Lord Cadogan moved his amendment in the shape of a
moo- lotion, that it would be desirable for Parliament to assemble early in the autumn for the purpose of considering the Franchise Bill and the Redistribution Bill together. The amend- ment was seconded by Lord Dunraven, who, as usual, posed as a hearty friend of Reform, though a thorough-going opponent of what was offered by the Government in the shape in which it was offered. The Duke of Norfolk explained his reason for voting with the Opposition on this question, though he bad voted with the Government last week ; and this appeared to be the somewhat cut-and-dried one arising out of his respect for any decision taken by the House which nothing new had happened to upset. Lord Aberdeen made an excellent speech in favour of compromise ; and then Lord Salisbury rose and declared that the only new feature of the case since the House had decided to wait for a complete scheme of Reform, was Mr. Gladstone's confession that the Government needed the leverage of the Franchise Bill in order to pass any Redistribution Bill. And this he treated in his usual wild manner as a declaration that no attention was to be paid to Conservative objections to the Redistribution measure in either House, while this pistol was at their head. He reiterated the Conservative wish to enfranchise the county householder, declared that he had received ample evidexce of support in the country, and ridiculed the danger of misunderstanding.
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