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Mina Lather Jacobs—To con. elude, with TUE LAST LINK OF LOVE. sham S. HIGH WAWA AT LONDON BRIDOL TIM DAT —M.1101114 lk lam Afternoon, la. 41s. Talloas.ow—ltorning, 2b. 4m Attorpook 2k tisk LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCIE 19. MR. H tRIN'ASTLEN Bill for the Abolition of Church Rates is set down for a second reading to morrow (Wednesday), together with two other Bills on the ballle subject, introduced respectively by Mr. HUIMARD and Mr. NEWDEOATE. It ap pears from a return just presented to Parliament, that as many as ten distinct Bills have been brought into the House of Commons since 1861, while a variety of schemes have been proposed by diffe rent members in twenty-one resolutions or amend ments. In nothing is the impotence and ineffec tuality of our unreformed legislature more shown than in this incapacity of dealing with a question which everybody knows to be virtually decided, but which is nevertheless permitted to vex and obstruct our public life. Nobody now—except Archdeacon DENlSON—affects to believe in the possibility of upholding the present state of things. Every compulsory levy of church rates that is made takes place under a condition of Cie law which is not only condemned by public opinion, but which even the oppo nents of Mr. HARDCASTLE'S Bill would not undertake to justify. The wbole course of mo dern legislation is adverse to the practice of quartering a particular church for support upon Christians who do not belong to it, but have sustain their own religious organizations by their voluntary liberality. Diversity of religious pro -1 fession and ecclesiastical life has become at least as much a part of our legally recognised English system as the principle of an establishment itself ; and we are all hastening on to the acknowledg ment of complete equality before the law as the common basis of the churches. Thus this church. rate controversy is an anachronism without the least support in the convictions or hopes of our age. Last year Mr. HARDCASTLE'S Bill for the Aboli tion of Church Rates was read a second time in the House of Commons by a majority of thirty three, but it was not pressed, as there seemed to be just a chance that Mr. Graesroax, who had a proposal of his own, would be able to mediate a compromise between the supporters and opponents of church rates. Mr. GLADSTONE'S proposal sub sequently came before the House in the form of the Compulsory Church Rates Abolition Bill, which provided for the cessation of all compulsory powers for the collection of church rates, while it vested in those who might pay voluntary rates the exclusive power of regulating church expendi ture. This scheme was supported by some of the ablest of the representatives of the Church of England in the ecclesiastical press, and was re ceived with much favour out of doors ; but the general result of the discussion upon it was, we believe, a conviction that there is no medium between the present system and complete aboli tion. Certain it is that a considerable section of those whom the measure was intended by Mr. GLADSTONE to conciliate showed themselves as hostile to it as to the more thorough-going mea sure of Mr. HAIIDCASTLE. Nor were they without their justification, for there can be no doubt that any attempt to retain the machinery of church rates after the principle of universal and equal compulsion has been eliminated would in many cases only impair the energies and fetter the liberty of sincere church men, and deprive them of the advantages which attend a perfectly free and voluntary system. The objections made to Mr. GLADSTONE'S Bill did not, however, proceed from the supporters of that of Mr. HAEDCASTLE, who, on the contrary, were quite willing to accept it instead of their own more consistent proposal. This session Mr. Hartecarne reintroduces his measure, and the whole interest of the question now turns upon it, the two other Bills which we have mentioned not THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVEI9ING, MAR, having the least chance of becoming law. That of Mr. HUBBARD is founded on the principle of special exemption, which, it will be remembered, was recommended some years ago by a Select Conunittee of the House of Lords. In return for thisimeMesion Mr. HUBBARD requires the right of assessing and recovering church rates in the Name way as those for the relief of the poor. The Bill provides that every occupier who shall give notice before the Bthof January in each year that he claims exemption shall be exempted from payment of rates, but in that case the owner of the property is to become liable unless he also claims exemp-i tion within twenty-one days. One consequence of the enactment of this provision would be that in many parishes of large towns when no rates have been levied for years the ratepayers, who have long since forgotten that church rates exist, would be obliged to send in an annual claim for exemption, or be liable to the unexpected imposition of rates in a most stringent form. Mr. NEWDECATEN Bill proposes a " Church Charge" instead of rates, but, as it has always been rejected in the House of Commons by large majorities, we need not discuss it. Mr. HsancssrLE's is the only measure before the House that deserves to be treated seriously, as offering any chance of a final settlement of the question, all other proposals being irritating and inadequate. The Aboli tion Bill was carried repeatedly in the House of Commons between 1856 and 1861, when the political languor and demoralisation which marked the closing years of Lord PALMER sros's administration prejudiced its success, with that of many other useful and necessary measures, and caused neglects and delays, the consequences of which arc now suffered by the whole country. After being sustained by majorities upon eight divisions it was lost on the motion for the third reading in 1861, the division list showing a tie. The next year it was lost by one vote, and in 1863 was defeated by a• majority of ten. Last year it was carried by a majority of thirty-three in a house of 541 members, although between thirty and forty liberal members were absent impaired. The division to-morrow will no doubt be a very full one, the critical stateof the Govern ment and the question of Reform retaining mem bers of parliament in town. It is in the power of the liberal members of the lower House of Parliament to carrythesecond reading of the Abolition Bill by a majority's() large as to place it in a commanding posi tion, and if each member will bear in mind his own individual responsibility on this occasion, the question may be practically decided this session. The subject is one in which the constituencies take great interest ; and if it be not settled by the present Parliament, it cannot fail to occupy a pro minent place among the topics to be mooted at the hustings at the next general election, which may be nearer than sonic of us think. It will be much wiser, however, to remove it out of the category of debateable subjects before the advent of that crisis. