The Express.
London, England, 1858-05-07 00:00:00

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LONDON, 101{I,DAY EVENING, NAY 7, ,1868. ' 'A. Additional'

tended to imago@ soon ne the English hoops were in
erser.: of
of the w.
epaTtrerra"Thatc4 lmh!rning aped
iwls of ktaZ
izetdoh had been receiv:rhidtcl h
ttecernment, with
a
albenennin The preriesnalsoe had been taken into eon,
of
a
despatch had been sent out, stating
'the of the government. There would be
we olletaisa M laying comes of both on the table of the hones.
nib pmeimemioa wee ma bawd in consequence of any in-
from England.
WaIihr".VRIGHT hoped that the gnaw of the STIOWN would
be mold, as the It rofglit g• Meth end lakir public enxiiity
'abject.
' enThe CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—Copies of
the despatch win be Wd on the table, bat l think it right to
state now, that when 'we received information of the in-
tended proclamation we took it at once into consideration,
and a despatch was sent eat to India disapptoving of that
policy in every sense. (bond einem.)
Mr. ORRE R reeved for a select committee to inquire into
the nature, origin, and ezreat of the tenant right custom in
Ireland, the resent Malachite of it in Donegal and other
prtarcounties, and consider and report bow fir it may
deable to
to protect, for the benefit of the occupying
tenants, the property which hes been meatai wader that

Lord NAAS oppoard the motion, contending that ample
Information had already been Maalox' on the net, render-
trig farther Inqatry a/together wakes.
After some diroorou, a diriaion ems taken, wham the
motion waa sesstivod, by a majority of 232 Nom to 43
Ayea-189.

(Stamped Id.

