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have thrown to the winds; nor to what fell from Eirl Grey,
when he iniroflueed the Ref rni Bill; and be would only I
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whole Bill, aro nothing but the Bill.—(Hear.) Al-
though he would not (as he dad said) read the Noble i
Lord's (Lord John Russell':) speech, he would
just state that the Noble Lord said every man undee our
constitution was considered to be represented in the
House of Commons, that he was considered to have
a share in the election of those who made
laws affecting his life and property ; and,
therefore, he recommended a reform, certainly
not to the extent he (Mr. Hume) wished to go, but the
principle argued by the rule laid down went to show that
what he proposed was right. There was one view in
a bieh he thought the question ought to be sub-
mitted to the House—viz , that things were not
remaining stationary, and that materials were
being collected which must explode unless some timely
remedy was adopted. The population of the country in
round numbers numbered about twenty millions ; there
were three millions of adults ; and yet the Lumber of
eh ctors only amounted to 126,000. Eut of the eight
millions of the people of Ireland there were only
40,000 electors. From the returns of 1836, it appeared
there were only one elector to 51 male adults; and since
then the population had increased, and the relative num-
bers might now be taken at one elector to ten adults.
The increase was not in the agricultural but in the ma-
nufaeturing districts, where the people were, from their
intelligence, more capable of exercising the franchise.
In no disturbance that had taken place had the working
classes of this country shown any disposition to plunder
the property of their superiors; they had innumerable
examples to the country; and would the House refuse
to those men, what had been given to the
very Lazzarini of Italy ? 'What did the
inequality consist in? He had made a comparison be-
tween the great and small constituencies. Belied taken
16 boroughs containing a population of 2,917,000, being
one-half of the whole borough population of England.
Those 16 boroughs returned 32 members. He wished
the House to compare them with 23 small boroughs, where
there were only 1000900 inhabitants, and yet they
returned as many Members as that immense population
in the former 16 boroughs.—(Hear, hear.) Now, could
any man say that was a fair participation in the elective
franchise to which all were entitled by the Con-
stitution?—(Hear, bear.) He aske 1 a lair partici-
pation not as a favour, but as a constitutional right.
Would any man place himself in the situation
of any one of those who were deprived of those rights
and see how he would act, if he was compelled to re-
main in that situation. What were the consequences of
the struggle ? Why the Chartists ; and they even took
the alarm.—(Laughter.) Was it not time to put an
end to that state of things. He found there were 85
different kinds of qualification for the electors of this
country, from potwallopers to ten pounders Did not
that lead to enormous expense, trouble, delay, and
complexity beyond anything that could be conceived ?
330 out of the 658 Members of which the House con-
sisted represented 3,127,000, and 238 23,817,000. The
larger number for the majority showed that on the aver-
age each Member represented,9,soo electors, and that each
of the minority represented 70,000 voters. Now this
was called the people's House. Many men were so
brazen-faced as to contend that it really was what it was
styled.—(Laughter.) The aristocracy had or.e House of
their own, and he saw no reason why they should possess
that House also. Under the present system they, how-
ever, possessed that House also.—(Hear. hear,) Was it
likely, when they put so many out of their doors—
only admitting one out of every eight, that either
property or the Crown could continue to be
respected. Of what class did these consist of whom
they excluded. Many of the aristocracy favoured
the establishment of baths, washhouses, and
lodging-lhouses, but he found that they were
the very persons who ould admit them
within the portals of the constitution, and raise them in
ihe;eecial scale. Give them their rights and they would
work out their cwn redemption. The Honourable
Member then referred to a speech delivered
by Lord Ashley on the presentation of
prizes for essays on the Sabbath, in which he
much complimented the ability and morality of the
working classes. Yet that Noble Lord would
not Live the people theme rights which would
enable them to accomplish all this for themselves, be-
cause it would enable them to direct and feel an interest
in the welfare of the country, elevating them, therefore,
in the social

CLEFT SPEAKING.]

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

WHITEHALL, JUNE 4, 1849.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, granting the dignity of a
Marquis of the said United Kingdom to James Andrew
Earl of Dalhousie, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most
Noble Order of the Thistle, Governor-General of India,
and the heirs male of his body, lawfully begotten, by
the name, style, and title of Marquis of Dalhousie, of
Dalhousie Castle, in the county of Edinburgh, and of
the Punjaub.

The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters
patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting the dig-
nity of a Viscount of the said United Kingdom to Lieut.
General Hugh Baron Gough, Knight Grand Cross of the
Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and General and
Commander•in-Chief of her Majesty's forces i❑ the East
Indies, and to the heirs male of his body, lawfully be-
gotten, by the name, style, and title of Viscount
Gough, of Goojerat, of the Punjaub, and of the city of
Limerick.