The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-20 00:00:00

REGISTRATIONS -(THIS DA

CITY OF LONDON.
(Before Mr. T. Y. M'CnnisTre).
RULES AS TO COSTS IN CASES OF OBJECTIONS.--"
At the commencement of the sittings of the court
this day Mr. M`CHRISTIE said that he wished to call
the attention of the agents and parties present to the
provisions of the Registration Act as to costs in cer-
tain cases, and laid down the course which it was his
intention to pursue. The Learned Gentleman there
referred to the several clauses of 6th of Vic., c.
for regulating the proceedings in cases of objections
to the names of freemen and liverymen, to appear on
the list of voters, and then proceeded to refer to the
40th section of the Act, which stated " that if in any
case it shall appear to any Revising Barrister holding
any court as aforesaid, that any person shall under
this Act have made, or attempted to sustains an°
groundless, or frivolous, or vexatious claim or objec-
tion, or title to have any name inserted or retained id
their list of voters, it shall be lawful for the barrister'
in his discretion to make such order as he shall
think fit for the payment by such person
of the costs or any part of the cost of
any person, resisting such claim, or objectien•
or title." Then it is provided that such cots
shall not exceed 205., and it is also provided that
wherever any Revising Barrister shall have made anY
such :order for the payment of any sum of money
for costs by any person who shall have made anY
objection as aforesaid, it shall not be lawful for the
other
said Barrister to hear or admit proof of anY
objection, or notice of objection, made or signed by
the said person until the sum of money so ordered
to be paid by him for costs be paid." The reason.
the Learned Gentleman said, he had now taken the
liberty of bringing the notice of these sections it!
detail to their attention was because he had found
that with respect to the general rule as to costs which
he had laid down on Friday morning, that rule Wt.is
considered to be one of importance, and because, 111
a faithful report made to the public, which he had seen,
of what had passed on the o cc asion, there was a slight
mistake—slight, as to the report, but of great impor-
tance as affecting his practice, and which might lead
to inconvenience. It was more than probable that he
himself was to blame for the misapprehension
ret
alluded to, and in consequence perhaps of the
do.
way in which he had announced his view. The u!:
cussion had arisen upon the question of how ground,
less objections were to be dealt with as required
costs, and he confessed he had great difficultyul.
laying down anything like a general rex!
upon the subject, but he had felt it absolutely ne
a:.
sary to do so, because, from what he had seen u
hered to in ourt, there could be no doubt that
.the
number of utterly groundless notices of objectr.s._
which had been given to names retained on avertedl t 9
was enormous. The report to which he had ai
stated that he had said the general rule on which
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should act, with regard to the objections, vvas that
nil
" should require the objections to be gone into,
e,u_
that, if they proved to be groundless or vexatious, ono_
should impose costs. But what he either stated,
intended to stated, as his rule, so far as it could nes
called a rule, was, first, that he should do nothiflat
that he could consider calculated to deter bon y
a _
objections being made and brought forward; secondl,
that where groundless objections were brought for-
ward he should give costs ; and, thirdly, that as
cases of notices of objection which had been giYeus_
when these cases were called on from the lists vvllieu
had been delivered to him, if he were then told the
objections were withdrawn, as those notices had passei
through all the machinery and formalities he bad
just read from the Act, and :the originals had been,
placed in his hands, provided the parties to whose
names the objections had been taken, and upon wh°l
the notice had been served, appeared and Informforrnete
him
that they had received those notices of objections
upon the handwriting'of the objector being proved or
admitted, he should hold, notwithstanding he might be'
told at this late period the objections were withdraw°,
that under the Act the objections had been mad?'
and in such cases give costs, and that was the rule
he should adhere to. It had been contended 11 is
gentleman before him, that because those notices of
objection were not to be attempted to be sustained by
the objecter, he (the Revising Barrister) had no cog'
nisance of them, and could not therefore deal with
them, but he could not accede to such a proposition:
A notice of objection was given and published. 11,,
the objection said that the party objected to was n°l'
in Court, he proceeded to prove his notice of objec-
tion, and then the person objected to not being
present to prove the qualification of the Act of Pa:
liament required him to erase that person's name, but
if the objector sees him in Court, he seemed to failef
that he had only to state that he had been neisirr
formed by somebody, and that be withdrew his
objection. The party groundlessly objected to there
ffroarenchhiasdedr
orly of
fe
making
our'
gative, either of being
simply to hear from the objhecistort appearance
in
eon
of his appearance there was no objection to him.
isnequ Cenne
Was that not a case for costs ? Look at the situationa
in which a person objected to was placed—certaa
disfranchisement if he did not appear, however n
rr
assailable his qualification might be, upon the
of
mere proof, without another word in his absee,
a groundless notice of objection to him Navinh
been giving. When he (the Learned Gentlenianf
announced his principle of proceeding, it was stir
gested that such a rule might induce the objector 1n•
all cases to proceed to have his objections, orobjector
notices, fully discussed, though he might feel satis-
fied. they were totally untenable. His answer to
that was, that he should 'endeavour so to refr:"
late the amount of costs as that if he found any
sun?
system resorted to, he should have in his own beau
a check upon it, or at any rate, a power to Cause is
payment to be made for any such unnecessary Pr°-
ceeding and consumption of time.
The Court then proceeded with the Livery, cool"
mencing with the Founders' Company.
Several objections were sustained on both sidef•
chiefly on the ground of residence beyond the rem
quired bounds.

