, 1876-06-16

dOW ENGLAMD IL GDvEkNEU.
The 0rlstn nn1 Enrly History of Parliament
-.-fnyMcnt Of I1urRonsss and Forfeiture uf
Wnges---1iow Parliament Lives aud Dtes---
fSntghts md NnrgesscH Who Are Nu1tllcr.--
1In.v tito NInases Are 8tultifieh In Ncprc-
scntntlun.
Philadelphia 7r'rg,uph.
The British representative Fystcn,t at, with
delicate irony, 1t is usually termed, presents fel
lures that nrc III striking cuntfRst to The repre-
sentative system nf tllo United statca; untt It's
vArtuus complications arc altogether bryu,nl The
capacity nf even sllcli astntc politicians as Thur
low Weed tu grasp mud appreciate IN thelr full
Significance.
t,lrinncnt, 1t Is known, was continuation,
O., norc corltctiy, n rtvival, Of the old Saxon
HM.stenagsote l,'rse r. on til. Crown by te
pnwcrw which, In modern Englisl, politics, is
called Ciu.arisns. From its primary organizn-
tioi. aud for several rcigns succeeding the rulo
of E!wAnl H., 1t c,is!stctl Of two Itousrs
meeting together, hut vuttug tCpuratcly; the
Pccrs Tor Upper Chamber) holding ali imailen-
Gblc right to slIare IN tho Government in
virtue Ut their lorslsp OF the soil aud tic ne
campaigning patents " nobility; the Commons
which they were burgesscs, or the couniirs Of
which tl,cy arc still, In lorln, though hot IN
realtty, Knights.
= Tho carly farltarncnts werc drawn, MS to the
Co'u'uors, from suul, places as the discretion
vi the reigtng King dictated, rctercntu being
lad genrrniIy to the actual Ut possible growth
Of population Or tho development Of important
interests, a, not tntrcquently, TO tic ,lratsa of
.!cn a,la ui su'ps VIII nluhlLos tEc} cona pfs,-
the military and naynl operations of the King
doln. llcucc tho cities ul boroughs Returning
members would vary considerably, ns any one
l!ay iearn WHO LIKES ),AitA 70 consult hylnGrs
cheY1er, preserved In the Record Oilicc iii U.s.,
asNi,. tn great part, printed under direction Vi
t''g aiasler iI!!s..s o. Tue hoiie; ....,-,.,.
iarna'hcnL hsec'nnlcu lor centuries without
times In 0ne building, sometimes IN another,
1uw In London or at Westminster indilrcrcntty,
hwrvnr ri stttt,,vs hrtn1 Ec,i nrnv frn,,, t,,ns
mctTnnoft. wns ti9t, nf ti, Grcot T;,omc ,r,,n,,
th w W. tn tIs ,n,, ~ .' mS n
business ut Oxford, where the Royal Court was
also gathered out VI harIns way II, lG95. Strict
sabltaran .' xi; ,ne,nnc5s Of one or et'S5 nouss,
uiIst tstlo 'Ii now tbat ths cotoa M RaeaI
existence ., nre wholly changed, w"uld Be
a!laazeu o near tilht oanpatafaan fasllannc'its
sat on sunuAy to debate, with lrauhc heat, The
fact stands prominently IN record In tho seldom
consulted J.urnals Of thu Lords md OF the
Cor. Commous, which, with slight M Int inter.,ptions,
lSS ,EiS ~ Go"''"ue" W po "ln'cu A'on' tno year
~
cItC4 kAlA1l tVE 4iH1 E@ltHlEG NDN4t& III
some instances 0perntc to tltsfrancnisc bornugllB
atirctncnt that ne.nLers W of tho fIut,sc ot Com
INNS wist,nr ft,r any rcoson. tn ni,srnt Them
a.ivms frn,n EarIIom"ynt VIA, S.st ,n,nj,, t,.,
~ th scarr .n ~ III u ~ ~ Sf ,u u y, 'easc w.
OLD pract!ee, distinctly referred TO III the Art Of
sxtl tlc!Iry Will, Chap. XVII, Uf tho payment
81 b'lrgesses, which 1&tlnd ~ an OH cdltlon 81
=" ihe statutes OK tue Hcaim III lad' Ills
net reeltcs:
n NIL f1f
larllansnt dyvers nnd vety g!otc and weyghty mat
terT' a. welo touc!yinE tho pleasure wc!o lwcalt,
en xe ~ ~ IT III. IT. os" s MI s as o
to ia trnaiyds co,nynya commun.ai at nt anI hv
nuctnsitu II l,ariInmcnt tu hs cnncH,lon An vt vn
tint Iyvefs knyghts Of Ahircs cillzcnt for ctlea,
hnssysca for b"fo'ghes aud baruss of Tho eynk
leinqnc potts long tyne before she end of the
sa,a ,, aMfnment O. thssr i. own n!esofiies ss9rt
c1rt, az IN ,srcn
encciyd y itln king our nuy.rarno Imri n" io2ds
spiritual and TEMPORAL, and tIo colnons III il, this
present Parliament assembled. uni by nuc.
nuno of tle said knyghtts. citizens, bur.
Eyssctts, @ sntt na1ons, nos my q thcna dhat
Mcsea!tei ena pe e!ectyn ~ coma o. oc IN any tnf
c uor nsehs nm XII iii Fam 1U 1s ~" son IN
prosyI iprorognsIj, sxcept lv u tney 80 depar.
tyng haye lyccns uiccnscl OF the Speaker and
cuniyna in the buUko Of tho c1crkc Of tho paelta.
,nest appoynted ot to be appointed iGr tho eomou
Aouse, uPoH Fn3He ~ u'Gt3 ohn ~ t!o1l 10 uc'
partJng o1 aoaemtylf them aetf is!ej ~ an other
aatsnet ~ .9ose Lucy ~ t,to l'aoeGl somGh "
ma for his Or hos Warcs a md II thst III thn cnnns
lies, citcs, a1l burouEhes whereof any such nsun
iperson .i,aiDo 20 clectyd and TIC iaha5ftap@ts @ Of
tue sano saIbc clcrely dyscllargyd Of ai thu scyd
wuges uscnet the su!d pson aud parsons and ths'r
exccutouFs for oyermoFc.
The wages here alluded to were paid by the
constituencies, md, under pressure OF the bur-
den, petitions wcre at times presented for tho
cxcusc Of boroughs not returning members jn
pursuance OF the wrlts directed 10 Their Sl,critrs
Or other returning officers. kingston-upon-
Hull, for which place tho incosruptible Andrew
Marvel sat, WAS thus ut least o,ive allowed to
forcgo It's right to representation. The statute
have given at lcngtl. In ths quaint Eugltsh uf
no iougor nay wages, that mart Of II whIeh
branlishes the penalty Is inorcratiyo from dis.
use. It Is sIugular, however, that tic Chartists
OF thu democratic ROYAL borough Of Grrcjl-
wich, without suspicion OF tllis low, re-
n,atuing good, sent to Parliament some thirty
years ayo M atlctlonccr, named John Tpwli-
send, VINO became one Of thc most ulnlnently
learned Of men on the forms and Ereccdents u
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