The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-14 00:00:00

tbirb ..•,::Elltition. ASCOT RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPR.) CORONATION STAKES. Mith ap Delia, Four ran. FERN HILL STAKES. Bessie walked over. HANDICAP PLATE. Dead heat with John o' Bruges and Calamus. SECOND HEAT. l o hn o'Bruges CklainU4 Twelve ran. ROYAL HUNT CUP I , l4 ocket 4i ng of Trumps Twenty-two ran. rourtbXbttton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. ASCOT RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FIFTH TRIENNIAL STAKES Ifteteo ra %4lnpagne , Seven ran. FOURTH TRIENNIAL STAKES West Australian '4l lderdecken l'abert Three ran. 15 SOVS. SWEEPSTAKES. Delia eranbourno Two ran. LATEST BETTING. GOLD CUP. 7 to 4 against West Australian. CITY OF LONDON ELECTION. (THIS DAY.) At two o'clock this day, the nomination of a candidate serve for the City of London, in the place of the ) tight Hon. Lord Jobn Russell, who has accepted the ' t Ce of Lord President of her Majesty's Privy Council, t ook place in the Common Hall, Guildhall. The hall 4 1 court-yard of Guildhall was densely crowded. , '484 3' Russell, and her son and daughter, and Lord Wm. %sell and several of his lordship's friends, occupied the Wiery over the hustings. Lord John Russell, upon making his appearance on the g ilating e , with the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriff, * a% loudly cheered. Mr. Sheriff WIRE having opened the proceedings, and it t he usual preliminary proceedings having been gone ro ugh, IENRY JAMES PRESCOTT Esq., banker, came forward `° propose Lord John Russell, and in doing so said that Il e need not go into the history of the merits of the n oble lord, but no man had been more the friend of religious l iberty and commercial freedom of the people. He was the firm advocate of popular education. He did not 'eau to say that the noble lord was not sometimes b i ang, and that he did not himself sometimes differ with ar but the noble lord had always served the city faith t 41 IY, and we were under a debt of gratitude for the wisdom 414 counsel he had afforded the nation. After some r e larks, he concluded by proposing Lord John Russell. Mr. DILLON seconded the nomination. I The Sh er iff h ere ca me forward, and said that the right " o uourable Lord John Russell having been proposed ttul seconded, he wished to know if there was any Nosing proposal. Loud cries of " No, no," and ifiumense cheering for Lord John, and a few cries Mr. Urquhart, who, from the bar behind the did Mayor and Sheriffs, in a most excited manner " Propose me, then." A burst of laughter fol lowed this appeal, but no one having responded, the Sheriff here announced the choice to have fallen upon the auble lord. Lord J. RUSSELL then came forward, and was received :P ith the most u n animous cheering, and having answered , ° rus questions put to him by a gentleman who was Pon the hustings, and which was quite inaudible consequence of the confusion which prevailed, 4 1 1 bit them for having over so long a period honoured 2 41 With their support, and after Navin, alluded to his Fast career, said that with regard to the all-important laestion of the present war, he would say that there er.e other powers besides England and France interested securing the independence of Europe. He alluded to the !Nat states of Germany, as Russia's possesi-ion of Con 'tantinople would not only be dangerous to England a 4 d France, but aggressive to Germany. The Germans lid Prussians sympathised wan us in our present st raggle, which it would be borne in mind was not a war o f one power. The war we were about to °f Russia. was that of all Europe against the tyranny Russia. He had been told that the Govern. s 'a t ent of Turkey was bad, and that we should not help 'g em, but he believed that those who put forth this ar hment only did so to forward the designs of Russia. It * as easy to say that there was mal-administration and Ztuel practices upon the part of the Turkish Government, nt it was not now the time to discuss that question, lit to resist the tyranny of Russia. If Russia did suc ceed in her designs with Turkey, the Government would I's one in which neither religious liberty nor education Gould be encouraged ; it would be a dead and a deadly `overnment. Others said the Turks would, if left alone, tettl e their differences better than with our interference. that was the language of the Emperor of Russia, and (the Czar) further said that it might be amicably settled. (Laughter and cheers.) We thought other *ise—(reneweil cheers and laughter)—and being too !Tong we did not feel inclined to trust him. (Tremen dous cheering.) We did not intend to lay down o ur arms until we had obtained the greatest s ecurity. Our eyes had -been opened to the conduct of Russia, and every precaution would be taken to frus %trate his designs. This war would not, as one of con quest, be a remunerative one. But he could assure them that everything would be done to secure a lasting Peace ; but he could not say what might be the terms of that peace, as it would entirely depend Upon the fortunes of war, and it would be closed as speedily as possible. The noble lord concluded amidst , tnost triumphant cheering. The customary compliments having been paid to the Sheriff and Lord Mayor, they retired, after which Mr. Urquhart began to address those who were leaving the but the confusion was so great that seemly a word Could be beard, and whilst he was speaking, those as sembled left the hall, and followed the noble lord into the court-yard, where he was again most vociferously Cheered as he was driven away. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : "—North and South-Western Junction Railway ; Tyne keelmen ; Wells and Fakenham Railway. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. MIAL, from Oldham, Praying for the total abolition of church rates ; Mr. C. FOSTER, from Staffordshire, to the same effect ; Sir J. WALMESLEY, from Leicester, to the same effect ; 1 4 Mr. CHRISTOPHER, from the Lincolnshire Drainage ofnmission, against the Drainage of Lands Bill; by Mr. AGLIONBY, from the conventions of poor•law medical officers, suggesting improvements in their department of the Poor Law ; by Mr. HADFIELD, from Sheffield, against church rates ; by Mr. A. PELLATT, from a dis senting body in Southwark, to the same effect ; Mr. COLLETT presented 29 petitions from the manufacturing districts, complaining of violations of the Factory Act, a nd praying the house to pass a bill to prevent such v iolations in future ; by Mr. T. CHAMBERS, from Hert ford, praying for the total abolition of church rates. CHURCH RATES BILL. Mr. PACKE, who had charge of this bill, which stood for second reading to-day, announced his intention to Withdraw it, and explained his reason for doing so. The bill of the honourable baronet the member for the Tower Hamlets, which proposed entirely to abolish %arch rates, he viewed as a Church destruction bill, a nd it would therefore be his duty to meet it With a determined opposition. The noble lord the Pre sident of the Council approved of the principle of the bill, though he differed with its details, and he yet hoped Government would be induced to bring in a measure to "nfine the payment of church rates to members of the Established Church only. At all events, should he not il lineed in obtaining an assurance to that effect, he should feel it incumbent on him to renew this bill ; btu, in the meanwhile, he had only to move that t he order for the second reading should be discharged. Sir J. WALMSLEY said an erroneous_ impression " 4 gone abroad that the Dissenters as a body were not 11111 Posed to church rates, but he hoped after to-day that Ir uPression would be dismissed. Sir IV.. Y hoped the hon, member's ;taw:dont that the President of the Council approved of the prin ciple of this bill was unauthorised, because the public would only be satisfied with a measure that totally abolished church rates. Mr. PACKE explained that he had no authority to make such a statement from the noble lord, but he gathered the noble lord's opinion upon this bill from what had fallen from the noble lord in the course of debate. Sir B. HALL was glad to hear that, because he was satisfied the noble lord could neither sanction the prin ciple nor the provisions of this bill. There must be no half measures, but church rates must be entirely abo lished. Mr. BOOKER expressed his cordial approval of the course that was proposed to be taken with regard to this bill. Captain SCOBELL had come down to the house to help to throw out this bill, and he was glad it had been withdrawn. After a few words from Messrs. BUTT and PELL/TT, the motion was agreed to, and the order was discharged. REFORMATORY SCHOOLS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was passed through committee pro forma. