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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1637.

" Out of evil," says the old adage, " cometh good,"
and the result of the North Wilts election—deeply
as it is to be deplored in every other respect—will at
least have this good effect—namely, that it will give
an impetus to the question of the Ballot, similar to
that which the Duke of WELLINGTON'S famous de-
claration in the House of Lords gave to the question
of Reform. There is no gainsaying the fact, that. Sir
FRANCIS BURDETT has been returned by dint of a
long purse, and intimidation of the most flagrant cha-
racter. Every species of factitious, unconstitutional
influence has been arrayed in his favour. The pre-
judices of some, and the interests of others, of the
electors have been appealed to ; here a promise, there a
menace, has been held out ; parsons have been tampering
with the ignorant and servile ; landlords denouncing the
refractory; and the result of all this iniquitous conduct is,
that the Apostate has achieved an unenviable triumph
over the Reformer. Henceforth, let no man who
calls himself a Liberal, and professes to have the
real interests of the community at heart, say aught to
the disparagement of the Ballot ; but remembering
North -Wilts, fling to the winds whatever doubts he
may have till now entertained on the question. The
Ballot is our only secure protection against the inces-
sant and insidious encroachments of Toryism. To
say that it is " un-English" is mere cant, when bribery
and corruption are everywhere practised, without in
the slightest degree shocking the sensibility of the
community. Unhealthy indeed must be that sense of
morality which revolts at the idea of conscientious se-
cret voting, yet can see nothing indecorous—no-
thing immoral—nothing " un-English"—in electors
being publicly bribed to vote for the very men whose
political principles, in heart, they wholly repudiate.
Is it for an instant to be imagined that the Rejected of
Westminster would have got in for North Wilts, if it
had not been for such practices as those which we
have just alluded to ? Not lie. He would have been kicked
out with every mark of contumely, instead of being allowed
to parade in triumphant procession through Devizes,
with some twenty or thirty pounds worth of mob, yelping
out hired huzzas at his heels. However, if one apos-
tate Baronet has been returned for North Wilts, it is
consoling to know that ano:her is on the eve of
being rejected for East Cumberland. Sir JAMES
GRAHAM, it gratifies us to state, is, like the
Irishman's race-horse, " driving all before him,"
on the poll. The constituency of the Division are
nobly doing their duty, despite the herculean exertions
of the Tory Magnates, who are stilling heaven and
earth in favour of their pet-candidate. We suspect
the faction will more regret the defeat of Sir JAMES
GRAHAM, than they will rejoice in the victory of Sir
FRANCIS BURDETT, for in the capacity to do mis-
chief " Westminster's pride and England's glory" is
far exceeded by the Guard of the Derby Dilly.

We must remind the friends of Reform throughout
the kingdom that the 25th of this present month of
August is the last day on which objections can be
made to the qualifications of voters about to be en-
tered on the new register. The time is therefore short
which remains for the performance of a most important
duty, to the neglect of which on the part of the Libe-
rals may be attributed, in a considerable degree, the
unsuccessful result of many of the elections which
have just been concluded.
Bribery and intimidation are, unquestionably, thus
two great instruments—the two main props—of the
1 ones ; without which they would soon cease to exist
as a party : but it ought not to be dissembled that
they do not rely wholly on these. They are
very skilful tacticians, and allow no chance to escape
them that can be made available to the cause, either by
force or fraud. The advice which Sir ROBERT PEEL
gave them after the passing of the Reform Bill—and
very good advice it was—was to " look to the register,
for there must the battle be fought in future." They
have followed the counsel of the Right Hon. Baronet.
They have been silently but perseveringly working at
the register, until they have displaced a great many
reformers, and added considerably to the number of their
own supporters. Let any one look at the number of
the constituency in the county of Middlesex, for ex-
ample, in 1834 and in 1837. At the former period the
number of electors little exceeded B,ooo—at the latter,
it was more than 12,000 ; and the increase consisted
principally of partisans, many of whom had no other
'qualification than that which was supplied by the
negligence of the Reformers. The unqualified elec-
tor, who felt no scruples of conscience in making his
claim, was not objected to at the proper time, and
therefore became entitled to be registered, and to give
a _fraudulent vote to serve the interest of a corrupt fac-
tion. This was one of the causes of Mr. HUME'S
de feat,

But there is another way in which the Tory agents
" work the register," as they very significantly express
it. They not only place upon it those who hare no

business there, but they exclude those who hav'e.
This they do by making objections to liberal voters.
They know at the time they make them, that these ob-
jections are not tenable ; but what does that signify ?

If, out of 500 such cases, they succeed in 100, they have
good reason to be satisfied. They calculate in this way:
" Let us object to our opponents indiscriminately; if we
succeed, well and good ; if we fail, there is no harm
done—we suffer no loss—we incur no penalty—and
the chances are that some of our objections will be
sustained by the mere non-appearance, from various
causes, in the Registration Court, of the parties con-
cerned to substantiate their claims."

