The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-28 00:00:00

REFORM ASSOCIATION

651 i (CONTINUED ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.)
• Sir,—On Monday the 26th, the debate on the Militia
Bill was brought to a close, without any event of merk
except the ULM. eivision. On Friday the talk of the
litoLise was that the Ministers were to be in a minority ;
On Monday that they were to have a ma-
- jority of 25 ; and they finally carried the second
reading by 315 aget 165. The study of the Division List
...c . Presents rdo very remarkable interences, except the
''' .ger`eral cue of the difficulty of dislodging the lion when
he hag he•ei; le '
The eloinQ LT
:. Teen, on tho i4rouretary objected to the Volunteer rifle.
wnhde that they were a force which would
be forthconai,
when they be forthcoming were wanted, but would not
ing instance of the un,,na,were not wanted. An amus-
rent: aon of legal acumen to mili-
tary questions.
When this was finished, a scene occurred highly cha-
racteristic of the Tory R„torat,
g, to brin°gn.in a lto legaliza
alexoprneninse of the Candida ' 11
[ thethe Leave was asked
athtep7itvoicnge,iant
of ale to each voter at a County te, '''c' on Election on his
arrival at the voting-place. v
e en- ou may laugh ; but
a • • there- is not a wore, or thia that was not
'• borne out by what
7wal? stated by the promoters.
their idea
The Bill purported to le,a In `Lreesonable refreshment ;"
and it was stated by County„Menabers, that
of " reasonable refreshment was a 'ticket on a public-
house for the amount of helf-a-crown, which they de-
clared had been tried and found.
sing economy upon
..'t, .3 Only that
their previous practice. The InLs t,r. ; ,
half-3•CCOWTI is the price of two gallons of ale; -whiCh
. . you, as well as any Member of Parliament, are auto
. from your own knowledge to suPplY •
And the strange result was, that the monstrous pro-
Position to introduce such a Bin, was carried by 58
course the
against 19, which is more than 3 to 1. Of
a 44..,
which this
Tories were there, and those who ought to have been
be vexed questions
e. Were not. I think I see the interesi:, with
specimen of English progress o. n the vexed
.:.,
be received in
a.. connected with the mode of voting, will
this
moment
is at
,st foreign Countries where the subject
`-'4u
41'...., . under agitation. Two gallons of
strong. at start-
ing, beer to
be legislatively provided to the
• +ng, by way of clearing his intellect for the
discharge of his solemn duties ! Of course
it cannot be long before the same delicate attention must
be txknded to the borough voter. And even now, it is
tii StOPossibe to expect an Election Committee to look with
v
~ severity on a practice which the House of Commons b„
a vote of 58 against 19 has virtually declared to be lawful
and right. If a Bill had been proposed, to authorize
every voter to take his neighbour's wife, it is protium-
thic the Rouse would have stopped it on the ground of
being unlawful and wrong. It has not stopped the two
Fallow of ale, and therefore the inference is that it was
'4wfal end right.
Only consider what this may come to. You have two
thousand voters at Bradford, many of whom come to
the poll from distances which in summer weather may
', Warrant a man's being dry. The end is intended to be,
that the drunkenness which is in four thousand gallons
of ale, is to be made into a disposable fund by Act of
v
liaruent, for the benefit of such as chute to take ad-
,,lientage of it, and the candidate is to be made to
pnay.
1 il have heard in Bradford of " head-:honey;" 'and
Vll, ow here are four thousand half-crowns, which are 5001.,
eer. The fact may be that there telY to be made into an Act of Parliament fund for
-.,,,11414r who would take it. You know best how that
()aid be. But however it might be, where is the policy
Of thus creating a fund by Act of Parliament for the en-
"urrigeinent of willing? In the Navy, though the
pantity of intoxicating drinks of any kind is strictly
,Imited, there is great-difficu in preventing one man
front . • • •
uriniaing anothee',allowance• and there are or
used to be, a setof - '
drink up all the
! .:a in life was to
men, whose interne-
~ small beer their companions left ois-
pniate and h 17,,u will have cse,Wefn,t, by . the name
lathed ' 0 parlientary" B wipers estab-
of " swipers."
11940 you you in Bradforl, ic r the benefit of tho beer-

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