The Sun.
London, England, 1835-09-30 00:00:00

BT. MILDRED-POULTRY.

There were four objections in this list by Mr. Goodeve,
three of which were allowed, and one withdrawn.—One
objection by Mr. Trott to Mr. Edward Foster, the banker,
on the ground of his not residing within seven miles of
London, was allowed—Mr. Foster having sent a written
statement that he did not reside within the distance pre-
scribed by the Act.
The name of John Mills, of St. Mildred-court, was ob-
jected to by Mr. Goodeve.
The assistant-overseer produced the rate-books, and in
one instance the entry was, " the occupier," in the others
the name of John Mills was inserted. The rates had been
paid by Mr. Mills even in the case where the word " occu-
pier" was inserted.
After some discussion, the Revising Barrister postponed
his decision.

ST. MICHAEL, WOOD-STREET.

There were thirteen claims in this parish. Four were
supported by Mr. Trott and allowed, and two, supported
by Mr. Goodeve, were also allowed. In the remaining
seven the parties did not appear, and the claims were dis-
allowed. No point of any interest came under discussion.
In the course of the day Mr De Mole, the Clerk of the
Merchant Tailors' Company, appeared to support the claim
of Mr. Alderman Ansley, which had been postponed from a
former day, in order to procure proof of residence.
Mr. Walters proved that Mr. Alderman Ansley had re-
sided for more than twelve months at his house in Arundel-
street, Strand. The claim was allowed.

ST. MICHAEL ROYAL.

The revision of the list for this parish was then proceeded
with.

Mr. TAMLYN has upwards of 40 parishes still on his list.

(Before Mr. CRAIG.)
The Court having sat at half-past nine o'clock, proceeded
to give judgment in several cases which stood over. In
the case of Mr. Thomas Browne, of 124, Minories, an ob-
jection had been taken to his claim on the ground that he
had not been properly rated according to the Act. The evi-
dence in the case showed that he took possession of the
house in question in the middle of a quarter, and the over-
seers did not rate him for the half quarter, it not being usual
to do so in the parish, and they wrote against the House
for that time " not liable."

Mr. CRAIG was of opinion that the remission of the half
quarter's rate by the overseers being merely according to
custom, and not on account of the non-ability to pay of the
claimant, it did not affect his right to vote, and therefore
he placed his name on the register. In the case of Mr.
John Dodd, of Vine-street, who claimed in respect of a
house, when in fact he occupied only a shop, an objec-
tion had been taken to the improper description of the pre-
mises for which the claim was made. Mr. CRAIG held the
objection to be good, and disallowed the claim.
Several other judgments were given, but they contained
no point of interest, the questions being merely upon the
sufficiency of rating and occupation.

THE REGISTRATION.

COWES.

The Barristers' Court was opened this day (Monday) at
twelve o'clock, in the Town-Hall, to revise the list of voters
for the north division of the parish of Whippingham, in-
cluding the town of East Cowes; and the parish of Northwood,
including the town of West Cowes,
The Rev. J. W. Arnold was objected to by the Inde-
pendent party as not having the qualification he stated, " Lia-
bility to a rent of 501." Several objections to the notice were
taken, but not being sustained the vote was disallowed.
* The Tory objection o the vote of Jeremiah Blake broke
down, and his name w laced on the register.
To Fitzroy Blashfor he Liberals objected on the ground
of non-age. His ,birth-day was celebrated on the 18th of
September—vote allowed.
Andrew Bull, opposed by the Reformers—struck off.
James Civil, opposed by the Reformers—struck off.
Henry Dashwood, opposed by the Reformers—notice of ob-
jection not signed.
Thomas Harling, opposed by the Tories—deferred.
Wm. George Shedden, opposed by the Reformers—no
proof of the notice of objection being served.
R. J. Shedden, E. C. Shedden, and R. C. Shedden—ditto.
The opposition by the Liberals to the claim of C. M'lntosh
Smith failed from a defect in the service of notice. It ap-
peared Mr. Smith had left the hou3e, and let the land for
which he claimed for nine months.

Mr. Tanner's claim was successfully resisted by the Liberals.
R. Whitmarsh, objected to by the Tories; qualification wrong
described—struck off.

NORTHWOOD.

