The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-29 00:00:00

The Patric has an interesting anecdote in regard
to the house which I mentioned as in course of
restoration, Quai Conti, now the Pont Neuf, once
inhabited by Napoleon I. The young officer, who
had put on his uniform of lieutenant of artillery for
the first time, paid a visit to M. Pernon, with whom
he had become acquainted. The uniform was a bad
fit, and the boots were " a world too wide for his
shrunk shank." Cecile Pernon, his guest's daugh-
ter, a shrewd girl of 10 years, laughed at the " little
Corporal," which made him angry, and he said,
" You must look after this little girl." Cecile was
nettled, and said, " Look at your feet. You are
like Puss in Boots." There was a laugh from all
present. Bonaparte was indignant at the moment,
but he bore no malice, for in the evening he returned
with a beautiful little toy, the purchase of which, in
the state of his finances, was difficult. The toy
represented Puss in Boots running after the carriage
of the Marquis de Carabas. With it he presented
a beautiful little edition of " Perrault's Tales,"
among which the adventures of Puss in Boots are re-
corded. Madame Pernon treasured up the present.
The next morning, October 16, 1785, Napoleon left
his house in the Quai Conti, with his comrade Des-
may and is a commissionaire with his trunk for the
office where the coaches started for Lyons. On her
deathbed, Cecile Pernon left the toy and the book
as a legacy to her younger sister Laure, then
Duchess of Abrantes, and it is preserved by the
family in a box given by the Emperor's mother.
Had Napoleon traversed the streets of London
perhaps some might have said, " How are your poor
feet ?"

The Registrations.

MIDDLESEX.

Yesterday, Richard Edward Gibbs, of Holm-
wood, Hartley Wintley, near Winchfield, Hants,
on the list for freehold houses Nos. 90, 91, and 92,
Old Gravel-lane, was objected to by the Liberals.
The voter claimed costs.
The Barrister (to the voter)—l tell you, as I have
told others, that the practice has not been to allow
costs in cases of new claims.
Voter—Then I think it a very bad practice--
(laughter)—and a very great shame.
Barrister—l am not prepared, coming here for
the first time, to change a practice which has been
universally adopted by my predecessors. I cannot
allow costs.
Mr. Gilbert (to voter)—lf you had explained to
the objector, you would have avoided all this trouble.
Voter—You should have ascertained that I was
not entitled before you made the objection.
Mr. Gilbert—lf you knew how many fictitious
claims were sent in, you would see the necessity of
calling on a new claimant to prove his claim.
Costs refused.
The voter left the court much annoyed.
Frederick William Martin, 6, Frederick-place,
Hampstead-road, on the list for Stratford, was ob-
jected to by the overseers.
The overseers, in answer to a question as to the
ground of objection, said Mr. Martin had sold his
property.

Mr. Dear (Liberal agent)—l saw Mr. Martin a
fortnight ago, and he informed me that his quali-
fication remain unaltered in every respect ; " and his
son this very morning told me the same thing.
This satisfied the Barrister, and the name was
retained.

The overseers made other objections to other
voters, but they were disregarded on the objection
taken by Mr. Dear to the " hearsay" evidence on
which they were founded. He pointed out to the
barrister that overseers' objections were simply
marking in the lists in the qualification parish, and
did not of necessity reach the resident parish, where
alone it would be available.

The Barrister, after hearing some argument be-
tween Mr. Dear and the overseers, refused to strike
out the names unless some satisfactory proof was

given.

The Liberals had taken several objections to their
opponents in the parish of St. Mary, Whitechapel.
Mr. Smith's clerk supported the claims, and called
the barrister's attention to the fact that the notices
of objection to the overseers had not been signed.
The Barrister—What, none of them ?
Clerk—None of them. (Laughter.)
Barrister—Then we can't go into them.

Mr. Dear—The objector explained the cause of
the mistake. In the hurry of signing a number of
objections he must have signed " two at a time"
instead of one. (Laughter.)
The Limehouse list was then taken, and after it
had been disposed of, a respectable elderly man in-
terrupted some of the proceedings by the vigour
with which he was urging some point on the atten-
tion of the Liberal agent.
The Barrister wished to know what it was all
about.

The party interrupting said the cause of his in-
terruption was a serious one, namely, that he found
his name struck out, while his qualification was as
good as the barrister's. His name was Walter Mor-
timer, his place of abode was the " Earl of Elles-
mere," Ellesmere-street, Bromley, and his qualifica-
tion was " freehold house," at 7, Cottage-place, St.
Ann's, Limehouse.
Barrister—Your name was called in order, and
you did not appear. 1 cannot reopen the case, ex-
cept by consent. How long have you had the house ?
Mr. Mortimer—Nine years.
Revising Barrister—Then what is the objection
to the claimant ?

Mr. Gilbert—There has been a change of resi-
dence, and he has not sent in a new claim.
Barrister—Well, I cannot re-open the case, ex-
cept by consent.
Mr. Gilbert assented to the condition, and the
struck-out name was restored.

In Radcliff parish several objections were taken by
the overseers, who, when called, did not answer to
their names. One of them, it was stated, was ill,
and with respect to the other it was said he hardly
expected that the parish would be reached so early
as one o'clock.

The Barrister intimated that he did not like to
strike out the names in the absence of the objectors.
The missing overseer turned up pending the con-
sideration, and the Radcliff list was gone through.
• The Court then adjourned.

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