The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-21 00:00:00

TOLLGATE&

Nr. T. DUNCOMlliadomiiieSsenitary of Stet* fn
the Home Dopririeneut Vhitaw it wen the inientem of
her Ilajestre gomensnont to intrahnee any measure, dur-
ing di* prosiest sesmos, is the of the toll.wates
the neighbourhood of the sositror ommequence of tee
report of the ni 1 commission therms?
Kir O. t• was understood to may that DO le-
gbistion on the subject would talus piece this ismaiva.
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THE BALLOT.
Mr. EL 81 7. in isttodae hh saamed reedos
ou the With, nil that Ise rose to tag propeatha
wbrii he bed often meth in yam, sad whisk he ozperied
tic' to math in van maim 'But neverthelems it the a duty
izis old at bin to loop the pastime thaw,
mover was it mirth imperative then et
thr pretest mac at, was they led a reform blll thothed,
but 'that the ably helm whisk could give adequate
pprruuteeties to the working elates in the exercise a the
braobia Ho met saki the lames to permit him to go
beck to 1192, whom theme the • very severely cooloeted
nasal sheath Beth parties aught thew to oasis pow
somfiom of Dewelagethent, ad put onoptiom woo pale-
Mad et asthma Okileama of an abide,including
lard readmoral the seam a the electoral err
OM. sod • emothatee of *lag the qipsieted. thertly
efar ityool4loll, la (Wr. WititterYl meet 11-r. Betoe.
one at tla assaken, end that womtloemm told him
be had left the cornaielme haw, it the maing within_
bat einnenttee mile a synth sad boa that report re-
miii:tvi • bill, celled the Ouse Pr
et estisee Preveution MX
is which bill the gnat how ea the to do It
an A effectively anted oak. the House of Lords it wee
received with op= ono their berdship., finding it likely I.
de nothing, tang 4 semi delighted with it. I A Isugh.)
Whomever it wee menght is be put in operation it was sot
by • cH of emeendeoe ; 11l fact it use worse then age.
lase, ins ponitively mischievous. When
sal not
to IRO 'venom sod that lo
doom with the Corrupt . Pre=kulcii, and be
hod exported that • pawl fetish the to Wes place, that the
Beimsthet- Anne would be empowered to burn the kith in
Palace-yard, whilst the belle et St Ithigarmit's tolled • tu-
moral pet
Imosh)— when the moothor for Illaryloboot and
thirteen other aware gut held of it, and they orewthd shout
it la so mows over onion. Whomever NUB questiom
a.. nailer di.imeiea the amfority alio minietoriel laden
were two to take shelter other the gtherdine of Meyer&
A. the Cite " lgthey meth_ spa acquainted with
striae '' WA yam) Bak although he could
not hope tw support a thai 1410 alleised to be a the
head el the lama platy, be bow that he was ro
by the minority dthe theta utothmo O parlor 1
and ale, by the pet look of the of C.
Bramia ema lrelthil, a a the object
of ehich wee to oath' slaters me them to men 7 out • lively the whisk the if the electoral
right opts thew no pewter_ ousisleJed,
rood of "Illltiatcy, awe* for km to intr
4thtion
dere the
Lord Num use le attlai As meths, and by tp-
wb°
pooling t'h'e ism of lbetbsuhkoomemmeiaedui •young
eelen:WeWi e Mellen what:
of law moot his woks to editor
tirort,"rooti awe two woo ova in tho working
of the Ambled that fie hawed she haul
woadw~bt
moat. ad =issit.tha
week.. be %et** beat if mot put ad
la entimly. he to a few ma boroughs"; hart
ithialtheas be hared would continue in • or lems
&pow as log so the oleeteeml eaten •
fil tolliniiiima wile li it ver mad knit to cope had-
led Mat wt.\ as oinedi look.fe loolommea Be ow • had-
hal himself, end outheord WA there was • kind of aim-

4000 which it apprised to him mff kradirad .4641
mettien and whet he himmlf had act ldlslsfl to
When a torah raids "Ity hob* is an enema*
honourable mos, I Mow kit his• *ea up Ida mild teirt
teal affairs sad Imam more of Will matters than Ain
stoixi to do, I will fellow bin to the poll," that le a fair
which I would not disceenetp=mird it as
• to both parties, and it is ria which et=
would in no way affect. But when the intimate of the
landlord me_ improperly exercired, tee how powerfalls it
might be brought to boar to coerce the
is=
Ma weld quote • aim in mita the
=teen so applied to actually itihsed te allow Ott
to ask his tenant& for their melon Be wee eery
to for that the landlord to whom be now referred crass
maillnin who called himself a liberal. (Cheers from the
opposition.) The letter containing the refusal was addressed
to sa honourable gentleman now sitting on the other (the
opposition) side of the house, who would confirm him if
necessary. The noble lord to whom he alluded, haling
been written to. replied that he did not intend to support
the intended candidate, because he differed with him in poli-
tical orr*.iciand hi added, ~
sooal to you, I must request that my tenan ts
without intending any per-
may not canvassed in year behalf." Meer, beer.)
