At the Revising Barrister's Court at Bristol, on IVeditesday, there
was an objection raised to the name of a freeman remaining On the lista in consequence of his father having received parochial whet'. It was contended by the objector. that as the son obtained his freedom through his father, and the father tieing disqualified, he being a pauper, the son necrssai il% lost his right to exercise the franchise. Air. Nand, in giving his judgment, held that the son being emancipated from his father's control, lie was not distill:11 itied ; the sou !night have the means of supporting the lather anal his own family ; he, therefore, maimed the name on the is gister. Air. Greenwood, the other Barrister, agreedt with his colleague, aid the name was consequently retained on the list of voters.—Bristol Gazette.
At 3IaltIon the Reformers have gained 5 votes on the Registra- tion. At Yeovil the Liberal gain is 33 votes.
At Coventry, the Revising Baristers, decided that in eases where the landlord paid the repairs, the qualification must be W. rent; r marking that the property could not otherwise be considered " of the clear yeaily value of not less than 104" as required by the Reform Aet. — Wolverhampton Chronicle.
At Northampton, the Liberals established 44 claims, the Tories 341,; the Liberals sustained 4:2 objections, the Tories only 10.
The Revising Barrister for Hertfordshire has decided against the claims of the sitar. bottlers in the New River Water Company to vote fur Members for that county. This decision will be of material ser- vice to the Liberal cause.
At the Manchester Revising Barrister's Court, on Tuesday, the Reverend Samuel Bradley, of Cannon Street Chapel, a Dissenting minister, claimed a right to be on the register, us the possessor of a freehold interest in his appointment. Mr. Bradley was examined in support of his claim ; in the course of which he said he could not be removed from the appointment by the trustees or members of the chapel. One of the trustees produced the deed of trust, in which Use power of appointment and removal was vested in them; and the tiara was consequently disallowed.—Manehesier herald.
Apr. Tibbits, the late Town Clerk of Warwick, whose claim for compensation the Council have refused to entertain, has refused to give up the Corporation documents in his possession until he shall bare been fully satisfied.—Leaminyton Chronicle.
The Duke of Newcastle purchased 140 lots of the Crown lands neer Nes.ark, Nottinghamshire, formerly in his own possession, at a cost of Cst 8551. The whole of the property sold for 90,2851. —Notts Joairrat.
At the Abingdon Borough Sessions, before Mr. H. J. Shepherd, Recorder, Mr. Carrington and Mr. J. J. Williams came into maul and took their seats as counsel. Mr. Carrington stated that he had
the honour to inform the Court, that himself and Mr. J. J. Williams intended regularly to attend theseSessions. He therefore had to claina
sole audience for the bar. He stated, that at the Sessions of the
County of :lionmouth, and at the Borough Sessions of Leicesteramf Winchester, the bar had sole audience so soon as two or more counsel had announced their intention of coining regularly to those Sessions,
although up to the time of the regular attendance of counsel, attornies had pleaded as advocates in all those courts. The learned counsel did not wish to cause inconvenience at the present Session, as parties might he unprepared: they therefore would not object to attornies acting for persons at the present Session only. Mr. Toms, solicitor of Oxtord, and Mr. Curtis, solicitor of Abingdon, contended that attornies had s. right to act as advocates in this court, as they bad done for many years. Thelatter gentleman also resisted the appearance of counsel, on the ground of expense to the borough funds. The Recorder (stopping Mr. Carrington, who rose to reply)—" As gentlemen of the bar have signified their intention of attending this court regularly, I shalt in future hear counsel, and counsel only. At the present Session I will bear those attornies who have usually practised here ; but after this Session, I shall hear no advocates but gentlemen of the bar."
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