The Express. — London, England, 1866-03-13 00:00:00

4.i I , ~ EXPRESS, TIESDAY EVENING, MARCH THE lALTEBOAT SERVICES. —During the storms of of a measure. He tainted that the house would as ." pm . the emi ese e mines nestlietioe,t7 its lue- not bet asked to read the bill a second time eel other masa antteibutod to the tot :rce= before the middle of April. Then came the quer asMama ensues ma mama pie t o t° the aims period ea its lliseesteelsbilameists, that whether it should be a partial or complete to vandal £4.360 tor mimeo tan ialtn 6 Sts• enn measure—whether they should deal compre ss/Miss 1M1U6 6 165 3 . hensively with the whole question. The subject of esseedttee ot the to earnestly S yr es As pone tee asusTatics. to enable *dal 16001 the moUmed the franchises of England, Scotland, and Ire land Mom &mad' on the Inentattoee 163 Lifeboat Widow. emeesemese ere received. by ole ./aDdo , 9 9.wi t ry mu" be first oonaidered ; and then came the great, (stars and by tba &masa mama lams. m ns- intricate, complicated, and antagonistic luestions la. Jahn -Week Laudon. attaching to the redistribution of seats, and the boundaries of boroughs—an essential part of any general scheme of reform. There was, too, the state of the law relating to corrupt practices at elections, whioh could not be passed by, while the detail of registration must be oonsidered. It was not to be expected that parliament could give an adequate attention to the whole of the question of reform during the present session. If leave was given for the bill, the 12th of April would be fixed for the second reading, and if it was sent up to the Lords by July, which would leave little more than twenty-four clear days for the financial and other measure of the government Why the first Reform Bill in one of its stages occupied fifty nights' dis cussion in the House of Commons ; and to that subject was devoted the whole time of two years. There was no parallel state of things now, and the government had resolved only to deal with that which stood first in the question, that of enfran chising a large number of our working mee, and to confine the measure which they proposed to parlia ment to the subject of the electoral franchise. Admitting that the present plan was incomplete, it might be naked if the government was prepared to complete it, and he declined to pledge himself to a matter which must depend much on events of the future ; but he would say that at any rate the present parliament was perfectly compe tent to discuss and decide that question. Taking the county representation, he stated it was proposed to reduce the county franchise from 501. occupation to 141.--not of land alone, but of a house, or a house with land, which would correspond with an 81. rating franchise, and would add to the county voters 171,000. There was no danger in going down to 101. occupation, but it was thought that by what was pro posed a large and at the same time independent constituency would be introduchd, it being in fact a middle-class franchise. It RSA proposed to place the possessors of copyholds and leaseholds in boroughs in the same position as freeholders in such boroughs as regarded votes in counties. Referring to " special or bye franchises," which were in the nature of innovations, be was of opinion that they were easily workable systems, and the views of the government were unfavour able towards them, with the one excep tion of the savings banks franchise, and it was proposed that all adult male depositors of 501. for two years shall be entitled to be regis tered for the place where they reside ; and its effect would mainly supplement the county franchise ; the number which it would produce, however, would be small. Coming to the borough franchise, he said that the inhabitants of towns were dealt with in four claims ; first, those who inhabited separate houses and paid their own rates ; next, those who inhabit their own houses, but whose rates were paid by the landlord, or compound house holders ; the third were those who had now in law a claim to enfranchisement, but which was null, who occupied a separate portion of a house, but not separately rated. The two first were to be considered householders ; and the third being lodgers, the majority of whom were in Lon eon, and they would be so dealt with ; whim the fourth class were lodgers proper, who in a manner lived with the proprietors of bonsai. Comparing the town constituency of 1832 with those now existing, it would be found that the total then was 282,090, and it had increased to 512,090, being an increase not being adequate to that in the population. In regard to the proportion of the working classes who possessed the franchise, the sta. tistica showed an apparent percentage of 26, and thus if the term working olasses was taken in a liberal sense, which was a larger one than be had ex- Thepec distribution of this percentage was very unequal, and was smaller in the north than elsewhere. He argued that the enfranchisement of the working class in 1832 was not exonsive, while the accession of that class to a status which entitled them to that privilege was undoubted. He proceeded to point out that there had not been a proportionate increase, for whereas in 1832 they were 31 per cent of the constituencies, they were now only 26 per cent., and therefor* the time had arrived when something should be done for that class. In the metropolitan boroughs the percentage of the working class was only 23 per cent of the constituency as compared with 27 per cent in the rest of the country, and yet they bad produced the most radical members, and he offered this for the consolation of those gentlemen who were naturally alarmed at an increase in this class of voters. Referring to the proposition for a 61. rental franchise in 1860, he argued that such a bare proposal (was one which would have been subjected to revision if the bill had gone on. He admitted that