The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-23 00:00:00

ST. GEORGE'SrIN-.THE-EAST.

In this parish the number of persons qualified to vote
during the last year amounted to 999, but in the present
year rather more than one half of the individuals in ques-
tion appear to he disfranchised, in consequence of not hav-
ing paid their assossed taxes. Their poor rates, it further
appeared, they duly paid ; but this was not sufficient unless
accompanied by the payment of the above-mentioned taxes.
The house tax having been repealed will prevent a recur-
rence of this cause of disfranchisement in the ensuing year.

A supplementary list, comprising the names of thirty-
ST. JOHN'S, HACKNIL
three ratepayers, which were omitted by some oversight in
the printed lists placed on the church doors, was handed to
Mr. Sandys by Mr. Pulley, the vestry-clerk, for the pur-
pose of having them admitted ; but of the whole number
only seven were allowed, the parties requiring to be ad-
mitted having principally made their claims verbally instead
of in writing, as the Act requires. Some few of the claim-
ants sent written notices, but they were rejected, owing to
their not having been drawn out after the form prescribed
by the Act.

THE CASE OF AN OVERSEER.
In the above-named list was the name of Mr. John
Hanks, one of the overseers of the parish, as that of one
of the claimants to be admitted. Mr. Hanks appeared to
support his claim in person, and to state how his name came
to be omitted in the original list, from which it appeared
that he had been ill in the country at the time the list was
made out, but supposed, as he had always paid his rates,
his name would be inserted in the list as a matter of course.
This, however, was not done, and the Revising Barrister
considered that his claim could not be entertained as he had
not given a written notice on the subject.
Mr. Hanks considered this a hard case, inasmuch as he '
had been rated during a number of years at about 60/. a
year ; and he suppOsed, as overseer, a written notice would
not be required from him.

Alr. SANDYS—The question appears to be, is an over-
seer required by the law to give notice or not ?
Mr. Pulley, the Vestry Clerk, replied, that in his opinion
an overseer was not bound to serve notice on himself ; the
matter related to his own breast.

Mr. SANDYS said that he thought differently, inasmuch
as the preparation of the list w•as not allotted to an indivi-
dual overseer, but, on the contrary, to the major part of the
overseers of the parish ; the overseer in question should,
therefore, have informed his brother overseers.

Mr. Staunton, one of Mr. Hanks's brother overseers,
here stood forward, and said that he considered it a very
hard case indeed on Mr. Hanks, who requested him (Mr.
Staunton), and his brother overseers, to " see justice done
to him." (Laughter ; amidst which a voice muttered,
" And ye have done so," which increased the merriment.)
It appears that Mr. Staunton and his colleagues altoge-
ther forgot their friend and fellow-overseer when making
out the list.

Another of the overseers, alluding to the thirty-three
gentlemen whose names were omitted in the original list,
here observed, in a manner which caused mu,ch laughter, as
he looked seriously at his brother overseers, " We'll be in a
nice mess about this business ; here's a lot of gentlemen
disfranchised, most of whom live in the Grove (Hackney),
and pay from one to two hundred a year rent. They'll talk
to us nicely about it." It appeared from the list that the
voters, who in the last year amounted to 2,000, in this do
not number more than 1,500, -owing, as in the parish of
St. George and numerous other parishes, to the house-
holders thus disfranchised not having paid their rates.
The business of the day here closed, and the Court ad-
journed.

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