Such are the base expedients to which the petti-
Fogging tools of the faction have resorted to attain
those ends, which they feel to be unattainable by ho-

nourable means. We now warn the Reformers to be
on their guard against all such practices at the regis-
tration which is now in progress. Let them scrutinize
the lists with a jealous eye, and purge the election roll
of those names which have been improperly entered there
on former occasions, or which shall be attempted to be
so entered on the present. Far be it from us to ad-
vise a course of proceeding similar to that of our un
principled opponents. They act on the jesuitical
maxim that the end justifies the means. The Re-
formers hold such a doctrine in abhorrence, and
readily forego the advantages—:hey can be but tem-
porary however great—which it brings. But what
we say is this, that wherever a Reformer, on exa-
mining a list, sees a name which he thinks
objectionable on fair grounds, it is his sacred
duty to record his objection. We must not, in the
bustle and excitement of the presen., forget the
interests of the future. On the contrary, every thing
that is passing around us proclaims the necessity of
unremitting exertion, if we wish to proceed in the path
of improvement, or even to maintain the position we
have gained.

A fashionable Morning Contemporary, whose -in-
fluence is chiefly confined to such red-hot political
Dowagers as Lady CATHERINE BARNARD—whose
subscription of a hundred pounds to the Conservative
Fund of Kerry, was, doubtless, the result of an inti-
mation from some quarter equally well acquainted with
the straits to which Toryism is reduced--exhibits
this morning strong symptoms of alarm at the Liberal
course public events are taking in Ireland. After enu-
merating the many difficulties the Tories have had to
encounter, in all their past attempts to:oust the Whig
Cabinet, our Contemporary dolefully continues :
" So far as we can judge of election results,
this state of peril is likely to become worse and worse,
unless something very decided be clone by the British
people in addition to what they have done at the elec-
tions. They have at the elections acted nobly, and
with reason they may have thought that they were doing
enough ; but they did not take into account the kind of
enemy with which they have to deal in the O'CONNELL
connection of her MAJESTY'S Ministers. They did not
think that when they drove fools and blasphemers from
the field of candidates, and rejoiced that theßritish House
of Commons would no more be polluted by their pre-
sence, they were merely sending them to theO'CONNELL
smithy, where they are to be forged into links of the
infernal chain wherewith the Irish Romanists hind
down certain Ministers of the British Crown to their
service. In vain are virtue and honesty to triumph in
England—in vain are English electors to free the con-
ductors of British Government from the pressure of
the Calibans of the political world—

- Abhorred slaves,
Which any print of goodness will not take,
Being capable of all ill."
The Irish Romanists are at hand to place these mon-
sters of political vice in that legislative assembly from
which the indignation of honest men had driven them.
The O'Connell seats,

The villains' general home—'

are held open for their reception." The simple mean-
ing of all this trash and twaddling tirade against the
Catholics of Ireland is that honest JOSEPH HOME,
to the eternal disgrace of the bribed voters of Middle-
sex, has been returned for Kilkenny. The Tories, as
the Hon. Gentleman himself told them on the hust-
ings at Brentfotd, have not, with all their bribery,
been able to get rid of him ; and hence, in a fit
of imbecile rage, more befitting a jilted Dowager
than a public Journalist, the Post calls for a Bill for
the disfranchisement of the patriotic electors of the
Sister Kingdom. Can the bigotted clique to -whom
the Post appeals in so great an emergency render
him any service ? Dare the Tories, with all their
effrontery, propose the coercion of Ireland in a Bri-
tish Parliament ? No, no ! The Tories have done
all that it was in the power of corruption to effect,
both in England and Ireland : and yet the Post
distinctly states that the faction cannot, notwithstand-
ing the bribery and intimidation practised by its
leaders, defeat the Whig Ministry in the House of
Cominons. Now, admitting this to be the fact, we
may take it for granted that Toryism is at its last gasp—
for never again will it have such another chance of
success out of that House, as it has had during the pre-
sent election. That chance was afforded it by Mi-
nisters themselves, whose too conciliatory and compro-
mising policy during the last Session of Parliament
alarmed the fears and cooled the ardour of their
friends—while it strengthened the hands, by apparently
justifying the hostility of their enemies. Had Mi-
nisters fearlessly redeemed those pledges which by
implication they gave the country when they car-
ried the Reform Bill—had they, as consistent re-
presentatives of the great Whig party •of 1715,
supported Triennial Parliaments, the Ballot, and
the still further extension of the elective Franchise,
they would have now as overwhelming a majority
of liberal supporters in England and Scotland
as they have in Ireland. They are themselves
become aware of this fact ; and we have .reason
to believe that it will not be without is in-
fluence upon them when they next make their
appearance in Parliament. They are now convinced
of the extreme folly as well as of the immense danger
of all attempts to conciliate the Tories; and we arc
much mistaken if they will ever again place the country
in jeopardy to try the effect of so foolish an experiment.
We have uniformly held but one opinion respecting
the true, as well as the safe and honourable policy,
which it behoved Ministers to adopt. We always
deemed the Tories incorrigible ; and therefore we al-
ways repudiated, as equally impolitic and unwise, eve!),
attempt to conciliate them. The opposition made to
the passing of the Reform Bill ought to have con-
vinced the 'Whigs that the Tories were, and ever
would remain their implacable enemies, and there-
fore that their true and safe policy consisted
in making a common cause with the people
against their common enemy. We are not now com-
plaining of the conduct of the Government—we are
not unmindful of, nor ungrateful for, the valuable
boons conferred on this country by the Whigs : we
are simply accounting for the apathy with which
several Liberal English county constituencies have
received Whig candidates. As far as regards public
opinion no re-action has taken place ; but it must be
admitted that in sonic places the trimming policy of
certain members of the Cabinet has diminished the
popular confidence in the sincerity of the Radical pro?
fessions of Ministers. But they now tee their error,
and we have no doubt but that a perfect knowledge
of it, under existing circumstances, will lead them to
adopt a line of conduct in the New Pat liament which
will afford the organs of Ultra-Toryism counilco /41