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL. The house then went into committee. Mr. WHITESIDE asked if it was intended to extend this bill to Ireland. Mr. J. S. PHILLIMORE replied in the negative, as it had been found impossible to frame a clause that would be satisfactory to Ireland. The bill was then passed through committee. PUBLIC REVENUE AND CONSOLIDATED FUND CHARGES BILL. This bill was passed through committee on under taking being given by the Government that before the third reading amendments should be made for exempting the high judicial officers of Ireland from the operation of the bill. On the consideration of the schedules, _ _ _ Mr. CR A.UFURD moved that the salaries of sheriffs and sheriffs substitutes of Scotland should be transferred from Schedule Ato Schedule B. The former placed the charges for offices on the consolidated fund, while the latter placed the charges under the control of Parlia ment. . After a brief discussion the committee divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it The schedule A. was then agreed to Schedule B gave rise to a good deal of desultory dis cussion, and ultimately, Mr. GROGAN moved that the Chairman do report progress. The committee divided on this motion, when there appeared — For the motion Against it The motion was accordingly neg tived The schedule was then agreed to. WAYS AND MEANS. 21 110-89 . 33 . 82-49 The house then went into a committee of ways and means, and agreed to a resolution for restricting the use of sugar in breweries. The use of sugar in breweries and distilleries is not to be prohibited in breweries on payment of the increased duty, but the brewers wishing to use sugar will be required to take out an annual license for that purpose at a cost of 1/. a-year. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at half-past 5 o'clock. STATE OF TRADE. ( Front the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, June 13.—The statements so confidently made, and apparently so completely confirmed, up to a recent date, about the destruction of the young cotton plant by frost, are now unreservedly admitted by the same authorities to have had their origin in imagination rather than in fact. At New York the market was conse quently dull, and Ic. per lb. lower. But there was no change at New Orleans. These advices have checked busi ness at Liverpool, yet without producing any quotable effect upon prices. In the Manchester market they have somewhat strengthened that caution which last week held back the buyers from operating at the advance demanded by producers. The former have therefore found no difficulty in getting what they might want to day at rates which were commonly declined by the latter this day week ; making a difference of say id. per lb. in yarns ; in some kinds the difference is a little more than this. The sales have been of moderate aggregate amount. By the Greeks some busine-s has been done; and the German houses, receiving advices of sale to a fair extent, have come into the market to replace them. For India we have had a limited inquiry, with an unwillingness to pay the prices required. As the India letters received to-day, by way of Trieste, while reporting large sales of cotton goods, quote rather lower prices, the merchants have shown a di minished disposition to operate on any higher terms than those that were current a fortnight ago. The depressed value of light 7-Bth printing cloths is inducing some de mand for them. The Greek houses are brought more into the market, both fur goods and yarns, by improved accounts both from Persia and Constantinople. ROCHDALE, June 12.—We have had a duller market to-day than we have had for some weeks past. The merchants show no disposition to purchase at the pre sent time. The wool market has been heavy, with a very limited amount of business doing, and the tendency of prices rather in favour of the buyer. At the latter part of the week the mills stopped, and many of the cotton factories stood ail the week. _ _ HUDDERSFIELD, Jure 13.—There has been little dif ference in the state of the market to-day from that of the last week. Dullness has pervaded both the cloth hall and warehouses, and the sales have been trifling compared with this time last year. Goods are brought in comparatively small parcels, and those made to order are very limited in extent. The wool merchants have little to do, and complain of slackness for several weeks past. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM. A special meeting of this company was heid at Shrews- bury on Monday, under the Wharncliffe standing orders, to consider a bill for the consolidation into one under taking of the Great Western, Shrewsbury and Birming ham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Railways, and the union into one company of the three several companies. Mr. Badger occupied the chair. Mr. Peele, the solicitor to the company, read the heads of the bill. The CHAIRMAN said, the object of the bill was to amalgamate their railway with the Great Western and Shrewsbury companies, by which, if the bill passed, the shareholders would receive 31 per cent. upon the capital paid up, and a division of surplus profits, after the working expenses of the line were paid. The re ceipt of the dividend, if Parliament sanctioned the bill, of which there was little doubt, would commence from the Ist of January last. It had already passed the House of Commons, and only awaited the approbation of the shareholders before it was introduced into the House of Lords. Tne chairman concluded by moving a formal resolution approving of the bill. Mr. R. SCOTT seconded the motion, and in so doing said he was happy to think that in all probabilty the pre sent was the last time he should have to intrude upon the attention of the shareholders. He felt the greatest con , fidence in the belief that the measure of amalgamation would pass the Legislature, and that thus their property would obtain that permanent position which, under the former circumstances of the company, could not pos sibly be expected. Their connection with the Great Western Company would be advantageous to all par ties. He wished to know how the voting by proxies in support of the measure of amalgamation stood. The CHAIRMAN.—There are proxies in favour of the bill representing half the capital of the company, and none against it. (Loud cheers.) The motion was then carried amid cheering, and the meeting separated. ROBBERY OF £l,lOO BANK BILL AT LIVERPOOL.—COM MITTAL OF THE PRISONER.--Mr. G Forster, of Clifton park, Birkenhead, Ras brought up yesterday before the Liverpool magistrates, under remand from the pre vious Monday, charged with stealing a 1,1001. Bank post-bill. No additional facts were proved to criminate the prisoner. Detective officer Bates stated, in answer to Mr. Aspinall, the prisoner's counsel, that the greater part of the notes found at the prisoner's lodgings, amounting to 8001., had been ascertained to have been received by him on the day preced ing his apprehension from the Stock Exchange. Mr. Aspinall submitted that there was no evidence upon which a jury could convict, and urged the improbability of a gentleman in the po-ition of Mr. Forster stealing a bill for such a large amount and then exhibiting it on 'Change, and getting it cashed by a gentleman whom he must have known had an account at the Borough Bank, where, in all probability, he would take it, when his con nection with it would immediately become known. Mr. Mansfield said there was a prima facie case, which jus tified him in sending it before a jury. Committed for trial ; bail to be allowed, himself in 1,0001., and two sureties in 500/. each. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES AT THE NORTH LONDON COLLEGIATE SCHOOL.