The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-23 00:00:00

I TENURE AND IMPROVEMENT OF LAND (IRE-
LAND) BILL
Mr. CARDWELL rid it wee his intention to postpone
hie motions for bringing in the above, and another bill re.
Meg to the Bank of Ireland, until Tuesday, at a morning
isig.
IMr. WHITESIDE objected to that course.
After • short disciusioe the bills were Aced for Thursday
rat
• flift,VOY AND NICK
I Mr. KIM:MAKE said that the ,notion of which he had
given notice was of stfch deep moment that he did not feel
, just: 101 in giving way, merely for the pirpOse of enabling
the h ~pc to proceed to the orders of the day ; bid he was
I given to understand that there were some circumstances
which would make it in a high degree injurious to the public
service to bring the motion on that 'values, and therefore he
..,all preipAill it until Moeda, neat. (Hear, hear.)
PAWNBROKERS ACl'.
On the motion ef Mr. ROSIVALL the house went into com-
mittee and passed a resolution authorising the introduction of
a bill to amend the act for the better regulation of the
Wainer of pawnbrokers.
DARTMOUTH ELECTION, 1859.
(in the niotion of Mr. LIVON, it was ordered that the
Ithautee of evidence Wien before' the select committee on
1 the Datmostki election peaks la Use swim of 1859
be Mat before the Inue.
THE FRIDAY AL4O MENTS.
Mr. BOUVERIE said that aßer the conversation which
had taken place, he would not peep*s his resolution that
evening, but he would submit tt to the house on a subse-
quent occesiou. •

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THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY . EVENING,