COUNTY
FRANCHISE (SCOTLAND).
Mr. CAI RD, in moving for leave so bring in • bill to led-
mane the na=ry franchise of Soothed with that of England,
mid he did net mak to intense say new freachise, bet
heat.
ltt eased to Scotland those privliabss rights 1
wed In Nit watry. A brief statement
mar to lbw the iblinadis Warms England and
1 TM tired ore the ttemetee. Every 20 prams
in England were in some degree represeated by an 'Scow,
bat in Scotland there wee only one nectar hr 34 prams.
Of the sonnty sterna, in England ker-fillite were hee-
ls/Man awl ses-Allit only occupying tenants, whereas in the
sasstim at Sestimil two-fifths were °worn sad thme-filth•
ware somrise imints. The occapying tenons both in
Noshed _and 'mini did not occupy that indepestises pod-
Via with nerd to the frenehise white was pal by the
fratbslllas. In llississil a promisrar el land as the must of
andlapai ibutehiss imil swi m presnM ?sob=
abased at a prim varying trent 3L
M tiers that ametest en assemery m Meek no ems
*set, red therellere it was live those mon tinsel& to be•
come an elector on the meth side of the Tweed Mae on the
swat. Whilst in England • y which did not confer
a borough franchise • county franchise, if it ex-
ceeded We., in Scotland there was no similar *saclike.
Hence the classes of voters in the two countries were veryp
different, end the labouring and artisan tit
were, to a great must, unenfraachind. he distinction be-
times the two countries wee cede by the Reform Bill. The
result was that the county oonatituesicy In Scotland was
limited to the owner and occupying tenant, and at every
contested election it was a recognised rule by both whigs
and tries that the tenant should follow the course taken by
the landlord. Although them was apparently a larger num-
ber of electors than before the palming of the Reform Bill,
practically there had been no extension. Ot the 50,000
county voters in Scotland 30,000 were tenant farmers
and 20,000 landlords. The meant farmers, who were
Lvery intelligent clan of men, possessed • =-
ambe amount of capital. The farming capital
employed in Scotland was not less than 50,000,0001. •
and although they constituted the majority, no member wei
returned to repealing their interests. He had no fault to
find with the gentlemen returned by the counties in Scotland,
and believed then to be • most respectable clams of ma.
But that was not the quokka. His object was to give the
tramthise to those who were at present excluded from b. As
to the proL:Biandif the 40s. franchise, he contended that if it
ware sale it wee equally safe for Scotland. It
might be that rook • emall qualification would lead
to the nenutectore of fictitious votes. The sneerer to that
objection was, If you are about to make • fiction, you might
as wally make a 101. !lotion as a 21. fiction. (Hear, hear.)
There was anther fed arising from the proems system, end
that was the duns ef the landlord to drive the population
into the towns, in artier that it might not be to
die the settles acesnmodation on their estates. This
had become a Mot m the agrioulterel management of Scot-
land. The system had admen from the pellerence
given in several sgricaltural numbs to the em-
royment of uamarned mut, because they could be
so:fcheaper, required leas lodging accommodation ;
tte peoceedings before the law courts of Scotland ex-
hibited a state of things that all Scotland must deplore. In
the year 1867 • farm semen in Foriarshire was prosecuted
for deserting his service. His &ewe was, that the bothie
prepared for his accommodation was in an uninhabitable con-
dition, end the medical men to whom the question was re-
ferred, reported that a residence in such • place most tend to
deteriorate the health of the occupier. A similar case
occurred a abort time ego at Montrose. Such • state of
things ought to be an inducement to the house to extend to
Scotland a franchise, which in England encouraged prudent
and economical habits ammo' that class of the population.
(Hear.) The next distinction between the English and Scotch
systems we. the right of the English county voters in
respect to property within boroughs. No etch right was
enjoyed in Scotland. One-fifth of the whole county con-
stituency of England consisted of such voters. He would
compare the state of two Scotch counties with that of one
English county of similar extent, and poseessing resources
of a similar character. The counties of Ayr and Lanark
contained • population of 310,000, and the number of electors
was 7,100. North and South Staffordshire, with a popula-
tion et 346,000, had 20,713 voters. In the English county
there were 13,000 more electors than in the two Sesta
counties, the pontiation and annual value°, the
nearly the Mee In each. At the passing of th=bala
grave appellations went entertained with regard to the
right to be give to boroughs to vote in adjoining counties,
end one influential member (Sir Edward Sagdea) said that
the effect of giving freeholders and copyholdera in towns
the right of voting for counties would be that such towns as
Birmingham would invariably carry the county election,
and that the county members would be the representatives of
the political unions of Birmingham. Now, after 26 ”sr•
experience, who were the members for Herat:Ware! 3101
Two gentlemen who were not at all likely to edemar to
subvert the constitution of the country, or to injure Its pro-
testant establishments. (" How, bat " mid Unitary
There was another point of some importance, not only with
Eton
to the extension of this principle to elsotland, but sloe
regard to the arguments of the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer respecting the larger number of county voters as compared
with the number of horough rotors. According to the census
it appeared that a gradual change was taking place in the
occupation of the people at this eountry. Every census ulnae
that of 1811 had shown a gradual demeanor the spicultural
population as compared with other parts of the population.
In 1811 the agricultural population was 35 per cent., fn
1821 It wee 33 per en In 1831 it was 28 pee cent, and in
1841 only 22 per cent The census commissioners stated
that the town and country populations were every year be-
seadarnore and more cued up together. He did not die-
Clase great addition which the extension of the the principle
advocated would have on the cm inty eatutitnencies of
that country. >le believed it would have the effect of
denbling the eenstitosocy in the neighbourhood of Inge
towns ; but that he contended was a great argument in its
lever. In phi at view the advantage of giving
the Senchwizals an neuron ta the aoquiremsnt of small
be very pest. In Baena this system
I:7= hod to smonimp praise% sobriety, and
economy. In Messed ha MI nay damp the mom afloat
would he prolaud. the11111111. light ha Mood
that no Sea, that of Znitibb Os. inahold emitted
in ilootimsd. Thom we small premiss in Ilealbsd, sad
if the Oast* wore tally carted out is visit posporty is
Scotland wets be dilhmakissi. slated tile object
which be hod to Maw, bs wait sppse via widow to
English umbers to Ids seml to eve to the
roots of Seedird a (mashie die to thot "Yob bed been
so tong =I se siventweelb, erfeyel la tide wettry.
lb. COWAN seembil the maker Is based that
same puma had andssommed to make peallisel twang out
▪ movassit, end is attack bed lean moo an the
Scotch samba% wile mire charged with bike Nod am& and
heel to the Me Lull Advocate; and We hal wile Ober
chows egebel lbw which we ea** Wm. Thin we
tob, two WNW.; weld to We hi. Oar vas. that the
One el livedi be to maw sowlia Hs lei No obit
to map the mattes, tot the Ms. bettabite bel sot bed
that affect la Naglsnd. Amara Admits ems, thst ft was
likely to lasi is the mannbabss• of am votes.
That was a ssrat sr which wadi regain the camidars-
lila of the kw& At the lima o 7 the ant!oms-law
%Wabe purebred a 40s. WNW in Carlisle la order to
rs% wee ear Int Or =kik ir I. It was net a very
inumbisst. aaraglatr.) Sum time
Clarkw be sass rimimpt Milms as of a Argot voter, end
he teat eseeeehet eshmell et It. Ns did set clink that the
obtaining a no
Isbm. lbw was jastillable.
for ha bred no connsoliss Wised Osishmiand.
Ne topedel with Bed, iNidaselea the rest
whisk bed Ow Ihe Nolltlea mei et= egfitti
lower Awe. He elewleted wham the Indira wore
WWI balm r dressy nesilleery. There vie se gnat
haw notrosil • loyabydicsnia esaamt of
est vell of the hew
chhoP.ltirt= plod. to the of dr YU,
but ihrfight hit bal. Ablanii susitt to Ism leave to haw
less the
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not so le awe bew The him
woNees wee to Noimilese beerhis isslissd
te thie Rh Ward with sons be MI
bon. Mod to boss haw Nat was to be bet It
Noold to ham to MOW Ulna spore of tttti
than the *whim ' (Wm Um) Vat ir he w. 411.1444
what he mew It we Mid brissagla to Wads. lode goat-
land the Kb. Isades, INN ea Ilebobbeeto New
Is the SatdiepHmtwll4eellibß Let him agile the