The Express.
London, England, 1848-07-07 00:00:00

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HOUSE OF Llitll:".—Trronsoti, ILLY 6.
TM LOYD CSABoBLLo• MOE hi...eat at 5 cieoci.
PRIVATE BUSINE+I,
SECOND READING-I.—Fawcett'. (••• Alderson'e) Elate ; Liver-
c, blanche•der and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction RailwPais-
ay
shandoarnent of the railway •1111 dimolution of the company) ;
Barrhead, and Owlet Railway ; bill.
RIM) READING-.—Notth Staffortbbire Railway (deviation at
WllUngton) ; Abet deen Railway (. vationai e ipii.d) ; tireat Weetern
Balmy eatett•lon of the Bee.. .
Devise.) • and Man! Ibills. t •ilway from Dunce-
had to Westbury, with • benne] to
PUBLIC BUSINLA

REPORT.—Joint-StockUetirTini-e;blif: -
THIRD READISOS.- Emleniantical U.ions and Divisions of
Part4es (Irviand) ; Cartreatea tor Killii,g Haus (ikothwel);
ECCLESIAStICAL
UNIONS(IRELAND) BILL AND DIVISIONS OF
AISUES .
Earl FORTESCUE moved the third reading of this bill.
Lord STANLEY would not oppose the third reading of
the bill. Ile should content himself by merely moving the
clause. of which he had given notice, the object of which was
to protect tho rilhan f patrons of livings.
Earl FORTESCUE intended to insert a provision, giving
power to all psrtiea alfsmted by the bill to appear, and be
heard by counsel before the privy council, on the subject of
any proposed union • r Oivision sat unims,
The Hui of ELLENBOROUGII wished to ask the noble
earl whether be had communic itad with the noble marquis
(Lanslowne) with ',spew. Er those parts of the bill which
affected the privy round in Ireland.
Eirl FORTESCUE said the privy council would be sum-
mohed ss heretofore an n matter of count.
The Earl of ELLENBOItOUGII said the bill did not
propose to institute a judicial council of the privy council.
The bill, as at prey nt framed, showed an unfair jealousy of
the power of the crown. To say that a majority et the privy
council should consist of a particul ir number, would be a
most inconvenient measure. The bid was then road a third

time.
Lord STANLEY begged to call attention to the amend-
tisfied that the rights of the era an and those of patrons
were placed oo the same fowl .g, he should have been
contented. But the complaint he made was, that the
rights of patrons were not at all regarded. It their lord-
ships thought that the rights of private patrons were to he
disregarded, he must submit to their decivion, but he would
content himself by p •intiug out that those ri dots were dis-
regarded by the bill, and that the am-ndment of the noble
earl slid not meet the cm The cwisent of the patron ought
to be regarded as much as if he were called upon to part with
meat of which h« hid Keen notice. lie should move the
following clause " Provided always, that nothing her.:in-
contained shall affect the r'ghts of any patron rispvct
of any bentlioe to the patrona.:e whereof he shall lie entitled
at the pasving of this act, or the patronage whereof he shall
hereafter acqoire by parch-vs., will, or inheritance."
The M arquis of LANSDOWNE opposed the clause.
The Eal of WICKLOW said that it the bill were con-
fined simply to the olj et of disuniting Beluga, no objection
could be entertained to the measure.
Lord STANLEY would not divide on this clause, I.t 1 j
would satisfy himself with placing it on record The noble
lord then withdrew his clause, and the hill wan then p .s.erl.
LIVERPOOL, MANCHEN-TYN STER, ANDAY. NEWCASTLE-
PO R RAILW
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY h.d given notice of
the following motion : "'rust the time for presenting peti-
tions against tois bill, for the abandonment of the railway
sad dies elution I f the company, should be enlarged until the
11th of July instant, and that the second reading of the bill
should be postponed until after that day." He now hearted to
withdraw that motion, and would substitute the following :
tt That the petition of Mr. Moss and ethers on the subject of
this bill be referred to the committee."—Agreed .o.
COPYHOLD ENFRANBILL.CHISEMENT EXTENSION

On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR the house went
into committee on thin hill.
Lord WARNCLIFFE hoped the noble lord would post-
pose the measure for a short time, until some parties inte-
rested, could lay a scheme be'nre hi. lordship with a vise to
carry out the obj.cts of the bill mire effectuAly.
