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Conservative Deputations to the Chancellor
of the Exchequer.

(From the Observer.)
On Saturday the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, received at his official resi-
dence, Downing-street, deputations from the Consti-
tutional Associations of Manchester and other towns
in the sonthern division of the county of Lancashire,
who desired to express their sympathy with, and to
offer support to, her Majesty's Government in the
present crisis with respect to the Reform question.
The deputations were introduced by the lion.
Algernon Egerton, M.P., and were headed by Mr.
C. Turner, M.P., Colonel Gray, M.P., Mr. Ecker-
sley, M.P., Sir Thomas Hesketh, M.P., Colonel
Wilson Patten, M.P., and the Hon. William
Egerton, M.P. The deputation represented, as
was stated, not only the Conservatives as a body,
but also the working men of Manchester, Liverpool,
Salford, Rochdale, Oldham, Preston, Stockport,
Bolton, Ashton-under-Lyne, Blackburne, Newton-
le-Willows, Pemberton, Mossley, Eccles, Hapurbey,
Levenshulme, &c.
The Chancellor of the Eiclieqtierlieceived the
deputations, which consisted Of about 100 persons,
at 1 o'clock.
The Hon. ALGERNON EGEnTosst, -M.P., intro-
duced the deputations, and in doing so said—lt is
my duty to introduce to you a large and influential
deputation of gentlemen from the south of Lanca-
shire, who think that the present crisis is a good
opportunity to offer their support and sympathy to
her Majesty's Government. In order that you may
understand what the association is which they re-
present, perhaps you will allow me to read you a
few extracts from the terms of its constitution.
The hon. gentleman then went on to state that the
object of the association was to counteract by all
lawful means the action of agitation and all undue
influence upon the subject of Parliamentary Re-
form. At the time this association was started there
were meetings held in London and other parts of
the country, which they thought were brought
together for the purpose of bringing an un-
due influence to bear upon the House of Com-
mons. The association cordially supported such mea-
sures of Reform as, while preserving the present
Constitution of the country, shall admit to the
privilege of the franchise all who from their industry
and intelligence had entitled themselves to it.
These were tLe objects of the association. He need
not say more, but would call upon those gentlemen
in succession who had been appointed to address
themselves to the subject.
Mr. W. ANTROBUS, of Manchester, barrister, was
first introduced, and observed that he was justified
in assuring the right hon. gentleman that this depu-
tation or deputations represented, in his opinion, the
majority of the people of South Lancashire. Al-
though it might be true that many of them repre-
sented the Constitutional Association of Manchester,
there were before him the representatives of other
associations, who, he had the fullest belief, repre-
sented not only the working classes but the majority
of the people. (Bear.) With regard to the forma-
tion of these associations, they had sprung up spon-
taneously from the working claSses of Manchester
and the other places, in order to show that there was
a strong antagonism to the views which had been
propounded by the Reform League and the Na-
tional Reform Union, which it was felt did not
fairly represent the opinions and the feelings of the
working classes. The object of their visit there
that day was, on the part of the majority of the
people of South Lancashire, to express their entire
confidence in her Majesty's Government in the
measure they had introduced into Parliament for
reform in the representation of the people. They
felt that the Government had undertaken the ques-
tion of the settlement of reform in a spirit of con-
ciliation, so that Parliament, being relieved from
this vexed question, might engage in the general
business of useful legislation. They believed that,
so anxious were her Majesty's Government for a
settlement of the question of reform, it was not the
•monetnte.nt waitedw lo threw
Thei
deputation
from in s
South
te whay
Lancashire
of such
shGea tedtvl eejnm
upon any members of the Go-
' vernment before to make their feelings known,
because they had feared
that
it
might have
been lohonk e (In 0 n
upons
ti tut o n ls dictation,
party
in Southbut e
they
Lan-
cashire)
(.t
understood that th Chancellor of the eb
Ex-
chequer and other members of her Majesty's Go-
vernment had received a deputation
from another
party, they felt it their duty also to ask for an
interview to express their dissent from those views
which the other party had undertaken
to declare
was what they were pleased to ca • ll the
opinion of
the country at large. (Oh, oh !) The deputation
before the right hon. gentleman did
notpretend to
represent the feelings of the country at large, but
they did represent the feelings and opinion in this
matter of the majority of the people of South Lan-
cashire, and they had no hesitation in saying and
declaring that, so far as the southern division of
Lancashire was concerned, the opinions promul-
gated by the Reform League were entirely at
variance with those which were held there. (Hear,
hear.) One of the most important subjects upon
which it appeared pressure was being attempted to
be put upon the Government was the ratepaying
clauses, and to avoid the right to be placed on the
register to be contingent on personal payment.
They contended that as a protection no person
ought to be permitted to be entitled to vote unless
he personally paid the rate. (Hear, hear.) The
speaker then proceeded to contend that compound
householders did not pay their full share of taxa-
tion, while those who were rated did, and, there-
fore, that they looked upon the point of personal
rating with a registration of two years as the safe-
guard in the event of the extension of the franchise
to those who had hitherto been excluded from it,
and they viewed this as well as those proposals which

had been called fancy franchises, as being calculated

to prevent the preponderance of one class over
another : whereas, if the concessions were made to

the full extent demanded by those who were Oa-
- - -

mouring for Reform, the effect would be to place
power in the hands of those, by au overwhelming
majority, who were comparatively non-taxpayers
over those who were really and truly the taxpayers
of the country. What they had to ask was that the

Government would remain rirm in not assenting to
any measure of Reform being passed in which care
was not taken that the real taxpayers were not left

in a minority. (Applause.)
Mr. EDGE (Bolton) said he appeared there as a
representative of one of the largest centres or popu-
lation in Lancashire, and, as the right hon. gentle-
man might no doubt have already perceived, they
were not parties of extreme opinion. (Hear, hear.)
He belieYed he was fully and fairly expressing the