The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-20 00:00:00

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Mr. W. PAYNE then proceeded to move, pur-
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extend the right of. voting at elections for members
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Parliament
of Parliament in England and Wales." In sup-
port of the motion, the non. member, after allud-
ing to the importance of the subject, said he
thought the Court ought to give its support to the
people of England in their endeavour to obtain the
measure that was now before Parliament, and he at
the same time said that it was quite clear that the
time had arrived when there must be an extension
of the franchise. He reminded the Court that the
Corporation of London had always stood forward
in defence of the freedom and the rights of the
people, and he urged that it was their duty to
render their assistance to the passing of the bill
that was at present before Parliament for extend-
ing the franchise.
Mr. T. WEBBER seconded the motion, and said he
was old enough to remember the prognostications of
mischief and evil made by those who opposed the
former measure. They had, however, all seen the
great benefits that were derived from it, and although
in his opinion the present measure did not go far
enough, still he would support it as an instalment
of good and a step in the right direction. (Oh, oh.)
Mr. FnicKEn opposed the motion, principally on
the ground that this Court was going out of its
proper sphere in adopting such a proceeding. (Oh,
oh.) He admitted that the extension of the fran-
chise would be a boon to the people, but he argued
that the manner in which the Government had in-
troduced this measure did not entitle them to their
support. (Hear.) The Government refused to tell
the public the whole of their scheme, and asked to
be trusted, while they themselves would not put any
trust in the people. (Hear, hear.) What the hon.
mover had said about the people of England re-
minded him a-auother-celebrated triumvirate in
Tooley-street--'(a laugh)—and he denied that it
could be truly stated that the people of England
were favourable to the measure that was now pro-
posed by the Government. On the contrary, he be-
lieved that, if the fact could be ascertained, three-
fourths of the people were opposed to it. (Cries of
" No, no.") At all events, he said, it appeared to
him that a municipal body like this Court were not
called upon to go out of their way to support a poli-
tical object, and he should therefore move, as au
amendment to the motion, " the previous question."
(Hear, hear.)
Mr.
_Deputy.De JERSEY seconded the amendment,
also principally upon the ground that the Court
ought not to interfere in a question that was purely
' of a political character, and that a municipal body
like the Corporation of London was not justi-
fied in lending its support to any political party.
He said that such a proceeding might have been
justified in the olden time, when every corpo-
ration was either Whig or Tory, and openly
avowed political objects ; but since the passing of
the Municipal Corporations Act there had been an
entire change effected ; and he expressed his opi-
nion that the Corporation of London could not
adopt any course that was likely to be more dan-
gerous than to interfere with politics and show a
political bias. (Hear, hear.)
Dr. SAUNDERS also supported the amendment,
and denied that the measure now before Parliament
had been called for by the people, and said that it
appeared to him that it had merely been brought
forward as a question of expediency in connection
with the name of Russell. (Cries of " Hear, hear,"
and " No, no.") He did not belitve that there was
the least desire fur such, a measure at the time it
was brought forward, and the people had been
" galvanised" into a belief that they required it at
'the present time. (A laugh.)
Mr. E. D. ROGERS supported the motion.
Mr. J. RICHARDSON also supported it ; and he
expressed his surprise that Deputy De Jersey, the
"lion" of the Court, as he described •
him amid the
laughter of the members, should have given utter-
ance to the expressions he had done respecting this
important question. He earnestly called upon the
Court to carry the motion, and thereby show the
other corporations of the kingdom that the Corpo-
ration of London were still, as they had ever shown
themselves, the supporters of liberty. (Hear.)
After a lengthened discussion, in whichAlderm_ an
J. C. Lawrence and Deputy Fry supported the
motion, and Mr. Rowe, Deputy Elliott,
andan Mr.
Rudkin opposed it, the question was upon
d to be--
a division taking place there appeare
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For the motion ........
Against it .................... .
Majority in favour of the motion —27
Dr. SAtrirDEßs then moved another amendment,
to the effect that no steps should be taken with re-
ference to the petition until a full and
complete
measure of Reform had been submitted to Parlia-
ment.
This amendment was also negatived upon a divi-
sion, and it was then referred to the Law and Par-
liamentary Committee to take
the necessary steps
For the presentation
of the petition to Parliament.
The Court shortly afterwards adjourned.

A HIGHLAND GUARD OF HONOUR TO THE QUEEN.
—The Earl of Dunmore, who is proprietor of the
island of Harris, and over manifests a warm interest in the
natives, with whom he spends a good deal of his time an-
nually, has just completed a rather novel scheme in dreEs-
lug out a company, numbering 100, of the most sturdy and
stalwart of the islanders there, in a somewhat unique cos-
tume. His lordship's design is to proceed with the com-
pany, of which he is the captain-commandant, to Balmoral,
in order to form a guard of honour to her Majesty when
there in summer. None of the men are under fire feet eight
inches. .

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