year. The claimant was entitled to redeem at any time, upon payment of the amount of the monthly payments of 15s., up to the time of the dissolution of the society; but, as before stated, no period was assigned for this dissolution.

It was objected, that upon these facts the claimant did not appear to be possessed of an estate to the necessary amount to entitle him to be registered. The court held the vote bad, and overruled the appeal.

This decision governed two other cases.

(2.)-CITIES AND BOROUGHS.

No. 1. Palmer v. Allen, ante, p. 382, A.-This appeal was heard in Michaelmas Term, 1847, when, the court being divided in opinion, the question was from time to time considered, until the present Trinity Term, when the court remaining equally divided, the judges delivered their opinions seriatim; but no rule could be ordered.

The question upon this appeal was, whether the appellant was entitled to be registered as a voter of the borough of Bewdley, in respect of a house and land situate in Far Forest, which was a district detached from the borough, and the right of the claimant depended upon the question whether Far Forest was, at and before the passing of the statute of 2 & 3 Will. 4, c. 64, a part of the ancient borough of Bewdley for the purpose of the election of members of parliament.

The statute before-mentioned, s. 37, enacted, that, notwithstanding the generality of any description contained in Schedule (O) to that act, no borough should include any part of any parish which was detached from the main body of such parish; by reason of including such detached part, the boundary of such borough would not be continuous, unless such detached part should, before the passing of that act, have formed part of such borough for the purpose of the election of members of parlia

ment.

The right of voting for members to serve in parliament for the borough was in the common burgesses, and residence formed no part of the qualification of such common burgesses. The common burgesses were nominated by the capital burgesses, and residence within the borough was part of the qualification of a capital burgess, and Far Forest was a part of the borough, giving such qualifications, and for all ordinary purposes.

The Lord Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Maule were of opinion the claimant was entitled to vote, and that the appeal ought to be allowed; Mr. Justice Cresswell and Mr. Justice Williams

were of opinion that the claimant was not entitled to be registered, and that the appeal ought to be dismissed.

Fifteen other cases depended upon this decision.

No. 2. Cole v. Burgess, Town Clerk of Bristol.-In this case the appellant had omitted to give the ten days' notice of his intention to prosecute the appeal required by the statute of 6 & 7 Vict. c. 18, s. 62, giving jurisdiction to the court; and as the respondent did not appear, the court had no jurisdiction to hear the appeal, and therefore the appeal was dismissed.

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No. 3. Points v. Attwood & Fuller, ante, p. 371, A.—The tion upon this appeal was, whether the notice of objection had been properly served upon the overseer.

George Cooper had been appointed perpetual assistant overseer by the parish in vestry, and he acted with the overseers annually appointed in discharging all the ordinary duties of overseers; but his appointment had never been confirmed or sanctioned by the poor law commissioners. The two overseers appointed for the year had made out and signed the list of voters and the list of persons objected to, Cooper having taken no part in making out such lists, and did not sign them.

The respondents had claimed to be registered as voters, and had been objected to by the appellant, who had served the notices of objection upon Cooper. The revising barrister had determined such service to be insufficient, and had therefore registered the claimants as voters without any proof of their qualifications. The court was of opinion that sufficient notice within the statute had been given, and therefore allowed the appeal.

No. 4. Mashiter v. Dunn, Town Clerk of Lancaster, ante, p. 381, A.-The question in this case was, whether the voter, who had been excused his poor's rates upon the ground of inability to pay them, was disqualified thereby as having received alms. It was held that he was not, and that his vote was good: 2 Will. 4, c. 45, s. 30.

The costs of this appeal have not been taxed; and it has been stated that the parties had agreed before the argument that costs should not be claimed on either side.

The judgment of the court governed forty-three other cases. No. 5. Jolliffe v. Rice, ante, p. 376, A.-The question here was, if the claimant was qualified, as the occupier of a coach-house and stable, which together were of the value of 10l. a year, but neither separately being of that value. Both premises were within a yard, which had formerly been the yard of an inn, inclosed by gates. They were under the same roof, the loft extending over both coach-house and stable, but occupied by a

distinct tenant. The coach-house and stable were separated from each other by a wall, having a window looking from one to the other, but no other internal communication.

The revising barrister had determined the claimant was not entitled to vote; but the court was of opinion he was entitled to vote, and allowed the appeal.

