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Doors open at half-past 8. Overture at 9. Closing ati 12 punctually. Admission, is. AVEST MIDDLESEX VOLUNTEER 111 FIES.—S. W. SILVER and CO., Contractors to the Corps, are now prepared to supp'y the cloth accoutre ments, gaiters, &c., according - to regulation. G(i and 67, CORNIIELL, E.C. REDUCTION OF TEN POUNDS PER TON In the price of THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE On and after the Ist of April, 1860. Barrels ctg 448 Feeds, war nett 1121hs. with measure, dos each Cases „ 418 Feeds, „ 1121b5. , ,in l'ekets, 45s each Carriage paid to any railway station in the kingdom, Nutritives value Condimental value 11 11 11 1 . .1 15 25 Total .. £l4O per ton. aflowfng a profit of £lOO per ton through the use of this in valuable compound, adapted for the seasoning of all kinds of food for animals. Agents required in every town where none are already appointed. JOSEPH THORLEY, the Inventor and sole Proprietor. Offices, 77, Neivgate-street, London. A Pamphlet sent free by po3t on application. TEETH. 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Its application s easily performed, and without kiVing the sligh est pain. Deficiencies of palate effectually remedied. Loose teeth fastened. Teeth regulated. Dis o loured teeth restored, &c. hours 10 to 0. Consultation free. Cha-ges strictly moderate.- 3 11; Regent-street, opposite the Polytechnic, London. Established 1847. THE PURE FLUID MAGNESIA of Sir JAMES MURRAY, M.D., re-carbonated, sparkling, and permamently saturated, is prepared by his last patented processes (1859), which render it perfectly effective for pre venting, or removing acidities, gout, gravel, and indigestion, thus supplanting debilitating alkalies. London, 143, New Bond-street, February 21d, 1860. The Sample of his new sparkling FLUID MAGNESIA, Which Sir James Murray wished examined, yield-d 121 Grains of Carbonate of Magnesia, which gives about 19 Grains of Bi-carbonate of Magnesia for each fluid - ounce o' Solution. T. SCIIWErrzER, Analytical Chemist. 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(this size contains four of the 45. size), by post, 125., and in cludes postage, &c. Family cases containing five, 11$.; bottles, 42 45. The above are produced at the Herbary from herbs, 'flowers, and roots. All letters to William Grimstone, London Depot, 62, High-street, Bloomsbury; and by all respectable merchants and traders. Just Published, in 1 vol., Bvo. with numerous Anatomical Plates, post free, on receipt of six penny stamps, _ - - VITA VITALIS. - A NEW MEDICAL WORK on the NATURE, TREATMENT and CURE of SPERMATORRIPEA, and other [MIN° - GENITAL DISEASES, and consequent exhaustion of the NERVOUS SYSTEM. caused by the errors of Man in youth and aT', producing a degeneracy of MENTAL and PHYSICAL 8T MNGT 11, terminating in debility of the generative or sans and INCAPACITT FOR MARIIIED LIFE, sheaving why these Diseases so often appear Incurable when in reality they can be effectually removed by the most simple means, together with the Author's remedies for preventing in- Nction. BY A PHYSICIAN, Sic., &o. (registered under the New Medical Act). Address, Medicos, 19, Ilerners -street,Oxford street, London. Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Pater noster-row, and all Booksellers in T•wn and Country. SIGHT AND HARTNG.—SPECTACLES.— F, POWERFUL TELESCOPES.—OPERA, RACE, and PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. Messrs. S. end B. Solo mons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe —opposite the York lintel, W.—Deafness. —New Die eovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily power ful small newly-invented instrument for Deafness, entirely , different from all others, surpasses anything of the kind that has been, or probably eyer can be, produced. Wine, - of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assem blies ; the unpleasant sensation of site - ring noises in the ears fs entirely removed, and it affords all the assistance that Possibly could be desired. 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Magic Lanterns and Microscopes —Drawing-room and Scientific Amusements—Valuable ins provementa in Compound Microscopes, To magnify 17,000 • times, 42 Ss. ; 35,000, .£3 los.; 70,000, 10s. Prices from £1 to .£OO--Maeic Lanterns, Dissolving views, with improved German Lenses, giving a clear disc from 10 to 20 feet diameter. • Every description of Optical, Mathematical, and Philosoptii all Instruments of the highest character. 30, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel. W. NO MORE MEDICINR I'' OR OR HABITUAL CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION (DYSPEPSIA), • DEBILITY, NERVOUS, BILIoUS, PULMONARY, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS. T\U BARRY ' S DELICIOUS HEALTH RESTORING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD.- Certificate No. 36,418.-In our practice we have been enabled to appreciate the virtues of Du Barry's Food. In its effect on chronfo dyspepsia (indigestion), nervousness, constipation, diarrhoea; on bilious and liver complaints, cough, asthm t, de • bill ty, and incipient consumption, we fln dit the safest remedy. -Dr. Ure, M.D., F'.R.S., Dr. Harvey, Dr. Bright, Dr. Shor - land, Dr. Campbell. DO Barry's Food cures effectually-Acidity, asthma bilious testi, blood to the head, bowel complaints, bronchitis, ca tarrh, colds, congestion, constipation, consumption, "ramps, rough, debility, despondency, diarrhoea, disten don, dizziness, dropsy, drowsiness, dysentery, dyspepsia (Indigestion), erup tions. exhaustion, fevers, epfleptie fits, flatulency, gout, ha bitual constipation, headache, heartburn, haemorrhoids, hys teria, impel.' ties, indigestion (dys&psia„) irritability, irrita tion of kidneys and bladder. liver complaints, loss of memory, low spirits, nausea and sickness, n m.vousness, nervous fan cies, neuralgia, noises in the ear, pains between the shoul ' den, palpitation, partial paralysis, phlegm, pulmonary com plaints, rheumatism, scrofula, sinking, sleeplessness, sore throat, spasms, tightness across the chest. At about one Penny per meal, it effectually cures the above, also children's complaints, and saves fifty times its cost in medicine. It does not turn acid nor interfere with a dberal diet but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of many tbousind cures:- Cnre No. 51,816, from the Rev. James T. Campbell, Syder- Stone Rectory, near Fakenham, Norfolk : "In all cases of in digestion, and particularly where the liver is affected, • Leonsider it the best of all remedies. -James T. Campbell." Vette No. 71, of Dyspepsia, from the Right Honourable the Lord Stuart de Decies : "I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. Stuart de Deciee."-Cure No. 411,832: " Fifty years' indescribable agony 'Min dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting, k"ve been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria 'rely, Wortham Ling; near Diss, Norfolk."-Cure No. 52,087: Field-Marshal toe Duke of Pluskow, of a gastric inflamma tion of the stomenh.-Cure No. 51,614: Baron de Polentz, •• Prefect of Lanuenau, lt many years' horrible sufferings of the Serves and an obstinate constipation. - Cure No. 1 7,121 : Miss Elizabett Tseobsi pf Nazing Vicarage, _ Waltham Cross, Hefts, a ere of extreme nervousness' . indigestion, gatherings, lost spirits, and nervous fancies. - Cure No. 48,314: Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near 111 l'erpoOl : a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. -Cure No. 18,?16 : Dr, Andrew tire, of Constipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability.-Cure No. 34,210: Dr. Sherland, of dropsy and debility.-Cure No. 36,212: Cap 'Sin Allan, of epileptic fits.-Cure 42,116; Major Edie, of enlargement of the liver, and total prostration of strength Cure No. 36,418: Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings.-Cure No. 26,415: Dr. Harvey, of diarrlirra and debility.--Cnre No. 39,618: Dr. STurtzer, of consumption.-Cure No. 32,980: William Hunt, Esq., Bar , !inter. of paralysis.- Cure No. 46,2;0: Mr. James Roberts, burger merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, 30 years' diseased pigs nestsspitting of blood, liver derangement, partial ea -Cure No. 46,811: Mr. Samuel• Laxton, Lei ?feter, of two years' diarrhoea. - - Cure. No. 52,612 : The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart • of many years' ner- Iptlß irritability, bile and indigestion, -Cure No. 51,812 : Miss ir;;lnia 'lcemen% cured of consumption, after her medi advisers had abandoned all hopes of roiovery.