The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-17 00:00:00

CONTINUANCE BILL.

The house went into committee on this bill, returning
the
candidate consideration
of the travelling expenses of the voter.ideration of clause 1 relative to the payment by
the
A lengthened di•icussion ensued, in which the argu•
merits urged yesterday were again repeated.
Mr. K. HUGESSEN suggested the following pro-
viso :—Provided always, that such payments shall not
exeed one shilling per mile to every such voter for any
distance less than ten miles, and sixpence per mile for
every additional mile : Provided also, that if the dis-
til:lee to be travelled by any snoh voter exceed ten
miles, and there be available railway accommodation,
tho payments for travelling expenses shall not exceed
the maximum rate of fare chargeable on such railway
for such distance.
Mr. WALPOLE repea'ed what he said yesterday,
that he was ready to incorprate in his bill the proviso
of o,:e hoe. member for the Tower Hainle's (Mr. Ayr-
ton). Tee candidates might pay for conveyances,
but that no money should pass between the candidates
and the votero.
The committee divided upon Mr. Ayrtnn's proviso :
For the proviso
Against it., 39
Majority —lo6
Mr. ATIITOX'S proviso thus became the origiaal reso-
lution, and had to be put again from the chair. The
question of its adoption led to another division, when
the numbers were—
For the resolution
Against it....
Majority

. 133
58
~ ---75

The resolution was thus carried.
On the molion of Mr. WALPOLE, the following
proviso was added :—"Provided always that a full,
true, and particular account of all such payments, signed
by the cacdidate or his agents, shall be delivered to the
election auditor, with the' names and addresses of the
'Persons- to_whons-earrh, payments have been made, and
the amount of Such account shall be included in the
general account of the expenses incurred at any election,
to be made out and kept by such election anditor."
Mr. OSIORNE said there appeared considerable
doubt on the nature of a vete. One gentleman looked
upon it as a right, another regasded it as a privilege,
a third viewed it as a trust. For his own part, he looked
upon it as a perquisite. (Laughter.) He thought that
candidates should not be called upon to pay anything
out of their own pockets f)r elections, and he should
therefore move as an addition to the clause that the
candidate should be reimbursed for his expenses out of
the county, city, or borough niter as the case might be,
on which the voter's name appeared on the register.
Sir J. GRA.IIA.iI considered that this clause would
convert the bill into a taxing measure—that it would be
a money bill, and that it could not be put.
Mr. FITZROY decided that it only provided for ex-
penses out of local rates, and therefore was not a taxing

clause.
Mr. OSBORNE having withdrawn his amendment,
it became the duty of the chairman to put the question
that clause 1, as amended, stand part of the bill.
The committee divided—
For the clause .......................... . 125
Against it ................................. 68
Majority ...........................
—57
The clause w4s agreed to.
On clause 2,
Mr. WALPOLE proposed that no election auditor
for any single election should receive more than 201. in
i;es and commissions.
The clause, with this proviso, was agreed to.
Clauses 3 and 4 were agreed to, and the bill passed
through committee.
Mr. EGERTON., for Mr. MACAULAY, moved the
addition of the following clause :—" For better securing
to returning officers the expenses incurred by them in
aking polls at elections, be it enacted, That the persons
proposing any candidate shall be jointly liable with such
candidate for the payment by him to the returning offi-
cer of an equal share of the said expenses."
The committee divided. The numbers were—

For the clause
Against It
Majority --110
The clause was added to the bill.
The house resumed, the other orders were disposed of,
and the house suspended its sittings at 4 o'clock.
The house resumed at 6 o'clock.
THE PRAYAR-BOOK.
Lord 0, HA.MILION, Comptroller of the liousfhPid,