After a shivt conversation,
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he did not wish to press
his measure it a better could b.• i• tr,duced.
The committee was then postponed to a future day not
named, and their lordships ro,e at a quarter to seven o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY, JULY 6.
The RPKtILIk took the chair at 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUsINERS.
REPORTS CONSIDERED.—North Wakelway (Dias,lntim of
Company;
PhilaDrainagenthropic society Char.ty Eetatc; Raver None !im-
proTvt and ; Bina.
HIRD READINGS.—Leith Municipality and Police Trusts. Mar-
kets, Paving, and Sanitary Improvement; Mane%ester, Buxton, Mat-
Irak, and Midland., Junction It olway Deviation and Branches;
ManklAlMl a- d Kirkin itt Bch, Ballochney, and Slamaanan Itailwa/0
rn audgaation or sale or leave, and amendment or repeal of was ;
T etow and Ilitchen Railway (eatenmoe to Cambridge and branches ;
Bala
LORDS AMENDMENTS CONSIDERED.—Edinburgh and Mag-
ri, Railway (No. I) (amendment of seta and branches, Ste ) ; Leeds
VIROC Owls.; Lett, and Skink Raidsmy illarroirde and Pateley
branch); Manche:ter, tthealt4d, and Ltnoulushire Ibulway (crossing
of Wel klAtram. in Manch. awe, Wn.); Patent Galvanised Iron Cum-
rk trading under the Wyk or Arm of "Malang and Rawlinsona";

p'jOUC Buentass.
PF.TITIONS.—In favour of Mr. liumes moUon for Parliamentary
Refortn.—By Mr. LENNA RD, from Mahlon (1); Mr. LOISDEN, nom 1
inhabiumta of Menlo], Todmorden, Luddenden Foot, Si. Alban's,
tioodbiust, brsinplon, Manchester (a), Buttoll. Aysgarth and Cur-
pr'ey, Mot tram, Day, Clatcsldie, Donciuder, Saddiewoith, Reightley,
dbegssid (families), Wednestry (bundles), Leaden (printers), ham.
bitants of Kensington, AghtomunderAffe Dukinfleid
(workmen) Inhabitants of Forfar, Mashire..4o.
toe (special constables); Mr. it. 0111..0N, (min ?dandiest.., and a
pl Em
Mr. MU317..., from Preston; Cot. T11011.1.80N, from
outickester, R. 0.4.1110. NE, from 11l tee and
Ilskaidgei ....CJLE.SWORTII, from several place in Cornwall
and Demn: !dr. i'ATTISON, from Loudon (several); Mr. KER.
lAW, troy: Manchester (13) Mr. MACOREIIOIt, from Glasrow,
Ac. • THOMPSON, trout Ross4n and other places in Newland,
Madebester (el), and St. Leonard.", Shorediteb ; Lord D. STUART,
from klarylvWcm (reread) ; Mr. W. J. [lll, iron Mancheoter and
other plaore (1n); Mr. itHorttEttioN, from Chester and other
pi:tor• (several) ; Mr. COWAN, than Edith. ph :nit other places in
Scotland (wend), and by Mr. J. WILSON, from Westbury.—ln favour
.f the People's Charter.—BT Mr. VILLIERS tram Wolvet hampton (J);
Mr. S. CR tWFoRD, hunt Crieff ; Mr. V. O'CON NOR, from Moiches-
ter untl other plugs (several) ; Mr. C. LUSIIINGTON, from tendon
Summations' Political Union loth D. S ruA al., from Marylebone
and other places (a); Mr. lIUNIE, from various pierce (20); Mr.
lIU Cr (Several) ; Mr. C. PEAR-ON, from Booth Liiiiheth, Camber-
well, and alowhenter ; Nir W. CL.'. 1, from Tower Ilamleb; ; Lord
O. URN fl NCR, from a pl tee nut braid; Lord In tefl'AßT trout the
Went London .tai-Encleettre S iciety, that the stile antes of the parks
may be tent open at night ; and earlit hoot St. Pancras, fur the
people.; charter.—Mr. G. TIIONII.sON, front lk tlinal.sreen, com-
plaining& the conductor the police at the recent riots ; anti from the
northern dividon of Finsbury, for y lots the oornpoott
Il of the
Puy on the late state triads hi Ihiban.—Mr. WV LD, from
for an alteration in the se'retitte Societies M. MILNE.;
from Berkshire and Norldk, signed b; the Duke of Richmond and
many noblemen-aril gentlemen, in Getout. of a reformatory pi i•ain for
otfender,--Ntr. COW N, fenn Eninburgh and other phicea
in Scotland, in favour of granting sites to seceders' churehts, and
against the esuessive espenilitute of the country.
