The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-02 00:00:00

MEETING OF THE JOCKEY CUM

A general meeting of the Jockey Club was held at New-
market, on Wedueeday, Oct. H). Present : Admiral Roos
and Lord Ooreutoy, stewards ;_ Mr. Alexander Lord An-
sonia, Lord Aegleeey, Mr. Mame, Mr. Batson, Count
liettlyarty, Lord Llmsterbeid. Lard liesressay, Mr. W. G.
Craven, tar Des Vaal, Mr. G. W. Filmmilians, J.
Hawlei, Mr. Lorribre. Mr. Nevin, NC Paw% Lord
W. Powlett, Mr. Bari* Lord Shoed, Lord Stradbroks,
Lord Strathmore, Lord Uxbridge, Lord Wsetinoreland,
Lord Wiltr, 1.4.# Wl.ebum.

Proposal by Mr. Alexander, and resolved :—" That no
penis who eaters hones in an assumrd gems shall be
allowed to adopt sad register as such tbs same Same as
that et my pistlemaa who rum him horse " in his own
gene"

I:.<:ed W. Powlett's motion on the admission of members
to the New Rooms was not proceeded with ; but it was
moved by the Stewards, and resolved •—•' That a committee
be apipouteri to superintend the domestic arrangementa of
the dub."

The dates of the ICsrmarket meetinp. 1862,0 s published
ie the list Calabdar, were agreed to.
The stewards of the late Goodwood Races, and Admiral
Rosh then laNl balms the meeting the ass of dispute
as to Creagli INArick's tight to the Stewards' and Chester-
field Cups, with the oorreepoodeace relation thereto, and,
attar some discuesioe, the further conaideratios was ad-
journed till the following day.
A mewling was h.M as Thunelay, pennant to adjourn-
ment, when timid:inclusion on the Crewel Patrick as. was
remnorl, sad it lees resolved :
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Thai a letter be ',Mum from the Jockey Club to Mr.
Mr. Moore, sod Mr. Murphy, requesting them to
ks Leodeo to meet a committee of the club, to which
the One& Patrick case be referred for filial thoilies,
soli le soy about whit tins it will be cooreuiest Ilf thus
tee.,

Thlie74;inmittoe was anointed as under : Loot Anus.ley,
Lord Cb•eterfirld, Lord Coventry, Mr. Greying!, Mr.
LowtLer, Lord Wilton, Lord Winalasa.

Tall SCHACRIPTIO3•100011 Comorric, NERMAILKIT. —Oa
Thursday night Mr. Padwiek was elected a member of the
committee. He was proposed by Lord Stamford and as-
waded by Sir George Annytage. Mr. Rodatomi Red re-
tiree by rotation.
Rum Noma has bees sold to Mr. Milne for 701.
HARRY Rem, she Mekey who ealimod in a marching re-
gimlet, sad wbo esweed In India Munn the mutiny, bar
bass "bought oil" by one of his "old nostere," and ha-
irs& to spin sok employment as the turf.

THE FATAL/401T IfIAS TIBROTAL EXCHANIOL—
Yestanlay aftereoce Xr. Payee, the oorotter, held ao in-
quest at Stt. Thome, Hawsloal os the 'pod) of James Tay-
or, aged '4, who was killed as light which took ;Awe
near the Royal nanny as the sight of Wethmoday Lat.
soder the eircerootamoes neeetioeed Is oar polio. report of

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that t the decreed had been the sir_
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to M dealt with by another court, he Try much doubted
whether they woad obtain • coosiction. The jury returned
• verdict of " Accidental tlestb."
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THE BATTLE OF THE REOTSTRATION COURTS.

(FROM •

Some surprise and indignation have been expressed
at the bold attack made by the Conservative party upon
their opponents in the Revising Barristers' Courts in Middle-
sex, by wholesale object.,,u, ruado by thousands, and signed
by an objector at se. a day ; but the wonder is that the
ems mune has not been taken in other counties and
boroughs, when the effect is conskiered.
Many of the objections ere speculative, made on the
*exemption that the person objected to, at a time when au
election is not imminent and party feeling is unexcited, may
be too iLdifferent about his vote to mire to defend it. He
may also be ignorant of the fact that he is objected to. It
is true that the law requires that a notice be sent to the
party objected to ; but the object of the objector in sending
such notice is not to give the party to whom it is sent in-
formatioa, but merely to comply with the technical forms
required of objectors. One requirement is, that the notice
to the party be addressed , to his place of abode as de-
ecribed in the list," which simply describes the name of
the street without indicating the locality. When it is re.
membered that there are 21 Quem.streeta, 22 John-
streets, :11 King-streets, and many Arvada of the same
I name in different localities in London, it is not surprising
that the notice is returned to the objector covered with in-
dorsements " Not known," at some 10 or 20 streets out of
the number; and if the person objected to does appear in
the court, the objector exclaims, " Why, sir, you are not
known at No. —of street, and exultingly holds up the
notice so returned in confirmation of the fact. Even the
few of those who are objected to who may be in town, and
who may care to retain their franchise at the for of some
time and trouble, may be unable to devote two or three
days to the purpose. One case which occurred in the late
reviaios for the city of Westminster is an instance of the
practical effect of these objections. One George Legg, a
working man, was objected to by the tortes. He left his
work on the 10th of October to appear in court. Having
waited some time, it was arranged that the pariah for which
be is qualified should he taken on the following day. Being
unable to sacrifice another day's work, but determined to
defend his right, his wife attended next day at the opening
of the court, and after waiting some hours, Mrs. Lea
proved that there was not the slightest pound for the
objectioe, but the barrister refused to give coats, brasses
Legg himself wee not present.
What is to be learned from these facts, but that the
battle of party, if not the constitution, is to be and ma be
fought is the registration courts ; and sat, safely, more
certainly, and more economically than at the polling booth ?
What is the trifling amount of 11. paid by the Con-
servative Association is the way of costa in the few cases
whet, parties appear and oasts see demanded, to the expense
of era vote at Gloucester, Norwich, and other places where
the vote markets are high?
To those who have attended to the working of the law of
registratioe, it is obvious that every pound expended on the
register is more safely and advantageously expended than
hundreds of poised, wasted at a contest in committee-rooms,
cauvairers, carriages, printing, he,, even in boroughs where
bribery is unknown.
Whet is the comparative cost of obtaining one hundred
votes by objection to opponents, and traducing that number
of votes of the opposite party, to the expense of getting up
the same number of favourable voters to the polling booth ?
The slightest technical error in description on the list of
voters justifies an objection. If the party appear, the cor-
rectioo can be made, but in such cases the court will not
give costa.
When the register is annually attended to, the respective
parties are in a better state to estimate their strength and
calculate their chances of success, before veoturicg upon •
contest with uncertainty as to expense and foal result.