And this in the nineteenth eimmy. (Hear, hem)
Mr. MARBH mid his belief was that we should never get
rid of bribery till we treated it if
• mond mime. Re had
no hesitation in saying that if the system of intimi.
dation were bummed, or men sionlinuld as it was now,
the ballot would some day or other be applied in mite of
all the argnmeats that could be brought against it.
Mr. C. FORTESCHE sad it so happened that daring
the sevisal yews he had been a pediment he had never
given but one vote on this teesticia, and that was in favour
of the bast He was a pity men enough to feel consi-
derable reluctance at vo g agninst those with whom he
ordinarily acted ; but since he rive that vote he hadthougbt
• good deal online 'abject, and the more he had thought
of it the leas he had liked the ballot That feeling had not
been lessened, but increased by his Australian experience in
the Coloaial-ollice. He spike with a perfect recollection of
the speech of the lift me:nber for Pontefract ; but in spite
of that speech, lie strong conviction was that we bad nothing
to Imre from Australia on this subject. He had seen
many private bitters, sad lad had many Antra-
Ilan papa's, and his belied was that the last general
election which took place in 0001010011 was marked by the
same electoral evils which disgraced this country. Corrup-
tion, intimidation, and bribery Imre at kart as rife as they
had ever bees is the old . Hut without going into
that, it was enough to may that Qe eltenmatanoss, political
and social, of the Amitraliaa coked, were en entirely dif-
ferent from those of the old 'vestry, that it was impossible
with any safety to draw a 1:01101U0011 from one to the other.
It was admittid by the hon. member for Pontefract that
the evils to be met by the ballot in Australia were of a dif-
ferent nature from those that existed in England, that the
influences were from above abduct from below, from manes
and not from individuals. The question was not whether
the lathe might succeed a hostels/is or in the United
Share In some moppets he thought it might
lead to the more orderly and peaceful conducting
of elections in such communities; but the question was,
would it meet the evils that were prevalent here. His be-
lief was that the ballot would be futile against the land-
lord, the ageat, the attorney, the banker, or whoever it
might le who poseessed the influence, and that the safety
mil the secrecy, if they were obtained. would be obtained
at a price which they were nut worth, the price of the
voter's hominy and uprightness.
Mr. LAWSON, who rose amid loud cries of "Divide,"
went on to argue that there was no part of the
libecal pmgramase upon which thapsople had more set their
hearts ; but the increasing impatience of the house was so
loudly manifested that the concluding portion of his speech
did nut reach theery.
VLICOIit PAL I I shall not treat the
house with so sash disrespect as to

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And think of mewhiciag when they Melt el dining."
(Loud cheer. end laughter.) Bet I wish to aware my hon.
friend of that there was web* in the speech which
he has wen m this evening, and which I cannot my was
more argunieniative than his speeches generally ere, which
in any trim leaded to alter the imbues that I have pre-
viously expressed with regard to WM measure. I was in
hopes that wipes he began to quote my *seat les would have
bed the soothes. to go through it, human though it
had not essoriered him, I was in Itopes that the enamors
which it contained—the sound arguments m I belie* them
-- would have convinced other ponces i< they had lessed
them read. (Hear, hear.) By *a trisect, however, merely
told us that his mind was impamtrable, and thee nez
meat directed against the which is the b
hone be is now riding, would have the smallest elect
(Bear, hear.) The lion. gentlemen finds fault with an eb-
',weeks' die, gamely, that the franchise is not a right
but a trust; and that it is in accordance with the prac-
tice of this country that every trust of that mi-
ters druid be exercised is the public view and
ender a sense of public reepoosibility. (Cheers.) But
I with my hew friend u, consider a bide the consequences
to which the appoint* doctrine would inevitably lead. If
the franchise is a right, then a man is entitled to do what
be blue with it. (Omen.) My hoer friend's doctrine goal
in feet he legalise bribery; became • voter might lastly my,
"If my vote is a right lam entitled to &spar of it as I
risme; and to math any profit of it that I ern." (Cheers.)