—Yesterday, the annual distribu tion of prizes to the pupils of this school took place at the New Vestry-hall, King's-road, Camden Town. The Rev. Thos. Dale, the vicar, occupied the chair, and was supported by the Marquis Camden, Sir B. Hall, Bart, MP., Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., J. Payne, Esq., J. Flather, Esq., and H. Farrer, Esq., churchwardens, and a nume rous body of the clergy and gentry of the district. The suc cessful pupils received their rewards from the hands of the vicar. The vicar, in his address to the meeting, alluded to the benefits of education generally, Ile was happy to state that since the opening of that school its progress has been most satisfactory. In 1850, the number of pupils was only 94 ; the school had progressed steadily, and the number of pupils now was 244 ; a more gratify ing proof of the steady progress of a sound education could not be found. All that was required to extend the number of pupils was space. It had been stated that this was a public school, and that he (the vicar) had misappropriated public funds to its support. Nothing could be more false : the school was established at the suggestion of and by Mr. Williams, the president. He was happy to state, at the suggestion of Mr. Williams, that it was that gentleman's intention to establish four exhibitions of 301. each. The distribution was carried out with the greatest unanimity. The company after wards partook of a dejeuner in the schoolroom, when many appropriate toasts wer e proposed. Vest- oats. 4• T . THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 14, 1854. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY). OLD COURT, (Before Mr. Justice Coleridge.) Mary Anne Alice Seago, 30, was indicted for the wil :ul murder of her son, William Seago. The prisoner appeared in a very weak and pitiable condition, and was hardly able to stand when she was placed at the bar. Mr. Parry applied to his lordship to postpone tha trial to the next session. He said that the woman who stood at the bar was in a very destitute condition, and he was only instructed on her behalf through the humanity of the Sheriffs. He had only received the depositions on Monday, and consequently there had not been sufficient time for the necessary inquiries tope made on behalf of the prisoner. _ . Mr. Payne, who appeared for the prosecution, said he did not think he ought to oppose •the application, and the trial was consequently postponed. Edward Benjamin Vidler pleaded guilty to a charge of uttering a forged order. This prisoner, it will be recollected, had upon a former occasion been convicted of the offence of forgery, and sentenced to 10 years' transportation, but was released a short time back under the newly established ticket-of leave system, and it appeared that almost the first use he made of his liberty was to commit the offence to which he had now pleaded guilty. Sentence deferred. In the case of a person named Spooner, who had been held to bail to answer a charge of secreting post letters, Mr. Bodkin said that the matter had been referred to the Attorney-General, and he considered that the de fenndant had been sufficiently punished, and he was therefore instructed not to offer any evidence in support of the charge. _ _ _ John Charlton, 35, a respectable looking man, was indicted for uttering a forged 51. Bank of England note. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin conducted the prose- cution. The guilt of the prisoner was clearly established, and his nefarious proceedings appeared to have been carried on with a good deal of ingenuity. It seemed that be re presented himself as the steward of a vessel, and that it was his custom to frequent public•houses by the river side,' until he had established a sort of acquaintance with the persons about the establishments, and by this means he succeeded in getting rid of no less than five forged notes within a very short period. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, de clared he was not aware that the notes were forgeries at the time he uttered them. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The prisoner, who had pleaded guilty to another charge of the same kind, was sentenced to be kept to hard labour for one month upon one indictment, and to be transported for 14 years upon the second. Charlotte Charlton, 29, was indicted for having unlaw fully in her possession three forged 51. Bank of England notes, without a lawful excuse. The prisoner, it appeared, was the wife of the man who had just been convicted, and it seemed that upon his being taken into custody the officers proceeded to the lodging he occupied with the prisoner, who was his wife. She was informed that her husband was in cus tody upon a charge of uttering a forged 101. note, and it was observed that she at the time had something in her hand, and she was about to place this on the fire when her hand was seized, and it was found to contain three forged five-pound notes. The prisoner upon this offered the officers a genuine 51. note, and asked them to throw the forged ones into the fire. The prisoner, in her defence, declared that she was quite ignorant of her husband's proceedings, and that on the day in question she found the forged notes acci dentally between two boxes. The Jury acquitted the prisoner. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) EXTENSIVE MINING FAILURE. -IN RE HODESSERSHAM. The bankrupt was described as of Bermondsey, and had dealt extensively in mining shares. To-day was appointed for hie last examination. The debts were stated at 25,0491. To ditto bolding security, 8,9001. ; liabilities, 4,0961. Assets—Cash, 90/. ; good debts, 145/. ; mining shares, valued at 2,7851. The bankrupt's losses on shares exceeded 10,000/. The bankrupt passed. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. I raid.l RAILWAYS. Closing Prices' the •lay. . Business dons this day. 12 20 20 5 10 St. 5 16 St. 20 12i St. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Company. London & N. West. L. &N. W. Caledon... Gt.Nrthn. Caldonian. Do ......... Gt. Westo Yk. New. & Berw. Y. St N3id all all all all Do D 0..... S. Eastern Do Norfolk.., L.& N. vV. & Midld. itekton & Darljngt. E. Count. D 0.. . Do L.&N.W &Ln&Yk Do Gt Northn [annuli & Yorksh. LMclean Stockt. St i Darlingt. Manna Prices this day. IGtwi Business this tlay. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL. This bill was read a second time. The High Treason (Ireland) Bill was read the second time. EXCHEQUER BONDS (6,000,0001.) BILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the third reading of this bill ' • and in the course of a very few observations, he de. nied that it was a loan bill in the proper sense of the term. Lord MONTEAGLE said he could not assent to the third reading of this bill without calling attention to its peculiar provisions. Complaining that the bill had been introduced without explanations, and that it was liable to be productive of signal disturbance in our financial arrangements, he asserted that it was a loan bill and no thing but a loan bill. To deny this proposition was to embark upon the intellectual effort of proving a distinc tion without a difference. It was proposed to raise 6,000,0001., at 4 per cent. This was a rate of interest disproportionate to the rates paid on Consols and Ex chequer-bills, but the Government were obliged to offer it because the security was distasteful to the public. And this was done at a time when the rate of interest upon the best securities in France had been lowered. He asked whether it was not strange that in the course of one year the rate of interest upon our unfunded debt should be raised from 1,4 to 4 per cent. ? Yet this had been done by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and he contended that such a fact was unexampled it the mone tary history of the country. The bill called upon Par liament to cast on the years 1858, 1859, and 1860, an annual burden of 2,000,000/., in addition to the ordi nary ways and means of each year. This was incon sistent with the notion of providing for the service of the year within the year ; while there was obvious risk in saying beforehand what would be the financial posi tion of the