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE GOVERNMENT REFORM BILL. • The following is a complete copy of the bill troduced last night into the House of Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is entitled, " A bill further to amend the laws relating to the representation of the people of England and Wales,' and it is backed by the names of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Walpole, and Lord Stanley. A Bill further to amend the Laws relating to the Re preser.tation of the People in England and Wales. "Whereas it is expedient to amend the laws relating to the representation of the people in England and \Vales: " Be it further enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Tempond and Commons, in this present par liament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : " 1. This Act shall be cited for all purposes as ' The Representation of the People Act, 11467.' " 2. This Act shall not apply to Scotland or Ireland, nor to the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge. " PART 1. " FRANCIIISL.S. "3. Every man shall be entitled to be - registered as • voter, and, when registered, to vote for a member or members to serve in parliament fors borough, who is qualified as follows ; that is to say: 1. Is of full age, and not subject to any legal incapacity ; and 2. Is on the last day of July in any year, and has during the whole of the preceding two years been an inhabitant occupier, as owner or tenant, of any dwelling house within the borough ; and 3. Has (luring the time of such occupation been rated in respect of the premises so occupied by him within the bo rough, to all rates (if any) made for the relief of the poor in respect of such premises ; and 4. Has before the 20th day of July in the same year paid all poor rates that have become payable by him in respect of the said premises up to the preceding sth day of January. " 4. Every man shall be entitled to be registered as a voter, and, when registered, to vote for a member or mem bers to serve in parliament for a county, who is qualified as follows, that is to say :-1. Is of full age, and not sub ject to any legal incapacity ; and, 2. Is on the last day of July in any year, and has during the twelve months im mediately preceding been the occupier, as owner or tenant, of premises of any tenure within the countyof the rateable value of 15!. or upwards ; and, 3. Has during the time of such occupation been rated in respect to the premises so occupied by him to all rates (if any) made for the relief of the poor in respect of the said pre mises ; and 4. Has before the 20th day of July in the same year paid all poor rates that have become payable by him in respect of the said premises up to the preceding sth day of January. " 5. Every man shall be entitled to be registered, and, when registered, to vote at the election of a member or members to serve in parliament for a county or borough, who is of full age, and not subject to any legal incapacity, and is on the last day of July in any year, and has durng the year immediately preceding, been resident in such county or borough, and is posse,..ed of any one or more of , the qualifications following; that is to say :-1. Is, and has been (luring the period of such residence, a graduate or associate in sa is of any university of the United King dom ; or a male person who has passed at sny senior middle-class examination of any university of the United Kingdom. 2. Is, and has been during the period aforesaid, an ordained priest or deacon of the church of England ; or 3. Is, and has been during the period aforesaid, a minister of anyother religions denomination, appointed either alone or with not more than one colleague to the charge of any registered chapel or place of worship, and is, and has been during such period, officiating as the minister thereof ; or 4. Is, and has been during the period aforesaid, a serjeant at-law or barrister-at-law in any of the inns of court in England, or a certificated pleader or certificated con veyancer ; or 3. Is, and has been during the period aforesaid, • certificated attorney or solicitor or proctor in England or Wales ; or 6. Is, and has been during the period aforesaid, • duly Lual fied medical practitioner registered under theMedi. cal Act,lBsB; or 7. Is,and has been during the period aforesaid, a schoolmaster holding a certificate from the committee of her Majesty's Council on Education : Provided that no person shall be entitled to be registered as • voter or to vote in respect of any of the qualifications mentioned in this section in more than one place. " 6. Every man shall be entitled to be registered, and when registered, to vote at the election of a member or members to servo in parliament for a county or borough. who is of full age, and not subject to any legal incapacity, and is on the Ist day of July in any year and has durum the two years immediately preceding been resident in such county or borough, and is possessed of any one or more of the qualifications following, that is to say : 1. Has on the let day of July in any year, and has had during the two years immediately preceding, a balance of not less than 50/. deposited in some savings bank in his own sole name and for his own use ; or 2. Holds on the Ist day of July in any year, and has held during the two years immediately preceding, in thebooks of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England or Ireland in his own sole name and for his own use any parliamentary stocks or funds of the 'United King. doe, to the amount of not less than 50r. ; or 3. Has due. ing the 19 months immediately preceding the sth day of Apr ain any year been charged with a sum of not less than 20e. in the whole by the year for assessed taxes and income tax, or either of such taxes, and has before July 20 in that year paid