The Express.
London, England, 1858-12-10 00:00:00

Mk RSERESS, FRIDAY EVEN

that Is in itself mead and goad. If 41116114111 VIi
Rill, when produced, appears to am majority of the
popular con•titnencies to be • deloriggeem ear%
—out with it by all means, and itrfointhers
trj
Bat let no attempt be mile," ink
or now, to paralyse all legislative action by any
cabal, jr• bond, or oovenant to oppose any and every
esseettro, no matter how good in other respects, if it
does Mt contain some pet clause or embody some
ilvserite idea. Parliamentary Reform is, of all
qpiegiens, that which ought not to be dealt with in
e." sectional spirit or upon partial grounds. The 1
errantry at large ought to be fairly and fully con- I
salted as to what it will take and what it will not;
and we sincerely hope that it may.
On the question of the Ballot Mr. Otilsos's sts.te-
meats are decisive and clear. He rightly regards '.t as
vital to freedom of election in • oonntry like this,
where so vast a variety of social influences, so many
real powers exereind by °wools of property over 1
labour, by landlords over tenants, and by customers
over tradesmen, combine to prevent the open vote
from being a true expression of the inward will—
conspire to make one of the most important acts of
political life dangerous, if honest, and only safe when
, base. We an glad to observe that Mr. GIBSON de-
precates the recently fashionable mode of arguing
from other *sentries to our own in the matter of the
Ballot.

We have as ample case made out for
secret voting ia ear own country, without going
elsewhere for examples. The great secret reason
against secret voting is a distrust of the consti-
tuencies ; a distrust esesiderably increased by the
habit of arguing from the American " rowdy" to
the English artisan.
There are two other points of cardinal importance
on which Mr. GIBSON talked exceedingly good
mese: the exosenve amount of oar military and
naval estimates; and the corrupt distribution of
political patronage. Why the military and
naval expenditure of this country should be
maintained at 21,000,0001. a-year is a ques-
tion that mmt be urged vigorously by the
Liberal party when Parliament meeta—bet which
will never be premed with due effect till Relbrm hra
destroyed is the House of Commons the preponde-
rance of that elms who are more interested in up-
haling than in diminishing this expenditure. On the
ether point—that of the distribution of patrainge
Mr. GIBSON shows himself duly alive to the W-
reathes of giving no quarter to the old and
Inveterate evil of personal influence, under its new
Mm of what is called limited Competition, bat
which is really Nomination in disguise. He
mese and states plainly what is wanted : "the
" power, without staking my Lord This or That for
" a favour, to be able to eater the names of condi-
" dates, and that those who prove themselves to
"be duly qualified, should have appolithosab; SI S.
" matter of right." In a word, her for the system
of free Competition—" la carrier* ~arts aux
" lane —as opposed to Patronage on the ems
hand and Nomination on the other. It is this system
of filling cams by family and political ieflessee
which mast. and naturally will, be one e>t tie
most vehement objects of attack is a Re-
formed Home of Commons. The working cheers
have a most real and substantial interest in the oven'
throw of a system which has done more than almost
anything else to preclude them from the enjoyment
of what is among their most incontestable rights.
" A free field for all and no Wear," is a my it
which the intelligent working classes of English.
men have a deep interest, and it is well to find that
en influential politicise like Mr. GIBSON has pledged
himself to take an active part in the long struggle
that moat galas before that cry can be victorious.

Ebe (nun.

OSBORNR, Dac. 9.

Her Majesty's dinner party yesterday included
Primes Aka and Cowden Blucher, who arrived on a visit.

Doopodeer wore moat from dr Ookodol-odloo yesterday
le doo Clavoisra of Goyim, Hoag Hoag, Wawa, club liaa-
Air, sad Maga.

The Earl and Countess of Wicklow bass arrived
at their beams la Ceveatilah-equare, from their seat is

Inland, vs mote to than residence at Brighton, for Q•
winter.

The Earl and Coantos Grey are patting the
mere et Haan Hal, Northumbrian

The Hon. Sir John Bligh, X.C.8., and Mies Bligh
salved at s Boni yonsedsy, So be pram! at the
rawness of the cl Dultion's drew". Sir John
rstnrsal last ininies to Issidgess.

The Right Hon. Sir lan and Lady Pakington
will lathe the Ad:ability to-morrow for Westwood Pub,
Woriethwebka

Sir Charier Kaightley, Bart., socompaaied by his
daughter, the Ewa. Yrs. Gege, let town yesterday, for him
twat, Pawsley Park, Dawnstry.

