The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-08 00:00:00

EDINBURGH.

In reply to Colonel VERNER,
Air. DISRAELI said he had not seen the paper to which
he referred, but he had no reason for believing that the
assassin of
THE the Duke of Edinburgh was insane.
SCOTCH REFORM BILL.

The House then went into committee on this bill.
On the motion that clause 6 stand part of the bill,
Mr. GRAHAM said it was a great injustice to Scotland
that the clause should be persisted in, but as opposition
was useless, he and his friends must content themselves
with entering their strongest protest against the clause,
looking to the new Parliament for a remedy.
The clause was then ordered to stand part of the bill.
The LORD-ADVOCATE then brought forward the
following clause to give the lodger franchise, in accord-
ance with the promise given to the hon. member for Kil-
marnock : —Every man shall, in and after the year one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, be entitled
to be registered as a voter, and, when registered, to
vote for a member or members to serve in Parliament for
a burgh, who is qualified as follows (that is to say): is of
full age and not subject to any legal incapacity ; and, as a
lodger, has occupied in the same burgh separately, and as sole
tenant for the 12 months preceding the last day of July in any
year the same lodgings, such lodgings being part of one and
the same dwelling-house, and of a clear yearly value, if
let unfurnished, of ten pounds or upwards; and has re-
sided in such lodgings during the twelve months imme-
diately preceding the last day of July, and has claimed to
be registered as a voter at the next ensuing registration
of voters.

Col. SYKES wished to know whether it was to be
understood that any person paying ten pounds rent and
not paying poor rates would not have a vote ?
The LORD ADVOCATE signified in the affirmative.
Mr. CRAWFORD said the clause would actuallly dis-
franchise a great many persons who now had the fran-
chise. _

The LORD ADVOCATE remarked that the franchise
in the bill under consideration was not a substitute for,
but an addition to, the franchise now in existence.
Mr. D. M'LAREN said the clause was a disenfran-
chising clause, and so he strongly opposed it.
The LORD ADVOCATE replied that those who at
present possessed the franchise would not be deprived of
it by the present clause.
Mr. MONUREIFF had great doubt, nowithstanding the
intention of the Lord-Advocate, whether the clause would
not lead to much difficulty.
Mr. BOUVERIE suggested that the best way to get out
of the difficulty was to negative the clause, and then on
the bringing up the report a declaratory clause could be
added, stating that all lodgers paying £lO per annum
shoat be entitled to vote.
An hon. member suggested that there was no need to
strike the clause out, as it could easily be altered to em-
brace the latter part of the suggestion of the hon. mem-
ber for Kilmarnock.
This was done, and the clause was ordered to stand
part of the bill.
A clause to make provision for claims by persons im-
properly and erroneous exempted from the payment of
poor rates was then considered and agreed to.
I LEFT SITTING.I

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