The Express.
London, England, 1857-04-18 00:00:00

THE BALLOT.

(Prom th; Leahy.)
The necessity of the ballot is the practical moral
of the general election. That necessity will not be dimi-
niehed, bat enhanced, by soy extension of the franchise. We
must hare secret voting for the make of parity, of independ-
, ems, of conservatism. Nearly all the old objections have
been exploded—the un-English character, the impracticabi-
lity, the Imperfection of the ballot-box. It is now admitted
that voting by ballot is decidedly an English fashion
—the practice of our corporations, dubs, vestries,
and parochial cosantuencies ; the imputation of im-
prectketility has been set aside by sheer force of con-
current observation sad testimony ; as to the imperfection of
the contrivance ter mooring emery, the argument is now
reversed. Loud John Brinell declares that It is only too
perfect; It arms the elector with an irresponsible power,
anion in its operation to the non-elertor. It seems a truism
to say that if the see-elector be qualified to superintend the
vote of the elector he is qualified to vote himself ; bat
the debate hoe been reduced to truisms. TM ballot lean arti-
cle in the faith of all reel reformers. It is a wry mall
theory of • very smell section indeed that remota& it as
having obtained neither • wider nor a more energetic
support than formerly. On the contrary, it has struck many
new meta among the emetanacies, and we anticipate a
renewal of those debase which, whoa Mr. Grote was a
politician, intimidated the eider brethren of both homes.
Lord Althorp, in IBM declared that the Chandos clause
would operate as • powered argument in favour of the
Reform Bill ; his demsdant marks as a fact that which,
twenty-live peers ago, was a mediation. Lord Grey joined
In the prophecy; but we have no Lord Grey now--oely a
soar calatany on the name. Well, woe it possible so to sea-
lyse the late Motions as to distinguish the votes of
tenants-al-will from those of freeholders and leaseholders,
what would be the &dation? That the electors exercised
their franchise In harmony with the spirit of the non-
siecton, or they smiled sorrowfully at the non-electors, and
regretted their ineepacity to kelp Meer? The ballot would
mall* the entranchied eel the unenfranchned classes to
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wort together; open voting divides them; the voter is re-
sponsible, not to the ma-voter, but to the landlord. This is
the distemper, the diet, the dioceses of our isprestatative
system. BM the ballot will not mud it, do they my P It
I. complete sa ea butrument of hind, lacomplete as •
gametes of hoasumble seamy. Diverghqr Ham
never oast, so that there is ao danger of a coa-
lition between these hepaticas resemings. IJoider
llobhouses Act the ballot to albwed 4 prochiel 'leaden,.
What teok plans la 1843, in the parish of Jaime? The
electors gave their open, parliamentary, per, or inti-
midated votes to the tory oendideess; their secret parochial
votes to the liberals ; and Immediately petitioned for the pro.
teaks at the bona to all elation. whethrew.
The nomiaelka system is inormang; the petty bassets
an felling into the Ism& of great yreprietas ; the canines
are governed by the Mahn clams ; the large boroughs .re
not room free ban questionable Wows' than the mean ;
strong psratail desires supersede important public Mania ;
and whit is the remedy ? Among the manna of the bal-
lot hes say one ever saggostod an allessative?

It is intended to • elms the Nightingale Fund
daringthe tint week in May, and to ley a detailed report of
proossiinp bites the peddle, wises the embus appointed by
Mfr Nighliegals will melts the resod watecribei as •
rued at astionsa pekoes* and to noble her to establish an
imentellwe tar the trebled, oneenence, end protection of
swam wed heided selowleata.
If we (Loader) may believe report, M. Alexandre
Dam ,Ss younger, has lately administered a Trey happy
nixie be • high Padden lady who bad Invited the faabiona-
bY by way, we suppose, at an attraction to her
Imbibed geed. As the story goes, M. A. limos fib was
regoisted le "led a story," sad, without shocking the
caeotedue of saistyby a paddle refuel, is replied " With
pisonve, mar le, bet allow we to Woe say tors. When
IL is Cepileine &Artie& who came into your drawing-
MU NA Wien we hoe Ikeda pa, I will tali • story."
The ;milk CAroateis mentions that a curious
lama at badmen he besatdmiiiiited et Lyons. It appears
that a MlNtalltlaa et bowies ho bean tanned, which
maw to swig at seek dogrel a number of professional
eespees. The eisrge ode to its trews per head. They
have simple* s medlar calms, sad follow the hearse
weights awl
The Basra tells the following story :•—" A
short line sin* a noisany-tresesd yeller, in the course
at Wseemblek wild at a hews he the Weit-esd
erf Lola, sM. ban! Nei et perseverancreme, encemeded fafain•
ing the deseingese. whew the bees tke Sense
woes sink* No premed hie woree—Wees andat hohkewhle
el widow Mali, Flavin day earned his
bawl= haft tibpaied of saws of them, he amend
the wow esaveantien wry sirsNy Ow
maw elewask wed iltiowlely termi le be psr-
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~ellien, owl ea Ming asked what
hailwds=e " esellein indlins" is 4s/Wd that
hew Nowit • Asa& pd.*, whose exagollsa it is dens
iosimee MINN htM essialg, or, se sie emede menu
wah to "wasp Me law. as bat aides 104 weirs."
Se it ammo we hove la en Rabbi • ANN wary, an on-
=UMW trying le 'divot the news et Swipture
le whom the enwe et ted-Cbtlika error.'
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bet • ClErwtelt.—Thh exhillisa le le be most to the
swim et tie milt ea lie SA ea Mk et Jas It will
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