The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-07 00:00:00

NEW WRIT

On the motion of Col. TAYLOR, a now writ was ordered
to issue for the election of a member for Aberdeenshire.
CHURCH RATES.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice
that to-morrow he should move for leave to introduce a
bill for the abolition of compulsory church rates.
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THE REFORM BILL.
The right hon. gentleman also gave notice that to-
morrow he should move for certain returns in relation to
the boroughs it was proposed practically to disfranchise.
CHELTENHAM ELECTION.
The report of this election committee was brought up ;
it reported that Mr. Schreider was duly elected.
ITALY AND AUSTRIA.
Mr. Alderman SALOMONS asked the Under Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs if he could give the
house any iialpriaaatiat wa the present untoward aspect of

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continental affairs, an 3 if her MI tjesty's Government had,
either by itself or in accord with :France), made any friendly
offers to the Governments of :ttaly and Austria, with a
view of soothing existing differencts and averting from
Europe the threatened calamities o war ?
Mr. LAYARD said he much reg t•etted he could not give
any satisfactory information or sat isfactory assurance with
respect to the aspect of affairs on the continent. It was
well known to Austria, Italy, at .d Prussia that her Ma-
jesty's Government were perfect] y willing to interpose if
the good offices of the Governor rut were applied for. It
would be satisfactory to enter int :o negotiation; but very
undesirable for this country to er iter into the matter alone.
He thought the kouse would stga•ee with him that it was
undesirable for 'him to enter in tc► any further detail in the
matter.

WHITSUNTIE,I; RECESS.
In reply to an HON. AtElf
szit
The CHANCELLOR of th. :3 EXCHEQUER said the
usual emirs() would be followed. viz., the house would at its
rising on Friday adjourn until. the Thursday following.
THE DEER .Y DAY.
An HON. MEMBER asko d whether it was intended
to adjourn over the Derby ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said such an
arrangement was effected by y rivate arrangement.

THE REDISTRIBTIO:g OF SEATS BILL.
Tho CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, moving for
leave to bring in a bill for the redistribution of seets, said
in doing so ho should have to divide the matter under three
distinct heads, viz., first, thet edistribution of the seats pro-
per; secondly, as to the provit ions to be made with respect to
boundaries of Parliamentar y boroughs ; and thirdly, the
precedence of the bills whicl i had caused so much anxiety
in that house and in the co entry. In the years 1854, '59,
and '6O the matter of redistributing seats had been dealt
with not by extinguishing s mall boroughs but by limiting
the representation of those !shoes. Corruption, he regretted
to say, was not confined to, small but to large constituen-
cies, embracing 10,000 to 20„000 persons : there the bane of
corruption was found unfortunately to exist; therefore the
smaller constituencies were not to be entirely and totally
condemned. He could not; therefore come to the conclu-
sion that all small boroughr should be extinguished, but
what he proposed to the house was to take, on the ground
that there were now certain large communities not repre-
sented in Parliament as that justice demanded, and that
arrangement could be most equitably met by a restriction
being put to representation of small boroughs. By the Re-
form Act of 1832 a great cheinge had been brought about,
and on the present occasion, in treating with a subject of a
redistribution of seats, those places in which corruption
,shhooraaol
Scotland
e:ositmeyel foundanetenoxodt to flourish, ought to be dealt with a firm.
and decisive hand. The Government, after consideration,
t
rts
to:
lc
atght
England,hboroughs,
Governmentshould
b bt
aat nnb ab-
solutely
resortantnhgdeu conclusion
extinguished,
Wales,
but
n groupingei tnt.hh.placemethod,
ont ehob:f:ef
their electoral privileges.
such an arrangement he could not but think would purify
By the Government proposal
the number of seats
be 49, and these haPdre
proposed to be given by the bill would
member from every boeoeun
ouesh effected,
b orfirst,oug
borough
y taking
returned
town
oe
'll
where the population was
under 8,000 ; of course, where
8,000 would
borough eon-
mtaeiemiebgeras.pepTuhleistiewnonuelld
exgeiveoedie3sg
enie member, and
and all groups under 15,000 would return one be
grouped,
those with 20,000 would return two members.
group he believed would be about 10,e00v0e,
21,000. The Government proposed to
English counties, and in the new arrangement seatsev to
county, except one, having a population of 160,000, wouldy
have the privilege of sending three members to Parlia-
ment. We also propose to give a third member to Liver-
pool, Manchester, Birmingham, and Leeds. To Salford
we propose giving an additional member. (Hear,
hear.) We propose to divide the Tower Hamlets
into two divisions, each division having the privilege
of sending two members to Parliament. They did not pro-
2aen.d.of tTthhheeehliegwheasstt
pro-
pose to middle with the number of members returned for
Middlesex, but they proposed separating Chelsea and
Kensington from it, and to make those two places one
borough, with the privilege of sending two members to
Parliament. They also proposed to give a member
to six municipal boroughs at present unrepresented—
viz., Burnley, Staleybridge, Gravesend, Hartlepool, Mid-
dleborough, and Dewsbury. Another new proposal was
to give a member to the University of London. (Hear,
hear.) The house, he believed, was very much
disinclined to increase its numbers—(hear, hear)—
and as he thought that Scotland had a fair
claim for increased representation they proposed that tne
remaining seven seats should be given to that country,
as follows : —Ayr and Lanark, Glasgow and Edinburgh,
would each receive an additional member, and Dundee
would for the future return two members, and the remain-
ing seat would be given to the Scotch university. (Rear.)
With respect to the representation of Ireland and Wales no
alteration was proposed. The right bon. gentleman then
proceeded to refer to the electoral boundaries, and then
went on to point out how the two bills should proceed in
in that house. The Government were quite open to con-
sider the proposal to merge the two bills in one ; but the
Government felt that it was of the highest importance that
both bills should now be discussed and settled. It might
be said that the usual length of the session would not ad-
mit of the despatch of the two bills ; but it was quite open
to the house to go on until August, and then to adjourn
until October, and then resume their labours. (Hear.) If
the house should think it wise to merge the two bills into
one, then no prorogation ;would .be advised until the
bill for the amendment of the franchise and the redistri-
bution of seats bad been disposed of. (Hear, hear.)
Tho Government were anxious, under any circumstance;
that the year should not be lost, and therefore the two
bills must be disposed of before their business could be
said to have ended for the year.
Mr. DISRAELI rose and objected to the arrangement of
the right hon. gentleman.