enfranchisement must be downwards ; but as it was found that some persons, occupiers at the present rate, owing to defects in the law, were not in possession of the franchise, and it was necessary to consider their claims before enfranchising down wards. One of those defects was the rate and tax paying clauses, which often operated as a practical disfran chisement. It was proposed to do away with these clauses altogether, which would admit at least 25,000 voters. Then as to compound householders though the rates were nominally paid by the landlord , they were actually paid by the occupier, and their names not being on the rate books they often bad no votes. It was proposed that their names should appear on the list of voters, and should stand on the register, being an addition of about 35,000. Next, as to those inhabiting portions of houses without paying rates, they would be left as they were, and if they could prove a 101. occupa tion they might obtain votes by claiming them. Is the House of Commons, Mr. Dodson took the This would cause an emancipation of 60,000. It chair, in consequence of the continued indisposition was proposed to put lodgers proper exactly on the et the Speaker. same footing as those who held what were &ailed Mr. DISRAELI gave notice of the uniform oath tenements ; and if they could show that the which he should purpose in committee on the Par- rooms they inhabited were of the clear liamentary Oaths Bill. annual value of 101., without furniture, lir. GREGORY gave notice of an amendment to they would be entitled to vote. There Sir J. Gray's motion on the Irish church, to the were, however, insuperable objections to a effect that that a reform of the Irish church was mews- chise founded on merely furnished lodgings. He eery, and demanded the attention of her Majesty's believed that the number of voters in this class government would be small, and it would be a middle class, rather than a working class, enfranchisement. The CH ANCIILLOR of the Exelizotrini rose to bring Taking up the point of enfranchisement downwards, forward a Bill to amend the Representation of the He commenced by referring to the diffi - P he proceeded to dwell on the advantages and disad males eople. which surrounded him, as well as the vantages of a rating franchise, and urged that the best plan for the basis of a franchise was ministry and every section and party of the House a simple one, such as gross estimated rental. of Commons. In five instances it bad been ac - The number of persons added to the electors of the knowledged by governments and six times in working classes, by the above proposition would be Queen's speeches that an amendment of the repre -180,000, and a 61. rental would bring up the num natation was needed, and solemn pledges in that her to 428,000 of that claws, giving them a clear respect had been given by ministries of both parties majority in the town constituencies. This would in politics. It was, therefore, superfluous, after be a sudden change in the balance of political power such declarations, to argue the general ground and which was not called for, and it was proposed to justification on wbich her Majesty's government were warranted in bringing before the house that create a franchise of 7/ clear annual value, which would add in the gross 208,000 or 209,000, but the question. The origin of this question was empha net number would be 156,000, and deducting trolly the work of the House of Commons. In still further for contingencies the actual number the beginning of 1851, Mr. Locke King moved for leave to bring in a bill to grant a 101. franchise for would be 144,000. This would enable the principle which had been so much advocated to be counties. The only opponent of that motion was Lord Russell • and his government was beaten on a carried out , nam el y , that the workin g man division ; so t hat' should reach the franchise. To do this, at 10 L a this might be taken as an initia tion of the subject by the house itself, I working man must have at least 21. a week, and warranted government now in asking the whereas the 71. rental would place the franchise house to accept a measure of reform. He salted within the reach of an artisan at 11. 6s. a week. the house to assist in carrying out its own idea. On . In the counties the working class would have a the creation of a new parliament it was the duty of smaller proportion of the constituency than they ter Majesty's government to deal with this subject now had, while in the boroughs there would be an without regard to the tastes or feelings of any one increase of 144,003, and the total increase of party or the other, and to frame a measure at once constituency would be 400,000, one-half of which prudent and effe tual, and having framed it, to would belong to the working class—by more than stand by it with all their power and all their in- one in three in the towns. The gross constituency fluence. Then arose the question, looking to the of England and Wales would be 550,000 for conn defective state of information, whether delay should ties, and 514,000 for towns ; and the total number intervene for the present session • but at the first enfranchised would be one in four to the cabinet held after the funeral of Lo rd ' Palmerston it Population. It was intended to propose a was determined assiduously to acquire the 'requisite clause disabling persons in government yards knowledge of facts and statistics, with a view to im- from voting. He then went on to expound mediate action. Therefore no time bad been lost, and justify the government proposition as a safe and the mintstry was enabled to pledge itself at the and sound one, and one which gave a large addition opening of the session to the introduction of working men to the constituencies, while it did ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INS TM ANNUAL OINSILAL NESTING of thlo Institutio TM n oda hold at th e LOOdOR Them, Bialloposato-droot. 