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"I am myself an admirer of this beverage, and my ow experi ence enables me to recommend it, in accordance with the opinion of the most eminent English physicians, as a very agreeable and efficient tonic, and as a general beverage, both for the invalid and the robust.—Giessen, May 6. Nr Address—PAßK ERlnd T WINING, Beer Merchants, 5%, PALL MALL. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, Cuss. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fmaam-road), —The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter ninate at half-past 11. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. MAGNIFIED PLAIN and COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHIC PIC TURES, each Ficture filling a Disc of One Thousand superficial Feet. An ENTIRELY NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS. LECTURE by .1. H. 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Vocalists The Misses Brougham. Morning Performance, Wednesday and Saturday, at Three. PROGRAMME FOR THE DAT. Introduction (Robert) ; Cavatina (Nabuco) ; Waltz (Sangulmker), Strauss ; Duo (Ernani) ; Selection (Lucia) ; Polka (Rococo) ; Qua drilles (Crescent), ; Songs " Welcome my Ronnie Lad", " On the Banks of Allan Waters," " I Dreamt that I Dwelt in Marble P Os," by Mrs. Wallack, R.A.M. ; "Hear me but once," " Dermot Astore," 'Twas but a Fleeting ])ream," by Miss Wortley; Pianofurte, solo (Barbier de Seville) ; Fantasia (il Puritani.) ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Langunes—Fiftieth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION or DISEASE. Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 25. 6d., by post, from the Establishment, 3a. 6d. in stamps, • rirHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on . the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of Mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, tol lowed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, ilerners-street, Oxford street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co. 23, Paternoster :ow, and sold by Hannay, 63 , and Sanger , 150. Oxford-street; Gor don, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, Farringdo , -street ; W. Sutton, 10, Bow Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhill. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive Organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART H. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative Incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav ings. PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is o bviated. PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL BALK OF %CUM is exclusively employed In treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &T.., 11s. and 31s. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitie remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptons, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 11s. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 115. per box., a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, H. A minute detail of the case is required : age, habits, and posi tion in society. Si. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish meat only, by which the fee, IL, is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in attendance, daily. at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon don, from Eleven till Two. and Five to Eight: on &Palsy from Eleven to One. ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH, MANHOOD, AND OLD AGE. Just Published, 60th 1 dition, price 2s. 6d.. or free by post for forty two stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; an Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions of Marriage, with its Disqualifications and Impediments, tracing their origin to the effects of solitary habits, youthful excess, tropical climates, or close study ; followed by practical remarks, founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Sperrnatorrhosa, and all diseases of the Urinary and Generative System. Illustrated by 50 coloured Engrav ings, on the Anatomy of the Reproductive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease. By SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London. &c., &c. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. The Author hat for a series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, and has long directed attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is free. Their treatment has unfortunately teen too generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant em- Fides, who, with their pirated publications, assumed fcreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, inflict great injury on those who are induced to place faith in their preten sions. The serious con equences resulting from such mal-practice snay easily be avoided if sufferers from these maladies were to finer taro if their medical adviser be a member of the London College of Physicians, Surgeons, or Apothecaries' Ha ll, as an y one p ossessin g either of these qualifications usually appends it to his name, and thus the legally qualified practitioner can at once be distinguished. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 11. SELF-PRESERVATION may be had, price 2s f 6d, m in English, for d - er r free trench, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, o Mesas . Piper, Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster - ro w ; Mann, 3 9,Csrnhill ; Storie, Tdchbor by ,wet for forty-two stamps, • street,Hannay , l a 6 y 3 m , to any address from the Author's rebi dence.37. BED/MID-SQUARE Qui si pada Italian. MAU iitibla &Op AN UNFOUNDED REP O g r o e e a r t a l V y o o r to ho . RUSSI %. —The report i s n ot true. itwerver fated, that E. MOSES and SON ha ve had very exiennsivwe o r. rde E rs 'from Russia for military equ ipments in the i m pending with a every Moses and Sots, it is true, have commerc ial tr ,nsacti •ns merce a country in the world, but they have quite decided on pursuing their plans of business in the most patriotic m anner, making corn boad of peace and prosperity. Besides, E. Mosta and ox oared never neglect their old patrons and those who have long ho them with their support, even though temporary interest might be promoted by such transactions. It is well known that E MOSES and Sox are the merchant tailors of the Army and Navy ; that uniforms for a y service and complete equipments for any country are s ionest obtained at their Establish ments, and their charges are considerably less than are customari y m ; that every artistic and comfortable style of attire is presented by them in the most accomplished workmanship and at the most economical prices. They provide the best Dress for Noblemen, Gentlemen, and Basins , men, Mechanics and Sailors, for Profes sional Gentlemen. Sportsmen, and all others. E. Mona and Son have the esr'iest samples of New Materials for changes iii the sea son. and the most popular Fashions which will prevail ; the largest and best-assorted stock of Hats, Caps, Hosiery Goods, Ladies' Cloth ing, and Youths' and Children's Dresses. Suoerior quality and very economical prices are to be observed in every article. In the Wholesa a Clothing, Root and Shoe, and other Departments, E. 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Merchant Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to " met on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, "The Epitome of Comfort and Economy," contain ing full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, &c., &c., may be had on application, or post-free.. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1854 can be had, gratis on application. lot l'on perle Francais. Bucqpricktma Dudack. No . 19,161.] In 2 vols. post Bvo , price 215., with Thirteen Illustrations by the Author, LADY LEE'S WIDOWHOOD. By EDWARD BRUCE lIAML EY, Esq., Captain R.A. Originally published in " Blackwood's iagazine." William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. This day is publi-hed, the Third Edition of THE RUSSIAN SHORES OF THE BLACK SEA In the AU 117 %IN of 1852, with a Voyage down ill& Volga, and a Tour through the Country of the Don Cossack s By LAURENC w. OLIPHANT, Author of " A Journey to Nepaul " With thirty-four Engravings on Wool. enlarged Map of the Crimea and Map of the Author's Route. Octavo, 14s. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. Just published, price 45., tree by post, 5s , PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCHES into the Causes of Nervous Debility and Gen to-Urinary Maladies !Spermatorrhcea rationally considered, with unanswerable Remarks on the empirical manner these Diseases are treated; being a Guld, to Health, Leng Life, and Happiness. By MEDICITS. Sherwood, Piper, and Co., 83, Paternoster-row. This day, to be had at all the Libraries, AGNES VALMAR. A Novel. Three Volumes, Post Bvo. London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. Fourth Edition, price 48. 6d., with cases, ON CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, &c. By ALFRED B, MADDOCK, M.D. " The treatment pointed out is at once simpl,, ingenious, and natural. and the evidence adduced of its efficacy and succe,s is incon trove-rtible "—Hampshire Telegraph. We feel that we are doing an act of kindness to thousands of our fellow creatures in recommending an immediate and careful perus 1 of this work."—Somerset Herald Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers'-hall-Court, and throng!, any Bookseller. THE 9th and 10th NUMBERS of the PRAC. TICAL HY :Eisr and MEDICAL REFORMER foi JA.UARY and FEBRU kRY contain articles on the Medical till now before the [louse of Commons, and also the cases of Cure latei , effected by Morisein a Pills —May be had gratis at the Brills! College of Health, New-road, London ; and of all the duly authorise agents for the sale of Morison's Pills throughout the country. Useful P arophlets, to be had gratis on application at the Publishers if by letter enclosing a postage stain ).) ATKINSON and COMPANY'S PRICE CUR RENT of Useful and Ornamental FURNITURE, UP110!. STb.RY, LOOKING GLASSES, BEDDING, &c. Also, THE LADIES' NIA NUAL, or Guide to the Extensive ercantile Estah lishinent of ATKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPER.. SILK and SHAWL MERCERS, HABERDASHERS, HOSIERS, and LACE. MEN. London: Published by the Proprietors, Atkinson and Company 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster -bridge-road, Lambeth. CONTRACTS FOR OILS AND SOFT SOAP. