The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-24 00:00:00

THE BALWT.

Yr. H. BERKELEY moved, pursuant to bin notice, for
leave to bring in a bill for the protectiou of electors', in
Great Britain and Ireland, in noting for members to serve
In parliament. The elections in which ho would
have them protected were those of the teem•
bins of parliament who were to make laws for
the protection of life and property, and to bold the inures-
strinp of the nation in their hands. The voters could not,
under existing circnmstancs, freely exercise their right le
those elections, until they obtained a law which would en-
able than to do it privily. The bill be asked leave to in-
t:edam was one to prevent the intimidation of electors,
aid one that would also teed to check the practices of
keibery and treating, while it would place the strongest ho.
rit in the way of the false personation of voters.
m:: • bill which was not understood—(a
laeghl—aod the house would take special care that
' they would not understand it. They would not let
it be read a first time, they would loot have it printed,
soil although it wits supported by so many large coestitm
emirs the house ditl not extend to it the courtesy which
they showed to bills of not half its important*.
(Hear. hear.) His hon. end learned friend the
member for Minbridge University (Mr. Walpole),
the right hon. baronet the member for 'lmpel
(Sir C. Grey), and Mr. S. Wortley,who had been a member
of that house, did not understand it. What did those
gentlemen believe! They believed that the Ballot Bill
meant nothing but that there should be • box with
red and black balls, which each elector dropped into the
box and then the election was finished. Could anything be
more ridiculous than that? and if boo, and distinguished
me/ such as he had named fell into such errors, why, he
asked, would not the house read this bill (Hear.) He knew
that • very intimate eonimmiicatioe existed between the
Treasury bench and Printing.house.sqoare ; and that cartels
hon. gentlemen, who would score to give protection to
the voter at the polling-booth, did not hesitate to take the
respoosibility of defending a political right. If there wee
inch a gentleman on the Tresoury bench it reflected oe Lew
din on that bench, for it wee sot honest for a member to
hear a speech, and then, instead of opposing it, to sneak alloy
into a bock place and write an article against it. giza
If there were any inch on the Treasury bench he
the government ought to get rid of thew, for they were Do
credit to them. (A laugh.) He would now leave this quer
tire in the bands of the house, asking them to do justice to
the electors, though he knew he might as well appeal tithe
Pope as to that house nu this question. (Laughter.) The
has, patleman concluded by moving the first roadie( of this

Sir 43. DOUG LAS *seceded the motion. It wee Mastitis
or tweet). pears +loco he gars a vote in that bou*e 'pima
the ballot, end something like ten years idnoe he gave •
vote in favour of it. (" Hear,* and a laugh.) He had changed
his opinion, because his reason conviewed him that he
ought to ohmage it. (Hear, hear.) It appeared to him that
every man had • tight to the franctime es • trust which he
could not sell, beams he could not allow say other ntaa to
set upon it. Hat be it a right, or be it • trust,
be thought all ma on both sides ei the house
were agreed that it was an immoral act to sell
it or to attempt to Mame it. (Hear, hear.)
The house divided, aid the median were : •

to favour of the
Aigiunst it 279-125
The motion was con•squinNy lost
CONVEYANCE Or ARMS UNDER THE SARDINIAN

FLAG,

lir. T. DIIN00112:15 moved for a eopy of correspoodeess
with foreign powers that had taken plate relative to oertata
areas seeveyed all &seism et the last year under the ear-
Male !ac from Genoa to the East, awl 'sized by the
MoidoWallacloars government ; also all orders and oorres.
r="e4for bringing back in her Majesty's ship the
from :alatit to Geon all or any portion of the said
arms He said, why the noble lord on a previous occasion
bad refwed to give these return. he was at a lose to coo-
rely°. Nothing was more absurd than what was now taking
piece, oaiiely, that the British soverament was refusing
papers which had been granted to every other country
of kurope. He begged further to move for •
copy of the address of Count Cavour to the Sar-
dinian minister hen, is reply to a despatch of
the noble lord dated at the end of January last.
He wanted to know why the noble lord refused those
papers ; sooner or Wee they must be given ; or, st all
resets, they were ewe to be bibbed in other countries.
Mr. HEN EASY the motion.

Loot J. It USNELT, mid the bon, member mimed to
think that It was the duty of the Foreign Secretary to lay
on the table all the correopondence that passed between tisk
country end foreign powers, sod that if refused, the Foreign
llecretary was towel to justify their refusal. Heilrd
J. Russell) did not feel bound to justify his
oar either did he feel hound to give the papers. Tt7Qi
sever born the custom to produce all foreign correslmd
ea to do so would often have produced ;treat discord
inconvenission With regard to tho despatch of the 30th
January, he bed only held it back for the answer, mad
wham the answer wee received both despatch and &WM
were laid on the table. His hesitation in the first instance
arum only from his fear that Coast Cavour might not wish
the despatch published. auteequently he found thin the
thinfit wished that Ills opine:ea Amid be merle knows.
The kon. member 'sight think it very stealer to
hiss (b.r.l J. Russell) to enleavour to maintain the
pesos of Europe ; but he thought otherwise, and be alienist
be very sorry to give any papers, the production of whisk
might create discord amongst the different powers. The
hew. member bad laid so parimmentary ground for the pro.
dilation of these papers, *or had ha 'Misted him (Lord J.
Rummell) that they oould be produced without injury to the
public ..rvke. the correspondence hail taken pima la ear
sequeom of arms bar* been sent from Gams to
the Principalities of Wallachia sod Moldavia, la the
0011111111 of lest roams. These arms wen sot de-
sired by Prince Couto. Fur be it from him (Lord
J. Russell) to ioterfere between Austria and Hungary,
his oaly wish mensal the diet and tho Austrian govern-
ment might own, to an early agreement. (Hear, hear.)
His Lope wan that thoso promises of liberty that had been
gives by Austria might be amply fulfilled, and that fluspry
in adapt such maritime for a free pries, free dmmenesioa, sad