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for throwing the whole controul of the representa:tion
into the hands of the aristocracy.—(Hear. hear.) It is not
on the ground of fulfilled prophecy that his Hon. and
Learned Friend now supported his motion : the aristocracy of
Ireland had lost much of their former power, and he (Lord M. )
did not see with what success he could recommend the motion
to their consideration on the ground that they were not already
in a sufficient minority. With respect to what took
place on the passing of the Emancipation Act in 1829,
he did not see that there was any indissoluble or inviolate
compact, nor that there was even any understanding bAween
the parties; still they all knew that the disfranchisement of the
forty-shilling freeholders was made a condition by those who
brought forward that measure, the only statesmen of the day
who had power to carry it—it was made a condition by them
for the passing that measure. With respect to what had been
obtained since then, he considered all that occurred on the
Tithe and Church question—.he considered that the hear-
burnings which those questions gave rise to were natural, if
not inevitable from the unfortunate position of society in Ireland.
He was therefore the last person, considering the line of con-
duct he pursued on that occasion—he could no t bring his pre-
sent conduct, as any matter of reproach against him. Still it
was impossible that it could be contended that all that has taken
place subsequently to 1829—it was impossible to contend that
the minds of those parties -who then felt great distrust—it
was impossible to expect that what has passed since can have
quieted their minds, or assured them to such a degree
as to make it impossible for them to expect that Parliament
would give its sa,ction to the motion of the Hon. and Learned
Member. He had only further to say, that in any feasible or
practical mode for extending the rights of the Irish people and
extending to them the benefits of good Government., he would
he most anxious and willing for its success, and to second the
efforts •of those who brought it forward.—( Hear, hear.)
Upon the present occasion, though lie could not adopt
the motion, lie had the comfort of knowing that he
was not opposing or picking out a different measure for any one
of the three countries of the Union. The Government were most
anxious to carry out the Reform Bills, to their utmo st extent,
yet they felt themselves compelled to refuse in either of the
countries to change or alter the nature and extent of the fran-
chise which the Legislature, in 1832, thought fit to adopt.
Agreeing that his Hon. and Learned Friend had shown a great
disparity between the franchises o' the two countries, still he
thought that they could not rightly disturb the arrangements
accompanying such important statuies as the Emancipation
bill and the Reform Acts which would only have the effect of
continuing and not removing the disputes whieli now unhappily
existed between the two Houses of the Legislature. Acting
under these feelings, he felt himself compelled to give a decided
though a reluctant dissent to the motion of his Hon. and
Learned Friend.

Sergeant JACKSON—Before going to the immediate ques-
tion before the Ho ese he must congratulate the constituents of the
Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin, upon his having aban-
doned—having given the go-by—to the petition which he was
to have brought under the notice of the House that evening.
Then, with reference to the course taken by the Noble Lord,
he must congratulate him and the Government pun their hav-
ing screwed their courage so high zee to oppose the motion of
the Hon. Lord's lion. and Learned Friend.--(Cheers and
laughter from the Tory Benches. ) He ( 11r. Jackson)
would have been pleased, however, had he taken some other
grounds for such a proposition. Tire N able Los d had con-
ceded that to his Hon. and Learned Friend which he
not have done had he ldoked into the Reform Bills for Frigland
and Scotland. More fallacious arguments than had been put
forward by the lion. and Learned Annber it had never be.en
his fortune to hear upon any question. The proposition he took
to establish was that there was a restricted franchise in Ireland
as compared with that which was in England, and, to make out
this case, he took the relative population of the two
countries. lie (Mr. J.) would take the liberty of sav-
ing that this was as complete a non sequitur as had
ever been put forward. He denied that it ever was the pi inei-
ple of the Reform Bill that population should be its basis. Was
not, he would ask, the principle of that Bill that it should
rest upon property '1 That was the great error into. which the
Henourable and Learned Member for Dublin had fallen, arid
he was astonished that the Noble Lord should so far have been
led away by that Hon. and Learned Member's eloquence.
