The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-01 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tms EVENING.
The SPEAKER took tho chair at 4 o'clock.
ELECTION PETITIONS.

The CLERK at the table auuouuced to the house that the
petitions presented against the last electioa for Taunton,
Shrewsbury, and York had been withdrawn.
It was also anhounc,ql that the judge had reported that
Mr. Hibbard had b,.en duly elect.3,l for Oldham, and Col.
Dickson for Dover.
ENDOWED SCHOOLS' BILL.

The SHERIFFS of LoNnoN presented a petition against
certain provisions in the endowed schools bill,
INDIAN FINANCE.

Mr. GRANT-DUFF, iu reply to Col. Sykes, said the
Secretary of State for India intended to take in band the
matters which had formerly occupi d the attention of Col.
Norman and Col. Broome.
TLIE NORWICH ELECTION.

The AT TORNEY-GEIN ERA L moved that the report
of Sir Samuel Martin, one of the judges selected forth° trial
of election petitions, w Mai stated hat corrupt practices did ho
extensively prevail at the last election that it. was abso-
lutely necessary that inquiry should take place in the
matters connected with the lute election in accordance
with the act passed in the Itith year of her Majesty's reign
for the suppression of bribery at elections. The hon. and
learned gentleman went at some length into the vari-
ous matters that took place at the last elec-
tion, and stated that at two o'clock on the day of election
the Conservative candidate, Sir Henry Stracy, was very
much behind the Liberal members, but that soon after
that hour numbers of electors were to be seen hanging
about the public-houses in the neighbourhood of the poll-
ing bouth. They were asked it they had voted, but they
said they did not intend to vote unless something was done,
and eventually a number of them received ss. to £1 each
from certain persons connected with the return of the Con-
servative candi.iate, Sir Henry Stracy. It appeared that
the bribery was done in a most systematic manner, and
the judge said it was most desirable to know where the
money so spent came from, and he (the Attorney-General)
thought that would be a most desirable thing to know.
(Hear, hear.) He did not desire to press unduly against
the men who took the bribe, but what he wished most par-
ticularly was to find out who was the really guilty party,
in the back ground—(hear, hear)—who supplied the
money—who was, in fact, the cause of the whole of this
extensive corruption that prevailed. He hoped the house
would agree to the motion asking for the address to her
Majesty to issue a commission to probe the whole of the
matters to the bottom. _

Mr. REED opposed the motion because the bribery
proved was not of a very extensive character. (Oh, oh.)
He had presented a petition that evening on the subject,
most extensively signed, and which prayed that 12,000 or
13,000 persons should not be disfranchised through the
venality of a few.
Mr. DALRYMPLE was in favour of the motion for the
address. He did not think that an inquiry into the cir-
cumstances at the late election would necessarily lead to
the disfranchisement of the town. He thought it was the
best thing that could be done, because it would lead to
Norwich being delivered from the stigma of corruption
that had so long clung to it.
Mr. HARDY thought the report of the judge ought to
be acted on—(hear, hear)—and he was also of opinion
that in every case where a judge so reported, the house
ought at once, and without discussion, accept the repre-
sentation of a judge, and agree to the address for a
commission. (Hear, hear.)
Sir W. RUSSELL said he did not believe that the
bribery that had been proved had been done with the
knowledge of Sir Henry Stracy ; on the contrary, it had
been committed by some over-zealous friends, and he did
hope that a great injustice would not be inflicted for the
wrong-doing of a few. (Hear, hear.)
The motion for the address was then agreed to.
VALUATION OF PROPERTY BILL.

The object of this bill was to enact that at the end of
every threo years at most a review should be made in all
parishes of the assessment of property subject to local
but then.

Mr HENLEY oljected to the motion for its snood re. 34-
ing, as it introduced a system perfectly novel to local taxa-
tion.

Mr. GOSCHEN, in reply to Mr. W. H. Smith and Mr.
Locke, said the agreeing to the second reading to-night
would not imply any agreement to the details of
the bill. He hoped that during the time that
would now elapse, in consequence of postponing
the consideration of the details, before the measure would
come before the house for further consideration, no undua
opposition would be made to the Government passing th•
bill during the pres€nt session.
The bill was then read a second time.

The Drainage and Improvement of Lands Bill and the
Inelosure of Lands Bill were read a third time and passed.
The House shortly afterwards adjourned.

BANK OF ENGLAND.

1869.

Tho following is the HOUSE LIST of GOVERNORS and
DIRECTORS of the Basic of ENGLAND for the year en-
suing, viz.:

GOVERNORS.

Robert Wigram Crttxv
George Lyall, Esq., Di
DIRE(
Henry Wollaston Blake,
EFq.
John William Ditch, Esq.
• Travers Buxton, Esq.
Arthur Edward Campbell,
Esq.
Mark Wilks Collet, Esq.
Henry Riwersdale Grenfell,
Esq.
Henry Bucks Gibbs, Esq.
John Saunders Gilliat, Esq.
Charles Hermann Goschon,
Esq.
Thomas Hankey• Esq.
Baron Heath. -
Kirkman Daniel Hodgson,
Esq.

70, d, Esq., Governor.
eputy-Governor.

;TORS.
Henry Lancolot Holland,
Esq.
John Gellibrand Hubbard,
Esq.
Tho::: as Newman Hunt, Esq.
Charles Frederick Huth, Esq.
Alfred Latham, Esq.
Thomas Masten/lan, Esq.
Alexander Matheson, Esq.
James Morris, Esq.
George Warda Norman, Esq,
Alfred Charles do Rothschild,

Esq.
Albert George Sandeman,
CliEsq.
Wigram. Esq.

The Election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will
be held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 13th April, and for
Directors on WodnPsday, the 14th April, from Eleve4
o'clock in the Forenoon till Four in. Vie Afternoon.