MINISTERS' MONEY RIOTS (SCOTLAND).
Mr. HUME begged to ask the right hon. baronet the
Home Secrettiry a quo lion, of wlech he had given notice—
namely, under we circumstances the rm. mar troop', in-
fantry and env
were employed on 3rd June, in Elia-
bunch, at a sale of. furniture wider distress fur the payment
of the annuity ax, or ministers' money.
Ste G. GREY regretted to soy he hat received no report
, from the civil authorities Elinbureh on the subject.
THE CHOLERA.
Mr. MONSELL 'wigged ai aAthe noble lord the First Com-
missioner of Wre ds and Forests, whether he had heard of
the breaking out of the chiaera at Moscow and St. Peters-
burg, and whether her Mai,ty's gov-ritment were prepared
to take any steps to tummy the laws relating topublic health
in Ireland
Led MORPETII said that the last accounts did not state
that the cholera had made any further advance, but he had
reason to fear it had broken out in the two capitals named
by the hon. member. As to the st.. ps taken with respect to
the public health in Ireland, there eas a bill which had in
the former case been apple d to met the d mg, r of the cholera,
and that could be rmiewed it Firlialuent thouaht tit be-
fore the session was over; anti it would also be pos-
sible to introduce an act fur apply nee the previsions of the
bill in progress in another place to [reboot.
TRANSATLANTIC PACKET STATIONS—WEST
OF IRELAND.
Mr. MONSELL said, that a bort of promise hail formerly
been held out u the people of Ireland that is pseket-station
would he established on the western coast, fur the purpose
of gentling the mails across the Atlantic. The Dublin and
Limerick Railway won now open and lie wished to ask the
Secretary of the AeliWralty a question with regard to the
intentions of the got ernment as to the establishment of a
transatlantic packet-station on tie western coast of le lnd.
Mr. WARD laid, that the railway in question had oily
been opeecd a very short time, and no application on the
',object of the hon. member's question had trachea the go-
vernment as yet. Ile was aware that the opinions expressed
by the executive had been favourable to the project, but he
could not tell how it was viewed at the present time.
witur FOR LEICES VEIL 110 ROUGH.
Mr. A. St AFFORD said that it would be in the recollec-
tion of the house that be had moved for the immediate issue
of the writ for the borough of Leicester, which had been
negatived by a very large majority. Since that Reis the
evidence taken by the select committee appointed to try the
merits of the petition against the late sitting members had
been printed, together with the repast, winch stated that
the system of bribery that prevailed during the late election
was such as la demand the attention of the house.
This report was flaw some weeks old, and he had
watched with anxiety ever since, to are whether the govern-
ment intended to take up this case. Seeing that since
the producion of the report no leen lied been
taken by the hot. peutleman opposite, he had felt justified
in calling attention to the subject ; end he 110.7
begged to it ove that Mr. Speaker do issue hie warrant t i the
cleat of the crown to make out a new writ for the eb sting
two burge-are to serve in this present parliament or the
borough of L-icester, in the rn'm of Sir Joshua \Velma ey,
knight, and Charles Gardner, Esq , whose election has been
determined to he void.
Mr. NEWDEGATE s^conded the motion.
The question having been put,
Mr. K. SEYblElt would nut oppose the issuing of the
writ.
Lord J. RUSSELL said he was quite ready to take the
qui stion genere3y into the hands of the gas% rnM •nt, and
propose what he considered fitting for the necessity of the
case. He would not now enter into the subject, hut early
next week would state what remedies he thou ht ought to
be applied, aed what additions made to the act he hal had
the honour to introduce. Ile should be unwilling to vote for
the issuing of the writ until :either precutting& were taken. In
the measure he should submit he would pro,mse a further
but simple mode of inquiry u to the state of the borough of
Leicester ; and on that subject he had expected to hear from
the hon. gentleman whet was the opinion of the committee.
Alter • w w••rd, from Mr. K. Se) met mail Mr. Erewan,
Mr. STAFFORD withdrew his motion. Motion with-
drawn.

PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.
On the order of the day fur resuming the adjourned debate
on this question,
Mr. HOME expressed a hope that the House would
divide that night, and that hon. gentlemen would regulate
their speeches accordingly. (Cries of divide.)
Mr. OSBORNE in resuming the debate, said that ques-
tioning the pull y of adjournieg it, he did hot mean to have
thrown any slur upon the motives of the hon. member for
Mantras When the motion was brought forward the";
remarkable speeches were deliv.red by the gentlemen
who opposed it. It was alleged by them that this
meremeat was not based upon popular support. If not, it
WWI certainly sounded upon such justice and expediency
that he should vote in favour of his hon. friend's mutton.
Alth ugh there might be differences in the wording of the
petition, he begged of the noble lord nod the house to believe
th ft they all agreed in this, that she present representation
,of this country was inad_quate. (Hear) Even in the three
speeches alluded to, none of the o•pa.kers, although they ridi-
culed the details, el irected a single word • minst th principle of
the movement. The hon. member forWeetbury, leaving it an
open emotion as to how he would vote for the r. solution,
said re had held reform principles so far back as 1829;
taat he had wri•ten a psmphli t in favour of these principles,
and that this session he had given notice to bring in bills for
triennial parliaments, and on extension of the suffrage. It
was therefore fair to conclude that he woe no adversary to
these measures. He thought the noble lord had done him-
self great justice by canceling a long train of misrepresenta-
tions, r. specting any change in the reform bill, and by ad-
mitting that be had detected many failures in that measure.
It was no: unnatural or unbecoming to see the noble lord a
little coy on the subject; or requiring to be squids:2d a little
more is urthr to be induced to amend his own 'coot 1832.
He next came to the speech of the hon. member for Buck-
inghamshire (Mr. Disiaelt), whose observatio..s so lung as
they were not directed nvinet him, be (Mr. Oeboene) felt the
greater delight and admiration in listening to. By untiring
energies, and by the exercise of great abilities, that hon.
member had been mailed to communicate galvanic life to
the almost defunct principles of toryiein, but in his speech
the hon. member had guarded hi self against the belief
mat lie was opposed to further progress. True, he had told
the hoe, that for one he woe opposed to the vulgar
reforms propounded by the Wilsons and the Thomp-
son+ of Neweini-buitdings, Manchester; bat the ho.
ouralile member was ready to affitate with a small party of
gentlemen assembled at Nu. 17, 014 Bonidedeet ; therefore
the hon. member might be fairly counted upon as an advo-
cate for blither progress. (liege, hear.) In sheet, in the
course of the dehatu which had already taken ;dice, it
appeared to him (Mr. Osborne) that fluidity doctrines hail
disappeared, like the old stage-coaches, and that the only
question was, what was to be the pace of the new vehicle,
I and who were to be the drivers? (Hear, hear.) The noble
lord at the head of the government had objected to the
resolution moved by the hon. member for Montrose, as being
vague and indefinite. He (Mr. Osborne) was not prepared
to say that if he had been consulted on the wording of
three resolutions he should have consented to them exactly
in their present form, and he thought it his hon. friend (Mr.
Hume) had only taken a House of Commons view of the
matter, he might have so worded the resolutions as to have
secured more votes in their favour by making the motion
I more generod But his bon. friend had been placed iu a
difficult position : he waxlike the old gentleman is the table
w -o had two wives, to both of whom his head of hair was
displeasing, and while one wife removed the white hairs the
other pulled out the black ones, till the old gentleman
was shorn of all hie locks. Such would have been
the ease with his hon. friend (Mr. Hume), because
there were a great many members who called themselves
staunch reformers some of whom did not like the ballot,
others objected to r lectoral division, while a third party was
opposed to household suffrage, thinking it went too far;
therefore, if the resolutions had been made general, the
positions would would have dwindled down to nothing, and his
I hon. friend would have been left shorn of all his fair propor-
tions. (" Hear," and a laugh.) So much then fo: the
vagueness of the resolutions now under coneideration. He
was surprised that the noble lord (Lord J. Russell) should
have designated them as vague and indefinite; because
what had been the plan hinted at by the nolde
lord himself in the course of his speech ? The
house would remember that the noble lord spoke of an
' education test and other matters; and he (Mr. Osborne)
asked the house whether in all fairness the plan fore-
'shadowed by the noble lord was not more vague and inde-
finite than the resolutions moved by his hon. friend the
! member for Montroe • ? (Hear, hear.) But the noble lord
had taken another objection—that which was the stereotype
objection in this question. The noble lord had used the
well known objection to all reform—that this was not the
proper time. Since he (Mr. Osborne) had been a mem-
ber of that house he had often heard that ob-
jection put forth from the Treasury bench, and
from all times back it seemed to be a sort of stage pro-
perty, kept its Downing-street, to be used as occasion might
require. (Hear, and a laugh.) In 1785, when Mr. Pitt
introduced his reform meanie, he was answered by Lord
North that it was not the proper time; and in 1790, when
Mr. Flood proposed his reform, Mr. Pitt, then on the trea-
tise, bench, got up sad told Me. Flood that it was not the
proper time; and one hon. member remarked, that so far

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY ETENING, JULY 7, 1848.

