The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-13 00:00:00

treatment he had received, and was under a surgeon's
hands.

Other witnesses corroborated the evidence of the corn
plainant.

5,80

- Mr. OLIVE said the assault was a most cowardly and
brutal one, for which he should send both prisoners for
trial.—They were both committed accordingly.

THE REGISTRATIONS.
CITY OF LONDON.
On Saturday Mr. T. J. Arnold revised the list of
voters for the parish of St. Giles Without, the only
parish in Cripplegate ward; and the lists for the pa-
rishes of St. Augustine, Christ Church, and St. Faith-
under-St. Paul, in the ward of Farringdon
Henry Fendt, who was on the list for premises in
Bridgewater-gardens, in the parish of St. Giles With-
out, Cripplegate, was objected to by Mr. Luckett
(the Conservative objector) on the ground that he was
an alien.
Mr. Fendt appeared and was sworn; and
Mr. Brown, who supported the objection, asked him
whether he was born in England.
Mr. Fendt refused to answer the question; and
Mr. Ledger (the Liberal agent) submitted that he was
justified in this refusal, on the ground that a man could
not be called upon to answer questions the replies to
which might lead to his disfranchisement.
Mr. ARNOLD considered the question was one which
might properly be put to the witness; but he (Mr.
Arnold) thought it right to state t'.at he had no power
to compel the witness to answer it.
The question was pressed by Mr. Brown, but Mr.
Fendt positively refused to answer it ; and as no evi-
dent,: was adduced to prove the validity of the objection,
the name was retained.
The following is the result of the day's revision :
Sustained. Failed or
Conservative objections 96
............ w..i 121 thdrawn.
Liberal 5 ............... 24
Double 9 ........... ...•
Liberal claims 1
It is expected that the revision will be concluded on
Saturday next.
Mr. ARNOLD proceeded yesterday with the revision of
the lists for the parishes of St. Martin, Ludgate ; St.
Matthew, Friday-street ; St. Faith-under-St. Paul ; St.
Michael le Quern ; St. Peter, Westcheap ; St. Vedast,
alias Foster ; St. Andrew, Holborn ; St. Bartholomew
the Great, and St. Bartholomew the Less, comprised in
the wards of Farringdon Within and Farringdon With-
out, north side.
TheßEvarso BARRISTERgaVe his decision in the case
of Thomas Parsons, who had claimed to be registered
for " rooms " in Aldermanbury, and whose case came
before the Court last week.
It appeared that Mr. Parsons occupied two rooms, be-
tween which there was an internal communication, on
the third floor, and a cellar, which was used as a work-
shop, on the basement story of the same house. The
three rooms were rented by the claimant from the same
landlord. There was no internal communication between
the cellar and the rest of the house, and there was a
distinct et,trance from the street into the cellar or work-
shop. The annual value of the three rooms together
was upwards of 101., but the value of the two rooms or
of the cellar separately was below that sum. The claim
to be rated was fur " two rooms" only.
Mr. ARNOLD said, the first question in this case was
whether the two rooms on the third floor and the cellar
did not constitute two separate and distinct buildings,
which could not be joined together for the purpose of
conferring a qualification. But supposing that these
separate rooms could be regarded as constituting one
building, the question arose whether the claim to be
rated, which was for " two rooms" only, was a sufficient
claim to be rated for the two rooms and the cellar. Al-
though he entertained some doubt on the last point, if
the case had rested upon that point solely, he would have
been disposed to consider it a virtual rating ; but as the
cellar appeared to be a separate and distinct tenement
from the other two rooms, he must decide against the
claimant.
The following statement shows the result of the day's
revision : Failed or
Sustained.
withdrawn.
Conservative objections 69
Liberal ................... 8
Double ..................... 1.5
Liberal claims

MIDDLESEX.
The revision for the list of voters for the county o
Middlesex was commenced yesterday at White Conduit.
house, by Mr. Shadwell, the barrister appointed for that
purpose.

The Liberty of the Rolls, and the parishes of St.
George the Martyr and St. Andrew, were gone through.
The claim of the Rev. W. Rogers was opposed by the
Liberals on the ground of an insufficient description of
his qnalification.
Mr. JAMES, for the
(pbjectors, submitted that the de-
scription of " incumbent of the district church of St.
Thomas, Charter-house," was not a sufficient description.
The law could not recognise such a qualification, and, in
Brighton the barrister had struck off five clergymen out
of six on the same ground.
Mr. Payne, the Conservative agent, said that he was
aware that the Revising Barrister had expunged the
name last year upon the same ground, and if he now
retained his opinion, all he (Mr. Payne) would ask was,
that a case might be granted.
The Learned BAttaisTan said he had no objection
to do so.
Claim disallowed.
The claim of the Rev. Edward Pizey, perpetual curate
of St. Peter's district church, Saffron-hill, was also dis-
allowed under similar circumstances, the Barrister ob-
serving that unquestionably the Rev. Gentleman was
entitled to be on the register if the qualification had been
properly described as " freehold pew rents."
An appeal, in which all cases of a similar nature
would be consolidated, was then granted by the Bar-
rister.

