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CHEAPNESS.

SINGULAR FATAL COLLISION.—The Salta Public of
Lyons says :—A death, caused by a very singular
accident, occurred in the quarter of St. Just, in this
city. Several children were making 'a great-noise in
the passage of a house, when two men hurried out in
great haste, from opposite directions, to ascertain the
cause, and ran against each other with such violence
that one of theM fell dead on the spot.
The Glasgoio atUen announces the death, on Wed-
nesday last, of Professor Spalding, of St. Andrew's.
- His most elaborate work is on " Italy ,and the Italian
Islands," which is in four closely printed volumes. He
-was, besides, the author -of a " History of - English
Literature," ' and of a work on Logie, contributed
'originally to the " Encielopsedia Britannica." Were all
the contributions of Professor Spalding to the Edinburgh
Bez ictt' and to eyelopwdias of all kinds, including the
" Biographical 'Dictionary " of Messrs. Griffin, collected
fortseparateimblication, " we believer says the Glasgow
Gitimn, "'they would be found-to be very volMninous."
CAPTURE OP SLAVERS.—The ship Peerless, Captain
Ring, from Calcutta, which arrived at this port yester-
day, toUched at St. Helena, September 19th. Captain
Ring reports—having left at St. Helena two slavers,
which had been captured by British cruisers on the
coast of Africa. One of theM was the sehooner Stephen
H. Townsend, of New Orleans, the master of which
called himself "Cosmopolite," and his mate a "Yarman."
The vessel and cargo had been conderimed by the Vice
Admiralty Court. The name and nation of the other
slaver was unknown,—Boston Courier,

THE COST OF A. STRIKE.—The dispute between the
men employed at the Wharncliffe Silkstone Colliery and
their employers has been a very expensive one to both
parties. The Miners' Union' alone have paid to the
turn-outs during the 27 weeks it lasted, £1,530 16s. 4d.
—the men receiving Bs. a week, and ls. a week for each.
child, and the boys 4s. a week each. The masters are.
also losers to a large amount. The strike at the East
Gawber Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Craik, which was
not nearly so protracted, cost the union £531.
LIFE-BOAT SERVICES.—BARMOUTH, 21st Nov.—On
the morning of the I.9th, a ship was observed in the
bay close on shore. Soon after daybreak she was seen
to wear, and stand for Sarn Badrig. The life-boat of
the Royal National Life-boat Institution was immedi-
ately got out ; but before she reached the ship, the
vessel was on the causeway, thumping heavily. The"
life-boat remained alongside the vessel about four hours
When the ship beat over the causeway. As she fortu-
nately made no water, and required no fartherassist-
ance, the boat left her with one of the boat's crew on
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board, to assist to take her to Liverpool. She proved
to be the Troy of Boston, from New Orleans to Liver-
pool. Our correspondent adds,—"l never saw poeple
so glad to see us as the captain and crew of the vessel
were they
thought that they were in Carnarvon Bay,
near Holyhead; they mistook Bardsey Light for the
Arklow Lightship. They never allowed for theinset
of the side." The life-boat was reported to have be-
haved very well on the occasion.

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UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE AND THE
BALLOT IN AUSTRALIA.