- re No. 180: "Twenty-five years' nervousness, con . ;Lipation, Indigestion, and debility, from which I have i ulfered great misery, and which no medicine could re • Pve or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du t ,','!'ry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Reeves, 181, '"ct-street, London."-No. 4,208: " Eight years' dyspepsia, evotisnese, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice 01 many, have been , buectually cured by Du Barry's health -restoring Food. I shall I; l l l ,a,PPy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Flavell, "egten Rectory, Norfolk." No. 31,836 : " Three years' a,Seseive nervousness, with pains in nay neck and left arm, t i " u general debility, which rendered my life very !miserable, v, 48 been radically removed by Du Barry's health-restoring t0... (1 Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen." rai-ure N _, 0 . 3,906: Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and gene porility, have been removed by Du Barry's excelle . s u Anisterii : 11b. 2s. 9d., 21b, 4s. 6d., 121 b. 225., 241 b. 409. 2 11t erre need quality : 51b. 225., 101 b. 335. 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CHAPTER IV.—The Author's plan of Treatment, Medical and Moral, being the result of a successful practice extending over a period of 25 years. CHAPTERS V. and VI. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting eases, to which is added the Author's receipt of a preventive Lotion. lIEVIEWS OF TIIE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and should be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 23d March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. At home for consultation, daily, from 10 till 3 and 6 to 8. Sundays, 10 to 1. Send a penny stamp and you will receive, post free, THE INVALID'S OWN GUID ; or, " NATURAL RESTORER of PERFECT HEALTH," without Medicine, by a simple, pleasant, economical, and unfailing means, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, restoring perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, refreshing sleep, and functional regularity to the most enfeebled, and removing effectually in digestion (dyspepsia), debility, nervousness, cough, asthma, Incipient consumption, dropsy, constipation, flatulency, diar rhoea, dysentery, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds, noises in the cars, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, aeidity, palpitation, heartburn headache, despondency, aramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness, sinking fits, bronchi tis, also Children's nornplaints.—S. N. Barry, 77,tRegent street London. MEDICAL ADTICE. DR. LA'MERT, Regist er ed L.S.A., Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, M.D. (4 the University of Erlangen, &c., may be CONSULTED on all oases of Debility, Nervousness, and en the Secret In flrmities of Youth and Maturity, from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight, at his residence, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON Dr. La'Mert has just published, price Sixpence, with nu merous Engravings and Cases. a New 'Edition of his Work, SELF-PRESERVATION, crhich will be sent tree, in a sealed envelope. by Mann, 3 Cornhill, London, or by CONTEN the Author, for Eight stamps. TS. __ • SECTION I.—The Physiology of the Generative Organs. SECTION ll.—Puberty- Manhood -The Morale of Genera- Ivo Physiology—True and False Morality. SECTION lll.—Marriage in its Moral, Social, and Physical Relations—lts Expectancies and Disappointments— A.dvan ages of Physical Contrasts in securing Healthy Offspring: SECTION IV.—Spermatorrhcea and Impotence—The causes of Sterility in both Sexes—Self-inflicted Miseries. SECTION V. -The Vices of Schools—Effects of certain per nicious habits on the mental and general faculties. SECTION Vl.—Treatment of Nervous and Generative De bility—lmpotence and Sterility—Dangerous Results of various Hazardous Specifics—The Author's Principles !of Treatment; Medical, Dietetic, and General, derived from Twenty Years' successful practices The above work is intended for the perusal of' those who have in early life been induced to swerve from the striotsnle. of morality. In its pages facts of paramount utility are brought together, wholly divested of toe delusions and incon sistencies so largely introduced into certain quasi medical publications given to the world gratis, under the guise of philanthropy, or as "acts of gratitude," by pretended clergy men and others, whose tampering's with the constitution are trequently followed by eeriouo conaequenceo. /~~~ / t , iJ ,10v0r..... * • -, '— -: ( I' l '.- . i i ~ , COO ii ( 7 cr t'- t 'fr. virCx f . '‘,.. i (fif,q .., .—. t ) . ~-,, I ) 1 , t • T a ,_ .l .st .1 I_, .-.. 4. i 4 1. 41 , • t , ... 4. I.* . 1 ... ''t 4 .. L. ll 1 ...P.7, 5 . 1 iI I ~i 4 , .., _ __ __ _ , _ • ____ • °fp. . _, ~ .._ . . ;. -, ~ , 4 ::, .s.! I. t :., :r id ~ 1.10/ , ::: . * i "il •''' ~: t, , H ;-"-- ' , , . , .. IN .. 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STAMPED, SP• lieved that a £6 franchise was a perfectly safe franchise, and that it would not introduce a lawless or reckless class of . . men, but men of intelligence wh o ' were q uit e Rs fit:to exert . , _ cise the suffrage as the stnaller class of shopkeepers and quite as independent in many towns. The noble earl . said that a uniform franchise woi&ld necessarily be one of a uni- form character. That was a fallacy. There was. a great difference between the £6 householder of the Tower ,ITam- lets and of Marylebone, and between the householder in the west and east end of Manchester. In small towns the clif- rerence would be still greater. He believed that with a franchise the constituency would be of the most varied cha racter. If they looked at the map of England they would see a large number of towns in agricultural districts which had no connexion whatever with manufactures, but which were wholly dependent on the agricultural district by which they were surrounded. The £6 householders in these towns would be of a very different character from those who lived in the manufacturing districts, and the result would be that members would be sent to the House of Com mons representing every variety of interest. One word with regard to the question of delay. The noble earl inti mated an opinion that the Reform Bill made but slow pro gress in the House of Commons, and implied that this delay was founded on some dislike to the measure. But the noble earl, omitted to mention two important facts. One was that, perhaps unfortunately, but certainly unavoid ably, it was brought in concurrently with a financial scheme of great importance. (Hear, hear.) The other was - that the Conservative party in the ther house intimated that it was not their intention to oppose the principinof the Govern ment bill, so that the second reading of the 4easure might be considered as haying been agreed to. Under these cir cumstances it was not too much to expect that there might be that union of parties which would lead to a settlement of that important question in the present session of Parlia ment. He could not avoid pointing out the danger to the country from further delay in settling this question. Delay might prove dangerous to the constitution and injurious to the character of their public men, whose sincerity was already suspected. Contrasts were drawn in every news paper between the professions of gentlemen before they were elected and the language which they held in the House of Commons. He saw no prospect of a better time for set tling this question than the present. Was it not better to settle this question in a time of peace and calm, when they were free from any undue external pressure, than when the minds of men were in a state of agitation and excitement ? Now that they had a measure which, in its main features, did not differ much from the bill of the late Government, he hoped there would be a sufficient degree of public spirit, and such an absence of acrimony and party spirit, as would induce a majority of both houses, if they could not consent to the measure of the Government in the precise form in which it stood, at least to settle what was to be the amount of the borough and county franchise. (Hear, hear.) Lord VIVIAN said he did not rise to address the house on this question, but, as reference had been made to a letter which he had received, he begged to say that the person who wrote that letter was a person on whose ability and accuracy he could rely. His statement was, that in the borough in Cornwall referred to the number of electors would be double that which was given in the printed re port. (Hoar.) Under these circumstances he thought that the question should be referred to a committee. The Earl of DERBY said he could not but be somewhat apprehensive, from the speech of the noble duke, who de precated allpolitical acrimony in