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G. ford. — MlS 211123/1 lanidga -Colepal Simian aad the Bpkyns..—With. THE CASUAL WARD. HIGH MAT= AT LONDON-31MM 10 DAY Mondm. 1111. liam.— —Anamaas, Ilb. 40m. 12.420Ae0w - Masts& N. 012. .... Anemias. M. 20m. LONDON. TUESDAY. MARCH 13. Ix the Roues of LORDS, the Princess Helena's sad Prince Alfred's Annuity Bills passed through committee. Lard D MOUNT asked the First Lord of the Admi ratty whether it was the intention of the Admiralty to adopt the cupola or turret principle invented by Captain Cowper Coles, R.N. ; and if so, whether it was true that the assistance of the inventor (although offered) had been refused and his extra pay sad allowances stopped; and moved that an bumble address be presented to her Majesty for re ports of the committee of naval officers appointed to examine the design of a turret ship designed by Captain Cowper Coles. The Duke of Swimmer in substance said that so far from desiring to interfere with Captain Coles, the Admiralty was always anxious to promote his experiments. A long discussion ensued before the subject aroPP B d. The Sale of Land by Auction Bill passed through committee. The Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill was read a @mond time. The house then adjourned. • . 13; not give them the majority. Whatever di ff erence this evening. But after all these superior examples of opinion there might be as to the character of the of sincerity and wisdom, one question still remains measure, he could say that the government bad to be answered. Are the portals of the Constitu done their best to bring forward such an one as tion closed for seer to all who will not break into would be at once salutary to the country and practical in its operation, and a settlement for a them by violence or by fable keys I Mr. Home/at long time of a complex and difficult question. He threatens the country with a series of abort Perlis- hoped if issue were to be taken on the measure) it mental and a snooession of wait Ministries, • would be taken at once, and urged that those new chronic disturbance of that tranquillity which citizens whom it were proposed to admit into the Lord pAmnomoN bequeathed t o as, if th i s ire , constitution should not be received as dangerous tion of Reform is not settled. And how does he and to be avoided, but be welcomed as of the strengt the safety, and glory of the land. propose to settle it By a majority against the Mr. Mszeit at once opposed the bill, believing it second reading of the present Bill of the " true and to be the beginning of the end, which would be I trusty Liberals "on both side& universal suffrage. A discussion of a somewhat desultory kind arose, in which Sir J. Fergusson, Mr. W. Martin, Sir F. Crossley, Mr Crawford, Mr. Serjeant Gerais°, Mr. Dutton, Sir H. Hoare, and others took part. Mr. LUNG, in a comprehensive speech, objected to any attempt at parliamentary reform unless a re distribution of seats and a final settlement of the question were involved in it ; but in the end ex pressed his belief that no reform at all was Deese eery, and, in fact, opposed the bill. Captain Geosirsitos supported the bill on the ground that it went far to prove the principle of admission of the working classes to the franchise ; and, if not the best possible measure, was yet the only one which was likely to be passed. Mr. Bowman characterised the bill as another bid for power, another promise made to be broker, another in a long list of political frauds and parlia mentary juggles, a mere product of incapacity and weakness. He gave a sarcastic history of the various Reform Bills since 1852, and generally ope rated against the present measure by ridiculing all idea of any such legislation being wanOd by the country ; and a personal criticism on Mx. Bright, Mr. Gladstone, and Lord Russell. On the motion of Mr. Lowe, the debate was adjourned to this day. The other business was gone through, and the house adjourned. Ir the whole duty of an English parliamentary statesman, and the whole object of his legislative existence, consist in making once or twice a session a granddisplay of "constitutional opinion"and a tri umphant "vindication of oonstitutional principles," as the member for Stroud did last night, so much to his own satisfaction, and, we must honestly add, to the amusement of • crowded and inte rested audience—why, then, let us accept Mr. ROSMAN for the Boa's of an age of Britannia metal and electro-plste, and, after admiring his intellectual efforts on the floor of the House of Commons, let us follow Uncle TOBY'S advice, and " say no more about it." We should be sorry to appear insensible to the charm and dignity of that highest order of speaking which is freely devoted to the noblest causes, and consecrated without price and without alloy to the service of the country. But really, with unfeigned respect for Mr. HORAMAN'S brilliant faculty and disinterested cultivation of a fins memory and a ready manner, we cannot as we read his performance of last night escape a feeling of pity for that unhappy victim of his ingenious solicitude, the British Constitution. Surely when Mr. HORMAN wee a political child he must have ridden a rookiog•horse called " The "Constitution." In his riper years he treats the House of Commons like a circus, and puts the Constitution, like one of those meek old pink eyed animals of the arena, through all manner of examine of the haute kale ; he rides the three estates of the realm all abreast, and jumps through the hoop of a moderate Reform Bill, on to the back of the wild steed, "Democracy," in dazzling style. It is all very fine end rather fanny ; but, as Mr. COBDIN might have said, what next f The bottle is well corked and opens with • fizz, and the wine is very sparkling, and inebriates even less than it cheers, for it is all froth. But apris Mr. ROSMAN is entitled to a good