In the boroughs of Hertford and St. Alban's, as well
as in the
county, the Tory objections have failed, and the result has been a con- siderable addition to the strength of the Reformers. The Revising Banisters deserve great credit for the liberal construction which they are disposed in every case to put upon the letter of the Reform Bill.
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They say, and say truly, that n an act intended to give extension to the representative system, the quibbling chicanery by which it is often attempted to deprive men of their votes, upon the most absurd and frivolous pretences, could never have been contemplated by the Legis- lature. They, therefore, give to the claimant under the act the benefit of every reasonable doubt, be he Whig or Tory. Our County Member has not a vote for the county which he represents ; and, if his own election should depend, between this and next November twelvemonth, as it very possibly may do, upon his brother's devotion, the Honourable Edward Grimston will not have it in his power to afford him the slightest assistance. —Hertford Reformer.
At Halifax, the number of objections by the Liberals to West Riding voters was .53; of which 32 were allowed and 21 disallowed. The number of objections by the Blues was 120; of which 64 were disallowed and 62 were allowed.
The Borough lists in the West of England are nearly completed, but
the Counties will not be finished until the end of the month. Immense exertions have been made by both Liberals and Conservatives. The result, hitherto, is decidedly in favour of the Liberals ; who have gained ground in all the boroughs, without, we believe, a single exception.— Dceonport Telegraph. At Evesbam, on Wednesday, the list for that borough was revised, and the Reformers substantiated 12 and the Conservatives 10 votes. The Revising Barristers finished the examination of the borough
lists for Newcastle-upon-Tyne on the 25th ult. In the four parishes, and in the townships of Westgate, Elswich, and Byker, the votes of 42 householders were objected to by the Reformers, 37 of which were struck off the list; 24 of the freemen were also objected to, 19 of whom were struck off. The new claims of householders in the four parishes amounted to 62, 32 of which were allowed and placed upon the lists. —Tyne Mercury.
In Leicester, the Liberals established 32 objections out of 62; the Tories 25 out of 97. The new claims made good by the Liberals were 24 out of 43, by the Tories 8 out of 23.
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