The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-17 00:00:00

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CITY ofLONDON REdISTAA,
The registration and revision of the liitioliiers
for the City of Londou commenced at to yeSter4o.-
morning, before T. Y. M'Christie, Esq., in ,Pe,
of Common Pleas, Gui I. The Libec
were represented by Mr. Sidi.ey Smitn a cgraS
Ledger, and the Conservative by Mr. S. Brown. e
entire morning wes occupied in receiving and veri-
fying the lists of voters. It will appear from be
annexed statement that no less than 9,782 votes will hay"
to be inquired into. Names which have been omitted
from the overseers' and livery lists, 1,853 ; new names
which have been placed on the lists (politics un-
known), 3,890 ; Conservative objections, 2,279 ;
Conservative claims, 76; Radical objections, 1,181 ;
Radical claims, .503 ; total, 9,782. In the above Bat
of objections, 409 have' been taken by both parties,
which will reduce the number for inquiry to 9,414.
The first case decided was that of Mr. Francis, of
the Apothecaries' Company. This voter was Glescribed
on the printed list of his company as being of- " Lea
Park," and the4lescription was objectecl,toon the ground
of insufficiency. It was further alleged that, in faclt,
Mr. Francis lived more than seven miles from the
City, and it was attempted to be shown that he re-
sided at Ramsgate.
On behalf of Mr. Francis it was proved that be
lived at Lea Park, Blackheath, and that the only
ground for assuming that he resided at Ramsgate was
that he occasionally visited his daughters there. A
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sent a petition to the House of Coinmons complaining
of the decision.

The REVISING BARRISTER—YOU may do as you
please about that.
Mr. Brown complained of the hardship of compell-
ing the payment of costs when Mr. Francis had nut
been at the trouble ,f attending the court,

The ReXISING BARRISTER :Lid 1-,e should adhere
to the decision he had pronounced ; the voter had
employed another person to defend his right, and was
fairly entitled to costs.
In a somewhat similar case to the above, that of a
Air. Hoard, of the Baker's Company, and for many
years a common councilman, the Court allowed the
vote, which was objected to by the Conservatives, and
gave costs, notwithstanding an inaccuracy in the de-
scription of the residence. The Revising Barrister
founded his decision on the doctrine laid down by the
Court of Common Pleas that residence forms no part
of the qualification, and said he could not admit that
the principle was inapplicable in the case of livery-
men. He agreed with Mr. Arnold as to the necessity
of discouraging speculative objections where the quali-
fication was evidently good in substance. It was
then arranged that the business for to-morrow should
commence at the Barbers' and end at the Fruiterers'
Company.
The Court adjourned at half-past five o'clock.

WESTMINSTER REGISTRATION.

Yesterday a notice was issued by Francis Smedley,
Esq., the High Bailiff of the city and liberty of West-
minster, stating that Francis Bailey, Esq., the bar-
rister appointed to revise the list of voters for that
city, would hold his first court on Tuesday, the 28th
instant, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, in the Vice-
Chancellor's Court, Westminster Hall. The number
of claims and objections are very great. The Liberals
will be represented by Mr. Huggett, and the Conser-
vatives by Mr. Score. On concluding the Westmin-
ster registration, the same Learned Gentleman will
revise the lists of the boroughs of Marylebone, Fins-
bury, and the Tower Hamlets.