Bold as the Noble Lord was in defying his Hon. and Learned
Friend, still in order to try a little of the soothing system,
he calls upon his Hon. and Learned Friend to indulge himself
in the hope and expectation that the clay was not far distant
when he might be allowed to join him in his object.—( Loud
cheers and laughter.) If they would put the two eases in
juxta-position they would ti id that the Irish franchise was
more extensive than the English. The lion. and Learned
Gentleman laughs, but he had gone to the fountain head, and
could prove it by documents which he had then in his
pocket. Before alluding to it he begged to put both
the Honouralle and Learned Gentleman and his Noble Friend
right with regard to one point. The Reform Bill for Ireland
did not extinguish the 40s. freeholders—they wereextingeished
by that Bill, the passaig of which -was hailed by the Hon. and
Learned Member with more enthusiasm than ley aey other per-
son. The Hun. and Learned Gentleman said they were then
in -a different position, because they were then praying for
emancipation. What was the eyidence given by the Ho-
nourable and Learned Centleman himself on that occasion—
given to those eminent statesmen who passed that Bill ?
and acted upon them as evidence, which they believed to be
given in perfect good faith. In answer to a question the
lion. and Learned Gentleman said—" I think it would be
productive of benefit—in my humble judgment, of no small
benefit—to raise the qualification in Ireland to 101., as it
would get rid of a great deal of perjury—no small benefit of
itself. lie (Mr. Jackson) had heard the Han. and Learned
Member animadverting very s'rongly upon those who dared
to assert that there was anything at all like perjury com-
mitted in Ireland with regard to elections. This lion. Gentle-
man, however, went on to say that the la qualification
would be a benefit to Ireland for this reason, that Ireland
wanted a substantial yeomanry in the country.—( Hear.)
Now he would ask the House to hear the evidence of the Hon.
Member for Dublin upon which the mater depended. Hear
the evidence of that Hon. Gentleman on the matter of beneficial
interest:—" I think it would be for this reason, that there must
be a general profit of 101. per annum and a freehold tenure, and
many would rather make a sacrifice of 101. instead of 20/."
Such was the construction of the lion. and Learned Gentleman,
and yet he had frequently came down to that House_ nd ar-
raigned the Judges of Ireland for not knowing how to perform
their duties. Now he would state to the Hon. and Learned
Gentleman, and to the Noble Lord who had called him his
Honourable and Learned Friend, what were the qualia-
catiofis in Ireland, that did not exist in England. First
of all with respect to counties, and he put Gut of view the 40s.
qualification ; he was now trying the two Reform Bills, the one
for England and the other for Ireland. In the country they
had two -qualifications, which did not exist in England, the
lessee for 20 years having profits of 10/., and the sub-
lessee for 10 years, having profits to the extent of; 5/., and in
enmities of cities there were qualifications which did not exist
in England: so that, altogether, there were eight qualifications
in Ireland, which did not exist in England. It was, therefore,
preposterous to argue the question as the Honourable and
Learned Member had done, and it was equally preposterous to
admit, as the Noble Lord had done, that the Honourable and
Learned Member was well founded in his statements.—( Hear,
hear.) That was not the ground that the Noble Lord ought
to have taken in resisting the motion of the Honourable and
Learned Member for. Dublin. He ought to have told the
Hon. and Learned Genet:main that the Reform Bill was not to
be tossed about in that way. They had gone back greatly already.
and it was not to be said that they were to continue going back
ad infinitum. For his own part as lox* as he could preyeat it
the Hon. and Learned Gentleman should not drive them further
down by his threats and menaces.—( Hear, hear.) When lie
had commenced his address he had promised the House that he
would not detain them long,,and lie would now sit clown with
thaeking the House for the patience with which they had heard
him.--( Hear. )
Mr. REDINGTON conside.-ed that the speech of the
Learned Sergeant was no answer whatever to the statements
of the Hon. and Learned Merqber for Dublin. He had not
met one of the inconsistencies to which that Hon. Member had
adverted as existing in the franchise in Ireland. He denied the
statements of the Learned Sergeant that the foundation of the
Reform Bill was property; it was a combination of property
and population.—( Hear, hear.) He did not believe that the
House would refuse to adopt the present Bill if it was aware of
only half the, discrepancies with respect to the franchise in Ire-
land. The Hon. and Learned Sergeant might know some-
thing of Cork, he might know something- of Baron Penue-
father, but he had shown himself totally ignorant of what the
franchise really was in Ireland. The Learned Sergeant had
quoted the evidence of the Hon, and Learned Member for
Dublin, but in his opinion that quotation had told against and
not in favour of the case he wished the House to believe. He
(Mr. R.) had heard the commencement of the speech of the
Noble Lord with great pleasure, for if there was one thing
more than anotherthat he did not approve of it was finality, but
he did not think that any good would be effected by changing
that word to the word settlement. What had the Noble Lord
stated ? why he had said that fc•sm the state of parties in that
House it was not likely that the Bill oaf the Hon. Member
would be allowed to pass. The Noble Lord the Member for
Stroud would have scorned such an argument ; he would never
have laid down such a principle asthat measures ought net to be
introduced until they were certain of meeting with success. If
the Noble Lord the Member for Stroud had adopted such an
argument what. he would ask, would have become of the Re-
form Bill ?—( Hear.) Iu his opinion the House would act in
the very worst spirit if it refused to the Irish people an oppor-
tunity of remedying ackeowledged abuses, and prevented them
bringing their complaints before that House.—( Heat. )
Colonel CONOLLY, though he was glad that the Noble
Lord had resisted the first relating of the niu, could not but be
alive to the evils that would arise from the Noble Lord holding
out the expectation, that though the measure could not succeed
at the present moment, the time was not far distant when it
might. The Noble Lord seemed to him (Colonel Conolly) to
be playine, second fiddle to the Hon. and Learned Member for
Dublin, in exciting disturbances, in Ireland. He had spoken of
the measure simply as heing deferred.