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 20th Feb., 1854. THE Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the 14th March next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to contract for supplying her Majesty's Dockyards with OIL, LINSEED, „ NEATSFOOT, „ SP ERMACETI, and SOFT SOAP. Distributions of the articles, a sample of the soap, and forms of the tender may be seen at the said Office. No tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 251, per cent. on the value, for the doe performance of the contracts, if exceeding 2,0001., and by one person, if under that sum. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH (used in her Majesty's Laundry) and WOTHEESPOON'S achine made CO , IFEC CIONERY. MARA .LADE. JAMS JELLIES, &c , (which gained the Prize Medal of 1851), may be had of all Grocers; holesale of Wotherspoon, Mackay, and Co., 66, Queen-street, Cheapside, London, and Robert Wotherspoon and Co., Glasgow. PURSSELL'S BISCUITS, in Bags, 14 for ls., or in Boxes, Is., 2s. 6d , and 10s. each—viz., Captains', or German Cuddy Bikults, have long been esteemed fer their delightful flavour, and are adapted for coffee and tea ; Milk or Cheese Biscuit., rrowroot Biscuits for invalids, and their nutritive quality make them adapted for children ; Abernethy Bisculis, rown Digestive Rye Biscuits; a large assortment of Mixed Biscuits, Is. 06d. per lb ; Bartholiver's Wine Biscuits, Isle of Wight Cracknells; Arrow root Biscuits, Coffee, ditto, thin Captains' an , l thin Rusks, for wine. The Royal German Rusks, Tops and Bottoms for infants' food, sold in bags or ss. boxes Warranted to Keep Six Months. JORN R. PUR3SELL, 162, usgent•street, and 20, Ludgate-hill, only. URS SELL' S. —BALL SUPPERS and I. WE '1I)ING BREAKFASTS SUPPLIED in the first style; public breakfasts, dinners, and promenade suppers supplied by con tract ; a laree stock of bride cakes for Immediate use, from one to twenty guineas each ; a hands .me cake for five rad eas, packed and sent to any part of the country if required, and warrants I to keep 12 months.—Jonst R. PuassELL, 162, Regent-street, and 20, Ludgate hill, only. ECHI'S CHESSMEN, in Ivory, Bon; and 11 Wood, 4, LEADEN HALL-STREET, LONDON, the best and cheapest, which may also be said of his Back-gammon, D. aught, and Chess Boards, Cribbage Boards, and Pegs, Cus•sioned Bagatelle Tables, Pope Joan Boards, Work-boxes, Desks, Pocket-books, Writing and Envelope Cases, Dressing Vases, Tea Caddies, Table Cutlery, Sheffield Plated Ware, Pen-knives, Scissors, Clothes, Hair and Tooth Brushes, Combs, Razors, Strops, &c. Quality of all articles first-rate. MINING INVESTMENT. —Parties seeking sate and profitable investments should turn their attention to the shares of those companies fhrmed for mining, especially when their estates are in Co nwall and Devon. The dividends irom many of th.se are equal to 10, 15, and 20 per cent upon the outlay while others not yet paying dividends, but having excellent prospects of soon doing so, affo , d al-nu - plant scone for spe •ulation, not alone from anticipated early returns to the proprietary, but likewin' on account of the great enhancement in the value of the stock at tendant thereon. Mr. JNO S. LANE, 32. Poultry, London, having correspondents in all the richest mineral districts in England, is in a position early to advise his clients. Parties communicating will re ceive all requisite information, and Mr. LANE will recommend either dividend paying, or non-dividend paying concerns, to those wishing to embark in mining enterprise, and state his reasons for so doing. 32, Poultry, London, Jan., 1854. TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de Pharmacle de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. The long continuance of most Maladies arising from impurities, while it tends to render detection more certain, and thus frequently to embitter the domestic hearth, also serves to excite feelings of dis• appointment, and to induce lowness of spirits, and other sensations of a most painful kind. The TRI I.:SEM AR effectually, in the short space of three days, ccmpletely and entirely eradicates all traces of these Diselses, to whatever stage they may have advanced, p ,ssess ing at the same time the manifest advantages of being utterly devoid of taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. It may lie on the toilet table without its use being suspect , d. Sold in tin cases at Its. eac!„ free by post, 2s. extra, divided has separate doses, as administered by Valprau, Lallemand, Roux, Sec. This quantity is sufficient for any case, however virulent or protracted.---To be had Wholesale and Retail at Barclay and Sons, 98, Farringdon-street ; Johnston, 68, Cornhill ; Hannay and Co., Oxford-street, London. THIRD EDITION.-WITH ADDITIONS. Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors, n ,ation to the Treatment and Cure of the Impuissant and Sexual Hypochondriac', Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. T 6 *which Is added, an E3SAY on SEXUAL DEBILITY, be the Editor. "Dr. Pickfore. 1 1; known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. . We trust this may not be the last, if he shall ietect an 3 other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his -ower to correct." —London Medical Gazette, M 4 130, 1851. The tribe of 'Quiet Sympa thisers,'and` Medical Friends,' mercilessly exposed ; and if this book oxld find its way into the han s of those who suffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would oe saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money ... ... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to placs the treat mqnt upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. London: H. Balliere. 219, Regent-street THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—MEETING AT READING.-A meeting of the inhabitants of Reading was held at the Town-hall on Monday evening ; to re ceive a deputation from the Conservative Land Society, consisting of Viscount Ranelagh, Colonel KnoX, M.P., H. Pownall, Esq., the Rev. Dr. Worthington, C. E. Lewis, Esq., G. Morgan, Esq., and C. L. Gruneisen, Esq. There was a large attendance, much interest being tak en xal l,r i oc ri mthm t he proceedings . next.epn. t, r go fa c vt e vhe e edin Viscount o gs in iounwtn interesting traßehsi consequence atrinen-egsiqagsuthaartepe rmee o sse f itnda t teth presided. Colonel of a n p t C p ht r eho o le a o c nels h pro gress of the society, and dwelt particularly on the valu able character of the estate purchased for the society in that locality. It was called a child of his own, for he had n md u i r in g t gt e e d ea ;m i t aons o td n bl t eo h ao e uk ti a inf t gu t e l a n at t n i id o t nsn mostoobfl e his eligibleprospect, c sp o e l ce site,ta,gu the itsh in the healthy aclot locality in the best neighbourhood of the most influential town of Berkshire, he had full confidence in the result that his judgment was not mistaken. Mr. Pownall, in a very eloquent speech, dwelt on the great social advan tages of the freehold land movement, as affording a safe and profitable investment for the savings of industry. Mr. E. Lewis very ably described the rising of the society, and gave some interesting particu lars with respect to the estate on the Castle Hill. It is situated within the limits of the borough, in the best part of Reading, the centre of the railway communication of the southern counties, and in a short time will possess three lines of railway to the Metropolis. The Great Western Railway Station is not more than five minutes walk from the estate. In the centre of the estate space is reserved for the erection of a church. The whole had been most judiciously laid out in lots, varying in price from 501. to 3251. The addresses of the speakers were listened to with much attention, and a vote of thanks was passred. e d dto the deputation for the information they had afforded. CAUTION TO PURCHASERS AT " AN ALARMING SACRI FICE."—Ate conversation o C o o k u r p t l o a f c e A w l d i e t rhmreenfe r h e e n l c d eto a yesterday som handbill, announcing that a commercial sale of salvage was about to take place near Hanover-square, by permission of the Lord Mayor. No name of a Lord Mayor was men tioned, and Sir R. Carden stated that such a sale had been going on for years, and that there were many com plaints about it, particularly from ladies. Upon one occasion it was falsely pretended that the goods belonged to an extensive establishment in St. Paul's -churchyard. No proceeding was taken with reference to the bill, but Mr. Alderman Wire suggested that it should be referred to the City solicitor. ..,.... ( .-. 14il, kim ;- ~,,,, 4 ,• \ ~1,,,, . : I , * 1 • \ .it i - 4. r * i , 11.4 , 14 ,r ~. 1 / 4 .c omnal ~.. A ' , . -, ____ _• I I (___ - , _ _ . . -S. il l t -•;; I :s; fl 7 't.*.. : "••4 •\'4.4,,,/, , ''.o. l7 r•er Y 1 • . .. . 