The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-22 00:00:00

NG, SEPTEMBE

REGISTRATIONS:
CITY OF WESTMINSTER.

Mr. J. F. Macqueen, the barrister, resumed and
concluded the revision of the lists of voters for the
city and liberty of Westminster on Saturday.
The names of James Thomas 13roadwood, James
Shute Broadwood, and Henry Fowler Broadwood,
were on the register as possessing a qualification by
occupying a yard and workshops in Grosvenor-
terrace, but their place of abode was not mentioned.
Mr. Huggett said the Registration Act required
that every information should be afforded as to the
residence of the voter, in order that those who ob-
jected to his vote should know where to serve the ne-
cessary notice of objection ; and he quoted the case
of " Luggett v. Knowles," which was an appeal to
the Common Pleas. In that case the party was de-
scribed as living at Greenwich, whereas his true
place of abode was queen-square, Bloomsbury. The
Chief Justice held that the barrister had power under
the 40th section of the Act to amend the register, but
he went on to say that if no address, or if an inaccu-
rate address were given, and no sufficient explanation
was afforded, then it was the duty of the barrister to
strike the party's name off the register. Now, in
this case there was no address, nor had any explana-
tion been given ; he therefore submitted that the
names of these gentlemen should be struck out. He
believed the faot to be that one of the parties resided
at Brighton, and if that had appeared on the register
it would be a disqualification, because the party would
be living more than seven miles from Westminster.
This, perhaps, was the reason why no place of abode
was stated in the list.

The BARRISTER did not think the case of Luggett
and Knowles was one in point, because there the ob-
jection was as to the inaccuracy of the description of
the voter's residence; but in the present case there
was no description at all, and to meet the dictum of
the Chief Justice he referred to the subsequent case
of " Walker v. Payne," which was precisely similar
to the one then before him, in which case Mr. Jus-
tice Maule said that the place of abode need not be
stated where the party had in fact no distinct place of
abode, as in the case, for instance, of persons belong-
ing to the army or navy, or when parties were travel-
ling abroad; and acting upon the authority of this de-
cision, he should retain the names of Messrs. Broad-
wood on the list.

Mr. Smedley, the returning officer, suggested to
the Court that the designation of " Reverend," which
was given to certain parties on the list should be
struck out, as being unnecessary, and calculated to
attract notice, sometimes invidiously, to persons in
respect to the manner in which they might exercise
their franchise.

The BARRISTER asked whether a revising barrister
was to have his attention occupied by such a subject.
The designation certainly was not required, but since
it had been inserted, he saw no necessity for striking
it out.

Mr. Huggett said all that the Legislature required
was, the insertion of the Christian and surname of the
party entitled to vote, and if the title of " Reverend"
were admitted it would soon grow into a practice of
affixing to the names of all the members of learned
societies their peculiar designations, so that by-and-
by the register would consist of D.D.'s, F.L.S.'s, and,
perhaps, even grand masters of all the lodges of Odd
Fellows.

The BARRISTER saw so ground for entertaining the
objection, and refused to strike out the word.
Mr. Huggett wished to explain what had fallen
from him the other day on the subject of the pay-
ment of the assessed taxes, and which appeared to
have been misunderstood. The Registration Act
required that all taxes due up to the sth of January
should be paid on or before the 20th of July follow-
ing, in order to entitle a person to be on the register.
By law the taxes were payable quarterly ; therefore
those due at Christmas ought to be paid on or before
the 20th of July ; but the custom was for the collec-
tors not to require their payment till after that period,
it therefore often happened that people were disfran-
chised because they had not paid up their Christmas
taxes on or befcre the 20th of July. Mr. Huggett
therefore recommended all householders wishing to be
on the register to tender payment of such taxes on or
before the 20th of July.
The lists having been gone through and duly
signed, the revision of the city of Westminster ter-
minated.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Mr. Fenn, the secretary of the Royal Free Hos-
pital, in the Gray's Inn-road, waited upon Sir Peter
Laurie, with the view of giving an account of the
money received (by contributions) by Mr. Alderman
Humphery and the Royal Free Hospital for Jane
Wilbred. Mr. Fenn stated that in consequence of the
notoriety attached to the C 390 of this poor girl, and as
many persons felt interested in her welfare, particu-
larly those who bad forwarded donations for her, he
felt it his duty to give a statement publicly as to the
expenditure of the money so collected.
Sir PETER LAURIE said it afforded him great plea-
sure to give Mr. Fenn the opportunity for so doing,
and he felt assured the press, who were ever ready in
the cause of the friendless and distressed, would not
withhold the statement, which, without doubt, the
public had long expected.
Mr. Fenn said Jane Wilbred had been in a highly
respectable family for the last five months as house-
keeper's assistant, and had won the esteem of every
one by her cleanliness, industry, and cheerful diapo-
sition. She had written several letters to the matron
and nurse of the hospital, as well as to himself, ac-
knowledging in the most grateful terms the kindness
she had received from them.

Sir P. LAURIE said he was glad to hear that she
was at length comfortable and happy, for her suffer-
ings had been very great during the two years she
was with the Sloanes.

Mr. Fenn said that from the funds which had been
contributed by various benevolent individuals she
had been supplied with two complete sets of clothing.
The total amount of money received for her was
721. 3s. 6d., out of which Si. 6s. 10d. had been ex-
pended for her outfit, leaving a balance of 631. 16s.
Bd., which he had invested in the names of trustees
for her future benefit.

Sir P. LAURIB said it was very gratifying to him,
and must be also to the public, to know that in this
instance the money so subscribed had not been lavishly
expended, so as to reduce the balance to a mere
nothing, as was generally the case under similar cir-
cumstances. The conduct of Mr. Fenn and the au-
thorities of the Royal Free Hospital was exceedingly
praiseworthy, and great credit was due to Mr. Fenn
for having expended a portion of the money so econo-
mically, and for disposing of the balance judiciously.
He hoped that it might be the means of bringing an
increase of patronage to that institution.