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London, England, 1828-06-28 00:00:00

relative to these boroughs came undo the coesidoration
of the Cabinet, and ttecanie of discussion
;here. This be regretied. nett pound having beet
Oven to a county. East itetford should have been gieh
o a town. The Nolsle hold concluded by expressing
his disposition to support the motion fora transfer of
the franchise either to a large manufaerating town. at
the motion of the Noble Lord kHooick, for the trans.
Ter of it to a riding of Yorkshire in reference to the
' extettslou of it-to thy:hundred
Lord NORM ANBV said he,Wildri support Ai* Tao;
tion.for the postponement of .the BilLfos-ibme-nolok
as he could not approve of thellillirifh 1 ate iltiregia-
Which. bad been introduced intro it since it was broupht,
forwatd. He regarded it as a iotellyilifefetit question,
prerenting itself 'under a new asPerot from who it had ,
at first been. In Poking to the extension of the franchise;
of the • Borough of East ltettord to *the a (yarns' RID;
dred, it was natural to consider what influence would tie'
used upon the franchise which was thus about In be: •
granted—(Hear).• After the Resolutions which had been:
moved by a Noble Lord (Lord J. Ruspell) in a Nosier
year, and to which, althostih they *ere wilharn"' • •
a general alma eves understood to be given, did
expect that the principle of enlarged reptesentatire,' •
would be mote lavistred than it had been. 74e.
changes which time had produced, • and the growing
necessity of extending tepresentation to large maul:
(*coning communities, were, not ':trended 'to. The,e• •
was an anxiety evinced of adhering to East Rettord,e4 •
Of converting the delinquent free'men into freeholders,
it seemed necessary with someldembeis that the tame. •
a East Retford should be preserved. It would, he be.
Hewed, puzzle the -Right Hon. Gentleman—indeed he
did not attempt to show What import it was to their.'.
tere.ts of N,ittingharnshite whether• the.•bergesses
nerved 201 a vote from one candidate who entailed te.
pay them, and did pay them, oio did not aeceiveit cleric
the other candidate who also promised, but did not pay.'
The Noble Lord stated that he would support the pt..'
position for giving up the Bill altogether, as it kat
changed its character.
Mt. HOBHOUSE said, that, as a Verliamenteryite.
formet, he regarded with great jealousy any wane
for Reform which was under the patronage Of Ole
Hon. Member for Hertfordshire (Mr. Calvett)—(Hist,
and a laugh). With respect to the East ltetf' rd Sire
itself, he could not forbear to narking, that such serious
consequences bad scarcely ever been produced by ee•
trifling a cause. A pair of eases, it had been "id,
cawed the'peaoe of Utrecht; and a..etrooked winder
eau •ed-the dosestfall of the Palatinate. Such +serene'
gr eat effects produced by such small causer ; and amnia
as thiffing'in the course taken tespecting the East Rai-
ford Bill bad purduced at important effects—d(Heat,
anti a laugh).-:-In the first ,placi, it had knocked af
the Bill itself ; rn the se4ond place, it knocked ep
Administration; and, an bad been stated by aniline'
Heather that evening, it had well nigh kneeled op.
Parliarisent—(Laughter]—for the House was told that
it had almost Jed to a dissolution. Such were thecae*
quakes .of which the dit,cussions and circumfusion
attendant upon this Bill had been productive. The
Right-Honourable Gentleman opposite was, aollll4ll,
doing what he conceived to be his duty by opposiagthe
amendment; be (Mr.. Hobhouo was doing what lie.
conceived to be his duty, by advising hisfloa.Faisides
persevere in the course which be had taken. As le
talking df the borough of East Retford being in anew,
culiarly bad state, it was difficult to understand lasi
One man could say that to another withcnt latighiogie
his face. They all knew what snit cf places most ba
Toughs were. It in the present instance the boroughs mei,.
uniehad without great good being done to the cowslip the proceeding would be received by the-public
general mockery and scorn. This, hoWeier, had, choilig
It recent discussion, been enforced in so masterly a mars
er by his Hoe. and Learned Fiiend, the. Member far
Knaresborough. who, on that occasion, bad outdone./
his former outdoings, that it was quite unnecessary for
him iHabhouse) to press upon the House %beeps-
ititattonal 'ssoonds upon which they ought to act. lie
kordially agreed with his Hon. and Learned Frig
that the franchise should be transferred to a.great town;
both because the great town to which it might be wow
ferted would benefit by the transfer, and beaten*
that proceeding an important public principle meeld
be established.
