The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-26 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

In the llot-,e L0a1.4 yesterday, Lord PORT-
NMI appealed to Lord Clie;insford, who has charge
of the Artisans' Dwellings Bill, to have it sent be-
fere a select committee.
Lord UnKI.NIAFORD .Ic.clined, on the ground that
Id could not attend the committee.
Lord Potcrmatt then gave notice that on the
motion for going into committee on the bill h
ahould oppose any further pro4ress with it.
The Consolidated Fund (i7,ot/0,000/.) Bill was
read a second time.
The Endowed Schools Bill was read a third time
and passed.
The house adjourned at twenty minutes past five
ealocL.

IN the Horse of Com %lONS, Mr. MAor IRE
moved the adjournment of the house for the pur-
pose of raising a discussion respecting the riots
which took place at Ashton-under-Lyne a fortnight
ago. In these riots. he stated, two Roman catho-
lic chapels and a school were gutted, and more
than a hundred dwelling houses of Roman catho-
lice were sacked by a mob of persona who had been
incited against the cathulics by a lecturer named
Murphy. He blamed the magistrates for not
interfering with greater etfect, and inquired of the
Home Secretary whether he would give an as
surance that 'Mr. Murphy's lectures should be
st^PPed•
Mr. G. HARDY defended the conduct of the
magistrates, and said with regard to Murphy's
lectures, he was informed they were nut given in
the open air, but in a room hired by the lecturer,
to which persons were admitted by ticket, and be I
was not aware of any law by which a peason could
be prevented from deliverin ' • controversial lectures
in a room which he hired, and which no person was
eatipelled to attend.
Mr. M. 01,1..0N also defended the Ashton magi-
strates, and said the riots could hardly he attri-
buted to any lecture of Murphy's, inns has he
had not lectured in Ashton since January, but a
great political meeting was held in that town on
the Inh inst., at which Orange colours were dis-
played, and speeches were made by clergymen of
the district against Mr. G:sdstone's proposals re-
specting the Irish church.
Mr. W/tALLEV complained that there was an
org.tilisation. headed by the priests, to prevent free
discussion.

Sir I:. B9WI'Elt had himself heard Murphy say
that all the convents in Ireland ought to be
burned.

Mr. NEWPE, tTE said the protestants were not
the tirst aggressors in Hirnungham, and he believed
they were not the first aggressors in Ashton.
The subject then dropped.
Mr. Bal.:lir made an appeal to the Home Sucre-
Itsr. whether, under all the circumstances, he
wa,i'd not advise a further reprieve to be granted
to the convict Warrett, si that he might, if possible,
Ins% e a new trial.

Dlr. G. lERI,e stated that. in consequence of
memorials sent in subs: orient to the verdict, in-
quiries had been made which had left no doubt in
the minds of the judges who presided at the trial,
andlieconciirred with them, that the man was guilty
iaf the charge.
('l..lv.t:s is naked whether government intended
to defray the cost of defending ex-Governor Eyre
in the prosecution to which he is now being sub-
jected, or whether he wad to be left to depend on
subscriptions. He complained of the vindictive-
ness with which, as lig alert!, Mr. Eyre was
persecuted.
Mr. GILeIN regretted that the question had been
put while the matter was m:lb judice, and insisted
that it was but jost that Mr. Eyre should be put
on his trial.
Mr. lli,itvr.Ll said whe:i General Nelson and
Enti ii Br.uid were pr-,recited the government
tho ight it their duty t,. defend them, because they
persecuted for acts done in obedience to the
order, of their superior "beers. But the case of
Governor Eyre was of another character. and the
government thought it was Lot their duty to defend
bun. They should, however. have the trial watched,
slid if after the trial they thoiu...,ht it was their duty
to make a proposition to support him in the de-
fence which lie made, th..y would not shrink from
por'oriiiing that dut.

After a question from colonel S. KNox respect-
in,: the letter of Mr. C. Saxton on the same sub-
ject. which has been published in the newspapers,
and which the SPEAKER rued was out of order,
. .

