The Express. — London, England, 1851-04-03 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNE.‘DAT, APUL 2. Aft. r the report given in ye.terday's Express was desoa:ched, l ' ne SPEAKER announced that he had received a letter from Mr. Coppoek, parliamentary agent, stating that the petit In against the recent return for the Falkirk burghs woual not be proceeded with. EXTENSION OF TIIE COUNTY FRANCIIISE. Mr 1.. El:sift, in moving the second nailing of his bat feet!,- application of the IW. franchise to counties, said be wa. pkovil under somewhat peculiar circumstance+, and that ii. had to contend with mine unestreted difficulties. Ile deeply regretted that when lie obtained a majority for the nr.t reading of the bill the names of her Majesty's min,t. r. did not appear in that majority, for he was con fidcat rat nothing would more base strengthened the go fem. ct..ut or tended to have made it piptilar in the country than for it to have shown nit a mec. disposition to extend the I..inehise, but to give a substenti 1 and solid boon to the come re by means of this most simple, eticetual, &adjust meas. sun.. (iiheers.) Ile had Teen blamed for having pressed the how to • division; but lie begged to assure them that he oar., ol tended that his motion should be a sham or a fled. in i . pan. (Cheers.) Ile always intended it to be a mil.. s ...., he felt the stoat important interests were at stake ; and I:. a the great eau,* of free trade was in danger, on ac count of the great diminution which bad taken place in the cost.. - y constituencies. (Cheers.) Ile ncrer had had the kers in ntiou of cmharrausing the diseeraiient in any way •—mah..; could tie further from his wish. , titan to see the bon. .n. [thee fur Hoek% occupying these at which th • noble bed till. lon the 11l i , liderial bench Had lie wished that a au.bieti, vi..hut, rapt complete revolution should be effected in oit institutions, and protection the means by which it • aoold lie brought about, then, perhaps, he might have desired to see the hon. member for Ducks in office. (Hear.) They who advocated the cause of i ., gum at nil, however, in a much better position in con se.ii,...ive of that division than they did before, for they had now an admission of the neeemity 6,r • substantial ex tension of the sulteige, not only fron, :s m ijority of two to one of the mi min es of the house, bot aiso toms two of the met o tit.its sit mid distinguished stet, sutra of the day. Ons wa. the noble lord himself, who volcil against the treasure, but who admitted at the same timo that no reasonable per arm could bring any charge ening the class on whom it was pis,, , st 4 to confer the franchise, and that they would rob Oily use th.• privilege with intelligence and integrity. Ch.. es.) The other was the right Imo. harm; t the member ! ocltiptio,ur hop, after having heard the a lode of the discussion, *Naomi a Irom voting. (Cheers). iii' (Mr. LoMir King) might re...ably believe the wade lord to he is advance of his cabinet ; for, having prepared a bill, his lordship found hi. calm:rig a i. unanimou•ly of siltation that it was nut advis alai. 10 introduce such a bill this session. Ile lagged the bow .• to mark th.• *orbs of the noble Linn, who confessed " kr a,. :.nitight tio eointiele iii that euritlusion oiler hav ing oriemally hel I a different opinion." (Hear, bear.) The good genius of their country seemed to be hovering over tone two eminent stateout n. They unit.ll brought Arta the Ito twin hill, whit It, humanly speaking, had Owned $ .I'• ..untry. (Ifs ar.) It as enietl also a good omen be biv • -soh an admission made by the only two surviving meat.. is rot that eal,inet, that th. ir work load been by them ii maglied in the balatiee and found wanting." (Cheers.) WM a they hail these admission', it was clearly their duty la e..., CI r what should be done, and it peculiarly beuune the oat, ...fthu noble loril 10 Mforiu them at once the nit tan. ..t LAI' bill algid, 1..• hag tir ••..I to introduce at the mad -1 twilvi• mouths. It eertainly *nubl be an anomalous Mat. of 'binds fur the noble lord to admit he hail formed a gilms, and to forbid its lasing di s cussed fir a whole year. lie.,-, bear.) Ile was thankful, however, vein for bitch a Ilia.iisl avowal ; and that it a., only postpinied becosise sr the great linaneial iliffieulti. . T. suiting Ineu a surplus in the e s •nao, and what Nholl'al 111. the ....involuting di ti rico. . an the Midget ; Mid also leenua of two letters, One fem.. •. I lanit.tiatt-aatt , awl the other I i•mniev - ,..tivet. L... ~ r.} }:very ry Ids e.l member wolitilseariell ill the right . as oilier for Repo:. when lir • tot with utithoulited truth that it wa. itilimoiltie for him to 1.111/a/ what was the na ture sit the plan whit!. the noble lord a.•. likely to bring fora .-il. tiqually ins...able mug it Is. for the liberal antotei Ph all all other putty in the holl.e, to guess what wee .1 im the rir...s of thy Noble Lint's hill; whellwr it wan.: ,Naahl,• tho nuts r of elector-, tor is.., add one-half we re. • qoarter 1110, to the prow' • onWittil Mae.. MOW, bear , de Warned the 110146, Lord tout to espect that the great tore party wnil.l ever 410 hint ) 1 amen service arrbil , l a. they hot sine,. it • ; and he tin r. fore reenms swats , ' him to host in the liberal party, as he hail done who -is He carried the first Reform Itill. (Ilene, le- r.) Ile quit It tiestol that when the thin eante, the 110'ile lord wasiol produce such a •.•heie a. hr had declared nee-seary, and ... lie (Mr. I. King) trusted nimbi be witi•litiAury. Ile ot ssl that he would append to it, as he did to the lira Reform Bill, another ah. dole A, and di.tr .... :is • that u retell. sl rho,. of small latroni;;lis, the mu latto .v 1 .of whish loom their in-141.01(.11re api.varett to be ila aialltle cif the same alllolllll. ..r public airier which elms wormed larger eh rtotal Inalies. (Hear.) 'llteue wisaie,..l, rontemplstole, and niost mischievous Wrote:lw, whi. a .. dy just i /raped lli•leallChlwallelit at the 1011,4 int of the 1t..4. ,, eua 11,11, ontscht at .0.. to Ito remelted hum the electoral system as it blot and a stain. (('hilars.) 'thee liar. ..,.ro pocket suantien, which were oi,•miti by a few intli s Oasis, and there went snarl tumuli. %bleb. owe .! .11uo to he is modified. (Hear, hive.) if the noble 101/1 ..-,old lie the reformer of the Ibionn Itiil. lie WIM1401:- CUlts s position in the eye. of the public Y. 4.ll.mi:dile as that ......1 lie • njoyeil 20 year. atm. (Cheers.) Or One thin t •• was purr. namely, that when the time came for the mob: Lod to propose his plan, he would nit he able to carry it u .... he causer on Ili.. side the great body of the people of 1...g:a.t.1; for it he did not Vial, his bill would lie lig .a a tont elsewhere. It was time for thin, tool bir all who . hill to Births. r their ohject ~ to etuleavour to Mallet' the 1 ..1.1. tool, if passible, to put himself at the brad of the two. ...ut. ct beers) It was his (Mr. lall'fte King's) wnti to strengthen the present goveniment, and he felt •ii it that isnal.l only be done by the mold, lord', In ia ..... forward .. substantial measure of reform. (Mar. lira ' Thi• hon. member ha. in,; r. ail statement. showing that while the constituetay ig the berionth. had Memo.: el that of ill, ....untie, had ilim.nislail, v guil.al by toying thot lie bus. .