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Without this 'clause the formation of so many electoral districts returning three members each would be wholly indefensible, and with out this provision there would be no obvious means of dis posing of the members gained by the process of disfranchise ment. We mention this fact because it is well worthy the attention of those whom a superficial glance at the measure may have led to suppose that this provision for the represen tation of minorities is an excrescence which may lopped off at pleasure and leave the bill as perfect without it as with it. The provision in question is, that whenever a constituency is represented by three members, each elector shall only be allowed two votes. Of course, therefore, this provision can only have effect in large constituencies, and where the mi nority of the whole body will generally be very numerous. As instances of the evil it is intended to correct, we will take two elections contested in the year 1852 in the neighbouring towns of Manchester and Liverpool. In Manchester Messrs. Gibson and Bright, Liberals, 'received respectively 5,762 and 5,475 votes; and Messrs. Loch and Denman, Conservatives, 4,364 And 3,969 votes. In Liverpool Messrs. Turner and Mackenzie, Conservatives, received 6,693 and 6,367 votes; and Messrs. Cardwell and Ewart, Liberals, 5,247 and 4,910 votes. Now, with reference to these members, we ask where are representa tives of the Conservatives of Manchester or the Liberals of Liv erpool ? In these two towns there appear to be something like 10,000 voters who are not represented at all, because they live in the same place with 12,000 other voters who, as being in the majority, keep the representation all to themselves. In he election of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 1841, Lords Vlorpeth and Milton the unsuccessful candidates, polled more th n 12,000 votes each, and yet, because their Conservative antagonists polled a thousand more, that vast mass of wealth And intelligence was left unrepresented. Another obvious evil of the present system is what is called in America voting by ticket. The tendency of opinion is certainly in favour of absorbing small electoral districts into large ones, and yet such a process, by increasing the number of members to be chosen by each constituency, seems to have a great tendency to diminish the care with which those members are selected. Thus, in the city of London, four gentlemen of very unequal pretensions and talents are fixed on by one party and three or four others by the other, and these almost uniformly stand or fall together. Those who wish to see Parliament a faithful reflex of the opinions of the country are bound, in consist ency, to object to the continuance of a state of things in which such vast masses of wealth and opinion remain unre presented and unheard. What manner of man is a Tory manufacturer ? How are the views of his class modified by those of his party, and those of his party by the associations of his class'? We cannot tell, because, though the returns of our elections show the class to be numerous, it is in a minority, and therefore wends its way unheard, the only authorised organ for expressing its views being the lips of some Radical Re former. Were there any county or borough in which 12,000 electors dwelt who had no representatives in Parliament, what torrents of eloquence would not their hard exclusion call forth ! But this very thing has happened to the whole West Riding of Yorkshire, the Conservative half of which was virtually disfranchised in 1837, and the Liberal half in 1841. No one can deny that au electoral district containing upwards of 100,000 inhabitants is fairly entitled to at least three members of Parliament. Will the district be better represented by allowing the party which has secured a majority of one to return all the members to the utter ex clusion of the minority, or by restricting the absolute triumph of the majority to two, and leaving the third to be appointed by such compromise as the relative strength of the two par ties, after deducting those who have returned the two mem bers, can enable them to effect ? If the majority be large, it may possibly still return the third member ; if it be mode rate, it may still, by selecting a candidate not distasteful to the minority, retain an influence in the third seat ; if it bo small, it must cede that third seat to the minority. Suppose a constituency like that of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the available voters of which consist of 25,050, 13,000 Liberals and 11,000 Conservatives. Is such a constituency better re presented by three Liberals, or by two Liberals and one Con servative, and can it with any truth be said that the latter arrangement is too favourable to the Conservative interest ? Those who maintain that in the supposed case the Conserva tives should not be represented at all ought, as it seems to us, to be prepared to argue that England should be formed into one huge electoral district, and that the opinion of the ma jority alone should alone be represented, to the absolute ex clusion of the minority. It is very necessary to distinguish between 411 owing a minority to be heard, and allowing it to control the opinions of the majority. It is very desirable that opinions should be represented in Parliament, the prevalence of which would be extremely undesirable. Parliament ought to be a faithful reflex of the nation, and, until that nation be all of one mind, it is not to be wished that its representatives should be so. These are the general principles upon which we conceive the Ministerial measure may be fully justified, but there is much also to be said of its collateral advantages. The pro gress of opinion and the just and reasonable demands of popular rights no longer permit the existence of those small boroughs which so often fostered rising talent and kept alive opinions which, from being those of a small and intelligent minority, have gradually grown to command the assent of the nation. The only way left to provide for such cases is by giving those rights to the numerous minority of a large con stituency which were once enjoyed by the scanty majority of a small one. The compromise which the limitation of the rights of the majority will necessarily compel will be very favourable to special merit of any kind other than political, and will often induce the introduction into Parliament of per sons moderate in their opinions, whom, from purely party considerations, neither side would have thought of bringing forward. The prizes of public life will not be wholly reserved for violent partisans. This necessity for compromise will save many a contest, by obliging each party to respect the other's feelings. It will have a tendency to soften asperities and to produce re ,xmciliations and approximations of opinion, which it would be difficult to obtain in any other way, but which can never be more desirable than now, when there seems some fear that the spirit of party should outlive the subjects of dis pute. The old restraints to the unfettered will of the multi tude are, by the uncontrollable course of events becoming weaker and weaker every year. Mankind will no longer be governed by venerable traditions, nor submit to the prescrip. tive rights of privileged classes ; and there seems some fear that we are tending to a state of things like that in America, where the absolute majority not only insists upon its com mands being obeyed, but will not even allow them to be dis etissed. For this system it behoves us to seek a remedy in our own moderation and good sense, and that remedy can nowhere be better found than in a law which seeks to temper the insolence of victory and to respect the rights and feelings of others while asserting the predominance of our own. We trust that, when this question comes to be argued, it will be treated in no narrow and contracted spirit. Of course it is easy to accuse the introducers of this vast and important change of seeking to undermine ultra-Tory interest in the counties and ultra-Radical interest in the towns; but let those who are un willing to release from their greedy hand the least atom of the power they have grasped remember that, while these predo minances are transient, the principles of justice and modera tion are eternal, and that no party can consider itself so firmly rooted as to bo dispensed from those salutary provisions which tend. to protect truth and justice in their hour of trial from the tyranny of an overbearing adversary. (Front the Morning Chronicle.) It is already ascertained that the Ministerial measure of re form will receive the cordial support of all parties, with the exception of those who are opposed to any change in the re presentative system. The second reading of the bill will be carried by a large majority ; but, to ensure ultimate success, it will be necessary to guard against the efforts which will be made with the view of destroying the measure in detail. If the advocates of special modifications insist on pressing their several projects, politicians who only aim at defeating the Ministerial scheme will easily find an opportunity of effecting their object. Nor is it enough that the bill should be carried through the House of Commons without actual failure. A measure of this kind ought to be presented to the Upper House as the undoubted and deliberate decision of the repre sentatives of the people, on a matter with which they are peculiarly competent to deal. Lord Derby and his friends have, in more than one instance, shown that they know when to yield ; but they will watch their opportunity for offering a successful resistance. The case of the Opposition would be greatly strengthened by the removal of the safeguards which the authors of the bill have introduced, not so much for the purpose of counterbalancing the new extension of popular in fluence as of correcting defects which are found in the exist ing system. It is natural that those who only desire to in crease the power of a party should accept provisions which appear to favour their own views, and at the same time re monstrate against changes which may have an opposite, or rather a different, tendency. The Government has attempted, and not without success, to be just, not to rival factions, but to those large sections of the community which may fairly claim to exercise political power. The great body of respect able residents in counties are to be admitted to the franchise, not that they may add to the strength of Whigs or of Tories, but that they may exercise a reasonable influence in the con stitution of the Legislature ; and it is for a similar reason that, in populous towns and counties, a new provision is introduced for the purpose of preventing a strong minority from being altogether overborne. The remark that the proposed arrangement in favour of minorities is an innovation, may justly be thought an incon sistent objection on the part of those who are not ordinarily indisposed to promote changes in the constitution. The truth is, however, that the novelty of the plan consists in the machinery—the details of which may fairly be matter for dis cussion—rather than in the principle. If minorities had not found means to secure a voice in the government of the coun try, English freedom would long since have been extinguished. The great variety in the character of the different constitu encies has in some degree compensated for the uniformity ob servable in particular elections. In a rough manner, the county members have represented the wealthier inhabitants of the great towns, while rural free traders and friends of progress have seen the principles which they failed to further at home carried out in Parliament by strangers. The com pensation, however, like all