The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-19 00:00:00

his late colleagues were the men to pass this bill entirely
without compensations. But of the two compensations it
proposed—dual voting and personal payment of rates—the
first would not only bo utterly ineffective, but it was so
unpalatable that it had no chance of acceptance; and' the
second was certain to bo swept away by the verb first Par-
liament elected under it. By tracing the practical opel'a-
tion of the security, he showed that the cost to each
compound householder for getting his name on the Re-
gister would bo about ss. a year, and here he predicted
the corrupt machinery of the electioneering agents would
come in. lie showed, too, how unequally it would work
in the boroughs (98 in number) to which the Small Tene-
ments Act was only partially applied, and from all
this ho concluded that the security would be swept away
immediately, and household suffrage pure and simple would
be the result; and this, he maintained, after their conduct
last year, the ConserVative party ought not to be the per-
sons to pass. If the party accepted the bill they would be
committing political suicide, but he hoped the moderato
party on both sides would retain sufficient influence to
secure that, while skilled artisans were introduced into the
electoral body in fair numbers existing interests would
not bo subverted.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER made an
animated reply, attacking Mr. Gladstone for his inconsis-
tency, defending the accuracy of his figures, and asserting
that it was a calumny on the working man to assume that
he would resent the connexion of the constitutional obli-
gation to pay rates with the political privilege of voting
Replying to the observation of Lord Crauborne, he de-
clared with much emphasis that the Government would
never introduce household suffrage pure and simple, and
he urged the house not to listen to what he hinted was the
object of Mr. Gladstone's elaborately prepared speech—the
rejection of the bill before its second reading.

Leave was then given to bring in the bill, and it was
subsequently read a first time.
The Criminal Lunatics Bill passed through committee.
The Mutiny Bill was read a second time.
A long discussion on Mr. Leeman's Sale and Purchase of
Shares Bill detained the house until a late hour. A motion
by Mr. Gienfell to refer it to a select committee was nega-
tived without a division, but in committee motions to re-
port progress were renewed so frequently that Mr. Leeman
was compelled to give way, and fix the further progress of
the bill for Tuesday.

The house adjourned at 20 minutes past one o'clock.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

COLCHESTER-31Incit 16.

This market was poorly supplied with wheat, but busi-
ness was better, and the prices of last week advanced fully
I.s. per qr. Spring corn of all descriptions was limited in
sale at late rates.
Wheat, white 6'a 70s Beans, Masagan......3is 908
red 62s 678 Middle and small 41s 485
Barley .... l2s 568 Peas, white 38s 425
Oats grey ...36s i2B

NORTHAMP T ON—MARCH 16.
New white wheat, 58s to 655; new red, 46s to 64s ; old
white, 62s to 68s; old red, 61s to 66s per 36 stone. Barley
for malting, 42s to 51s per qr. ; grinding, 29s to 36s per 30
stone. Oats, old, 26s to 33s ; new, 238 to 32s per 24 stone.
Beans, old, 46s to 49s ; new, 42s to 45s per 38 stone. Peas,
38s to 42s per 36 stone.