• that there isould he iii delay in iutrodiu ing anew on;noveinent t for a i om.e.imi that would to-day i.e we seed by the people with gratitude might to-morrow be est.'s dby them as a right. (('heers) II they looked into hist. y, a kat would they find Ito( ever Iwo n the restdt Of post ...neusent ? its paltry and insignitivant a MenWlre as the ol osanillisement of East Itetfor.l nomad have staved off reloc..l for a long time; whereas the retention of that town on the list of borough:. had obliged the wage 10111, in .11.11.1, to wilinit that a 1111101 lard. rOr a‘tire had Is s umac net eweiry. (Mar.) If they look-. 1 b irk, they you'd MA that the tory party had ever par -w .1 au obstruetite course, and they bad ever reaped the lead of that isoliey. Cherie. I. hail been (Aloe. sal by ('rums. II and the Counion.w. illth $ (i.v.rge IV. by William IV. awl reform; Victoria and free trade. In France, Louis X VI. hail lean follow. il by Napoleon awl the ling rovioutom; land. XVIII. by Louis Philippe: lanais l'hilipoe by another Napoleon and a OCCVIIII resolution. (Ch. sir.) It,. hopeil that the noble lord would nilteet on the le•son• t.ttauht by these es rots, mid earre out in tail and 1642 the principles he had e .cued in Ite:.11 and lii l!. ((beers.) What ttoo!il he the ..tr...1 upon tile ~Basle of those persona to who,. It W.I. intended to extend tins franchise. by this men-ore, whose qualitieat . for the per item. was admitted by the noble lord. by the nsigeopoliten member., and the rep resentative. of the great hives of manufacturing indus try s %hat, he would ask, would he tlti•ir 6 cling if they were denial the ',civil. ge which was enjoy,al under similar eir. unestaneea by their allow-eititens ? (('horn.) I 1 the grot hereditary obstructive party, aided by hereditary prejudice., should siirleort a pOWelleill olio:in:by ill refusing to th. a persona their right.. a eery scrims. popular agitie lion might he the result. (Cheers.) The hon. gentkoaan then united the wood reading. Mr. I'. 1101 V Alt') eapportial the hill on the irrouttd that It amid eons ey the fninehise to a large and important de., namely, the probooional men. who at present did nut procure that privileoe till late in life, when they had acs quirt' an inilemoulenee from cum.,. in their %orients avocation.. (Hear. hear.) Mr. FOX MA l' 1.1: sail he hail been in gra• it hopes that his hon. friend.' who had moved the PelWild reading. woui.l base been content with the Opinion which hail alreoly been oh-Oared by the ligue.--(ehetre) —and that la would not have pressed further during the present seseion the progress of urn...A.llre which he (Mr. V. Mauls.) perfectly admired had been under taken by the hon. gentleman 11.0 i Jide, oat' without any party siva. whatever. (Hoar, hear.) Ile entirely concurred in the Opinioll expr, sail by his noble friend, that It , , claw whets it aas potion...Nl to enfranchise was quite worthy .$1 it ; and it Will certainly nut from any no- Wort 'sin , . on their part that he oopowdat present the further swoon... of this biil. (near.) Ile quite agreed with lii. noble friend that the time had conic when the extension of the franchise might most ',retail! he eomillered. 11... ii.) Ili, noble iri. int un the form rd. hate upon this measure hail most .1, smithy given the house and the country to under stand, that nut only in his opinion had the period arrived for a I 11.01, , e. but that, had not other MellMih'l intervened, to dr.. the discussion too rite in the present session of par liftmen. to Wire ally prospect of ps•Onst any ineiPture founded upon the. subject. he would himself have introdueed an im portant in.-runs of n•formoulas large a one as was consistent with the principles of the Iteform Bill. (('Meer.) But what had happened? Circumstances hail occurred which bad brooght nutter antler discussion in that house which he leant weialel be brought to no very speedy termination. (Hear. hear.) They were ineasoree. give him leave to say, , in whisk the people of this country were, at the' present mo ment, very deeply interested—nut lees ao, in fact, than they weer ell% upon the question of parliamentary reform. (Hear.) Ile referred to the immures upon the subject of Vie .... lesiastieal titles, to those connected with fi • "mini il reform, and to a question involving that of I parlienalitary r, form, ou which the house stood plidgeil— I he intent the measure for the introduction of members V of the Jewish persuaiion into that house. (Cheers.) Ilia noble friend had sated to the house the course he meant to pursue. and no man was more entitled to confidence than the noble lord. (Cheers.) No man hail ever shruak km from federating his pledges in that house; and be had announced that he would bring f o rward—not this semblat , for frames". he had just stated. shut that he would bring lam ward • immure of reform. lie (Mr. Fon Mottle) thought that when the time should have come that the franchisee should he extended, it must be done by a general measure. (Item) it must be done at once, and at the same time—it must be no bit-by-bit reform, but such a measure as would secure the approbation and support of all parties. (Cheers.) Ile would earnestly entreat his hon. Mend not to mess his motion. (Cheers) Ile agreed with the lion. inember so far as to admit that the class he pro posed to estreachise was worthy of the privilege. At a time when all other countries toss to demand that, which their rulers had refused than. the pew* of this country. in perfect confide's°, that the onward reform was m a king a silent but sure advance, rossalmod uiet, and the friends of ender, as they had always bros. ?Cheers.) But he hoped, therefore, the hon. gentleman Mr. Locke King) would not press the second reading of his bill. (Hear, hear.) Sir B. HALL said he should certainly have urged his bon. friend to take the sense of the house, but for the speech just delivered. Ilad the noble lord at the head of the go- rrrnment spoken out as strongly as the right hon. gentle -111311 had done, it might not have been necessary to press the question to a division; hut, after the pledge given on the part of the government to bring forward a comprehen sive measure, he thought the principle of the bill was ad mitted, in favour of which then• had already been one divi sion. On that ground, he was willing to leave the matter in the hands of government. Sir 11. L. E V.INS concurred in the course recommended by the last speaker, but said that he should vote for the bill iu the event of a division. Should the bill now he pressed to a division he feared the advantage they had gained at a former stage would he lost. Mr. Bit [GILT said bethought they were wandering from the matter under discussion. They were not met to divas, whether they should divide or not, but whether they should go on with the bill, and nit simply whether it was de sirable to bring forward an important question when hootturahle gentlemen opposite were in the house. Ile had no expectation at all that a measure of that kind could be smuggled through the house, nor did he think it desirable that it should be. It would be far better to turn their attention to the measure itself, than to what had token place on the last discussion, or what would be the result of a division that day. Ile had listened with ronsiderable gratification to the speech of the right hon. Secretary at War. Ile was frank in his declaration of something to be done; and from the tune of his remarks, it might be supposed that it was to he something considerable. But the noble lord at the head of the government bad not ever hitherto indulged the house with anything so dis tinct. As the noble lord had not signified his ap provul in the slightest degree of the extension of the 101. franchise to counties, the lion. member for East Surrey was justified in bringing this specific ploposition before the house, to have it fairly discussed. For if, during the recess, the noble