country in those years. But it was said that when those years arrived the bonds would be replaced by other bonds. If this were so the bill was an impos ture, for it contained no such power of substitution. This might be one cause of the unpopularity of the new secu rities ; but there was another cause, which he would point out. The public did not like any security which was small in amount. A public security, to be effectual, must be of sufficient extent to make a market for itself, but in this case the 6,000,000/. had been divided into three series of 2,000,000/. each, which was far too small, while by the arrangements that had been subsequently made, there were no very great facilities for their transfer from hand to hand. His great objec tion to the bill, however, was to the power which it gave to the Government to interfere with the Savings Banks Act, by enabling the Chancellor of the Exchequer to sell savings banks stock, and of investing the money in the purchase of the new securities. He regarded this power as extremely dangerous, and, observing that it was not contained in the original bill introduced into the House of Commons, he contended that, after 1858, it would become part of the permanent debt of the country. Thus the Chancellor of the Exchequer was practically doing that which he professed not to do. Adverting to the question whether these 6,000.000/. was a loan, he submitted that, whether regarded by the inspirations of common sense, or tested by the nature of the case, it was a loan, and nothing but a loan. It was said to be a provision for the temporary raising of money. What was this, he asked, but a loan ? In conclusion, he admitted the general merits of the Government, par ticularly in their selection of war taxes, and said it was with regret that he had felt himself compelled, by a sense of public duty, to make these observations. Earl GRANVILLE, in reply, said the noble lord bad entirely failed to make out a case against the bill. He denied that the new security was dis tasteful to the public ; and said the noble lord, in com plaining of the rise in the rate of interest, had entirely omitted from his consideration the state of the harvest and the breaking out of war, circumstances sufficient to account for the advance. There would be no embarrass ment whatever in providing for the payment of these bonds in 1858, 1859, and 1860. 'We were now accus tomed to provide every year for 16,000,0001. or 17,000,0001. of Exchequer-bills ; and surely there would be no difficulty in meeting 2,000,0001. a year for three years. It was, in fact, idle to talk of difficulty from such a cause. The omission in the clause relative to the savings -banks, which the noble lord had mentioned, had been made advisably, inasmuch as the words, had they remained, would have led to ambiguity as to the powers of the savings bank trustees to exchange stock for bonds. After a few words from Lord MONTEAGLE, the bill was read the third time and passed. The Railway and Canal Traffic Regulation Bill was read a third time and passed. Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) THE BALLOT. Mr. BERKELEY, in rising to bring forward his motion in favour of the ballot, said he did so undated by transeut success and undismayed by usual defeat, for he was equally persuaded that the measure was one required by justice and expediency, and one which the house would never agree to until compelled by necesssity. He justified his conduct by the pertinacity of Lord J. Russell in respect to the claims of the Jews, which were certainly not stronger than those of the Christian electors of this country to pro tection. The case of an elector was surely as strong as that of the Jew ; but the simple question to decide was, should the elector elect ? Now on tide point nothing could go beyond the reasoning and argument of Mr. Grote, and those who followed that gentleman in the advocacy of the ballot had only to contend with the ghosts of the arguments which he had demolished. (Hear, and a laugh.) One of the last spectres which had appeared was the theory that the elective franchise was a trust to the electors, to be used for the benefit of the non-electors, and that the voting must be open in order that the non-elec tors might be made acquainted with the manner in which the duty was discharged. A more delusive theory, or one more dangerous in practice, could not be advanced; for it was one which assuredly encouraged intimidation. The elective franchise was a right, and not a trust; but, if a trust, he contended the elector could not discharge his duty under a system of open voting. But he denied that open voting fixed the responsibility of the voter, and on this point he again quoted the authority of Mr. Grote. To show the danger of this theory, he would refer the house to what were caliod the Parliamentary blue, but which ought to be called the Parliamentary black books—the accumu lation of the committees who had sat on the proceedings at the lost election—he meant the Cork election. At that election Mr. Murphy, Mr. Fagan, and Colonel Chatterton were the candidates. Murphy and Fagan were Liberals and Roman Catholics ; Colonel Chattertou a Conservative and "Protestant. It was in evidence before the committee that the Roman Catholic priests took a warm interest in Murphy and Fagan, and addressed their congregation after Divine service, having evidently studied in the Russell school—that school in whioh the Secretary at War had taken his degree. (A laugh.) " You see, boys," said these priests, " that the elective franchise is given to the electors in trust for you, the non-electors; and, boys, all those who vote for Chattertou are guilty of a breach of trust. Now a breach of trust is a sin, and you are perfectly warranted in preventing the electors from going to the poll to commit that sin." (A laugh.) Well, the non-electors took the hint, and did prevent the electors from going to the pull ; but he would admit that the violence which took place did not arise from the recommendation of the Roman Catholic priests ; and he was bound to suppose that such violence did not meet with the approval of the noble lord the member for London. (A laugh.) The violence arose from the dangerous doctrine promulgated by the priests and by the noble lord ; for the nee-electors, acting as they were desired, watched the polling-booths to see how their trustees voted—(a laugh)—and when they found them vote " sinfully" they chalked their backs—(a laugh)—and when out of the reach of the military nearly stoned them to death. (More laughter.) To prove the accuracy of this description he need only refer to the speech of Colonel Chatterton at the dinner given to Mr. Isaac Butt, the member for Youghal. (Hear.) Speaking of the Cork election the gallant colonel observed, that, although his profession had compelled him to witness many scenes of blood, he had never been more horrified than at the scenes enacted at that election. He described the appearance of the wounded " trustees" as most sickening, and nothing could be more constitutional than the language of the gallant colonel when ho asked whether mon would re cord their votes through such murderous scenes of blood ? but he (Mr. Berkeley) confessed astonishment at the concluding sentence of the gallant colonel's ad dress. After his description of all this bloodshed it might have been supposed that some alteration in the mode of voting would have been suggested ; but the concluding words of the gallant colonel were, simply, " Attend to the registry." (Laughter.) Attend to the registry ! when the effect of the system was to doom the electors to the martyrdom of St. Stephen, and to have their brains knocked out. (Laughter.) The gallant colo nel said his heart and soul were bound up in the Conserva tive cause ; and it was well known that the protection of the voter was a brand of heresy,in the Conservative cre e d. The bruised and battered electors of Cork, than, must turn to the Liberal members for Cork if they desired a sincere advocacy of the ballot, and he trusted he should have the assistance of the senior member for that city on this occasion. Two principles he (Mr. Berkeley) contended for ; first, that the vote of the elector should not be par ohased by money ; and, secondly, that it should not be placed within the control of a peer of the realm. To pre vent the elector from being trodden down by the purchaser or the peer, let him have the protection of the ballot, which had never failed to give security to the voter where ever it had been adopted. In proof it was only necessary to state that open voting had frequently been exchwegaeru, for secret voting, but never secret votingopen. hear.) America had been cited as an instance tue failure of the ballot ; but the result of corre:pond e e e nce with able ty which enrolled men in America, and with a George Grote, showed the amongst its names that of Mr. direct contrary. In America the ballot was in force in 29 • states out lof 31. It was instituted in Massachusetts in . 