On the other land, wo hug as the fran-
ebbe is bald I. be a treat, it ia clear that
• mu is guilty not only of a mai* but of a political Wiener,
whoa be parts, far the sake of pica to himself, with that
which was gime Wet nab in trust for the benefit of the
eimmenelty. Vilma) Imy that the franshiee would be
a nut ems if yen bed named suffrage—that is, if every
men of MI ip end et sew intellect woe entitled to vote—
homes, even *ea he would la* to exercise the function
of voting trod far the bar& of that other portion of
the community, the women sad children, whore interests
would be deeply sleeted, but who would not themselves
be metaled to go to the poll. (Cheers.) Every
political function which is vested in any man in this country
r exercised in the eyes of thz= Wh my boa. friend
bas lima*/ instanced the ; 'ad both
them and all other political sets me dam in pub& Hy
hoe. Mend tells us that it is mines to my that mere:
voting would be an became he selys
that at theclubs you vete by ballot. But does he mean to
my that the voting by ballot at the clubs is secret ? (Hear,
bear.) Did it sever happen to my boo. friend to be asked
to go down to his club and vote for the election of
sane rued fellow ? Did he never know a party got
together after dinner to go down at ten or eleven o'clock to
the dub in miler to bring in some friend ; or was be never
read to go down a the same manner to keep out some its.
=tle bore? (Laugliter and cheers.) I. it mot_ gene-
own who per in the white halls and who the black
oir at any rate, is it sot known among the circle of a man's
friends how he votes? There to, in truth no iseereey sad
emerqulntly my bon. friend not borne out by lies
example of the clubs when be attempt* to prove
that secret voting is not pbborrent to Mill* practise.
(Cheers.) Them I maintain that if is, bill of the hon.
gentleman were carried, and if the ballot were allowed by
law, you would degrade and direaralre the people of than
country •-yea would turniciur electors into law breakers or
hypocrites. (Abe would be law breakers if they
made known their votes, if they kept their secret they
would be hypeorites, became they would probably have
hem eaavaseed—they would ham been asked to promise
their "lON and Maly of theca would no doubt have pronineed
thew and woe* been voted In violation of their promise,
(Cheers.) II kept their awn* they would probably be
exposed to mat y the same malts se those from which( it
was the oh** of secret voting to secure them. Well, then,
the meresse would entirely fail of its purpose. (Bear,
bear.) We have heard in the course of the evening of the
way in which the ballot operates in Austalia ; and we have
been shown that it does not prevent bribery sad .
hon. the two this. to guard against which we are told
tingamtL
it is smeary to adopt it. It is somewhat singular
the adv.astes of the ballot, who for a long time plumed
themselves upon the example of the United tied.., hive
been compelled to gait the opposite shores of the Atlantic
and to take rehge at the antipodes of the British Wm
(Beer beard We are told that everything in Australia is 1
W very reverse of what it is in England ; and I believe
that my hos. friend has caught the infection from that
colony. In this ceentry we inculcate upon our children the
ProPrlveY of Ilkvett to the wisdom and experience of their
parents, bat the gentleman calls on the parent to imi-
tate the coon of the child. (Cheers and laughter.)
He quotes to as an Indiscreet act on the part of
Australia ; and thee be mini the mother county to=
Vie, owned, timeltoneured. and setsbahhed
net, however, think that the ban.
ma is Niao he wassead. (Hear, I shall not =
upon the haw by repeating the eiti whicia was in
sonniste the hoet
_gentleman woald bate read to
heet.i. of while I think the arguments are wwypt=
,---„ter.) I congratulate and I really owe
my boo. Mend on the devotion he has amen
Se this ethiset, which he has pursued through
geed report and through bad report—sometimeis moot-
ing with Awn succor, and sometime. with a moms
somewhat lele evil. His Inesoveress• does liiniqho-
men and I bops Hod when the day comes—sad may
that day be Ileheredi--erbila a pates ammarial nbe
mind to my Ina Mod the soosiment will& he has so
welt donswed may is eroded, in the shape of a bansa-bar.
Pam of Imighlwr.)