dealing with this question, ;hat he and the members of her Majesty's Government were not yet sufficiently impressed with the importance of the question, and that the noble duke, More especially, as appeared from the speech Iv ith which ho had favoured the house, and his reference to the conduct of former ministers, was less desirous of coming to a satisfactory settlement of this question than of keepingalive the spirit of party agita tion, and seeking to throw upon his political opponents that which he felt to be the invidioupess of the task which ac cording to him, it appeared that her Majesty's present Go vernment had reluctantly taken into their hands. (Hear. hear.) The noble duke had favoured the house with some historical reminiscences. He certainly could go somewhat further back than the noble duke, but there were some in which the noble duke had some advantage over him, for . the noble duke referred to conversations and inducements held out to the Government to undertake the Reform Bill of which he (Earl of Derby) had no knowledge. The Duke of ARGYLL said he referred to what toolii place when Lord J. Russell introduced the Reform Bill oi 1852. Tho Earl of DERBY—In what period of 1852 ? The Duke of ARGYLL said he believed the first Reforni Bill of Lord J. Russell was introduced in February, 1852.1 The Earl of DERBY said the noble duke had certainly surprised the house by one fact, namely, that Lord Joh] Russell, of all men in the world, was extremly unwillin to deal with this question of Parliamentary Reform —(laughter)—and that to the best of his power ho resisted the reduction of the couaty franchise to £lo—that he wal3 opposed to the measures which had subsequently been prot posed, and that the fact was that Lord J. Russell was ,gran dually but reluctantly the victim of circumstances, at 4 dragged at the wheels of a triumphant parliamentary major, rity to sanction measures which were against his own 0- sire. The noble lord, it appeared, was as much opposed to the principle of further reform as perhaps they should find the noble duke one day opposed to the principle of univeti sal suffrage and vote by ballot,which ho now so much di - liked, but which he intimated were not so bad as the- seemed. But the noble duke thought fit to allude to the measure of the late Government, and the terms and condi tions on which that bill was introduced. Little as he desired to follow the noble duke into a discussion of that measur, he was not unwilling to meet the noble duke upon that question if forced upon him, and to state the course they took for an honourable settlement of it. The noble duke stated, but not quite correctly, that on his first entering into office he pledged himself to introduce a measure of Parlia mentary reform. The fact was, that ho carefully guarded himself against giving any such pledge. He did pledge himself that during the recess her Majesty's Government would devote their attention to a consideration of the queis tion, with a hope that if there was a public feeling such as they trusted there was at that tine, they should be able to submit a measure which, if it did not satisfy all parties,would meet with the sanction and support of moderate men of all parties. He stated at that time that he was induced to take that course, not from any sense or conviction in his own mind that any practical proposition for altering the exist ing state of the representation was actually called for, bet that inasmuch as successive Ministers had pledged the honour of the Crown—had pledged the Crown in per son to such a measure—he accepted the responsibility of that dice; and, trusting that they might be met in a spirit of fairness and generosity, he endeavoured to redeem, though without any sense of its intrinsic necessity, the pledge which he honestly gave. He was glad to hear from the noble duke that justice had not been done to the full merits of that bill. The history of that bill was full in the recollection of their lordships, and he need not remind them of the course which had been taken with regard to it. The noble duke quoted from the speeches of his right hon. friend, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer in his Govern ment—he was now speaking of a period previous to the dissolution of Parliament—in which ho stated that it was necessary to deal with the question with a view to the re presentation, more or less, of a portion of the working classes of the country, and that representation they honestly en deavoured to secure, without the dangerous consequences which he believed were involved in the measure of her Ma jesty's present Government. They did not think it desirable or expedient that the borough franchise should be reduced generally below £lO, so as to introduce that flood of the lower classes which would be introduced if the present bill unhappily received the sanction of their lordships and of Parliament. But they thought it a matter of no insignifi cant importance to secure the identity of the borough and county franchise, which they believed then, and which ho still believed, to be the best security against future agita tion for any further reduction of the one or the other. (Hear.) He was much struck with the speeches made at the time of the general election which followed the dissolution. They entertained an expectation that their proposal would meet with a fair and candid consideration, and that if it did to a great extent meet the views of hon. gentlemen on the Opposition side of the house they would be willing to agree to the second reading, and to discuss in committee those points which they thought might require amendment. Their expectations, however, had not been realised; for, instead of discussing such points in committee, the oppor• tunity was taken of laying down abstract resolutions, which noble lords opposite and hon. gentlemen were well practised in s , but which on subsequent occasions they found it im possible to adhere to. By that ingenious device, aided by concert with other parties, and by understandings in which, if they could believe what passed at present, one party was a good deal deceived by the other, a union was effected which gave the opposition a small majority. The effect of that was an appeal to the country, and the result of that appeal was no doubt a majority against Govern ment, not upon any specific question, but upon a party fight between opposing political bodies. He wa s much struck by the speech of the right hon. gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Sir G. C. Lewis), in which there was a groat deal of good advice, and which he certainly hoped her Majesty's Government were about to follow. The right hon. gentleman, in that speech, stated that it was a matter of absolute necessity that any person or any Government which proposed to bring in a Reform Bill should point out distinctly to the house the necessity in the mind of the Government of any reform should point out the specific defects in the Reform Bill— should point out in what respect it had failed to answer the anticipations of its authors, and the just expectations of meet the country, and having done so, that they should ecet the difficulties of the case, and seeing what the defects mere that they should apply amendments so as to meet those! de fects, and be able to point out that specific remedy which would meet those specific defects. Well, when it was an nounced that it was the intention of her Majesty's present Government to introduce a Reform Bill which was to saiisfy the just expectations of the country and the wise reBons mendation of the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment, he went down to that place which by the courtesy of the House of Commons was allotted to the members of ance on the former occasion when the noble lord called atterAW9n to the fact that he would bring forward a Reform Bill—and he said not without significance —on the Ist of March. If by significance he meant the significance of con= trast, nothing could g , be more strikin than the difference be tween what took pipe on the . Ist of March, 1831, and on ,the Ist of March, 1860. He could not refer to what he then heard in the slightest degree, but by an habitual daily breach of the privileges ef•Parliament they, were able to obtain some information of what then took place, and he could Corroborate the accuracy of those statements, from which they were enabled to collect what were the principles of her Majesty's Government. He must confess that the tone of • the debate—he hoped lie, was:not speaking dist - c,,zpect#ally o f - the House of Commons—was more sulteo too, discussion on a turnpike bill than on a reform bill. (Laughter.) Ile could not say that the manner in which it was brought forward. WAS such as to bespeak