The Revising Barristers for the Metropolitan districts continue their daily
sittings ; but this week there have been but few decisions which require to be noticed in our summary of the proceedings. On Saturday, the name of Mr. Rowcroft, the Tory agent, was ex- punged from the list of City voters, on the ground of non-residence. On Wednesday, Mr. Simon Cock, Secretary to the London Dock Company, was struck off the register. Be claimed in virtue of apartments belonging to the Company, and occupied by him as their servant. Many votes were lost by this decision, as all the Secretaries and resident Directors of Insurance and other Companies, who had claimed on similar grounds, were disfranchised.
On Thursday, the right of partners in a company to vote in the City, when they were only rated in the parish-books as "Co.," was argued before Mr. Tarnlyn and Mr. Craig. It was stated that the firm of Whitbread and Co. consisted of Mr. W. H. Whitbread, Richard
Manineau, Joseph Martineau, S. C. Whitbread, Sir John Hob- house, and Messrs. Godinan senior and junior ; and all these gentle- men claimed to be placed on the register, except Mr. Godman senior, who was a non-resident. Judgment was deferred.
The proceedings in the City Registration Courts yesterday present no points which require particular notice.
The revision of the Finsbury lists has been in progress during the week ; but the only remark we have to make is, that the Liberals ap- pear to have had a decided advantage.
Mr. Coventry and Mr. Martin revised the Marylebone lists yester- day. Mr. Feargus O'Connor appeared for the Reformers, and Mi. Scadding for the Tories ; but Mr. Martin decided that Mr. O'Cson.. nor, being an Irish barrister, could not act in his Court. The name of Mr. Bernal, M. P., Chairman of the Ways and Means, was struck
off the list, for non-payment of the King's taxes ! Sir Charles D'Albiac Was disfranchised, as the tenant of a ready-furnished house, whose rates were paid by the landlord. Mr. Scadding complained of the difficulty and expense of procuring lists of the voters from the Overseers, who charged 10s. 6d. each for the lists ; he made other re- flections on the conduct of the parish-officers. Mr. Kensett defended them. Mr. Martin, the Barrister, also said that the parish-officers appeared to have been careful rml vigilant. The result of the revision was, that the Tories succeeded s maintaining 162 objections out Of 194; the Reformers made no objections ; so that out of a registered constituency of 5,790, only 160 names were struck out.
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