casual remedies, has been partial and incomplete. The minorities which have been excluded, by their peculiar position, from political action, would often have made a wiser choice than that which has neutralised the triumph of their local antagonists. The educated classes of a metropolitan borough may wish to be represented by a statesman, as the more enlightened section of a remote county constituency may prefer a liberal politician ; and it is but a poor consolation to either party that the delegate of the pro vincial squirearchy habitually votes against the delegate of the tap-room and the vestry. It is true that large constitu encies, by their opposite principles of selection, neutralise the o n d d u c ct o i u o n n t country sliut eso bad effects which might follow from - the excessive predomi nanceom d form specifictwo phroovsitsili of any one politic a l t en d ency ; b u t it i s no t d es irable that lh t e o !A l a . minorities to obtain a di rec t s h are i n th e represen t a ti o n is the more reasonable, beca use th e Mi n i s t er i a l bill will tend to diminish the difference which exists between e on ca roi l 2 s enabli ng county and borough constituencies. The ten-pound house holder of small market towns will form a connect ing link between IWo classes of voters, who have generally been opposed to each other, both in cha racter and iu political opinion. While less given to change than the populations of the largo towns,• tho now county voters will also be exempt from many of the peculiar prejudices of their rural neighbours. Where the new privilege is conceded to the minority, it will, in some cases, form a protection to the party which has hitherto monopolised the representation. In a greater number of instances, perhaps, the moderate Liberals will profit by the change, while, in large cities, its tendency will be favourable to the party of resistance ; and in all cases the limitation of the power of the majority will secure greater attention to the ,personal qualifi cations of candidates. Neither majorities nor minorities are fixed and unchangeable ; but when one party habitually enjoys an undisputed superiority, the oscillations which take place in the comparative numbers on either side may be practically disregarded. The re-adjustment of the balance will, however, compel the managers of elections to secure the maintenance of their power by a judicious selection of representatives. A close contest between Blue and Red will render both parties more careful with respect to the personal considerations on which the decision may turn. Any opposition which may be offered to the principle of the proposed experiment will be really dictated by calculations of its probable effect on the relative strength of parties. That it is abstractedly just, none but a bigot will be disposed to deny. Mr. Phillimore's jesting proposal to let a minority prevail in divisions in the House of Commons was founded on a false analogy ; for the right of large bodies of electors to be heard in the counsels of the nation by no means involved a claim to prevail, in actual legislation, wer their more nume rous opponents. If, on the other hand, Mr. Phillimore were to carry out his principle, he would practically disfranchise a portion, which might be all but a moiety, of the population. If it is right that all considerable sections of the community, with their characteristic shades of opinion, should be repre sented in the House of Commons, it it far more just and ex pedient to diffuse antagonistic influerues than to group them apart, in the hope that they may eventually balance each other. Should the effect of the change be to render progress more familiar to remote counties, whib popular boroughs in cline to moderation, there will be no reason to regret the result. It is well that a plan which is essentially experimental should err, if at all, by defect rather than excess ; and it is fortunate that the exceptional circumstances of a few large constituencies afford means of estimating the working of a principle which, if universally adopted, might have intro duced too great a revolution into the general representation of the country. It is not improbable that experience may satisfy all parties of the practical expediency of a system which appears theoretically just; and, in that case, it will not be difficult to extend it by general consent, while it will also be comparatively easy to correct any defect which may be found in its operation. The opponents of all extension of the franchise will be inconsistent, as well as unwise, if they fail to accept a proposal which tends to obviate the inconve niences attaching to large and uniform constituencies; and, on the other hand, the friends of Reform will commit a serious error, if they oppose the adoption of a principle which ren ders their wishes attainable, because it makes it practicable to satisfy them without injustice. Some of the warmest ad vocates of the rights of the minority are identified with popu lar claims. Mr. Marshall, in particular, who has argued this question with great force and clearness in a recent pamphlet, has always acted with the extreme Liberal party. At the present day, it is hardly possible for a politician of strong opinions to prefer the interests of the country to the predo minance of faction. ( From the Morning Post.) There is oue portion of Lord John Russell's Reform Bill which, we believe, will be regarded by the public entirely by itself, however much such a proceeding may disarrange the completeness and symmetry of a great scheme, which the noble lord, at a most inconvenient period, has had the deter mination to force upon the unwilling attention of Parliament and the country. We certainly recollect no period when the iniroduction of a measure, making such essential changes in the constitution of the country, obliterating ancient and well-recognised influences, and substituting others infi nitely more democratic, has been received, both within and without Parlliament, with an apathy so general, and apparently so irremoveable. In the plan of the noble lord, a system of carefully-devised equivalents may be detected, for, when he proposes a concession to one class, le endeavours to neu tralise its effect by conferring some very different and antago nistic privileges on an entirely different class. Thus, in re ference to the particular point which we are desirous of bring ing under notice, he commences at the base of our represen tative system, by enormously increasing the number of voters, and ends at the apex by conferring a new and most important power on the Crown. The noble lord proposes to abolish the provision of the act of Anne, which enacts, " That if any member shall accept of any office of proit from the Crown during such time as he shall continue a member, his election shall be, and is hereby declared void, and a new writ shall issue for a new election as if such person were naturally dead provided, nevertheless, that such person,shall be capa ble of being elected." It is scarcely worth while to consider the circumstances which lead to the establishment of this rule. Lord John Russell says that it was a sort of compromise which arose out of a squabble between the Whigs and Tories in Queen Anne's time, and that now it sometimes produces this result, that " the Crown is not unfrequently embarrassed in its choice of servants, and obliged to take the man who is sure of his election, rather than a more eligible person who does not enjoy the same advantage." This inconvenience has oc casionally been experienced since the passing of the Reform Bill of 1832, and the noble lord anticipates, if his new measure should be successful, that the inconvenience would be experienced even in a greater degree. The question, however, which the public has to' consider is simply this—whether one grtat element of Ministerial responsibility should be ignored, for the purpose (impor tant, we admit) of facilitating the conduct of the business of the country. The change proposed by the noble lord would undoubtedly give au additional power to the Crown, and this in itself might not be objectionable, if history did not tell us that, at periods anterior to the establishment of the rule in question, the House of Commons was rather a body of place men and pensioners of the Crown than an assemblyrepresent ing the wishes and wants of the people. The venality and corruption which at that period prevailed were so scandalous that the Act of Settlement contained an article providing that no person who had an office or place of profit under the King, or received a pension from the Crown, should be capable of serving as a member of the House cf Commons. This article was repealed by the Act of Anne in 1706; and from that time to the present, the country has enjoyed the inestimable bene fit of complete Ministerial responsibility, the selection of the Crown in every case having received also that sanction which a popular election •-in theory, at least—is supposed to give To declare, as the Act of Settlement declared, that a Minister should have no opportunity of explaining his policy in Parlia ment, was the assertion of a principle as dangerous as it was unnecessary and unconstitutional, but the middle course adopted in Queen Anne's reign has, to a fair and legitimate extent, acted as a check upon the Crown and has drawn closer those sympathies which should ever unite the House of Com mons with the people. Lord Mahon's views on this subject, which, in some degree, support those of Lord J. Russell, are these :—" It may be observed that the vacating of seats by members who take office might often have been productive of the most serious injury, had it not in a great measure been neutralised by the effect of the smaller boroughs. For, until our new Constitution, in 1832, any eminent statesmen, though he might he out-voted at one place, was perfectly sure of his election at another. The defeat of a great party leader under any circumstances, such as that of Mr. Brougham in Westmoreland., or of Sir Robert Peel at Oxford, was speedily repaired at Winchilsea or Westbury." The measure now proposed by Lord John Russell is so tho roughly democratic in its nature as at once to do execution upon the remaining pock et boroughs, such as Calne and Marlborough, which, for certain reasons, were permitted to survive the Reform Bill of 1f;32, and. therefore the leaders of