for it very grave consideration or to lead to the expectation that it would be soon and Fat isfacto- rily settled. Itdid not appear to him that any other consi deration pressed on the minds of the Government than what number of persons•could be added to the constituency in order to redeem the pledge they had given. (Hear.) Look ing at the Government Reform Bill, it was impossible not to see that there were large classes who by its principle were altogether precluded from the exercise of the franchise for whichthey were perfectly qualified, and to which they were fully entitled. In the Reform. Bill of the late Government a variety of franchises were introduced, by which it w as . thought a considerable number of the working classes would be admitted, and that they would have tests to show that ' , the portion of the working classes, so introduced were the • • most steady and industrious in theirliabits and least migi•a-, tory—having the deepest interest in their locality and in ,the general welfare of the country. He hoped the house now well understood is what sense the late Government were willing and anxious to admit the working classes to a fair share in the representation of the country. (Hear, hear.) It was proposed to introduce as qualifications persons who had for some time occupied furnis'aed or unfurnished lodgings, and paying a certain amount of rent. They thought a number of persons would thus be introduced, of education, property, and intelligence superior even to many persons who at present enjoyed the exercise of the franchise. The bill of the late Government also pro posed that the possession of a certain amount of property in a savings bank should constitute a claim for parliamentary franchise. In short, its promoters were desirous of giving the right to every man who could show in any way that he had a permanent stake in the country, and that his habits and character and mode of living were such as to lead to the belief that he would exercise that right honestly, tem perately, and judiciously, to the best of his ability. He (the Earl of Derby) was in hopes that the present bill would have remedied the practical defects which existed in the former bill, but instead of doing so it only increased the bo rough franchise constituency—increased the number of the constituents, the number being, in his opinion, the least important point. The quality of the constituency was that which was important, and not the number. (Hear, hear.) He did not care whether the Government added 200,000 or 500,009. They might even add a million to the constitu encies, so that the quality was irreproachable. But the only question with the Government appeared to be by what ex tension of the franchise they would obtain a given number. The argument used was this : if they got a £9 franchise they would hive so many additional voters ; if £B, so inany more; and if a £6 franchise they would have £203,000 `ad ditional voters, and therefore they took a£6 franchise. It was a question, however, whether a £6franehise would give them the number which the Government considered so im portant. When they came to examine the circumstances of the case he was afraid they would find that the Govern ment had no sound foundation to go upon. He very much questioned the accuracy, of the data furnished by the re turns. He was glad, therefore, that the noble duke oppo site and his colleagtiee were willing to concede the inquiry proposed by hie noble friend (Earl Grey), although the con cession was made cinder some pressure. [The Duke of ARGYLL—No pressure whatever.] Well, then, under to pressure ; but the noble duke conceded it 'upon the under standing that it was not to cause any delay in the' progress of the Government measure. If the noble duke meant to say that, whatever progress was made in the committee, legislation upon the subject should go on nevertheless, then he (the Earl of Derby) thought the government were put ting themselves into a position which he could not compre hend. Either they must consider this inquiry altogether unnecessary to satisfy the mind of Parliament, end there fore they ought to have refused it as uncalled for, or they thought it useful for the purpose of determining whether the present measure was one which ought to receive the sanction of Parliament, and consequently should act upon it. (Hear, hear.) They were asked to investigate a grave and important subject, of which the numerical question was the least important, before a committee of noble peers, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the measure was 020 which_could be safely and judiciously adopted by Parlia ment. (Hear.) He earnestly hoped that not only those in their lordships' house, but also hon. members in the House of Commons. would take full time to deliberate on the facts and data which would be placed before them. Even if a session or two sessions were lost, he thought the loss of time would be adequately satisfied by the knowledge that they were proceeding on sound data and making themselves tho roughly aware of the consequences of the important altera tion they were making. He hoped the inquiries of this committee would tend to throw light upon a subject which was at present in great darkness, andenable their lordships to judge how far they, ;night safely adopt a proposal Which had been hastily and imperfectly laid before Parliament. He should be sorry if that house should be under the necessity of rejecting any measure sent up by the House of Commons, but he must confess that if he saw the dan ger of the Government bill coming up to their lordships' house in its present state and with its present simple, but at the same time dangerous provisions, he should think its rejection by their lordships, for the purpose of a further consideration of the subject, would be infinitely preferable to the adoption by them of a measure the most unsatisfactory, the most unstatesman like, and the most inconclusive of any ever submitted by any Government on this great and important subject. Even if the statement of the Government itself were taken, what was the alteration about to be made in the borough consti- tuencies ? According to the Government statement, thsy were going to add an amount equal to five-sevenths of the existing constituencies, and the whole of that five-sevenths was to be taken from the very lowest class in the lowest scale of electors. But that was not all. They might assume that the lower they went in the scale of voting the greater would be the chance of the voter having want of judgment, and being liable to undue influence and liable to corruption. (Hear, hear.) Of the five-sevenths to be added to the con-. stituences no more than one-third occupied houses between £8 and £lO rent. The remaining two-thirds occupied houses between £6 and £B. This was a sufficiently impor tant change calculated to make them pause before they ad mitted what he must call such a democratic element into the House of Commons. Their lordships must also recol lect that this addition was not made equally over the who le constituencies of the country. There we re 31 towns in which the addition to the constituencies would be incietked from 100 per cent. to 350 per cent., and consequently those boroughs would be under the influence of the very lowest class of voters. In agreeing to this addition to the consti tuencies they would be putting an irresistible temptation into the hands of the lowest classes to tax, for their own benefit, and with an ignorant prodigality, those higher classes who they very erroneously supposed to be the authors of the groat expenditure of the country. When the noble duke reminded their lordships that this Reform Bill was introduced simultaneously with an important bud get he (the Earl of Derby) must say that he thought the very fact of the simultaneous introduction of those mea sures required a double amount of caution on the part of Parliament. (Hear, hear.) The noble duke seemed to con sider that the noble earl who introduced the present motion had gone out of his way to point out the practical incon venience which arose from a preponderance of power exist ing in the hands of the lower classes in the United 6tat.cs, but was that warning to be thrown away in the discussion of a reform bill in this country? Had not rejoicing antici pations been already heard at the success of a budget which would throw the expenses of the nation on the few rich in stead of the many poor? They were invited to give to those classes who would be most likely to be swayed by such ar guments a preponderating control over the financial expen diture of the country, and at a moment when the deficiency of next year must necessarily be greater and more serious even than the deficiency of last year. He