Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-31 00:00:00

THE SURNIAMNE CABLI

the ca

Ayr at 10.30 a..r.
abQut-,
WhitAaviyn,

portion a
The st or
with a li

1 haring

patented
and Free
F. C. V

tN TO -WHITETIAVE

cali:e is soiiiewha'7c c>l

laying and

land North S
who had •th

sa

) pro t

• M,

who IA

Vie part. of

enp,ineeT.to; the Electric and In
also present, and superintendet

[okraTs?h-Conipany. S. IT

chairman of fl
the Resolute.

1 The steam-

cable at. Dotaa.

morning.
for Montrea

latter ccitima

The who;

•etnrned i

ISLE

.o:n the• rapid
marine cabbs

.1s process; 1.4 the
BraithWaite,
T!ten(tedrby

c" fact of two ct
dud Eni,ral

shore in differ

parts of tho

editfiiradeau
Hot and Co..

tional Company eras
behalf of the Isle of

cation, and the great vain(
onderwritcrs and merchants
line be oi:ened for messa

of DOltglas,

"on Sunday

the I

I'lll~ got OR

of a speedy coniniui-
the-cable will be to the
of this port, to whom_ the
g.:.s as soon as the neec_seitry
Direct communication is
of Man cad ali parts
.nd- the. fact that the

weer the If•I

of England and the Continc
Isle of Man Telegr,)ph Comp..
formed entirely by a portion ot
island, reflects the highest credit on tao

lie inliabitant,s of th

who have
_ .
become shareholders in the ..undertaking, .and par tics,
larly..on the energetic chairmanovho has been the prin-
cipal
..promoter of this important line of submarine
telegraph: • • As we have before alluded' to the excellent
-sea-going qualities of the Resolute, we believe we arc
justified-in laving before our -readers the-following letter
from F. C. Webb, -Esq., addressed to John Taylor, Esq.,
manager of the New Steam,-tug Company (limited)
• "DearSir,—Having had charge of the•eperation of
laying the Isle of Man -cable,. in which the steam-tug
Resolute was employed, I have great'pleasure in stating
that 1 was in every way satisfied With the performance
of the vessel-L-the ease with which she could be stopped,
reversed, &c. ; and, above all, with the admirable man-
ner in which she was handled by Captain Harvey. The
laving of the cable occupied six hours and a half."
[The preceding report should have appeared in our
columns yesterday, but was unavoidably omitted on ac-
count of the great pressure upan ourspace.l.

THE BALLOT AS ASECURITY FOR SECRET
VOTING AND POLITICAL HONESTY,

It has long been the delight of thcse politicians who
pe cverythincr' wrong in our ow:: country, and, every-
thing right in America, to attribute this extraoudinary
condition of affairs to the influence of secret voting, zs
that is, they Saf,- secured by the use of the ballot in
the country last named. The doctrine had begun to fall
into some degree' of discredit ; • hilt recently received an
extensive hoist in popular eiteem by the declaiation of
'Mr. 'Cobden on his return from America in -which he
said that in the Vnited States the use of, the ballot in-
sured secrecy of voting and political independence and
integrity. In answer to this, Lord Radstock has pub-
lished a letter which he received fremi Mr. R. H. Dana,
exhibiting the praCtical working of the ballot; and also
a detailed history of the means employed from time to
time for the purpose of enabling it to effect_ the . objects
which Mr, Cobden says it has achieved, but which • Mr.
Dana distinctly denies. The letter was published on
Saturday, in the Times, and we had intended to have
given it on Monday; but a press-of interesting local
matter, including the proceedings at the' Assize-courts
and other reports, prevented the possibility of our doing
so. We now give a few extracts from it, which show
how differently the practical working of the ballot pre-
sents itself to view from that " fancy picture" which
the partial vision of - Mr. 'Cobden imposed upon his
observation:—

" In 1851, secret ballot, bp sealed (
introduced. Certain difficulti

overcome

Public voting, in open meet'
If the envelope betrayed its co
It'must be seen, or two envel

qua non.
was bone

deposited for one. The party corn.
favour seeieev'frOin 'their own scruti

ballot, enveTope, and all, and the' old. col
blems would defeat the end of secrecy.
difficulty, it was provided that the env
he all of one size, form, and coloar,
from every emblem, sign; writing, o
designation. This made it necessary tl
determine the size, form, colour, (S _ _