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beruii. Peak" decided upon giving the preference to Mr. 1 ple was injurious to the franchise, or could in any degree bes 1
. 11r. Dian , interfered with by the House. The Hon. Member for War- +
elite,' i --AELI said, that his name had been intro- ' wickshire had deneunced this system of creating votes, and yet,
erievanee;° the . discussion as an interested reviver of old at Old Bond-street or at Willis's Rooms, he had assisted in
similar kind
The allegations in the debate were of a ' passing a resolution by which the protectionists declared that
hire by the 'T., to that which had been preferred against they would fight the Anti-Corn-law League with their own
his (1/.. eenourable Member for Bath. In the course of weapons ; and this he did while making a speech for doing
he ii`. d
._ , Disraeli's) observations the other night, things which he was prepared to say the League had never
leek for him
some remarks which it was not worth done at all. The Hon. Member for Knaresboiough, with his
usual indiscretion, had made an erroneous statement with re-
elueeg a now to refer to. These remarks had
bright, reply from the Hon. Member for Durham (Mr, ference to the West Riding of Yorkshire; and he could tell
eiotswhieh went to show that the difference which had the Hon. Member, if he would go to the proper officers who
ese of 7,_ existed between the Right Hon. Gentleman at the looked after the registration in the West Riding for both
(Als, coi;':;nen"overnment and the Hon. Member for Stockport parties, he would find that, in the very last year, the monopo-
Iteg to ) had been perfectly made up. But lie would lists made a larger number of objections to free traders than
w Parliam remind the Howe, that immediately before the meeting the free traders did to the monopolists. That he stated as a
ineatie_
eo ePtf that Hon. Member had stated that no commu- fact. Why, he had often been brought himself from Scot-
non.v6en eild possibly take place between him and the Right Land and Northumberland to maintain his vote, and
sill t eman at the head of the Ministry. Now be must he was . confident a better vote could not be
ties, offurtherbeg to remind the House that when these allege- found in the borough of Rochdale. The Right
tbat he _reviving old grievances had been alleged against him, Hon. Baronet some ten years ago, recommended the protec-
cmir_
of the
used the terms applied to him in the legitimate tionists to fight the battle in the registration courts, and they
rojeZm he debate, and he would beg to say that lie had re- knew from the exclamation of the Honourable Member fur
lait7eseneene Right Hon. Gentleman in a very crowded House Shrewsbury, of " How we did register?" the manner in which
log he'eln ,ith at no explanation, at least sufficiently satisfactory, the protectionists did follow that advice. They knew how the
sir ,„ Given to the Hon. Member for Stockport. protectionists subscribed their money for the purpose, and he
tge, alt•to
read the words which he used three years
toned thate was not ashamed to admit that they were subscribing money
repeated, that if on that occasion any one had inti- for the same object. He had heard that as many as five votes
troui, ,
av the reparation he then made was not sufficient, he had been made out of one holding. Why, he knew a case
eeigZanti_e at once taken the opportunity of making a fuller where, on the estate of a Noble Duke in Scotland, as many as
111 r, tir• nineteen votes had been made for one place in that country.
to ELLIS .. ELLIS hoped that a Committee would be app9inted Now, this was nothing, so long as Gentlemen on the oppisite
Ilia ~ e into the existing system of objecting to voters. He had benches were prepared to act upon the principles of the Regis-
ieTist year been objected to, although he had enjoyed the tration Act. But now the tables were turned—their game
eord7,the passing of the Reform Bill. was up—they were no I onger strong—they were now a broken
et' "rnPellll ND°N thought it was absurd that a man should party. The principle which they formerly advocated had now
,retrethisel to be at his house at a certain time every year to turned against them, and now they were desirous of obtaining
i;°'estieati franchise. He had no doubt that the result of an another form. .He would tell them that they had simply adopted
the same principle, and that they would make use of all the forms
411 the ia,,,un on the subject would lead to the greatest benefits
which the House allowed them, with the view of carrying the
Air. CAsregulating the registration of voters.—( Hear. )
abolition of the corn-laws. The Anti-Corn-law League had
°I the WSON said he rose to congratulate the Frst Lord
tee, Treasury for his maintainin the same o inion that ev- made up their minds—they had decided on this point, and they
la ;,e. which be had maintained on the eveninoPrevioue. And were determined to carry the matter through the agency of
,e(irs'ePLd, istbat on other occasions he would pursue the- same honest elections. He thought that the system of votes, being
`°hear eries of " Question, question.") He was very glad objected to, was one as likely to answer the purpose one
the Anti. the Right Hon.' Baronet had no connexion with party as the ether. They had nothing to gain by untruth.