all such taxes due from him up to the preceding January 5 ; Provided, first, that every person entitled to vote in respect of any of the qualifications mentioned in this section shall on or before July 20 in each year claim to be registered as a voter; secondly, that no person shall be entitled to be register d as a voter or to vote in respect of any of the qualifications mentioned in this section for more than one place. " 7. A person registered as a voter fora borough by rea son of his having been charged with and paid the requisite amount of assessed taxes and income tax, or either of such taxes, shall not by reason of being so registered lose any right to which he may be entitled (if otherwise duly qualified) to be registered as a voter for the same borough in respect of any franchise involving occupation of pre mises and payment of rates, and when so registered in re spect of such double qualification he shall be entitled to give two votes for the member, or (if there be more than one) for each member to be returned to serve in parlia ment for the said borough. " PART 11. " DISTRIDUTIoN or SEMI. " 8. From and after the end of this present parliament the boroughs of Totnes, Reig►te, Great Yarmouth, and Lancaster shall respectively cease to return any member or members to serve in parliament. " 9. From and after the end of this present parliament each of the boroughs enumerated in Schedule (A) to this act annexed shall return one member and no more to serve in parliament. " 10. Bach of the places named in Schedule (B) to this act annexed shall be a borough, and shall each return one member to serve in future parliaments, and until other wine directed by parliament each such borough shall com prise such places as are specified and described in con nexion with the name of each such borough in tho said Schedule (B). " 11. Registers of voters shall be formed in and after the year 1868, notwithstanding the continuance of this present parliament, for or in respect of the boroughs con stituted by this act, in like manner Wit before the pass ing of this act they respectively had been boroughs return ing members to serve in parliament. " 12. From and after the end of the present parliament the borough of the Tower Hamlets shall be divided into two divisions, an.l each division shall in all future parlia ments be a separate borough, returning two members to serve in parliament. Each of the said divisions, until otherwise directed by parliament, shall comprise the places mentioned in connexion with each such division In Schedule (C) hereto annexed, and shall be called by the name of the North,•ni RIO Southern Division of the Tower Hamlets r speotively. "13. Registers of voters shall be formed in and after the year 186 S, notwithstanding the continuance of this pre sent parliament, in respect of the divisions of the said borough of the Tower Hamlets constituted under this act, in like manner as if such divisions had preciously to the passing of this act been separate boroughs returning members to serve in parliament. "14. From and after the end of the present parliament each county named in the first column of Schedule (D) to this act annexed shall be divided into the two divisions named in the second column of the said schedule, and each of such divisions shall cousist of the hundreds, lathes, wapentakes, and places mentioned in the t rthe third column 4 the said schedule. o all future parliaments Were shall be two members to . e for each of the divisiOrrepecified in the said sewed nit, and such 11116141111111 shall be chosen in the Emig manner. and by the same description of voters, and in respect of, the same rights of voting, as if each such division were a separate county. All enactments relating to divisions of counties returning members to serve in parliament shall be deemed to apply to the divisions osisetrinhel p si afore said. Registers of voters shall be formed in and after the year lieiti, notwithstanding the continuance of this present parliament, for or in respect of the divisions of counties constituted by this act, in like manner as if before the passing of this set they had respectively been counties re turning members to serve in parliament. " 15. In all future parliaments the University of London . shall return one member to serve in parliament. " lii. Every person whose name is for the time being on the register of griduatus constituting the convocation of the University of London shall, if of full age, and not subject to any legal incapacity, be entitled to vote in the ' election of a member to serve in any future parliament for i the said university. ~ 1 . -- - " PART 111. "SUPPLESZNTAL PROVISIONS. " INCIDENTS OF FRANCHISE. " 17. Different premises occupied in succession by any person as owner or tenant shall have the same effect in qualifying such person to vote for a county or borough as a continued occupation of the same premises. " 18. In a county where premises are in the joint occu pation of several persons as owners or tenants, and the aggregate rateable value of such premises is such as would —if divided amongst the several occupiers, so far as the value is concerned—confer on each of them a vote, then each of such joint occupiers shall, if otherwise qualified, and subject to the conditions of this act, be entitled to be registered as a voter, and when registered to vote at an election for the county. THE REFORM BILL DEBATE. The speech of Mr. Disraeli deepens the convic tion of the Timer of the unsatisfactory character of his bill, and increases its fear that the hope of obtaining a thoroughly complete scheme from the present ministry must be discarded. Until some competent member of the government admits that the universally condemned plan of dual voting L in no respect vital to the measure, we are compelled to regard it as an essential part, and indeed Mr. Disraeli's language at the close of the 'discussion im plied as much. So far as relates to the determination to fix upon household suffrage, qualified by a sufficient resi dence, the scheme deserves support ; and the other errors, saving the fatal one of duality, are remediable. The ex istence of the government and the hope of settling the question this session depend upon their readiness to modify the bill. Happily their previous conduct gives us no raason to despair that they will make any amount of con cession to the clearly expressed opinion of the house. The characteristic feature which distinguishes