- Yr. rantlia.n., is reply, ported nut the ineredreacy
of the erg *.. whir s 1 ben adduced with tail hi
the ere of ArAratis t• it berg urged on the out db Got
bribery could act be Greeted, whirr it was mehlialeed ea
the other a that it was both detected end porria He
rid sot hood ems isle argumeutedduced abut the ballot
thisk=aetilebleed, wbereallasok sway bleleisatb—
that the ballot would oohs wren
h ley tier sad druid sirs ; but the lord dlli slot cal
how
Assist usay
art wirlisit erre were eirendy hoar to tie
et tie country graterir i as
Ise trig, rear spree am ile ism Ns to God
sad tier tHe ilderewel di their courry—we he is
valid he ririlled wee drew whoa • saga soled his
essuilera (pus) lb adds frigid be
fir Herbeleyl lad net sr/ his spea te r louse i sod
antia
he idol sd rat V he had also so hit own Mislay-
Eit would have dise=ed rho a peas, at
wilts rib was hi at
le that of raattoruerd ;
and be '7W. hes. rithera) would re V;
(Lend erre of " Ne, re, god regieter.) We/A,
egromehee wirer rarer rienedble • the re helm milers
with argeweeek nod the caber esullhi atacr beide—
listriel wedecity. (Lager.) If the bad lad its

he mil reed the wale, end it wadi be seen
-woman It nes Ile Attorney of the noble iord that
WWI be kinnhed into • grease spot. The hon. inglebe, for
Pastel's,* (11rAleiklers)esna leaking wide amake,llo mime
ecWt slit ham been mid against the precedent of
kWthere Imil bean nothing to mower.
eM ) Aggialls Aid In fact proved the me
ti la* inented She possibility of do
Main andickihingebribery, even if secret voting were
sneered at the ballot as hie (Mr.
=4 tho noble lord take care the time
did len he would be glad to get up behind hint.
Mad In spite of that placid manner of his
whip felmilk Hammed there could be no more unplea-
sant objectedlintanefilden than the voting lists must be
to his noble lathe Meting after • ballot debate—
(hoer, law iteuremied and diyided the very
aIOWA el be Mil gewer. Weer.)
. law then avid* egad the umbers were—
For the motion 147
it
The was ouiwequently Int
JEWS ACT AMENDJIHNT.
Mr. T. DI7NOOIIIBE moved for leave to bring in • bat to
amend the act of the twentylirtand twenty-second yeessof
Victoria, chapter forty-nine, intiteled "An Acttoprovide far
the Relief of her Majesty's Subjeabgrofessing the Jewish Re-
ligion." He said he believednooliPaion would beentmiained
to the introduction of this bilk midrib was ealudirmitay the
mine as that which he istrednead hot testien. B. Wort
the time bad fully arrived whew the eftetetion
be eipleblidted. They had now fohnlis-
= emd, amongst them returned by
four Ihthogiem NA who were honoured sad re-
view' all. AA pried el time there ought non=
Jobe way filinwebr agroweincyly wished to
ban the brow wit limn by winch • dirthictic.
pieced litween the Jewish religion
others; but et rilee tine, he wished to confine the
roman entirely to dot hoses ; kyr* it to the other
hews to ladug say grejediem they might entertain upon thesubject ear, beer.)
Leave was en to bring is the bill; the house having re-
solved its*( into a committee to move a resolution, Audio-
rkring the Introduction of the bin
PORTPATRICK AND DONAGHADBB HARBOIIBB.
Oreaersl UPTON moved for • select committee to inquire
into the truth of the allegations contained in the petition
el the Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway C,aepaor, mc•
amid bi Awing bat, sod printed in the 11th report of the
Nebel aneaktee on Public Petitions, appendix 202,
"'Who to the application of the pant for
Fortpatrick and Doeighadee Harbours. The hon.
end pliant member stated that the grant had
been made by • Treasury minute of August, 1866 ; and me
condition was that the lines of railway necessary to con-
nect llosaghadee with the main line at Belfast, and Port-
patrick with Glasgow, should be completed by the pro-
prietori before any money was advanced. After a protracted
statement from the gallant general,
An How lforaza moved that the house should be
counted. At that time there were barely 30 members pre-
sent ; but in the interval which is allowed to elapse before
the counting takes place, upwards of • dozen members en-
tered, and the requisite number was, of course, found to be
present.
General limn proceeded to read • lengthened cone-
spondeisce which had tam Pees between the director of
tthhe
rough it, railways and tie TremuTreasury. Before be had got
The amnion for counting the house was renewed, and
there being now only 31 members present, the house was
sainted out at ben-past eight o'clock.