The Press.
London, England, 1854-02-18 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

and long hoped that European diplomacy would succeed in
overcoming all difficulties. Ills personal efforts have not
been wanting for that object. Even his departure is not
considered es equivalent to a declaration of war : it is as
yet only a suspension of relations, and will not prevent the
four powers at the Conference of Vienna from pursuing, or
resuming, their negotiations for the maintenance or re•
establishment of peace. If the storms which obscure the
political horizon clear away, the numerous friends of M.
de Kisseleff at Paris, after having accompanie him with
their regrets, will be all happy to see him again.d

THE NEW REFORM BILL.
THE following are the schedules attached to this
measure. It will be seen that the schedules of dis-
franchisement, A and B, would vacate 82 seats. With
respect to additional members, Schedule C gives 46,
Schedule D 10, and Schedule E 6; total 62. The
number of seats created, therefore, exactly balances
those disfranchised
SCHEDULE A.—Boroughs totally disfranchised, as
having less than 300 electors, or less than 5,000 inha-
bitants :—Andover returning 2 members ; Arrindel, 1 ;
Ashburton, 1; Calne, 1; Dartmouth, 1; Evesham, 2;
Harwich, 2 ; Honiton, 2 ; Knaresborough, 2 ; Lyme
Regis, 1; Marlborough, 2 ; Midhurst, 1; Northal-
lerton, 1; Reigate, 1; Richmond (Yorkshire), 2;
Thetford, 2 ; Totnes, 2 ; Wells, 2 ; Wilton, 1. Total,
19 boroughs ; 29 members.
SCHEDULE B.—Boroughs having less than 500
electors, or 10,000 inhabitants, now returning two
members, and to return in future one member only :
—Bodmin, Bridgnorth, Biidport, Buckingham, Chi-
chester, Chippenham, Cirencester, Cockermouth,
Devizes,Dorchester,Guildford, Hertford, Huntingdon,
Leominster, Lewes, Ludlow, Lymington, Lichfield,
Maldon, Mahon, Marlow (Great), Newport (Isle of
Wight), Peterborough, Poole, Ripon, Stamford,
Tamworth, Tavistock, Tewkesbury, Tiverton, Wey-
mouth, Windsor, Wycombe (Chipping). Total, 33
members.
SCHEDULE C.—Additional members to counties
and divisions of counties containing a population
of more than 100,000, at present returning two
members, for the future to return three members :
Bedford ; Chester, southern division; ditto, northern;
Cornwall, western ; ditto, eastern ; Derby, northern ;
ditto, southern ; Devon, northern ; ditto, southern ;
Durham, northern; ditto, southern ; Essex, northern;
ditto, southern ; Gloucester, western ; Kent, western ;
ditto, eastern; Lancaster, northern; Lincoln, parts
of Lindsey; ditto, parts of Kesteven and Holland;
Middlesex ; Monmouth ; Norfolk, western ; ditto,
eastern ; Stafford, northern; ditto, southern; Somer-
set, western; ditto, eastern; Salop, northern ; South-
ampton, northern ; Suffolk, eastern ; ditto, western ;
Surrey, eastern; Sussex, eastern ; Warwick, northern ;
Worcester, eastern ; York, East Riding ; ditto, North
Riding. Wales.—Glamorgan. Total, 38 new seats.
Divisions of counties returning two members to be
subdivided, and each subdivision to return in
future three members. Lancaster, southern ; York,
West Riding—S. Additional members, 46.
SCHEDULE D.—Cities and boroughs to return for
the future additional members. Cities and boroughs
containing more than 100,0(X) inhabitants, at present
returning two members, for the future to return three
members each :—Birmingham, Bristol (city), Brad-
ford (Yorkshire), Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester
(city), Sheffield, Southwark, Wolverhampton-9.
Borough now returning one member to return in
future two members :—Salford-1. Additional mem
bers, 10.
SCHEDULE E.—Unrepresented places to return
members in future. Towns containing more than
20,000 inhabitants to return in future one member
each :—Birkenhead, Burnley, Staleybridge-3. Inns
of Court to return in future two members. London
University to return in future one member. Addi-
tional members, 6.
The following are the new franchises common
to counties and boroughs granted by the new
bill:-1. Persons in receipt of salaries from pub-
lic or private employment of not less than 1001.
per annum, payable quarterly or half-yearly. 2.
Persons in receipt of 101. per annum derived from
Government Stock or Bank or India Stock. 3. Per-
sons paying 40s. per annum to income or assessed
taxes. 4. Graduates of any University in the United
Kingdom. 5. Persons who have for three years
possess& a deposit of 501. in any savings bank.
New franchise for counties.-0. All occupiers rated
at 101. per annum residing elsewhere than in repre-
sented towns. New franchise for boroughs.-7. All
occupiers rated at 6/. who have been resident within
the borough two years and a half.

SOME of the old portraits of kings and councillors in the
Bristol Council-house have of late been undergoing a re-
novating or cleaning process, in course of which, according
to the Bath Chromick, a poor daub of a picture was washed
entirely off one canvas, and a picture disclosed beneath
which is believed to be one of C. Van Steen's, and worth
400 guineas ; while in another instance aportrait of Charles
11. resolved itself into another representative of his prede-
cessor, Jones I.