thought that at a moment like the present, when one whose boast it was that he swayed the masses of this country exulted in the fact of direct taxation rendering increase of our military strength impossible except through a confiscation of pro perty, they should have the most correct data before they consented to any extension of power unte those classes whose loyalty and patriotism he did net doubt, but whose liability to be swayed by appeals to their feelings and pre judices he very much feared. He believed that in the re turns which had been relied on by the noble duke many discrepancies would be folind between the rating and the actual rental ; and he should like to see a retina whi , h ho knew the Government had respecting the actual number of houses at a£s rental. He was sorry that he had allowed himself to be drawn into so lengthened a discussion of a measure which was not before the house. But his anxiety was great that tlaeir lordships should not proceed 00 inex act dat a in so important a matter, and that, too, ,it a t iciowhen not the slightest anxiety or impatience was exliibit a b y any class in the community. On the contrary, he bLlieved that the greatest apprehensions were felt by the lower classes of the present voters that they would be completely swamped by the new constituencies. He hoped that, whatever time the inquiry occupied, it would be a bona fide one, and that no attempt would be mado by the Government to force through the measure in ignorailce, of the facts Of the case. It was a measure which, whether for weal or woe, was one of the most importaht that bad ever . been brought before Parliament, and was one which, in his opinion, was likely seriously to damage the balance of the constitution. It was likely to produce a House of Com mons irreconcileable with the feelings of their lordships' house, and the result would be collision when it was the (Continued in our fourth page.) THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1860. 1M PE MAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YEsTERDAY.) The Lonn CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack 3t five o'clock. Lord COLVILLE of CULROSS presented a petition against any further war with China. - The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented several peti tions from Clapham, Stepney, and other places in favour of the Sunday Trading Bill. certain other persons. More than one letter had been ad dressed to the highest officer of the Government calling upon him to grant contracts as a reward for political ser vices. One letter had been addressed to Mr. Buchanai, when President, urging him to take care that the contract for the pumping machinery in a steam ship should be given to a particular house in Philadephia, with a view to obtain ing their politictil influence in the election. There was no disguising the fact. It was put distinctly on the ground of the impoitanco of obtaining their support in the pending elections. lie appealed to their lordship if a letter had been addressed to the Prime Minister of this country making a demand of that kind, and if it hai been proved that he had listened to it, whether such a proceeding would not have aroused the indignation of all parties in Parlia ment, and whether he would not have been subjected to the severest censure. But how did the President of the United States treat the matter ? The letter was simply sent to the Secretary of the Navy, with the endorsement, " The enclosed letter from ---, of Philadelphia, is submitted to the attention of the Secretary of the Navy.—J. B." The political corruption which prevailed in the United States had had an effect upon every interest and every class, and also, he was sorry to say, upon the courts of law. Some years ago the Supreme Court was a court of the highest authority, and its decisions were treated with the greatest nspect, not only at home but in this and other countries. The judges of that court were enlightened and honourable men, and their decisions were often quoted for their great moral weight. How had this state of things been altered ? Under the system which had arisen in America, the ap pointments of the Supreme Court, like all other appoint ments, had been used for the promotion of party purposes, and the court had.lostAlil high character it formerly pos sessed. It no longer commanded the respect which it did formerly, and time of its recent decisions had created a feeling almost of disgust among all high-minded men in America. But this was not the'worst. In many of the States the judges were oleoted—they were not only elected originally, but elected for short periods, and consequently, had to be re-elected, ho believed in some of the states annu ally, their salaries being paid by an annual vote. All this had arisen in consequence of the adoption of a system which placed all the political power in the hands of one class, and that the lowest ; and the effect had been of a most deteriora- ting character both upon the church and the bar. He had seen it stated in American newspapers —and the statement had been confirmed by impartial observers—that the laws of that country had become a mere tissue of cobwebs for the purpose of resisting eithor a rich man, or one who had ob tained a fleeting popularity. It was stated truly enough that the rich man had very little indeed to fear from the operation of the law in the United States. He would merely mention one fact which occurred so far back as 1838, to show the miserable state of the administration of the law in America. A sort of quarantine existed near a town in which - criminals were placed, but which having become offensive to the inhabitants they attempted in vain t) get it removed, but failing to do so they actually set fire to it and burnt it down. The outrage was an open one, duly adver tised beforehand, and every particle of the programme was carried out. - Proceedings were taken against the rioters but after what had been described as a protracted farce the judge pronounced the decision that, as the quarantine had been pronounced a nuisance by the grand jury, the rioters were justified in burning it down. That was a sample of how law was administered in the United States, and he could prove that even at the present time so badly were the laws administered that in many of the most important towns of America neither life nor property was safe. He might be told that there was no danger of such a state of things occurring here, bit ke asked what security could be given that it would not if they gave all the power to ono class and elected members by a mere numerical majority. He believed that America was a very favour able country for trying such an experiment in, and he would refer their lordships to the admirable letter on that subject written by tho late Lord Macaulay, that dis tinguished man, that great historian and statAman, in whose death the country had just had such an irreparable lose. In that letter Lord Macaulay described the experi- , ment as having been tried under circumstances of far less danger than it would have been tried in this country, in which, being the older and more densely populated country, the difficulties and dangers would have been far greater. They ought, then, to be extremely cautious how they took steps which might lead to such a state of things. They need not, however, go to another country to enable them to judge of the manner in which such power would be exer cised. Only let them refer to the speeches which during the past year a gentleman of great energy and talent, ho alluded to Mr. Bright, had delivered, and lot them look at the points cheered. They would then see some test of the degree of wisdom, moderation, and justice with which the power would be used if placed exclusively in the hands of one class. He felt ho bad already trespassed too long upon their lordships' attention, but he felt that the strongest possible proofs had been given of the evils which follow from extending the franchise to such an extent that the pu- litical power of the higher classes would be swamped by the votes of the masses. When they had a constitution which was practically found to work well, and which secured to the inhabitants of this great nation the largest amount of liberty and of the blessings of good government, he thought they ought not lightly to disturb the arrangement, and that above all things, they ought not to adopt any change of which they could not see pretty clearly tho probable effect and the ultimate consequence. (Hear.) They were bound to remember that the constitution of the country was, as it had been well described by our greatest political writer, a well-balanced machine, which they could not venture to dis turb in any of its parts by a rash hand, without being