The Sun.
London, England, 1836-11-10 00:00:00

MAGNIFICENT NEW ANNUAL.

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REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.

MIDDLESEX.

Yesterday was the last day of the county of Middlesex
Registration.
After all the cases had been decided; Mr. Adey and Mr.
Coppock both bore testimony to the impartiality of the
Revising Barristers.
Mr. COVENTRY then, in reply to the flattering observa-
tions of the advocates on either side, said his object had
been so to construe the Reform Act as to satisfy the letter,
and at the same time give effect to the spirit and meaning.
The latter was not at all time manifest, and he hoped the
Amending Act, which had been three Sessions before Par-
liament, would be allowed to pass in a separate shape,
without waiting for a re-construction of the Revising Tri-
bunal, as to which he must say that all that was wanted
was a head to give tone to the general current of decisions.
At present there was a large unassociated body acting in
no sort of concert. ; the Courts were so numerous, and
being held at one and the same time, the Revising Barris-
ters had no means of knowing what each other decided.
Simultaneous revision was certainly desirable, but he thought
that should give way to uniformity of decision.
( Before Mr. KEEN.)
NEW RIVER SHAREHOLDERS.-Mr. KEEN delivered
judgment in the case of the New River Shareholders, in the
parish of Enfield, where there were twenty claimants. On
consideration of the authorities bearing on the point he was
clearly of opinion that the New River shares are real es-
tate, and that there is consequently nothing in the nature
or value of the property to exclude the claimants from
the right of voting for the county. The names of the
claimants must therefore be restored to the registry.

NATURAL CURIOSITY.—On the small artificial
pond called Cannonmills Loch may be daily seen during
the winter a solitary sea-gull, swimming about apart from
the ducks which so numerously frequent the loch. He
leaves it every night, and returns again in the morning.
For a number of years he has unerringly, at a certain sea-
son, taken his flight to other shores ; and with the same re-
gularity as to time, being seen circling around the little loch
before alighting to take up his wintern sojourn. But it is
remarkable that, as if foreseeing the early storm, he has
this year returned a week sooner than usual, having made
his first appearance this season" on Tuesday, the 25th of
of October (two days before the frost in). It may be sur-
mised that this singular bird would not quit his tribe and
native element, and forego the wild pleasure of " brushiug
the white sail with his'whited wing," unless he had a rea-
son of his own for it ; and the food administered to him
by the kindly hand of Dr. Neill is a very substantial one.—
Caledonian Mercury.

APPALLING ACCIDENT BY FIRE.—On Tuesday
evening, between six and seven o'clock, the family of Jo-
seph Rickards, Esq., a gentleman residing in Margaret-
street, Cavendish-square, were plunged into the utmost
affliction by an appalling accident which occurred to the
eldest daughter, Miss Richards, an amiable and accom-
plished young lady, seventeen years of age, who was burnt
in a shocking manner. It appears that the unfortunate
young lady had retired from her dressing room into the par-
lour alone, waiting for some branches of the family, the
whole of whom were going to the theatre. As Miss
Richards was attempting to reach a small scent-box from off
the mantle-piece her dress unfortunately caught fire, and
she was almost instantly enveloped in flames. She ran into
the passage, screaming for assistance, but before the flames
could be extinguished she was burnt in so shocking a man-
ner that she lies without hopes of recovery.
, The once popular Roxburghe Book Club seems
ra-
pidly approaching towards a dissolution. The last anni-
versary, held at the Clarendon, by the absence of many of
the most convivial and ardent members, among whom w.ere
the Dukes of Devonshire and Sutherland, Earl Spencer,
and Lord Morpeth, exhibited evident signs of this consum-
mation,

GLORIOUS DEFEAT OF THE TORIES.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
The proceedings to-day have terminated in the success
of the cause of Reform. The low party (as the Liberals
have hitherto been termed) has taken the place hitherto
occupied by the high; and the Tories are beaten in one of
the strongest of their strong-holds in this country. I stated
in my last that it was the opinion that George Peach, Esq.,
would be elected Mayor, in the place of the renegade
Freeman, and that opinion is confirmed by the proceedings
to-day, for when Mr. Peach was proposed not a single Tory
voted against him. •
At eleven o'clock this morning a great number of Re-
formers began to collect round the Town-hall doors, and
shortly before twelve o'clock, the whole of the Liberal
Members of the Council were assembled in the Hall.
The Tories appeared to be very unwilling to make
their appearance, knowing that they were deficient of
two in numbers, and fearing the defeat which awaited
them. Mr. Freeman, the Mayor of yesterday, was the
last who made his appearance. While things were going on
this way in the street, the Liberals up-stairs were not inac-
tive ; for, immediately on the clock striking 12, Mr. Sharp,
wile is the leading gentleman among the Reformers in this
borough, proposed that Mr. Alderman Williams should
take the chair. The proposition was seconded, and Mr.
Williams took his place. This was one point gained ; for
it was the loss of this point last year that caused the Li-
berals to be left in a minority. Shortly after this, Mr.
Freeman made his appearance, and then Mr. Charles
Markham, who is one of the Tory Councillors, and Clerk
of the Peace for the County, suggested that Mr. Alderman
Williams should leave the chair, as the Mayor was present.
This proposition was laughed at, and treated the same way
as the Tories treated a similar proposition when made by
the Reformers last year. It was then proposed that Mr.
Peach be the Mayor for the ensuing year. The motion was
seconded and carried without opposition. Never was there
a more glorious defeat than this. Mr. Peach took the
Chair, and here some difficulty arose, for the old Mayor
had made his exit, to prevent his being called upon to adminis-
ter the oaths ; eventually, however, two Magistrates were
Sound, who swore in Mr. Peach, and the ordinary business
proceeded.
Meanwhile the people outside were tolerably busy. Some
one or two of them had gained admission into the Town-
hall, and obtained the Corporation flags, which were after-
wards displayed amidst the loudest applause, along with
those of " Smith (our Liberal Representative) and no
Slavery ;" " The Freedom of the Press ;" " Smith and
Reform," &c. It was a gratifying sight to see the flags in
the hands of the party who had paid for them, and who
had been kept out of all control in the management of the
own business for centuries', and the very sight of them pro-
duced a deep sensation.
At the close of the business, Mr. Peach left the Hall,
accompanied by nearly the whole of the Reformers in the
Council, and was accompanied down to his house in
Bridge-street by thousands of the inhabitants, and a band
which played several popular airs. When the Mayor
reached his residence, he harangued a very large multitude
from his window, and congratulated them on the happy re-
sults of their exertions. Mr. Sharp followed, and detailed
what had passed in the Town Council, after which the party
left, and the band paraded the town.
It was intended if the Tories had got into power to have
given the mace to the late Mayor, and some laughter was
excited by its production on the present occasion by Mr.
Parker, a large shoe-manufacturer, who held it out of the
window all the time the speakers addressed the audience.
The mace and the other baubles will be sold.

Mr. Peach, the present Mayor, is a gentleman who is
highly respected. He is a Dissenter, belonging to the In-
dependent persuasion, and is the first person who is known
to have filled the civic Chair in this town who was uncon-
nected with the Church.
It is not the defeat of Mr. Freeman alone, that we look
at ; the effects will be great, as they concern the country
at large. At any ensuing borough election, the consequence
of the defeat of the Tories on this occasion will be found
in the dismissal of Mr. Charles Ross, and the return of an-
other. Liberal along with Mr. Vernon Smith ; and that Li-
beral will, no doubt, be Mr. Raikes Currie, the city banker,
and the friend of Mr. Grote. His election is now consi-
dered to be certain, and Mr. Ross may look out for another
borough.