The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-06-08 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY.

Mr. W. Waits having presented a further peti-
tion,
Mr. M. GIBSON moved that he discharged from
custody.
Mr. G. CLIVE said, as far as he was concerned, he
cheerfully consented to the liberation of Mr. Wilke,
declaring at the game time that there was not one word
iof truth n the charge of partiality on the part either of
himself or the committee.
Mr. WALPOLE thought the House must be satisfied
that Mr. Clive was completely exonerated from the
charges of corruption and of undue partiality, and, as
these charges were now withdrawn (as he understood
the petition), and the petitioner had expressed his is.
gret that they had appeared in his paper, the retracts,
tion was now full and complete.
Mr. WILKe was ordered to be discharged from the
custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, on payment of his
fees.
The first three orders of the day were for the second
reading of the Medical Practitioners Bill, the Medical
Profession and Meciical Corporations Bill, and the Medi-
cal Profession Bill, and the debate upon the first un-
avoidably extended to and embraced the others.
After a long discussion the Bill was ordered to be
committed on the Bth (this day).
Mr. T. DUNOOMB6 then postponed the second read•
lug of his Bill, the Medical Profession and Medical Cor-
portions Bill and the other Bill was withdrawn by Lord
ELMO.
The adjourned debate upon the order for going into
committee upon the Property Qualification Bill was re-
sumed by
Mr. BKNTINCIE, who objected to the principle of the
Bill, but his chief objection, he said, was that it was
part and parcel of a Reform Bill, and that it was not
fair to oall upon the House to deal with only • portion '
of such • measure. He justified the retention of a
property qualification, in the absence of which, he ob-
served, that there was no reason why any number of
bankrupts might not obtain admission into the House.
He cited the recorded objections of leading members
on both sides of the House to the abolition of this gush.
fication, including Lord Pahnerston, Sir G. Grey, and
Mr. Henley, and moved to defer the committee for six
months.
Mr. K. SETMER said he had had a good deal of expe-
rience in the trial of election petitions, when the ques-
tion turned upon the property qualification of the
member whose election was disputed, and he had come
to the conclusion that the property qualification law
was a snare to hon. members. (Hear.) So far from
keeping out persons not possessed of • certain amount
of property it was entirely nugatory. No person could
have any diffioulty in procuring a fictions property
qualification for a seat in that House. while many gentle.
who were substantially well qualified by property to sit
in the House, had been turned out because some ingeni-
ous lawyer had discovered some nice legel point affecting
their qualification. As he should regret to see another
general election take place while the present property
qualification law was in bperatton lib would support the
Bill. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. DRUMMOND said, he regarded this as the first
attempt to separate power from wealth, and if property
was dissociated from power, it would be impossible to

preserve property.
Sir G. Lewis said, the view he took of this measure
was diametrically opposite to Mr. Drummond's. The
real security for the social position of the members of
that House, in his opinion, consisted in the power of
coining forward as candidates, and submitting to the
ordeal of an election. The subatantial property quell&
cation for a seat in that Howie would, after the naming
of the Bill, remain as it was; while pitfalls, and those
objections which were a scandal to 'their proceedings,
would be removed. .

Mr. NEWDEGATE said, his main objection to the Bill
was th it a measure of reform should be submitted to
the country as a whole.
Mr. KNIGHTLEY and Sir W. FARQUHAR spoke against
the Bill, and
Mr. HENLEY said, he retained the opinion he had for-
merly expressed, that this question belonged to a larger
autjt...
division,
the amendment was negatived by
222 to 109. •

The house then went into committee upon the
Bill, where the principle and policy of the measure
were re-discussed, but the clauses underwent no
alteration.
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The Public Grounds and Playgronnds Bill was read a
second time, on the motion of Mr. Blaney.
The Marriage Law Amendment Bill was committed
pro formd, on the motion of Lord Bury.
Mr. WHITESIDE obtained leave to introduce a Bill to
appoint a Clerk of Nisi Prius for the Consolidated Nisi
Prins Court in Ireland.
The HOUSO adjourned at 20 minutes to 6 o'clock.