,ting iii'"rnelaw League. - But, from what they had seen, Public opinion was in their favour, and the question simply
gee mene course of the session it was quite excusable that the was, whether they should proceed in the course which they had
Ste
eo iher for Warwick should have believed that lie had adopted, or whether they should forbear ? Hon. Gentlemen
Zirtigie,:rife,irlion with that body ; for, when they saw him would quite understand his views, but he might say this, that
the law which Gentlemen on the opposite side of the House ad-
T alitg ward measures proposed by the League. it was
Q - cult t arrive vocated, was is good as buried.—(C.heers.) .
1, Quell cult 0 at any other conclusion— of
had no 10n )- But when the Right Hon. Baronet stated that he Mr. S. O'BRIEN was exceedingly grieved to see the
Nee bo,'oonexion whatsoever with the League, why, they heavenly serenity of the. Member for Durham disturbed. Now
tt ireuiriutnd to believe him. At the same time, he considered he must beg to remind the House that the point which that
%fain ""e been more satisfactory to the House that these Hon. Gentleman had mooted, although it was very forcible,
'Which ir,'s shoeld not have been served in the wholesale manner had no /elation to the matter in debate; the great question was
h5.1i,1t
..ed been detailed to the House. If the Government as to how far the 40s. freeholders had had riot been made use
itawl4:7.luced se me measure for meting down the Anti-Corn- of as mere instruments. N.ow. he could. say that the allege-
tr'sfer 1 6—( Hear hear)—and if they had not given way to tion had been that large associations, with large funds at their
ease :, e believed giving way was the only method to in- command, had Interfered greatly with the elections in several
Rains its
wou'd have been more likely to have parts of the country, and he begged to remind the Hon. Mem-
;:hiel h,,lg sueport--(taughter)—and that of the body with ber for Liskeard (Mr. C. Buller) that the Hon. Member for
Ha] fax had asserted that two parties had interfered in his dis-
Y Ain, ".. acted—( Hear, hear, and cheering)—than they were
, kr. ling their present course trict with large sums of money, and had considerably affected
l•eaßit, ROTHERTON thought that the Anti-Corn-law those elections. He ventured to assert that in no case had a
single vote been objected to by the Conservative party, except
Pilesitensught to be very much obliged to the Hon. Members
by persons residing in the district in which the vote was ob-
4Os I°' the great notice they had taken of their exertions,
ihet eere was . taiAnl
4 egentl a period when they were thought nothing of by
r..E. ELLICE., jun., said, that in the district which he
Dieu at „, emelt —(Laughter.) In his own borough there had
represented, an association of country ge n tl ern ex! had been formed,
'at it sade time 700 votes oected to and he was of opinion
which was called the Conservative Registration Association ;
law Le
been done in many other faces for the purpose of
uts Q2ll' the county members. He thought the Anti-Corn- and that association having failed in the county, they turned
their energies arid their money towards the borough which he
Pot d Rue had done much ood, and if that League was not
139h,°('hn„ibyt,apn immediate repeal of the corn-law;—:(cries of represented, in order to destroy the liberal party. If a vote
were objected to in Scotland by a wealthy person, it would cost
th'e to the )they would still go on and cause much more annoy-
him from 101. to 207. to keep that vote on the register.. Now,
~ ought t,_ o Hon. Gentlemen who now opposed them. He
however, that they were all agreed,
.t.he sooner. some measure,
,ight, r :at the Right Hon. Baronet had shown great fore-
calculated to restrain such illegalities was introduced, the
;al teZ he saw how it was that the Anti-Corn-law League
"ee be down, and he adopted a liberal policy in accord- better it would be for the interests. of the country.
Mr. BORTHWICK considered that this was a question
lers pith his views. He could assure the House that many
which demanded investigation, and the question for the House
!ielt,, ts In the eountr • were purchasing houses to enable them"-
'tete.° vote for those candidates who would represent their to inquire into was, whether ;certain acts, so uncon-
stitutional as to be utterly subversive of all law,
'tote3-ess-t It was quite a mistake of ehe Hon. Gentleman to
had been perpetrated by a. body calling itself the Anti-Corn-
`errelarreat the quarter-of-a-million fund raised by the Anti-
law League.. He should like to know if the Hon,. Member
;11'4 pee , League was spent for the purpose of purchasing votes
had ever assisted an honest elector in the purchase of his vote.