The lists of Gray's Inn, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, St.
George's, Bloomsbury ; Islington, Clerkenwell, and St.
Botolph without Aldersgate, were gone through without
any point meriting notice having arisen.
The overseer of the latter parish presented his bill of
expenses ; but the Barrister refused to allow any, as the
list of objections and claims had not been properly made
out, the claimants being inserted in the general list, and
the objections mixed up with those relating to the City.
Mr. SRADWELL said be hoped it would make the
overseers more careful in future.

In the list of St. Luke's the name of a Mr. D'Effangor
was objected to by Mr. Payne. The claimant's qualifica-
tion was for a rent-charge of 40s. per annum. According
to the deed of grant the first half-yearly payment became
due on July 2, but a receipt dated January 10 was pro-
duced for 11.
Mr. James and Mr. R. Fitch supported the vote, con-
tending that the payment on January 10 was a sufficient
enjoyment of the rent-charge for six months prior to
July 31, to satisfy the Reform Act.
Mr. Payne, on the contrary, urged that the voluntary
payment in January was made for the purpose of obtain-
ing a vote, and that the enjoyment of the rent-charge
could only be said to have commenced on July 2.
The Learned BARRISTER, however, decided that the
payment of the amount in January was a sufficient
seisin in compliance with the statute, and allowed the
vote.

The lists of Islington, St. Marylebone, and Stoke
Newington were disposed of without the occurrence of
aught deserving notice.
The remaining parishes of St. Pancras, Saffron-hill,
and St. Sepulchre, were also gone through without elicit.
ing any feature of importance, and the Court adjourned
shortly before 6 o'clock.

EAST SURREY.

The revising barrister, Mr. T. C. C. Fyshe, held his
Court yesterday, at the Workehouse Committee-room,
Bermondsey, for the purpose of revising the lists of
voters in that district.
Mr. John Curling claimed the right to vote in respect
to a piece of freehold land. A similar claim was made
last year, but rejected.
Mr. Curling said he was ready to depose to the fact
of his being in the receipt of 31. ss. a year for the use
of the piece of land in question. It was used by a person
who kept his cart standing on it, and who paid him that
amount.
The parish officers objected to the claim on the ground
that the land was not bond fide worth 40s. a year. It
was a very small piece of ground, in fact hardly large
enough to hold the cart, the shafts of which extended
beyond it.
The REVISING BARRISTER said he should like to see
the party who occupied the land, in order to hear under
what conditions he did so, and he adjourned his decision
for that purpose.
The Rev. W. Curling, one of the chaplains of St.
Saviour's Church, claimed a right to vote in respect of
his office.
Mr. Stunny, the vestry clerk, opposed the claim, on
the ground, that although the rev. gentleman certainly
held a freehold office, yet that he did not derive such a
revenue from land as would entitle him to a vote, It
ianphpaeirteailmsthgaetnetrwalol chaplains were appointed under a
:
w personally were
local Act, and they were paid by a rate levied upon the
failing to pay. Mr. Stunny reverted to the various Acts
of Parliament bearing upon the question, and contended
ofthei
and chattels, andgoodsr
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event their
that the mode in which the chaplains were paid could
not be sanctioned under freehold interest in land, which
was the qualification under which the right to vote was
now sought to be substantiated.
Mr. J. Curling, who was instructed to support the
claim, argued the point at very considerable length,
and urged that inasmuch as formerly it was perfectly
clear that the incumes of chaplains were derived from
tithes, and that the mode of payment was merely
changed by a recent Act of Parliament to one by
means of a rate, that they were precisely in the same
position, and their ineanies were clearly derivable from
the property and the land in the parish ; that they had
a freehold interest in the land, and therefore were en-
tled to vote.
The REVISING BARRISTER said the only point in the
case was, whether the claimant possessed a freehold
in the land. There was no doubt that be held a free-
hold office, but it appeared to him that the Act of Par-
liament, under which he received his salary, by giving
a power of distraint upon the goods, and of imprison-
ment in the event of non-payment, contemplated a
merely personal liability ; and that there was, conse-
quently, not such an interest in land as was required to
give the right to vote, and the claim must, therefore, be
disallowed.
Sixteen fresh claims, supported by the free traders,
in respect to two freehold houses, worth about 461.
a•year, were all held to be good by the Revising Bar-
rister, and the names of the parties were placed on the
list of voters.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of South Australia, the Mau-
ritius, and the Gambia.