from it being the proper Basil; hS teeemmeedad be ben.
mover (Mr. Flood) to pates= his motion be a
century. (Laughter ) Even la later days, he
(Mr. Osborne) found that the same objection had
tree.'smorted to, and that when in 1822, in I°2B, and to
1831, the noble lord himself propounded his schemes of par-
liamentary reform, the ministers of those days adeTted-the
tame cuckoo note, " This is not the proper time." (Hear,
hear.) For hie (Mr. Oshorne's) own pert, be 'bought there
could be no more proper or littler; time for these resolutions
than the present. (Hear, hear.) When there wero indica-
tions in the horizon of • coming storm, then was th 2 proper
time to put the it houses in order. (Hear ) Lot it not be for-
gotten that during the present nfesion this house had passed
several memures oi coercion and severity under the pretext of
securing the crown and the government, and ho thought they
were lamed to show to the people that they were prepared
to pass measure' of a healing nature, and he called upon the
noble lord with that object torthwith to lay ate the table, if
he thought these resolutions so vague and indefinite, a mea-
sure Cir amending the national repreeentetion. (Cheers.)
If, indeed, hon. members could flitter theaaselvi s tent the
taxation of the mieuitry was exactly that which could be
wished, if they could look at the t 'chi quer and nay that it
woo full, if it could be alleged that this house was a check
upon the public purse—which it was not—then it might
be alleged that the was not the proper time
for a change. I Hear.) But when they remembered the
enormous amount of 6thation—when they saw all the
reeourees of the country ware foiling—when
ntiuis-
tees were pressed to a degree which it would be rude
nem to press a private gentleman—when such a state
of things aar uppar. ta,an areumeut wan afforded tor reform-
ing the constitution of that house. (Coe era) The hon.
member for Buckinghamshire (Mr. Disraeli) had tula n up
this part of the question, and had attempted to argue [limit t0..1
ter from taxetiou haviest increased it had remained station.
ary [deco the year 1827. The hon. member uo doubt had
spoken fr3m memory, and hail stated that the total ordinere
revenue for 1827 to 1828 tuneunted to 4e,600,0011.
Now he (11rOeborne) found that the total ordinary revenue,
for that year. after deducting the balance of bills, amounted
to 54,850,0001 , showing • mistake of 6,360,000 c But he
(Mr. Osborne) could not understand how the hen. member
mule out that the taxation of the country hied ton her..aseel,
except that the lion. member must have wholly k -pc out of
his view the income tax ; sad he was surprises that the non
member hail taken the lent 1828 a, a pr of that the 'meant
of thin mine sy was all that could roue wish, d. 'lh.. hon.
member uug lit to hare taken the year 183 i or
Paha after the miming of the Reform Bill. The
supplies than voted amounted to 11,123,000?. for
the army, navy, ordnance, and miscellaneous esumat. ewhile
in the present year 181 e, they amounted to 23,315,0001 e
fie ing in fact an inereese since 1836 of 9.000,1001. in these
°athlete alone. (Hear, hear.) How, then, could the hon.
member sly that there had been no increase in the taxation
of the people of this country lie (Mr. Osborne) held in
Ili, hand a comparative statement of the tax ition in this and
other couatries, and he found the following resells; In the
United States tax ition amounted to 9s 7d. per head; in
Russia to 9s. 9d. per head ; iu Austria toll.. 61. flee head ;
in Petunia to 124 4.1. per head; in France to 24.. ; and in
England to 21. 12,. 6d. per head, exclusive of poor-rat's, ho-
n.ugh rates, and other charges of that nature When tee
hon. member stated that the working chases hat no reason
to complain, did ho bear in mind what tne working man
paid in indirect taxation 1 For every 20e. worth of tea pur-
e:hued be paid 10s. tax; of cetll e, 8.. tax sugar, 6s. lax;
of soap, se. tax ; of tobacco, 16s. tax ; an;d of spirits, 14s.