reception, not only by right of his lively and pointed speaking, but of the elaborate study and preparation which his occasional flights of. eloquence exhibit. His speech last night had the re motest reference to the question before the House ; it might have been delivered on the production of any conceivable or inconceivable Reform Bill, or on the production of no Reform Bill. It never for an instant touched the merits or demerits of the Government measure, or the details of Mr. GlLLnirrons's statement, or the re turns on which that statement was based. It said absolutely nothing of this or that contemplated reduction of the county or the borough franchise, of the new lodger franchise, of the admission of a larger percentage of the work. ing class in towns " within the pale of the par " liamentary constitution" without giving to them a preponderance. It left unnoticed altogether the principles from which Mr. GLADSTONZ had pro ceeded, the statistics he had cited in support of legislation, and it left them unnoticed, we daresay, for the be at of all reasons—that it was composed before the debate began. It opened with an attack upon Lord Rosanna and Mr. Belmar, more remarkable for the extravagance than the novelty of sentiment and languages and ended with a tremendous declamatory movement of all the "instruments of percussion" in the Conservative orchestra. One of Mr. Honouree favourite foots is to quote extracts from old platform speeches of Mr. Barsirr with the victorious air of a Van Amburg putting his head into the lion's mouth. But after all said and done, what next, Mr. Hoasiirsf You give a tolerably exact and faithful, l end certainly a ludicrous and pitiable history of the performances of her Margery 's Governments r with reference to Parliamentary Reform during the last fourteen years. You show forcibly and keenly enough how the question has been played with and petted, and put in a corner and fed with sweetmeats, like a wayward and wilful child ; how it her been ap. preached and appeased and exorcised like an idol that is adored to-day, to be whipped or burnt to-morrow ; how it has been a perturbed spirit that only Lord Prudiuurrort could lay. You denounce amidst echoing cheers the hypocrisies and insincerities and false pretences of all parties and all governments in one Parliament after another since 1862. Yon accuse Lord RussRLL of having been the only Minister, and Mr. BRIGHT of having been the only Member of Parliament who has ever honestly desired to carry a Reform Bill ; you inflict a monumental panegyric upon Lard PAL erxesrom for having alone had the courage to do nothing ; you taunt the present Government with its desire to "do something" towardsa settlement of the question for perhaps a generation ; and after ce lebrating the ideal perfection of lard PALMILRESTON, you demand that any English statesman worthy of the title shall not be content with carrying on the affairs of the State from day to day, but shall " pro " vide, foresee," and meet the growing requirements of the age. The true modem* of an English states man consists, it seems, in making slashing speeches in behalf of the British Constitution, and turning out any Government which tries its hand at prac tical legislation in the sense and direction of par liamentary reform. In all this there is less mis chief, perhaps, than in the member for Wick, who is one of these who object to a moderate Reform Bill because it is not strong enough, and to a strong Bill because it is not moderate enough. Mr. Lowe, who moved the adjournment of the debate, will follow, no doubt, on the same aide OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE GOVERNMENT REFORM BILL &ND MB. GLIIDSTONES SPEECH. The Times thinks it would be insincere to pro fess any fear of the hastily adopted proposals of the govern ment Reform Bill, but adds that no one could apparently be more eonecione than Mr. Gladstone himself of its imper fections. The right boo. gentlemen refused to look into the future. All he could say was that the House of Com mons would be competent to *arty reform further. At the beat, therefore, we shall have a Scotch Reform Bill next melon, en Irish Reform Bill the session after, a re distribution of goateed an indefinite time to come, and a re settlement of borough boundaries to follow ;at the worst we shall get nothing, sad this, although, se Mr. Laing truly said, the ratans of Saturday prove the neeesoity for a redistribution of seats to be greater, and for a reduction of the franchise to be less tins was supposed. There am be no economy of time, ea Kr. Gladstone pleaded, is dealing with the question is this fashion, by IL. Mohawk* for we shall no soomr be quit al ea* secitioa of it than we stall have to deal with mother, sad the risk is that me will come, and now will follow. The Be form Bill of 1832 we. two yams is dialing with the question an a whole ; that of 1866 may be four yeah dealieg with ik by instalment■. Of coarse, there is a abeam that the first instalment will suffer ship wreck, especially when there is no enthusiasm to push it forwards, and only twelve nights, as Mr. Gladstone showed, for its discussion before it will be neoemary to send it to the Lords. The ooneemative party might well make a feint of oppoaitioe, knowing that if it passed the small boroughs are their own ; but the Times, which does not desire such an end, cannot approve the means which would mean it. Above all it would look further into the future than Ines am do whose only objects are the triumphs of to-day. It may 'suit the present Rouse of Commons to adopt the sophism that a radical change can be made in the number and proportion of electors without resigning to the new electoral body the right of electing a new seeemWy, but that a dissolution must precede the next step in Reform is evident to all free to form an impartial opinion. The great, the pressing duty of effecting a redistribution of