Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-10-20
J. a. WHirEsIDE. Esq.
FOR EasEN.
(from the ~ \. JJWrnat IF Commcrcc)
sENEN DAYS I.ArER EROM EUROPl


By the packet ship England, Capt. Chosy. we have
London papers Sept 9TH and Liverpool to the o both
inclusive.
The contest between the two Houses of Parliament,
ptownu out of the Municipal Corporation Bill, was still
vrning with fair prospect "i speedy adjustment.
Parliament was expected To DC pror"Suec III 'tic eo'e
of two or three days. . ,
The Cholera was raging in several OF the principal
cities of Italy, Genoa Florence Lrghorn and one or two
others are mentioned Al Genoa, to the 18th August,
there had been lJ5S and :Ho deaths Eight ply.
sicans of that city and the celebrated PAGhHi%i had
been among its victims The usual utumna reviews OF
Austrian troops in Lombardy not TO take place this
year in consequence IF tic presence Of The scpurgc
In Ar;ers the ravages ofthc disease still greater
Eir!h hundred and fifty had already died in the military
hospitals and the whole luss Of the colony up to the I'D
Aur. amounted 10 l2Il.
One Of the IS prisoners who escaped from ST. Tclagic,
Dclaguis by name, re-laken in Paris August 3lsL
A London paper of Sept. 3ri says, The American
Charge dAtilirs (Mr. Nals) visit to Paris was on
duloIatc mission from his Government, there not Gc-
pr at present an American Envoy. since MIR. Livings
tons departure, at the Tuilcres. Mr. Vail. on his de-
par,urc from Dover for London received the salute as
Ambassador.
An order has been issued by the French Government,
withdrawing the authority previously granted for dsnls
sing the soldiers of the classes Of l52o and 1872 as well
as that allowing six months leave OF absence to Officers
This is said to be in consequence OF some rather equvo
cal movements the part of the Northern powers
L1yEKrooL Sept. administers and the House OF
Commons have amply justified the confidence rrpoAd
in them by the friends OF efGcua and temperate reform
tie alterations made by the House OF Lords in the Mu
n;cpa Reform BILL That great measure has been re-
turned to the Upper House, after having been mareIy
considered by the representatives OF the people, ana II
has gone ba ck if not quite good measure as 1t was
when first prnposcd still one of the most valuable plans
OF improvement proposed effected, in the present age
in the institutions OF the country 1t has gone back te
in spirit it came from Ministers, but so Jud
cioIsy modified in all essential points, that the
Lords have found it impossible to reject 1t, without IN
cting injury on the people and an insult on
their own friends in the Lower House, who have wisely
assened TIC bill in its rc-amended orm and especial
y on Sir Robert Peel, the ablest of their party who
had done himself the highest honor by the frank ana
manly support which he given to most of the leading
principles of the They have, indeed, made
two alterations in the re.amcndcd BILL both of consdcra
bic Importance, neither of them us6able, and which it
is doubtful whether Ministers and the House OF Com
will ought to assent to, but they have yielded
much, and wc therefore: do not despair Of amcabie
arrangement, or of I us"iul aud popular measure.
The conduct of Lord john Russell and his colleagues
in this alir is worthy of universal admiration. They
have succeeded in cecng what appeared almost an i'm
possibility, namely, in preserving the most valuable
parts of the BILL and the rrconclIng the more reasona
bic tories To the measure. The bill still the
payers Of the affected by it the election of their
municipal governors, still puts an end for ever to
the exclusive sysem still enables them to elect the
members of the municipal body from the Of
the rate .paycrs and still complete response
bity in the governors to the governed Yet this bill
went back to the Lords supported by Sir Robert Peel
House of Commons, and the Lords compelled
either pass it, insult their friends and ruin their
party.
The two principles which Ministers have acted
have been retain every thing to secure free
and pure municipal government and TO sacrifice every
thing not essential to that object They have it true
made some considerable sacrifices, Ind have even sur
rendered some points which their friends would very
gladly have maintained, but they have made sa-
CRITICS. which will prevent the inhabitants of this and all
other corporate towns choosing their own Governors
and choosing them from the only class likely 20
ccre their utrages-namely those who in oleraby
easy circumstances and able afford the time
~ tor discharging their duties with effect.
The most important points Of the bill are the nature of
the franchse-the composition of the Council-thc qua
LITIGATION for the Office of Councillor and the frequency
of elections If the bill should pass in its re-amendcd
form, the franchise will be vested in all inhabitants who
have paid rates for three years-the Council will be
posed Of persons elected by the ratepavers or chosen
by the Common Councils all persons possessing
property Of the value Of fl000 in large and E5O0 in
small towns paying rates assessment of EDO
per in large and els in small towns will be eli
gble Councillors, and will be elected for more
than six years, three fourhs of the Councillors being
elected for not more than three.
The clause compelling the sale of the presentation of
Corporation vings, appears TO us TO be of the best
III the bill These lvings have produced all manner of
obbing and favortism have covered The Corporations
with oboquy-and hold out temptations too strong foE