in dan ger of destroying its working altogether. They were bound to consider all these things, and to remember that in correct ing admitted faults, they might derange the balance, unless they took care at the same time to correct faults in opposite directions. He believed that the circumstances of the times imposed upon them a great and solemn duty ; and when ever the Reform Bill was brought before them it would be their duty to give it the most deliberate attention, and stead fastly ti refuse to pass any measure which they did not be lieve would work well for the future interests of this great country. In order that they might have materials which would enable them to form a judgment as to the effect of any measure that might be brought before them, he now begged, in the terms of the notice which he had given, to move for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the subject. (Cheers,) Tho Duke of ARGYLL said it was not the intention of the Government to oppose the motion. They were perfectly willing that the noble earl should have the committee for which he asked, but it must be with a distinct understand ing that the appointment of a select committee should not have the effect of shelving the question, or of interposing any unnecessary delay in the consideration of the Reform Bill, in the event of its coming up from the House of Com- mons. Upon that distinct understanding the Government were prepared , to enter into the inquiry with his noble friend. It would, however, be impossible for the committee to inquire into all the matters to which his noble friend had referred. For instance, if they were to inquire into the de- cay of nations in ancient aad modern times, and into the alleged decay of the American constitution as compared with the constitution devised by General Washington and his associates, he should altogether despair of any progress being made for a considerable time, and ho should regard with unmitigated commiseration the members who might be chosen by their lordships to serve upon the committee. But he did not understand that his noble friend desired any such inquiry. On the contrary, what he wished was rather to verify or to find out the errors which were alleged to be oontained in certain returns which had been laid before Par liament for the purpose of providing information as to the probable effect of their bill. As the Government were wil ling that the returns should be referred to a select commit _ _ tee, he did not feel it necessary to enter at present upon any defence of them, but he must say that ho was surprised at the manner in which his noble friend had treated the ques tion. His noble friend, in proof of the inaccuracy of the re turns, said he need only refer to the single fact that several members of Parliament, representing import tnt constituen• cies, had in their place in the House of Commons stated that in reference to their own respective boroughs the returns were most erroneous. He (theDake of Argyll) was aware that such allegations had been made,but he did not think it was any proo f that they were correct. Ho was informed by the department from which the returns emanated that in consequence of the allegations, inquiries had been instituted, and it was found that in all the cases complained of the returns were per fectly correct. His noble friend ought to bear in mind that the allegations had been made in the vaguest possible man ner, and that they were statements generally from indivi dual constituents who wrote to their members to say that they had instituted inquiries which induced them to con clude that the returns were inaccurate. It was said that in a large number of boroughs the strict requirements of the law were not complied with, and that all those who wore assessed to the poor rates were not entered upon the rate books. He believed it was perfectly true that in a large number of parishes and boroughs a system existed of a com pounding for tenancies, and in those cases the names of the tenants did not appear. Bat in preparing the returns spe cial instructions had been given in all cases of compounding tenancies to give the number of tenements of the requited value, and he believed they were all included in the returns. With regard to the country constituencies, it was perfectly true that elaborate returns of the same character had, not been prodlded by Parliament; but there were other means of getting at, the county franchise, and there were various 'returns by which the information could be satisfactorily obtained. Another reason which prevented the Govern ment from presenting to Parliament a return peefeOlY accurate on that subject was that the question era £lO constituency in counties was a prominent feature in the measure of their predecessors in office. It was likewise a principle which had been over and over again voted by a i majority of the other house, atd was objected to by very few persons. Having said this much as to the assent of Government to this inquiry, and having guarded himself Against admitting this inquiry as a cause of delay to the question of reform, he should have been content with saying no more on the general question of reform ; but he wt•as sure it was felt that any member of the Government _ _ who followed the noble lord would be guilty of a great dereliction of duty if lie allowed all that his noble fiend had said to pass without observation, an d he Might say some protest also. There was this difficulty in answering the objections of his noble friend, and that was that those objections seemed wholly wide of the mark. liis noble friend had occupied the time of the houso for very nearly an hour with details upon the degeneracy of Ameri can democracy. Now, if there was any proposal to introduce into this country universal suffrage and the ballot, which he believed was called in America " the sneaking ballot," he should have been content to receive the lecture of his noble friend as a protest against that system. For himself, he viewed with the greatest possible alarm the principle of universal suffrage, especially when it was accompanied by Rae ballot, for he believed these two principles were the greatest instruments of modern despotism. He saw them used all over Europe, sometimes to cajole, sometimes to frighten people to surrender, not their own liberties, but also the liberties of others, who were more instructed and more independent than themselves. But he repudiated his noble friend's lecture as applying to any measure proposed or likely to be proposed by any Government in this country. His noble friend had intimated pretty clearly his opinion, which was that he desired no change whatever in the existing institutions of the count' y. He was opposed to all reduction in the borough franchise. But was this an opinion that he thought any Government was now in a position to act up-1n ? He presumed that his noble friend was, while upon this point, received with very faint acquiescence by noble lords op posite ; and he begged the house to recollect the position in which this question stood, in reference to the leading men of all parties who were all pledged upon it. It was upwards of nine years since the First Minister of the Crown undertook to deal with the question of Parliamentary Reform, and since that time there had been six Go vernments, every one of which, except the first short Go vernment of the noble earl opposite (the Earl of Derby), had taken office pledged to consider this question, and to ' provide a settlement of it if they could. His noble friend (Earl Grey) was himself a member of the Government of 1852; and that Government having directed the attention of Parliament to the matter, if he recollected right, in a speech from the Throne, a bill was subsequently proposed to reduce the borough franchise to within 20s. of what was proposed by the present Government. When he heard his noble friend protesting that there was no necessity for touching this question, he could only ask himself when had this conviction flashed on the mind of his noble friend. His noble friend had had a long experience of ;public affairs in 1852, and he knew how that determination of the Govern ment was brought about. (" Hear, hear," from Earl Grey.) He knew very well what his noble friend meant by that cheer—he meant to intimate that this question had been raised by the personal desire of one who was then one of his colleagues. (Hear.) It was known, however, from public sources how that was brought about. The determi • nation of Lord J. Russell's Government did not arise so far as the public knew from any personal desire of that noble lord to take up the question; but it arose in this way. The Government was beaten, more than once, he believed, on a motion brought forward by an