mate would then have to be secompliahed with new forces, and in the sight of anomalies more grievous than any yet knowe. The Daily News observes that parliament and the country now ohms the responsibility of the Ministers, and must do their part. The government proposes a memos° which will add to the constituencies a larger number of perms, than was brought in by the measure of 1832, end will include a class of voter. then entirely 11111souldonol. Liberals in parliament and in the nation must be as true to the precedents of the MOMS Aot as the Ministers. They must be prepared, if need be, to insist upon " the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the A 101. county franchise would have been preferable to the higher limit fixed, but a 141. same will be • imbstaatial gala, and it is well that it should not be endangered by hinting for more. The provisions se to the county fran chise and the saviour bank suffrage will increase the middle der element in the electoral body, and it is therefore equi table to redress the balsams by • re-adjustment of the conditicee of the borough franobio, and this is done by the bill. The afoot of all these gauges will be, if Mr. Gladstone's calouhstious prove well-founded, to add 4C),000 person, to the total constituency of Ragland and Wales, raising it to 1,300,000, and giving a vote to one in four of the adult seal= of the kingdom. Of there 400,000 new electors, half will be taken from the middle classes and half from the working classes. The in crease is more by 100,000 then the addities made to the constituocies by the Reform Act of 1832 It mimes the working-clan voters from 128,000, as they are at present, to 330,000; but leaves them still • minority in the towns and cities, and • still smaller minority in the representation of the country at Wee. It thus rectifies without reversing the balance of power ; ad mitting the claims of the hitherto disfranchised closes to • share of political influence, but still leaving the prepos d•r. nee with those who have hitherto possessed It. So far as could be judged, the receptions given last night to the government measure was eneoungieg. If the bill did not raise enthusiasm, it met with approval from 01 real reformers. The objections urged against it were for the greater part self-refuting, or had boa refuted beforehand by Mr. Gladdens. The Post apprehends that the bill in its present Rem will fail to satisfy the cravings of those who expected a temporary settlement of a great question. The Post fully endorses the sentiment which Mr. Gladder*, so 'Squatty ex pressed, that we should receive the working classes as friends, in whom we had confidence, and not as enemies whom we feared. But, if it is ill becoming to exhibit distrust, may not the IX householder com plain that he is excluded from the privilege which the oc cupier of a V. house enjoys' If, on the one hand, it is right that the working classes should be duly represented, may it not be doubted whether it is right to plus them in a position which will give them an asceodsecy, and One ender a system of government by majorities disfranchise those who are their superiors by wealth and education? The Post will not now, however, canvass Use merits of this bill ; but them are difficult, if not insperrable, emu- One which must suggest themselves to the mind of every one who considers its province.% and to which, it is to be hoped, satisfactory answers on be given. The Herald soya the bill is even more sweeping than that of 1832. It would effect a complete revolution in the constitution of Use country, end so far does it open up further controversy that its stresses would cause the sett four or five yore to be equally given up to reform debates. Mr. Gim lets. gave, the Herald admits, very good reason why • bill shor'd not have been introduced this session dealiNr with the whole object, but there was no obligation to introduce one at all. The measure is a fraud upon the House of Gons moms and an insult to the country, and cannot possibly pus. 'The conservatives certainly must offer the strogest opposition to a measure which, instead of settling the question of reform, would only aggravate it ; and although they form only a minority of the Rowe of 00/110101114 there are a sufficient number of gentlemen sitting epos the liberal benches who will unite with them in insisting upon a settlement of the whole question or its postponement to a more convenient season, to assure the speedy burial of this premature, misshapen, and maimed offspring of the Ministry. Is another article, the Herald expenses its gratitude to and admiration of Mr. Reesman and Mr. Laing, who exposed the fallacies of the bill so ably hat night. It remarks, that with the exception of two quiet speeches by Sir J. Ferguson and Lord R. Montage, all the denuncia tions of the bill have emanated from the treasury benches. The Advertiser describes Mr. Gladstone as the mere mouth-piece of a divided Cabinet, and his bill as one which provoked laughter in the house, and which has little chance of posing through it. Its first fault is in dividing the question, owing to Mr. Bright's recommendation ; aid the county and borough franchise are transparent compromises. The measure offered by Mr. Gladstone is a smaller one than was offered by Lord John Rumen in 1852 and in 1880 ; and in one important point it is less liberal than the conservative bill of 1859. The Telegraph pronounces it to be a good bill, an honest bill, and a bill for every enlightened and loyal citizen of the realm to support with might and main until A become■ law. The second reading will be fixed for the 12th of April, between which day and the middle of July every available government night will be barely enough to discuss the great rang* of topics. Considering, then, that in 1832 fifty nights were consumed in pealing aee•tbird of the ' immure of that period. and that above one hundred nights