the
th plc thernselve- were fast qualifying. for. the elections, and
If he were to leave the electoral body alone, without interfering
,trille Zrilrot it unfair' to' think of interfering with those votes, for
with his half million of money, he would do much better. But
hone en who had a right to vote ought not to be oected
IL Gentlemen on the other side of the House. —( Hear.) the Hon. Member said, " Oh, I shall assist them with my
ler thl,ed the money if they are favourable to my views, and will go with me
people would go on and strengthen themselves
A., elections to forward them." He hoped the Noble Lord the Member for
ri,_" pErta •
said it . London, who was so eminently known as the originator of the.
fe. me AND
Reform Bill, would not be against putting a stop to such a
',',rice Ther for Warwickshire was objecting to the inter-
system of, interference. with the franchise.
F',insg with the bad votes. What his Hon. Friend com-
Mr. 0 CONNELL—One word, Sir—one word for Ireland
eceile °` was the system of objecting to good votes. He
—( Hear, hear.) I understand that the grievance complained
C'l,,i4etead"re the House that his (Mr. Ferrand's) vote had been
of is that notices are served upon voters, informing them that
*Lieu, t 0 for four years successively. The only means by
!ireigere could put a stop to this system of annoyance was by they are to be objected to at the registration. Now, if this is
`;air unties to the parties that he would bring an action a grievance. with you, I shall show how far greater is our cause
of complaint in Ireland. In that country the elector
.'aglie "cm to recover the costs. He believed that if the
neap
_"„ere allowed to go on they would soon he able to had to travel. many miles. to have his name placed
Alayo„e;l1 the bond fide voters of England, and thus return on the registry. In this country the complaint is
Zesteu s Who would not duly represent the interests of their that notices are served on the electors, stating the nature of
Y this
,moles, for the majority of voters would be destroyed the objections to their claiming to be placed upon the registry.
. mr.
iv,nolesale system of forgery and perjury. Now, in Ireland no such notice is served at all, and in the
kepi, '°X MAULS said that the question seemed to be a county which I represent—a county with a population of over
to eestrcle—it was that of the endeavour of a powerful body seven hundred thousand—the electors are obliged to travel.
the °Ygood votes. It would be found that this had been fifty miles to have their names placed on the registry ; and till
sir system,. of tactics pursued in the registration courts they got there they know not what objections they have to
the number of years. Honourable Members, however, on meet. Now, if the elector did not take that trouble, tie would
trie°Pliosite side, had never supported an inuiry into this not be able to vote at all.
I)iseh their hut so long as they found that the shoe did not An Hos. MEMBER (on'the protection side of the House)—
hit() feet themade no efforts to support that inquiry Is that annually
ir,,,, the subject •; but now the e
bvter borne to their own doors League having brought the Mr. O'CONNELL—No, it is not annually ; and that is
1;4 rejoiced that the inquiry they complained very loudly. another grievance
.with. us. I state these things to show that
°Ded that the
L ,
inquiries was about to be established, and he if you think the objections stated. here this evening are to be
gone into, we have the first claim upon you.—( Hear, hear. )
LLent brit also to Ireland and Scotland ; and that the Govern- But this is only one of the lighter grievances of Ireland, and I
eri,t,woldd, in consequence of that inquiry, bring in a Bill to shall now, Sir, content myself with having stated that the
• 'tray this grievance. grievance on our part is far heavier.
Mr. MONCKTON MILNES hoped that Ireland would
14.;Y::, PACKE stated, that in the count which he re-
larioted, there had been no less that I objectionssoomade, not be forgotten, and considered that it would be highly im•
proper., if. the Right Hon. Baronet permitted the evil to be
%i,,,,,-,.lng himself, but in consequence of' the determined re-'
Itr,_'e of his constituents, no more than five names had been remedied in England and not in Ireland. He begged to pro-
m', off the list. test against the assumption of his Hon. Friend the Member
It r, e• BULLER did not see the necessity of any inqUiry. for Liskeard (Mr. C. Buller), that there was a greater guilt
Theyshc.._,lear that they had arrived at a stage beyond that of inquiry. upon that subject on that side of the House that upon his.
.11,,,i,..Q arrived at a state in which the evil was confessed, and If the landlords of England were to follow the example of the
aear,ee ex reseed to adopt any practicable remedy.—(Hear, League, and set themselves to partitioning out their estates
an s
v en.,,. Ide did not know whether it would be proper to move into small votes, they. would have beaten the League out of
i'r Veva 49ment to the motion of the Right Hon. Member the field. He was rejoiced to see that they had not entered
`o pr Niekshire ; but he confessed that he should be inclined
1 rite Ps° that leave be given to the Noble Member to bring in
.'e ills`,ne,which he stated he had in his pocket.—( Cheers.)
