The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-09 00:00:00

COURT iii-ALDER3LEN.

Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of
public butiiness,
DISPUTED ELECTION OF A COMMON COUNCILMAN

FOR THE WARR OF ALDERSGATE.
The Court proceeded in the adjourned considera-
tion of the petition of Mr. John Elder Duffield,
complaining of defects in the list of electors for
this ward, and against the return of Deputy Lor-
kin as common councilman. •
It will be recollected that the petition complained
that the list wrongfully omitted the names of cer-
tain freemen entitled to vote, while it contained the
names of others not entitled to vote, and that
Deputy Lorkin had been elected common council-
man notwithstanding he was not a householder
within the ward. The petition prayed that the
election might be declared void, and that Deputy
Lorkin had not been properly elected.
Mr. De Jersey appeared on behalf of Deputy
Lorkin.

Mr. Duffield said that the first objection he
should make to the proceedings on St. Thomas's-
.day last was that the list
list,of votersd relating to the
election was not a true l that thereforeefd theto
eleCtion was irregular a llaen
the statute of the 2d Will. IV.,ga cap.° 45, referred
C. 54,
which stated that the duties of he reviting officer
were to commence on -the Ist October in every
year.
The Lord Mayor—Does that net apply to the
City of London ?
Mr. Duffield—This is the foundation of the fran-
chise. The list that I contend ought to have been
made use of on that occasion was the list of 1858,
and not that of 1857. The act says that on the Ist
of November in every succeeding year the list shall
be given to the officer appointed to receive it. The
act says that that shall be the list then in force ;
and it follows that if a simultaneous election were
to take place for a member to serve for the City of
London in Parliament, on and
Navfotteer the Ist day of
November, one of the grossest anomalies, would
member.
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exist, because the
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the non-freemen occupiers who are on the
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list of 1857 I submit is not the true list, and that the
proceedings on St. Thomas's-day last were altoge-
he in consequence of the votes having been
taken ilegi
nilnformity with it.
--"Mr. S. 0. Fisher 'was was then called by the peti-
tioner, and said--I am a solicitor, and reside at 162,
Aldersgate-street. I
of Aldersgate on was present at the wardmote
St.Themas's-day last. I produce
the Parliamentary lists and the ward lists of 1857
and 1858. I have examined both, and the name of
Deputy Lorkin is not on either.
Mr. Piper, clerk of Aldersgate Ward, was then
examined at some length in support of the allega-
tions of the petition.
This was the case of the petitioner.
Mr. De Jersey having addressed the Court,
The Court was then cleared of strangers,
were re-admitted after. the lapse of about ten
minutes.- -- - who
The Lord Mayor—Mr. Duffield, I am desired to
express to you that the full concurrence of the law
officers has been given to the unanimous decision of
the Court, that your petition should be dismissed.

) OVAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT
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. GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa
Pine and Mr. W. Harrison
THIS EVENING will be presented an entirely new and
romantic Opera, by Mr. W. Balfe, entitled SATANELLA ;
or, THE POWER OF LOVE. •
Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon.
.I'3 conclude with the new Pantomime of LITTLE RED
fi.I;)ING HOOD ; or; Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny's
t;i4 thing