The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-13
The Reform Bill In the House OF Lords.

From Le TTlOlIne.
A cable despatch dated London, August 8,
states that on that night the House of Com
mons had long and exciting debate on the
amendments which had been made to the
Reform bill in the House of Lords. These
amendments modified the lodger, copyhold,
and leasehold franchises, allowed the use
of voting papers, conferred the franchise
upon the undergraduates of the Universities,
and provided for the representation of
minorities. The House of Commons made
short work of the amendments adopted by
the Upper House, promptly rejecting every
one of them save the one which provides for
the representation of minorities. The cable
has not given us any further information
on the character of these amendments except
that, according to despatch of July 30, the
lodger franchise was raised from fl0 to Els
per annum, and the copyhold franchise from
95 to fl0, while, according to a subsequent
despatch, dated August 8, the increase of
the lodger franchise from fl0 to Els was
reconsdered and rejected. The cable has
| never informed us of any other amendment
: respecting the lodger franchise having been
adopted by the Lords and submitted to the
! Commons.
Our steamer dispatches give an account Of
the discussion which took place in the House
of Lords on the 18th of July on the first six
clauses of the bill The amendment increasing
the lodger franchise from Flo per annum to
Gl5 was proposed by Lord Cairns, adopted by
the Government, and passed by a vote of III
to 50. An amendment to clause 5, raising the
copyhold and leasehold qualification from G5
to GlO, was proposed by the Earl of Harrowby,
likewise agreed TO by the Government, and
carried by ll9 to Sc. The Marquis of Sails
bury had given notice of his intention ''to
insert clause after Clause u, having for its
object to enable all persons duly registered as
voters for any county or borough, in lieu OF
attending in person, to vote under proper
regulations by a voting paper" This amend
ment, as indicated by the cable despatch, was
agreed to by the Lords, but not concurred in
by the Commons.
Of the two other amendments mentioned in
the cable despatch, comforting the franchise
upon the undergraduates of the universities,
and providing for the representation of minori
ties, no notice had been given up to the date
OF our latest advices.
3 With regard to copyhold franchise, term
? which Is entirely unknown in our politics, Il
: may be remarked that cepyhOld tenants OF
I copyholders are the representatives of the ole
s class OF yilleins or serfs in feudal times, who
I hold their land on condition of taking annually
4 an oath OF iealty to the lord of the manor il
: his court, ana OF rendering to him a certain
t fixed portion of the products of the farm. Tn,
Q money rent into which this feudal service il
y now universally commuted cannot be changed
)f or increased by the lord and with this excep
d tion the eOpyhOlder is practically a freaholder
% though not the owner Of the fee sirnnle. Tn,
l. evidence of his title is the registry of his nam
rs in the "cOpy" Of the rolls of the manor court
a. and hence the name copyhOlder.