ton ; and yet tee hon. member slid the peop'o were wet off,
and that taxation had not incretwelt since 18/8. Would the
people b. here such an argument?—(h or, hear)—or would
it be believed by anybody, except smao of those within the
walls of the boom ? (Hear.) lnthiscountry there wee now
raised,with the election of parliament, more than ever any des-
potic monarch of any oatiou wrung from his subjects. When
the hon. in. mbar alluded to the reducsion of mutton which
hail been made, he had not been quite lair upon the right hon.
baronet the member fur Tamworth. So long as het Mr.
o,borne) hail • scat in that house, he should alter) a be ready
to pay the tribute of his grata ode to that right hon. baronet
for his stateautatilike conduct, and ho was bold to say that
the country limited upon him as the real and only adminis-
trator in that house. (11,,r, hear.) It was all fury
well to say that the my for reform had been
raised by paid agitators and hired lecturers h
a remark, was wed calculated to create a leuth
in the house), but the hon. member had confounded
caner and effect ; the paid agitators and hired lecturers were
tke dl'.ct, and nut the cause of public discontent. The hon.
member had alluded to NewalCa-buildinee, Manchester, but
he (alr. Osborne) found that, in Oat Band ureet, the earns
system was carried on ; and in his peregrinations tbrou h
the ceuntry he had met many paid agitators and hired lec-
turers whose letters of license wero issu. d from No. 17.
Old
Band. street. (Rear.) Nuw, the first qu,stiint Inr moisider-
retain in the motion of Mahon. friend (Mr. Hume) was as to
the eatens.ou of t:e suffrage. Ida (Mr. °shortie) did not
propene to inter upon the abstract question of the r:ght oh
voting, but should col:line himself to the policy of the guts.
tion and to the expediency of al extension, and as to how tar
the suffrage ought to be extended. Iles was sward that there
were in the house many advocate sot universal sulfrsge—but
be was nit cne of them. (Hear, hear.) Ile thought
the institutions of the country had strown up sunder
in limited suffrage, and that they could not go to
the extreme length of universal suffrage, with safety,
with justice to property, or with justice to the general
representation of the country. (Hear, hear.) Taking
this view, and being awaited But the repremetatiou
of the people could not be allowed to rem tin as it now war',
he was prepared to advocate • residential test. This would
give a vote to that great body, the educated mechanics.
When in 1a22 the noble lord opposite (Lard J. Itueeell)
inerietucel tee tie south, he compared the state of edu..ttion
in 1770, when there wee only tour eirculatit g libraries in the
metropolis, with its condition at the time lie spoke, when
they ?mealier...l 1,600, and on that ground he called
fur support to his measure. Since that time,
there had bee a the creation of mechan'es' fiesta's-
bons in all parts of the country, and if' the noble
lord was consi.tent in 1522, he was new on the name
ground bound to make • further advance in the i fight dint
tion, and to admit thin great body of men t i a neon and
participation in the suffrage. (Ili ar, hear.) lie (Mr. Os-
borne) took it that the house would agree that the uhf, et Ut
all repreeentation was to reflect the indudio , the werlth, the
property, and to a certain extent the population, of the
country, and the question Wes, how was this hest to he
effectee 1 He thought the beat way to d i it was by
the adoption not of a household but a m'dential
test, wlach was the old ferns of voting in this country.
A committee of that house, which had hem dew:need by
Lord Brough on and by Mr. Habana, the historian, a, the mad
learned committee that ism r sat, consisting of See jeaut Ghtll-
- Lord Hope, Mr. Selwyn, Mr. Law, and other eminent
men, generally known a, Serjeatit c =mince,
had declared in their first resolution that " all men who
were inhabitant householders, resident within the borough,
were entitled to • vete as well as freemen." All iithate tent
howeholuere, not 101. householders alone. (Hear, lit ar )
*fhb, household suffrage had been advoette4 by Mr. Pitt in
1795, and by Lord (trey in 1817. In 1,30 a bill had been
brought into that house, and a very sweeping measure too,
not only for the payment of members, hut for the
stamen-am of the clergy to parliament for electoral di-tricot
and for household suffrage, and the noble lord (J. Russell)
eel some of his colleagues had voted for the intruelue•ion of
that bit. shear, hear.) But a cabinet minister lied given
a v. ry strong opinion on the point of household suffrage.