Representative institutions, says the Australian and
.11rew Zealand Gazette, are, just now upon their trial in
Victoria, and we can only hope that the result will be
different from that which, judging by the nature of the
depositions in the case, appears to be inevitable.
Victoria, as most of our readers are aware, has the
privilege of living under a constitution which is supposed
by many persons in this country to embody the greatest
elements of freedom and liberty which can be given to
any community. In this colony there exists universal
suffrage and vote by ballot, and the slow caution
of the old country has been, on various occasions,
contrasted in by no means favourable manner with
the -enlightened policy of this youngest of Aus-
tralian colonies. The advocates of the ballot in this
country have pointed the attention of our legislators
to the admirable working of the principle of secrecy at
elections at-the Antipodes. There was no great cause
for congratulation on previous occasions, and Mr. Ber-
keley's carefully culled extracts from the colonial press
might have been very effectually answered from the
same sources. When the annual motion for the ballot
is next brought forwaxd in the House of Commons he
will be a bold advocate, indeed, of that measure who
will venture to refer in support of his areuments to the
experience of Victoria. The annals of contested elec-
tions at home contain some curious episodes of corrupt
practises; but the violence of a Galway election, the
shameless corruptions of Wakefield or Gloucester, have
been surpassed at the elections in Victoria.
'We will take one case as an illustration of at least a
score of other electoral towns. It is the town of Kil-
more—a name not altogether unknown here, and
associated with by no means agreeable recollections of
the sister country. This borough had the honour of
being represented by Chiei Secretary O'Shanassy, whose
return at the last election was opposed by Mr. Maxfield.
On the day of the election we are told that the town
was in the possession of "as ruffianly a lot as ever
desecrated this earth." Club law was establiShed, and
the whip and the bludgeon were brought to bear upon
all, voters suspected of being hostile to the patrons
and friends of Mr. O'Shanassy. The ballot offered
no protection, for the voters were compelled to
produce their voting papers, and the name of the
candidate for whom they intended to vote, when it
was not that of the chief secretary, was erased.
When the voter ventured to exhibit any symptoms of re-
sistance to this illustration of the freedom of voting, he
was "huitled; beaten, or threatened." One free voter
who declined to submit to the dictation of the bullies
was' chased froin the polling place by a crowd, and he
owed his life to the interposition of a priest and the
police. In another case, a solicitor was dragged from
from flis house, assailed, 'and beaten, and was only
rescued from imminent danger by some mounted
troopers,- who found it necessary to ride into the
crowd with drawn sabres. The rival candidate,
of course, did not escape the vengeance of the
free and enlightened citizens ; the windows of his
house were broken, and personal violence against
himself and family was very liberally threatened.
Beyond these displays of brute force many of
the gentler arts were tried with a success which
would have done credit to the genius of the immortal
"Man in the Moon" of the old country. The Argus
says :—" The dead were re-called. to, life, the far-distant
were suddenly brought near, and youths of sixteen at-
tained their majority the moment they crossed the thres-
hold of the polling-booths. Even the transmigration of
souls appears to have been witnessed on rather a grand
scale by the poll-clerks on this occasion ; and the im-
material part of so many men passed in and out of the
material frame of one individual during
,the day that
several voters, who underwent this remarkable opera-
tion, must have gone home in a state of painful per-
plexity, and addressed anxious questions concerning
their own individuality to their bewildered wives and
little ones.

those elements of stability which are necessary in order
t) obtain the confidence of other nations. Already some
of our contemporaries are speculating upon the effects
, which the election news may have upon the commercial
and financial position of the colony in this country, and
we bring our remarks upon the subject of the recent
elections in Victoria to a close by the warning addressed
to the, electors by an extremely Radical authority in the
colony. "The people of England," it says, "learn that
among the successful candidates few are conversant,
even in an ordinary degree, with the principles
which regulate national finance. How can it be
otherwise, if, as it is frequently averred, few
of them can manage their own private affairs prudently
or successfully ? As the moral standing of a legislator in
the social sphere fits him more or less to maintain the
political integrity of the country in making its laws, so
the manner in which he conducts his own monetary
affairs condemns or qualifies him to deal with the all-
important question of national finance. Shall it be
said, then, that those who have made bankruptcy a
business, the repudiation of debts a matter of amuse-
ment, or whoie sole aim in securing a seat in Parliament
is to get a living for themselves, shall have control over
the public revenue ? In such a case the public engage-
ments of a young colony are not to be relied upon, and
the representatives of the people who may vote for bor-
rowing a great loan this session might repudiate the
interest upon it in the next."

THE BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY

LAWS.

DEPUTATION TO THE PRIME MINISTER.

On Tuesday morning a deputation of members of the
House of Commons and of gentlemen representing the
Chambers of Commerce in the most important trading
towns of the kingdom, waited on Lord Palmerston, at
Cambridge House, to call his attention to the
present unsatisfactory state of the law of bankruptcy,
and to press upon him the necessity of Government
introducing into the legislature, and passing into a
law, a measure based on the same principles as
that last year brought into the House. of Commons
by Lord John Russell. There were present, Sir John
Ramsden, M.P. ; Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P. ; Mr.
Scholefield, M.P.'; Mr. Beecroft, M.P. ; Mr. B. Clay,
M.P. ; Mr. Miller, M.P. for Leith ; Mr. Hastings, of
the Social Science Association ; Mr. Edgar, of the Law
Amendment Society, the leading commercial gentleman
of the city of London, and the towns of Birmingham,
Worcester, Dudley, Liverpool, Hull, Bradford, Leeds,
. Sheffield, Southampton, &c. Manchester was the only
town of importance unrepresented, but a letter of apology
was received from Mr. Bailey, M.P.
Sir John Ramsden having introduced the deputation,

