The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-23


notice ARD which rnus9 DO permitted couple with
another tosaryaloa which fell from him % former 90
cAs'on erght honorable gentleman says snss 10 aoss
noividua, tho privilege OF any party, aaa in tnas
vie~ Of the subject entirely concur stated before
that Thought question which admitted Of conside
able doubt whether Lord Derby ought 70 have accepted
Office last year. My own opinion, inoeod was thai hc
ought TO have refused But having assumed the
of office he was in my opinion bound 70 Introduce
measure OF reform. Thus far l agree with the
right honorable gentleman the Chancellor Of tho Ex-
cheQuer But II be potent for pers0 party
TO Introduce Reform bill, It Is assurealy compel snt
for any other person OF party 70 form judgment
On sns n 0 If p ssr ,0H rsh
the Chancellor OF the Exchequer appeared few nights
ago 10 refuse me. took, however that course which
deemed- the bill were, as believed to be, Of mis-
chievous characteristic most Parliamentary and the most
convenient for this House 70 adopt because We were to
60 into committee bill which a,ounded in faults ia
its nnn provisions and which regarded with dHtav
by the great majority q the House Of Commonsi clause
after clause wereto be rejected and clause after new
question every day and almost every hour whether the
government should throw up their bill cannot 01ny
mvey tak thas ute Of is House or the troatne3 @..A
thss BIZ has reccsoed can hare any influence 'cHdepT On me
settlement Of Euro4sa~ peace. (Hen, hear
Sir have much tainted during the last debate with
the yaguenees with which spoke Of the future measure
Of reform which should ready TO propose or TO sup
port pds rugue upon uds posu ddrsea1y lroo'oa,
Cheers) Iknew perfectly well that mao skeooeu vus
measure which thought would be acceptable 10 the
House. the debates uron the other side would naturally
have fastened upon my measure "oud nave ahcuseu an
cloud OF objections which they would have raised 10 con-
ceal The radical faults Of the measure which tney them
selves bad brought m Sess 'u is h s4 the
first instance il must have tended to tue creation OF
class OF close nnaon eoroughs such as were dran-
chsed under schedule OF the Reform act Of 1882 (He
hear and cries of Oh Ply Ibeeve that must have been
ts st consequence Its second believe must have been
TO much greater Innovations than the conservative
party would like TO see NY notions Of reform bill very
uch humble, and have no objection to tell the
House what those notions are cloud cheers 10 the first
Apn. hac,s Of
ton. would preserve the representation OF Counties CT
ties and borougbs II has been from the earliest times
OF the House O. Commons should propose flO fran
chse in counties think the argument OF the right no.
norabe gentleman the Chancellor of the ExcheQuer
sound when he said the government could hardly have
proposed higher franchise without being reminded OF
he decisien OF majority Of the House. and therefore,
besides being OF opinion that II is sound franchise
should think the wses propose TO the House.
Then with regard all those franchises which called
fancy Franchises there Of that nature in the
bill OF 1854. They may require revision and amend
mont but disposed to think that those franchises
would admit many men well qualified to vote at cleo
tons. Now the franchise in boroughs, of OPT
MON, notwithstanding ell that has been said upon the
other side in the of the debate that it would
be useful that would be safe and even that lid
be absolutely necessary in order to make the repre-
sentaton SAFE TO introduce another class of voters
boroughs and that would do by reducing the present
yearly value Of fl0 to yearly value Of sc. (Cheers
think there are great advantages in not having the county
franchise the the muncpalfranchse In ntrodu
cling the Municipal Reform bill stated the opinion Of the
government of that day. that desirable to keep the
IraDcneeS ui6tlnCt, ana OF tnht OPINION
besides that the reports which have received from var
parts Of the country as to the municipal franchise do
not make me think would be desirable 10 introduce that
franchise for the election of members Of Parliament
(Hear, hear) But do believe, contrary to the opinion
which has been expressed In such strong terms from
ine s beS S 4. as rns Gs .1o 0a as a
ne torliAg cldses-rto The constituent body ohicA sends
representatives to Parliament (Hear, hear.) believe
best portion Of the working classes, are sufficiently
instructed body to be able to make good choice Of
Ses Of 6, r. s.S ,ss1 hss great political
ment with respect TO political and Judgment
with respect TO who are fit to be entrusted with poll
teal power believe that perfectly true observation,
and do Min the addition Of large number Of the work.
ing classes would form better and sounder basis for
representation in this House than We now possess.
