The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-08 00:00:00

with whom lie acted, as well as to himself, to state that he
intended to propose disfranchise-ment to the extent of at
least 113 Members. The House, he presumed, could not
but appreciate the considerations which rendered it so
painful to him to wake these statements, unaccompanied
as they necessarily must be by the reasons upon which
they were founded, but the House must at the same time
see that it was co act of his, but arose altogether from the
conduct of the Noble Earl opposite. With respect to the
10/. qualifications, it would, he trusted, be in their Lord-
ships recollection, that he had on a recent occasion objected
to it, chiefly on account of its uniformity, and not because
it was popular. It was, he confessed, with the deepest re-
gret that he saw the plan of his Majesty's Ministers went
to exclude from direct representation all the poorer classes
of the community, and in the progress of the Bill it should
certainly form matter of serious consideration with them
whether they would not in many places continue
the more popular right of voting as it existed
at present, and as it bad existed from a remote anti-
quity. The great advantage of the ancient system was,
it secured representation to the wealthy, at the same time
that it gave some direct representation to the poorer classes,
while the present Bill went to disfranchise all the poorer
classes. There was another amendment which he intended
to propose, and which bad often already been mentioned
by some Noble Lords—it was, that no elector should enjoy
a right of voting for a county in respect of any balding of
Lis within the limits of a borough. He bad further to
add, With respect to the 101. qualification, that he should
not be prepared at that moment to recommend that it
theald be taken awly from any place; he should only go
the length of proposing the extension of the franchise, by
the establishment of the obi scot and lot right of voting
some places. He objected to the uniformity of the 101.
qaalincation, but beyond that he had no ot.jection.
The Duke al BUCKINGHANI said he could not quite
go along with his Noble Ft lend, with respect to the 101.
qualification.
Earl GREY said, that at that kour of the night he was
not disposed to enter into any discussion of the plan of the ,
Neb!e Baron opposite, but he could not help congratulating
him and the House upon the extension which be con-
templated of the measure of Reform which he bad so
often called revolutionary. He had now admitted the
principle of enfranchisement, disfranchisement, and a
greater extension of the right of suffrage than bad hitherto
been enjoyed, for he appeared not only willing to let the
101. qualification be retained by all those places to which
the Bill had originally given it, but he seemed also desirous
of extending to other places that which they had not en-
joyed before—which at least some of them had not en-
joyed before; namely, the scot and lot right of voting—on
that alteration of his sentiments he begged again to con-
gratulate the Noble Baron—(Loud cries of Hear,
hear)—and further to congratulate him upon the total
absence of all concert, as he and his Noble Friends
assured the House was the fact. It would seem,
as well as he could collect the plan of the Noble
Baron, that it was his intention to propose the extension
of schedule A, and to abolish B and D altogether. An-
nouncements of that nature would of themselves form suffi-
cient ground for the postponement of the Committee till
Thursday ; but apart from that, it was quite obvious that,
under present circumstances, they could not on the next
day proceed with the Committee. He therefore adhered to
his original proposition, and he trusted that the House
would agree with him in the propriety of it, namely, that
the further consideration of the Bill in Committee be post-
poned till Thursday next. As to the charge of delay
brought against him by the Noble Baron opposite, he
begged to assure him that he felt perfectly at ease on the
subject. He felt satisfied that, under all the circumstances,
there was no man who would not think himself fully justi-
fied in proposing a delay till the time he had stated.
After a few words from Lord ELDON, not heard below

the Bar,
The House resumed, and the further consideration of
the Bill in Committee was postponed till Thursday.
Their Lo.dlhips then aljourmd at Half-past Eleven till
to-morrow.