The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-24 00:00:00

Oxford and Wolverhampton, and York and Ber-
wick, taking the lead.
French shares are higher, and Sambre and
Meuse are up 1/.
Gold mines are in brisk demand, at fuller rates. Shr.
Australasia Bank shares have risen, and Penin-
sular and Oriental are dearer.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
(From the Oiicial List.) _

B
Bank Stock 223 Business done,
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities..........
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities.
New 31 per Cent. Annuitie5.............. ..... 103* • i i
India Stock
South Sea Old Annuities lOO
Consols for Acc0unt.......... ...... ... .. .. .
Exchequer Bills lid. March. June.
£lOOO 6B 71
£5OO 72 69 72 68 71
Small 72 69 72 68 71
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds; 5 per Cent.
Ditto Small
®Ditto 4a per Cent 971 6,1 71- 64
Equador Bonds 5
Grenada Bonds, Ii per Cent —
Ditto Deferred lll
Mexican 3 per Cent
Peruvian 6 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Portuguese 4 per Cent. 3B /
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent llBl 19
Ditto 4i per Cent.
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent ..... .... 52*
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 25 1
Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 2l i p
Belgian Bonds, 4) per Cent. Ex. 25fr. 99 81
Dutch Exchange 2* per Cent 65
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 97* a 7

Consols
Ditto Account, Dec. 9

THREE O'CLOCK.
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMtNT, I N

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) il 20
The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. 10
Mr. BLACKETT presented a petition from out-pen- St.
sioners of Chelsea Hospital complaining of the non-pay- St.
20 went of arrears now due to them. _ _ _

Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE moved, in reference to 10
a "Return to an Order of the Honourable the House of St.
Commons, dated June 22, 1852, for a copy of all corn- 50
munications made by the architect and officers of the 40
British Museum to the trustees, respecting the enlarge- 25
ment of the building of that institution ; and of all corn- 25
munications between the trustees and the Treasury on St.
the same subject subsequent to the period when the 88
commissioners upon the constitution and management St.
of the British Museum presented their report to her St.
Majesty,"—also, of all such communications of a like g
nature as shall have been omitted in making the above 100
return ; and also of all such communications of a like St.
nature as shall have been made subsequent to the above- 25
mentioned date of the 22d day of June, 1852. 50
Agreed to.
COUNTY ELECTIONS.—POLLS BILL.
Lord R. GROSVENOR moved the second reading of
this bill.
Mr. B. DENISON said, though he was favourable
to confining the polling for the counties to one day, he
objected to its taking place so soon after the nomination;
the bill proposing that only one day should intervene
between the nomination and the day fixed for
the polling. If the bill passed in that shape, it
would not tend to diminish the cost of contested
elections. The inconvenience of the system was
shown in the election of Mr. Cobden for the West Rid-
ing of Yorkshire. He thought it would be better that
a week should elapse between the nomination and
polling. He should vote for the second reading, but
when the bill went into committee he would move the
omission of the clause limiting the interval to only one
day. It was worth while considering whether it would
not be advisable to require the Sheriff to send a printed
paper to each voter, with a request that he should
return it with the name of the candidate for whom he
wished to vote, as such a plan would save great expense
to voters and candidates.

