, and that in that caso his
personal attendance would be necessary.
Mr. Bailey—When the claims oome before us we shall
see whether they are bond sde and not filled up by one
person in a great number of names.
The Revising Barrister—lt is the duty of the overseer to
make himself acquainted with the circumstances attending
the cases in household lists, but he cannot be expected to
know anything of the lodgers. With regard to the lodger
list, I wish to announce that owing to their length I shall
require a written notice of objection to be served before
the hearing of the ease.

COUNTY OF 111IDDLIONX REGLYTRATJON.
(TlllB UM .)

Mr. J. Williamson, the revising barrister for the
county of Middlesex, opened the courtthis morning a
the Black Dog, Bedfont, taking first the parishes of that
polling district. On Wednesday he will bold a court at
the Vestry-hall, Bethnal-green' on Thursday, at the Cas-
tle Hotel, Brantford ; and on Friday at the Court-haw,
Edgware. The following will be his subsequent arrange-
ments : Sept. 21, Enfield; Sept. 22, Wandsworth ; Sept.
24, Hammersmith; Sept. 26, Hampstead; Sept. 29, Ves-
try-hall, St. Pancrae-road ; Sept. 30, Radley's Hotel,
lllack ; Oct. 2, Vestry-haII, Mile End-road; Oct. 6,
I.' :bridge , Oct. 10, Westminster-ball.