HISTORY OF EUROPE. [265 
of the motion, he inferred that its 
object was to promote a complete 
change of system, under the pretext 
of forwarding a parliamentary re- 
form ; that it ledto a system wilder 
than even that of universal suffrage : 
to disfranchise all corporations—to 
empower the house of commons to 
uncreate their creators—and to de- 
stroy the rights of the very men 
who made them members of par- 
liament : ecclesiastical corporations 
would go of course. Whatever 
partook of the nature of fran- 
chise property, .or privilege, would 
be cut up by the root, aud the 
principle of an Agrarian law intro- 
duced in its stead. 
The duke of Bedford observed 
that there was a fallacy in compar- 
ing an elective franchise, a right 
possessed by individuals for the 
good of the whole, to private pro- 
perty. After this the house divided 
on his grace’s motion. Contents 14, 
not contents 91. 
The duke of Bedford then en- 
teredhis protest, which was adhered 
to by the lord Chedworth. 
The session of ‘parliament was 
concluded, by a speech from the 
throne, on the twentieth of July. 