C'Hear hear and cry Of freemen.") Az the honora-
bic gentleman has mentioned freemen, may say that
strongly of opinion, as matters now stand, 1t would
ronica cheeIs In 1882 left the privileges of free
they now stand. We did deliberately, after
much debate in this House. and still more elsewhere.
! do not think it would be wise now to make any
change in TINT respect although in the bill of 1854 some
change was proposed (.Hear, and laugh.) There is
another subject which think should be dealt with by
separate bill mem the question OF Acknowledgement and
the redistribution Of seats Hear, hear) That's ques
is not only the difficulty Of dsfranchsoment in The arst
instance, but the question OF redistribution will raise diff
ferences Of opinion to counties ana towns and various
other points Of the utmost difficulty II solution. My
opinion that about twenty six taken from
the smaller boroughs returning two members each,
and 70 them AIDED Inc Jour SeatS now vacant
should have fund of thirty seats to distribute which
should be given TO those places which considered
10 be deserving Of reresenatonsuch as Burnley Brk
enhead Saeybridgeand perhaps 70 some OF the largest
agricultural counties. Whether that would be
that would last for many would ofc0urse
De a Ss nS 90 n y pus 9 Of %
preventative system would settle the question for many
years to come do not wish to indulge in gueness upon
this subject, aud may say that think such
sure would be beneficial than the late bill Of the 60
vernmcnt that would produce little disturbance in the
and would send to the House Of Commons
The right honorable gentleman and his colleagues have
chosen otherwise. They have chosen TO make decara-
this House In the strongest terms against any fur
ther lowering Of the franchise, against any further Adms
sion Of the working classes (Cheers and cries OF No,
po') Over and over again did the Secretary for the
Colonies, and other right honorable gentlemen declare
that beyond the franchises In the bill they could
sent 10 any further admission Of the working classes by
ouch declaration, if supported by any Parliament would
be found ctediDely dangerous (Hesr, hear)
believe il would make Large class Of the very best
in the country, tie most industrious and tho
best conducted hostile 10 The very 5stituon Of this
House. They would think that they were excluded
by arbitrarily and nvidious line. and sure
that should be unable 10 Keep up that line. (Hear
There is one thing more upon which the noble lord Qord
Paimerson) has touched, and upon which also wish to
mako observation; and that is whether, when this
Parliament Is dissolved the new Parliament 10 TO be i'm
medistely summoned In Ie4l Sir r. Peel, when an
nounced dissolution, asked me for pledge that time
should be lost In summoniDg the Parliament, but
tina. should be clectsd, il should meet Isup
pose Ia the intention of Lord Derby and his colleagues to
pursue n spiar II would be quite unconstitu
toua they did not pursue that course and refraned
from meeting Parliament soon possible. The Minis
ers have taken that responsibility upon themselves and
ia the duty Of this House 10 aid them in every way by
passing as quickly possible such supplies may be
required csHear, hear" and cry Of The balot.')
can ony the Ut Ministry should Introduce any
Reform BILL containing clauses introducing the ballot
phal feel my duty TO vote against H. Cheers and
iangLter.)
discussion OF some length and of miscellaneous cha
rseter ensucd, in the course Of which
Tho CHANCELLOR ExcBsQuR said The proroqatop
would probably take place about the time should haye
moved the adjournment for the holidays He sld thero
Foundation for the statement that the Ministry hs
contenpated resignation, and be denied that be had
stated that the opposition to the bill had endangered the
peace Of Europe
The motion for adjournment was withdrawn.
MR.. DIsRtELfs ELECTION ADDRESS.
D TIE Esc1ois on THE CousrY or BuCKIsgHAx:--
CgsrrISEs--A Parliamentary majority, composed OF
discordant sections, hs awaited itself OF is numerical
strength 10 emharrass her Maestys government and by
dkngenuous nnanouyre to intercept the discussion Of
their meaeures.
year ago lord Derby was summoned By her Majesty
TO undertake the admin raon Of public affairs Asa stcd
by his colleagues, he has with diligence and devotion en-
l.avorcd 10 DISCHARGE CuIy In he country.