LIEUT. MUNRO'S SENTENCE.
In the course of Saturday a communication vills
received by the governor of Newgate from Sir George
Grey, the Secretary of State for the Home DeP art
ment, announcing that her Majesty had been rs,l
ciously pleased to commute the sentence which hit:
been recorded (that of death) on Lieutenant klex
ander Thompson Munro, to twelve months' iraP
irls°ll..
~..
ment in her Majesty's Gaol of Newgate. The infer'
illation was instantly conveyed by Mr. Cope, t
governor, to Lieut. Munro, who expressed his deen
pv
gratitude for the clemency which had been accord
ci
to him. Although in accordance to the rules a ft% f
regulations of the prison, Lieut. Munro Was, htit
the sentence had been recorded, removed from t
part of the prison in which untried persons are of the
yet everything that could add to the comfort °
unfortunate gentleman has been done. erifiato
a great. portion of his time in reading selaiDr
besides being visited by the governor, then Iptit,
and the sheriffs, as well as his friends; in fact, --ceo
Munro. is as comfortable as the peculiar circums.tiled,
of his case will permit. It may here be reenribtirty
that on his trial there were between thirty and hfs
persons.. who had come from Tain, the place ealg
nativity in Ross-shire, at their own expense, Tastor•
to his general character, hut it was considered
cessary to call them.

officer,Goo Di ..---------llop;:icetters i
They °tato that Sir Harry Owitb, or wale active Pp
rhgAe
eP2tEi 20th tohr of July have been received,rb°;l324ePiCtoiltPab_rilnii.
to be ready to b
energetic
" nothing is '
ing doing
rkmfuocrh rEre3giunircie:l in lander
in Kafirland but letting them p •
cattle w • • while waiting for reinforcements, The 90t13 RV'
ment was sent down three months since to Cape Tort!+
back to the frontiers, and all -the soldiers calling here it!
ships, on their way home from India, are detained and
sent up to the frontiers. Perfect child's play, and verf
the colon'', I
harassing to the feelings of the soldiers, to be sent one
het is agaid ordered
way, then back again, over and over again. The coloq
is in a wretched state, and " getting worse daily inatesa
of better." Rear-Admiral Dacras was waiting for d!S'
the M
patches from England before he went to
auritian:
in the President No letters had been received fro 0.
England later than April. The Seringapatain
ship was daily looked for. The Brilliant, 26, WO at t.e.
Cape, and Captain Watson was to carry on the 01_,
dhuadring the absence of the Admiral. The Nimrod,
_bd
gone to the Mauritius for specie. The Rosanict,,
steamer was employee' in carrying troops and stores
been here to coal, and
l a zer,
gone Ltioeufftennrawnieth tolnrgesr:o3:l9lrii the
surveyingwithie dtuhteies.
Waterloo and Buffalo Bays. The Snake cruizing ia,.1.; r
. amb,ique, and Eurydice at the Isle of rance. tei e
majesty s steamer B IV e 11116
s.cripedryonoift. MAonitarPgaerncraesa
last two days a funeral stone lia! bell;
placedcemetery
over the tomb of the Duke de Praslin, in
inscribe'
in the centre. * sse.hasSboeennarameerebl
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DEATH OF ADMIRAL BLOYE, C.8.--Rear-imom-
sßeobert Bloye, C.B„ died at his residence, Ning's-terrse;
had utbsea, on Tuesday night, which sudden that she
so powerful an effect upon Mrs. Bloye, that she dicl
inR three hours afterwards of grief. The gallant retirt
_ eeanr.Admiral was midshipman of the Marlborough,4
yas been In:
ofli 'e's action of the glorious Ist of June ; corantseae3
the Lyra on the north coast of Spain in 181
arti 2 and 181
1 at
the siege
in active co-operation with the patriots, pcularq -_
the defence of Castro, while serving on shore at
of St. Sebastian.
THE FAILURE OF MESSRS. GEMMELL BROTIII4IOI
At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Gionnlf i
Brothers, and the foreign houses connected With rich
firm, held on Friday, statements were submitted w..rhicr
showed favourably for the house in the Lima and Val'
paraiso trade. Its surplus, after discharging all Habib.'
ties, appears to be large, and the business, therefor?,
will not be interrupted. The affairs of the c
orps
House also appeared to be in a much less disasir
position than bad been supposed" Brigid; Pa;"

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