Mr. Hastings explained to his lordship that the bill of
Lord John Russell, originally prepared under the aus-
pices of a commitnee of the Social Science Association,
embodied the views of the commercial men of the entire
kingdom, with the exception of the merchants of the City
of London. The delay which had taken place in the
progress of that measure, owing to the dissolution of
Parliament, had given time for the consideration
of their objections, which had been fully met and
satisfied, so that the association had now ready
for legislation a measure which met the views of
the entire trading community, and which Mr.
Samuel Morley was present, as the representative of
the merchants of the City of London, to recommend
to her -Majesty's Government for approval. The expense
of the present system was much complained of, averaging
as it did more than 30 per cent. on the value of the
assets, which was ruinous in regard to small estates.
The distance at which the district courts were situated
from the large commercial towns was also another mat-
ter of complaint. He contended that the creditors
ought to have the control over the estate of the bank-
rupt,sto prevent its being eaten up by officials, that the
distinction between trader and non-trader ought to be
abolished, and that there should be a fusion of insolvency
and bankruptcy into one system.
Mr. Hastings' views having been supported by Mr.
Saml. Morley, Mr. Beecroft, Mr. Lloyd, of Birmingham,
Mr. Stebbing of Southampton, and other members of
the deputation,
Lord Palmerston said he was sure her Majesty's
Government ought to feel deeply obliged to the gentle-
men present for having taken the trouble to come up
from so many important centres of commercial industry
to give their opinion as to the defects of the present
system, and in preparing a remedy which they thought
it expedient to apply to the evil. No one could over-
value the importance of such assistance ; because in
a great commercial country like this, where so large
an amount of the population depended upon commercial
pursuits,where the resources of the state itself were
so much affected by whatever influenced them, it was
evident that the importance 9f -regUlating affairs be-
t ween debtor and creditor should be based on prin.;
ciples of equity and despatch. He could assure them that
the subject had for some time engaged the attention of
her Majesty's Government. He could not, however,
undertake to promise that Lord John Russell would be
able, in the ensuing session, to re-introduce his bill, or a
modification of it, because those who read the news-
papers must see, from the present position of affairs in
every quarter of the globe, that his hands would be full
with the business of his own department. - (A laugh.)
But he had there, on his left hand, a most Ore champion
(the Attorney General) in those matters, wild would tell
then' that the subject hadengaged his attention and that
othis legal colleagues in the Government. For himself,
he might say-at least this—that the next session would
not be allowed to pass.without some satisfactory 'artan.b
e-
nient being made in the matter.
The Attorney-General said the subject had occupied
his anxious attention, and he would beg, leave now to

Some curious facts in connection with the vote by
ballot are given in the local papers, more especially at
the famous election of Kilmore. It is but due to Mr.
O'Shanassy to say that he strongly resisted the passing
of this measure in the old Legislative Council ; and may
very probably have thought that, as it was passed
against his wishes, he was not bound to respect its pro-
visions. Thus we find. that when a voter, unable to
read or write, presented himself at the hustings, and
was asked for whom he intended to, vote, if the reply
happened to be in _favour of the local candidate, the
fact was announced in an audible voice to the partisans
of the other side, and the consequence was that the
unlucky voter " was kicked from one end of the polling-
room to the other by the cowardly wretches." The
conduct of these friends of the great O'Shanassy may
have been somewhat rough, but it might have been
worse, as our contemporary ironically says :—" Although
many of Mr. Maxfield's supporters must have been
wounded, not one was actually killed. Although the
Rev. Mr. Singleton and his children were roughly used,
they were not robbed. Although Mr. Meade was drag-
ged from his horse, he was not scalped. This argues
a lenity of disposition on the part'of the chief secretary's
friends at Kilmore which merits approving mention ;
and, at the same time, ought to operate as a warning to
the Maxfields and other rash candidates for the time to
come. Kilmore, it should be known, belongs to Mr.
O'Shanassy. Body and soul it is his; his scot and lot,
whip and bludgeon. Castlemaine may reject its Ire-
land and Collingwood dispense with its Harker, but
Kilmore is private property and knows its muster ; and