independent member of the other house (Mr. Locke King) on this very question of a £lO county franchise, though the Government vigor ously opposed the motion. The defeat of Lord J. Russell's Government on that question led to their resignation, and the noble earl opposite having been called in to form a Go vernment, he in stating the reasons why he resigned the task which had been committed to him by the Queen, en tered into a long and able analysis of what had takes place in the House of Commons, and stated that Lord J. Russell had been placed in a minority not by the Conser vatives but by his own party voting against him on the question of reform. He contended that this disproved the assertion of his noble friend that this question had been raised by Lord J. Russell. It was raised by an independent member of Parliament on the question of the £lO franchise, and the Government felt that they could not deal with one branch only of reform, but if they touched it they must deal with the whole question. The change of opinion which had come over his noble friend he believed had arisen from the long intervals which sepa rated the speculations of an individual acting in an isolated position from the acts of members of a government acting together, and responsible for the conduct of public affairs. With regard to the borough franchise, he did not think full justice had been done to the bill for reform which had been brought forward by the late Government; but he thought the greatest indignity done to that bill was inflicted by its most unnatural parent. That bill was most ably drawn, and was based upon principles as distinct as any bill that was ever submitted to Parliament ; and one principle was that reform must be dealt with exclusively of any lowering of the borough franchise. Mr. Disraeli said on introducing that bill that he was quite ready to admit that there were many persons quite capable of exercising the franchise who did not live in a £lO house, and whom he should wish to see have the franchise. But the question was, should they ob tain that result by—he would not say the vulgar experiment —but by the coarse and common expedient recommended, the lowering of the franchise ? In another part of his speech Mr. Disraeli said that it would be unjust, not to say intolerant, when guarding themselves against a commercial oligarchy, that they should receive a household oligarchy ; and, in continuation, he said he could not look on the re duction of the franchise but with alarm. He (the Duke of Argyll) did not wish to throw the least degree of ridicule en this doctrine, for there were many persons who thought that the borough franchise was low enough already. The Government however, did not think this was the case. During the discussion on the bill of the late Government in the House of Commons every subsequent speech of Mr. Disraeli was marked by a distinct step backwards from the position which he had taken ; and when he was pressed to say what was the principle of his bill, it was impossible to get any answer from him ; but what he said in substance was, that everything was to ge before the committee. He (the Duke of Argyll) did not think that was dealing fairly with the matter. He would now direct attention to what was said by the right hon. gentleman when the new Parlia ment assembled. When the Conservative Government had been defeated upon the motion of Lord J. Russell, the Go vernment said, " We do not go to the hustings with this bill; we are quit of the bill ;" and the object of being quit of it was to get rid of the principle that the franchise was not to be lowered in boroughs. Noble lords on both sides of the house knew that while_there was no sort of democratic excitement during the last general election, yet that there was a considerable and general pressure put upon those who wished to be representatives in order to procure a lowering of the franchise. When the new Parliament met a vote of want of confidence was moved, and Mr. Disraeli said on that occasion, which was the most significant of all occasions, that the borough franchise was not in the same state of "maturity as the county franchise, for until the last great debate that question had never been thoroughly grappled with in that house. It had never been brought forward by any person of eminence, and therefore in that direction they had proceeded very cautiously. He was perfectly ready to admit on the part of the Government that their proposition was not favoured by the house, nor was it sufficiently favoured by the country to be one on which they could insist. The right hon. gentleman went on to say that the question, however, was ono which must be dealt with, and that they were then ready to adopt a course for lowering the borough franchise. (Hear.) He (the Duke of Argyll) then asked his noble friend (Earl Grey), considering the pledges which every Government had given upon this dues • tion, if he thought it possible that any Government could in future bring in a Reform Bill which did not deal with the borough franchise. (Hear.) He asked the house was there anything so very wonderful in this lowering of the borough franchise ? There seemed to be a theory now in England, which he apprehended was a now one—that our society was travelling in horizontal lines—that each man was arrayed against his fellow-citizen who was above him —that he was hostile to the institutions of the state, and was ready to interfere with the rights of property. He asked, was there any foundation for that theory in the ac tual life of England ? (Hear.) Ho saw in the papers not very long ago a speech made by his noble friend Lord Stan ley at Liverpool, in which he gave distinct utterance to the sentiment, which he (the Duke of Argyll) believed true, that the working Classes of this country were in the main to be relied upon. (Hear.) If that were so, why all this horror of lowering the borough franchise ? (Hear.) He said it was preposterous addresiing lectures to that house upon the subject of lowering the borough franchise. A very remarkable inquiry had taken place last session before a committee moved fer by his noble friend (Lord Ellen borough) with reference to the discussions which were likely to take place respecting the municipal franchise, and he thought the balance of evidence taken before that com mittee went to prove that at Newcastle and other towns bribery and corruption had taken plape at municipal elec tions ; but he should explain that the class of voters in those towns was of the very lowest kind. The report stated that the higher order of artisans were quite as ;in telligent and independent as the smaller class of shop keepers. His noble friend was anxious to retain this class of voters, but by what line could he distinguish that class of voters from those whose introduction to the fran chise would, in his opinion, produce so much evil. He was surprised the noble lord did not refer to the evidence given on that subject. All the evidence went to show that £6 or £7, and some went as low as £5, was represented as the ta ine that would give the franchise to the higher class of sans, and exclude the lower classes. Was that evidence which the noble lord ought to ignore, when he knew that the present, or any Government, must deal with the ques tion of the borough franchise For his own part, he be- PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Scottish Drainage and Improvement Corporation Bill and the Manchester and Buxton Road Bill were read a second time. On the motion that the Galashiels, Innerleithen, and Peebles Railway Bill be read a third time, The Earl of EGLINTON moved that the bill be read a third time this day six months. The Earl of ST. GERMANS suggested to the noble earl that he should alter his motion, so as to enable the bill to be referred back to the committee for farther consi deration, rather than that it should be rejected altogether. This suggestion was assented to. NAVAL RESERVES. Lord LYNDHURST gave notice to the First Lord of ;he Admiralty, that on an early day he should call attention ,o the naval reserves. CHURCH RATES. The Marquis of SALISBURY presented a petition from place in Hertfordshire against the abolition of church rates. THE LITURGY. The Earl of DERBY presented a.petition against any alteration of the Liturgy. MARRIAGES (EXTRA PAROCHIAL PLACES) BILL. This bill passed through committee. NICE AND SAVOY. Lord NORMANBY said he had promised to make some explanation with respect to the subject of Nice and Savoy, but in consequence of the motion of the noble earl (Grey) he should postpone doing so until to-morrow. REFORM BILL. The Earl of EGLINTON said before the noble earl brought forward his motion he suggested that Scotland and Ireland should be included in the measure. Earl