The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-03-14

the authentic declaration OF the peers Of that cay and
feel certain that their descendants Of the present day ms
oe proud Of the deed Of their and that they wiz
YET assist in carrying out the intentions Of their sncs
.ors ana yet take their seats In their places 70 Coge
green Amongst the other evils to which the Union gave
the representation q ireland in the Imperial
and the great deficiency BY the state q
fect because End that there s now Q dispssition -
concede upon the point They willing to 10
long has the injustice been allow ed 70 ex Let me can
your attention TO the following docume and IL speaks
trumpettongued of England's injustce:- -
"TInsr IMPORT rHAxcH,sy IN cou,r,r,
"The result OF the injustice done to the psoplc o, Irs
land by the restriction Of the elective franchise made
raj counties in England and the number Of registered
therein with the population and number OF regis
tered voters 10 the different rsh counties We take our
statement of numbers from the parliamentary papers and
by comparing the least popuious counties In England
with the most poPulous in LELAND sstmorelsnd and
Cork for instance-we fnd the following result n he
rural population of WestmorelaDd a. 4o4 and its nun
Der Of registered aer the reform act amounted 10
as in the conty Of ' Cork the population Is 7s ana
the number Of electors registered after the Irish reform
act only $3.50 being scarcely ons out Of every two
hundred OF the Inhabitants -
" We ask, therefore, is this 10 be endured
Here is Westmorcland with less than ose-foureeath
ry OF 57 registered voters Is this to be called reor
Again take the county of Bedford, with rural pspu
reform act $3.50, whilst Antrim with population
Of 36 9oe had only a4s7 regtered votersthst IT, Bed
ford had absolute majority Of near aO voters over
Antrim, notw outstanding the enormous dsproportiop in
the number Of its inhabitants v1b
HEREFORD, with population of % s77 inhabitants had
SOFA registered voters while Galw ~ with 1851 o6s inhs
bitants, had only s,o6i electors.
"Rutlandshire the smallest county h England, with
only 10 3a3 inhabitants had 296 voters while Lon ford
had only 2o4; absolutely two less ian Rutsndshire
"Again. Huntingdon with population of A. 77s inAs-
of $50 49, had only 44s voters; and Limerick one Of
the weahies counties in Ireland with opulent sgri-
cultural population Of ssol inhabitants had only 400
Nay even the Isle Of Wight with only 7sl inhaDi
tants had 1877 voters, while Mayo with a6 sas nhab
population Of $40 inhabitants had only lsl elec0rs
absolutely 10 voters less than the Isle Of Wight
30 sos inhabitants had i,is7 voters While Kidzrs With
los 42s inhabitants had only l.iH voteui end Kerry
with ash ias Inhabitants had only iel voters iust Is
voters less than the Angesea and six hess than the Isle Of
Wight. tAaaS l-ta~ :,
Even five compare the largest counties In both
inhabitants, and Cork with population Of 7o3 7is We
WI aad ~ a the English county had ssls4 electors,
while the Irish one had only 1886
1--WE find therefore that England in her rural pOpnla-
aSn Of ass coo nhobitsnt. had sset county voters,
tants, had only 6O.6U7 registered electors.
SECOND REPORT ON FRANCHISE cIrIxs AND rowwA
The consequence Of all these defects in the Irish
Of in English and Irish cities and hem
compared to the relative population great in the
counties. For find from the returns that amer
the reform act Exeter with population Of a. 032 inh abb
tants had a26 voters-Iull with IS TAG ants he'd
4275 eectorswhe Waterford. with population Of Q6
s2 inhabitants had only a7s electors being in the ratio
Again comparing the largest cities and boroughs in
Ireland with the smaller ones In England Ss find the
Worcester, with population Of a7,sls Inhabitants,
81, 564 inhabitants. has only 1850 electors.
Chester with only 81 800 nhabisnts has less than
23l voters while Belfast the wealthiest and most
mercia city in Ireland with 900 inhabitants had only
1875 electors
The city Of Cork with 10000 inhabitants. had only
$50 electors including the nonresident heemen While
Newcastc.upon Tyne, with population Of q 800 inha-
bitnnts had 1852 voters Preston, with population Of
80 III inhabitants had 20a cleo Of them more
than Cork which last city has than BILE the nu-
Der of inhabitants OF either of the other tw0 and Bristol
with lo4 aas Inhabitants not equal to the population Of
Cork has voters being three times the constituency
III" too we Compare the smaller boroughs in both conn
tries together find that those which barely
schedule A, with populations varying from 10 in
hsbsnts have electors than the boroughs ireland
retained by the Act Of Union, with from 10 10 IL in
habitants.
For example, wallingford, Launceston. wsreham,
Arundel have all under 5000 Inhabitants while the cleo
tors constituencies in all exceed 800 voters However
Athone and Bandon with over 10 O0O inhabitants in EACH
the voters 10 not exceed $50 md In many sthe such
Knsals, Coeraine, and New Ross the anbe Sonstit
ency falls far short oil 200 voters.
f also compare the metropolitan consti uenciss Of
both countries where equality in household value may
be expected will find TINT Dublin with population
Of 40 OoO inhabitants had only OIL voters including all
the bad lately manufactured by the Corporation
" lille the city Of London with population Of only 49,
600 inhabitants, had 1894 electors and only II so
Nothing can more clearly illustrate the disadv an,sges
under which the Irish cities iator with respect to the
ol household franchise than the comparison ofthe nun
Der Of houses of lO year clear value In London and
the number Of electors upon that qualification, with the
number Of similar houses in Dublin, and Of similar
electors
"These facts appears from parliamentary returns The
number Of 0l houses in the city Of London si3
Dublin the number Of houses Of i0i value according to
Sherrard's valuation amounted to ID l06, while the
London. there are more electors than isi
whereas in the city Of Dublin the aggregate of electors
does not to within onethird Of the number Of le
househslders"
WALLS coMpARID
"waes has population Of 500 ooo In Cork the rursl
sented Wales has twenty eight members Cork. with
nearly the same population. has but two.
Pies ss ns S
tive amounts Of the English, Scotch Welsh. and Irish
revenue in that year end there is no similar paper Of
later date that ! arc Of
The Irish revenue was e. ae2 ooo
The Welsh revenue was As e00
This Is the exhibition which the return makes Of what the
hon member considers the superior calth Of the prnc
paty OF Wales That principally in point Of fact falls
ton founded upon wealth have looked into the
OF the collected in the single port Of Cork, and
they that 81 the y % w ss There su
find that In year the customs Of Cork amounted to
fa6s oO and that in another the excise amounted to
view the collected in the pert Of Cork, and
their total f6s50 900. The receipts Of Wales only
f3AsOO0 Cork, then 10 entitled to more members than
the entire prime psty Of Wales these very grounds
on which Great Britain justhes her heming nume
rcal superiority in the House Of Commons II Wales
have not representation dproportonod to her wealth.
Cork ought to return ~ members to Parliament"
The honorable and learned gentleman having closed
his speech the Court adjourned to ten o'clock TO
morrow.
FAIR GAME Mrs. Polly M. Woodcock OF Low
ell has petiiioned TO the General Court of the
old Bay permission to call herself Mrs Mary NJ.
Wood II seems that Woodcocks not allowed 10 he
caught during certain months in the year in Massachu
and the petitioner young and pretty widow,
she doesn't like 10 have name the obstacle in the
way OF her hspplnessNem Haren Courier