A SECOND " BOY JONES."—A man named Michael
Homes, who appeared to be labouring under a fit of in-
sanity, and who is a stonemason by trade, was on Satur-
day last charged before the magistrates with scaling the
outer walls of Baker's Bazaar, in Dudley-street, at five
o'clock that morning. The case was proved—but it
appeared that since the unfortunate man had become
insane he had shown a climbing propensity, which no
precaution on the part of those who were connected with
him could by any possibility control. In consideration
of the mental hallucination under which the prisoner
laboured, he was discharged.—Rirmingham Advertiser.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT SIR JOHN WEIR HOGG'S.—
An inquest was held yesterday by Mr. Bedford, at St.
George's Hospital, on the body of William Bidnell, a
carpenter. On the morning of the 14th instant the de-
ceased and others were at work at the residence of Sir
John Weir Hogg, No, 16, Grosvenor-square. He and a
man named Bailey were standing on a temporary scaf-
fold, about eleven feet high, when the part on which de-
ceased was standing gave way, and he fell and received
a fracture of the skull, which caused his death the same
afternoon. Verdict, " Accidental death."
THE CONVICT LEITH.—We understand a com-
munication was received on. Saturday by the acting
chief magistrate of Dundee, intimating the decision of
the authorities in the case of Leith, to the effect that—
" The law must take its course." The information was
intimated to the unfortunate man, who heard it without
manifesting any emotion. He still professes innocence
of the crime for which he is condemned to suffer. A
petition for his pardon was on Saturday night trans-
mitted to the proper quarter, signed by from four to five
thousand individuals.—Dundee Adecitiser.
NAVIGATION or THE TAY.—Captain Denham has
arrived at Dundee for the purpose of maki. g an inves-
tigation into the way in which the Tay is d. One
fact justifies, we think, the present investigation—the
great loss annually uff. red by vessels being wt ecked at
the mouth of the river. We have endeavoured more
than once to get a list of the losses which have been
sustained during the last ten years, but we know of no
regular record having been kept, nor of any way by
which one could be supplied.--Dunthe Advertiser.
JENNY LlND.—This fair vocalist was literally be-
sieged in the New Royal Hotel yesterday forenoon, and
Mademoiselle could only get an airing by the ruse of
sending her coach round to the back door in Register-
street.—Caledonian Mercury.
HEROIC CONDUCT.—OIt Saturday week the mate
of one of the steamers fell into the river, when Mr.
Ebenezer Bates, of 62, Seacornbe-street, plunged into the
water, and after a struggle of a quarter of an hour suc-
ceeded in rescuing him. He was insensible when brought
tai shore, but after being at the Northern Hospital for a
day or two recovered. On the following Monday Mr.
Bates was the instrument of saving another life. On
this occasion a man, named William Westby, fell from
the Sarah Davison, to which vessel he belongs, with a
tar barrel and a bucket in his hands. Had it not been
for the truly heroic exertions of Mr. Bates, poor Westby
would, in a few minutes, have been a corpse.—Livervool
Standard.
During the gale which prevailed on the night of
the 3d inst. several accidents occurred among the ship-
ping on our coast. The Joseph Alexander, of this port,
was run into by the Hope, which took her crew on
board, and she was brought in here a derelict, having
been picked up the following morning by the Commer-
cial, of Newcastle. She had a valuable cargo on board,
and proved a fine prize. The sloop Joseph and Mary
Anne, of Goole, was also run into by the brig Beevor,
of Sunderland, by which the crew were brought to
Yarmouth the following day. She went ashore at Has-
borough, and it is feared will become a wreck. The
brig Violet, of Newcastle, was also run into by a large
brig, and was deserted by. her crew, except the master
and mate, who succeeded in bringing her into Yarmouth,
though with loss of bowsprit and other damage.— Yar-
mouth Advertiser.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT RUTHERGLEN.—Yesterday
(Sabbath) morning, Newfield Mill, Rutherglen, the pro-
perty of Mr. M'Naughtan, cotton spinner, was com-
pletely destroyed by fire. About one o'clock the fire
was first discovered, when a messenger,was dispatched to
Glasgow for the fire engines. The Glasgow fire-brigade
and te West of England fire-engine were soon upon
the
spot, but, by the time of their arrival, they found it
_ im-
possible to save any portion of the milTl h_l. .he
• h had caught fire were saved by the
to the mill
exertions of the firemen. Ina stable close
bfiureildiroaggsedwhwi•cith uncontrolled fury. wo adjoining
One or two horses were so seriously burnt that they had
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considerablebeed .d es th raovd3e.
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ltehYallrened, but it must be very consider-
able We understand, however, that the 1,165 will be
partlyle covered by
t insurance.hrownout ofßyt:lntipl
tautiluttrthbiserthoef
peop
dullest season of the year. I Ho- the fire originated has
held on Wednesday before Mr. Corry, on the body
Taylor,ijohM it appeared that deceased and the witness, to-
not bAeTeNnos:aAes ascertained.—Glasgow
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inquest
witness
named
a was
dgreitnhkerinwgitaht aa mp:bnlicnahmouesde Gineolirgoe Smith, had been
d street, and were
wrestling together. Deceased, %leo°
when Smith struck
toxicated, afterwards threatened Smith,was- very much is-
desire to fight,
face which felled himhimanad ebxlopwreisnse.tdehis?
to the ground.
him up, and took him home to his wife, aleldvitansesisstepclichkima
to bed. About halt-past three the same morning
.de-
ceased's wife called witness, saying that he was dying.
In the course of the morning he gut worse, and died at
halt-past eight o'clock. Other witnesses were called,
and corroborated the main facts of the case, one of them
only stating a blow was struck by prisoner.—Mr. Han-
nah, surgeon, who was called in, said he found deceased
in a state of insensibility, with symptoms of depression
of the brain. There was a small wound over and be-
hind the left year. He had since made a post mortera
examination. Death was caused by contact with some
hard substance, which caused effusion upon the brain by
rupturing the blood vessel. It was possible that effects
like those seen might have been produced by the man
falling from intoxication. The jury returned a verdict
SAGACITY.—Then
fenrdoiwng who
hcoatWest
hadoccasionally
b Britonu t gives
n looking
of " Manslaughter " against the prisoner, who was com-
miAttedNmfoArttrial.
affectingvsree
lya
Wesleyan
anecdotecapel
,obfuta
in, took measures for self-defence. This is all very well,
and very pretty, but it is nothing to an old female
sparrow of our acquaintance, who, having hopped the
twig—that is to say, flown away from the hedges—re-
tired to a sacred edifice to build her nest; but, with a
beautiful instinct of preservation from feline enemies,
took her departure on ascertaining that she had got int 9
a russey ite church,—Punch,