ELEFT SPEAKING.]

Railway and other Companies.

NORTHERN OF BUENOS AYRES.
A special general meeting of this company was
held on Friday at the London Tavern to consider
the position of the company; Mr. Haines in the chair

A long, angry, and somewhat personal discussion
ensued, in the course of which
Mr. LEVERSON contended that Mr. Haine was
not duly qualified at the time he was elected a di-
rector of the company, and that therefore he was
not duly elected a director. He moved resolutions
to the effect that the election of Mr. Haim be not
confirmed, and that Dr. Callum, another director,
be requested to resign.
Mr. MURRRY, the contractor, brought forward a
series of charges against the board. He stated that
persons in the employment of the company had
opened an office outside the company's stations in
Buenos Ayres, where they soli tickets at 33 per
cent. less than the prices charged by the company,
and were thus competing with the company. lie
complained that charges had been made against the
company for useless surveys. The extension was
made to the Tigra River at a place where the depth
of water was not sufficient to admit large vessels to
come alongside. Four of the company's second-
class carriages, which cost a great deal of
emet:enttaehyrye,
Bwwere
ge
aowaggons,
Company,
almostmw
ph
aid
nee destroyed ro otmhy
some
rd
trucks te onconvertm y h.
a d
The
hbt them ee a
tinton leen s t timber
had involved the company in law costs to the extent
of £2,000. He said that, in his opinion, everything
had been done to make the company a losing concern.
Mr. LEVERSON moved the appointment of a com-
mittee of investigation.
Mr. HARTRIDGE proposed that the directors be
called upon to resign, and, at an adjourned meet-
ing, that the shareholders elect three directors, with
power to increase the number to five.

The CHAIRMAN said when the new directors came
into office the first thing they did was to appoint a
committee to examine the proceedings of the old
directors, and it was found that the line had
been badly made. The contractor had
had been
paid largely on acdxcipotueunßrnetes,ha,asndextleleeedenegdiutheeerrehcaed been
iptbn£2,ooo.
was
s decided,o the late
amid secretary
noise and con-
fusion,not
removed. The traffic receipts line odfurtihneg line did
the last five
months
pay n itthss wt
hoerkei
xnpge
ne
services
dispensed
that the meeting be adjourned
ria'whneiytislit e.r
Eventu
till the 17th
inst. on the understanding that
then be reconstructed. the board should

GREAT EASTERN.
This company will open to-day (Monday) a new
goods station contiguous to the docks at Ipswich.
The directors have appointed Mr. R. Moseley (who
has been about 20 years in the service of the com-
pany) general manager of the entire system. They
have also secured the services,
many years chief accountant to the Midland Rail-
way Company. °UM. S. S‘varbrick,

GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA.
The traffic receiptsOn this company's lines for the
week ending April 14 amounted,again sfotrilo2cB3salssefnorgenthe,
£7,039, for foreign passengers to £3,073,-for mails,
&c., to /976, for local freight and live stock t o
£17,304, and for foreign freight and live stock to
£l,2B7—total, £29,679 ;
corresponding week in 1865, showing an increase of
£1,328. The total receipts from the Ist January
to the above date amounted .to 162,856, and for
the same period last year to £349,853, showing an
increase of £0,003.