§ MR. THOMAS CAVEsaid, he would beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, If he will be willing to introduce into the Bill for the amendment of the Representation of the People a provision giving the Franchise to male persons having had for two full years prior to July in each year, a sum not less than £50 deposited at interest in any duly constituted Freehold Land or Building Society?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERI think, Sir, the Question of the hon. Gentleman is based on a misapprehension of the circumstances on which the special franchises in the Reform Bill are founded. The franchises which are founded on the possession of a certain suns in the public funds, for example, or in the savings banks, and on direct taxation are founded on circumstances which are as it were in the eye of the Government, and over which they have control. That character does not apply to the franchise to which the hon. Gentleman refers, which is one that I cannot for a moment countenance.