"' nilr
,P.WDEGATE was understood to say that he had not
tilt ,t 1 his possession.
ith' 1* e. CULLER instances .
, ~,,• i LLER said there were no doubt in
.irz,,k.sge 4pr.iries by Committees of that House were necessary
iii reeees had occurred
of Legislation, but it was equally true that intoth.essuu.mchoafn unworthy conflict.—( Hear, hear.) If the large
sum obtained by the League was devoted to the purpose of
giving to the farmers of England an opportunity of voting with
the League, he considered; that it would be a great waste of
money. It would be difficult to impress upon his mind that
25,0001.
A MEMBER on the opposition side stated thatit wa5250,0001.
Mr. M. MILNES proceeded to state lie meant half-a-mil-
„,_ ~, nad occurred of inquiries having been instituted for lion—or rather he should say a quarter of a million—that.. this
Tea'ee,,l)°se of preventing Legislation.—( Cheers.) On that sum should be spent, solely for the purpose of facilitating votes.
He could not believe that the 2,000 voters lately added to the
the
.',, however, the evil complained of was stated to exist by
.1`°!), f;,,h,e! of the House.—(Cheers.) The extent to which West Riding of Yorkshire, had obtained their votes with their
-I.,,tii v-D" peen carried had often been referred to in that House own money ;it was a fact which he could not believe. He
eltalis;ar to year, and Bills had been brought in by Noble trusted that they would proceed by Legislation upon this matter,
'it a ,t'' on that (the' opposition) side of the House, in order to and he thought that the petition of the Hon. Member for
t,405eg51),, to those practices, but they had been invariably Staffordshire would tend to delay the measure.
il'ell qInY Hon. Members on'the other side of the House, as Lord JOHN
.RUSSELL said that many years ago, he had
at 1„ eve the gangway as below it.—( Hear and laughter.) introduced a Bill, in which he provided, what he thought
!Nes-a was now glad to find that those above and below the would be a remedy against this evil—whether that remedy
`4 ,Y, as well as the Government, took a different course, were proper or not, he would not at present discuss. The
,t h 5 the arguments which they had made use of.— measure which he proposed was, that the voter who had been
'e. • ) Now he advised them to have no more recrimina- twice before the Court—his name' should be for the future
re ChThe Practice had been much in vogue from the time of
retained upon the list without any further trouble, except there
1-4)1.0.101es-street League down to the origin of the Anti- should be some circumstances tending to disqualify him as
Itth,,,a". League. Now as they were convinced of the ex- a voter. 'That was the remedy which he proposed.
L'aell -,l,°f the bad. practices referred to, let them emulate He confessed that it did seem to him to make no difference
'ca:;"er, and endeavour to put an end to them—(Cheers)-- whether votes were created at the augge.tion of the Anti-Corn-
: te,„ 'Gtoh,ey were reprehensible to parties in that House and law League or by any other body, and when Hon. Gentlemen
say, " W. e must inquire into the practice were carried on. by
?eld ,1. ernment of the country. He believed that they
the Anti-Corn-law League, but we will leave it to flourish if
;',ll tli,"l'd in a Bill, which had been introduced by the Noble
adopted by parties who have other ends in view then the repeal
eetif-- Alember for' the City of London, various means for
IDJ,„Yhtarlg all • • - —..t with the of the.crn- .
olaw."—(Cheers.) If an investigation m was ne.
• • • - ..

aa
eatio . these evils, which however did not meet with ti .
ja'°At tee 4of the House; but as it was now the practice to sary it should not be made into the proceedings of one party
a d,i,i se measures, he trusted the House would reconsider but into the proceedings of all—in short, it should be
lailard` Zies and pass it.—( Cheers. ) general as suggested, by the Hon. Member for Liskeard (Mr.