party will, for the future, be dependent upon the choice of the people, if the existing rule of a new election, upon accept ance of office, is still to be maintained. We should hope that the favour of the Crown is not incompatible with the con fidence of the people; and, though occasional inconveniences may arise from the present application of the principle of Ministerial responsibility, the noble lord to be consistent, should carry out his views to this extent, namely, that every Minister should, ex officio, have a seat in the House of Com mons, or that the Septennial Act should be repealed, in order to allow the constituencies in some way or other, and at some shorter interval of time than at present, to express their opinion of the individuals selected by the Crown to conduct the affairs of the nation. Whatever temporary inconvenience may arise from a great party leader losing his seat, we are sure that evil cannot prop erl y be compensat e d by the equiva lent proposed by the noble lord, namely, the destruction of that principle of Ministerial responsibility which is as neces sary, on the one hand, to check any undue influence on the part of the Crown, as, on the other, to preserve the purity and independence of the House of Commons. ( From the Daily N ew ,. ) The result of the meeting of liberal members of the House of Commons, held yesterday, to decide on the course to be pursued with regard to the ministerial measure, was, as far as it went, very satisfactory. The provisions relating to the disfranchisement of small constituencies, and the extension of the suffrage, were unanimously and warmly approved of. It , was therefore agreed that the bill, as a whole, should be sup ported. The members present were, we n t nelerstand, unani mous in favour of vote by ballot. We see no danger that can arise from that source. Mr. Berkeley may renew his substan tive motion to have the votes at elections taken by ballot without interfering with the ministerial bill. On the proposal to give representatives to minorities more difficulty was felt, and an adjournment took place on that question. It is most desirable that the most perfect good intelligence should exist between non-official reformers in the House of Commons and those ministers who are sincerely in earnest to carry the measure, and that no pretext should be given to any less sincere members of the Government to throw it up. Perhaps the best way would bo for the reforming members, at their adjourned meeting, to agree to request a conference with Lord John Russell. At that conference it might be put to him that the proposal to give representatives to minorities is so new to the public that no general opinion has been formed respecting it, and that time ought to be allowed for coming to a decision. It might be added that the proposed arrangement respecting minorities of two-fifths of the voters is not so essentially interwoven with the other provisions of the bill upon which the public mind is made up that it can not be omitted and reserved for future discussion. An appeal may be made[to Lord John's generosity whether it would be fair or handsome to compel the public to accept of an inno vation so unheard of, under the penalty of losing the unques tionably beneficial portion of the New Reform Bill, Besides, if some counties have minority representatives given them, other counties will have a grievance unless their minorities get members also, Again, if the minority man does, not get two-fifths, who is to be the third member ? Lastly, it can be shown that there is great reason to believe the minority plan cannot be worked. Is it, then, expecting too much of Lord John to expect that such representations, put in a con ciliatory though earnest manner, might induce him to drop a proviso which is no necessary part of his otherwise excellent measure ? Should he persist in urging the representation of minorities in face of such arguments, the necessary inference must be that he is bound to urge it in order to keep some of his colleagues stanch to the other provisions of the bill. If this be so, we think (much though we dislike the crotchet of provid ing members for minorities), that rather that give any luke warm reformer among Lord John's colleagues a pretext for throwing up the bill, it ought to be accepted and proinoted even with this drawbaa. We feel so convinced that the crotchetty part of the bill cannot work successfully, that we have no doubt, even though carried, that the minority plan would be repealed in a year or two. We say, therefore, take the bill that largely extends the franchise. The idea of having minorities represented may. "possibly . been sug gested by the difficulty experienced of getting working ma jorities in a reformed House of Commons. But Ministers, should they succeed in getting representatives of minorities illto the house, would And such men less amenable to disci. pline than any others. Their presence would add to—not diminish—the difficulty of getting working majorities in the house; . = ( From the Examiner.) It would be about as easy to persuade a convict under sen tence of death of the fitness of the early day appointed for his execution, as to convince an anti-reformer of the season ableness of a measure of reform. The favourite argument in the Noodle's oration is the emphatic " Besides, Sir, this is not the time." The dilatory plea set up by Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli to stave off reform has been admirably disposed of both by Lord John Russell and Lord Aberdeen. The Prime Minister, with excellent sensch and spirit, remarked " War in itself is the cause of many calamities to mankind; bit it is au additional misfortune that it should interfere with the progress of every social improvement, and with all those measures which most conduce to the welfare of the country. (Hear, hear.) But I cannot admit that the mere appiehen sion of war is to prevent us from redeeming the pledge which we have , given to Parliament and the country, and which we are bound and determined to fulfil. (Hear.)" There is nothing novel,' however, in making the worst of bad things ; and people have before now commenced with very effectually punishing themselves, with the task on their hands of punishing their foes. A Queen of Spain made a vow that she would not change her linen till she had conquered her enemy, and the war being more protracted than her Catholic Majesty had reckoned on, her under garments became extremely unpleasant to more than the sense of sight ; and to console the poor Queen, and keep her in countenance, her ladies took to wearing linen of a dirty yellow, which was called the Isabelle colour. In former days, indeed, it was not uncommon for men to superadd some gratuitoini suffering to any unavoidable calamity. Some would not' trim their beards, others let their nails grow till they eat into the flesh, others fasted, or scourged themselves, as if one pain was a' cure for another. Socrates it was, if we remember rightly, who, seeing a man in affliction tearing his hair, asked him, " My friend, is baldness a remedy for grief?" And are defects in the representative system calculated to mitigate the evils of war ? Because we cannot escape one bad thing are we to submit to another ? Lord Derby talks most edifyingly of the duty of abandon ing party politics, and uniting for the measures requisite for the welfare and honour of the country, and he deprecates di visions and animosities which it is wholly in his own power either to avoid or originate? " The noble earl and his colleagues have certainly deter mined on throwing out a temptation which it will require great public virtue to resist—(a laugh) namely, the tempta tion of joining in a vote adverse to the Government on a most vital proposition, with respect to which defeat would be fatal. Many of those who may not dissent from the measure itself will doubtless object to the time and opportunity se lected for its introduction, but I here venture frankly to ex press a hope that, however reckless the conduct of the Go vernment may be in throwing before the country such a sub ject of agitation at such a moment, a sense of what is due to the public interests and public welfare will prevent the opponents of the Government from falling into the snare which it appears the noble earl and his colleagues are offering to them. (Ironical cheers.) I trust that nothing will be done - I trust the House of Commons will not afford the noble earl and his colleagues a chance of escaping from the difficulties of their present position by rejecting the Reform bill." Now certainly the hope that the house will not afford Ministers the chance of escaping from their difficulties, does not come with the grace of consistency from the lips of a speaker who has been holding forth in condemnation of party. In one breath Lord . Derby advocates union and earnestly deprecates the removal of Ministers, and in the next he ex presses his earnest trust that the administration, the existence of which he deems so important, may be fixed fast in certain difficulties. Feeling, as Lord Derby does, the importance of union, and of the total abeyance of party at the present juncture, a most comfortable reflection it must be for him, that with him and the friends he can influence rest the issues of Parliamentary peace or war, so momentous to the country, Knowing the evils of disunion in present circumstances, he has only to exercise forbearance. Lord Derby is happily under no com tmlsion to quarrel with the Reform Bill, or about it. The bill will not fly at him or bite him, and he has only to leave it alone, and to shun all that, according to his own shewing, it is so vitally important to avoid. He will take care not to give au advantage to Russia, and will refrain from a domestic conflict, distracting the public mind from the object to which its main energies should be devoted. He will not play at home the part of the Czar abroad. He will not cross the Prath. He will not claim any protectorate over corrupt boroughs. He will seize no material guarantees. He will neither pick a quarrel nor permit a quarrel on any pretence. Mr. D'lsraeli indeed threatens a different course, and inti mates that the patriotism of his party is so ephemeral, can so ill keep, that though it would not consent to distract the country on the 13th of February, it is quite ready to do that mischief on the 13th of March ; and, like