Thomas Blake, objected to by the Reformers—struck off.
William Caws, objected to by the Reformers—considera•
.ion reserved. _ _

John White, land given to him by his father, but not con-
veyed—adjourned.
James Corke, objected to by the Tories as in the borough—
adjourned.
John Dennison, objected to by the Reformers—allowed.
Joseph Dalton, objected to by the Reformers—struck off.
Charles Day, Esq., objected to by the Tories—allowed.
TUESDAY, NINE O'CLOCK —James Corke's case again ad-
journed. His house both parties stated to be in the county ;
and a stage, with a washhouse, &c., on it built out on the har-
bour, in the borough ; a small paved yard between the two, over
which the town. clerk said the boundary line run. The
boundary has never been fixed, but in the mind of the above
personage.
John White—again adjourned.
The claim of William Caws was admitted. The decision
in this case settles the question of renting under more than one
landlord ; the amount, 60/. per annum, without any reference
to the number of landlords, constituting the claim.

William Drover—struck off. _
James Drover, error in description—struck off.
W. Johnston, objected to by the Reformers—struck off.
R. H. Mathews, ditto, ditto.
Goodenough, ditto, ditto.
George Anson, an alien, objected to by the Reformers—
error in the service of the notice.
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Thomas Hilmon, opposed by the Tories—allowed.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

MR. EDITOR,—You will be glad to hear that the Offi-
cers composing the Naval Club at this port are forsaking their
Tory principles, and becoming supporters of the present
Administration ; at least we are led to suppose so, as they,
who never before gave a dinner to any Admiralty, have in-
vited the Earl of Minto, one of his Majesty's Ministers, to
a dinner on his arrival here.
We cannot, however, help expressing our surprise at this
sudden and most disinterested change in the politics of the
members of the Club, (knowing as we do that out of the
seventy or eighty members comprising the Club, mostly all
of whom are Freemen, only five or six, at the utmost, sup-
ported the liberal candidates at the late elections here), and
can only attribute it to the probability of the present Minis-
ters remaining long in office ; and I really think this con-
duct on the part of the Tories here should be exposed.
YOUR CONSTANT READER.
Davenport, Sept. 37, 1835.

We hare to record a most lamentable accident
which occurred at the residence of Sir James Flower, Bart.,
Eccles Hall, Norfolk. Upon the grooms going into the
stables at the usual hour on Tuesday morning, they were
alarmed at the appearance of fire, and were equally sur-
prised at seeing the ashes of four very valuable grey car-
riage horses, which had perished in the flames. The acci-
dent appears to have occurred from an adjoining flue, which
had caused one of the rafters of the stable to ignite. In a
few minutes, the remainder of the stables with the out-
houses would have been in flames, when the destruction
must have been dreadful, as Sir James had a very valuable
set of hunters in an adjoining stable, and three horses in a
contiguous stable, which were only seperated by a partition.
Fortunately the damage went no further, although from the
high wind there was every prospect of a more extensive de-
vastation.

AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—D. K. Sandford, Esq.
having taken offence at some expressions reported to have
been employed by R. Wallace; Esq., M.P., at the Glas-
gow Soiree held in honour of Mr. O'Connell, called upon
the Hon. Member for Greenock for an explanation. Mr.
Wallace, through his friend T. M. Brisbane, Esq., dis-
claimed all intention of shewing personal disrespect, or of
casting imputation on his honour, and thus the affair ter-
minated.

ORIGIN OF EATING GOOSE ON MICHAELNIAS
DAY.—Queen Elizabeth, on her way to Tilbury Fort, on
the 29th of September, 1589. dined at the ancient seat of
Sir Neville Umfreville, near that place, and as British Bess
had much rather dine off a high-seasoned and substantial
dish than a simple fricassee or ragout, the Knight thought
proper to prepare a brace of fine geese to suit the palate of
his Royal guest. After the Queen had dined heartily, she
asked for a half-pint bumper of burgundy, and drank " De-
struction to the Spanish armada." She had but that mo-
ment returned the glass to the Knight who had done the
honours of the table, when the news came (as if the Queen
had been possessed with the spirit of prophecy), that the
Spanish fleet had been destroyed by a storm. She imme-
diately took another bumper, in order to digest the geese
and good news, and was so much pleased with the event,
that every year after on that day she had the above excel-
lent dish served up. The Court made it a custom, and the
people the fashion, ever since,