The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1835.

THE REGISTRATION S.

(Continued from The Sun of yesterday.)
WESTMINSTER.
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' - (Before Mr. TAMLYN.)
At ten o'clock yesterday morning MN TAMLYN took his
seat at No. L Committee-room, House of Commons.
ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST.
In this parish only one claimant appeared to be placed
On the registration.
Mr. TAMLYN having henta eViclonee in support of the
claim, allowed it, and the name of Mr. Cooper, of Great
Peter-street, was added to the list.
Mr. TAMLYN then revised the list, and passed it,

ST. MARGARET'S,
Mr. TAMLYN then proceeded to revise the lists of this
parish.
'The name of Mr. Tennyson, M.P., appeared upon the
l;st. That gentleman having lately taken the name of
D'Eyncourt, it became a question whether the letters patent
for the change of name were issued previously to the inser,.
tion of the name of Tennyson,
An Overseer would make inilniPv.
The whole of this list was disposed;,; with the exception
of the name of Mr. i'arkes.
The St. Jobe.- • 1 list Through.
In wos atst) gofle ,nrough.
In fiie St. Clement's, ItBt several names were struck out
on the general objection.
There was no case of the slightest interest.
Adjourned till to-morrow.
(Before Mr: Crditn..)
An objection was taken to the elating of twenty-seven
scot and lot voters in the parish of St. George, Hanover-
square. The overseers having made out a list•of the sent
and lot voters, sent it on the Friday to the printers, so as
to be ready for posting on the Church-door on the ensuing
Sunday. By some mistake of the printer, arising out of
the short period allowed for doing the work, all the names
included under the letter H were omitted from the list, and
of course did not appear upon the Church-door. The over-
seers, on discovering the omission, immediately sent round
a printed eirettlar, and subsequently written communica-
tions to the parties whose names had been omitted, stating
that they (the overseers) would put up the names. In con-
sequence of this the persons so omitted had made no claims-
in writing to be inserted on the register, not thinking it ne
cessary so to do. The question, then, under these circum-
stances, was, whether the claimants, having adopted as
their own the course pursued by the overseers, might not
be considered as having made a sufficient claim.
Evidence of these facts were given, and a part of the ma-
nuscript list omitted by the printer was produced.
Mr. CRAIG, in giving judgment, said that, in the face of
a direct enactment to the contrary, he could not, however
much he regretted the disfranchisement, allow the claim.
It was consequently disallowed.
. A Gentleman present advised the claimants to tender
their votes at the next election, and thus take the opinion
of a Committee of the House of Commons on their validity.
This decision only disqualified three of the claimants, the
other 24 still retaining their rights out of household quali-
fications. None of the scot and lot claims thus registe.ied
have lost the franchise as such, their names not having been
omitted for two years.
Mr. Wm. Shand, of Nos. 6 and 7, Buckingham-street,
whose case was argued yesterday, had been objected to by
Mr. Rawlinson as not having paid his rates.
Mr. Le Breton, in support of the claim, insisted that it
was not incumbent on the claimant to prove the payment of
the taxes.
Mr. Rawlinson argued that the claimant should have
been present to prove payment.
Mr. Le Breton said he was prevented by illness ; but,
were it otherwise, the onus of non-payment lay with the
objector.
Mr. CRAIG decided in favour of the claim.
The Court adjourned until to-morrow, when it is ex-
pected the revision will conclude.

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.

A STRANGE STORY.—John Harris and William Ward
were indicted for stealing a work-,box, value five shillings,
the rthip&ty of Charles Sabberton, a printer and stationer.
The prisoners in defence told a lame tale ; they said they
met a girl, who owed one of them five shillings, and she
gave them the box in liquidation of the debt.
The Jury after sonic deliberation found both the prison.-
ers Guilty.
CHAIRMAN—YOU are both known.
Ward—Oh, please you, my Lord. I was never in a
prison,
hot by the tiaiiie of Varrdw ?
Prisoner—Oh, Sir, I gave my name Ward because I Was
" afeared" of the
The COURT sentenced thou to Pinr nlnntllA imprison-
I nient atict hard labour in the titiB6
#41t;64,5; ferilaNi Ni'as indicted
Pcir liter ready furnished lodgings.— v &diet, Iket
Guilty."
Applications were made to the COURT for musical li-
censes to be granted to the Lowther Assettihly Booms, in
the Stem-0, to the Swan, in liungerford Market; and the
Duchess of Clarence, in the Vauxhall-road, After some
few observations from the Bench, particularly with respect
to the latter house (which was at first objected to by one
of the Magistrates, Captain FITZGERALD), the licenses
were granted.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSIOIHOUSE.