1.631, remained in o f rce to this day, and election dis turbances were unknown .there. It was in force in Connecticut, in Pennsylvania, New York, Louisiana, and I Kentucky . ; and whereas, in the two latter states, before the adoption of the ballot, in 1830, the fighting and ge neral disturbance Six-mile our own election Scenes at Black burn, Clitheroe, -bridge, and Cork, the elections were now conducted in the most peaceable manner. But the ballot had worked equally well in Switzerland, Hol land, and Belgium. Yes, in Switzerland the ballot had been found to work well iu Belgium, as he had himself l a tely proved, it was equally successful ; and France af forded a third instance of its advantages, although it was once the fashion to declare that it had been weighed in the balance and found wanting, because, under it, the present Emperor had been elected to power. For need he recall to the recollection of the house that, at the time of the Coup detat, the name of Napoleon was held iu about as much reverence in this country as the name of Marshal Haynau, of woman-flogging memory. (Laughter, and _ r cries of " hear, hear.") Why, the time was when my Lord al merston himself was almost hunted about the country like a mad fox, because he was deemed not to be as much op ' posed to the head of the French nation as th_e s r a e r st . of N h o i r s colleagues. (Renewed laughter, and cries of "b ) could he forget that Lord Fanmure, then a Secretary of l State under a Whig Govertimettf, actugly deplared that althVagh to had always supported the ballot, XI conla IN RE IVSI. GRAND. The bankrupt was described as of Lower Tottenham, builder, and came up to pass his last examination on accounts prepared by Mr. Lea, Queen-street, Cheapside. The debts are not large, and it is supposed that the estate will pay nearly 20s. in the pound. IN RE RADFORD. This bankrupt was described as of Manchester and Noble-street, London, agent and warehouseman. The debts amount to about 1,6001. Assets—Cash given up 37/. ; good debts, 2401. Bankrupt passed without opposition. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. It would certainly appear as though there were some peculiar law, meteorological, magnetic, or otherwise, under which a flower show and a rainy day were made to have some mysterious influence of cause and effect upon each other. The first exhibition of the South Lon don Floricultural Society was held yesterday, in the Surrey Zoological Gardens, and, as a matter of course, it was a wet day ; the philosophy of the thing we leave to others, sufficient for us that we record the fact. We may add, however, that so great and so numerous are the attractions of these floral fetes, that despite the very unfavourable weather there was a very large attendance of visitors. The show of flowers was not perhaps so good or so extensive as on former occasions—a circum stance easily explained by the continuance of cold and unfavourable weather, and the objection which florists have to send their best specimens out of the " houses" in so unfavourable a character. Subjoined is a list of the prizes awarded : CLASS 1.-PRIVATE GROWERS, NOT CULTIVATING FOR SALE. Stove and greenhouse plants (orchideous plants excluded) fifteen varieties, G. A. medal, Mr. Over ; L. S. V. medal, Mr. Jarvis; L. S. L. medal, Mr. Roser ; S. S. V. medal, Mr. Rhodes. Stove and greenhouse plants (orchideous plants excluded) ten varieties, S. S. V. medal, Mr. Hamp ; S. S. L. medal, Mr. Young. Pelargoniums (six varieties, in eight inch pots), S. S. V. medal, Mr. Robinson. Fancy Pelargoniums (six varieties, in eight inch pots), S. S. L. medal, Mr. Robinson. Cape Heath (six varieties), S. S. V. medal, Mr. Reser ; S. S. L. medal, Mr. Over. Pinks (twelve varieties, on cards, in the exhibitor's boxes, painted green), S. S. A. medal, Mr. J. H. Baker. CLASS IL—NURSERYMEN AND OTHERS GROWING FOR SALE. Stove and greenhouse plants(orchideous plants excluded) 15 varieties, L. S. V. medal, Mr. Clarke. Pelargoniums (eight varieties in eight inch pots), S.S.V. medal, Mr. C. Turner. Fancy Pelargoniums (six varieties in eight inch pots), S. S. L. medal, Mr. C. Turner. Pinks (12 varieties, on cards, in the exhibitor's boxes, painted green), S S. A medal, Mr. C. Turner. Orchideous plants (six varieties), S. S. V. medal, Mr. Jarvis. Specimen plant (any genus), S. S. L. medal, Mr. C. Rhodes; S. S. A. medal, Mr. Over; B. medal, Mr. Over . In the evening the weather was more favourable, and the gardens were crowded, the attack on Chusan, the fine collection of plants and animals, the vocal perform- ance of Miss Ransford and Miss Poole, and an extra efficient band being the principal attractions. OPEN AIR PREACAING.—The Vicar of Peterborough has commenced a system of open air preaching, and an nounces his intention to persevere in it during the summer. THE PARIS EXHIBITION OF 1855.---Yesterday a meet ing of gentlemen, representing a large number of the silk manufacturers of Spitalfields, was held at the School of Design, Crispin-street, Spitalfields, for the purpose of conferring with the officers of the Board of Trade re bpecting the best mode of carrying out the various preiimimiry measures for the Paris Exhibition, so far as the department of silk is concerned. Mr. Kemp (of the fii m of Kemp, Stone, and Co., occupied the chair, and the Government officers present were Captain Owen, C.E , and Mr. Cole. The latter gentleman explained that the object of the meeting was to ascertain whether the representatives of the firms present would exhibit collectively, and if so to name a few individuals to repre sent them. He thought that the example set by the Exhibition of Lyons last year, where they exhibited altogether, was one worthy of following, and could not be improved upon. Their goods would have to be at Paris by the 15th of April, 1855, and the applications for space must be made by the Ist July, 1854. The French Government had invited them to state what space would be required for their goods, and it only re. mained for the silk manufacturers to say how much they wished for. He had been sent over to Paris by the Board of Trade, and believed the building would offer no impediments, and that the arrangements would be good improvements upon our own. He thought it would be better for the manufacturers to form themselves into a silk committee, to whom any questions as to the exhibiting of silk might be referred. After some re marks from Captain Owen, Mr. Levanchy, and others, a resolution was moved by Mr. Harrison, seconded by Mr. Casey, and carried unanimously, to the effect that it was desirable that the silk trade of Spitalfields should be represented at the forthcoming Exhibition, and that the meeting would be happy to witness a complete dis play of the silk manufactures of the United Kingdom. A committee was then appointed and the proceedings closed. HALIFAX, June 10.--Our piece hall has been but slenderly attended to-day, and few goods have found purchasers. In the yarn trade there is great want of confidence, and the spinners are producing as little as po ible 3n 'wools there is so,alteration. MISCELLANEOUS 5 all Aubiu Coal and Iron ••• 25 173 kustralian Agricult. 43 45 44 3i 20 11 kustralsn.Pcific•Mail 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail 10 4 Berlin Water Works ••• 50 40 Brit. American Land 74 77 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smoltg. and Reduction Co 1.00 32i Canada BO 85 5 5 Crystal Palace. 5 3A Do. New.—. - 3i 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France . . 