it was not unreasonable that there should be connected
with the wends of that right, or with the discharge of
that trust, • liability to contribute to the Ideal burdens.
And If so, could anything be more fair thee hew that he
should show his willingness and elegy to MIAs obli•v•
tion by an actual payment of the nem egs Minis day I
He would not follow the siglig
in his observations cm the Ail el rings* farther rto
say that. if it was indlemest Upon with the bill arm it
was still more so when the ne* lea gentlemen
forward his own measure lad year. Than a war a
mi... , and though the
.pmemalat as doubt
themselves to avert hostilideVlthy wilie pa at an sure
hat their endeavours won* sieemeghel. In
icriv;if
ai the my atm= Whim lbw were '
wer broke eui ••nether limp am may ate ens ia . .
mad my bar;r lorm it Wellat have lested, or
emigte.
War Lira beve=ed. lisfetailifteeminated. . ,
inmlLtri. -7-al=loli win IL drawn
ethnetert mold have been '
ifrimai abritztayelM bait. Toning, how-
ever, freed to mertheled that
there Weer= • pied whoa the spell= of mess
might be IWO wgedp tam la Imiel, beams lime hid
never Men • when it wee more libel, to eosin a
calm and:divindeesie iliscuision. Tie cosedry um happy,
was= was Pssiturouv : sad he trustallist at such
an mement the bill would tenet Wilt that fair
and candid coodthetheo from hon. gesillimese opposite
which the professions of the right hen baronet the
member for Droitwich led him 'to expect. He
hoped, top if it received the ithstlen of par-
liament, that its effects would the fears
of those who viewed with apprehennon respect of ad-
vancing in the path of reform beyond the point reached in
1832, and that it would give contentment and satisfaction
to that large portion of oar fellow-countrymos who were so
remarkable for their merit and intelligence, and would thus
add iiereased strength and stability to our institutions.
Mr, ADDERLEY, while speaking, was interrupted by
s member,' who pointed out that there were not 40
members present. In point of fact there were not half
that number ; but before the time which the standing orders
din= nail elapse before the Speaker begins to count had
peed a liege number of lion. gentlemen came trooping in.
Thar swivel, and especially that of Lord J. Russell, was
=rautikiiisdiolllllll laughter and chem. The Spann.
that there wee a scrum, the balk of those
*be led lbeimmeed the boom Immediately walked out *gale]
ellboLVialso. panda" )seed. He said that thelittlo ,
iservasemial elbowed how much the house
represented the of the country, by its indifference this question ear.) Inc his opinion the franchise
should be extended to *very man who from his position
might be fairly seeposed to have a stake in the country.
He knew that in its peel* state it excluded rainy men
who ought to have the sulimes, but the position would not
be mended by_the gonsameat 'on. He believed it
wee meet eMenli te lad a erWfaetory test, hut the
attlempt which had bean made lid year was deserring
at men few= this it bed reedy= But even
gal:l:Zvi.% It Isil low enough when nu, votes were
thole of and persons who deceived
become the
them by each as be (Mr. Adderley),bad
just had the eff Into the light. He '
hoped that after des semith some attempt would be
made to improve the bill in . Above all things
be hoped that a eimed.wonid be nine against the principle
of accumulating seen is particular districts in proportion
to population, lostead of mattering them fairly over
every part of the country. Such • principle
had never been the principle of the British constitution.
The ides of every shire, great or small, having only two
members to speak for them in parliament, and every
borough having two burgesses, and every city, great or
small, two citizens, proved to his mind that every portion of
the country should be represented ; and be must say, he
thought it was a daogerous inhonstion when they micumn-
Laid a number of members in particular popular places.
He hoped they were only about to pass the second reading,
with the intention of ranking numerous corrections in the
body of the bill. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. MASSEY, who was willing to see a Reform Bill
passed this session which should settle the question of re-
presentation at least for a reasonable time, though he saw
no practical necessity for such • measure. lie thought that
the proposal with regard to the franchise was calculated to
meet such exigency PA existed, but the bill failed miserably
to reconcile any anomalies with regard to the distribution
of seats which prevailed ; and that_ pert of the question
could not possibly be settled by that arrangemest The
borough which he represented wee as illustration of the
somealv which was not remedied by the bill. The posimin al
the was lord had been praised for its simplicity—it was,
Wilted, simple to rudeness. Praise of simplicity might go
too far. He did not think • rude mode of cutting the Gor-
dian knot was any very high pare far • statesman. (Hear,
bear.) The hon. gentleman the member for
upon his retire to this country, had, it was said,
ez
an opinion that large conetituinciee ought to be divided
into wards. They would now waste monster constituencies
—acres which they would flood with votes ;111‘1 he grd
them to recollect that ia premed= as they increased the
number of voters thirty diminished the value of the vete,
for then the voter felt himself but a unit in a vast mob.
(Hear, hear.) And when they had these huge unwieldy
constituencies it was impossible for their representative to
make himself acquainted with them. The representative
would know nothing about the constituents, nor his consti-
tuents of the representative. The nomination would
fall into the bands of some self-constituted college
or club, who would get a candidate, prescribe his political
creed, and correspond with him—a sort of middle mu act-
ing.between the member and kis constitueste—a most per-
nicious influence. (Hear, hear.) And it was of the utmost
importance that something should be dose to remove from
these men the influence which they had hitherto
in large constituenciee. (Hear, hear.) It ought fobs
in discussing the question of minorities, that there was fre-
quently as much difference between one part of a borough
and another part as bete's& one borough and soother. He
had hoped that something would he done to obviate the
almost palpable evils which would exist when they created
an enormous constituency, and abandoned them to anytime
who could get possession of than (Hear, hear.) Why sot
apply the principle adopted in the Reform Act of 18111
towards counties to boroughs—draw the line, and lianas
member to one silk of the borough as well se the 11
(Hear, War.) By thew drawing the line they wadi
the constituency to something like a
Bias, and the candidate would be able to
some knowledge of three whom he
He deprecated anythiag like the introdistith af wadi,. lie
this sacred subject het for what he reemeweethel thy bad
a precedent in the Reform Bill of 1832. Hs neemeesailed
the suggestion upon the authority of the ham lealismen
the member for liochdale, who was not need to Ogre
utteeance to way views which he had not well matured in
Ws Wad He was the more anxious to throw oat thew
ea the esent occasica, for me the served
of the wises be sist in the chair is ellOwittee, it
would be hardly decent fur him to do so. Isere.) He
would add that, in his opinion, them inn certain
additions to the franchise which kilVt might be
usefully made in that bill by on machinery,
and without going too low with the franc ' . There wee
for initanoe a elms of lodger* who would form • meet use-
ful addition—(hear)—he would not go much beyond that,
nor trench upon debatable ground. The measure in its
present state certainly seemed naked and repulsive, and
might be in hie opinion speesbly varied by a lodger fran-
chise, and probably by an educational franchise of some
sort. He hoped that the noble lord would revise his bill,
and that be would ends willing ear to his suggestions, the
object of which wee to improve the bill he had introduced—
nmake It worthy of his distinguished name. and of becom-
g a enseut to the great measure of 1832, which
regaassatei the ootinitution of this country, and
coo/mired upon its population the blessings of goad
government and of minghtened laws. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. A. STEUART believed that it the bill were passed
lin its integrity it would exercise a thoroughly subversive
and pernicious influence. It would drive the noble
viscount Aed his colleague the noble lord the
Roomier, of State for Foreign Affairs from power,
aod hand over the destinies of the empire to others
alf a more revolittiooary and dangerous character.
itmiar btliweed the sward this measure would be to instal the
al time ansherrase, leselted by the hon. member
U. hi friends, as leader of the revels-
lessiri kusli)mad therefore be could not accede
bees second roam of this bill without expressing an
mart lope tiled II would be very considerably modified.
lie. C seek' not see why hon. gentlemen oppo-
site were shell to east the working niaa with the franchise.
The right irem baronet the member for Droitwich
mid the budget a miserable budget, and called this
bin • miserable reform bill ; but if the government
411 mirth he was seek a dielinemished member had brought
ia mai • seism lin sod suallap=en es t they would not be
ditinLare tbeasesismebie bench at the pre.
lie we new war 30 rearm since the Reform
Mae courted, and sber4rthse period more
in social regrew,
hod been wade • inn nay preosdiug mutiny the
Idebery el this wintry.
air, bear.) It was therrfen
Idipli thee to mike • slimy in the representation of the
=lkJr it was tone tint thee who sow paid ei. a year
ens bellow able to use the fmechise than those who
psii lth thirty yensego. Thersdom he marded this bell as
a seep is mimes wedeln thee wield ssitie the question of
ramie for some time, thou* he hoped not for ever. At
the same time he mss siteestions might he made
ha the bill with he instance, as ace be
bed Pea nots=_ of, that every aide adult who paid =a •
Eird:Ones =Debi haw a vete to the manty or
mid= be raided. iiirwes not in lamer el equal
but them was a medium to be observed ;
end set lily Wish a Neal aims was made in that repast
L this WI as eenbiaat oemis tise quewim, and in that psi
of am imimpurs be was aseppeemsh it astonished him le
led has, gentlemen who were sameded with the landed in-
ters*4 sr much more afraid et the famehise to the
wends( mat than the were, winos when
simnel was invested* The diffuses's-ha be-
lieved arose frees lbe krill mob
beater opportunities of *sir waskpospia,
as from topir meauleateems
any
aiseh Is then weehmeh
had badV el= the abassafora amaliur.
Ale dew ese• tie= fie times a= in peel,
sag ho was hp may he Sewed as ma= Ise dediat sod
asatimi ML Osmallasa as he sew In ay ether
cbressurt dewinunity. (Mee;
_hear.) •
lie }agog.' their
endurance in distrees, and their kindlier to their fellow is
sickness, and to extend axiom; that class the privileges of