The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-25 00:00:00

amendment to clause 42 to prevent the owner of a copy-
hold or long leasehold house from having a vote for the
county in respect of a house occupied by himself, which
conferred upon him the borough franchise, a provision which is already zipplicabLo to freeholdc:,.
1832.

The amendment was agr,:ed
Sir R. PALMER, moved an amendlnect to
meaning of the term dwelling-houses.
Viscount CRANBORNE thought it was absolutely ne-
cessary that some definition of the term
was laid down,
because there was nothing in the bill, as it stood, to pre-
vent a person sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment call-
ing for a vote.
A long discussion ensued.
Mr. R. GURNEY suggested postponement.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCiIEQUER said it ap-
peared that it would be inexpedient to postpone the neater
as the subject was not now, and for the last two months
he had been in the constant receipt of definitions of the
term. It was ultimately agreed to withdraw the :intend-
ment of Sir R. Palmer, and add the following words to the
clause: Dwelling-house shrill include " any part of a liotto
occupied as a separate dwelling, and separately rated to
the relief of the poor."
The 31st clause was then taken into consideration. It
enumerated the names of the persons who should censti-
tutu the Boundary Commissioners, viz., Viscount Eversley,
ltusell Gurney, Sir F. Crossley, Sir J. Duckworth,
and John Walter, Esq.
On the motion that the clause be agreed to,
Mr. D. GRIFFITHS regretted that the name of Mr.
Bouverio had been omitted, and he thought it would be
much better if that gentleman was appointed instead of
the hon. baronet (Sir F. Crossley).
Mr. Sergeant GASELEE entered his protest against a
member of the House of Peers being selected to preside
over matters relating entirely to the House of Commons.
Mr. FOSTER asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to
give some better information relative to the powers of the
commissioners and the appointment of their secretary.
Mr. GLADSTONE did not think there was any unfair-
ness of selecting the noble lord, because the House of
Peers had a right to a share in the duties of Parliament.
Ho found no fault with the other members of the Commis-
sion having seats in the house, although he could not go
that length with respect to those not so situated, because
they would not be in a position to give information from
their seats in that house in the event of its being required.
He thought the appointment of secretary ought to rest
with the commissioners themselves.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said ho need
not refer further to the fact of a peer being elected to pre-
side over the commission, because, as had justly been •
observed, the House of Peers had some interest in
the composition of the house of Commons. With respect
to non-members of Parliament, they had been selected be--
cause they were supposed to be the ablest persons that
could be found. With respect to the members of that
house, they had been selected after the greatest conside-
ration. With respect to the appointment of secretary after
the commissioners had been appointed, they would be in
communication with the Government, and then the ap-
pointment of the secretary could be decided on, but no per-
son would be appointed that was not acceptable to the
commission.

The names proposed by the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer were then agreed to, and it was also agreed that three
of them should form a quorum.
The house was occupied in discussing various proposed
amendments to clause 31 for the purpose of defining the
duties of the Boundary Commissioners up to seven o'clock,
at which hour the sitting was suspended until nine o'clock.

LONDON GAZETTE.-THIS EVENING.