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The Weekly Times. "Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri." MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1867. THE REFORM MOVEMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN.

j. j - -- i; ;t .,j 1 j We lioye tliia moraing' Transferred to ■ur columns an article from a-n’Etiglisli ontemp(?rary piLlha- of house* -iiold !sucff;, being/ btlieved tobe the feature'of tfie new llefortn. Bill on which t^./Derby Siipistry will; in* sist.Arjdat the same time That whicl> l ** e ; igracefully "ffer any decided opposition t 0,.; Tho Bill itself,, wheu brought forward,, contained certain" Qther marked features* as well as that of household suffrage—such as a dual or multiple vote for persons possessed of property* or of superior education,—these being intended to counterbalance tlie additional num,ber of votes tiiat would be given to the* working,classes,. These dual ~ vote» would be opposed, and possibly tliflr cia them abandoned; bytbe Ministry, while the-main principle—that of an extension of ; the suffrage so as to virtually include every householder—would, be insisted on,.and pror bably pass,—the Liberal party, aa weliitve. said, being- unable to oppose s bi r jh?tu:^, : . ; the.,people .of England sliould bave expected'to have emanated from .them rather than from

the Conservatives. J This brings ns to considerthe somewhat. curious.factjthajt,, although, the* Whigs profess to be the party of progress, aq4 . the Conservatives > the ob«, structives, from the periqdofthe passing, of the Reform Bill up to the pre-; sent time the. people are ratherindebted •to the Consfervairye' (or-, obstructive), party for every -concession of .value, tliai; has .been,made to thenk by the (duverpment; even the Con*. L;uv,.monopoly: wasswept away by Sip Robert t'jie leader of Jthe Conservative party a time _whea! the Liberals (so-called)’ were not pre-* pared to ; conqed.e. ikorak., than, the(ye-, •iuction of the tariffs.to a Ibjr .fiie.it' the (reason.; was, eissly as c now., The.;concession , ; posed W the Liberals Was not such’as would.satisfy, tbe .people. The TorieW were hound, .to oppose ,'the conquering, and, occupying their places’ ..... . -y t■- > ' ~h.. *V!•.?*>vi ‘i "•■■■ ? :Munq,.thpt tagre. .wrasdan >actual:neccssity. people^ Co.,’offer less .than that offered by. the w-higs . would have been : madness;,when, fhe.’sole; for the., lass officehy .that dency; of th& ;they ; must : ;offgr more; 5 Was phly ? wise to.- .takea a. ipositiqnwdiich 'Wb'ulit l YoP fhe timej though, it. wksWbally .hilt,: Lhe ) drst_.step l in.;the, glorious Rkeb .Trade,....Nvhigh.j has .’’that r ,thne been acknowledged'as thh. jtrqtlvi aud^mpre. and.: mo,re -developed ;:ami :t ‘j&RH’vi : v!- ■ '.v : to*day from dionae-will give ,uS’‘ details 1 , of thq .greati Reform debate, and put , as ; thetpresentoiposition of the’' people of 1 Englihg Pfl*Z

leave the question-—merely remarking that we^o / |ii§f jtfinlfc the working classes of the Colony would be iso anxious for the suffrage if they had j it their fellows fat/li(fm^i r ? 1 that they duly value their privilege as they ought to do. */?

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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 23, 24 June 1867, Page 146

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The Weekly Times. "Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri." MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1867. THE REFORM MOVEMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN. Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 23, 24 June 1867, Page 146

The Weekly Times. "Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri." MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1867. THE REFORM MOVEMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN. Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 23, 24 June 1867, Page 146

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