Yesterday a number of commercial gentlemen waited
upon the LORD MAYOR, in consequence of the published
accounts relative to the robbery committed by George Fre-
derick Hamilton, alias Simeon Josephs, upon the Belfast
manufacturers. In the course of the conversation his Lord-
ship stated that he considered that it would reflect much
credit upon the great manufacturing houses in London, if
they would assist in obtaining justice for the persons who
had been sufferers, and most of whom were, he believed,
not able to incur expense without considerable inconve-
nience and embarrassment.

We understand that the gentlemen at once concurred in
the view taken by the Lord Mayor, and accordingly di-
rected that bills should be posted, offering a reward of 200
guineas for the apprehension and conviction of Hamilton,
alias Josephs, who is, it seems, well known in London. We
believe that, if the accused is apprehended, the prosecution
Ivill be carried on without a shilling cost to the poor men
who have been plundered. The charge is for the forgery of
the bill for 1201., as the acceptance of Malisius, Schneider,
and Co. The interest excited by the whole circumstances
of this gross system of robbery increases daily, and his
Lordship has received several communications upon the
subject. The following is one of the experimental letters
sent by Hamilton from Belfast to London tradesmen. It
did not, however, succeed :
" Mr. William Cox.

" Belfast, July 1, 1835.

" Sir—We have an order for exportation for ladies' shoes.
We have been informed that you can furnish us with them on
very low terms. We shall, therefore, thank you to forward
one dozen of each sort, your manufacture, with the very lowest
prices and terms for cash. The articles we most require are
satin, prunelle, and morocco. The best way for you to send
them will be by coach to Liverpool, as there are steamers
every other day to this place. On receipt of the samples we
will remit you the amount of them and the order, if your
prices are low.—We are, Sir, your obedient servants,
" MALISIUS, SCHNEIDER, and Co.
" Mr. W. Cox, Shoe-manufacturer, 2, Artillery-
street, Chiswell-street, London."

Several tradesmen have swallowed bait like this, and
transmitted their goods to Belfast, and they are of course
losers by their credulity.
A man named Cohen was brought up on a warrant granted
by the LORD MAYOR for what some Magistrates would call
swindling, but what his Lordship called stealing.
Mr. Jacob Canton, a carpet rug maker, stated that the
prisoner applied to him for two rugs, which he said a lady
wanted to purchase, and said that he should bring back
either the rugs or the money immediately. He, however,
neither did one nor the other.

The prisoner said that he was in the habit of dealing with
the prosecutor, and had sold the rugs in question to an Irish
gentleman, and would pay the prosecutor, of whom he had
commission upon sales of this kind, the moment he received
the amount of his bill.

The prosecutor denied that the prisoner was in the habit
of selling in the way described, and declared that he would
not have put the rugs into the prisoner's possession if he
had not been informed that they were for a Lady in St.
James's-street.

- - Prisoner (to the prosecutor)—You know I am in your
debt for other rugs as well as for those.
Prosecutor—You are not in my debt for anything else.
Prisoner—lndeed lam in your debt 1/. 15s. more. (A
laugh.)
The LORD MAYOR—WeII, are you able to pay for
these rugs ? Prisoner—Not till I get the money from
Ireland.

The Loan MAYoß—That's too Irish for us. I shall
remand you till Monday, and if you don't pay by that time
I shall commit you for the robbery. There are many
fellows who are in their acts every day on the verge of
Newgate ; I'll try whether I can't push in such accom-
plished gentlemen altogether.