GREY then rose to move that a select committee be appointed to inquire what would be the probable increase of the number of electors in the counties and boroughs of England and Wales from a reduction of the franchise, and whether any or what change is likely to be made in the character of the constituencies by such increase : and also to inquire what difference there was-between large and small constituencies in respect of the proportion of the registered electors who usually vote in contested elections, and into the causes of any such difference which might be found to exist; likewise into the means by which elections in very large constituencies are practically determined, and into the expense incurred in conducting them. The noble earl said as a bill had been introduced into the other house for amending the representation of the people, though the progress of the bill had not been very rapid, yet he thought it would be advisable to appoint a committee, whose investigations might enable their lordships to form some opinion on the subject of tho proposed measure. Returns had been already given to show the extent of the alterations in the constituencies by lowering- the franchise from £lO to £6 ; but many gentlemen capable of forming an opinion considered those returns alto gether fallacious. Ashton was set down in one of these re• turns as one of the boroughs whose constituency would be increased in consequence of the alteration to the extent of between 800 and 900 voters, but a gentleman of great experience in the neighbourhood was of opinion that the addition would be at least 2,000. With respect to the increase of the number of voters in counties, Government had given no information. The mere increase of members was not the only subject which ought to occupy their deliberations. There was no doubt the increase of voters would be very numerous, but it was the duty of the Legislature to see that that increase was fairly distributed. (Hear.) It was necessary thei efore to consider whether it was advisable that more very large constituencies should be formed, because we had seen that the consequence of very large constituencies was that a great number of voters never exercised their right of voting. The expense of contesting in certain boroughs was very large ; as much as £5,000 had been spent by a single caodidate, but that was not the whole extent of the evil. The great difficulty of inducing a larger constituency to vote was because the more intelligent part of the constituency felt that their influence was overpowered by numbers, and this led to their ahstaining altogether from voting, and the result of such a circumstance was that the election • was practically decided by the lower class of voters. He felt it would not be an easy task to determine how this state of things was to be altered, but if the committee for which he moved was granted, some information might be elicited. Let their lordships look at what took place in the United States. It ought to be a warning to them. The great men by whom the revolutionary war was brought to a close in that country believed that they had framed a constitution which would provide checks against the power of an unlimited de mocracy ; but every check which was then provided against abuses had been, one after the other, swept away, until there prevailed both in the federal and In the states govern ments a system of unchecked dominion of power. He be lieved that if the contemporaries of Washington could be asked whether they would prefer the form of government which ho had adopted, or that which now existed, the answer would be, that they would not sanction the present form at all. (Hear, hear.) It was clear that the first of these changes had led to tho result which they now saw in America. And how had those changes worked for the bene fit and happiness of the inhabitants of the United States ? This was a subject which must be brought under their lord ships' notice, and it would be mere false delicacy to abstain from stating those evils which now afflicted America, and which her most enlightened citizens deplored. (Hear, hear.) In the first place, it was admitted that the ablest and most enlightened men in the United States were absolutely ex cluded from all share in the government of the country, that they had not any public functions or power, and that they had no influence at all over the acts of the Govern ment. The whole power of the legislature and of the exe cutive had fallen into the hands of those men who did not scruple to flatter the populace. (Hear.) That was clearly seen by the acts of the executive and of the legislature. (Hear, hear.) Of the l g - ilature of the United States what could be said f Let theirlordships look at the manner in which the pro ceedings were carried on—the coarse vulgarity and the scenes of actual and open violence which took place. (Hear, hear.) In this country the legislature had swept away the system of protection, and placed our revenue upon a system which it was admitted was wise, sound, and beneficial; but while public opinion had been strong enough to do this in Eng land, the people of - AmeriA. had, contrary to the wishes of Congress, maintained the very narrowest system of ex ploded protection ; and at this moment the revenue laws of the United States were of such a character that no man could doubt they imposed a great and needless burden upon the community for the benefit of a few persons—(hear) — and, worse than that, the system had led to corruption be ing practised upon the most gigantic scale. That was ad mitted and deplored, but the system was not confined to one set of men or party, but was shared in by all, and one of the authorities who confirmed it he would venture to quote, the President himself, who, in a letter of the 23d of February last, pointed out the disastrous influence which the lavish , expenditure of the public money would have upon the in- stitutions of the country. But the system of corruption was openly avowed, and it was said that to the victors for power belonged the spoil, the meaning of which was that the now p r esident had to make a wholesale dismissal of the public servan ts, without any consideration as to the fitness for em phimn in office. They hea r d o f acts be e i n n t g o e f o t in ho m s i e t l t v ed ho placed whichallet condemn. It app eare d that it was the practice to grant public lands in the Western States for the purpose of encouraging the formation of rail. ways. Those grants were obtained from Congress, and so obtained, they wore used by the independent States in the manner they, thought best, and it appeared that a railway company in Wisconsin had really purchased the whole go vernment of that State. There were thirteen senators who had received £35,000 amongst them, in sums from £2,000 to £6,000. There were sixty members of. the Lower House who had received from £l,OOO to £2,000 each, aid there were only four members who voted for tho bill who had not been bribed. (Laughter, and hear, hear.) The governor himself had received £lO,OOO for his influence in passing the mea sure, and his secretary received £l,OOO. Even the clerks of the house had received from £l,OOO to £2,000 each. Others had received large sums of money, and the sum of £50,000 was placed for the acceptance of those who were called out siders. (Laughter.) This statement did not rest upon mere rumour, but it was the result of an official inquiry by the legis • lature, and the wholo transaction had been reported by a com mittee of the House of Representatives. Such was a state of things which had arisen in the United States. (Hear, hoar.) Bcfere lea'ving this subject there was another point to which he wished to call attention. Ho hadltated that thu President of the United States had, with the most praise worthy spirit, written a letter in which he had alluded ;to the demoralising effects of the system described. He Wlas sorry to say that the President himself was unable to resist the effects of the system. There had been an inquiry jilt() the state of the naval department of the United States, the result of which had been the publication of certain docu mentst. which no man could read without astonishme t. Contracts had been habitually and avowedly made .for e r romotion not of the public but of private interests. A physician had been appointed to superintend the purchases of coal, who knew nothing about coal, and never had any thing to do with purchasing it before, but who received the . appointment in order that lle might_ share the profits with '~~ i~ NEWSEWEb tr-Air •:4 - 5 , -, 1., T . .• . :t - i.' i e ".. : 4- r ' 4 t K a z,-;-- Ligeimsions took that house at tin,;- the same 'rs before, but Ipearance of the :h their appear- sand i pri d the 1