The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-29 00:00:00

Correspondence between Mr. F. Henry F.
Berkeley, M.P., and James Aytoun.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIJI.

PALL MALL, 105, Aug. 29, 1864.
SlR—Upon the call of Mr. Berkeley, Be con-
tained in his letter—copy of which I now send
you—l request you to publish the following car-
respondence.—l am, yours, &c., JAMES AYTOUN.
VICTORIA-SQUARE, S.W., Aug. 27.
SlR.—Having received last Wednesday a pamphlet, in
the shape of a letter, from you to George Wilson, of Man-
chester, containing the following passage—" It is well
known that Mr. Berkeley is personally opposed to the
Ballot—that nearly all those who vote with him are
equally opposed to it, end that the inotiou is inere:y brought
forward for the purpcse of hutobu,-;gitig and gullirg
a number of stupid constituencies, and preserving
the seats of those constituencies to a number of
servile supporters of the Government, who would be
sorry to see the Ballot established," 1 beg leave indignantly
to deny this false and hbAluus statement, and call upon you
to retract tho same with as much publicity as you have
given to the accusation.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,
r. lIENLY F. BERKELEY.
James Aytoun, Esq.

Reform Club, Aug. 27.
Sir,--I have just received your letter of this day.
In this letter you accuse me of calumniating you in my
pamphlet, "Real Reform and Sham Reform," by declaring
nay opinion that you are not a sincere advocate of the
Ballot.

My reason for coming to this conclusion is given in a
previous passage of the pamphlet, which, as you may have
overlooked, I shall now quote:--
" At the lest general election in 1859, Earl Russell, then
Lord John, was opposed as one of the Whig candidates for
the city of London. It was expected he would be run hard,
and therefore every vote was necessary to secure his return.
Here was an opportunity for the London Ballot Society de-
claring their principles, and advancing. the cause of the
secret vote. If they lied been a really
would at once have issued a recomoieandoanteeit, batoodv3l theyefo
no candidate who did not pledge himself
to support the
ballot in the House of Commons. Listead of acting in this
the famous
head, issuedßallotamous arecommendation Society
to the of London, with
Mw way, however,
Berkeley
electors to waive their principles on this occasion, and vote
for Lord John Russell, notwithstanding his opposition to
the ballot, and this on the ground of supporting the Libe-
rals against the Tories."
I can only say that if I had had the honour of being in
your place on that occasion—the leader of the ballot party
in the House of Commons—l should have considered it my
duty to have acted in a different manner trout what you did.
I should have considered that in acting this way I ren
(Lava myself fairly liable to the charge of insincerity, or
at least of sacrificing a great principle to mere party ob-
jects.

But as, notwithstanding this, you assure me you are
quite sincere in your advocacy of the Ballot, I am bound to
believe you as a gentleman, and to express my regret at
having stated anything contrary to fact.
I shall only say, if such be your mode of forwarding the
Ballot question, God help your judgment 1 It is high time
that the country should look for another leader in this great
movement.

I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant,

JAMES AYTOUN.

F. Henry F. Berkeley, Esq., M.P.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week.

Miles Opened. Receipts.

Railways.

1664.

1863.