pawed before the debate was finally concluded, Mr. Gladstone and his colleague have wisely retuned to Loa I their bill with a freight which another measure clan , very well carry, and which must have Busk this one—ship, cargo, end crew together—under a pettedly unmanageable load of clauses. Those, of course, who wished nothing 1866. better thaa sac► • resall—ehe polithal wreckers who are a comes to the meets d jimundisat and politics —will vary natecialy deplore sad cisaosaos the neccity of nine! ere. But the it 'majority of Eagliuhmun who have nee both partite of the slate soon mil themesives to it, and who desire to hem the question of reform dealt with inparielly sad Itemourably, sal settled to the mithienios of the reds, will applaud the wise diving's of the @abject, sad address dosneelves to that which, after all, ie tilt "root of the matter," with sa earasetnese and sienc.ty worthy of the asisistee to whose the teak was well e.menittof of 'tending epoeser foe the manure el 1836. The St•► reminds its madam that years ago whim In boroughs meant, with those who nrioualy thought et &needing the beroegh essetitumey at all, a 01. or 61 suffrage. Now, for the sake if meals; wiling to com promise, we add a yearly pseud, and nuke it 71. The difference, perhaps, It an practically al any great importance. But the Mame* morally ie aigailimiet ; &ad it is mot mmenraging. We mast look, however, at the eiroanietaame under which tbs bill is introduced sad at the real advantages it offers. We canon ignore the fact that it is iatroduted at a time when there is some divines of opinion even among Ilion by whom the bill has been promoted, sad whoa there Is • parities defection, not aanterically nor inelleettatily powerful, but clamorous and oetentatious is its remedies's, from the liberal body. The bill does not do so much for the waking classes as Marl Bengt would doubtless have wished to do ; sad ILr. Gladstose did not hesitate to enlace last night that he isdividnally would have beta willing to go further la their direction. Bat we must allow for the difficulties of dealing with the queen= jut at present sad for the aataral andely of the government to anomplish the passim of the bill with as little bort& modification as pos sible. Thee it has undoubtedly its seal • trantages. It does mot fall below—out the etioteary, it has rather risen abov►—what of late there seised some w•som to expect. It will render ante substantial Nevin and will introduce some =unbranded alterations. The country walprobably &wept it, if only for leek of better. If it is mot a manure to awaken enthusiasm, it at least mance be called unde serving of favourable sad hopeful emaidsration DDMIIIIII DI !LICE. The Tinges @oatmeal@ upon the lats debates le the French legislature on the state of agriculturists is Prance. The Preach farmers cry oat that they esamit get money to carry on their business with ; and the inoney.limdere explain that they mane., according to the true priselpiss of beak advanes money to them. Aneordiag to the Tema, the Preneh eyeball of inheritors** is at the bottom of the difli. salty. We have learnt within the last far yeers what the business of farming really ragens--how it sells for capital, therm and skill, sad how, with them aids, it will yield good returns. But what phase has gash a predate is a system of mill &Misr uniformly mertgessit The "immense majority of Preach land owners, it mesa d, wars small proprietors ; could they be expected to compete with the owe-growers of Bawds or reload? The truth is such holdings ars little more than equattinp. A rood of ground might, Is primeval times, Lee maistethed its man, but in these days it would only do so as a similar plot in Jamaica maintains its sagro. Small allotanente are luxuries or comfort' is the them of gardens, bet they yield only • miserable eathistence In the shape of farms. Them esonmbered and impoverished farmers look to their own pockets close, sad thick that if they could get a little more money for their wheat It would be a great deal better for them. They do oot underathed that if oae interest is protected, another must be, sad that the ast result of universal protectioo would be far worse far them than the set malt of free trade. They look oily to the matter helm them ; nor is their oonduet at all surprising. What would really be surprising would be the adoption of snob a view by the government, which, instead of looking after one claw, should look aft. r all. The Peat also dwells upoa the mate topic, esasurlag the inoonsietthey of the French deputies, who tried by their amendment to relieve the temporary distress of a oleos by making the food of all elegem warm then it was before. Taking advantage of the protestionist speech of M. niers, the Peat sake what his party during him years of oleo, ever did for the nal well-being ink glary of Frame? iJn ler their rigrime the material MOW; ass of the country and its greater= among oontieental Powers languished. Toe Empire, itutead of being the jealous, sespieions rival of liegland, has become oar fast frised and ally, sad in consulship with as hes checked the aggreedve designs of Burris ; it Ma, In Italy, added a ' great. sew, free, sad constitutional Power to the European system ; and it has made the French nation richer and more prosperous, happy, and contented than ever it was before. Facts such as thus must always outweigh any amount of • debating.olub oratory and camoskied MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIENS SISTER. The following is the eopy of a bill brought into the Boom of Commons by Mr. °bamboos, Mr. T. Hanby. sad Mr. Morley, to render loyal isorrisgo with • asommed wifes nista,. : " Whereas it is expedient to amend the law as to mar riage with a deceased wife's sister: Be it tberefere seeded by the QU14111.1 most excellisat Majesty, by tied with the advice and unseat of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present