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Hon. Member (Mr. Litdeton)butthat promise formed no part
uf Oise Bill, which was calculated to disfranchise two hundred
thousand of our Irish fellow subjects; and even its proposed
eimentleciform, was to prevent one class of the people from the ex-
cise of their rights for ever.—(Hear !)—Dangerous alterations
were about to be made, and, in the first instance, it was but right
to reject them. 14 however, this bill were carried by a majo-
rity, he would not vexatiously oppose it, as Il on. Gents. might
say he had opposed other measures, although he did not think
the present lees dangerous or less mischievous than those which
he had formerly opposed. Every one admitted the value of the
elective franchise, and he asked was it right to alter or
abridge it without any evidence of its necessity ? All they
had yet heard was opinion and speculation from a few indivi-
duals, without a particle of that specific and minute evidence
which could alone justify so great an infraction of the rights
of the people. If frauds existed in the registry of votes let them
he remedied • if abuses prevailed, let them be remedied; but let
not useful and necessary popular rights be altogether abolished.
—He begged to ask the Hon. Member for Stafford, the relative
number of 51., 101., and 201., freeholders who were to have
the right of voting in the diferent counties, for it appeared
that each of these classes would be as much opposed to each
other as they were all opposed to the forty shilling freeholders.—
_Now, when the fortress of bigotry had been carried, anti the
-picked men of the garrison were ready to throw down their
arms, there was no occasion for any measure to carry the day.
Ile felt satisfied that the Hon. Members who had been con-
vcrted to the cause of Emancipation would not be affected by
any thing which occurred in another place, however exalted the
station of the individual ; and whether it appeared in the shape
a a promise or an obligation.
Mr. ABERCROMBIE rose amid loud cries of question.
Ile wished to state, that the vote which he gave was founded
on his own -observations on the state of Ireland, having long
thought that a measure like the present would be one of the
greatest boons to that country. He had not stated his opinion
before, because to entertain the question before the Emancipa-
tion was carried, would have been an act of jxtreme injustice.
As long as those who opposed the Emancipation kept the curse
in Ireland; lie would not deprive the Catholics of an of
power they possessed, however pernicious its influence might be
on the real interests of the country. By supporting the 'ilea-,
sure, the Irish landlords would be deprived of the means
of jobbing, which was hurtful to the public welfare and
discreditable to themselves. The system was ruinous to the in-
dependence of election, and as Mug as it continued, the
middling classes of society would be suppressed and ex-
chided from all share in elections. The middling class was
etrtainly small in number, but it was not less deserving of
encouragement ; and it was the duty of a wise and provident
Legiglature to give it their support. Every man who had been
in 'lreland knew that the elective franchise was the raw
material out of which all jobs were manufactured. The free-
holders exercised no free will ; they had no existence but
what they derived from the landlord. In the South of Ire-
land, the fact was notorious; for if the tenant was deprived of
his acre of land, he had no other means of subsistence. The
re4triction of the elective franchise would benefit flee election,
and be equally advantageous to the people and the Gentry.
Mr. LA.MBTON said, that notwithstanding the denuncia-
tions which the Hon. Member for Westminster had pronounced
against all who differed from him in opinion, he did not hesitate
to give a conscientious vote against the bill.--c Hear !)—He did
not believe that the forty shilling freeholders were the class of
beings which they had been reported to be. They were in pos-
session of a certain privilege, and although by the amended Bill
they were not disfranchised, still as their children lost the elec-
tive right, he would not vote for the diminution of a franchise,
which it had been the business of 'his life to extend. He did
not conceive that the Hon. Member for Staffordshire (Mr. *Lit-
tleton) had proposed the Bill ; it came from a different quarter
—a quarter in which he placed no confidence—
" Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes."
Mr. LITTLETON assurred the House, upon his honour,
that he was entirely a volunteer in the question. He requested
permission to introduce the Bill without the solicitation
of any one ; and although he asked the advice of other Gentle-
men on several of the points to which the Bill related, he alone
was responsible for it.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the Second Reading 233
Against it - - - 185
Majorir -—4 B
' The Bill was then ordered to be committed on Friday next.
The other Orders of the Day having been dispoied of, the
House Adjourned at a Quarter to THREE o'Clock.

From the LONDON GAZETTE, April Si.

Carlton House, April 20, 1825.

-The Si feilaS this aay pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood on Robert Mowbray, Esq. of Cockairny, County
• of Fife, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, and one of the De-
puty Lieutenants of the said County.

BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
Thomas Stoneham, Little Chelsea, brewer, from April 9 to
May 7.

BANKRUPTS.
R. Hancock', Avenbury, Herefordshire, baler in horses,
to surrender May 6, 10, June 7, at the Falcon, Bromyard.
Solicitors Messrs. Williams and White, Lincoln's-inn.
T. Wood, Bilston, Staffordshire, ironmonger, May 17, 18,
June 7, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Solicitor, Mr. Mon-
tague, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
G. Smith, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, victualler, May 10, 17,
June 7, at the George Inn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Solicitors,
Messrs. Bell and Brodrick, Bow Church-yard.
G. Sawyer, Wynyat-street, Goswell-street, dealer in lace,
April 30, May 7, June 7, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basing-
hall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Bennett, Tokenhouse.yard.
L. Gardie, Regent-street, Westminster, jeweller, May 3,
14, Jun $7, at the Bankrupts' Conrt, Basinghall-street. Soli-
citor, MT. Blacklow, Frith-street, Soho.
A. Stinc.hcomb, Oldbury-on-the-hill, Gloucestershire, malt-
ster, May 13, 14, June 7, at the White Lion Inn, Bath.
Solicitors, Messrs. Nethersoles and Barron, Essex-street,
Strand.
G. Wells, Oxford-street, trunk-maker, April '3O, May 7,
June 7, at the Bankrupts' Court, BasinghalLstreet. Solicitor,
Mr. Lindsay, St. Thomas's-street, Borough.