Mr. Dis raeli's scheme from the proposals of former governments is described by the Daily News to be the capacity which each of its parte admits of being fraudulently abused. Showing this by a variety of details, the Daily New par ticularly dwells on the inevitable effect of the rating qualification to lead to wholesale corruption and demoralisation. Putting aside the methods /by which Mr. Disraeli manages to magnify the sum total of enfranchisement which he provides by marching the same men off and on again, in order to obtain the effect of large numbers—the very provisions themselves for the second vote invite abuse. What Mr. Gladstone said of the project of dual voting applies to almost every part of the government scheme. It is capable of becoming, and is, therefore, sere to be made, " a gigantic engine of fraud." As to the dual vote not a word was said in its favour. It is clear that it must be withdrawn, if the measure is to be proceeded with. This done, it will be for the government and the house to consider whether, by the substitution of • lodger franchise for the more objectionable of the secon dary qualifications, and by some provision for enfranchise ment of compound householders as such, • reasonably satisfactory settlement might not be arrived at. The opinion of the Post may be gathered from its con cluding remark, that the ministry were entitled to have their measure brought in and read, but that it would cer tainly bars proved • saving of much valuable time if it had received last night the quietus which awaits it at its next stage. The Herald urges upon the liberals to embrace this op portunity of settling the question. If they follow Mr. Gladstone's lead nothing can be done now ; and if they get into power they will find that nothing can be done next year. The self-denial required of them is not great. The inevit►ble consequence of the passage of a measure like the government bill will be to preserve them their present majority, if not to increase it. While experiencing the greatest pain at the attacks on the bill from the Mnistetial side, the Herald finds consolation on the thought that this division, which must cripple the power of the conservatives for a long time to come, will show the House of Commons that reform is no longer a party question. It is not the Conservative party now, says the Standard, it is the liberal leader who stops the way. Nevertheless, the measure to his intense mortification, was, on the whole, favourably received. Unless • grors breach of faith be contemplated, the bill will undergo important modifica tions no doubt, will pass, and satisfy all reas ona bl e m i n d s. _ . . . Th. Tdegraph denounces the bill in the strongest lan guage. It is dead ; it is time it were buried. Along with it must be interred the official reputation of a ministry which has sought to foist upon the nation tho makeshift policy of a failing party. - The Star follows Mr. Gladstone In examining and con demning Mr. Disraeli's application of the ratepaying prin ciple and summing up the whole discussion says that if Mr. Disraeli's declaration that the government will never introduce household suffrap pure and simple be correct, their career is virtually at an end. The attendance of members at prayers yesterday was so large that almost every seat upon the floor of the house was taken. When public business commenced at half-past four o'clock the members' generic", especially that opposite to the treasury I •nch, was unusually crowded. The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Teck with some difficulty found places in one of the members' gal leries. Several members of the other House of Parliament occupied the mats reserved for ministers. So limited, however, is the accommodation provided for peers, that a considerable number of members of the Upper House, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Dukes of Marlborough, Argyll, and Cleveland, the Earls of Cardi gan, Kimberley, Harrowby, &c., were for some time com pelled to stand in the gangway in front of the Speaker's gallery. Mr. Adams, the American Minister, occupied a scat in the diplomatists' box during the greater part of the evening. _" REGISTRATION OP VOTERS. " 19. The following regulatioir; shall be observed with respect to the registration of voters :-1. The overseers of every parish or township shall make out or cause to be made out a fiat of all persons on whom a right to vote in respect of the occupation of premises is conferred by this act, in the same manner and subject to the same regula tions, as nearly as circumstances admit, in and subject to which the overseers of parishes and townships in boroughs are required by the registration acts to make out or cause to be made out a hat of all persons entitled to vote for • member or members for • borough in respect of the occu pation of premises of a clearyearly value of not less than 10/. 2. The claim of any person desirous of being registered as a voter for any county or borough, and herein-before required to make a claim, shall be made in the form marked 1 in schedule (E) annexed hereto, or as near thereto as circumstances admit. 3. The claim of a person claiming to be registered in respect of a deposit in a savings bank shall not be received by the overseers unless it have annexed thereto a certificate in the form marked 2 in the said schedule, or as near thereto as circumstances will admit, and is signed, in the case of a post-office savings bank, by some officer authorised to sign the same by the Postmaster-General, and in the case of any other =sings bank by two of the trustees or managers of such savings bank, or by some officer authorised by them. 4. The claim of any person claiming to be registered in respect of the holding of any parliamentary stocks or funds of the United Kingdom to an amount of not less than 101. shall not be received by the overseers unless it have annexed thereto a certificate in the form marked 3 in the said schedule, or as near thereto as circumstances admit, and signed by an officer of the governor and company of the Bank of England, or, as the case may require, I n if an officer of the governor and company of the of Ireland. 5. The claim of any person claiming to be registered in respect of the payment of assessed taxes and income tax, or either of such taxes, shall not be received unless it have annexed thereto • certificate in the form marked 4 in the said schedule, or as near thereto as circumstances admit, and signed by one of the commissioners or collectors acting in relation to the tax in respect of which such certificate is required. 