lord considered the sub ject of parliamentary reform, and this particular question, he would he much aasiated in the couclusiun to which he might tame by a full and fair discussion in the meantime un the principle of this hill. Ile would, therefore, urge that the y should go to the consideration of the bill itaelf, to determine whether it should pass, or whether its princi ple was a good one, and limper to he introduced into a general measure. It was agreed that they were to take another step in advacce from the platform of the Reberm Bill ; for it was only . a minority in that house who opposed all progress. The right hon. gentleman (Mr. P. Nlaule) objected to this bill because it was only a part of the whole eines:ion. There was sem force in that objec tion; hut when the hon. member for Nlontnew brought for ward his motion, which embraced the whole question, which proposed not only to give a large extension of the franchise, but to accompany it with certain arrangements which seemed absolutely necessary for giving proper cilia vary to a new reform 1411, the government complained that the proposition was so enormous that it was impossible for the house to adopt it, or even to discuss it on the mo tion of an indem nelent ins oilier. Therefore, his hun.l friend (Mr. L. Kiug) had brought this forward as one branch of the great subject; and he hoped the discussion would have some effect in clarifying the mind of the noble lord when lie came to consider it. , as a wh a le. Let the house look at the question in this light: it was not in any degree a question of principle as iegareled the suffrage ; fur all thot the bill proposed had been:adopted with regard to half the electors in England and Wake, and to the whole of those in Ireland. It was mealy a question of limits, n o t of the suffrage itself—a proposal to extend the suffrage already permitted in bo roughs to those living beyond their limits in the counties. If the noble bell would 'rankly say what kind of propoei- Bun he iutereled to suhmit to the house—whether large and generous, or small 30111 INA 'ling —and give some outline of the peinciplis upon which it would be founded, he had no obiretion to the hill being withdrawn, or wets negatived, an th,. ra pe r s, understanding that the question would be con sidered in a generous spirit. rht• noble lonl was not so had a teeth ion as soot to know that all measures carried by novetownk nt. were conics' because they . were obliged to do it. If independent number; put thew opinions in the background, the result would be that nothing would be dear, and hon. memben might us wsll go home, and allow ministers to carry on, not only the government, but the executive of the country. lie would rather see a bold and compn h..itsise nitaistore of moan brought forward by the ntolol.• Weil than by any one I.IW ; but lie had not +efficiently explained his civics. It was desirable that lie should do su, we then it might not lw nee.ssury is go to a division. Col •I SI ItTuout , expressed ou hope that the hon. member for East Sump would divide. Ile would not sup port th • hon. member, nor would he support the govern ment. Netiiing delighted him more than to ssr the whole of tkat party at loggerheads; for 011 t of apparrut Lail good Would I-01110. (Lalla . liCr.) 'idle lion. and gallant member then lAIIIIOII 'II into a string of invectives:sit Mist the " glass pollee," and concluded by saying he considered the decla ration 0: the noble limit men: " elaietrop," and he should at a• retire from the house. (Oreat laughter was eveitell by the manner in which the: hon. and gallant member then walked out of the I ce.) Mr. I 'ME was anxious that the government should act consistently. Ilad they timely the state mood last year which had now h i n Matte from the treasury Inoue'', some thing might have been done; lout he was not too really to accept ministerial promises. (Ilear, hear.) The tiniest. proposed by the honourable baronet (sir It. Mall) would shut the door to all discussion. If the loonies contemplated by this bill were entitled to the fronehise, it was unjust to refuse it; and every one who voted against it voted in favour of injustice. ('! Hear, hear," and No, no.") The rigid lion. Secretary at War &pre-. rated envision. Who had caused division but the govern ment, by standing still when the r ry demanded pro gress? (hear, hear.) On the lost thee...eon on this gut lion gentlemen opposite left the house, and the division Was Is twcen the n•foriners. That was caused by the noble lord topiao•neg the hill, and objecting to tarry out his own principle. 'I% hat had taken plan' to induce him to believe that ministers were more snwere than mu the (.ruler oeco sbon ? He should divide in favour of the measure, cure less of what the numbers might he. (Hear, hear.) After u few worter from Sir B. HALL and Mr. 11F.VDT.AY ; Mr. MCI: sold he had voted for the introdutotiton of the bill, and be thought much had loot en gained by the discus awl the. vote thereon. Ile was Wit prepaft 11 to go all the length. of the hon. member for Montrose; but he them.ulit this a reasonable and fair proposition. If lie voted against the seemed reading, he .141 nut wi4t to be inisunder mod. (Ili ar, and " Oh, oh! ") He did not wish to em hams. the government for no end: nor did he wish to court debut, which was inevitable if they divided 110 W. lt.el he heard the declaration of the mottle lord on the for mer debate, he should nut have voted fur the introduction Mlle. 1411. Mr. 'l'. BUNCOMBE said lie hail frequently moved reso lutions fur carrying out the Inform Bill, which had ales ass been opposed by the govenement. On this occasion he doubted us to the extent of thew intended reform. 'The Secretary-at-War had not told them whether it was the magnitude or the inefficiency of this measure which they tolojected to. Ile said the c lass proposed to he enfronehiseil WWI u very respect:Ode class, and the way he showed his respect aas by voting against the bill. lie noble lord had been understood, on the former occasion, to deny that the chess was entitled to the franchise. Ile sold the colduet haul had sarioms thecu.siona on the question, but it had occurred to them that the Reform Bill was not twenty years old. (Ltughte r.) Next year it would hove attained that age, and they should then be prepared to deal with it. But what security had they, after the late niinisterial crisis, that the noble lord would occupy his present scat? (Hear, hear ) Let the noble lord say that this bill was inethei rit. and did not go tar enough—that he would nest session propow a much more on typing mea sure; awl then he might induce the lion. member for East Surrey to withdraw his bill. (Hear, hear.) It was long since the noble lord had done anything in the way of re form; let him support this bill, by way of keeping his band in. (•• Hear," Ulla laughter.) Mr. CLAY, while not wishing to embarrass the govern merit, should vote fur the *tweed reading if a division was pry Mr. Alderman SIDNEY referred to his vote on the former occasion, and the reason why it was given. Ile (Alderman Sidney) approached the second reading of this bill with a conviction that it was not what many hon. minb..rs bvlieved it to he—a democratic or (Lim/crow' measure. (.. Hear, hear." and -divide. divide.") Ile did not trouble the I.lolldo very often, and if prevented from de liveriiir his opinion on the present occasion, be would az ne the adjournment of the debate. (Oh, oh.) He hail never been adverse to the extension of the franchise. l'reviuus to ISA I. the period of the Reform Dill, there were fears enter tain, il that that bill would tend to revolutionise the