Mr.SLANEY said, that every prepossession is big
inia 'was in favour of the landed intereas.f
the belt view that he was able to take of thedseele
that would' be beneficial to that interest; he *siiref-
'elided: that it was highly desirable to transfer she
Elective Franchise, it's the premist. instance, ,to.a gem
town._ The prosperity of the landed interest was most,
intimately connected with the prosperity of the eon*
asocial interest in great towns.. tut tatter, it was well'
known,was.suffering great depression; and what bet,
ter chance could be afforded to it of recorferiog 1161,
that depression than by giving to- the rest tontine'
.ciall'tosine-the, means of being represented in dig'
The Honourable Gentleman here entesedinte
a variety of statements to show the extent of .the
'potation of the large unrepresented towns.; sad the
consequefit inexpedienty Of leaving them anrepsesented.
Mr. N. CAUIERT and Mr. fiLaniter mutiutily esplabsed.
Lord PALIkIERSTON'was not a friend to whet est
genei ally called Pat liamentaryßeform, and outhat very
account he was desirous that any occasion, such as the
present, should be laid hold of for the purpose of pt"
venting the. necessity of any such general emission.—
it cestainliwasa: striking 'absurdity, that such a Oa
as Birmingham or hlanchestet, with a large popal‘liolu
should be inieireirdted,lihile a green mound of sviti
sent two Members% th.t)lrnse—.(Hear, hear). WWI'
ever delinquency was proved. he would take soseuore
of that':fact, gradually to remedy thirezistog earful:
von. He onjected, however, to the principle cfthe BA!
as it stood. To open the f.anchise to the nergnboashood
was not a kind of transfer that lievaished foe. He stseld'
therefore vote for the amendment.
Mr. AIARSH A LL exPrewed himself facoutable so thtiotalik
of transferring the franchise, in a case of this kind, to a large.tows-
ifetegretted that the Hight Non. 'Gentleman, Mr. Becretan "417
seemed hostile io such a.proctice.•
Mr. &WWII'? Pk Si explained. Ne did not pkdire._
always to advocith the transfer oftbe franchise to the heihreua;
HeowaiCin hostile to the'principie of transfer to a larielowito
.of this be bad given proof by saying upon a former oewiliabg...
Would vote for transfkring the franchise of Peary* W
or
Mr. LUMLEY complained of the great delay which test """__
in this On Monday nest be should move that a Ilftit 60111"`
for the Election of two Members for the Borough d Bing
bir."PY NA said; that although he wasisot.by say ersego.w.-
poseti to get rid of Ibis Bill altogethet, stwit was impaggibb~te
get through the 'Bill the'present Session, he -shvglibt a gnat
vantage would result from suilsendhig the-proceeding ollgon'etr'
tioinnaing them in the next Seision of Parliament. Whenever WI
rof prominent corruption appeared, he should always mar
d that inihat ease' the oppoktanity should be taken -of red!!
in the fePregEntatiosk, Whenever the see was bad. sod_tere_nr
noinebabilitf that its, !rev would boatload trait. aFmm 1""
hiTarnir ;helot trita.kinted, its there wamiNg prshtrwK
of 'earryftig the ,measure- is the ;ingot Session,. We'
ti the &Minion.. • •
Lord EBRINGTONeuppooOd tfie principle of enikdbfablig ld
franehise to a large. town. lie mw no purpose k dome anstile,.::
give the right of voting to those who alreadtforkikrlib 'Pr
'Would voCefisr the Amendment. • •
Sir F. BLAKillirktiogbathe humbler abgla be IliwitibtaS
mem 'Popular rights to* not be mach tiger widdiehl

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