[232:2] Rogers, II., 360. In a case at the general election of 1906, where bribery was proved, the election was upheld because the judges disagreed on the question of agency. Great Yarmouth, 5 O'M. & H., 176. [233:1] 46-47 Vic., c. 51, § 63. [233:2] Rogers, II., 157-58. [233:3] Counties of Elgin and Nairn, 5 O'M. & H., 1. [233:4] Rogers, II., 162. [233:5] _Ibid._, 259, 268. [233:6] Lichfield Div., 5 O'M. & H., 27, at 34-38. [233:7] Counties of Elgin & Nairn, 5 O'M. & H., 1. [233:8] _Cf._ Lichfield Div., 5 O'M. & H., 27; Haggerston Div., _Ibid._, 68, at 72-88, St. George's Div., _Ibid._, 89. So of treating, Great Yarmouth, _Ibid._, 176, at 198. [234:1] Hastings, 1 O'M. & H., 217, at 218. [234:2] Subscriptions _bona fide_ made for public or charitable purposes are not election expenses, Rogers, II., 161-62. But it is not easy to say what is _bona fides_; for gifts of this kind by a candidate for Parliament who has no other connection with the constituency must always be made, in part at least, for the sake of indirectly gaining votes by increasing his popularity. [234:3] 46-47 Vic., c. 51, § 59. [235:1] Com. Papers, 1898, IX., 555. [236:1] Walsall, 4 O'M. & H., 123, at 126. [236:2] Pontefract, 4 O'M. & H., 200. [236:3] Southampton, 5 O'M. & H., 17. [236:4] Lichfield Div., 5 O'M. & H., 27, at 29-30. [237:1] Haggerston Div., 5 O'M. & H., 68, at 84. [237:2] St. George's Div., 5 O'M. & H., 89, at 96. [237:3] 46-47 Vic., c. 51, §§ 4, 11. [237:4] After the general election of 1906 one member was unseated for bribery by his agents. Worcester, 5 O'M. & H., 212. CHAPTER XI THE HOUSE OF COMMONS _Disqualifications, Privilege, Sessions_ [Sidenote: Disqualifications for Parliament.] No property qualification is now required for sitting in the House of Commons, and any male British subject may be elected, who is not specially debarred.[239:1] Infants are excluded both at Common Law, and by statute, although this rule has been disregarded in several notable instances, the best known cases being those of Charles James Fox and Lord John Russell who entered Parliament before they came of age. Incurable insanity was a disqualification at Common Law, and so by statute is confinement in a lunatic hospital. But it would seem that a temporary lunatic, if at large, is not incompetent to sit and vote.