6. The overseers of parishes and townships in counties and boroughs shall annually give notice directing all persons who are required by this act to make their claim to send in their claims to them, such notice to be given in the same manner, so far as circumstances admit, in whichever. seers give notice in counties under the law in force at the time of the passing of this act to persons desirous of being placed on the list of county voters. Upon the receipt of a claim by any such person as atonn t d, having annexed thereto such certificates as aforesaid, the overseers may make all such objections to the claim so made as overseers in counties are empowered to make on receiving claims of voters, but subject thereto shall place the claimant on the list of voters for the parish or township in which the residence of the voter is situate. _ _ _ "20. If any person whose certificate is required under this act in support of the claim of a person to vote wil fully refuses to give such certificate, he shall on summary conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding sf. "21. if any person is guilty of any of the following offences, that is to say,-1. Wilfullygives anycertificate re quired by this act falsely ; 2. Forges, counterfeits, or fraudu lently alters any such certificate or any signature thereto 3. Knowingly makes use of, in support of • claim to be registered or to vote, any false ant tificate, or any certificate forged, counterfeited, or altered as aforesaid ; such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on being convicted thereof shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for • term not exceetling two years. " PLACES FOR ELCCTION AND POLLING PLACER. The court for the election of members for each o. " -f the divisions mentioned in the second column of the said Schedule (I)) shs'l be holden at the places named for that purpose in the fourth column of the same schedule. "2.1. In every county the justices of the peace having jurisdiction therein, assembled at some court of general or quarter sessions not later than the first holden after the dissolution of the present parliament, shall appoint proper and convenient pla ce s for polling in their county, so that there may be a polling place in every parish or town ship in which there are not less than 200 resident electors, and a polling place for every two or more adjoin ing parishes or townships in either of which sepanitely there may be less than 200 resident ejectors, at some central or convenient point at which as nearly as pa:tibia 200 voters from such smaller parishes or townships may most conveniently attend to record their votes ; and the places so selected by the justices as the future polling places of the county shall forthwith be duly advertised in such man ner as the justices think fit ; and the said justices may from time to time at any court of general or quarter ses sions alter such polling places as they may think expe dient ; but it shall not be incumbent upon any revising barrister to attend at any polling place at which lees than 500 voters are appointed to poll. " 24. At every contested election for any county, unless some building or place belonging to the county is provided by the justices for that purpose, the sheriff shall, when ever it 111 practicable so to do, instead of erecting a boodi, hire a building or room for the purpose of taking the poll at the places so appointed by the justices as aforesaid and the expense incur red by the said sheriff in the hire of rooms, or erecting booths for polling, shall be paid to him by the justices for such county out of the county rate. Where in any place there is any room, the expense of maintaining which is payable out of any rates levied in such place, such room may, with the consent of the person or corporation having the control over the same, be uted for the purpose of taking the poll at such place. " ELECTION IN rNIVERMITY OP LONDON. "25. The Vice• Chancellor of the University of London shall be the retuniing officer for such university, and the writ for any election of a member to serve in parliament for such university shall be directed to such vice-chancellor. " The Vice-Chancellor of the Uriversity of London shall proceed to election in pursuance of any writ to be directed to him, as hereinbefore mentioned, within six days after the receipt of such snit, giving three clear days' noti,e of the day and place of election, exclusive of the day of proclamation and the day of election ; and the vice chancellor shall, after such election, certify the same, to gether with such w.it , according to the directions thereof. " 27. At every contested election of a member or niem ben to serve in parliament for the University of London the polling shall commence at eight o'clock in the morning of the day next following the day fixed for the election, and may continue for not more than three days, Sunday, Christmas Day, and Good Friday being excluded, but no poll shall be kept open later than four o'clock in the after- DOOM - _ At every election of a member to serve in parlia ment for the University of London the Vice-Chancellor shall appoint the polling place, and also shall have power to appoint two or more pro-vice-chancellors, any one of whom may receive the votes and decide upon all questions during the absence of such vice-chancellor ; and such vice chancellor shall have power to appoint poll clerks and other officers, by one or more of whom the votes may be entered in the poll-book or such number of poll-books as m y be judged necessary by such vice-chancellor; and such vice-chancellor shall, not later than 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the day next follos:ng the close of the poll, openly declare the state of the poll and make proclamation or the member chosen. " VOTLYG PAPERS. " 29. Any elector may give his vote by a voting paper in the same manner and subject to the same conditions in and subject to which an elector of any of the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, or Dublin may give his vote, and all the provisions of the act of the session of the 24th and 25th years of the reign of her present Majesty, cap. 53, shall, with the requisite variations, apply accordingly ; and in construing the said act ' the returning officer' shall be substituted for 'the