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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/C/10/75
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Queen Victoria to Lord John Russell
Date	30 November 1853
Writer	Victoria, Queen
Addressee	Russell, John, Lord
Description	Queen Victoria is is not able to understand whether the number of electors on the Burgess List includes the electors on the Register and vice versa. The Queen asks what is the exact adddition made to the Parliamentary Electors by admitting Municipal Electors. With regard to the Reform Bill, the Queen thinks that amandments are required: 1. The difficulty of obtaining seats for Officials. 2. The inconvenience of vacating a seat on accepting an office in the Government. 3. Limitation imposed by the Act of Queen Anne on the number of servants of the Crown allowed to sit in the Commons. 4. The difficulty of bringing in able men to Parliament without local connection. 5. The undue influence of local Attorneys and Publicans in Borough Elections. 6. The unequal distribution of representation between rural and town populations. According to an article in the "Edinburgh Review", 206 members are returned by towns of more than 10,000 people (6½ millions), while Counties with 9½ millions only return 144 members. 115 members are returned by small Boroughs in the landed interest. Queen Victoria asks what is William Ewart Gladstone's suggestion as to the new mode of voting?
Language	English
Extent	1 document
Access Conditions	Available for research
Level	Item

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