. aa that the
perfectly agreed with the Hon. Mem• C. Buller). The Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for
era;; question before the House was above party coo- Bute had alluded to the creation of fictitious votes, but he (Lord
ir relaa, s it affected their honour as well as the interest, of John Russell) did not know when the practice was so much
ens aatra at large. He agreed with the Noble Member for carried on as in Scotland, and he must have heard of instances
itapes'aotaffordshire that the way in which the votes of quali- in which votes were created in that country in the way re-
s°tltita_nos were objected to was exceedingly reprehensible, ferred to. The Hon. Gentleman the Vice-President of the Boars'
;an of ~a ted the parties to considerable awns\ epee. In that of Trade must be aware that many elections had been carried by
A:t4ctite"° countr which he (Lord Ingestre 5, represented the such votes which were possessed by parties without property.
a_ejaati,as carried to a wholesale extent. They were there- He ( Lord John Russell) hoped, therefore, that when remedies
',Pt° used in calling the Government to take steps to put a were applied that they would be general, and not applied to
kat the evil,
le Ilene by introducing a measure to protect the con- the proceedings of any body of men, but'to the proceedings of
eteregiY, that those who had a right to have their names on all.--( Hear, hear.) Then, with regara to those voters who
'^b,lit e,biter might not be wantonly objected to. were encouraged by the Anti-Corn-law League to purchase
't..-1t ;,:-•• Wool) and said he had but a few remarks to freeholds in order that they might possess votes. The Hon.
i'de Tt.tl'e subjecroseltstruek him that he had a good deal Member for Bath stated that instances had occurred in York-
eet°44lte-na"the atrestt.meing of Yorkshire far many years, and shire of working men having votes without possessing any pro-
perty. If this were so he considered it a fraud; but, on the
:At, taitn u uered perfectly well a notice being delivered to a gen-
ssetooe °wit Member of that House ,c that he would be other ham', whet e men . having saved 50/. or 60t, by their
..,e;t,ta,
Protectionist
vote for a certain can:lidate. An lion. Gentleman industry chose, at the instance of tke Anti-Corn-law League or
anyhow.), else, to lay it out in the purchase:of freehold land, and
al 4 utectienist side of the House said, " wnen ?" He
:leas awry " when"—but he thought it did not signify when, to receive the rents.sweldach it yielded, he said those votes were as
k td
to say so. All he could say was, that the gen- byother person. The Hon. Diem-
a" the es'. whom he alluded, who had received that notice was gboerodwaisiothhoasedpi?usssetssat
down any(ltl W Milnes) said that the
, r. W. .
, ;il ee.ouse, and he thought the Hon. Gentlemen opposite right of voting on account of the possession of a freehold
a Chetail ratter be a little cautious how they made statements. in the counties in England implied residence.
il e
an lard to the West Riding of Yorkshire, it was not proved thought this was not necessary—( Hear)—and the Right I on.
te Y improper see . sate
ofProper interference took place. but there were on Gentleman opposite would, no doubt, remember, that when
,ttaeed the question Practices adopted which had better be the Reform Bill was under discussion, the question was fully
vote, al-
, byaelleortra both parties. He thought it was a consideration discussed, and it was determined that a persons
resided
ael'ostem"Y the consideration of the House, that it was perfectly hough non-resident, should be as good as those who on
eekleist, e for an elector to use the franchise in an rode- the spot for which they claimed a vote, and he could not con-
' 'th . manner. A voter, unless he was connected sent to disfranchise persons on account of non-residence,
state, elle of
Its. heat the two parties, was utterly at a loss to —( Hear hear).
eatea
th he should proceed ; which was a practical grievance, Mr. MILNES explained that he merely said that in a eon-
-1 'ad "Id be as soon as possible, abolished, by securing stitutional sense, persons ought not to be eutitldd to vote, not
Ite ePeod '•
414 e enee in voting. Unless that system were adopted, that the law prevented them from doing so.
tree rear,lid say would be of no avail, and he was glad to find Mr. HUME said, during the last fe .v year 5,600 frivolous
eeelon of' of those who opposed an amendment in the regis- objections had been served in the county of Middlesex, but
ft,' lie be voters, *ere now alive to the real state of the facts, particularly in the borough of Marylebone. Although he had
attire belled that what had happened at Warrington would in occupied a house in it for the last twenty-five years,
,or a 144.eivented. he had been served with objections for the last three years,
s)DII3 lie RAND said that he would claim the indulgence It was always his misfortune that the measures which he pro-
eayome _ lase for a short time. When that Hon. Member posed to the House were at the time rejected, but he was
aitqa
.aaeasaid he remembered many years ago that a notice happy to say to be afterward: adopted.—('fear and laughter.)
