The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-13 00:00:00

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PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 12.
The brother of the Tycoon of Japan, who arrived
at Portsmouth yesterday, and received the honours paid
to distinguished foreigners, has been occupied 'luring
to-day in inspecting the principal object. of interest in the
port. This morning his highness visited the Indian tram-
per. Serapis, alongside the dockyard, where he was re-
ceived by Admiral Sir T. Paaley, the commander-in-chief ;
Year-Admiral Come G. Wellesley ; and Captain F. B. 0.
Seymour, C. 8., aide-de-camp to the Queen. On leaving
the !Wimple the prince embarked in the commander-in-
chleFs barge, and went on board the Duke of Wellington
receiving ship, and the Royal Sovereign screw turret chip,
the Japanese flag being saluted by the Victory and other
ships in harbour. In the afternoon his highness and
suite were conveyed in private carriages to inspect some
of the thief object, of interest in connection with the
Intificsoiont of Portsmouth.

The Royal Oak, iron screw frigate, will be paid out of
commisaion, all standing, on Friday, and will immediately
be brought forward to be recommissioned for service on
timt coas► of Ireland.
The Osborne, paddle yacht, Commander John D'Arcy,
le ordered to be paid out of commission, and placed in the
fourth division of the steam reserve.

The Serapis, screw ship. Captain J. C. Soady,
eapeoted to sail on boo is
y, with troops and supernu-
meraries, for Alexandria.

MR. NRWDEGATE,M.P., AT RUGBY.

Yesterday the annual meeting of the Rugby and
Lienchureh Conservative Association was held at Rugby,_
wader the presidency of Mr. C. M. CALDICOTT, of Mel.
brook-grange, who officiated in the unavoidable absence of
tie Marl of Dalkeith.

Mr. NEWIAGATX, M.P , is responding to the toast of
the heaths of the members for North Warwickshire, said
they know that for years he had taken a deep interest in
the church-rate question. From the time that Christianity
was introduced into England the laity had claimed the
fabrics—the churches as their own, and as ages rolled on
!boy claimed the control of the funds necessary for their
maintenance, and the services conducted within
their sacred walls. Both in Roman catholic
times and since the Reformation the laity
always claimed the church of England as their own. He
spoke from records that no man could dispute. He re-
garded himself not as a conservative, because the term
conservatism had been so stretched that itoomprehendedbe
knew not what—(hear)—and the word liberalism had been
made to embrace principles which they honoured and
respected, but others which they repudiated and con-
demned. He was himself a constitutionalist a Pittite.
(Applause.) He had often been asked how he came tovote
for a Reform Bill, but his answer was, who was the first
great reformer? Chatham. -And who succeeded him?
His son, Pitt. What were the best parts of the last
Reform Bill? That blow at electoral corruption which
disfranchmed Uneasier and other boroughs that had been
guilty of the same malpractices. And whose principle
was that ? It was that of Pitt. (Applause.) But there
was one point in which that measure fell short of the prin-
ciples of Chatham and Pitt, The franchise hed been re-
duced to an extent that had not been known in England
since the time of Henry the 6th and 7th, when an act was
passed that only freeholders in counties should vote for the
election of members of parliament. The new Reform Bill
adopted household suffrage, in borough; which was a
most extraordinary change. (Cheers.) But although a
large reduction had been made in the county franchise, from
AUf. to 122., there was still a great dirproportion in the
county representation as compared with that of boroughs.
The county members, in fact, were ridiculously small.
They were increased to the extent of sixty
by the Reform Act of 1832, but the fault of the
Reform Bill of the Derby government was that
it proposed to create household suffrage in boroughs, but
it did not offer any compensation to the upper and middle
Masses at all proportionate to that great change in the
borough franchise. The government proposed that tit teen
additional seats should be given to the counties, which
embraced a majorit of the people, and though be and
Mr.ilaing succeeded, in increasing the number to ZR, still
the representation of the majority of the people in the
counties was not equal to that of the minority in
boroughs. Eighteen more seats were required to
equalise the representation of counties and 'boroughs.
He wished particularly to impress this feet upon them,
because there was still time toremedy tbis gross inequality.
He was not in favour of the country being divided into
electoral districts, but held that the representatives for
counties should be made equal to those of boroughs, where
the franchise had been reduced to household suffrage, by
taking additional seats from the smaller boroughs
annAding them to the counties. He then proceeded to
speak of the South Leicestershire election, and expressed
his opinion why the seat for that division of the county
was lust by Mr. Pell. He believed that his declaration
that he was a supporter of Mr. Disraeli to some extent in-
lured the prospects of his election, because the Derby
Reform Bill bad dealt out very short measure to the
counties. He then spoke of his bill for the commutation
et church rates, and remarked that Mr. Disraeli
had always discountenanced his measure, although he
bed Lot openly opposed it or voted against it. When Mr.
Pell declared himself as a supporter of Mr. Disraeli, and
also as anxious to heal the differences between dissenters
and churchmen, there was felt to be an incongruity, which
greatly militated against Mr. Pell's election for South
tershire. If he had made the latter declaration at
drat be might now have been the member for South Lei.
omdershire. If Mr. Paget was in the House of Commons
at all for that part of the county, he ought to be there as
the member for the borough of Leiomter. (Applause.)

SIR EDWARD DwNO, M.P., ON THE POOH-LAW.
—Colonel Beetles presided on Tuesday at the anniversary
dinner of the Ashford Fat Cattle and Poultry Show, and
was supported by the Earl of Winchilsea. the Earl of
Mounted' tale:, Sir C. Honywood, Bart., Mr. E. H. Knatch-
bull-Hugessen, M.P., kb, Sir E. C. Lining, Bert, M.P.,
responding to the toast of the county members, said he
wished to speak on two subjects which would shortly
come under the consideration of the legislature. He
alluded, in the first place, to that which was likely
to take place in the administration of the poor-law.
There were very few in the country who had not
been shocked by the disclosures which bad been
made before the commissioners. He believed and
toped that the county of Kent was an exception
to the rule ; but from the evidence which bad been
taken their could be no doubt that many of the provincial
workhouses were in that sort of state with regard to de-
em:icy, cleanliness, and comfort that was not only disgrace-
ful to the gpreaent administration of the poor law, but
which he could characterise as nothing less than a di.gram
and a reproach to us as a Christian country. They must
recollect that the circumstances of workhouses were very
different to what they were some thirty-five years ago,
when the poor-law was first established. The great ob.
sect then was to disgust the able-bodied man from throw/-
log hinvelf upon the rates- But labour was not now
so abundant as it was. The permanent inmates
of workhouses were the old, the disabled, and the
very young. He considered the great object of any wee-
sine of legislation which 'night be passed upon the
subject should be to secure to these infirm people those
medical comforts and sanitary advantages which they
were justly entitled to, and which might be provided for
them without indicting a heavy burden upou the rate-
payers. Regarding the establishment of water-side markets
for the exclusive reception and slaughter of foreign cattle,
fit was an essential point to termite foreign cattle from
Beigliall cattle. Cattle disease was not engendered in this
country, it always came from abroad ; and we bad the
example of Ireland before us to show what might be dons
by a well regulated system of exclusion in preventing
the introduction of that scourge under which we so lung
laboured. He thought that the importation of foreign
sheep ought to be restricted in the same way, because,
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