Vice-Chancellor of the Uni versity,' and the exprAision ' University' shall be taken to mean the county or borough for which the elector votes. " )(Ism - LLANzors. " 30. In any borough named in Schedules (B) and (C) to this act annexed, which is or includes a municipal borough, the mayor of such municipal borough shall be the return ing officer, and in the other cases the returning officer shall be appointed in the same manner as if such places were included amongst the boroughs mentioned in Schedules (C) and (D) of the act of the second year of his late Majesty William the Fourth, chapter 45, for which no persons are mentioned in such schedules as returning officers. " 31. The following persons, that is to say, shall be appointed boundary oommisaioners for England and Wales, and they shall, immediately after the passing of this act, name special assistant comnuseioners, who shall examine the bound►ries of the boroughs constituted by this act (including the divisions of the borough of the TOWie Hamlets), and of every other borough in England s .a 19, = 1867. and Wales. The amistant-oommissioners so appointed shallgive notice, by public advertisement, of their Wren ' than lc visit ouch boroughs, and shall appoint a time fur • receiving the staimptints ei any persons who may be de sirens of giving information as to the boundaries or other Beal circumstances of such boroughs, and shall, by per sonal inspection and such other means as they shall think necessary, possess themselves of such information as will enable them to make such report and recommendation as hereinafter mentioned. Upon the completion of such examination by the said assistant-commissioners, the Inclosure Commissioners shall report to one of Ler Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State whether any en largement of the boundaries of such boroughs is necessary ' in order to include within the area thereof the population properly belonging to such boroughs respectively, and in such report shall propose such new boundaries (if any) as in their judgment would effect that object, but such re port shall be of no validity until it has been confirmed by Parliament. "32. Every person claiming to vote in respect of any franchise conferred by this act, other than one involving occupation of premises and payment of rates, shall vote at the booth at which he would vote if he were registered as a voter in respect of the house in which he resides. "'i3. There shall be repealed so much of the seventy ninth section of the act of the sixth year of the reign of her present Majesty, chapter 18, as relates to the residence of voters at the time at which they give their votes. " 34. Where the owneris rated in respect of a dwelling house instead of the occupier, the occupier may claim to be rated for the purpose of acquiring the franchise in the same manner and subject to the same conditions in and subject to which an occupier may claim to be registered under the existing acts of parliament for the purpose of acquiring the franchise in respect of the occupation of premises of a clear yearly value of not less than ten pounds, and all the provisions of the said acts shall app! accordingly; provided that the rites to be paid by such occupier in order to entitle him to the franchise shall be rates calculated on the full rateable value of the premises. "3i. Where any occupier of • dwelling house in re. of which the owner is rated instead of the e 6 occupier at the time of the passing of this act would be entitled to be registered, in pursu ance of this act, at the first registration of parlia mentary voters to te L made after the passing of this act, if he had paid rates for the required period, such occupier shall, notwithstanding he may not have paid such rates, be entitled to be registered, subject to the following condi tions :-1. That he makes a claim to be rated in manner in which such claims are required by the existing law to lie made, within one month after the passing of this act : 2. That he pays all rates due in respect of such house at the time of making his claim, and further pays all rates becoming due in respect of such house between the date of his claim being made and the date of his name being placed on the register of parliamentary voters, such last mentioned rates to be calculated on the full rateable value of the premises. " 31. i. Any candidate or other person, either directly or indirectly, corruptly paying any rate on behalf of anyvoter for the purpose of enabling him to be registered as a voter, or for the purpose of inducing him to vote, shall be guilty of bribery, and be punishable accordingly ; and any person on whose behalf and with whose privity any such payment is made shall also be guilty of bribery, and punishable acco " 31 1 . n t i beseas by the act of the sixth year of the reign of Queen Anne, chapter seven, all persons appointed to offices of profit under the crown, and thereafter duly elected as members of the House of Commons, are re quired to vacate their seats upon their acceptance of any other office of profit under the crown and it is expedient to alter the laws in this re-pect : be it therefore enacted, that if any person appointed to any office of profit under the crown, and thereafter duly returned as a member of the House of Couirno is, accepts, while he continues to be such member, any other office of profit under the crown (except an office which by law incapacitates the holder thereof from being elected or from voting in parliament), the acceptance of such other office shall not render the el,.rtion of such person void, nor shall any writ thereupon issue for a ne v election. "38. Where separate registers of voters have been directed to be made in any county or borough divided by this act, if a vacancy take place in the representation of the said county or borough before the summoning of a future parliamenl, and after the completion of such sepa rate:registers, such last mentioned registers shall, for the purpose of any election to fill up such vrcancy, be deemed toge Cher to form the register fur the county or borough. "34. Nothing in this act contained shall affect the rights of persons whose names are for the time being on the register of voters for any county in which the boroughs constituted by this act are situate to vote in any election for such county in respect of any vacancy that may take place before the summoning of a future parliament, but after such summoning no person