parliament assembled, end by the authority of the same, as follows : " 1. No marriage between a man sad his deceased wife's sister which bee been celebrated sines the paeriag of the 6th and 6th of William the Fourth, chap. IX, at any place whatever within the realm or without, or whit* shall hereafter be celebrated in the egos of any registrar under the provisions of the sets Malin to mar riages in England and Ireland, shall be deemed to have been nor shall be void or voidable by reams only of the affinity of the parties thereto, or by reason of any statute, or of any canonical or other objection or impedi ment, founded only on such affinity, to the validity of any inch marriage or to the celebration thereof, or to the validity of any licence or certificate under which the same may have been celebrated. " 2 Provided always, that nothing herein oontaieed *boll render valid any marriage with the sister of a deceased wife where either of the parties has afterwards, during the life of the other, and before the pude' of this act, lawfully ioterman ied with any other penoe. "3. Provided also, that this act, so far as it relates to any marriage with the sister of a deceased wife contracted before the pealing of this not, shall not invalidate or affect any right to say dignity or title of hamar, or any estate, right, title, co interest, legal or equitabl e, la or to any lands, hereditament*, chattels, or effects, vested la any person before the naming of this act, nor any contin gent estate or interest, legal or equitable, in any lands, hereditament*, chattels real, chattels or effects, created by or derived from any settlement, pant, conveyance to uses, relines, appointment, or other instrument bond fide sae. sated before the peering of this ant, or by or from any de vise or will which shall hove become operative by the death of the devisor or testator before the pining of this sot. "4. No marriage between a men and his demised wife's sister contracted in Soolland after the paasiog of this set shall be void by reason only of the affioity of the parties thereto, or by reason of any statute, or of any objection or impediment, founded only on inch affinity, to the validity of such marriage or to the oontirseliag thereof. " 6, Clause 4 only of this act shall extend to Scotland." Twz Nzw Minna or Tznerrr.—The Rev. Dr Thompson, Regius Professor of Greek in the Uni versity of Cambridge, will succeed the late Dr. Whewell, as Master of Trinity College. The emi nent qualifications of Dr. Thompson for the position have been acknowledged from the time that it be came vacant, and his appointment, we believe, will give great satisfaction throughout the University. Mr. C. Hobhouse, Q.C., will be appointed to the office of Commissioner of Charities, vacant by the death of Mr. Campbell. _ . We are requested to state that Tuesday, the 20th inst., is the day appointed in the diocese of London for the special services in connexion with the cattle plague. _ The emigreUm from Germany to North America is daily assuming greater proportions. Up to the end of May 10,000 ponces have already enpged to Wave ri‘l Hamburg and Bremen. The emigrants are easily all Northerners and Protestants, whereas tee years ago the vast majority consisted of Southerners, many of them Roman rwAholke. TEO RlFOltli BILL. THE ROME OP COMMONS LAB? MM. Outside the House of OOMMOna the hoer approached toe the meetly; 741114144, Adorable number of people had amen hied. Or e l more noted sasishene as they paned alone elicited a cheer. Iflie appearines of Iced he entered Westaniester-liall excited mash number of people followed him. The Premier his oMsial resideme la Downing-street seed was am rally rgeogaLeafi testa just as he was mining k Amos; the attesters who passed le wr . Manning, whose appearance ceased some early as balf-past 3 e.inie of the meshes arrive, teed from a quarter before 4 sew 4 they kept prairie' le. Mr. Lowe, Mr. Beek* Henley were among the earlier arrivals. Mr. Die m * in a close earrings. and was roorlois 4l by salt a ire people °Melds. Many of the Peers went sled* t i Lower Hours—the Doke of Argyll, the Meno i d bury, Lord Lyvedes, Lord Unmet, and leal Alderley being among the number. The Chanel* • Exchequer, wbo wee aosonmeniel by y in , , arrived in an open carriage. Mach curiosity " is by some to see Mr. Bright, but they were owing probably t 3 his having goes down miler 6, for he was is his place among the first. * nearly the whole house bed assembled, and efier g m were few arrivals. Prayers were so idly aster I every unprivileged seat was marked with a cart appropriated to members of the Upper House% to teoonvenisone. Compicuous were Earl Ite en g corner on the right hand below the bar, helot y Dabs of Cambridge. Oa the opposite side wr Grey, and in the gallery above were the Doke d and Earl Grooving. The places of inemben and half-Illed alternately, and little *oboe wee on the struggles of • private bill to escape eiresgg ei seemed reading. Watchful eyes, at a later bier nasal, detained Mr. Gladstose gliding is hew sp ee k e ee chair, which, by the way, was sob no* Mr. Coders. The great orator me greeted by a Se a A matemporary, deatnibieg the reesp'ice .1 lb -. ways :—" When Mr. Gladstone came to the mi l diets propositions of his bi:l, there were hire leg interruptions, not hostile is any sews, big *a l involuntary movemeate under the varying Mem words oa hearers of differeat *Mom Per Im ik - there were fewer sounds et Fatalities Bas d when he amounted that the fraach;se in eciaba yl be lowered to 141.