§ Mr. Spring Ricebrought in a Bill for extending the Elective Franchise in the City of Galway.
§ Mr. Northexpressed his determination to oppose the Bill, which had an object very different from that which it appeared to propose. The Protestants of Galway enjoyed no higher privileges than those possessed by every Corporation in the kingdom. Was the hon. Member, then, prepared to disturb the Charter of every other Corporate town in Ireland?
§ Mr. Spring Ricesaid, that the Bill proposed to destroy an anomaly which existed in Galway, and no where else. It was a Bill to place the Protestants and the Catholics on an equality in election rights, and it was supported by three parts of the Corporation itself, and by the voice of the people of Ireland. No one opposed it but a small and peculiar party.
§ Mr. Northrepeated his statement, and announced his intention to give the House an opportunity of obtaining information on the subject by laying copies of the Charter of the City of Galway on its Table.