The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-19 00:00:00

usion.

Sir G. BOWYER expressed some doubt whether the
committee on the Scotch Reform Bill could proceed to dis-
franchise English boroughs, but the Speaker assured him
there was no difficulty in the matter.
The house then went into committee on the bill.
Clause 2 was omitted, and on clause 3 there was a long
and, in its results, a most important discussion.
Mr. BOUYERIE moved the omission of that section of
the clause which requires the payment of rates as a qualifi-
cation for a vote. It was oppo,ed by the Government
strenuously, but on a division it was carriel by a majority
of 22-118 to )6. On this

Mr. DISRAELI rose and, amid much cheering from the
Ministerial side, moved to report progress, to give the
Government an opportunity of considering the vote just
given, expressing at the same time a sense of disappoint-
ment that his desire to bring the bill to a Satisfactory ter-
mination had not been met with an adequate response.
Mr. BRIGHT, not opposing the motion, reminded Mr.
Disraeli that the large majority of Scotch members were
decidedly in favour of the amendment, and exhorted him,
having already abandoned one vital principle in the course
of the night, not to insist obstinately on the principle of

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rating.
Mr. B. COCHRANE expressed his warm approbation of
Mr. Disraeli's mode of meeting a' factious opposition,' and
declared it never would have been resorted to but fur Mr.
Disraeli's accession to office.
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Mr. BOUVEBIE reminded Mr. Disraeli—whose general
desire to moot the wishes of Scotch members ho cordially
recognised—that ho had been forewarned of their inten-
tion to insist on this amendment, and pointed out that the
bill introduced an innovation into the Scotch practice.
Mr. LIDDELL cordially approved the course taken by
the Government, and, strengthened by the events of the
evening, he repeated the opinion expressed by him some
ten days ago, that their present position could not be pro-
longed with credit to themselves or advantage to the
country.
Sir C. RUSSELL also warmly recommended the Go-
vernment to put an end to the present unsatisfactory con-
dition of affairs, but not by resignation. Now that the
house had arrived at the threshold of a dissolution, he
hoped the issue would no longer be shirked, for the coun-
try thoroughly understood that the question in dispute
was not the Irish Church, but a struggle for power.
Sir L. PALK held that the Government had now n o
longer a choice between resignation and immediate dis-
solution, but
Mr. GILPIN advised Mr. Disraeli to go on and endea-
vour to pass a good bill, for which he enjoyed greater
advantages than a Liberal Minister; and Mr. Moncreiff
repeated that the Scotch members were unanimously in
favour of the amendment, and that the Government had
full notice of it.
Sir JAMES FERGUSSON pointed out to the house
that the effect of the amendment was to establlsh house-
hold suffrage " pure and simple." After some observa-
tions from Sir P. O'Brien and Mr. Young, Mr. Ifeadla,ni
so elevated in the principle of rating as to justify
wound op the conversation by expressing a hope that Mr.
Disraeli would seo on consideration that there was no-
thing
him in refusing to go on with the bill on account of its
excision. The Chairman then left the chair, and the fur-
do
office
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fur-
ther consideration of the bill was fixed for Monday next.
The house went into Committee of Supply, and on the
discussion
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Fawcett moved to strike the salary (X 1,000) out of the
vote, but his motion was negatived without a division.
In the end the Chancellor of the Exchequer undertook
that a general inquiry should bo made into the salaries and
duties of all these officers.
Ten votes in Class 3—Law and Justice—were afterwards

agreed to.
Several bills were forwarded a stage, and the house ad-
ourned at a quarter to 1 o'clock.

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