20 3 Eastern Steam — 25 20 ElectritTelograph(A) 17i —18 i 25 all Do. (B) 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 20 18 General Screw Steam 20 V, Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 3 Netherlands Land — 14 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. 1 all B. Australasian... 14 1 1 1 Do. Now 20 10 Nrtli.ofEuropeSteani 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 0 d 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 50 :35 Do. 2 all Portland Iron Co 4 ip 100 60 Royal Mail Steam .1 all Scot. Austral. Invest 2 211 25 25 South Austral. Land 36 38 1 all Submar. Telegraph — 1 all Do. Registered. - 1 100 254 VIM DiOMOA land MINES 1 all Iva Fria 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold 10s. all. Anglo Californian Icl par 10 2 Australasian 1 d 20 6 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera 4 1 all Australian Freehold 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 50 all Blacnarvon Ir. & Coal 8 10 1 all isritish Austrin. Gold 20 13.5 British Iron 35 244 Brazilianlmp.(issued at .£5 pia 4 3 /4 5 30 all Do. Cocacs & Cuiada 1i 21 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —32 1 4 Carson's Creek 4 d 1 6 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica 40 all Cobre Copper 44 46 5 1 Colonial Gold — 15 Copiapo St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 50 —6O 25 all Do. Pref. 7 3 / 4 p. cent. 2 4 p 5 all English and Austria. CopperSmeltg.Co. 1i —2l 20 all General 2 all Great Nugget Vein... 2 all Do. Registered 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co. 1 all Mariquita. 10 9 Aexican&S.Americn 6 6j 1 all New Granada — 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co — 1 all Nouveau Monde I 20 all Pontgibaud Silva' Load Min. & Smelt 17 19 5 1 Port Philip — 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymuey Iron 15 15 Do. New 9 3 /4 10 3 / 4 30 10i Santiago de Cuba 3 t 41 1 all I''outh Australian 10 7 Tin Croft '2 4 284 all United Mexican 1 all Waller 1 all West Granada — • 1 all West Mariposa ...... • d 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia. •.• 1 all Yuba JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia Bl 82 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company ... ••• I 50 all British N. American ... •.. 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 1 id 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Au s tralia, & China ...d 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lond — 30 3 / 4 20 12 English Scottish and Australian 34 3 d , 20 20 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2l 21 3 / 4 50 20 London and County 00 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Loud. &Westminster 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New — 50 224 National of Ireland 20 all New South Wales , 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 47 49xd el[ll 25 5 Do. New 100 25 Provincial of Ireland, - - 10 all Do. New — ••• 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & 'Gold Imp Co . . . ••• 25 all South Australia 43 45 25 all Union of Australia 7O 72 ... 24 Do. New 7 50 10 Union of London GUANO DISCOVERIES. —The Washington correepondent of the New York Daily Times, writing on May 29, Bays :—" News has reached here from Mr. J. Vallamil, of immense deposits of guano on the Gallipagos Island, off the coast of Ecuador, situated half wag between San Frandsen and Oaps ilora.", 1 Aberdeen .... 100 &mbg. Nottng. Bost. and Eastn. Junct Belfast & Ballymena Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Laucsh. do Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., Rlyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dubliu&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber dem Junction Do. New. ...... East Anglian.... ,.. IDo., (.03 E 6c 11),... Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, A Stock . De., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire 1.01 161 St. 19i 50 40 25 25 812s1 20 20 10 10 St. 10 St. 25 100 424 34 all all 100 23 - 24 5e 5i 8 - 9 12 —ll die 17 - 18 7i - 96 - 98 584 , - 581 14 - 14 7 - 8 16~ - 16 12i -12 i 32 -- 36 24 -- 26 i 60 - 62 58 - 60 Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles,., Edin. PALI &Dundee Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow &S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western [rish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. andYorksh Do., Fifths D 3. Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwell bond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lend, Bright & S,Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths D (ON. Sh. , Do. Eighths London and S. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Hanch.Shef.& Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un. Midland Do. Birmn g. & Derby %did. G. West. (li•e .) De. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties Un, North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., 1 A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North London .. Do. New XlO N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. 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Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London, and Crystal Palace West London. io ii ..i. .".-. •• • 3i - 3f 18 0 19 4 - 5 20 .; 22 all 151 a. 100 20 Wimbledn & Croydon York Nowetl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N.Midland • - • 6 - I 70 71 8 —74 d 4i 50 -- 51 701 691 FOREIGN. 10 9 Antwerp&Rotterdam 4 3,;(1 5 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 1 I 20 8 I3eziers to Graissessac 3i —25 d 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip id—ip pm Central of Italy — 20 all •:. 1 1arleroi& Erqueliy — 1.7 all Demerara 20 14 Dijon and Besancon p 20 9 Dutch Rhenish 4 —35 d 20 all East Indian 2 24 p 20 2 Do. Extension — d 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 4• - p 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France 25 7k Grd. Trunk of Canada 100 40 Do. Debentures 8 6 d 100 all Do. do — 20 10 Gt. Central of France par p 205 all Gt.Westernof Canada Shares l9 195 „ Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 p 205 all Hamilton & Toronto 5 d AP 100 all Do. 6 per cent. 20 5 Lake Const. & Basle 5 all Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c prof dis 20 15 Luxembourg — 10 10 Do. (Railway) — 5 2 Do. Pref — 5 3 Do. (Canal) — 10 5 Do. 6p. et. ..d 20 8 Lyons and Geneva 20 12 Lyons & Mediterrau — 20 13.4, ‘le.dras 4 d p 331, Maria Antonia 10 all Do. do. New 2i' 2 Melbourne Dk. & Ry. 20 all Namur & Liege (witl , interest) 9 -- 95 84 94 20 all Do. (ex interest) — 16 all Northern of France 3l 344 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds. 20 all (ftuy.B.& Ams.Shs.) •• • 10 all NorwegianTrunkPref 8 9 20 10 Paris and Lyons 174 -- 17ip 27t 40 all Ditto Bonds • 10 all Paris and Orleans.... 45 47 20 all Paris and R0uen...... 38 39 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 314 • 31 1 20 10 ParisCaen dt Cherbrg. pm 104 101 Quebec & Richmond ... •• • 20 all Rouen and Havre ... - ••• 20 12 Royal Danish 2d par 5 2 Royal Swedish — d 20 all Sambre and Meuse B5 9 ... 6 Do. 55 p. cent. Pref ... ••• 20 6 Southern of France ... —Pm 20 8 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) — 8i all West Flanders 3* 4 10 all Do 54 per c. Pref ... —d xd x d 20 10 Western of France 55 — 61 P 10 7 West. of Switzerland •• - 20 2 Wiesbaden — 20 15 Zealand RAMWATI. Bedford and Bletchley Buckghamsh Clydesdale Jc E. Lincoln gr 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Batn. and Matlock Vliddlesbro' & Redcar. \lidld.Bradfd 1 Northern and Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p Prest. & Wyre Do. Shares. Roystn.& Hit. Do. Shepth. St Shef. Roth and Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst 94 - 96 91 - 96 132 - 134 ..-. 1•• to -- 105 . 516 -- 526 256 126 -- 136 226 -- 236 2 3 / 4 - 2i ii = 93 56 - 58 -- xd xd _ ii lid 29 - 30 91 - 93 SHARES. 91 - 96 3 -3/ 3 - 4 - I P A lip - lip 13/ -13 i 22 - 24 3 - 3i 15 - 117 LO7 - 109 10 - 104 7i 8 .. xd 6 6A 96 - 98 87 89 91 93 Id par 133 135 ... No 2i - 3 p 5 9 3 —64 84 id — par 134 136 11 —lld 100 - 102 10 —lo4 15i -- 164 94 -- 10 11 -13 id -- i P 23 -- 23' 99 -101 15 -20 Id 2 Id 90 93 3 —3! 1 id 1331 134 5 1014 PREFERENC Aberdeen Do. No. 2, p. c. Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 501) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5A per cent Cork &Bandons4p.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAngliau. (£3loe) 6 per cent Do. (X 5) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr. Sh- East Lancash. 6 p. cts. East and West York shire June. Pref EdinbPrth. &Dundee 5A per cent. Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent Great North% 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem , at 10 p. c. prem. Do. 4A p. c. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pref Gt. Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh. Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. c, Do. cov. red. 4A p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4 p. C.. Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock Leeds N. 6 p. c. No.l Do. Quarters, 1848 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. e-, 1852 Do: New Guar.6 p. c. Lon. &N. W., Cot. dt Nuneaton London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler Shares Londy. & Ennis. Sh Stan. & Lin., Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO Do. £6 Itarypt.&Carl.4P.C: Do. 4i per cent Do Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & %rm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 44 per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Do. 54 per ct . pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British North Staffordshire 1 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £l5, 6 p.c Do Scot. Cent. ,New Pref Shrews. & Birm.N.G. ihrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon De. fixed, 44 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of la Os. 6d. Do. 44per cent. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Stockton and Dar- lington, 4 per cent Do. do. do. ockton and Hartle. pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.e. York, Neweastle,and l3erwick,4 p.c. Pref. Do York&N. MidlandH, and S. Ruch longer support it, because under it had been elected the- French Emperor. (Loud cries of " hear, hear.") And then, to crown all, the Time; newspaper must needs lay hold of this most notable declaration and embalm it with a leader. (Much laughter.) Need he remind the house how vain were all his efforts at that time to stem the torrent which had set in against the ballot. They had got hold of an unpopular Frenchman, and therefore the ballot was wrong. But why, said the hon. gentleman. (facing the Treasury bench), why should I not now tam round upon you, confounding you with your claptrap, and choking you with your calumnies ! (Hear, hear.) Th an k the ballot for having given to France the most constitu tional monarch she has ever possessed. Thank the ballot for having given to France a monarch whose sentiments and actions are alike French. (Hear, hear.) You called out the militia, you fortified your ports, you built ships, all in dread of this French monarch—who, instead of wishing to draw the sword, has kept it in the scabbard until it could no longer be kept there except with dis honour—and then only to draw it, not to minister to a hostile ambition, but drawing it for the oppressed against the oppressor, for the due balance of power, and the rights of nations. (Loud cheers.) Yes, thank the ballot for all that, as you found fault with the ballot for having elected the man. The other day, at that glorious pageant at Portsmouth, there was no man that did not express the feeling and sentiment that was re-echoed by the press from one end of the country to the other—that there was but one thing wanting to make the most glorious sight com plete, and that was the presence of the French fleet in our waters—and on the deck of her Majesty's steamer her august ally, praised by you all as faithful, loyal sad brave —the latest elected Monarch of France. (Loud cries of Hear, hear.) However, laying aside all such considera• tiona, he held that the virtues or the vices of the man elected by ballot proved no criterion of the goodness or badness of their system of voting. But hon. gentlemen had turned round on him and said—" Why press this measure of reform at all at a moment when the Government had lust consented to withdraw their Reform Bill." Now, that was a position which he could not understand at all. Why, they might just as well say that hon. gentlemen should not go into Scotland to shoot grouse, because Lord Aber deen did not wear Scotch phillibegs. (Great laughter.) in that bill of reform ho did not find one scintilla of pro• tection to the electors of the country ; the bill did not con• tain one word about it worthy of a thought. And let the r e r eent these be o ee n i dnbbegiodl tinkeredtl sh would house mark, that while this language was held to him, he found the Government —aided and abetted, indeed, by some t h wwe o hhm n ei e . ;r which a e ttu n hhc t ie l yy e a gentlemen i vees— cureb sides—loading d i nh l.g n t o g ot th t et ehnoe daevilst tableh of ep i rh stairs,bills y of all tinkered work—by ' hear, hear.) Now, he rejoiced golug together was the the fate t to ha p t i h ec e e r s. ma j(Lesatuygahtssr, Govern mentand had laid aside their Refer n l e l c t e h as e ag to protne because he did not believe it contained the ingredients success, while it seemed t o possess e destruction for the present a bl e an d liberal nAdministration.eus e; The cause which militated aga i ns t th e success of reform was just this, that men could not be persuad e d t o g i ve up politi cal power; they must beforced to do so, and the people alone could do that. The people must be called in to assist in the putting down of corruption in that house, and they must be persuaded to take the bill on their shoUlders ' as they did i n 1852. But that they never would do until the bill was made more palatable to them, by giving them a much larger extension of the suffrage, by making it less complex, and by joining to that protection to the elector at the polling-booth. (Cheers from the members below the gang way on the ministerial side of the house.) Well, the Res form Bill slumbered, and, hoping always to speak of it in the past tense, he would say, requiescat in pace. (Laughter.) He believed that the intimidation and corruption existing at the present time was as bad as that practised at the re mote days of Daniel Defoe. And did they suppose it was to be put down by penal enactments? Why what said the high authority of Mr. Thomas Babington Macaulay on this point. He said—" You cannot repress intimidation by penal laws, for such laws are an infringement upon the most sacred rights of property it can only be suppressed by the ballot." (Hear, hear, below the gangway.) Well, but there was the bill o f th e hon. and learned member for Suffolk (Sir F. Kelly), imposing the necessity of an oath upon the electors. But had they not already oaths enough, and appalling violations of oaths ! Did not men sell their votes as they sold pigs, or sacks of flour, or sacks of apples, and then go to the polling booths and swear that they were guiltless of being bribed ? He knew himself a case where an elector, on his way to the poll, received a bribe of Si., and then took the bribery oath with the 51. in one hand and the Prayer-book in the other. He knew another instance where an elector proceeded to the poll between the two contending parties, one of them contrived to slip a Si. note into his right hand. On this the other party in sisted on his taking the oath ' • but he slipped away, and the people imagined that he could not stand the test of the oath. But what happened ? Why, towards the end of the day he turned up again and voted • explaining that in the morning, having the 51. note in his right hand, he could not take the oath without exposing it. (Laughter.) Again, all those bills at which they were at work so zealously said not one word about intimidation, or if it was mentioned it was after so puerile a fashion that no one was believed to be in earnest. After all the corruption and intimidation of 1853 they had bad but one bill purporting to amend the law against bribery and intimidation, and ordaining a penalty of 501. against any one who should resort to force or threats to influence an election. But did that meet the intimidation of