Lord MORP le 11—No.

Colonel CONOLLY thought that the Noble Lord had so
stated, but whether he did so or not, ho seemed not to have
sufficient firmness to resist his Hon. and Learned Friend.—
( Laughter.) He (Colonel Conolly) had said over and over
again in that Iluuse, that of all the curses that had been in-
flicted upon Ireland the 40s. franchise was the greatest.
There was no greater source of misery, perjury, and corrup-
tion, than that scourge which had been inflicted upon Ireland,
and if anything induced him to support Catholic Emancipation,
it was the sweeping away that great evil, —( Hear, hear.)
One of the great causes of pauperism and wretchedness in Ireland
was the 40s. franthise, The Hon. and Learned Member for
Dublin had taken occasion to say that landlords did net give
leases in Ireland, in consequence of the franchises arising out
of them. Ile (Colonel C.) had said hef,-4c, in that House,
and he now repe.ted it, that many ;411diords did not give leases
in consequence 4f the agita'sion and evils those leases brought
on then. tenaeiey: in consequence of the tumults and riot to
which they gave occasion. In his (Coltmel C.'s) opinion
the lion. and Learned Member for Dublin had done more than
any other man by the course he had adopted to prevent the granting
of leases. But what was the converse of this proposition ? Why
the 101, rvanalise had acted in the way his Hon. and Learned
Priendhad described, it had constituted a tenantry that were
not to be intimidated by having cross,b,ele,, put over their
doors.—( Hear, hear.) He entreated the House to cherish the
franchise which Ireland now possessed, for if it did, the effect
would shortly he that agilation would be set at. d.;;;;ianee.
Mr. V. STUART supported the re-,,eion of the Hon. and
Learned Member for Dublin-2,0 agreed with the Gallant
Colonel that it vvoul'' -,,es ho right to carry the franchise
so low P.
. out he was
r or things should cease to exist.
Mr. W. ROCHE supported the Bill.
NaNvEleLnLerdbtuhta, tfritoitnvastnhoet
clonusrtsieitethntaitonthteo
debate
the ei
hadr.
MIo
taken,
°Le i C
at°it was necessary that he should make a few observa- •
tions in reply. The Gallant Colonel seemed perfectly satisfied
with himself, and as he (Mr. O'Connell) was not disposed to
disturb that satisfaction he would pass him by.—(Laughter.)
The Noble Lord had held out something of promise to the
ear, but had disappointed it so the sight. He objected to
finality, but he would substitute another word for it. The
Learned Sergeant's speech deserved a littlemore attention. He
had read a passage from the evidence he (Mr. O'Connell) had
given before a Committee of that House, iii order to show the
construction that he had put upon the Reform Bill, and ha had
stated that lie (Mr. O'Connell) had arraigned' the Judges for
misconstruing that Act. Now, unfortunately for the.
Hon. and Learned Sergeant, he had read evidence given
by him (Mr. O'Connell) in 18')5, to show time con-
struction he had put u,:on an Act which had passed
in 1532.—( Hear hear, hear). He had stated that in
that evidence he (Mi. O'C.) had abandoned the 40s. freehold.
Now if the whole of that evidence had been read by the Noble

Sergeant, the House would have seen that he (Mr. O. C. ), so
far from having abandoned the 40s. freeholders, had stated that
nobody would think of meddling with them. He would put it
t, the House whether it was candid or fair to read passages in
the ensuing page without reading the pages that preceded it ?
