The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-10 00:00:00

A CLAIM TO BE RATED.

As the parish officers are not in the habit of dividing
premises into different tenements, it becomes necessary, in
order to obtain the right to be registered, for the occu-
piers of shops, workshops, warehouses, counting-houses,
and other lodgings or buildings, to give notice of the oc-
cupancy to the overseers, and to claim to be rated. No
particular form of claim to be rated is absolutely neces-
sary, for a mere verbal request of an overseer is suffi-
cient ; but the following form may be adopted :
CLAIM TO BE RATED.

To the overseers of the parish of I hereby give
you notice that I occupy a at No. in
street, in your parish, and I claim to be rated to the re-
lief of the poor in respect of such premises, in order
that I may be entitled to vote in the election of Members
of Parliament for the city of
Dated this day of 184
(Signed) of
N.B.—lnsert the name of the parish and the nature of
the premises as house, warehouse, counting-house, shop,
workshop, stable, shed, or as the case may be, and the
name of the street, court, &c., and of the city or bo-
rough ; put in the date, and sign the names of the claim-
ant, andhis place of residence at full length. Give this
claim to an overseer, and carefully preserve a correct
copy ; the party who serves the claim should immedi-
ately write on the copy to whom the claim was delivered,
and the day of the month. If any poor's-rate be due in
respect of the premises occupied by the claimant, tender
the amount. If omitted from the 'List of Voters on the
31st of July, claim to be registered on or before the 25th
of August.
By section 30 of the Reform Act, the Overseers are
required to put the name of the claimant upon 'the rate
for the time being, and the claimant is deemed to have
been rated from the period at which such rate was made.
By section 75, every Overseer or other person wilfully
disobeying the Act, is liable to a penalty of 5001. The
claimant need not again demand to be rated, so long as
he retains the same premises, but in case of removal a
new claim should be sent in immediately with a notice
thereon as follows :—" I have removed from a

at No. in street, in the parish of ." It
will be better for the claimant that his name be not in-
serted in the rate as then he can never be a defaulter.
A CLAIM TO BE REGISTERED.

Every man who believes that he is entitled to a Vote
should claim to be registered, and attend before the Re-
vising Barristers. If his claim be disallowed, and an
Election take place, he may then tender his Vote, and
the Returning Officer is bound to enter such tender in
the Poll Book. A Committee of the House of Commons
may afterwards decide that the Vote is good, and add it
to the poll in favour of the Candidate for whom it was
tendered.

The following is the form of a
CLAIM TO BE REGISTERED.

To the Overseers of the Parish of

I herelty give you notice, that I claim to have my
name inserted in the List made by you of Persons en-
titled to Vote in the Election of Members for the City
of and that my qualification consists
of a at No. in
street, in your parish.
Dated this day of August, 184
(Signed) of
N.B. Insert the name of the Parish, and the nature
of the premises, as house, warehouse, counting-house,
shop, workshop, stable, shed, or as the case may be,
and the name of the street, court, &c. ; and of the City
or Borough ; put in the date, and sign the name of the
claimant, and his place of abode_ at full length. In
Westminster, after the words " persons entitled." add
(" under the Reform Act") or else (" in respect of the
Scot and Lot Franchise.")
After the 31st of July, and on or before the 25th of
August, give this claim to an Overseer, and afterwards
attend before the Revising Barristers, who hold their
Courts between the 15th of September and the 25th of
October. A correct copy of this claim should be kept,
and the party who serves the claim should immediately
write on the copy to whom the claim was delivered, and
the day of the month. In case of removal during the
year, the claim should be made in respect of the newly-
acquired premises.
The claim to be registered must be made every year
that the name of the party is omitted from the List of
Voters. The Overseers are required by the Reform Act
to include the name of the claimant in the List of
,Claims, to be published on the Church and Chapel
doors, on the two Sundays next preceding the 15th of
September.

THE APPALLING CATASTROPHE

AT ROTHERHAM.

