The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-10 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX.

Mr. Lancelot Shadwell, the barrister appointed to re-
vise the list of voters for the metropolitan county, held
his eighth court yesterday, at the New Globe Tavern,
Mile-end-road ; and revised the lists for the parishes and
places within the polling district of Mile-end.
Mr. Joseph Davies attended on behalf of the Liberal
interests. Mr. T. Alley Jones represented the Tories; and
Mr. Sidney Smith appeared specially to support the
claim of Sir Anthony de Rothchild, Bart., who was ob-
jected to by the Tories. •
In the parish of All Saints, Poplar, Christopher Jas.
Ridpatb, who claimed to vote in right of two copyhold
cottages, described as Elizabeth-cottages, Carter-street,
objected to by the overseers and Mr. Jones.
The Revising Barrister said that if it could be shown
to him that the property was in .the occupation of one
tenant it would give a vote for the borough.

The Claimant said that there were two distinct houses,
and 'separately would not give him a vote for the
borough. They were let at 3s. 6d. a week each, making
the annual value below 101., which was still further re-
duced by his paying the rates and taxes. .
The Revising Barrister—There can be no doubt that
one of the cottages would be insufficient to confer the
franchise for the borough ; but there is no evidence be-
fore me to show that the property might not give a vote
for the borough within the meaning of the act, that is
that the two houses might be made into one tenement.
Mr. Sidney Smith referred the learned barrister to the
27th section of the act, and contendtd that the claimant
was clearly entitled to the vote. The property to become
one must be in a different positon 'archltecturally. At
present there was a party wall, and until that were re-
moved, which could not be done without demolishing one
of the houses, they were two distinct buildings, there
being no means of access to the one from the other.

The Revising Barrister, after referring to the 25iit and
27th sections of the act, was of opinion that the cottages
were distinct and separate building-, and that, therefore,
the claimant was entitled to a vote for the county.
The name was aecordingly retained upon the register.

CLAIM OF THE BARON DE ROTHSCHILD.
In St. Botolph Aldgate, Sir Anthony de Rothschild,
Bart., of Grosvenor-place; Hyde-park, claimed to be
upon the register in right of a freehold house situate 19,
Royal Mint-street.

Mr. Jones objected to the claim on the double ground
that there was no such place as Royal Mint-street, and
that the house claimed for was in the occupation of the
claimant's servants, he paying the rent and taxes.
Mr. Sidney Smith said that he' attended to support
the claim, and handed in the deed, from which it would
be seen that there was not the slghteat ground for the
objection.

The Revising Barrister, after perusing the deed, said
that it appeared that what was at present called Royal
Mint-street was formerly Rosemary-lane. There could
be no doubt as to the value being sufficient, and the
claim should be allowed.

Mr. Jones was prepared to show that the house •was
in the occupation of the claimant's servants, who were
foreigners employed at the Royal Mint, and that the
claimant paid the rates for it..

Mr. Sidney Smith said that such was not the fact, and
called
Mr. Reynolds, who said that he was chief clerk to the
claimant, and at the same time his tenant. He paid
401. a year out of his salary.
Mr. Sidney Smith remarked that this was a common
practice.

Mr. Jones said that he bad searched the rate boOlc,
and found that the claimant for the vote was rated, and
not the occupier of the house. He inquired how long
Mr. Reynolds had rented the house ?
Mr. Reynolds had rented the house for more than
three years, ever since the refining was established at
the Mint.

The Revising Barrister, after perusing the deed, said
that it appeared clear that 7001. had been paid for the
freehold, and that the claimant received 401. a year rent ;
upon these grounds he decided that the claim was made
out.
The claim was accordingly allowed.

• CONSERVATIVE FREEHOLD LAND clams DEFEATED.
In the parish of St. Mary, Stratford-la-Bow, the claim
of C. L. Gruneisen, Esq., Secretary to the Conservative
Freehold Land Society, was objected to by the over-
seers, on the ground that the claiM was made in respect
of property in St. Mary, Stratford•le-Bow ; whereas the
qualification was situate in Bethnal-green, being a por-
tion of the estate of the above society in Stratford-le-
Bow. This particular plot was discovered to be in
Bethnal-green.
The claim was disallowed.
Thirty-nine other claimants under the same society
were also objected to by Mr. Davies. He was not de-
sirous of objecting to any man who was really entitled
to the franchise ; but he felt it to be due to himself
and to those whom he had the honour of representing
to see that all these claimants possessed the necessary
qualification. Of the present 39 claims he found tbat 23
had not paid up, and this fact had been admitted by Mr.
Lewis, ; the solicitor to the association tbat gentleman
had also shown that the remaining 16 had paid upwards
of 60/, per plot, upon which they claimed. This being
the fact, and it having been also stated that the land
was unincumbered, he would withdraw his objectiOns to
these latter. Upon this showing the names of the par-
ties not qualified were disallowed, and the rest allowed.
Among the claims rejected was that of I. Butt, Esq.,
Q.C.

The name of Robert Major Holborn, sen., was objected
to by Mr. Jones. His name was upon the register for
a freehold rent-charge on freehold house and land, Park.
street, Three Colt-street, granted by John Stuart.
The Barrister inquired the ground of objection.
Mr. Jones said that his objection was that Mr. Stuart
was not the owner of the property ; the claimant was
bound to give the name of the owner.
The Barrister took a similar view, and expunged the
name.

In St. Mary, Whitechapel, Wm. Henry Black, of 15,
Goodman's-fields, claimed to be upon the re-
gister in right of a dwelling-house, No. 15, Mill-yard,
and rent-charge or annuity out of ,No. 16 and three ad-
joining houses (not numbered) in Mill-yard.
Mr. Jones objected on the ground that there was no
qualification described ; he did not understand what the
life-interest consisted of. If on a rent-charge it was
clearly bad, as there was no owner's name given in the
fourth column.

The claimant produced a decree of the Court of Chan-
cery, granted in the case of the " Attorney-General v.
S:ater," arid stated that the qualifying sum was paid to
him as' minister of the congregation 'over which he pre-
sided. The value was originally 81. and 61. per annum,
which bad increased to 801. and 601. respectively, aris-
ing out of an ancient charge upon lands which were con-
veyed by deed in trust for the benefit of the minister for
the time being. He had been minister of that con-
gregation for some time, and upon that position he
claimed.

Mr. Jones—By whom are you appointed, and for how
Long I

Claimant—By my congregation, and for life. I can-
not be removed othenxise than by an order of the Court
of Chancery. My predecessors for 200 years have en-
joyed the privilege. Hitherto I have taken no trouble
in the matter. I am not interested politically, but many
of my friends had urged me to put in my claim upon
local. interests.
The Bbarrister said that, upon looking at the decree, he
frioeangtninodinr,ethdwaqhtlithe rents received by the claimant were part
of the rent of freehold estate, and as he could not be re-
movedthe congregation, he decided that he had the
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show great firmness. At Hamburg also the rate has an
advancing tendency, and bills on London are very scarce.
The rate of discount at that city is now 51 per cent. It
appears that the gold lately sent t6ere did not rem*,
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