shall be entitled to be registered as a voter or to vote in any election for any such county who would not be entitled to be so registered or to vote in case the boroughs constituted by this act were be fore the passing of this act boroughs returning member., to parliament. " 40. The franchises conferred by this Act shall be in addition to cud not in substitution for any existing fran chises ; and, subject to the provisions of this Act, all laws, customs, and enactments now in force conferring any right to vote or otherwise relating to the representation of the people in England and Wales shall remain in full force, and shall apply, as nearly as circumstances admit, to any constituency hereby authorised to return a member or members to parliament as if it had heretofore returned such members to parliament. " 41. All writs to be issued for the election of members to serve in parliament, and all mandates, precepts, instru ments, proceedings, and notices consequent upon such writs, shall he framed and expressed in such manner and form as may be necessary for the carrying the provisions of this act into effect. " 42. This act, so far as is consistent with the tenor thereof, shall be construed as one with the enactments for the time being in force relating to the representation of the people. " 43. The following terms shall in this act have the meanings hereinafter assigned to them, unless there is something in the context repugnant to such construction ; that is to say—' month' shall mean calendar month; member' shall include • knight of the shire ; ' election' shall mean an election of a member or members to serve in parliament ; county' shall not include a county of • city or county of a town, but shall mean any county, riding. parte or division of a county returning • member or members to serve in parliament : ' borough' shall mean any borough, city, plate, or combination of places, not being a county as here. inbefore defined, returning a member or members to serve in parliament ; The Registration Acts' shall mean the act of the 6th year of the reign of her present Majesty, cap. la, and the act of the ta4th year of the reign of her present Majesty, cap. 31i, and any other acts or parts of acts relating to the registration of persons entitled to vote at and proceedings in the election of members to serve in parliament for England and Wales." SCHEDULES. SCHIMULE (A). Boroughs to return one member only in future Parliaments. Honiton, Thetford, Wells, Evesham, Marlborough, Harwich, Richmond, Lymington, Knaresborough, Au. clover, Leominster, Tewkesbury. Ludlow, Ripon, Hun tingdon, Maldon, Cirencester, lknlmin, Great Marlow, Devizes, Hertford, Dorchester, and Lichfield. SCHEMLE (B). Places to be Boroughs to Member each. Places to be Boroughs. Temporary Contents or Boundaries. Torquay Parishes of Tor Mohun, St. Mary Church, Cockington, Paignton. Darlington Townships of Darlington, Haughton-le- Skerne Cockerton. Hartlepool Municip al borough of Hartlepool, townships of Throston, Stranton, Seaton Carew. Gravesend Parishes of Gravesend, Milton, North fleet. Townships of Sutton and Parr, portions of townships of Eccieston and Whittle. Burnley Townships of Burnley, Habergham Eaves. Staleybridge Municipal borough of Staleybridge, remaining portion of township of Dakin/eld, township of Staley, thu district of the Local Board of Health of Moseley. Wednesbnry ... Parishes of Wednesbury, West Brom wich, Tipton. Parish of Croydon, Hamlet of Penge. ' Township of Linthorpe, and so much of the townships of Middlesborough, Grimsby, and Eaton, as lie to the north of the road leading from Eaton towards Yann. The townships of Dewsbury, Batley, Soothill. The townships of Barnsley, Wors borough, Dodworth, Barugh, Monk Bretton, Anlsley. Salmi:LE (C). Divisions of Borough of Tower Hamlets. 81. Helens. Croydon Middlesboro' Eaznq..., Northern Division—The psh of Hackney ; the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green ; the pariah of West Ham ; the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch. Southern Division—The parish of St. George's-in-the- East ; the hamlet of Mile-end Old Town ; the union of parishes of Poplar ; the union of parishes of Stepney ; the union of parishes of Whiteehapel ; the Liberty of the Tower of Loudon. SCA imrtz (D). Names of counties to be :lir:tied—South Devon, West Kent, North Lancashire. South Lancashire, Lincoln, Mid dlesex, South Staffordshire, and East Surrey Place 4•r holding Parts comprised in such Courts for Dtvialon. Election of Memhers. South-East The hundreds of Teign- The Castle of Devon. bridge, Haytor,Won- Exeter. ford (except such parts thereof as arc included in the limits of the city of Exeter by the 2 and 3 Wil liam IV., Gap. 64), Exminater, Cliston, Rost Budleigh, Ax minster, Colyton, Ot tery St. Mary, and also the Castle of Exeter. bolit,g Part/ oomprisa,l in s3cll NAN. f..r d Dhition. Electioi of l kin South-West The hundreds of Litton, l'lyinuath. Ikvon. Tavistock, Roborough, Plymtoo,Ennington,Stan borough, Coleridge. West Kent. The Lathe of Sutton at Blackheath, Hone. Mid Kent. Remainder of the Division. Maidstone. North Lanes, The Hundreds of Lonsdale, I ..thcashire. shire. Amouculerness, Leyland. North -east The Hundred of Blackburn. Blackburn, Lancashire. South -east Hundred of Salford. Blanchester. Lancashire. South - west Hundred of West Derby. Liverpool. Lancashire. North Lindsey Wapentakes of Manley, Clanford Yarborough, Bradley Ha- Liizz. ventoe, Walshcroft t l'or. Lincoln. ringlimn, Well, Asiticne. South Lindsey. The remaining parts of Lindsey. West Middle- Hundreds of Gore, El sex. thoroe, Isleworth, and Spelthorne, with so much of the Hun dred of Ossulston as lies to the west of the road leading from Edgware to Hyde park, and of the north-eastern boun dary of Hyde-park, Green-park, and St. James's-park, and Great George-street to Westminster bridge. East Middlesex. The remainder of the Tottenham. oounv. South-west Hundreds of Cuttle- Woleerhamp. Staffordshire. stone. Sieston. ton. East Stafford- Hundred of South Of- Lichfield. shire. flow. East Surrey. Hundred of Tandridge, Croydon. and so much of iv, hundred of Walling ton as includes and lies to the east of the parishes of Croydon and Sanderstead, aud so much of the hun dred of Brixton as includes and lies to the east of the pa rishes of Streatham, Clapham,p and Lam- lianimasmith. Mid Surrey. The remainder of the Kingston-upon present division. Thames. SCREDI'LL E Gives the