pOrtunities- of appealing to the charity of the Dowager
BARNARDS, and to the zeal of the O.SULLIVANS
and the INPGLIEEs, to save the faction from utter poli-
tical annihilation.

Amid all the vapouring and boasting of Sir Ro-
BERT PEEL at the Tamworth dinner, about the suc-
cess of Conservative principles, it is a melancholy fact
for Lord STORMONT, and men of his stamp, that the
Right Honoutable Baronet held out no hope of a re-
turn to office. Not a word was said about " shoals
and quicksands," or " the vessel of the State being
deserted by her crew." No ; these words were used
when lie enjoyed the favour of the• Court, and cer-
tainly, if he never enjoy it again, it will not be for any
want on his part, of praise, or rather falsoine flatter v.
It was thought by some of his friends that he cx
ceeded the bounds of moderation, when he paid such
high compliments to the Sovereign on her first appear-
ance in public ; but on the late occasion he went a great
deal further, and despairing of improving on his first essay,
was obliged to select phrases from the wild hyperboles.
of BURKE about the Queen of FRANCE. If by such
means he expects to recover Court favour, the time
for his return to office is far distruit ; and taking even
his own account of the number of Conservative Mem-
bers in the new Parliament, he can have as little hope
from the House of Commons. He reckons upwards of
300 Conservatives, or about the same number he had
in his own Parliament when he was unable to carry or
reject any one motion ;but he-reckons without his host,
and seems to trust only to the men sent by the rotten
constituency of English boroughs, and by the un-
fortunate tenants at will. He reckons without
taking into account the spirit of that people whom he
assisted so long in oppressing, and who by the most
prudent, but determined conduct, are now taking the
most effectual means to prevent his return to power.
In Scotland he will have no gains—in Ireland many
losses ; and any increase of Conservative Members in
England he will owe to a system of which every up-
right statesman must be ashamed—to a system of
bribery, intimidation, and deception, more extensive
than any ever practised even by the Tories.

The whole of the Paris Journals of Monday have
been received. With the exception of the annexed
extracts, they contain no news of any importance. A
reciprocal Treaty of Commerce has been agreed upon
between Prussia and Holland, the provisions of which
are as extensive as they can possibly be made. This
Treaty reflects the greatest credit upon the Statesmen
by whom it was framed, and the Sovereigns by whom
it was adopted. The following are the extracts from
the French Papers referred to above :
The Sentinelle des Pyreners of the 3d has the following
paragraphs :
A letter from St. Sebastian of the 2d August, tells us
that the troops which were to leave for Santander have re-
fused to go on board the steam boat. The soldiers require
to be paid, and pretend to know that funds have been sent
from Madrid for that purpose. I believe, in fact, that the
troops are going to receive part of their arrears. Our
letters also inform us that a certain sum which was at first
believed to be intended for the Legion, was sent from
Bayonne to St. Sebastian for the Spanish troops and for
the city.

" These funds, however, arrive very seasonably to hasten
thelleparture for Santander of the corps of troops which is
to act in Old Castille in concert with Generals Alcala and
Castaneda."

We are assured that the road from Santander to Burgos
is intercepted by the band of Castor. General Seoane,
Brigadier-General Tena, and Colonel Wylde, have not been
able to leave Santander.