But the Learned Sergeant had told the Howe that they had in
the towns of Irel Ind an immense number of franchises that did
not exist in England. Now was that so in point of fact? In
Chester, with a population of upwards of 21,010 persona
nearly 2,000 enjoyed the franchise ; while in Belfast,
one of the richest towns in Ireland, with a
,population
of 51
i3n,goofooai about 1.196 enjoyed the franchise.
wa
2,400 inhabitants, and 334 voters, while Ban-
don,i pheardso
2n 5,4, only
with 12,000 inhabitants, had only 250 voters. And vet
it was said that there were more town voters in Ireland than in
England.—( Hear. hear.) Why, there were three franchises
in England which there were not Ireland—the forty-shilling
freeholders, life or lives, without occupation—the forty
shilling freeholders in perpetuity, not requiring occupa-
tion, and the 101. clear yearly value not requiring; oc-
cupation.—( Hear, hear, hear.) The Reform Bill might
have been expected to work worse for Ireland than it had
done. Judge Crampton had called it a Conservative measure. It
had become necessary to counteract its unfair tendency by po-
litical agitation, and, (continued the Hoe. and Learned
Gentleman) you have created that political agitation, and you
have continued it by the Reform Bill you gave us. Continue
the injustice, and you continue the agitation.—( Hear, hear. )
What care I for the paltry censures of creatures whose intel-
lects I despise—whose political principles are to me contempt-
ible.—(lronical cheers from the Opposition) What care I for
the censures they choose to throw out upon me ? I take them
with perreet good humour.—(Laughter from the Opposition. )
Oh, you are mistaken if you suppose that I don't—l ought to
be well accustomed to it now—it ought to have little effect upon
—( Laughter. ) Well, I have made out my case. I have
shown you, that in one English county there were, with 42,000
inhabitants, more voters than in any county in Ireland, though
eve have counties numbering up to 700,000; that in English
counties; with 16,000 inhabitants, there were more refers,
than in Irish counties with 360,000 inhabitants; and that in
towns, such as Bandon, with 12,000 inhabitants, you give us less
voters than in England you give to 2,000 inhabitants.—( Hear. )
And do you talk about settlement ! Settlement in words—dis-
severance in reality.—(Cheers.) Why, when we extorted
Emancipation from an unworthy Minister, do you talk about
settlement? We demanded our rights. You said, " what will
you give us if we give you your own ?" Our answer was
" nothing." We got our own to a certain extent, and new you
talk of settlement, forsooth, because having the legislative ma-
chinery in your hands, you took away the rights of the people
of Ireland.—(Cheers.) You kept that measure of jus-
tice from us twenty-nine years after the Union—as you
call it. The Prime Minister obtained the Union by the
distinct promise under his hand that emancipation should
be •:ranted—though, to be sure, like a man of honour he threw
up. office, when mifortunateiy George 111. refused to allow him
to grant emancipation—(Cheers)—and then the Learned Ser—
geant comes down and exults in the interesting historical fact
tile the 40s. freeholders were abolished before the Reform Bill.
Why, it was the intention of the Reform Bill to create fran-
chises. I endeavoured to get these 4bs. franchises revive—l
divided the House—but there was a majority against me—as
there will be now. I know that Irish, rights will find a few
generous supporters—but there will be an overwhelming ma-
.or-4y—stilt it will not terrify me; it will give me other duties
—I will agitate—( Louie:el cheers from the Opposition)-1 shall
hear many cheers more pleasing to me than those—( Laughter)
—you may laugh the Irish people to scorn—you may despise
them—but they are -it least seven millions—( Laughter and
ironical cheers from the Opposition)—but you earn it intimi-
date. Though you bring the piety of landlords into
practical persecution—Oh shame upan your religion!—
( Loud laughter from the Opposition.) You belong to
the most persecuting Church that ever existed.--( Roars of
laughter from the same quarter.) Sir, I shall divide the
House, and give Ireland an opportunity of knowing how many
on either side of the House will vote for justice and equality.
All I claim is equality with England—l do not desire more_ I
will never be contented with less—l will obtain it through this
House, and by this House, or I will obtain it constitutionally
out of this House.—( Loud cheers.)
Mr. Sergeant JACKSON explained that he had not said
there were more borough votes in Ireland than in England, hut
that there were snore qualifications in counties of cities in Ire-
land than in England.
