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

SEYSSEL ASPHALTE COMPANY.
" CLARIDGE'S PATENT", ESTABLISHED 1838.

Principal Dep6ts, MARSEILLES: - STA NGATE, LON-

DON; and LIVERPOOL. ,
THE Parent Company having taken,: the NA, ORKS in
ASPHALTE, in the Liverpool' District, under their
own management, solicit the attentilef Engineers, Archi-
tects, Builders, and others to the var ble properties of the
Material, which has been extensively used in this County for
nearly Four Years, for the following purposes :
FOOT PAVEMENTS, public TUN ROOM FLOORS ;
and other; MALT HOUSE FLOORS;
KITCHEN FLOORS ; PIGGSICIES, &C. &C. &C.
BASEMENTS, where it iS es- -

sential to keep damps from I COVERING OF RAN' ROAD
Ind other AMITIES, the only

rising
GARDEN WALKS AND TER-

RACES;

CARRIAGE DRIVES ;
COACH HOUSES AND STA-
BLING ;

DOG KENNELS
BARN FLOORS ;

effectual mode to prevent
the percolation of Water,
which also renders it very
appropriate for the LINING
OF TANKS AND FISH
PONDS.
DRAINS, &C. &C.

The Directors flatter themselves that, in their arrange-
ments for the execution of the foregoing works in Liverpool
and the surrounding district, they be completed in suck
a manner as to ensure for them the patronage not only of
Engineers, Architects, and Builders, but of the Public in
general. Testimonials of the highest description have been
presented to the Company, copies of which may be obtained
at the Works, and from Mr. WILLIAM BENSON, Architect
and Surveyor to the Company, No. 2, Commerce-court,
Lord-street, Liverpool.

Liverpool, June, 1841:

J. FARR E' EL , Secretary

REVISION OF THE MUNICIPAL LIST

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

The MAYOR 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-
tred into the arrangement would adopt so excellent a plan
without 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. Sit urrrs.won.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 day several par-
ties, who bad 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
cases 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
intended to 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 were 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
oftates 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 London 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. WI,I,CINS desired that the.opinion should be read at

The MAYOR said, it should be brought forward when the
point arose.

Mr. WILKINS 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 upy.had been revised by that gentleman :

" 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-
quaslvd upon the following inquiries :
" 4pPpose 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 for the municipal qualification. (See 5 and 6
Win. IV., c. 76, s. 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
repaid ?"

"OPINION
" We are of opinion, that, in all the cases above suggested,
the party is entitled to be put upon the Burgess List.

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{FRED.-POLLOCK,
" Signed, W. W. FOLLETT,
THO. WILDE."

" Telpple, Ist October, 1841." - -
The MAlroß said, himself and the assessors had had a
meeting before they came into court, and-they had come to
an unanimous decision, that it was their duty to act accord-
ing to the opinions which had been so decidedly expressed
by such eminent counsel. The claim of Mr. Wilkinson was,
therefore, allowed.
Mr. WILKINS said, in the case submitted there was the
suppression of a fact which would have given a different
aspect to the question. This case supposed that the com-
plainant himself went to the society, and that it was entirely
his own act; instead of which it had been proved, that, in
many cases, the society had instigated him. There was no
proof, in this case, that the man had acted as a principal.
The parties who had come forward at the last revision, and
who had been paid for through this society, were all paupers.
Mr. SNOWBALL objected to this statement.
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Mr. WitictNs said, they were all parties who had failed to
pay their rates till assisted by this society, and, in that view,
they were paupers, and, consequently, disqualified. These
facts ought to have been laid before these eminent persons.
The fact was, that the claimants were not principals, but
passive beings in the hands of other parties.
Mr. YATES : I presume you have read Mr. Temple's

opinion.
Mr. WiLictrts : I have, with very great care.
Mr. YATES : the case is there more strongly put than in
any other instance that has been brought before the public.
The MAYOR : The case is allowed, and we do not sit here
to re-try the cases which were brought forward previously."
Previously to the commencement of the lists of objections,
the Solicitors of the Conservative and Reform Associations
had come to an agreement to withdraw such a number of
objections on both sides as would greatly reduce the lists.
All the objections in Castle-street and Rodney-street were
withdrawn. In Everton Ward they are reduced to 30 on the
part of the Conservatives and 10 on the part of the Reformers ;
in Scotland Ward, to 50 Conservative and 18 Reform objec-
tions ; in Vauxhall Ward, to 50 Conservative and 18 Reform
objections ; in St. Paul's, 60 Conservative and 60 Reform
in Exchange, 70 Conservative and 70 Reform ' • St. Peter's,
72 Conservative and 37 Reform ; Pitt-street, 60 Conservative
and 60 Reform.