1&14. 1863.
X

Belfast and N. Counties 136 136
Belfast and Comity Down 431 49
Blyth and Tyne 2B 28
Bristol and Exeter l2ll 121.
Caledonian 252 ',i.41
Cambrian 9l 81
Cockermouth & Workington.. si 81
Cork and Bandon 2O 20
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage si 61
Cork and Youghal
Cornwall 658 531
Deeside . 17 17
Dublin & Belfast Junction.... 63 63
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75
Dublin and Meath
Dub. &Wicklow and Wexid 9l} 481
Furness, &c 5O 5o
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union
Great Northern 353 363
Great North of Scotland 5B 68
tit. Northn. &IVestn. (Irel.) 7ll 711
9t.Southn. & Westn.(lfind.) 3574 3514
Great Western 10564 10564
Hull and Hurnsea Li
Inverness & Aberdeen June 1064 864
Inverness & Perth Junction 1131}
Irish North-Western 145 145
Kent Coast 27 10
Lancashire & Yorkshire 4.3 395}
Limerick and Ennis... 241 241
Limerick and Foynes 26 zet
Llanelly 461 46t
London & North-Western... 12,Y,} 12.-7}
London and Blackwall 5l 6/
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &3. Coast 2671 2501
London, Chatham, & Dover 724 724
Do. Metropolitan Extension 114 104
Man.,Shellield.& Lincolnsh
Manch. &Jun.& Altrincham 94 94
Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641 641
Midland Gt. Westn. of Irind 262 2591
Monkland 7ll 714
Monmoutlish. Rail. & Canal 44 44
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1095
North London 9
North Staffordshire 254
Rhymney
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern I3S
Somerset and Dorset 66
South Devon
South-Eastern 306
Taff Vale 67
Ulster lO3l
Vale of Clwyd.
Vale of Neath 431
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l
Waterford and Limerick 77
West Cornwall 274
W.Hartlepoolllarbr.&ltaiL s2}
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmut lO
Whitehaven Junction l2
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Austrian .. B2B
Bahia and San Francisco ... • 764
Belgian Eastern J unction.... 264
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 183}
Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l}
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9
Dutch Rlienish
Eastern Bengal
Eastern of France
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O
Great Central of Belgium lBO
Great Indian Peninsula 5)3
Great Luxembourg 134
Great Southern of India
Great Western of Canada 345
Madras.
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 651
Northern of Canada ... 94
Northern of France 697
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn lBO5
Paris and Orleans 1614
Pernambuco 778
Royal Danish 69
Scinde lO6
South Austrian .. 1527
Southern of France ..... 770
Victorian 196
Welland ........„ . 25
West Flanders 75
W. and N.W. of France

2,716 2.353
763 735
2,416 2,110
7,5•`.2 7,311
20,011 37.8, 0
2,101 I,G-8
312 376
317 3;1
563 261

tBO
2,027 1,639
552 913
2,(4+ IA-1
2,284 1,8,f7
300 -
3,751 2,915
3,416 2,x•40
9,691 9,537
31,966 2,),922
32,709 31,877
1,797 2,3::8

465 46
8,356 9.874
70,5,19 63,927

227
I,OSB 2,025
3,03 u

1,698 1,777
3,850 1,5
46,618 40,250
205 102
114 100
739 760
115,031 1(7,854
2,141 2,h,8
26,763 25 518
23,676 22,965
8,391 6 136
2,500 1,400
16,664 16.3 w
1,4r7 1,317
1,642 1.;,36
2,076 1,5 41
49,574 46,105
4,732 4,84'J
1,739
2,708 2,559

25,55 23.583
6:+,28 t 10,049
3,3;7 3, 83
8,466 b.C76
0;8 90
7,914 6,63 f
6,635 6,320
tBB 4-9
4.707 4,2.26
28,397 29,631
5,527 5,355
2,314 2,158
289 289
3,021 2.334

442 _36t
1,535 2.35

891 85G
4,421 4,455
C 93 OS
1,059 762
VB7 tiZZ

35,053 32,045

385}
3(311
165
104
Ito
1302
0321
1090

4?0 _
319 277
2,638 ],911

4,321 3 031
7,078 6,551

65,831 58,566
21,111 19,471
20,557 1&,437
6,03
8,350 6,327
4,726 4.610
°B7 673
10,032 8, eo7
5,96) 4 670
L'_4,6::o 22,313

65,7:40 62,2.1}
1,5'5 3,465
431 346
137,',90 133,210
71,229 t5,9u2
824

105
14E4
GSO
195

I,oos 1,955
51,494 50,059
31,598 30,6; 7
8,39 J 7,C35
422 159
1,343 1,178
59,033 5 ,033

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

CITY BETTING—SATURDAY.
TILE ST. LLGER.
sto 2 agst General Peol (taken)
5 b 2 agat Blair Athol (take 3 to 1)
11 to 1 agst Miner (taken and offered)
100 to 8 age Baragah (taken and offered)
100 to 6 agat Ely (offered)
20 to 1 agst Claremont (offered)

IRES FOR 1864.
MBER.

Breoon .. 19
Richmond
Royal Caledonian Huut 21
Monmouth .... '22
Manchester Autumn
Newmarket Firdt October
'OBER

Lincoln .............. 13
Kelso ........... 19
Gloucester ........ ..... 20
Newmarket Hong on.. 24
NovEmPEn.

Lenniinzton &War. Hunt 2