The Sun. — 1853-10-12 (London, England)

FREEROLD LAND SOCIETIES AND TEE FRANCHISE.  On Monday the revising barrister for Middlesex resumed his court at the Belvedere Tavern, Penton-street, Islington, in order to proceed with the lists of the parishes and places within the district assigned to the poll at King's-cross. _ _ _  In the parish of St. Mary, Islington, there was a large number of claims arising out of freehold land which had become the property of the claimants through the agency of the St. Pancras, Marylebone, and Paddington Freehold Land Society. It will be remembered that upon the occasion of the last revision there were very numerous claims of the same description ; but as these were for the most part 251. shares, and as a large number of them (the holders having been successful in the ballot) were still under a mortgage to the society, the barrister held that the amount of qualification was not sufficient ' • first, because he doubted whether a freehold purchased for 251. was of adequate value to yield an income of 40s, clear of all rates and charges ; and secondly, in the ease of the mortgage still being unredeemed that there was'a further diminution in the value of the freehold. The effect of this decision was last year to disallow some hundreds of ch,,ims.  In the interval which has elapsed since that period and the present revision very many of the old claimants have amended their qualifications by becoming possessed of another. share, at the same time that they have redeemed any mortgage which the society might have upon the property. In all such cases the claims were yesterday allowed. One instance will illustrate the decision. Elisha Archer yesterday claiined in respect of a freehold of the annual value of 40s. Mr. J. Wells, the secretary to the society, proved that the claimant had paid 521. 12s. for the freehold, that he had been possessed of it the requisite time, and that there was no mortgage. Mr. Jones, the Conservative agent, said that he had opposed these claims on the ground that the value of the qualification was insufficient, and that much of the property was still held under mortgage. Mr. Wells pledged himself that in every one of the present claims, the value was sufficient to comply with the decision laid down by the barrister last year, and that in none of them was there any mortgage to the society. Under these circumstances the claims, which were regarded with much interest, were established.  THE LATE MURDER IN THE MINORIES,—The wretched man Mobbs, who stands charged upon the coroner's inquisition with the murder of his wife, and whose trial was postponed at the last session of the Central Criminal Court until the session commencing on the 24th inst., still remains an inmate of the London Hospital, under the custody night and day of one of the City police ; the reason for his not being removed to the infirmary at Newgate is, that he will receive better attention in the hospital, and be in a more fit state to undergo the fatigue of his trial. The wretched man, it is stated, has entirely , recovered from the injuries he inflicted upon himself after the brutal murder ; but he appears in a very low and desponding state, and at times observes to those in attendance upon him that he is only being oared that he may be hanged at the Old Bailey. Inspector Marchant, of the City police, holds the warrant, but the prisoner's removal will not take place until the eve of the session.