the Emperor Nicho las, he throws the responsibility on the party attacked. Now really it seems to us that it would have been more reasonable on Mr. Disraeli's part if he had reversed the order of his pro ceedings, and had postponed his forbearance and patriotism to the 13th of March, and 'given us a preient but short spell of faction on the first reading ; for as yet we are at peace, and should not suffer by party warfare, which is not likely to be the case a month hence. Conolly, in exemplification of the artillery service in Persia, tells us that the commandant of a besieged fortress sent a message to the general of the opposite forces, requesting him to fire off his gun at once and have done with it. And it would have been well to have invited Mr. Disraeli to fire his gun at once, and do his worst before the Russians cdmmence their part of the same sort of per formance. _ _ The new Reform Bill has surpassed our expectations. It does much in many good directions, and is remarkable not for the length it goes, but for its comprehensiveness, for the much, wisely selected, that it embraces. What is especially admirable in it is the care to include in the constituency all who can afford the evidences, however lowly and modest, presumptive of education, prudence, and good conduct. The new franchises are all good ; the only question is as to the deposits in savings' banks, there being some apprehension that the money might be lodged by a candidate, or his agents, to obtain the vote, as rates and taxes have been paid for the same purpose. But the term of three years for the deposit will interpose a strong check to this sort of fraud, as few cor rupters would like to leave their money for such a length of time in the power of a person whom they must know to be no honester than themselves. The complete disfranchisement of nineteen small boroughs having populations below 5,000, and the reduction of thirty three others having populations below 10,000 to the represen tation of one member each instead of two, will be acceptable to all but the constituencies and representatives concerned The distribution of the seats so disposable will be a matter more open to objection, as the jealous claims of town and country here come into play. It would certainly appear that the larger share is allotted to the counties ; but as a set-off to this is to be taken into account the change which the 101. occupation must make in the county constituency, leaven ing it to a considerable extent with town interests and sym pathies. There is no disfranchisent of persons, but the electoral pri vileges of the freemen are to cease with the present holders. Since they cannot at once be swept away, it is well that so great a nuisance should at least terminate with the present generation. The extension of the franchise in boroughs takes in all householders rated at six pounds, equivalent to about eight pounds of real rental. For the present this house qualification is not to arise until after two and a half years' occupation, when the voter may be registered ; and the electoral right is not to operate until after residence of two years and ten mouths, wren the voter may tender his vote. Happily, the objections that may be felt upon this point are almost re moved by the creation of other titles to the vote than that of mere house occupancy. The franchise is in future to be placed in the hauds of a large section of the people to whom it is now denied, and the householding test will be thrown compara tively into the background as a source of voting power. Under the new bill, lodgers may vote as well as their land lords. Five additions to the franchise are created, apply ing not only to boroughs, but to counties also, by which all men are comprehended who fulfil certain conditions. These are—receipt of a salary of not less than a hundred a-year, paid half-yearly or quarterly ; the yearly receipt of ten pounds in dividends from the Funds, Bank Stock, or the East India Company; the yearly payment of forty shillings income or assessed tax ; the having had fifty pounds for three years in any savings' bank ; or the being a graduate of any university. These additions to the franchise, it will be observed, are so contrived as to include every member of society without exception down to a certain grade. They put an end to those startling anomalies by which the franchise is at present withheld from great numbers of per. sons about whose competence to vote no possible doubt can be entertained. The abolition of the rate-paying restrictions on the fran chise, and the establishment of the register as final, must be matter of unmixed satisfaction. The enfranchisement of the Inns of Court, and of the Lon don and Scotch Universities, are moves in the right direction, to what our neighbours would describe as the recognition of the capacities. We are not seized with any constitutional horror at the idea that the acceptance of office is not to vacate the mini ster's seat, and subject him to the ordeal of re-election. The inconveniences of this usage far exceed any possible advan tage that can be ascribed to it. The effect is to narrow, detrimentally to the public service, the choice of persons for high employment ; and the question is not who is fittest for the vacant office, but who is most likely of re-election upon appointment, and this is often a man who has done more to secure a constituency than to merit public confidence. We cannot at the present moment do more than glance very cursorily at the prominent parts of the prop3sed measure, every one of the details of which will be the subject of one, and some of many debates. Our general impression is, how ever, that it is not less good for present circumstances than its predecessor of 1831 was for the then existing state of things. But it has not taken any worthy country gentleman's breath away, nor will it carry the country by storm, nor be celebrated by illuminations. The difference is between a vic tory and a sober plan of improvement, not the less sober for being sufficient and efficient. Enthusiasm was not misplaced in '3l, but now it is enough to say of the present proposal, "It is good, and must be supported." The former Reform Bill would have been a failure if it had not prepared this calm reception for its successor. There is one part of the plan to which we feel strong ob jection. We hardly need add that it is to the representation of minorities, to be contrived by giving certain counties and towns three members, the electors voting as at present for two candidates, and the minority if amounting to two-fifths of the whole number of voters to return the third candidate. This is an arbitrary and capricious violation of the principle of majorities which runs through all our popular institutions. And how can the thus far and no farther, for the introduc. principle n A t n ee d tion of the representation of m inorities, have been defined, or how can the limit be permanently can we have against the extension for what is this innov ation p roposed ? Lord John Russell o fixedft he ? new what explains that it is to avoid the irritation and anger of the defeated minority in close contests, and also that it is an ex pedient for bringing, as it were, something of everything into the House of Commons, or a section of all opinions. Now, as to the anger of the defeated minorities, how can so partial a ease for its avoidance be justified ? Why is one county or town to be soothed and comforted with its odd member for it odd opinions, while other counties and towns are left uncared for to fret and fume over their defeats ? Constituencies will be apt to say in this case that what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, and that one minority' bas as good a right to a salve and plaster against irritation as another. As for the argument that all opinions should be repre sented in the Rouse of Commons, we have only to observe /<, [POE SD. that if the variety were somewhat smaller than it now is, the stock of sense would be greater. The Wrongheads are now a very numerous family, and there is not the least reason to believe that there will ever be a serious dearth of that race ; and it appears to us nothing else than preposterous to con trive special openings for them. To use a Scotch phrase, they will " win in," whether their presence be desirable or not ; and with that certainty the advocates of diversity might be content. To introduce men for the mere sake of difference is like that truly Irish whim of " the young man of Ballina crazy, who wanted a wife to make him unasy." But we may be told it does not follow that minorities must be wrong, and Lord Melbourne used to contend that minori ties were always right ; but what would become of the merits of their cause when they grew into majority, and cast their op ponents into the minority always right, and that acute states man did not explain. That minorities are often right we should be the last to deny, and they may safely be left to their merits to grow into majorities by force of truth ; but in foisting them artificially into power, this desirable stage of probation is escaped. And what will be the position and consideration of the odd members for minorities in the house ? For what will they tell in speeches and divisions ? Of course the usual way of speak ing of them will be, " the hon. member for the minority of Guzzledown." They will be called the Minor Thirds. Their votes should correspond with the proportion of their consti tuencies, and be counted as two-fifths ; and two-and-half of these half castes should make an integral member, or live should go to two entire members. Working the fraction will task the arithmetic of the tellers, who will probably for con venience reduce them to decimals, with the point before their figure. In every debate and every division the part of these minors will be the subject of invidious observation. They will be reminded that they are not made as other members are made, that they are not of full measure, as it were, but a composition, at the bankrupt rate of four shillings in the pound. And whenever they open their mouths to make a statement, the house will be warned against giving credit to minors, and they will be admonished to wait with the modesty suitable to their immaturity, till they attain their majorities. We do hope that this project of giving representation to minorities, and another to the same