forms in which the claim to vote on as. count of the savings bank and other new qualification" are to be made ; the certificate of deposit in savings bank by two of the trustees or manager 4, or officer appointed by them or by the Postmaster General ; the certificate of ownership of 50f. in government stock by an official of the Bank of England and the form of certificate of charge of tax. The latter form is as follows : " FORM No. 4. " Form of Certificate of Charge of Tax. " I, A. 8., of, krt. [set forth the Christian name and surname and place of abode of the person certifying], being one of the commissioners of [specify the pup, pose for which he is a commissioner], or, [as the case may be] one of the collectors of the duties of [specify the clutiesb assessed and charged on the assessment hereinafter mentioned, do hereby certify, that in and by the assessments of the duties of [describe the dutici] made for the parish or place of (specify the parish or place and the county or city within which the same is situate, if the assessment be localb and which said assessments [or a duplicate of which said assessments] are now lawfully in my custody, of was during the year immediately preceding the fifth day of April last charged with the said duties of [state the de scription of duties], in the said parish or place to the amount of twenty 'dulling, [or to the am o unt of twenty shillings and upwards, as the case may be], in respect of [state the nature of the property, or profits, or other matter in respect of which the duties are charged], awl has paid all the duties so charged to him which became due prior to the fifth of January last. Given under my hand, this day of 18 ." The officers by whom these certificates are granted mast insert a distinguishing number to each certificate. The certificate must be issued subsispiently to the thirtieth of June, sind must be delis. red by the claimant to the overseer, with the claim, on or baud) the twentieth day of July. the Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, MARCH 18. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian, drove out this afternoon, attended by the Duchess of Roxborghe. Princess Louise, attended by the lion. Emily Cathcart., went out walking. Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold also went out walk ing, attended by Mr. Legg. To-day is the anniversary of the birthday of Princess Louise. Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark arrived at Marl borough-house yesterday, on a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales. Her Majesty was rteei%vd at Dover by General and Madame do Bulow and lAad Alfn..l Hervey, and was met at the Charing•cross terminus of the London and South-Eastern Railway by the Prince of Wales. In attendance upon her Majesty are Madame do Bills and M. de Castenschiold. Her Majesty the Queen will hold a council at Bucking. ham Palace at half-pant 12 o'clock to-day A meeting of the Finance Committee of the Royal Com. mission for the Exhibition of Itlt.l w.. 0 held yo,tenlay at the Cominissioners'-ofEce in Abing,lon.street. There were present—Earl Granville (chairman), Sir A. Spearman, Bart., Sir S. M. I'eto, Bart., M.l'., 3lr. Thring, and Mr. Edgar Hovering, C.B. (secretary). Ikapatclies were received yesterday at the Colonial• office from the Governors of the West ludic Islands, the Mauritius, and Natal. Despatches were sent to the Go vernor of Malta. VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO THE PRINCESS OF WiLES.—(TIIIs 1)11 ) HER MAJESTY'S RECETT 14)N AT IWrKINCHAM PALACE. This morning at 11 o'clock her Majesty the Queen, with their Royal highnesses Princess Louise and Prince Leopold, left Windsor Castle for town, the object of her Majesty's visit to the metropolis being for the double purpose of holding a reception at Buckingham Palace and visiting the Prince and Prince,. of Wales and the Queen of Denmark at Marlborough House this after• noon. _ _ - The royal party, attended by Major-General the Him A. N. Hood, Colonel Hardinge, the Countess of Caledon, Lc., drove in close carriages to the terminus of the Great Western Railway, and left Windsor amid a heavy snow. storm, at 11.5 precisely. The journey from Windsor war accomplished in 35 minutes, snow falling during thil whole trip. The country bore a must wintry aspect. Captain Itulkeley, director, aocompanit d the royal train. Her Majesty, on leaving the train, was received by the chief officials at Paddington, and conducted to the r oyal carriage, which had been despatched front Bucking ham Palace. The Queen left Paddington in a close car. riage and four, escorted by a detachment of the 14th Htmeara, commanded by Lieut. Laing. r Majesty holds a reception at 3 o'clock this after noon at the Palace, and at half-put 4 o'clock will drive to Marlborough House to visit the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Queen of Denmark. The intelligence received at Windsor Castle was to the effect that the health this morning of the Princess (4 Wales had undergone a great improvement. _ Her Majesty will return to Windsor Castle at 6 o'clock this evening. HEALTH OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES. (THIS DAY.) On inquiry at Marlborough Houle at I o'clock we were informed that the condition of the Princess of Wales remains unchanged ; but as a sign of isoprovement it may be st►ted that her royal highness enjoyed about three hours' undisturbed sleep during the night. We are a:ithorised to state thnt Court ar pointed by the Queen to be held .41 Tuesday, April 2, will, by her Majesty's connuand, take place on Thursday, the 20th inst. - - The Prince of Walca has accepted the Presidency of the Most Honourable and Loyal Society of Ancient Britons, vacant by the resignation of Lord Dynevor. The Earl and Counte. of Gainaborough and the Ladies Noel have arrived from the Continent at their mansion in Cavendish-square. Lady Stanley of Alderley has cards out for an assembly for to-morrow evening, at the family residence, Dover-street, Piccadilly. THE F In Yes l Legislative 'Pliers on France hat nady to 0 a the amou ckth"lic gov the Holy Fs M. Rouhi was not yet under the % The Mini: writ; and Si Court-Mars: font is exr make tho nc of the Ernix Mgr. lia3 Kalosca. Public op an amingen The Black Eagl Aleadeus. Thu resul The Chai taxes prop., 47 votes. President with a thin: to the revel The Bra; and is expl , Exchange 39 to 40.7. 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