The Express.
London, England, 1849-02-14 00:00:00

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Mr. M. GIBSON mid be thi not uttiWalead the Ma.
mew le OM those bide should be mid mad
is eid See yabili berthas ; but nweely to states=
pose emillhatimel suffewthy lhei advesseet an inquiry into
these gememes whiek mosoweeil se Mena case of Wow
asysemaL WNW goiny bete the peemiary gustiest, he
Wild down SW awe was seaselift like public incoa-
Vartheel is lathe them lielepeademt jurisdictions and prin.-
elpalities mMia ile eiseW, whisk greeted litigation and
vessels= preesethlys of weioa Made. He doubted whether
they wage of aligneinge to the crown, or any person employed
Bader *sr tie gay dms of her Majesty's subjects. If m-
eth. odd bedew to obviate this it would be a peat pub-
* Berke had obeerved : " Every one of
them bas the apparatus of a kingdom for the
seer a few private Mato and the formality and
charge of the eatheleer of Oreat Britala for collecting the
rests of a earthy }sire." (Hear hoar.) It was certain
that awry meek We menus world accrue to the crown if
this system of meausemeat was altered.
Mr. TRELAWNY said. in the present state of the
hems, he awl& net press his motion to a division.
Kelso whew son
PAZIJAKINTAILY FRANCHISE IN IRELAND.
Sir W. SOMERVILLE said it would be in the rezones-
tics of the home, that last replan he had obtained permit-
sits to twee the table of the home a bill for amending the
laws VMS regulated the qualification and registration of
parlimegatary voters in Ireland. He had then stated the
oleot of that bat ; and ea the one he now proposed to intro-
Mee WM a similar measure, any lengthened statement would
be unossessary. The principle of the meager* was simply
es la away with all qualiflestions requiring occupation, sad
to sobstibsts a simple rating qualification ; and he proposed
to plus the ammo of sate, as is the bill of last you, at 81.
That woad be espied with a outdid= of barley paid the
peer wigs Me wMith
,batmon of the time of voting,
as la der Mum MI ef the time of registration. He
elm premed to Introduce another new qualification, Co. of
51. of peril, la he or entail; that would not be a very
maximums frasehiss la the oreatey—he believed very small.
In the leigsayk framehise be prepesed to do away with the
payment 0 all Mos the
ths poor rate, which, as in the
ease of the eml
.noshlss, was to be paid by the occupier
preview to Both with regard to the county
awl los proposed to do away with every
ether of tpielillealess meseit the Si rating. The re-
tie he proposi Meaner by means of an annual red-
den, by Whick Mt would be eminallated to the English aye.
itsi hat *I MUM SWIM shop would be required. The
=sweaunt of goalillostisa would not give an undue
te the number Muggers, as compared with these in
this teentry. H. would sow atm for leave to bring in "a
bill to amend the lam width regulate the qualification and
registration of parlismestery voters in Ireland."
The motion being eassailied,
Mr. STAFFORD would net oppose the introduction of
the bill, bet wished set le pledgehimselL to all its details.
But to Mead the lonise tnemalms while the yostwal
liberty of the setwon Moiled ens somewhat bil
It was sewadoshb rhothe woman& vbishileiisi=
posed a lower sissies lbosi for Ireland than prevailed la
this sonoley. Is had set bees seated whether the expense of
the ragisimethe waste met me the poor rate. It was a pia-
ciple utterly gallossera la Ragland that a man should be
registered whether le wished it or not. The time wee ap-
parently wry ingre=llll for introducing each a measure ;
and again he mast pretest against being pledged to any of
the details of the sesame.
Mr. I. B. ROCHE did set think the objection well
founded that this assemore was inopportune bemuse the
Habeas Corpus Act was suspended. He did not consider
the meanie sufficiently extensive • instead of limiting the
franchise to an 81. rating, it ought to have ioloded nay
rattlers.. The franchise would very little extended by
the proposed alteration ; in some eases not at all ; for sobs
to the minibus who had left the country the electoral balks
in many plea* would be reduced. There was me god
point In the measure . it would do away with the
wen= now exhibited in the registration courts of "i=ll
In the 'minty which he represented, containing at the lest
meets 800,000 inhabitants, the cons ituency had bees is.
dosed at the last election to about 3,000.
Vissonnt BERNARD objected most strongly to the ems*
taken by gwrernment. Considering the destitution while
had prevailed in Ireland in the last four
_years, and
the extraordinary relief which had been affuded, mi.
sisters might have found a measure which would have
had less of a party character. Could they have secured
greater employment to the people, or improved the sanitary
madition of the towns, or extended railways in Ireland, they
would have done much better then by proposing a measure
which might increase their supporters at tho hustings. No
plausible ground had been shown for extendingth• franchise.
It was said pt none took false oaths at elections, the franchise
Wry 101. ; but how would it remedy the ev,l to reduce It to
81 ? Did not the right hon. baronet know that intimidation
and Waseca of all kinds were wed in Ireland to procure
votes? Of late, priests had led voters to the hustings, and
headed elation mob. What was wanted was, that the oleo-

Voce in Ireland should be fair, and that these influences
should be put an end to, on one side and the other. He
could not but strongly condemn this measure, sod the whole
policy of the government.
Mr. OROGAN was of opinion that some more necessary
measure for Ireland might have been introdueed. The new
franchise was to he based on the poor law rating, which did
not proceed on the same principle in any two of the 138
unions in Ireland. Before such a franchise was created they
ought to have secured a uniform system of valuation through-
*actin' country. Assuming that valuation to have been
comet in thefts* instance, the last fear years of famine bad
seriously depredated the value of property in many places.
If the government were anxious to introduce some popular
measure, it was absolutely essential that they should find re-
gulate the valuation.
Mr. J. O'CONNELL did not think that hon. gentlemen
opposite need fear any large addition to the constituencies
from this mew ure. In the counties they would be much de-
creased, and he believed the bill would have
the same effect in the boroughs, owing to the
anxiety which prevailed to avoid being rated. At
the game time, he was not disposed to undervalue
the measure ; it was one step, however mil, on the part of
the government, towards redeeming their pledge of introdu-
cing remedial measures. One excellent effect would be to re-
move the prevailing disposition to perjury which existed
under the present system. Had they not seen the landlords
watching and martin: out the trembling voter for destruc-
tion when he recorded hie vote for his country ? (Hear.
hear.) He would make this bargain with the noble lord
he would give up whatever advantage was derived from the
influence of the priests, if the benefit of the :idiot was ex-
tended to the poor voter. (Hear, hear.)
The motion was then agreed to.
Sir W. SOMERVILLE a,so obtained leave to bring in a
bill for establishing aduhional polling places in Ireland.
The house then adjourned at 9 o'clock.