effect in the Bribery Bill will be reconsidered and dropped. A representative system is in its nature a somewhat clumsy piece of machinery, serving as a mean between very good and very bad government, and any attempt to refine upon it, and to contrive certain results by introducing a new principle, as antagonist to the principle hitherto ruling as the negative is to the positive, will be either an utter failure, or a dangerous innovation tending to a farther departure from the choice of the many to the choice of the few. In what is now proposed all that is to be given to minorities will be so much taken away from the majority. As Bayle says, make up your mind whether a round table or a square table bests suits your purpose, but when you have chosen the one do not quarrel with it because you cannot have from the circle some of the properties and con veniences of the square, nor think that you can reconcile the two, and eke out from one what the other refuses. The ballot is condemned as an un-En4ish innovation—the ballot used in every club, and in many of our institutions ; but in what society, in what gathering of men, is the minority anything but a nudity, or does it tell for anything but what it is, the summation of a defeat, or the proverbial " second best" in the battle between two ? The project is worthy of a place in Swift's College of Projec tors to give to minorities the effect of majorities, or to make two-fifths equal to half the whole,—for that is the arithme tical problem proposed, but far short of the moral one in ab surdity. This sort of design should be postponed till it may be found that the pyramid rests on its apex as firmly as on its base. And we have in England, undoubtedly, a certain rocking stone which sets a tottering example in that way, but we have not, in the length and breadth of the land, the instance of a beaten minority performing the part of a majority in any frac tional degree. :egiment. Another party from the _ has been employed upon a. similar. duty Orinoco, and the arrangements for the of the troops may be said to be quite ...welve horses for the use of the staff been shipped on board each of the steamers . Ripon. The precise number of men to go out is as follows : —Orinoco, 854 rank and file (Cold streams), 28 to 32 officers, and 32 women ; by th e Ripon, 600 rank and file (Grenadiers), 28 to 32 officers, and 32 women ; by the Manilla, 250 rank and file (Grenadiers) and six officers. The embarkation will be superintended by Major - G en e r al Simpson (the com manding-officer of the so uth-western distri c t), ass i s t e d by Major Purvis, the Br igade Major, and by Captain Austin, C. 8., R.N., Admiralty Superintendent of Packets at Southampton. The troops on their arrival from London and Chichester will march from the rail way station to the docks, and there go directly on board the steamers, which are conveniently moored alongside the wharves. The vessels are to leave the dockiwith the afternoon tide, anchoring in the river during the night, so as to give the troops an opportunity of quietly settling into their sleeping arrangements, and putting to sea at daybreak on Thursday morning. The Fire Queen steam yac ht arrived here this morn ing from Portsmouth, having on board Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, Commander-in -Chief at Portsmouth, and lady ; Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, R.N., Captain Sir John Maxwell, Captain Munday, and Flag- Lieutenant Hankey, for the purpo se of inspecting the Himalaya, Ripon, Orinoco, and other steam-ships now under Government orders. The distinguished party were conducted over the Himalaya by Capta in Austin, R.N., Captain Nairne, director, and Captain Engledue, the superintendent of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, and expressed their satis faction at the arrangements for the comfort cf the troops, and their admiration at the appearance and proportions of this noble ship. The Himalaya will, it is stated, leave Southampton on Friday, with about 250 of the Rifles on board, calling at Plymouth, to embark the 93d Regiment from that garrison. The Emeu is under orders to proceed to Kingstown, Ireland, as soon as possible,'to take on board a regiment there, ordered for service in the East. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 21. The baggage-guard of the lst battalion of Coldstream quartered at Chichester came down from those quar ters by the South Coast Railway this morning, and retook the rail on the South-Western line for Southamp ton, to prepare the way for their comrades to-morrow. An important alteration is made in the disposal of the 2d battalion of the Rifle Brigade quartered in this garrison. It is found that her Majesty's steam troop-ship Vulcan will not hold them all com fortably, so a portion of them will have the satisfaction of going in the mammoth steam-ship Himalaya, for which arrangements have been made. Some fine gunnery practice is being exhibited daily on board the Excellent. Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, C. 8., could not have taken command of her at a time when more is looked for at the hands of the chief gunnery training ship in the navy. The Naval Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., inspected the crew of the Princess Royal, 91, and Dauntless, 33, at Spithead this morning. Contracts were taken to-day at Somer set-house for two sets of boilers for screw-ships of the nominal horsepower of 450 for this dockyard, and two sets of 350 ; and four sets for Woolwich, of the nominal horse-power of 280. Now that Admiral-Superintendent Martin has returned to duty, after his late illness, he somewhat astonished the employes in his establishment by his unexpected movements. He pays frequent visits to the Caesar, 91, which has about 500 hands employed upon her, and minutely inspects the progress made, from visit to visit, in the work of fitting the ship. He caused no little stir about 8 o'clock last night among those on board. He sent for Captain Robb, and all his officers, to take charge and superintend the work, as he observed some hundreds of candles burning amid chips, shavings, and combustible stores of every description ; he also posted labourers and marines with brooms and water to sweep decks and clear for the work to prooeed, and to stand by with water in case of fire. The men engaged upon her work until 9 o'clock at night. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 21. A portion of the 28th Regiment arrived from Preston yesterday, and went on board the Niagara, moored in the river. The great bulk of the troops will leave Pres ton to-morrow morning, and, it is supposed, will reach Liverpool about 9.30. They will at once proceed to the great landing-stage, whence they will be taken by small tenders and placed on board the Niagara, which will take her departure for Malta in the evening. DUBLIN, FEB. 21. Colonel Pennefather, Deputy Quartermaster-General to the army serving in Ireland, has been appointed Quartermaster-General to the expedition about to em bark for Turkey. Colonel Pennefather highly distin guished himself in Scinde, under the late Sir Charles Napier, in command of the 22d Regiment. The 41st and 49th Regiments, now stationed at Malta, being under orders to join the expedition, the depots of those corps at present on the Irish establishment are ordered to com plete the service companies to 850 rank and file. The Georgiana and Bussorah Merchant, both from London, arrived at Queenstown yesterday evening to embark troops for Malta. There are now no fewer than 13 recruiting parties stationed in Belfast—by far the largest number that over was sent to that town on recruiting service. For some time past recruiting there was unusually dull, but now it is getting brisk, and young lads are offering every day. DREADFUL SUFFERINGS OF A SHIP'S CREW. The following details of the wreck and sufferings of the crew of the Bona Dea, of Liverpool, from Savannah (abrief report of which has appeared in the Morning He rald) are furnished by Captain Organ, of the barque Cuba, at Swansea : " On Saturday, Feb. 4, at about 10 a.m. (being then in lat. 45 15 N., and long. 24 14 W.) saw a vessel about two or three miles to windward, apparently in distress. I immediately shortened sail, and hauled up for her, and made her out to be the Bona Dea, of Liverpool, with only foremast and foretopmast standing, and waterlogged—a perfect wreck, and the sea making a breach right over her. I then discovered that there were people still on board, and immediately got a boat out and sent to her, in charge of the chief mate, to take them off the wreck, which, with some difficulty, they suc ceeded in doing. When we got them all on board the Cuba (eleven iticrinitinber), we found- them in a wretched and exhausted condition, and presented a most melancholy and distressing sight, having been eleven days and a half,in that fearful situation, without either food or water. One poor fellow (Samuel Blain, cook) died almost immediately after we got him on board ; four of • the others were Quite insane. We imme diately proceeded to give them a little boiled rice, barley water, &c., feeding them with a few spoon full ; we then got them all below, and washed them with warm water, and put clean dry clothes upon them, and after we had made them as com fortable as we possibly could, some of them appeared to revive a little ; but those who were insane appeared to get worse, especially one of them (James Gilmour, carpenter), who, after raving part of the night in a most furious manner, at last sunk exhausted. All our efforts to restore him were in vain, and, after lingering all the next day (Sunday, sth), at eight p.m., he expired. Three of the others were very de lirious, but we could get them to swallow small quanti ties olfood, barley water, &c. On Monday, the 6th, two of the three who were delirious were fast sinking, and past all hopes of recovery ; a ll the others appeared doing as well as we could expect, and very ravenous for food, but we were cautious not to let them have more than small quantities at a time, but at frequent interva ls, such a weak broth, rice, gr uel, &c. ; at 3 p.m., one thef two who was so far gone expired (George Nicholas, an Austrian), the other one scarcely breathing. On Tuesday, the 7th, Robert Anna, the only man d o wn his throat : he was past re covery, was still breathing w h o appeared appeared to be still t b o u o t facro,u.roldn e.notAglletthaenoyththeirnsg im proving—one, who was quite delirious when he came on board, had now some lucid interv:ds, and would talk quite reasonable and be conscious of 6verything. They comp l a i n principally of their feet and legs, which . are much swollen and very sore. On Wednesday, the Robert Anna o expired, nT h a u f t r e s r d iyn,gtehre iStitgh: s a in t c a e b y o e u s t te 9 rd p a . m y, scarcely 9th, they all appear to be r eco veri ngbreathing. fast, and I have will now good hopes that they recover." ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF MAILS, &C. TO THE LEVANT, DURING THE WAR.—The Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Postmaster- General have been very busy during the last few days in making the necessary postal arrangements for the transmission of mails and Government despatches, via France, for Malta and Constantinople, to commence as soon as the British military force now under orders to sail for the Levant shall have taken their departure. The Submarine and Electric Telegraph Company (chief office, Cornhill), have entered into a contract to transmit, either by day or night, all Government orders that may be sent to the naval and military commanders of the Anglo• Franco (combined fleets and army) forces as far as Marseilles. The Peninsular and Ori ental Steam Navigation Company have also placed at the disposal of Government their two fine steamers, the Vectis and Valetta (1,000 tons, 400 horse power each), to be employed as despatch steamers between Alarseilles, Malta, and Constantinople, and vice versa. The South-eastern Railway Company, from London-bridge to Folkestone, will alsolconstantly have an express locomotive and steam-packet in readiness to convey passengers anclGovernment couriers to the East, via Boulogne, and the same arrangement has been made with the Boulogne and Amiens Ra ilwa y Company to Paris, and so on to Marseilles, to be transmitted by either of the above-named mail steam-packets, or else by a special French mail despatch steamer. The postal arrangements, as regards the transmission of despatches, couriers, and letters to Constantinople, will be as speedy and perfect as possible, not only by rance means of the electric telegraph, but railway s and steam, vitt F, and the regular mail packets,virE Southampton. APPOINTMENT OF PUBLIC PROSEOUTORS.--Yesterday, the new bill to appoint "public prosecutors" was printed. The circuits of the judges of assize are to be divided if the bill should pass, and the Lord Chancellor to appoint a barrister for each district. The salary is not to exceed 1,500/. Deputy prosecutors may be ap pointed assistant prosecutors for quarter sessions. There is another class, " District agents," to be appointed. The duties of public prosecutors are defined, and when they are required to take up cases. stream Guards • on board the C final departure completed. IC , officers have bei Orinoco and It PREPARATIONS FOR WAR The appointment of Quartermaster -General under Lord Raglan's command has been offered to Lieutenant- Colonel Pennefather, C. 8., Deputy-Quartermaster- General in Ireland, and will, it is believed, be accepted by him. The post of Adjutant-General is now, there fore, the only important one in the staff of the expedi tionary army that remains to be filled up. Last night's Gazette contains the names of Lord Raglan as General, and of Colonel Bentinck, Colonel Sir Colin Campbell, Colonel Airey, and Colonel Eyre as Brigadier-Generals of the Forces, " about to proceed on a particular ser• vice. Lord Rokeby, who goes out in command of the Scots Fusilier Guards, Colonel Drummond, and Captain Lake, who was severely wounded, are the only surviv ing officers who were with the regiment at Waterloo. We understand that the Ripon, the Manilla, the Ori noco, and Niagara sail with 3,300 men to-day, the Cambria and Vulcan, with 1,500, on Friday next ; the Himalaya, with 1,400, on Monday; the Emeu and Simoom, with 2,000, on this day week • and the Golden Fleece and the Atrato, with 2,200, shortly afterwards. The Mediterranean brigade will be formed from the 44th, at Gibraltar, and two regiments at Malta. EXPORTATION OF ARMS AND WARLIKE STORES. The following letter I;7s - I;eenaddressed by the Trea sury to the Commissioners of Customs, stating the re gulations which the Government have laid down with the view of preventing the legitimate operations of com merce from being needlessly interfered with by the ope ration of the recent proclamation against the exporta tion of arms and warlike stores " COPY OF LETTER TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF CUSTOMS. " Treasury Chambers, 21st February, 1854. - - • " Gentlemen,—l am directed by the Lords Commission ers of her Majesty's Treasury to enclose herewith, for your information and guidance, copy of a proclamation of the Queen in Council, by which, under the provisions of the 150th section of the Customs Consolidation Act of 1853, the exportation of fire-arms and warlike stores is prohi bited, either abroad or coastwise, or to be water borne for the purpose of being so exported. "My lords desire me to inform you that this proclama tion has been issued, and the provision of the law referred to put in operation, from its having become known to the Government that extensive shipments of warlike stores were in the course of being shipped to Russian ports, and that other shipments were contemplated of a like kind. " I am, however, to state that, while my lords are deter mined to take every means in their power to prevent such shipment; being made, either directly or indirectly, to countries where they are likely to be used either against her Majesty's forces or those of her Majesty's allies, they are, nevertheless, extremely anxious that the necessary re strictions to which they are obliged to resort should as little as possible interfere with the large and important trades connected with the manufacture of such goods when of a legitimate kind. "My lords aro therefore pleased to desire that in pro mulgating the said proclamation to the various ports of the United Kingdom, you will instruct the chief officer of every port that while my lords are desirous that their strict attention shall be given to all cases of shipment of such goods as are included in the proclamation, in order to prevent the nefarious traffic which it is their lordships' earnest wish to stop, yet that in all cases where satis factory proof is given that such goods are really destined to other markets and ports than those of Russia, by the production of correspondence or otherwise, taking into consideration the character of the persons, and the nature of their usual trade. that they will allow such goods, and the vessels containing them, to be cleared in the usual way, and that especially with regard to such goods as it is proposed to carry coastwise in a regular and establi,hed trade, every facility shall be afforded consistent with the object in view. And in order that this part of the trade may be put upon as safe and uniform a footing as the circumstances will admit, my lords desire that every such ship carrying such goods coast wise shall be furnished with a special transit at the port of shipment, setting forth the quantity and nature of such goods, which shall be delivered to the collector at the port of destination, on the arrival of the ship, and who shall certify to the officers of the port of shipment the due arrival and discharge of such goods. I am, in conclusion, to add, that it is with regret that my lords feel it to be their duty to impose any restriction whatever upon trade, but that they are confident that all respectable traders will willingly submit to the small additional trouble which these regulations will impose upon legitimate and fair trade, when the object is to prevent, by all the means in their power, unprincipled persons from contributing, through our own arts and manufactures, arms and ammunition to be used against her Majesty's forces, or those of her allies.-1 am, &c., (Signed) " JAMES WILSON. " The Commissioners of Customs." ROYAL ARTILLERY. WOOLWICH, Feb. 21.—Fifty horses arrived in the gar rison here on Monday evening from Dublin, and 16 artificers and 10 gunners of Captain Graydon's company, Ist battalion, arrived at the same time from Dublin to be turned over to the batteries at Woolwich under orders for foreign service. 86 horses, with 6 artificers and 30 gunners, also arrived yesterday from Captain Edward Price's company, 7th battalion, stationed at Shorncliffe, for the purpose of being turned over to the batteries pre paring for embarkation for the Mediterranean stations and service in the East. It is reported in garrison to-day that two additional troops of Royal Horse Artillery, Captain Taylor's troop at Canterbury and Captain Maude's troop at Dublin, Captain w ith four additional field batteries • Swinton s com pany, 11th battalion, returned last week to head quarters from Dover ,• Captain Joh n Turner's company, 11th battalion, from Eastbourne ; Captain Wodehouse's co mpany, 11th battalion, a ia t i present in battery at Wool wich ; and Captain Dagu r , s company, at present in battery at Woolwich, will be placed in orders for foreign service. Should that addition he made, the strength of the Royal Artillery for service will be three batteries of Royal Horse Artillery and nine field batteries, two of the latter to be reserve d fi e ld batteries. Captain John M. Adye will proceed with the batteries as brigade major. ROYAL MARINES. The increase of the strength of this corps having been agreed to in the House of Commons last night, ten addi tional companies will be immediately formed, and the other ccmpanies be raised to the strength of 130 men in each company. SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 21 The greatest activity has pr_Nailed in the docks during the whole of to-day in preparing for the embarkation of th• detachments of troops which are to proceed to the East to-day (Wednesday) by the different steam ships. Large numbers of people have assembled on the various wharves to witness the arrangements going for ward. A fatigue party, headed by two officers from the Grenadier Guards, . has been engage' in shipping and stowing away in the steamers Ripon and Manilla the heavy baggage and military stores attached to the bat- . 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