—• gun which, as the fen elk did not present any "pedal mason far Is ej sk There was a mormar, either of hest ir yb w h oa he ',poke of creating a emit, cupation franchise ; and there was comities* ilk seas amongst the opposition when copyholdim holders is boroughs weie wetland se bevies le ki ps i the earns category as to county votes, as the sale holders. There wee really some difficulty is ski m exactly how the proposition for at least ens big chin,' or ' by-franchise,' as Mr. Gladden he Mg the clam—that Gf depositors is savings bias —semis It ought to have been welcome to Mr. Diesel; le e l countenance wee too unmoved for say whoa deeps, be gathered from it ; his friends mersely mis sR and behind the ministerial beaches there vis, sic whole, a silence which might be called amines le when notice was given that the qusition of he ing humid*, was readied that anxiety, or tigers's, es ashy, whichever it was, broke out into audible Mk wee riotous in a parliamentary NUM In his pew hie speech Mr. Gladstone was soy plain ate real statement, sad with great skill worked ap rsegmi a general way against a 61. rental, Seep* *Mk point when revelation appeared to be buds* Mid on the plesest intelligence of the abilities el Is paying diequalificition, and putting forward his peek for enfresobisieg compound householdeis and WO a clear 101. value occamatioe. Still water me ha tensing process when he bad made it clear that not to be a Si. downward. franchise ; sad the Ist learn what it was to be had become laben vYY revealed a 71. deer annual rental as the Ins se ebb*, In conjunction with the other esfseding would give an iseresse of some 400,000 to the Imes eice generally, half of which would bolos; le the wig classes. The mode is whisk Mr. Madeline bid with the statistics and projects of his mum el needed the recapitulation which be dined le bits but by this time he seemed to have blow s led on Its attention, sad excited an intend Aids gratified by the repetition which he prendit give with such brilliant analysis. The perandim eel happily eouceived sad superbly executed. It Imola pliantly to a close an address, occupying wady twig and • bait, which was as business-like as s badpt, aY at times rose to the dignity of an orgies. Any fit rapid out-and-thrnst debate signing at ter see end to by a general rush to the door and the rilegil Marsh in • state of Dania distrees to pubs mint of lang smell ataida talk te 7 a f e e da oo3 ani er a h a r al lih little 7of mai m. = the bill mold be gathered ; but this ter ell when Mr. Laing rose sad began rot el damaging, insidious, and powerful speseles Is he is fames, and opened it in as approve* • position to the mestere. After him ir. Belem sea Captain Grammer, the new member for Watalsibio claimed a bearing, and then it was fouled Bat *OPP time, which hitherto had been quiet sad imbibd whim ataudeladma eft pioned Captain Grosvenor and objected to Mt B ebe ' u mads out st u ro p nt ek had misdi cau tha t ttbeteesede.frit iterlfr. sine such an noi d e: ivi de t term ens ins an tion imp te lied t Mr. reprod Dimegli briausiiig low f seyrryinutiagappro riglit yp o i: A w f oldt r oa . aoft D h e spes t deb y-3 1 ; : e s Tr hichezas:tweopouvbe Codeof sitainadiatesitedrisseroms 7 l;kitiasebsevosaie llb souNkilothigg sli ': : proved to be Mr. Haloes, and he was dant 10• 1011.11 al e bill . ch, prepared the Wag delayed for awhile, particularly or 01111°.e .. b ' ease bask by this time. If Mr. Laos prom, Mr. Hareem indulged le an apes—eel 0 i°, l ! an abusive I—aseault against the messiest WNW P' and there with acetic humour, and WAS prat* MO by the esserratives. A mischievous dens to Or t strife between Mr. Bright, who at with 6 smile on his hoe and the WIWI. A next openly manifested by Mr. Homes tioal and, truth to my, rather Doers, gulf* 0 aoP pre baiain vi io i ls os eemanaan ili d gh: duw i t u bo t : he aalb ep ; r a k G e lad io saa l t° ou n g we , elif t ° : ° : aliint:aeseigt te asminape crf : p frbodlimmigme ov ;m er anr t ioa.d h Lo e sotin h w o l etu:Fnifate thasotioi roved , fonotrfinostuhsoadmwtoihooteniurams tW ion e th o we ld iooloo ta . .. who the opposition proper still making no sign. Tb . , meat accordingly took place, the palpable desired to to go on inducing Sir J. Gray to postpone lib aces the Irish church, which stood for this day no then rapidly dissolved." In the House of Lords, on Thursday 041 1 .,, i Bishop of London will call a tt en tion to difilealtiet! have arisen in the dioceses of ()attain bishops of Oar church of England end Ireland in the colonies, ~ i queen of a decision of the Judicial Committee of Mom Council on the 20th March, 1885, manioc* 1 . 1 patent on which the appointment of such bishop to be invalid; and ask whether her Majway's go esa announce when th ey will be prepared to deal 0 11 obstacles which now stand in the way of 8111eg up of resent sees, and the erection of others, for which meats have been long in programs. This morning was issued a parliament o / showing the oast of conversions of timber in her Ibr dockyards, and of articles manufactured is the woe dockyard sad steam-factory workshops, together . cost thereof ie exam of or km thee rate-book price the year 186465, in order that the sime may be hid P I parliament, is accordance with the course wog sped to similar accounts for previous years. PAPAL BRIOANDS IN ENOLAND.--Tbe 700 coosstruatioa of the Ertesdition Treaty with /AO f laediag, it is said, to a somew h a t curious additk e " &arrow cares" of the metropolis. • 1 • that Italian brigands w h o h av e been sotto to terms of imprisonment in gaols under superintendence, on being released are asked ones y sze i will t wouid go to be ltaly goin o g r to to e ß e n issin gland d , 6 7 1 , 6, 1 " th ill ei t t efer the safer, if less genial, climate of Albion . ToL suit is that the Italian Benevolent Society in Ledo !, had a series of fresh claims as disagreeable in tho' as they are bardessoms to its funds. In vel &tad t a lso wol The C plant UD to M r " then shi the B the sbo' Wes sr Osmeroc River, 1 Axes, 91 13th ; S. riffs, NI From naives 1 Psalm Mv• Wisp west II This from tb moot of &camel diepute sod the it Use i old= ossa hY r L . nr , THE 44 s r mower slims Exi i awl owl all aaa dam 'MI bce sea Judi bee sal en be en 6 P ta de Ile