tio{l'da.te" toe a gentleman, requesting him to vote for a certain It was no easy matter, however, to turn hies from his opinions,
set that' ,"0 ought to say that he was prompted to say so, and when he felt that they were correct, and that he was pursuing
eae° That `te. had remembered it. He (Mr. Ferrand) was a constitutional course. Now he contended that no man who
th:l3,llted?" Hon. Gentleman would not say that he was not was not a resident for at least twelve months should be en-
e'r a ["Yes, Ido "said Mr. Wood who sat down amidst titled to have a vote. lie ventured to recommend a change on
occasions in
leatehe ailleid.laughter.l 'lt was true. that' he (Mr. Ferrand) former . the.franchise, and suggested striking off
• alsj; °I thesi°n in which he resided was called upon, as chair- thirty or forty different kinds of franchise. however, those
ea,, eti00.... district committee to sign his name to papers of matters were not then attended to, but he hoped the time was
etarl epot-I ear, hear)—but he had even declared, when at length come when there was a dispositien felt on both sides
treekaa to do so, that he would net offer obstruction to to make the necessary changes. He was as anxious to create
tltelath. Seeking the franchise unless on fair and legitimate free-trade voters as the protectionists were to make votes on
ole tsbe lie did object to the vote of an Hon, Gentleman, their side. But he referred that they should be properly and
leat ' slid
aiee ad te he do so? Because that same gentleman honestly entitlFd top he franchise, and
.he hoped the Govern-
- his
?,Non -( tibial (Mr. Ferrand) for three years in ment would bring in a Bill, the necessity of which there was
Neiaierai.e"----` "ear, and a laugh. —and received for ample evidence of from what they had that night heard.
t.,, 1 his ; a beautiful silver teapot—Great laughter)—for He (Mr. flume) begged to be understood correctly. A very
tatisal'ion be :;tlr. Ferraua's) relative had subscribed. On that powerful body went through the country and caused the pro-
°is , 4,Rait a Me. Ferranti) declared that if the Hen. Gentle- curing of votes to
.a very large extent in various parts of the
44,1 Ntive 4ujected to his vote, he would object to the vote of kingdom, which might be justified on these grounds, that there
Ala the '—' (Re ' , i
foil se 051 . Renewed laughter. ) Now on these grounds, was a great object to be gained.—( Hear, hear.) They in-
. el
so h, a, did he object to the Hon. Gentleman ; and in fringed no law, but fairly and legitimately pursued the system of
sr;* STes. the°„ught he was perfectly justified.—( Laughter.) extending the franchise. Now that practise could be evened
traLele4lit 0 f ~-.4--j WOIIacLEY thought the House should not o. f fora good or a bad purpose; in the present case he believed
eves 2of "er branch of the subject, namely, the manu. it was good, and he therefore thought the best thing to be done
tit what, voters.sea In Manchester (as we understood) no less would be to simplify and extend the franchise, and then there
1 ',,0 it y ? wore adeed to the roll, the prevailing opinion would be no complaints that this man's vote was struck off
'hairi.salliarshire was that they were' fraudulent.' the roll uotairly, and that many were placed on by similar
"shtoa wee e' . could assure the Hon. and Learned Member means.—( Bear, hear. )
°l' as n bee a entirely mistaken when he supposed that Mr. Mr. A G'LIONBY said that. there was much time spent and
te oraeh. ny Part •
als ire . in signing objections in the West Riding many valuable hours wasted in recrimination on both sides,
was equally as much to blame
the en., azid,,atel with'reg;rd to freeholds, he could assure and he believed one party_.
7.1.. as tui-et 'menu,
istea„ Arial a Member with no less confidence, that as the other. He rose now for the purpose of saying that he
"IpR,," of entasaw League did not only not recommend the thought the only question for the House to consider was,
.:411,01-1,--nl.tl, the-Le-sabry this means, but through its lecturers and whether there would be. an. inquiry, or whether they would leave
Bill. He trusted thatevery
ei:r lei ', VVere
_au? had constantly informed the public that the Government to bring in the..
t e in
h 0 dear
ofnot just, and were really in defiance of every Member of the House was anxious to see such a measure ine-
aN re, ' degr„ representation. The Anti-Corn-law League mediately brought in • but he warned whoever should under-
weaelionsre!aectioned the erection of such votes, but they take that duty not to'bo tampering with the suffrage. They
lashati for `ale:l the poor man to save his money and to qualify must do much more than attempt to amend it—they must
Mothb ng a "tar in a bona fide manner, namely, by extend it; and if they did not largely do so, they would do
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48 thea Houses dent mount of property, and he defied any little good, and give no satisfaction to the country. He made
kilstitutio —even the warmest supporter of the those remarks now with the hope that at the proper time
na of the country—to say that such a princi. they would be attended to, and he thought the observations of