A letter from Toulon of the 2d August, contains the fol-
lowing news :
" We have received letters from Genoa of a recent date ;
they are full of details relative to the measures taken by the
Sardinian Government to hinder the importation of the
Spanish journals. Some event appears to be feared. There
are movements of troops ; the garrisons of the towns have
been increased. A. levy of seamen is spoken of, whence it
might be supposed that Charles Albert intends to arm his
fleet. The letters which give us these particulars say that
the Sardinian Government and the agents of Don Carlos
have no doubts of the speedy triumph of the latter. It is
known that Sardinia has shut its ports against Spanish ves-
sels, and still expeditions are preparing for the Pretender.
It is, however, certain that the people begin to murmur,
and that the Government is not without fears. If, on the
approach of Don Carlos, a revolutionary movement should
take place at Madrid, the effect will be felt in Sardinia."—
Le Commerce.

FRENCH FUNDS.-Psitte, Am. 7.
Five per Cents., 110 f. 50e. 40c. 3';c. 55c.
Four and a Half per Cents. 103 f.
lour per Cents., 101 f. lOc.
Three per Cents. 79f. 30c. 35c. 25e. 30e.
Bank Actions, 2,415 f. 2,417 f. 500.
Bente de Naples, 116 f. 50e. 55e. 70c.
Roman Five per Cents.. 101 101%.
Spanish Actives, 23 23
Spanish Passives, 5%%
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 1027.
Brussels Society, 1,650 f.
Belgian Bank, 1,410 f. 1,415 f. 1,422 f. 50e,
Portuguese Three per Cents. 26% 26.
EXCH•NOR ON LONDON.
One month, paper, t2sf. 37%c.; money, 25f. :17gc.
Three months, I.k.e.r. 25f. 22%e.; money. 25f. 20e.
eNrs Aullestiaue.
LAST PRICES.
Five per Cents., 110 f. 55c.
Three per Cents, 79f. 45c.
Bank Actions, 2,417 f. :.oc.
Roman five per Cents.. 101%.
Belgian Loan, 102;.
Belgian Bank, 1,422 f. 50c.
Belgian Society, 1,050 f.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 251.
Haytian Loan, 310 f.
Spanish Actives, 23.
Spanish Passives 5%.
spaniel) Ditferes 7.

The Spanish Government, at the instance of Mr
VILLIERS, the British Ambassador at Madrid, has
suspended the Royal Order of the 13th July, 1830,
which imposed exceptional duties upon vessels pro-
ceeding from Gibraltar to Spanish ports ; and like-
wise suspended in favour of English and French
steamers the Royal Order of the 9th of April, 1837,
which prohibited the importation of foreign coals into
any port of the Peninsula. Until the Cortes shall
otherwise determine, British and French Steam Com-
panies arc allowed to have depots of coals for the use
of their vessels at Barcelona, Alicant, Cadiz, and Co-
runna. These concessions are of some importance to
us-; but in truth they are of an hundred times
more value to Spain than they can ever be to
England or France. The vessels for whose con-
sumption coals are required at the above ports are
principally engaged in guarding- the Spanish coast,
and in that capacity have already rendered most valu-
able services to the ConstitUtional cause. It is, there-
fore-, unworthy of the Spanish Government to parade
the temporary suspension of two ridiculous, suicidal
decrees, as a liquidation of any part of the debt of gra-
titude which Spain owes to England. But, unfortu-
nately for both countries, it is next to impossible to
make Spain and Portugal comprehend any part of
their true commercial interests. It appears never to
have entered the heads of their Ministers and repre-
sentatives that, while neither cif them could possibly
lose, they would of necessity gain by an extensive in-
tercourse with a nation wealthier and more enlightened
than themselves.

The Gazette of last night contains an Order in
Council, exonerating the servants in ordinary, with fee, of her
Majesty, from public offices, from serving on juries or in-
quests, watch or ward, arid from any mulct or fine for not
submitting thereto ; also an Order in Council approving the
recommendation of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners that the
sum of 850/. per annum be paid to the Bishop of Lichfield
from tha funds in their possession, in order to raise the annual
income of the Bishop to the sum of 4,500/. per annum, subject
to the postponement of payment of the said 8501. from defi-
ciency of funds ; also an Order in Council approving. the re-
commendations of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners with res-
pect to the appropriation of the Castle of Durham, and certain
precincts thereof, to the University of Durham, saving cer-
tain rights and privileges now appertaining to the Bishop of
Durham, and to the officers of the see.
LusEcK, A ec. 2.—Our Senate has issued an or-
der in consequence of the accession of the city to the treaty
between Great pritain and France for the 411Q1i t ion Of tho
slave.trada.
A young woman named Cook, residing with her
uncle and aunt at Lang worth, near this city, committed sui-
cide during the ahsence of her relatives at chapel on Sunday
evening. On their return they were horrified at finding her
suspended by a cord in the chamber, quite dead. We un
derstand she had been somewhat low in spirits owing to a
19ve affair.—.Pncole gazeye,