Mr. BLACKSTONE said the Hon. and Learned Member
for Dublin had made a great inisteternent with regard to Wal-
lingford. Since the Reform Bill the population had increased
from 2,000 to 6,000 or 8,000—( Loud cries of " Hear, heae,"

f7OM the Opposition)—and fourteen parishes had bzen added.
Mr. O'CONNELL—My calculation was as to the old
borough—taken front Parliamentary documents.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the liaise di-
vided, when there appeared—
For the motiln
Against it
Majority —63
CANADA.

Mr. LEADER said he would withdraw the notice he had
given relative to a petition from Montreal until after the Go-
vernment measu-e with respect to Canada was brought forward,
as the Noble Lord had said he should introduce it before Easter.
But he wished it to be distinctly understood that if the Govern-
ment did not very shortly bring in the Canada measure, he
should submit a motion to the House on the subject of the pe-
tition.

LAW OF LIBEL.
Mr. O'CONNELL- then obtained leave to bring in a Bill ta
amend the law of Libel. The Bon. and Learned Gentleman
stated that he had conferred with the Attorney-General upon
his proposed plan, and he believed there would be no objection
to his bringing in the Bill.
NATURALIZATION OF FOREIGNERS.
Captain PECHELL said the case to which he was about to
call the attention of the house would show the great incon-
venience that had resulted from the course which a :great in:, -
jority of the house had deternined to pursue with respect to
receiving petitions. He would confine his observations to the
narrowest limits consistently with the justice of the case that
had been cemmitned to his charge. He begged to call the at-
tention of the house to the petition of Jacob Sehright, in the
hope that the Gorernment would devise some means of giving
pi otection and encouragement to foreigners who settled in
this country. The petitioner stated, that upon the ground of
his bring an alie:i he had been struck out of the List •f
Electors for the Borough of Brig,leen, althougo he had been, an
inhabitant homebolder for twenty-three years, and hail I:_aid
rates and taxes during that Period ; that during ilie.
late war ha • served under , Sir Ralph Abereromby
and the Doke of Wellington, mid was twice severely wounded,
and that after a long and faithful service he retired from the
army, in the expectation of enjoying the rights of a British
subject, bue that he now found hinese:f deprived of the elective
franchise, which had been conferred upon him by the Reform
Bit ,on the ground of his being a foreigner. Ho also staid
thlt he felt deeply mortified that while he acted as a special
constable, anil was caled upon to pay all rates and taxes, that
he should be prohibited from giving a vote to a Ale:nlieit
of Parliament, and prayed the house to take into considers,-
tion the law on this subject, in order that he might no loaner
be excluded from enjoying,the elective franchise, The Hei,,,,;,...
ausa li:finclayat iloneE
able and Gallant Member then stated that the di:-
qualicat ion of foreigners rested on the common la;
of the country, and not on any Statutory enaet r
end that law principally related to the disqualification of ni. fit,
rseitsteilliugaienn,thiabtatlloofu
1.e6903r, ind declaratory
Councilsratory e f suchT h erdeisecv
and it stated that an alien, not; being naturalized, had
to vote for the election of Members to serve in l'arliQanl'ight
N't ry shortly after that it was shown that a Scotch Memberle'lt".
was not qualified to sit in the House, for Mr. Stewart was cla.
jetted to as a Scotchman, and as not being a natural born sub-
ject, and his election was declared void. But since that time
no enactment could be found which prevented an alien voting
for a Member of Parliament; on the contrary, there were ~e'
riot's enactments from the time of Queen Anne down to Geer.,
111. which showed that every encouragement was given to foreims
Protestants to settle in this country. Thepetitioner was a stem le.e)
Protestant. He had paid all rates and taxes, and by the statute of
sth Anne he ought to be considered as a natural born subjeet
of the realm. By the 28th of George 111. a great latitude
was shown to foreigners, for it was enacte,a that any foreigner
trading for five years in the whale fisher ! was considered a nat nerd
born British subject. He thourelit the Government ought to
give greater facility for the tee.ocesses of denization or natureli-
zation. In the present '.nstanee he stood forward on behalf of
our old soldier, an, a man could not obtain a Naturalization
Bill without incurring great expense. The process of deniza-
tion was tedious, difficult, and expensive, and a great ninny
would be glad to become British subjects, if the process vets
more simple. In the process of denization an affidavit was re-.
persons might he
quired 'rota a certain number of householders of the residenNr
pay 224/.
of the paity ; the Secretary of State took the case into con-
sideration, and if he was fortunate in his application he had to
pay 140/. He understood that a number of
seGtoeoregaach ol.tl
included in one patent, and so far the expense would be dimi-
nished. If seven people applied they would have to
and the eost to each person would then be 32/. He found that
on one occasion, in 1795, sixteen persons had been bunch I
wasi ri t o
221.ene patentT lat ofw as theo denization,ldG earnmdathe b
band
dpeonf
II '''''n
the great drum and all were bundled into one pp,t antibrought before the Goyeevien.