country, but he found that instead of making the people more de inucrutie, its tendency was to make them inure conserva tive. (Hear, hear.) Ile, therefore, said to hon. members on his side of the house who were inclined to oppose the present measure, that their C. 1 1 ,1 on the supposition of de mocracy were xr.oindless—(hmr. hear)—and therefore he would of thou to uphold the proposition, as such was his own determination. (Hear, hear.) Colonel THOMPSON felt bound to confess that he would as soon see London six weeks in the possession of a foreign army as see lion. members opposite six weeks in Mike. The mischief, in one rase, might be more eon ceutrated, but certainly would not be inferior in amount ; and he, therefore, should record his vote against the meas safe. it littliala to a division. (Hear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. S. CRAWFORD, Col. ROM lI.LY said that since the passing of the Re form Dill the advancement of morality and the extension of information were an unmistakeable amongst the classes in general as to establish &claim on their behalf to more extended privileges. (Hear.) Holding that opinion he felt bound to vote on all uzealitlllS in favour of the exteusion of the fran chise, as he did in the last year. however, since then a upequence of the present measure was one very disagree able to many bon. members. A right hon. baronet who sat on the opposite side of the house (Si J. Graham), the leader of a own.•.— . no, no," from the protec '-. and • morons party—, , , tionist beathes)—well, if not numerous, able, mid influ ential, had signified his intention of legislating liberally on the questlan, in the event of him being commissioned to take Ake. (Hear, bear.) No person could doubt the sincerity of his hon. friend (Mr. L. King), but for many considera tions be Rosatilly) pressed upon him the policy of not pnweolinz with his present mem.ure. In any case hie (Cul. Roanlly's) mine was clear. As an advocate of the extension of the franchise he was prepared to go beyond the I object of the present partial measure ; but as he thought L THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1851. tbionneesee of the second reading would be dangerous to the Moe of general reform in the representation, he should MO whist his hon. friend. eHear, hear.) /11;11. BERLELET and Mr. noon spoke against the esisad reading, and Mr. UZYWORTR in its favour. Mr. OSBORNE maintained that this was a sham motion, not meant to be carried out. He had more confidence in the ability of the noble lord to carry reform measures than the small party to which he (Mr. Osborne) belonged. He would not distrust the noble lord, and should give him no factious opposition. He called upon Mr. King, andel' who were in favour of practical and efficient reform, to give up this bill. Mr. M'CULLACiII reproached thaw members who were going to act in the teeth of their former vote with flying front their principles. Lord J. it USSELL said he had bat very little to add to the speech of his right hon. friend the Secretary at War, at the commencement of the discussion. His right'hon. friend had stated that he (Lord J. Russell) assured the house on a pre vious occasion that he had no objection that these classes should be admitted to the privilege of the franchise ; but the ground on which he wished to argue this question was, that their being admitted to vote for county purposes would not be au improvemeet of the representative .}stem. (Hear, hear.) In the same way, if it were proposed that the furty shilling freeholders, who were not redolent, should vote in Manchester and Leeds. without questioning their fitness, he should view such a proceeding as not calculated to improve the representation in that house. Some hon. gentle men, in giving their reasons as to why they, should vote in favour of the bill, required that he should give the house some explanation. But be- , fore he said a word on that subject he wished to put it to the house whether or not it was desirable to vote for a pro- , position on the grounds stated by the hon. gentleman the member for East Surety ? (Hear, hear.) The hon. gen tleman said there was but one alteration in reepect to the elective franchise required, namely, giving Ice. voters the power of voting in etounties• ' and with that change the representation would Ise such as they could eately stand upon. But that was not the hon. gentleman's propoeitiou; it was only one of those changes which he wished to see effected. Ile (Lord J. Russell) therefore asked the house, considering the importance, the gravity of this suhjeet,— considering that all the laws and measures adopted depended on the electoral body,—he asked whe. they it would be wiser to adopt a measure of I this kind now, limited as it was, or to wait till the whole scheme for the alteration and ex tension of the franchise should he brought before the house ? I (Ikar, hear.) lie gave that as a reason for not adopting the proposition. (Hear, hear.) The hon. memo eefor Man chester (Mr. Bright) expressed a wish that he (Lord J. Rusitelt) should state what were his general views, what would he his proposition, and how far his stews would go. Now, he thought that would be the very worst course be could pursue. (Ilear, hear.) There might he many rea sons for nut bringing forward an extension of the franchise at press nt ; there might be many good riftroll• fur pest pouing it till next session; but he could not see any !grounds now fur going into the details and general nature of a mesa. I sure juts-ailed to he proposed in a future session, as his' doing se would have the effect of sending the I scheme to the country unexplained and unde fended, there to be canvassed in the interim that must elapse before its being brought before the legista- ' ture. (Hear, hear.) Ile should therefore adhere to the declaration made on a previous occasion, namely, on the bringing forward of this bill, that he was of opinion, eery much rat. the reasons given by the hon. member for Call terbury, on the grounds of improved intelligence and geueral spread of information since the period of 1831, like wise for other reasons, such as the defects neceeetrilv hi st parable from any great measure ouch as the Reform bill, that it would be wise if that house should, at the commence ment of the next session, consider a measure for the extension of the franchise. (Hear, hear.) Ile had stated so fee quently his general views as to the representation of the country., and the basis on which it. now etood, that be did not think it necessary or expedient to go into that question at present. (Hear, hear.) With these few obeereatione he would leave the question in the hands of the 'mete, at the same time expressing his determination to vote against it. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Mr. DISRAELI could not allow the house to come to a division without briefly expressing his %kW,. The right hon. gentleman, the Secretary at War, with an almost con vulsive effort to reconstruct the reform party, had described Lon. gentlemen on his (Mr. Disraeli's) side of the house as handed iteuinst every species of parlinmentary reform. Now, he was at a loss to understand what authority the right lion. gentleman had for so doing. (Ilear, liter, with e No, no,' from Mr. Fox Maule.) The right hon. gentle man informed hint that he del nut make use of these obser vations, which, nut having taken them down, he would re call. ()Hear, hear.) But, at least, if the right hon. gentle men did not make nee of thee; words, they unfortunately conveyed that impression. (Hear, hear.) Last year a measure widely extending the franchise in Ire land was brought forward and carried without the least opposition. The Right Hon. Secretary at War, with remarkable consistency, next advocated the principle of the measure of the hon. member fir East Sur rey, on the ground that it would Mere:see the franchise now enjoyed by the county tenants. But he should have re membered it was not from hint or from his friends that that detest , of the Reform Bill emanated. (Hear, hear.) When he (Mr. Disraeli) heard the tief. tenants is counties described as nut worthy of the franchise that was about to be confer red on an interior class of individuals, he could not help 'saying it was the opinion of all that that class had exercised the franchise , in a manner must creditable to themeelvere as well as advantageous to the constitution. (Hear, hear.) lie begged to remind the house when the Reform Bill was pro posed that hon. gentlemen who proposed and supported it were in the habit of saying that noo sincere adhesion would he given thu bill by gentlemen who sat on that (Mr. Disraeli'i) side of the (muse; and it was in vain those loin. gentlemen declared that, if it passed into law, they would give it their culheeion. They had been told, in thet, that the retention of their seats depended on the adhedon they gave " the bill, the whole bill, and ut,thing but the hill." Well, they gave it their adherence ; and they supported it. (War.) Ile admitted that there was, if not au actual, at least a virtual, compact that that was to be consiolenelfor it time a settlement of the great tpeetims and it, hug a, the political party who introduced it upheld it, he admitted it would nut be wise or politic to sanction any alteration in it, as such would only tend to encourage au agitation fatal, perhaps, to the iutereste of the commu nity. (Hear, hear.) But when not only the political party who, introduced the Habra' Bill, hut the very statesman who framed, and moulded, sod introduced it hitt.' the house, gave up his own handy work, then he mnsidered they were quite free to deal with the question without re ference to its antecedents. (Beer, hear.) lie thought they were perfectly right in considering the franchise of the comm •y w about reference to the past, and only with re ference to those conisideratieus that affected the public wel fate. (Hear, hear.) lie entirely protested against being considered an advocate of that doctrine popularly known as " finality," but objected to nominal reforms, designed in I reality to promote party interests. Mr. W. G. STAN LIS was underetotod to say he would support the sieves of the noble lord the first miuister of the crown. (Loud trite, of " Divide.") Mr. L. KING was anxious to explain the course he wished to adopt at pre' rut. (Cries of "Go on.") Several appeals having been mottle by hon. gentlemen and friends with a view to have the bill withdrawn and not pressed to a division, he could only say that the hill was then in the hands of the house, and that he sits unwilling to undertake the responsibility of pressing it toe divieon. ("Goon, go on.") However, the bill was iu the hands of the house. (" Divide. divide.") The house then divided— }'or the bill Against it The bill was accordingly negatived. AUDIT OF RAILWAY ACCOUNTS BILL. ... 299-216 Mr. LOCKE, in moving the second reading of this hill, having referred to the measures on this subject which had been brought forward and afterwards withdrawn, said the shareholders were left at the end of last session without any bill. They met, however, and instructed him to move for leave to bring in the bill which had been presented last year to the House of Lords by Lord Stanley. In pursuance of these instructions, he moved for and obtained leave to introduce the bill of which he now moved the second reading. Ile hoped that it would not be maintained that men who had spent 120,000,000/. in great public enterprises were not fit to manage their own attain. Ile admitted there were some ditierencei of opinion as regarded the provisions of the bill, but he hoped they might be so im proved in committee as to give satisfaction to all parties. they were fully considered by 10 gentlemen who represented the railway interest, and h . aving the best professional assistance he felt %tinkled that the provisions of the bill would bear the fullest examina• tion of the house. (Hear.) Mr. HEY' WORTH seconded the motion. Mr. LABOUCHEKE said that he did not rise to oppose the motion of his hon. friend: but, at the same time, he could not allow the motion to pass without making a few observations upon the subject.lle deeply felt the importance of having some efficient system of railway audit, but he could not disguise front himself, or from the house, that he was at variance with his hon. friend as to the principle which he thought should animate the house on this subject. His opinion was, that do what they might, they would never enable the railway shareholders of this country to es tablish a real and effective control over the amounts ' in cases where the boards of directors were not trustworthy or where they wished to deceive the public and the share holders. He came, therefore, to the conclusion that the audit of railway accounts should be founded on some prin ciple beyond the railway companies. lle thought that there should be an independent audit; he did not say a govern ment audit, for he agreed in the position that government should not interfere in matters of this d scription. (Hear, hear.) And he always moot anxiously recommended the I house to disentangle the goventineut from any such t, nexion. But he thought that the bill of his I honourable friend, founded as it was on a differ ent principle from that which he had stated, would not defend the shareholders or the public in those gross sad &grant cases where the board of directors were either dishonest or incapable, and where they desired to deceive the public and the company as to the rent state and position a its affairs. And it was to be recollected that it was fur One extreme cases they were bound to provide. (Hear, Mar.) He therefore would never be a party to the bring ing forward of any measure for the establishment of a nalwa7 accounts audit which was not founded on some thine independent of the railway company itself. He was afraid that the present measure would be found to be a delusion—more plausible, perhaps, in appearance than the existing system—but which would not wore. in the wsy intended by his hon. friend, and would not give the public or the shareholders any real protection in the supposed case of a fraudulent, incapable, or dishonest board of directors. (Hear, hem.) lie thought that there were some defect* In the details of the bill, which lie would not then enter upon, but he might mention that the system of railway accounts which his hon. friend proposed in the schedules was extremely defective, and in that respect the bill differed from the measure introduced by Lord Stanley in the House of Lords. Mr. HUME thought the bill would have a different effect from what the right hon. gentleman seemed to anti cipate. He had nut a railway share in the world and he was therefore in a position to give a candid opinion. Mr. H. BROWN said that he should move the addition of certain clauses in committee and the omission of others, with a view of affording greater protection to proprietors. Mr.O.C. GLYN should vote for the second reading of the bill. At the same time he wished to state that he reserved to himself the right of objecting to several clauses as they now SIO.KI in the bill. Ile considered that the effi ciency of the measure was destroyed by the word ing of some of the clauses. Ile supported the bill because it proceeded on a different principle from that which the right hon. gentleman laid down as the proper one to be applied to the audit of railway accounts. (Hear, hear.) He was greatly surprised when the right hon. gen tleman said that in the measures he proposed he avoided the introduction of the principle of government inter ference. Ile would appeal to hon. gentlemen who attended to these matters whether those hills were founded on any other principle than that of government interference in the details of railway concerns. (Hear, hear.) The bill was then read a second time. EXPENSES OF PROSECUTIONS BILL. On the motion of Sir G. GREY, this bill was committed pro fused, for the purpose of printing some additional clauses. MARINE MUTINY BILL AND MUTINY BILL. The reports on thew two hills were received. The other orders were then postponed, and the house ad journed at ten minutes to six to.i:lock. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL. CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 2.—CHANcELunis M EDAT: LISTS.—The two gold medals given annually by the Chan cellor of the University to two commencing Bachelors of Arts, who having obtained senior optimes at least, show themselves the best proficient. in classical Raining, have been adjudged as follows :—I. Ds. Lightfoot, 'Trinity; 2. Ds. Burn, Trinity. Tux Miavt's Pnizn.—The University having ac ci Meet a fund raised by several members of St. John's Col lege for the purpose of founding a prize to be called the Adam's Piize, for the beg Essay on sonic subject of Pure Mathematics, Astronomy or other branch of natural phi losophy, the prize to be given once in two years, and to be urn to the competition of all persons who have at any time been admitted to a degree in this university. The fol lowing is the subject for the prize in IS52:—" An investi gation of the perturbations of the moon in latitude pro duced by the action of Venus; and particularly of the secu lar movement, and the inequalities of long period in the movement of the moan's nude." The essays must he sent in to the Vice-Chancellor on or before the Ist of July, 1852. Disx EY PROFEiSORSII IP or nen .xotawiv.—Julin Dis ney, Esq., to whose munificence the university is indebted for the collection of ancient marbles lately deposited in the litzwillium Museum, and known by the name of " The Museum Disneianum," offers to transfer to the Chancellor, masters, and stkolars of the university of Cambridge, 1,0001. three per ecatum per annum Consoiiilated Bank Annuities, for the purpose of founding and endowing a professorship of classical antiquities, to be called "The Disney Professorship of Arehleology," subject to the following conditions, viz.:— That the professor be a member of the university of Cam bridge, and of the degree of Master of Arts, or some higher degree. That the lirofessor be required to deliver six lectures at least during each academical year on subjects of antiquarian research and the fine arts. That the appoint ment to the professorship remain with Mr. Disney during his lifetime; and that, after Mr. Disney's decease, the appointment be vested in the Vice-Chancellor and heals of colleges or their locumgenents. That the professorship be tenable for five years; and that the professor be capable of being re-elected. A grace, to authorise the acceptance: of Mr. Disney's proposal, will be offered to the Senate on Friday next, when a draft of the proposed endowment deed will be laid upon the Registrury's table. siz PREFERMENTS. 11ev. E. Evans, to Llandinam Curacy, Montgomery , shirr. 'ter. B. llallowes, to Kilkea Vicarage, Flintshire ; valuts, 3001. and rLsideuce ; patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. Bev E. Beaton, to be Chaplain to the Sherilf of Flintshire. Ikv. .1. Hill, to be City Lecturer (pro tem.), St. Martin, Cada:, Oxford. . . . to be Chaplain to the Sheriff of Nor folk. Rev. A. Le Sueur, to Grouville Rectory, Jersey ; value, 2001. ; patron, the Governor of Jersey. Iter. G. 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Lectureship of St. Martin Carfax, Oxford—city lecture ship patrons, tho Corporation of Oxford ; Rey. W. /tab, resigned UNITED SERVICE INnTlTCTlON.—Yesterday the first lecture of the season was given in the hall of this insti tution. The lecturer was Major Adams, and the paper read was On the guns and projectiles employed in the British service." The hall was crowded with members and their friends, the gallery being filled with non-commissioned officers of the line and of the artillery ; and the fixture, which was entirely of a technical character, was listened to throughout with evident attention and interest. Major Adams, to that practical knowledge which his position attests, adds great lucidity of style, and clearness of arrange ment, and communicates his information in a manner to render it attractive even to non-professional persons. 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Attcreoun, 30. 571 a. LONDON, THURsDAY, .4 Tit IL 3. LORD STANLEY has been delivered of his long expected speech; and a less imposing, less expressive manifestation has seldom been given to the world. For sonic weeks the note of preparation has re 801111dell in the Carlton. The "great conservative Fatly" was about to do what it had done just tea years ago--give a dinner to its chief by way of in augurating Is!forehand his assumption of power. The same plate was secured for the scene. The same rank and tile were expected to be in readiness fur the occasion. The sante principles, or at least pro fessions, were set forth us those win's: , coming tri umph was to be by anticipation mlebruted. The same sineerity of desire to turn out the Whigs was manifested. (Inc thing only seemed wanting or doubtful, namely, whether there was a leader as well worth giving such a dinner to ? Lord STANLEY, like all copyists, does not reali,e the expectations of his followers. In his own indivi dual character few men are his equals. As chief of guerilla squadron -as second in command to under take a flunk movement under the dimities of a cool and steady genendissinto—as daring chnutpion of some t'orlorn cause, where no mistake can is.s.ibly entail any serious consequences to his usual allies— Lout STANLEY stands utmost unrivalled. But to form, to guide, to moderate yet withal to stimulate the confidence of a great pun% is quite another thing. And this is precisely what the head of the protve tionist lilOlColllcittS is CIIIitICIIOV 111011 tali tied to Ile has neither the restraint over himself that would enable hint to restrain others, nor that elo , r-sighted faith in his own political creed that can stone win and fix the intellectual reliance of his followers in , him. The assemblage, yestertlay, in Merchant Tailors' hull, and the oration delivered by the noble guest to his political hosts, sufficiently attest the tenth of these remarks. Ten years ago, the same Lull was filled by upwards of three hundred member , of the House of Commons. Yesterday, there were but two thirds of thut number. On the former remarkable ocetwion the guest was Sir Itoustui l'Ettt.. then in the zenith of his fame as a sweet sstal leader and de bater, who had by slow but steady steps conducted his party from the hack of the political desert into which they had been driven by the Reform Bill to the confines or the promised land. The enthusiasm of that renterksble day was the spontaneous and selrsustaincd confidence of one half the House of Commons, and of a vast majority of the House of Lords, that the ohjert of their splen did compliment knew what they wished him to do and how it could best be done. Nlisgivitut.; or