No. 6. Fox v. Davis & Thorn, Overseers, ante, p. 379, A.-The question was, whether the claimant was disqualified by the nonpayment of a rate signed by the two churchwardens, one of them being a magistrate, and the rate not being signed by any other magistrate. The revising barrister held the claimant disqualified by reason of the non-payment of the rate, and expunged the claimant's name from the register. The court was of opinion that the appellant was not disqualified by such nonpayment, and allowed the appeal.

This decision governed the claims of nine other persons, whose names had been expunged from the register.

(Signed)

83, Eaton Square, 22nd June, 1849.

THOMAS WILde.

ALPHABETICAL TABLE

OF

DISQUALIFICATIONS

AND

NON-DISQUALIFICATIONS

FOR

PARLIAMENT. *

I. WHAT ARE DISQUALIFICATIONS.

Admiral, Lord High, Registrar of, Clerk in office of.
Admiralty Commissioners, more than five.

Agent for Regiment or Militia.

Aliens, though naturalized or denizened.

Architect to Public Works in Ireland.

Army, Comptroller of Accounts of, Clerk of Paymaster of.

Assignees, Official, of the Court of Bankruptcy.

Assistant Barrister to Court of Quarter Sessions in Ireland, or for seven years after.

Assistant Poor Law Commissioners.

Attainted of Treason or Felony.

Auditors of Receipt of Exchequer, and Clerk of; of extraordinary Public Accounts, under 45 Geo. 3, c. 9; of General Accounts, under 46 Geo. 3, c. 141, and 52 Geo. 3, c. 51; of Accounts of Duties of Excise.

This list is taken, with necessary variations, from Chambers' Dictionary of the Law and Practice of Elections (pp. 211-216), published in the year 1837. Since that date several changes have occurred in the offices there specified, but the author of this work cannot undertake to say that every one of such changes is noted. Vide quoque Com. Dig. tit. Parliament (D. 9).

Baggage Master of Forces in Scotland.

Bailiff, if Returning Officer for that place.

Bankruptcy, Commissioners of, Registrar or Deputy Registrar, Secretary of, Official Assignee.

Barons of the Exchequer in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Barracks in Ireland, Secretary to Commissioners of.

Barrister, Revising, for that place, and eighteen months after. Barrister, Assistant. See Assistant Barrister.

Bribery, if guilty of, and declared so by Committee, for that

vacancy.

Catholic, Roman, refusing the Oath.

Cestui que trust of Collector, or Manager of Customs, of Excise, of Crown Pensioner, of Government Contractor. Chancery, Chancellor of, Vice-Chancellor; not Master of the Rolls; in Ireland, all the above, including Master of the Rolls, and Masters in Chancery.

Civil Officer in Gibraltar and Minorca.

Clergymen in Orders, whether Protestant or Roman Catholic. Clerks in the Navy Office, of Lord High Admiral, Army Paymaster, Auditor of Receipts of Exchequer, Chancellor of Exchequer, Commissioner of Admiralty, of Appeals, of Hawkers and Pedlers, Stamps, Customs and Excise, Treasury, Wine Licences, Lord High Treasurer, Paymaster of Army or Navy, Principal Secretaries of State, Privy Seal, Teller of Exchequer, Signet Office, Victualling Office, of Board of Green Cloth, of the Pells, of Ordnance, of Comptroller of the Household. Collectors of Customs or Excise, of Revenue appointed by Commmissioners of Customs or Excise in Ireland, except in Dublin Port or County, on Duties of Ale, Beer, and other Liquors, and Cestui que Trust of all such.

Commissioners of Customs or Excise, England or Ireland, of Duties on Ale, Beer, and other Liquors, of Appeals, of Excise, more than usual number; none in Ireland; of the Admiralty; more than five, of Impress Accounts. Commissioners or Deputies in the Offices of Comptroller of Army Accounts, Navy employed in Outports, Navy Office, Poor Laws, and Assistant Ditto, of Prizes or Sub-Commissioner, Secretary, or Receiver of; for examination of Accounts in West Indies; Revenue in Ireland; Sick and Wounded; Stamps; Transports; Victualling Office, but not if exercised by Commissioners of Admiralty; Wine Licences; of Woods and Forests (except one), for Sub-Auditing Public Accounts, Ordinary or Extraordinary; for Hearing Claims to Land vested in Ordnance Trustees; for temporary and par