The Right K... Edward Ellie* has left town on I
• via to Ss liaf of llama at h oat ta Detain.
Lord Broeihset hee left Pair for hie neat at
Omer alma lb farlolip purposes assialai amen axe*
Woo tlo opsabg at Nrillamaa.
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we start ore were sr*, he the AM Baba Malobr
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Cat strriluariva -
PARIS, PIXDAT 11.101KINO.
Illonitatr publishes the monthly returns of
the Leak of France to yesterday, Dec. 9. We give
the msst important items, with the corresponding
Sens of kat month en regard:
Dee. Nov.
Coin's., balm, Paris 262,890,488 229,976463
Dlw illis bench banks
Dos 81081,83061, Pins 199,077,764 .... 204499,217
left bona bale
NiWasselecalseise, Paris and
687,340,326 .... 690,844,026
I Thing, deposits
Pelvis Egos* Paris 149,264,786 .... 136,667,806
Mele lima beaks
Advessosi ssi public securities 40,087,600 39,887,200
Ditto by Wink beaks
Ailnessedeaseihrey securities 63,100,000 .... 48,793,400
Das Uwe basks
1b edsi and bullion present the important
biomes of 1,100,0001. sterling, and now amount
to 22,170,0001. The notes in circulation have do-
weled 140,0001., and the discounts have decreased
19,0001.

(11.011 0171 OWN

PARIS, TUCUDAT EVENING.

The Petrie publishes the following persgeset:.

It Ire Nerd at the PAID de Alit; 644, tint
papers (doariar) relative as lhe liostalembot oak beil boa
lodged with the Regleerer onto Imperial Colt. Thitbreot
will be heard very ea& L Perrot de Chowlito IPS It the
presiding judge. It le trill OW tie judge eideldlet le lido
▪ report on the iris le lie eldkupertit x. Jidda Team&
Boras people p me de re to may Ire tmildr, Ds& 11,11dr
day died for the holibi. It is not yet katteti poolibely
I/bother X. Chain CM Loge will la pram tempi es let
of the Preensardersel.

Alibis* tie 'Able speaks of the fact as if it
were doubtful, I believe M. de Montalembert's
appeal will prdtively be heard on December 21.
English men way probably be glad to know how
this court of appeal is esnatitoted. There are from
forty to fifty judges in the Imperial Court, or Court
of AppeaL These judges are distributed among
five chambers, of which four are civil chambers, and
the fifth, the one is question, bears appeals from the
tribunal of Correctional Polioe. In order to keep
the law as far aa possible uniform, to prevent the
sersests chambers from becoming cliques, to obviate
frequent collisions between one court and another,
emit as we have sometimes seen in England between
the Qesin's Beach and the Exchequer, or the Com-
ae, Pleas, the judges of them several chambers
gsgferm a cheese magi in every year in Novem-
ber, • according to a system of rotation,
the working of which, as far as I can learn, cannot
in any direct way be jammed by the government.
It follows that the Chamber of Correctional Appeals
pew about to judge M. de Montalembert is not the
MINI that has been sitting for the last twelvemonth.
Ifif his jest been re-constituted, some of the old
NOE =mining, and some having been introduced
be. ths different civil chambers of the Imperial
000, of which they all form part. It is, however,
esimpstent to the First President of the Imperial
to preside in any chamber whenever he
M. Detengle, it will be remembered, super-
.
the ordinary president of the Assize Court on
tic . swam of the trial of Orsini. It is
sesehlased very likely that M. Devienne,
who enuesdod IL Dilangis is the high judicial
office of first president, will on this occasion be put
forward to conduct the trial of Montelembert. He,
am es* of the most recently appointed judges, is
mile likely than any other to act upon M. Chain
ffEed Ange's new doctrine that the duty of the bench
U to cerement "not only the authority, bat the
personal wishes of the Emperor." It will be seen,
however, that this Court of Appeal is by a good
many shades more respectable than the bench of
inferior judges, of which M. Borthelin was presi-
dent on November 24. There will be at least seven,
and probably nine judges, of whom some, in all
.probability, ware appointed before the empire.
Although they are all looking out for pro-
motion either to the Court of Caseation,
or to be presidents of chambers, many of
them may perhaps be impressed with the idea that
I peat changed may take place before their turn
Wald, in any event, come. They are irremovable
their present relatively high position, and may
pomolly value the good opinion of the bar and the
public more than the chances of an immediate rise of
salary. They would gain immense credit, both is
France and Europe, if they were to have the
courage to reverse the judgment, and it is just
possible that the approbation of their own con-
sciences and of their countryman may be motives
outweighing vulgar considerations of personal
interest. I continue, however, to be of

opinion that the government will not run the
risk of another argument, bat will subunit
to a defeat, varnishing it over in the best way they
can to save appearance'. The Nord of Bruges*

which, curiously enough, has lately assumed a tone
of constitutional and friendly opposition to the
French government on many points, contains, is its
number of this day's date, a vary well reasoned
argument showing that the prenatal.e pardon
cannot possibly have had the effect of confiscating
M. de liontalesibert's right to appeal. The right
is not, as reeve writers ignorantly suppose, to insist
upon anoeuir public debate for the idle purpose d
annoying the gevernment, bat it is, as has bean
stated in this correspondence from the first, a right
to be mitered, if the Court d Appeal shall think
the original judgment wrong, to a better position
than that is which the pardon would Lars the
delsedent.

Letters boas Adesiral Ripelt do Oenooilly, dated
Oct. 10, give it to be sadonteed that the entgaset
of Ooehin China will not be ensiled so spatially as
was at AM thought. A regular siege will probably
be nese
batallion