The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-05 00:00:00

REVIIION OP VIZ MUNICIPAL LIST

The court for the revision of tho. municipal lists opened m
Friday last, before the Mayor, Thomas Bolton; Esq.,
,and
the Assessors, John Yates, jun., Esq., and J. C. Grocott,

Esq.
The MAvou. called attention to the state of the lists. The
number of objections,. he said, amounted to 3405, of which
no less than 1343 were objected to by one individual, and
1967 by another. It 'was utterly impossible that any single
individual could have had cognisanee of any reasonable ob-
jection to numbers so large as he had stated. He was happy
to learn, however, that an arrangement had been entered
into by several wards to withdraw all objections not well
founded. He hoped that the other wards which had not en-
tered into the arrangement would adopt so excellent a plan
sithout delay. The Mayor proceeded to lay before the court
the arrangements which had been made for the despatch of

business.
Charles Wilkins, Esq., barrister-at-law, with Mr. Pen-
ington, solicitor, appeared for the conservatives ; Mr. Snow-
ball, Mr. Berry, and Mr. Aspinall for the reformers.
Mr. Snurrixwon.TH, the deputy town-clerk, proceeded
to read over the list of claims. Several names, which had
been omitted, were inserted ;. others, whose names had been
incorrectly spelled, had their claims allowed. Many refor-
mers were struck off in consequence of the residence not hav-
ing been attached to the signature as an appendage to the
name, though the residence was duly set forth in the body of
the notice. Some of the notices were .not dated, which was
also held to be fatal. In the course of , the clay several par- •
ties, who had borrowed money to pay their rates, appeared
to support their claims. The MAYOR stated that they had
transmitted a case to London for the opinion of eminent
counsel, and by that opinion, when it arrived, they would be
governed. All the cases, arising out of the payment of rates
by borrowed money, were allowed to stand over, and the de-
cisions in them were to be governed by the opinion alluded
to. The first reading of the list terminated at six o'clock.
The court, however, sat until seven, and a number of persons
who were in court were allowed to come forward, and their
Icases were heard. It was announced, at the rising of the
court, that the list of claims would be finally called over on
the following morning.
On Saturday morning the court commenced business at
nine o'clock. The Mayor immediately announced, that they
intendedlo go finally through the list of claims, and that all
who did not answer would be at once struck out. Very few
individuals were in attendance, and many names were conse-
quently erased from the list. Mr. Wilkins was not present
at the opening of the court, and the claims of those who had
paid rates with borrowed money wet e deferred till his arrival.
Mr. Wilkins arrived at ten o clock. Shortly afterwards,
the case of Henry Wilkinson, who had paid his rates, but
refused to say where he had received the money, was called
on. His reply was that it was his own.
The MAYOR said, they had received the opinion of coun-

sel on a case submitted, and the court were prepared to give
judgment in the cases which had stood over, in consequence
of rates having been paid with money obtained from a soci-
ety. The public would be aware, from the conflicting opi-
nions on the subject, and from different decisions which had
been given in that court, as well as from the great interest
which the question had excited, that the court felt the great-
est anxiety to have such an opinion as would enable them to
come to act with clearness and decision. The Town-clerk
had transmitted to Loudon a case prepared with great pains,
and after mature deliberation and many consultations, em-
bracing, he (the Mayor) thought, every contingency which
could possibly arise : it included the judgment of Mr. Tem-
ple, and every opinion which had hitherto been given on the
subject.
Mr. WILKINS deired that the opinion should be read at
once.
The MAY 011 said, it should be brought forward when the
point arose.
Mr. WmciNts proceeded with the examination of Wilkin-
son, and at length the following question was put :—" Were
you furnished by any other person with the money with which
you paid your rates ? "
Mr. SNOWBALL objected to this query. This raised the

question.
The MAYOR said, they had now arrived at that point
when the opinion sent for should be read.
The TOWN-CLERK read the following case and opinion,
observing that the judgment of Mr. Temple, which had been
sent up, had been revised by that gentleman :
CASE. .

" You are requested to peruse the cases or queries and
opinion of the present Attorney-General, the present Mr.
Justice Wightman, (when at the bar,) Mr. Fitzroy Kelly,
and Mr. Crompton, contained in pages 21, 22, and 23 of the
pamphlet herewith; and also to peruse the judgment of Mr.
Temple, Revising Barrister, pronounced on a case before
him on his revision of the Parliamentary List of Voters for
the Borough of Liverpool ; and, as the points contained in
these cases, opinions, and judgment may materially bear
upon cases which may come before the Mayor and Revising
Assessors of Liverpool, on the Municipal Revision, to com-
mence on Friday, the Ist of October, your opinion Is re-
quested upon the following inquiries :
" Suppose that a party objected to upon his examination
before the Mayor and Revising Assessors should prove pay-
ment of the rates by his own hands, together with all the
other requisites fur the municipal qualification. (See 5 and 6
Win. IV., c. 76, a. 9.)
Is it an objection, that the money has been obtained by
the party objected to from an individual or a society, who
have advanced it to him for the purpose of paying-the rates
in order to enable him to qualify himself as a voter, such
individual or society having supplied the money for political
purposes, and a knowledge of the political sentiments of the
party, and with or without an engagement, express or im-
plied, that the party should vote in conformity to such politi-
cal sentiments?
" And does it make any difference that the proposal to
lend the money has proceeded, in the first instance, from
such individual or society? Or whether there be or be not
any contract, express or implied, that the money shall be