An inquest was held on Tuesday at Rotherham, on
the bodies of the fifty persons who met with so melan-
choly an end at the launch of a vessel at Rotherham.
The Coroner and Jury assembled at the Angel Inn, at
two o'clock, and were occupied for four hours in going
from one house of woe and desolation to another for
the purpose of viewing the bodies. The following evi-
dence of one of the witnesses shows the precise manner
in which the accident happened.
Mr. Edwin Cadman, of Pitsmoor, Sheffield, said—The
vessel was built by Mr. Chambers, for Henry and Ed-
win Cadman. Robert Marsh is to be the captain. I
was present when the vessel was launched. I saw
the launch ; and as the vessel was leaving the stays,
about half over on the balance, the parties on board
(men and boys) rushed to the leeward side of the
vessel to see the effect of its dashing into the water.
By that means, the weight of the men and boys to the
leeward side caused her to overbalance and to overturn
before she reached the water, which was about three feet
from the stays. I was standing on a fly-boat in the cut,
at the head of the vessel which was launched, and
had a good view of it. I had examined the vessel, the
ways, and the packings ; and I thought it altogether
perfectly safe, having seen vessels launched before from
the same yard. I thought it so safe that I was inclined
to go on board ; but from animpression among the boat-
men that it is unlucky for an owner to be on board
when a vessel is launched, I was persuaded not to go
on board. The men were perfectly sober and quite
steady, and conducted the business in the usual manner,
and to my satisfaction.
By the Jury.—She did not pause till the rush took
place. I think she was within eighteen inches of the
end of the ways. I considered it to have been entirely
, accidental. Have seen many boat yards ; and have been
I on vessels which had to drop six yards or more into the
water.

The inquest was, after the testimony of several other
witnesses had been received, adjourned until Saturday
(this day). On Wednesday upwards of forty inter-
ments took place in the parish churchyard. From nine
o'clock in the morning until- about six in the evening,
the mournful funeral processions were seen approach-
ing from all parts of the town:
churcha atnda
ft one time,
four o'clock
about twelve coffins were in th
and these, on being removed therefrom, were met by
others on their entrance to the sacred edifice. The
church and the churchyard were crowded with spec-
tators, who evinced by their broken sentences the
deep impression which so mournful an event had
made upon them. During the greater part of
the day the bells, which were muffled,
were toll-
ing the
approach of the departed to their last rest-
ing place, and the solemn sound gave still greater effect
to the mournful proceedings. In the afternoon a dumb
peal was performed by the Rotheram ringers, as a token
of regard for Mr. Samuel Heathcote, joiner for Mr.
Bentley, of the brewery, and who had acted for several
years as the leader of the ringers, by whom, as well as
by the public generally, be was greatly respected.
In order somewhat to alleviate the distress which
exists, a subscription has been opened for the poorer
class of those who have been bereaved of their friends.
Mr. G. W. Chambers, the proprietor of the boat yard
where the accident occurrefl, has subscribed 201., and
his father, Mr. Chambers, has sent the same sum from
London. Mr. Bentley, of Rotherham, has given 10/.,
and we understand that about 2001. is already raised for
the benevolent purpose. The Rev. Thomas Blackley,
the vicar, also kindly offered to inter the whole of the
bodies, relinguishing the usual fees.—Abridged from the
Doncaster Gazette.

•
CANTERBURY POLITICS:--Two anecdotes
connected with Canterbury politics have been communi-
cated to us, on what we deem good authority, each in-
structive in its way. The one is, that the Duchess of
Northumberland, who was the governess of our gracious
Queen, subscribed a large sum (3,0001.) toward the elec-
tion expenses of the Hon. G. Smythe, in his single
contest with Mr. Wilson, a few months since. The
second is, that at the recent election, Mr. Bradshaw, the
defamer of the Queen, consented to pay Mr. Smythe's
share of the expenses of the late contest, as well as his
own, on condition that Mr. S. would canvass for and
with him, that. he might be screened by Mr..S.'s com-
parative popularity from the consequences of the insults
he had dared to utter against the Queen. To this, and
this only, was Mr. B. indebted for his meagre majority
of nine over Mr. Hodges. This is the last time of Mr.
Bradshaw's appearance on the Canterbury hustings.
ATTEMPT OF A HUSBAND TO MURDER HIS
WIFE.—On Thursday last, between the hours of one and
two, great excitement prevailed at Faversham, in conse-
quence of a journeyman gunsmith, in the employ of
Mr. Marshall, attempting to kill his wife by cutting her
throat. The weapon used on the occasion was a com-
mon pocket knife, with which he inflicted a severe
gash across the throat, extending from car to ear. He
afterwards attempted his own life with the same weapon.
Surgical aid was at immediate command, and the poor
woman's wound sowed up. It is stated that the prisoner
and his wife have led a miserable life, the prisoner de-
claring that her temper was a perpetual torment ; whilst
his own character is notorious as a common and habitual
drunkard. They had been separated for several years ;
and had only rejoined each other but a few months.
The man, whose name is Filbeam, is but slightly in-
jured. He was taken into custody and examined before
the Magistrates on Friday, but the woman not being
well enough to appear, the prisoner was remanded.—
' Kent Herald.