-
(Laughter.) But since that time he could not find thatenit. .•
aof remedying, the evil. Its
than seven had been introduced into one patent. He believed
that when the sebjeet was fairly
me.tt they would find the mea:.
honed that no advantage would bo taken from b s .:ot having
gone further into details.—(Scat, hear.) He had 'in one or
t .6 occasions been thrown overboard beenuse lie had not pro-
nerly gone into the ca e_—(A hugh).--but teis was one that
would speak fir itself, and therefore he hoped there would be
no opposition to the motion he made, which was to facilitate
the object of the Reform Bill. In conclusion, he would simply
move for u return of all fees and expenses charged on letter
patent of denization, and also for a return of the greatest num-
ber of persons included in one patent.
Mr. MACKINNON had been requested by the Hon. and
Gallant Memher to second the motion. He had no objection
to do so, although he would be like a small tender following in
the wake of aline of battle ship. He did so, because he hoped-
it would clear up a point not generally understood in the
country with regard to the franchise under the Reform Bill
and he wished to ask the Law Officers of the Crown how the
law stood on this point. In the first place; be was not aware
reigner should not have a vote for a borough..
tllii‘e-idual,.‘ev(hethere
that there was anything in the Hamm Bill which stated a fo-
was nothing in tint Bill which said
and paid
anin
rates and taxe,-
,an individual wh
cupie.l a tenement of 10/. a-
thoayseene•eleahrtedPaurlpia.mbyetni:ti
That was the first point
Gentleman opposite. The next question he
Hon. and Learned
slice4id not have a vote fhoer Members
and who w )(-)
elaialehrde rst
o
was placed on the list by
the
CBa'rrister, on the ground aosf rlilii;
jeered to before the Revising ,
bandi did not lie oz
being a foreigner, the onus p. o.
wished to ask was, whether in
ituhieche%aysaerdoefn
dthat the Ho . the person
•objection, lie believe n. and Gallant
snaking the
his argument on this, that by the 7th Anne,
M ember rested
foreigners in this • -
c. 5, all individuals, Protestant country, it
k the oaths and the sacrament were naturalborn subjects ,
they to°
His Bon. Friend -riend hail •
in the army should have the sates privileges as natural born '
subjects;
nil, as he conferred he was not very well informed
on the subject, len requested the Hon. ant Learned Gentleman 1
opposite :mots be good enough to give him his ideas on the
sub;;,et without a fee.—(Laughter.)
The ATTORNEY-GENtRAL would feel much pleasure
is giving the best answer he could to the several questions that
had been put to him. In the first place, it had been asked
what alteration had been made by the Reform Bill respecting;
the rights of Aliens? He answered—none at all,—( Hear. )
The law, in their case, had always remained the same, and
an alien had no right to vote any more than to have a seat in Par-
liament. The next question was on whom did the onus probwidi
he supposing an objection had been made after the overseer had
returinel the party as duly qualified, and having pate his rates
ea d, taxes ? Most clearly the objector was the person nine;
whom the onus rested. It was to be presumed that a Berson so
returned was a British born subject, until the contrary was
proved. The third question administered to him was if h.,
the r-gistry was conclusive, and whethe "
being placed on ~
r the
returning officer eould in such a case refuse his vote? A/0 t
unquest•onably not. If the objection had been taken before''''.
the reeisiug barrister it might have been good. but unless
petition was presented against the return he doubted h
any authority except that of a Committee of the w ether
House of C
toons could entertain the objection and strike him off the lull,
seat respect to the returns moved for by the non. and Cal_
hat Member, he had not the slightest objection• --
V -
returns be produced, anti if -the fees ,letWer i'ms'-'
too exerbiiant, let them them be reduced. With. !. found
Mr. Sebright, it was admitted that he vies an alien, respect to
case, therefore. the Revising Barristerhad done , and it.a his
what
Was right.
Mr. Sebright had voted when he was not it •
i Tiossesaton of the