Last night, the anxiety of the Tories for the extension
of the elec- tive franchise and the purity of election was manifested, in a discussion of the 52d clause in Sir JOHN CamenELL's Registration Bill. The object of the clause is to put an end to the practice of erecting a paltry building, such as a pigstye, on a piece of ground, and then claiming a vote fur the tenant, its the occupier oink tenement and land together of the yearly value of lot. This mode of manufacturing " fagot " votes has been used by the Tories in various parts of the country ; and with great effect at Ripon by Mrs. LAwaENcE, who returned her nominees ut the last election, Mr. PEMBERTON and Sir CHARLES D'ALBIAC, by the aid of " pigstye " voters. It was natural that Mr. PEstsEtcroN should be sore at the prospect of the disfranchisement of his constituents, and it is amusing to observe how very much annoyed he was. PEEL, too, was averse to a restriction of the qualification ; and the whole Tory set professed themselves enemies to restrictions on the franchise This harmonizes with their patronage of the venal freemen. The clause was carried, however, in spite of their opposition. Alas for Mr. PEMBERTON and the pigstye gentry !
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