landlords—did it meet the intimidation of customers ? Was a landlord compelled to avow his reasons for discharging a servant—a customer for discharging his tradesman ? In conclusion, he would quote two cases to, show that no law which they could make would meet or check some kinds of intimidation. The first case to be mentioned was on very high authority, it was one of in timidation quoted by Sir James Graham, the First Lord of the Admiralty. (Laughter.) He found it, in a speech addressed to the Conservative electors of the county of Cumberland at Carlisle, on the 4th of June, 1838, by the right hon. gentleman. After his defeat on that occasion the right hon. gentleman brought to bear all his great power of sarcasm and quiet irony against we poor Whig- Radicals, as he delighted to call us. (Much laughter.) Poor Mr. Hume especially came in for his share—the right hon. gentleman, considering him " a very bad politician —(laughter)—and something addicted to rebellion." (Great laughter.) He found great fault also with the noble viscount opposite (Lord Palmerston), and described him as having been " indiscreet enough" at the Westminster elec tion to vote for " Leader and Evans." (Renewed laughter.) And then the right hon. baronet proceeded to lay it wen in to the Comptroller of the Royal household. (Laughter.) He said—" What was the course which the Whig Ministry —the Ministry of Lord Melbourne—pursued at the last general election ? Why, on that occasion Mr. Leader stood for Westminster, in opposition to a man who was no un tried man, but a most distinguished officer—a man most eminent by his public services, moderate in his opinions, and of the greatest suavity of manner. And what decision did her Majesty's Government come to between two such characters? I blush to state. (Laughter.) Would it be believed that an officer high in her Majesty's service, no loss a person than the Comptroller of the Household, with the full sanction of the Government, was appointed chair man of Messrs. Leader and Evans's committee, in opposi tion to Sir George Murray. (Cries of ' shame,' and ' oh, oh,' and immense laughter from all sides of the house.) Well," continued the right hon. baronet, " you may sup pose I have stated the whole of the case ; nothing like it. We have heard much of the intimidation said to be em ployed by landlords during the last; general election ; but what was that to the conduct pursued by this chairman of the Westminster Radicals, this Comptroller of the House hold." (Laughter.) " Why, he actually withheld the warrants of appointments from tradesmen until the elec tion was over, with the avowed purpose of influencing their votes (groans).". (Renewed laughter.) Now, that (said the hon. member) was a sufficient case of intimida tion upon excellent authority ' • and it was perfectly amusing to see how virtuous a Whig was at the expense of a Tory, and how virtuous a Tory could become at the ex pense of a Whig. (Laughter.) Why the right hon. gen tleman got the head of the amiable Comptroller of the Household into Chancery, and finally floored him by a regular cross buttock. (Much laughter.) He was per fectly astonished that the right hon. gentleman did not see that there was but one way to control comptrollers of the household—great chairmen as well as little chairmen — silver sticks as well as gold sticks ; and that was, by giving the electors protection against them. (Hear, hear.) The next case which he had to mention was a frightful case of intimidation. Here, however, he had to depart from his usual practice, and claim the indulgence of the house, as lie could not name the parties concerned, nor even the locality where the circumstance occurred; and he was quite satisfied that the gentlemen who had heard of the case, with the innate delicacy of gentlemen, would agree that it was necessary to forbear from mentioning names. The facts took place at the general election of 1841, and up to that moment he had never been able to use the case, having bound himself not to do so until the death of the parties, It appears that a master tradesman, an active Con servative in a certain borough, votes' for the Liberai candidate, as well as influencing five tenants and workmen of his to vote the same way. It was here well to observe that neither of the candidates knew anything of the ease, for both of them were too honourable men not to have turned their backs upon the guilty agent with indignation. Well, this tradesman did not hesitate to say that he bad been intimidated into voting as he had done by a man of property, to whom he was under deep o bligation, owing him a very large sum of money. This strange part of the case, however, was that the creditor was a country gentleman residi ng i n a distant county , and likewise t a e strong Conserv a ti ve . But now he cam e to point ou nature of the screw which induce d a Conservative, t the natureand a man of property too, to support a Liberal. The country 'ster well married and settled gentleman, a creditor, debtor si resided. Well, on the day previous called upon thi lad 8•Y— -iu the b borough where election letters of ritte lalubdy you previous these lette rs ' • are in my possession. 'Throu t g o h y t o h ur e marriage; and jif they fall h d i e e k a i t w oft them, producedeee 't to P t haocafkv mine e e t beet, into your husband's pos session,ruin „„d disgrace will attend you and your a man this town you must, know that your brother has advanced a children• 1 large or of therefore, have me n s meaus of influencing this person to vote for the Liberal candidate, and if you don't your hus band will get possession of these letters." In short this base election agent applied to this unhappy lady the screw of rMu—the poor lady applied the screw of compassion to her brother—the brother applied to the debtor the creditor's screw—the debtor applied to his tenants and workmen the landlord's and master's screw, and thus a ramification of election screws was applied, to influence five electors to betray the best interests of their country, and tell • lie before their God. (Hear, hear.) Now let hon. gentlemen reflect upon the wear and tear of conscience embodied in this horrible conspiracy which he had just detailed—and he would ask them could such a circumstance have taken place under a system of open voting ? He had only then to ask the friends of justice and humanity to record their votes in favour of liberty of conscience. He hoped that he might appeal to hon. gentlemen on both sides of tbe house, for he had never treated this as a party question.a (Hear. hear.) He did not for one moment wish to deny that he was a party man, or that he had been a partisan of f the seventeen in tht years during which he had had the honour o & a rty_ liberal administrations which had existed for thseventeen on this house. But on this question ho was n of no e u . alisayPwas neither a " a plague on question Montague nor " through your ins rumentality f h a e ct w w e t orbealeuCgaepdulteot, no o et both your houses, bort; and freedom of co nscience have been well e lectora n i g h stamped to the death. I t was therefore with th e hi g h and 1 cons titutional object of endeavouring to procu re pur ity of election that he most humbly yet earnestly en treated the house to grant him leave to introduce this bill. (The hon. gentleman on resuming his seat was received with loud cries of " hear, hear," by the Radical members.) Lord D. STUART said he• rose to second the motion, and after the eloquent, witty, forcible, and convincing speech of his friend it was only necessary for him to say a few words. It was, he believed, the earnest wish of the people of this country that the ballot should be esta blished, because they felt that all bribery bills and similar attempts at legislation would prove ineffectual. He was himself always in earnest in political, matters, sad he liked to see government in earnest too, whether the gutter is hand was war with Russia or the Ten:viva of A, , -._ rendi. ;ulfs, ighlY n for I by t i at aval • the rtil lark that ifer- Fer the vent has WS; seen ekes the per that d as .3 in clay's , Lions lood duds 'ily, rms• leaks 70brl :...... 6t rib, I to We Lave PV• ; ger The t on the beth ;cl--- ins ; ldtb, las ; ,iro► for 1001 100 100 100 25 10 1.06 1