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LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 13.

Cornuar to the sanguine anticipations of the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQtER, the morning sit-
ting of the House of Commons yesterday proved
insufficient to complete the Report on the Repre-
sentation of the People Bill. Borrowing a hint
from Tom MOORE, who tells us that " the best of
" all ways to lengthen our days is to steal a few
" hours from the night," and appealing to the for-
bearance of private members, the Government
carried on the consideration of the Report Into
the evening sitting. By dint of this trespass on
the order of public business, the last remaining
amendment was disposed of after ten hours' dis-
cussion ; and a little before midaight the Crux-
CILLOR of the EXCHEQUER wan enabled to an-
nounce that the third reading of the Bill would be
taken on Monday. The cheers which greeted
this statement ruse from both sides of the House.
So far as they proceeded from the Conservative
benches, they must have expressed, not so
much satisfaction with the work done as a sense
of relief at its completion. The change which
had long been inevitable, and which, on the whole,
will, we doubt not, be beneficial, has now virtually
been accomplished. But thisfreedomhasbeenbought
with a great price—at the coat of temporary poli-
tical demoralization. The Conservatives of England
have cast aside all their principles and traditions.
The Liberals have, for the time, lost much of their
community of feeling and power of united action.
Some of thorn have been betrayed into ingratitude
towards leaders who have borne the burthen and
heat of the day. They have reserved their
homage for labourers of the eleventh hour. The
dexterous sleight of hand of a brilliant apostate
has had a greater fascination for them than states-
manlike capacity, unbending independence, and
devoted zeal. The preference of men for those
who delude over those who serve them has seldom
been more strikingly illustrated than in the his-
tory of the party leadership of Mr. DISRAELI and
Mr. GLADSTONE.

The progress of the Report was impeded yes-
terday by several divisions, as well as by unne-
cessary motions brought forward to give occa-
sion to even less necessary speeches. We do not
class among these Mr. BERKELRY'S proposal in
favour of the Ballot. That question is at least as
practical as the Female Suffrage, the Representa-
tion of Minorities, and the Cumulative Vote, all of
which involve principles which, whether they be
sound or not, are worth pleadingfor. Itisbynomeans
improbable that the Ballot may take its place
before many years as one of the prime articles of
the Tory creed. In proportion as Mr. DISRAELI
becomes Radical, the Radicals show a disposition
to become Conservative. Mr. BERKELEY and Mr.
OSBORNE argued yesterday for secret voting as
essential to the protection, not of the poor from
the tyranny of the rich, but of the working man
from the dictation of his union and his class. DE
TOCQt'EVILLE was quoted by the philosophical
member for Nottingham to show the necessity of
the ballot as a corrective of the evils of Demo-
cracy, and as a safeguard against the tyranny of
numbers. There were signs of awakened curio-
sity and attention upon the Conservative benches.
The cries of scepticism and impatience which have
commonly proceeded thence were unheard. Before
many sessions have passed we may have Lord
CRANBORNE pleading for the Ballot upon grounds
analogous to those which inspire his arguments in
favour of cumulative voting. He will say
that you cannot withdraw one-half of the ele-
ments of our ancient constitntion, and then fancy
it Conservatism to adhere to the rest ; that in a
nation in which monarchy is dead, aristocracy
doomed, and democracy (like virtue in a trans-
pontine theatre) triumphant, secrecy of voting
is absolutely needful to guard the convictions of
the few against the tyranny of the many. But
time is required for this revolution of sentiment
and action. Matters are looking more hopeful for
Mr. BERKELEY than they have done for many
yews.

The remaining points discussed and decided
yesterday evening were not of the first importance.
The rejection of Lord EUATACK CMCIL'II motion
for affixing a 'permanent brand of political depriva-
tion 111,011 persona once convicted of crime, though