The Provisions Of The Bill Are Simple. It Is Only
a franchise Bill, Mr. Gladstone asserting that a redistribution of seats would have prolonged the discussion beyond any chance of passing it this session, but telling the House......
News Of The Week.
T HE long promised Reform Bill was introduced on Monday night in a House crowded from floor to ceiling. Archbishop Manning lurked in a corner under the galleries, vigilantly and......
Lord Cranborne Made An Able Speech After His Kind—clear,...
and inciaive, against the Bill. His point was that if the Bill passed the working class would have the absolute control of 133 seats, and when the redistribution was complete......
Mr. Lowe's Speech, Which Was Expected To Damage The Bill
exceedingly, was not one of his happiest efforts. His most origi- nal point was the remark that material improvement had brought constituencies much nearer to their members,......
When Mr. Gladstone Sat Down The House Emptied, And Mr.
Marsh, the member for Salisbury, with his wonted courage, gesticulated away to emptying benches and loudly conversing members, by way of exposing what Mr. Bright afterwards......
Mr. Bright's Speech On The Bill Was In Reality The
strongest made in its support, but his apparent line was simply toleration. He condemned the proposal for a county franchise as feeble, a 10/. qualification having been......