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Mr. R. PALMER did not think it was either expedi- St.
ent or necessary to alter the present system, believing 50
that if the polling was limited to one day, great incon- 20
venience would be occasioned, and many voters be vir- 20
tually disfranchised, for it was impossible that all the -;
electors could come up to vote on one day, many of „
them having to attend markets, and other places which
20
they could not neglect without great loss to themselves. 20
The hon. member concluded by moving that the bill be 50
read a second time this day six months. 20
Lord H. VANE entertained considerable doubts as 20
to the expediency of the bill, but he would not oppose 10
the second reading. He entertained considerable objet- St.
tion to that part which limited thninterval between the 25
nomination and polling to one day, and in agreeing now rt.
to the second reading, would reserve to himself the right
of moving the return of that provision before the bill
reached its third reading.
Mr. WALPOLE was not inclined to think that any
great inconvenience would attend the alteration pro- St;
posed by the bill, of confining the polling to one day, ,
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instead of two as at present, provided it could be
done without additional expense, in which case he 20
should be prepared to support the measure. (Hear.) St.
He would, therefore, agree to the second reading, for 15
the purpose of seeing in committee how such an altera-
tion could be conveniently crrried out. It appeared to 6i
him that a sufficient number of proper polling places had 64
not been provided for in the bill, in order that every
eater might have an opportunity of recording his vote ai
in one day. With regard to the other point, namely, as 5
to the restriction of the time which was to elapse v
between the nomination and the day of polling, he enter 63
tained a strong objection to is. An interval of one day
was too short, and though he was favourable to the ei
other provisions of the bill, he should certainly object to 10
this clause. (Hear, hear.) 20
Mr. ALCOCK could not understand the objections
which the hon. member for Berkshire had raised to this 10
bill. Surely five thousand voters in a county could do St.
that in one day which 20,000 had to do in a borough. 5
Circumstances had changed since 1832, for railways had 5
sprung up in every direction, and there was now no diffi- St.
culty in getting from place to place. And yet under
the existing law if a nominee for a county town took St.
place on a Wednesday, the polling could not be opened St.
until Monday, an inconvenience which ought immediately
to be removed, and as this bill would do that he called 6i
upon the house to adopt it without hesitation, more es-
pecially as it would save expense and prevent much an-
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noyance to the counties who were favourable to the Bt.
purity at elections.
Mr. SPOONER said those who opposed this bill did 16
not do so with the view of resisting economy at elections,
but he for one opposed it because he thought it St.
would increase expense. Besides, he knew from expe- 20
rience that if this bill passed the whole of the free-
holders of the county of Warwick would be unable to 20
record their votes in one day, while it was physically 20
impossible that the Sheriff could make the necessary 12i
St. preparations for an election in one day.
Sir G. PECHELL supported the second reading, and St.
declared his opinion that the time had gone by when 50
legitimate reforms connected with the franchise could
be successfully resisted.
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Mr. MONSELL regretted that Ireland.was not to be St
included in the operation of this bill,' for great as
was the benefit which England would undoubtedly 5(
derive from its provisions, it was infinitely
short of the good that it would do to Ireland, where it h
would not only diminish the expense, but go far to
abolish the system of intimidation which but too often "-`
prevailed at contested elections for Irish counties. He 2t
would take that opportunity of asking whether Govern-
ment intended to take steps to abridge the bribery and 1(
and other oaths taken by Roman Catholic electors.
(Hear, hear.)
Mr. SCOTT thought it would be much better to see h
how the measure worked in England before they ven 12
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tured to extend it to Ireland. St
Viscount MONK supported the bill. St
Mr. W. BROWN thought that one day's polling 16
would be quite as convenient as two days. He should 20
certainly support the bill. 5
Mr. ELLIOT thought that this bill would put a 2
check to all the intimidation and bribery which gene-
rally took place at the close of the first day's poll. He St,
believed that this bill was most popular in Scotland. 20
Mr. L. KING thought this bill did not go far St.
enough. There was one point which was not provided
for in this bill, and that was the length of time which 15
elapsed in county elections between the proclamation 8
and the day of nomination. With the consent of his 10
noble friend, he should introduce a clause for this pur-
pose.
10
Sir T. Y. BULLER thought the feeling of the house 25
was in favour of the second reading of the bill, and he 10
should recommend his hon. friend the member for Berk- 1.0.1
shire to withdraw his amendment.
St.
Mr. GEACH supported the bill as conferring a great
20
boon upon country electors. 12;
After a few words from
Mr. WILLIAMS, the amendment was withdrawn, 5
and the bill was read a second time. St.
After a discussion, the bill was ordered to be commit-
ted on Wednesday next. 17
Mr. MACARTNEY moved for certain returns con- 25
netted with the Civil Superannuation Fund, which were
agreed to.