The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-20 00:00:00

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" ST. BOTOLPII, ALDGATE.-REGISTRATION EXPENSSI4,
1847. £ 5. a.
Preparing list of voters (740)
Paid printer
17 0 0
List of claims (71)
2 18 o
List of objections (217)

£27 6 °

" I allow 20s. for the above.
" T. Y. M'CIIRISTIE, Revising Barrister.
" Oct. 20, 1847."
The lists of this parish, it will be remembered,
were very inaccurate; hence the refusal of the 10'
vising Barrister to allow even the costs of printing
the lists.
There appears to be a slight discrepancy in the re;
suit of the revision as given by the two parties. The
statement as above is that of the Liberal party.
The following is the result of the revision as show*
by the numbers of the Conservative agent (off'
Brown) :

Sustd.
Conservative objections heard . 1,826 1,066 76"
Radical objections heard
.•• 762 403 3") a
,;i
Objections by both parties ... 368 350

2,956 1,819 1,131
The objections 'in the Tower Ward were
wi
drawn, and were as follows
Objections by Conservatives ... 75
Objections by Radicals ... ... 37
Double objections ••• ... 12
CLAIMS.

--------
By Conservatives
... ... 64 6td
58
By Radicals
•• ... 565 173 392
Sus. Failed
Majority upon objections in favour of Con-
servatives .. ... .. ... ... 663
Majority upon claims in favour of Radicals 167

Majority in favour of Conservatives upon
the entire revision
•• ••• ••. 49G
Of the large number of names-thus erased from the
lists on objections it appears on examination that am
majority is composed of names appearing as new, the
numbers being as under :
Erased on objections by Liberals. Tories. VA'
Of names on present register 263 295 90
Of new names
... 147 755 260
Total erased ... 410 1,050 350
The success of either party may be thus condensed:—"
Liberals. Tori'
Claims allowed • • 164 • 7
„ disallowed (Tory) 67 (Liberal) 369
Objections sustained ... 410 1,050
„ by both parties 350 350
Objections failed (Tory) 864 (Liberal) 396
~ „by both parties 31 31
1,886
Deduct claims disallowed 67

2,203
369

,819 834
The large number of claims disallowed tol, eitbor
party may be in some measure accounted for
claims being made anticipatory of an objection to an
erroneous description in the list, which, should L°
objection be made, hecomes unnecessary, and in those
cases where an objection has been made and sto'
tained, and the claim also allowed, the claim /135
been counted as disallowed and the objection failed.
If the claims disallowed are deducted from the above
result the numbers will stand as in the above last lino.
There appears to be a slight discrepancy in the
actual results of .the revision as given by the Liberal
and Conservative agents. The above list is furnished
by the Liberals, and shows a majority in favour of
the Conservatives upon the whole revision of 317.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STARES.-8 to 1 agst Geraltlii*
(off), 12 to 1 agst The Prior of St. Margaret's (t) /3
to 1 agst Patriot (t), 14 to 1 agst Collingwood, 15 to
1 agst Giselle (t), 15 to I agst Blackbird (off), 16 to I
agst Hydrangea (off), 18 to 1 agst George Hudson (t),
20 to 1 agst The Cur (t), 25 to 1 agst Dulcet (t), 25 t°
1 agst Pic Nic (t), 30 to 1 agst Grimston (t), 30 to I
agst Sagacity (t), 20 to 1 agst Grimston.and Mackie (t).
Grimston and Mackie are expected to reach New'
market on Friday.
No Derby betting.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
WORCESTER NOVEMBER MEETING, 1847,
FIRST DAY.—Match, 100, h ft, one mile, owners lir': Count Bathyany's, Ll Ist 71b, agst Lord Strathmore
Cha:ham, list.
NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1848.
The match between Bridle and Chainbearer is brougt
forward to Monday.
MONDAY.—Match, 200, h ft, R.M.—Mr. Gregor)
Clermont, Bst 71b, agst Lord Glasgow's Disconte"'
7st 71b.

allowance for +.!-Ie rurforma.nce of the worle—aye• andf
as it ought to be (101. e, too—yet there is this rider ea
51. ss. tacked to the account for literally nothing, And
ultra the full charge for printing, besides other ,_
surd charges ; and if any persons fancy I can or 03",
allow such wild extravagaices in the disposal f"
money drawn out of the pockets of the public, and 111_
cases where there can be no investigation into the
justice or injustice of it, except before me, they 01
find themselves egregicusly mistaken. Then there 31
hundreds and hundreds of pounds put down as P'y
to collectors of poor rates for their attendance;
and fees of three guineas and so on, to this, that, and
the other assessed tax collector, amounting again t°
many hundreds of pounds, for allowing their backs
to be looked at l©y overseers, and furnishing 001
with extracts as they are required by the Act to del
and for attending the Court, not one shilling of whictl
will I allow. 'these are all parish paid officers ; they
are either paid by salaries or by per centages on the
moneys they collect, and in some instances by both.
The Act of Parliament requires them to do certaifl.
duties—the assessed tax collectors to ftlaliSP
lists of defaulters to the overseers, and 11
of them to attend this Court ; and if the/
don't, they are liable to be fined. They kticd9
they must assist in the duties of the registrll.
tion, and if they think they are not sufficiently Pali
they can resign their office at any hour. Dell'
again, there are pounds upon pounds charged for the
employment of parish beadles to. post the notice°.
Why, those are paid officers also, and the overseers
are bound either to go themselves and affix the
notices as required of them by the Act of Parliamen4
or to order them already paid, at the expense of the
parish beadle, to do it for them. And as to large
sums put down for coach hire to this court'
and refreshments, all these are quite out
the question, and cannot be allowed. In some
cases every farthing of the large sums wbie"
have been incurred as expenses, have, through the
gross negligence of the overseers, their v estry• clerks
and collectors, as shown in the defective manner ill
which they have made their lists, been worse es'
pended than if it had been thrown into the Thames'
I have some little doubt whether I am at Ebert/
under the Act to reject all claims for expenses is
reference to those lists, but to avoid the difficulty, 1f '
shall allow something—a precious small something
for some of them ; it will be merely nominal, parts'
cularly where I have been obliged to fine the ova'
seers ; and these are the general views under which
I shall proceed to deal with the accounts, however
painful to me it is so to have to discharge my duty.
The REVISING BARRISTER then proceeded, in con'
formity with the principles as above laid down, to lop
off a large number of the professional charges, not.
withstanding the loud remonstrances of the vestry'
clerks and overseers who were present.
Tne following is an average specimen of the Inoclje
in which the Revising Barrister dealt with some I°'
the Bills :