his adherence to the protCssions he had matey to than there were none: neither are there now. But coati denee in his capacity, his resourves, his experience, and his caution, there prevailed to an almo-t mire eedented degree. Does any human being believe that similar sentiments are entertained towards hit brava! and abortive imitator? The reserve of tone which was recognised as one of the characteristics .ft PEEL, and which simply had the effect of raising still higher the ertdulous hopes of his'adhemnts, tills the followers of Lord Sit.NLEY with doubts and dis may. PEEL was always mysteriumt as to what he would do when called in ; that was his way, and people said " how signitieunt " when he let tall the most guarded expression. At the same phrase from his frank and fearless suecessor, they only feel in clined to mutter " how ia-significant r y un derstood—or ut all events they fancied they under stood -Sir RottEter's elaborate poising of conflieting interests and balancing of opposite eonsiderat ions ; but having been subsequently taught to regard these arts as part of the MIMS prcistred fiar their un doing as monopolists of the supply of food, it is certainly not strange that they should fecl satlty perplexed at hearing hint who taught them to wolf at PEEL and to scorn everything like paltering with the great principle of protection, come out with thu very same sort of thing, only far less adroitly ar ranged and far less persuasively uttered. Instead of leading them, or eves piending that, he would speedily lead theta, to the assault, Lord S r t N LEI get about expatiating, in his after-dinner sisech, upon the difficulties of tory government at all times in a country like this, and upon the impossibility of even attempting to displace their rivals until they were ready to dissolve parliament. What does this Mean ? Simply that inasmuch as protection dies not count above two-fifths of the present House of Commons as its votaries, and as the next dis solution has been solemnly declared by Lord STANLEY to be, its last chance, his lad ship strongly recommends his impatient friends not to be precipitate, lest Imply they throw it away. After the finances fur the pre sent year are arranged, and the estimates all passed, and the ordinary work of the session con cluded—why then, indeed, if the two houses shall cont' •to sit, Lord STANLEY might not he abso lutely averse to fight a pitched battle for office more antiquo. But as to anything immediate, not wand escapes his lips that even Mr. Citioutik: FRE9I:I:IEK Yoga, sanguine man though he is, could affect to construe into encouragement. If onmiudecd, the reins were surrendered to hint, Lord STANLEY has no hesitation in saying that his policy would be one—not of restored protection in the farmers sense of the word—but of a earefid eon sideratiott of the general interest, with A view to the promotion of the peranment weal of the industrious class of all avoca tions : and that is all. Why there is not an empiric that ever published a panacea for the public ills—there is not u red-tape-ist that evil- jobb, d through life under all administrations-them is not a shuifier or a demagogue, an intriguer or a ftction ist—that could he named, who might not say all Lord STANLEY bus said, with 'waist consistency and with out the slightest sense of rendering himself thereby accountable. A QUIETING address from the two archbishops, and from twenty-two out of twenty-six bishops of the Church of England was yesterday issued. It is addressed, of course, to the clergy of the dioceses only of the prelates whose signatures it bears. So that, on a gnat emergency, the clergy of four aces are excluded front the advice tenderea by a great majority of the episcopal bench, and will receive other counsels. Those dioceses arc Exeter, Bath and Wells, Hereford, and Manchester. And, as they aro presided over by prelates very different in principles, in pulley , in practices, and in habits of Christian courtesy and charity ; KO opposite, indeed, as to de stroy any notion of a common bond uniting Bishops PUILLPOTTS and BACOT, with Bishops liturfot:s and Liz, in their dissent front this address; it is reason able Wilder that even in the prelacy itself, there aro two, and those two antagonistic, classes of objections to the spirit, the tone, the temper, or the recommen dations of the manifesto. In this great crisis of our church's history, them are then insuperable differences of opinion amongst its bishops. When unity, peace, and concord were, above all things needful in its episcopacy, there arc, on the contrary, fundamental varieties of thought, convictions, and persuasions; when popery has com mitted a flagrant aggression on the : prelatical preteu sinus and rights of the church of Englund, not even the dangers of its assaults can produce uuanimi,y, so deeply seated is our episcopal discord; when a mighty conflict of principles is tearing the church to pieces, the instinct of self preservation cannot beget common action about forma and ceremonies amongst PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. AYLESBURY ELECTION COMMITTEE. Yesterday at eleven o'clock this committee, con siding of Mr: O. A. Hamilton (chairman), lion. J. W. For teseue' Sir E. Hayes, Mr. Miles, and Mr. J. B. Smith , re sumed their inquiry. Mr. Bodwell summed up on bAalf of the petitioners, analysing the evidence at length, and contending that it showed not only wholesale and systematic bribery and treating, hut that the paternity of both the bribery and the treating was to be fixed not only on the unknown individlial called "The Man in the Moon," but upon Meesrs. Ward, Wheeler, and other agents of the sitting memlier, whose counsel he challenged to primitive w itne , :es to contradict this, or that Mr. Calvert was responsible fur the illegal acts of Ids agents. Mr. Serjeant Kinglake, Q.C., then in a lengthy speech addres,ed the nnuuottee on behalf of Me. rt, the sit ting member ' insisting that eounbel for the petitioners had totally failed from the evidt nee, which for the mug part had I been purely hypothetical, in establishing anything like a case of bribery and treating, which at starting was asserted would be brought home to the agents of the bitting member. The statements that hail b:cri made on the other side us • contrasted with the evidence. adduced, were vague, empty, and uncertain; eharges had 'wen made a hich Iwd not been substantiated, and the extraordinary course foul been adopted of putting in before the commit tee a lift of parties alleged to have been bribed when there was not a ftagment of evidence of the fitet. The question of law for the committee to consider was whether the sitting member WI% to be held responsible for the acts of subordinate parties, %hum the petitioners chose to call agents, there Iwbg a wide distinetiokto be established as between general and special agent.. After siting various reports and decisions on this subject, the learned counsel submitted that the main question lhr the committe e 'II%IS whether they would be imbued to give any weight to the fact of an agent in the loositiou of Ward, who was appointed for a speeiae purpose, having dune acts lb reign to the duty delegated to him, and w hither the sitting member was to be answerable for any extravagant or un authorised acts that such nu agent might commit. Were parliament to act on such a principle there would not be a seat of one of its inembera that would not he in peril, and should the committee act on such a precedent, lie thought that hereafter the expediency might be doubted as to any genthanan becoming a candidate at all. No one could deny there had been