that any one should tty to poach upon the home manor
is ' intolerable and not to be endured.' "
The excesses of the elections in other places, and the
extraordinary selections which have been made by sotile.
of the constituencies, have brought " Universal suffrage
and vote by ballot" into contempt, even among many of
its best friends in the colony. Our files of papers from
every part of the colony, including the most distant
settlement of the gold districts, afford abundant evidence
of the unsatisfactory working of the new electoral law,
and the leading journal of Melbourne says :
" It must be confessed that the results of universal
suffrage have made only more difficult the probleM
which it was intended to solve. Without in any
way -detracting from the value of the principle,
when rightly understood and honestly exercised, we
must allow that, in the imperfect and abnormal:shape
in which it has been used, the result is by h'e means
encouraging. If the franchise be taken but as the
means to an end, that end cannot be
,said to be fulfilled •
when the country is left without any possible coherent
government. With every respect for the popular choice, it
cannot be 'admitted that under' any condition of society
Stephens; 'lrtinteirs,ithe Dons,' and L. L. Siniths are
the stuff out of 'which are made a country's rulers.
Such. men have, always disappointed the hopes of their
friends, being, by the very reason of their callings, dis-
qualified from exercising a calm or impartial judgment
on matters 'affecting their class. Mr. Don may be an
excellent stonemason, and thoroughly well acquainted
with the condition and requirements of the stonemasons ;
but why should Mr. Don be accepted as al authority
upon carpentering or tailoring ? But if Mr. Don is not '
fit to represent.the working interests, still less is it from
such as his colleagues--)fr. Stephen and Dr. Itunter--=
that the working men have any reasonable hope of ob- ,
taining justice. This sort of men have never yet done
any good for working men, and never will."
The injurious effects of this general abuse of the
powers confided to the peoPle by the Government will
not, unfortunately, be confined within the colony. The
country will:Obtain the:reputation of being wanting in

. equity
ai I d : Itis i i c e .
state his own iii-dividifirviews in reference to it, as in the
spirit of those views he was preparing a inevt.ire for the
'of the commercial com-
consideration of the cabinet. The-. depiitatiOn would
understand that they were merely hili`ntiiv;:dnal views,
and that he could not say how far therwonld beimodi-
i;:niot.4a4pourul4elybleegbarloculistriaeintetro, bu
har-
monyt
It was his intention to' repeal all
fied or adopted- by the.Oil:siptitlen:
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_el:l:dap:its re-
gard
u:6°2sPeolinvicthtie°llssubject, and pass one compre-
thighareund,tish.;evtiniiisatauhbac.iajtt_ea!:
hensiye:act. He thOught that there. ought t.) be certain
simple, tests of 'bankr bankruptcy laid doWn;. on the existence
of , which the .erediters: should :be i enti4ed.:t.O take the
property of the bankrupt into their own hands for,equal
distribntiOn. r, In 'the' interval between the bankruptcy
and au _- —. 0" aittar333rffer7rll,-

_..., ~neT.l-difirig-sotau „—__ _ ....,....ere,- ~ Otte such
offrcelr,jfiii4:lltake'cliiiiii of theiestiti,-. 'hitt merely for
40wexer, caution them to be careful
care and protection ; but from the moment the bank-
ruptcy waSlCclarCd, the property became the property
of the creditors, and they 'were the best judges
of how it 'should be administered.
.;(Hear, hear.)
overffsci ilitYthould be
He would,;
demands, and to take
• the'eninhicitis system which at present existed was given
recolleceteirntaig n
who
e rne6tea, ine d , to. , A s
the, property committed' to them,
,fgail:B:3l4lti.ltisefelise,
,:itnhaeptrcueorfice46o;l:oysfi:osulitemhxdieplariebrrie
complaints ,made prior to
the,crecliters were ; but when they were ascertained and
afforded :for titling it out of the c.ottrt and settling it
among theinselves: Ho also thought that the law
against fraudulent bankrupts ought -to be made more
stringent; but that the administration of it should be
left in the hands of the ordinary tribunals.
• Mr.' Hastings said a' bill based upon these principles
would satisfy the commercial community.
The deputation then withdrew.

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Cantmtniat Saks.

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