In 1830, Sir J. C. Hobhouse—(hear, her)—had moved
this resolution:—" That no Howe of CUIUMOIII,I wdf deserve
the confidence of the people until the right of suffrage he
extended to all householders paying taxes and peroe'lial
rates, until each member is chosen, by a proportionete nu se
bcrof electors, until the duration of parliaments is ma•erielly
short. nee], and until each elector, without hope or fear of
private loss or gain, is allowed to vote by ballot."
(Hear, hear.) lie (Sir J. Hobhous. ) went on to
say that the °tenant of the wisest man in the world,
Jeremy Bentham, was iu favour of his proaositi ;
end the house .w how be hail ended by p flouring
the part of Jeremy Bentham. (Laughter.) But what
peculiar vaunt did the nohle lord and his coleagues
find in the 101 suffrage? In the course of the present ses-
sion the noble lord had introduce d a bill, giving 81.
tenants at will a right to vote in Ireland ; whereas, in this
country, the 601. tenant at will only had a right to vote. If
he applied that principle to Ireland, for what possible reason
was the 101. vole preferred in England 1 (Chef )He hoped
some member of the ye,vernment would be able to give n'
distinct and definite reason for this difference. (llear, h, ar.)
The hon. member for Bucks (Mr. Disraeli) had gone very '
fully into this qu.mion, and had paid he looked upon the
suffrage not as a trust, or a right, but as a privilege. The
truth was, the electors in one-halt of the small boroughs
looked upon it neither as a trust, • right, nor a
privilege, but as • perquisite. (Cheers.) The first
charge of bribery on record occurred in 1571, in the borough
of Westbury. ('• Hear, hear," and laughter.) Tnough the
practice might have originated with the whiga, he was sorry
to say he believed it was now equally shared iu by all par-
ties to the state. (Hear.) A celebrated satirist had said:
Those who would gain the votes of Metall tribe,
Mutt add to twee of merit force of bribe.
This was written sixty years ago, and was equally applicable
,at the present day, if not more so. If hon. members we re
sincere in all their fine speechee. and in the horror which
they expressed of bribery, they had nothing to do but extend
the area of voting. (Hear, hear.) He wished to guard
himse f against being misunderstood; for he thought hi. hon.
friend (Mr. Home) had been completely misunderstood, and
p.obahly a great many people were too anxious to ana-
-1 understand lime, on the sunject of electoral districts. (Hear,
hear.) All he proposed was to increase the area of voting.
He for one would never b: a patty to swamping those
local landmarks of his country—municipal institutions; but
it was • monstrous and gluing iniquity that boroughs like
Harwich and St. Albans should send two members to paths.
went, and thus be placed on a par with such towns as Liver-
, pool and Birmingham. (Hear, hear.) lion. gentlemen
were really not aware of the monstrous inequality of the pre-
' sent system. The Kensington district of the metropolis,
comprising Kensington, Chelsea, Bromp on, H tmmerscnitn,
Fu.ham, and Chiswick, contained an area of 8,440 acres, or
14 squ ire miles; its rateable value was 491,0001 ; its popula-
tion 110,000; and it had a voting population of 18,315. It
sent no member to that house; while the little boroughs of
Caine, Dartmouth, and Melhurst, with very small popula-
tion., each sent one nismber ; and Harwich and Thetford,
with vary small populations, seat two. The hon. mem-
ber for Bucks had expressed great dread of Glasgow sending
seven members, and had dwelt on the superiority of the
county he represented. He (Mr. Osborne) knew win thing
of that county, and he believed the hon. gentleman (Mr.
Disraeli) was among the most distinguished of the members
it had ever returned. Mr. Pitt had never sat for any place
in that county. Mr. Burke had been returned for a borough
in Buck. by Lord Barleigh, whit afterwards quarrelled with
him and turned him aonft. He (Mr. Osborne) had had the
honour of sitting for a place in that county (Wycombe) ;
and he would tell the hoe. gentleman who now rem-