treating, hut the other question raised that what was done by Ward NA agent Sir the sitting member was, he route:ldeal, wholly uusustained, and he should now Call Mr. Acton Tindal, and the other agent( ut the sitting member, to re fute the assertions of the other side. Mr. Acton Tindal, Lord of the Manor of Aylesbury, ex amined by Mr. Merewether—Was clerk of toe peace fur the county of 11 ickingham. Had been engaged in the election for Aylesbury, Wet hail received no professional remuneration. It was arranged between himself and Mr. Calvert that all the arrangements of the tbs.:ion should he eontioled to witness. A built of money was placed in his hand( by Mr. Calvert, fur the purposes of the election. ChM Mr. Calvert an approximate estimate, governed by what previous elections had been, of the probable co-t of the election. Previous elections had cost as much as t,'N•ol. Told Mr. Calvert that 1,500/. would be sufileient, but about 1,809.1. came into his hands, and of that aunt about fitinS had been expended. Witness engaged certain professional agents, who were solicitors, who had assigned tenon specific duties, witness retaining to himself (iit 51r. Calvert's re quest) the entire general control. Mr. Calvert gave orders to witness with reference to the manage:nem of the elm . tiuu. TOM, him as an indispensable condition of his atanol ling that there was to be no brbery eor treating of any de scription. He said, as her us he could recollect, that he would gain his Neat by the corruption of no man, and that he would make no man drunk. (Laughter.) So/011 after this Mr. Calvert arrived in Aylesbury and met a number 1 of the comftitueuts, stating his political views, and repeat- Log the instructions he had given to witness, and stating that nobody but witness woo to have the power of ordering or paying. At this period the address of Mr. Serjeant llyles was not out, but a sort of " itylea-forsever-iwn" had sprung on. (Laughter.) A few days after Calvert' canto Houghton retired, and subsNjueutly Bytes. After this w ituess heard that sonic of (lateen's friends met out the sth of lhaember at the Dell, kept by Wouttoon, l upon which witness went with Mr. Watson, who was vu gaged as an agent of Mr. Calvert there, and took down Crum the wall a placard with the words "Culvert's Com- • mime" upon it, telling the landlord that there was no committee, and that there should be no committee, and that if any persona were assembled there for convivial purposes they would be called upon to pay for themselves.. The laudlorti was eaWnded with him, sumach so that he was afraid that after having given his support to Calvert he would withdraw it. 'flue 000/. expended was chiefly fur agency, carriage hire, statesmen, and general expenses. By the Committee —T hought cleat between 500/. and 6001. would (outlive to cover the outstanding expenses. Cross-examined by Mr. Jaws, 1.1. C.-lad generally been employed in these elections on the contrary side of politics until the nefarious intrigues of the last eleethm, by which Mr. Clayton was ousted. Admitted that he teas peti t/utter against the return of Mr. Deering at a previous elec tion, but did not know that Mr. Deering was turned tout for treating chiefly on the evidence of the toy publie-housee where the treating seem on, on the last °evasion. The gate swat of Bradford, that he was employed by witness, was untrue, and wanes. had never paid hint for his services. William Ward. who was a builder, had taken an active part in Mr. Clayton's eleetiun, and tilllVA•stli with witness and Calvert iu the neighbourhood of Stone, three utiles , from Aylesbury, where he went with them in a carriage, riding on the box. Ward knew Stone well ; and it was, therefore, thought he would be no acquisition. Took with them also thanes Wheeler, the baker, thinking there was no harm in taking a baker with them in election time. (Laughter.) Ward also met thew at a place culled Aston Ciiutun, a district where the Duke of Buck ingham formerly bad interest, and latterly Baron Berths child. Witiesr polled early on the election day, and was in the habit of going every day to the committee at the White Hart. Was hinissli the committee; and consequently, part- . (Laical as it may appear, when he went to the committee he might be said to visit himself. (Laughter.) Witness was the committee, and of course wherever he went the committee went. The people who came in the carriage% were paid their expenses, but did not know whether those who Caine in their own carts were allowed 'lns. each. When witness left Aylesbury on the polling day, the committee was virtually absent for the day. By the Couunittee—Asked Ward, when he brought the bills, whether they were confined to statesmen alone, and net to voters; as, if they were not, be would nut pay them. Was not aware that statesmen were chiefly the WWI of town, and, including refivahments 1371. altogether was paid to the stavestu n. Did nut take any steps in conse quence of the arrival of " the Man in the Moan" at Ayles bury, and did not hear what class of voters " the Man in the Moon" fixed his affections on fur Wasting. (Laughter.) Did not, iu consequence of the application of " the Man In the Moue," glee any caution to Calvert's agents. Heard that refreshments were being given away, and told every one nut to gu near the place whore " the Man in the Moon" was. Ilad reason to believe that Calvert's smuts curumunis rated this caution to the agents generally and to the voters. Had not, cit laq directly or indirectly, any knowledge of refreshments having been given through the instrumentality of " the Mall in the Moon." Mr. Henry Watson, solicitor, of Aylesbury, deposed to haling aewd as one of the legal agents of Mr. Calvert, and to having cautioned the publicans at Aylesbury and Mimeo den not to give any treating, and that whatever they sup pied the parties would have to pay for themselves. Was (originally contented fur Iloughton, but on his retirement was retained fur Calvert. By the Committee—The first time he heard anything about "the Mall iu the Moon" was from a joke amongst the Aylesbury people " Where's the Man iu the Moon?" and the Man in the Moon's in the town." Mr. Heury Philbrick, partner in the firm of Benson and Maria, solicitors, of Aylesbury, and agent for the sitting member at Missenden, deposed, from entries in his diary, that he only reaistinad at the George lea on Monday and Tuesday, the 9th and 10th December last, and nut, as had been deposed by the witness Philbee, that he had slept there a whole week before the election. Administered the caution alluded to against treating. This bring the case for the sitting member, Mr. Merewetber dwelt upon the general es idence at great length, contending that the case was only one of treating ; that the only turning p o int on which a question arose, was with reference to the agency of Ward, and that this new Eadymiun-like edition of the descent of the individual, called the "Man in the Moon," from his lunar abode was literally nothing but moonshine, and intended only to give a fictitious colouring to the case. The proceedings at 5 o'clock were then adjourned. Mr. James IS to reply upon the eau made out for the sitting member, P A.7IT.IAMENTARY DIVISION. -- -- - COUNTY FRANCHISE BILL. "Thatmend rending read, mothm T heailnd ilue -11011 Pm'. be Nil be now reads second time." htuee divided — Ayes, Si; Not., 399. AYES. Aglionhy, Henry A. Hattie, Alocsniter O'Connell, Morgan J. Aleork, Thomas Ifeaillam. Thoma, E. O'Connor, Feargun Ansley, Thema C. henry, Alexander O'llaberty, Anthony Barron, Sir Henry W. Heywood, Jane. 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