The motion was withdrawn, and the house
went into committee on the Scotch Reform Bill,
re,muing the discussion m clause 3, which relates
t'> the occupation franchise f r voters in burghs.

The Lon:, ‘Te reminded the committee that
on Thursday night they 5 wick out the third and
forth did :ions of the c! inie requiring that the
voter sh;‘ll he rated and l,a.a p.iid his rates. He
no‘v moved to insert wm,:, disfranchising persons
who have been exempted front payment on the
groupd of inability t•, p.l y or who shall within
trAve movihs hare been in the receipt of parochial
relief.

Mr. Mow•al:wv accepted the amendment, and it
was weed to.
On clause 5, which relates to the occupation
franchise for counties, which was fixed at a rate-
able value of 121. or upwards, an amendment was
made to leave out "rateable," to which the Lori
Advocate consented, but altering the amount to
14'., and in that form it %ca.' agreed to.
On the clause which gives two members to cer-
tain universities,
Mr. Lim rueu said the claims of Scotland to ad-
ditional representation would hardly bear light
when compared with other parts of the United
Kingdom. Ile moved that the clause be post-
poned.
Mr. 11. hoer protested a oinst the vote on Mr.
Baxter's motion the other night being taken as the
deliberate decision of the house on the subject.
Mr. HsVTEa supported the same view.
Mr. SWiLLIITT thought there was no use in going
et. with the bill unless it were remodelled so far as
the redistribution went.

Several other members having addressed the
Mr. DiAitaria said he would now make another
proposition, that sewn additional members be given
to Scotland, not ten, namely, one member to each of
the three counties of Lanark, Ayr, and Aberdeen,
one member more to Ula•gow and another to
Dundee, and No members to the universities. One
axember he would obtain by combining the coun-
ties of Selkirk and Peebles, which now returned
one each, and the remainder he would obtain by
applying so far the principle of Mr. Baxter's reso-
lution.

Mr. BoI'cERIE said thLA was a new proposition
and they ought to have time to consider it, but he
preferred that of Mr. Baxter.

Sir L. PALK could not agree to the compromise
proposed by Mr. Disraeli. He could not consent
to one single seat being taken Irons the representa-
tion of England and given to Scotland ; but he was
willing to give more representation to Scotland by
adding to the numbers of the house.
Mr. GLAPSTOSE believed it would be unsatis-
factory to the country to recede from the vote they
dame to the other night. He thought that the
claim of Scotland to ten additional seats was fairly
aadc out.

Mr. J. HARDY agreed with Sir L. Palk, and
hoped he would divide the house upon it.
Mr. BRIGHT impressed upon the hones the wis-
dom of accepting Mr. Baxter's resolution.
Mr. Watroxs thought they were bound to
accept the settlement of the question of redistri-
bution come to last year.
Mr. Bairns should not accept the government
proposition, and proceeded to move that ten addi-
tional members be allocated to Scotland as follows:
—one to the universities, one additional to each
of the counties of Ayr, Lanark, Aberdeen, and
Perth ; that Glasgow be divided into two districts,
each returning two members ; that one additional
member be given to each of the cities of Edin-
burgh, Aberdeen, and Dundee.
A desultory conversation followed, which ended
by Mr. BAXTER amending his resolution by pro-
posing to give two members to the universities,
and omitting the county of Perth.
Mr. G. HARDY moved as an amendment that
three members only be given to Glasgow.

On a division, Mr. Hardy's amendment was
carried•by 261 to 222.
Mr. DlfiltAlLl expressed a hope that, after this
vote, the house would accept the proposition of
the government.
The clause was further amended in accordance
with the proposition previously made by Mr.
Disraeli.

Sir L. PALI then moved to add a proviso " that
the representation of England and Ireland be not
thereby diminished."

Mr. DISRAELI said the plan proposed in the bill
did nut reopen the distribution for England,
whereas the proviso of the hon. member would.
He appealed to the hon. member to withdraw it.
The motion was negatived by 262 to 95..
Furtherprogress with the bill was then suspended
'until Thursday.
Same other business was disposed of, and the
honse adjourned at twenty-five minutes past one
o'c:ock.