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London, England, 1837-10-18 00:00:00

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Unlikely that he may soon be entitled to tank in the'
class of Parliamentary orators next below that to
which Mr, liortAcE Twlss, Mr. Str,tc
and a fe* (Abet's, belong. In the t-,Tecch
delivered at this dint-Jet' the Noble Lord developed a
faculty for which we had Hot given him Credit, He
displayed a very laudable power of drollery, in gravely
attempting to show that he rids chosen by the
free and unbiassed voice of his Constituents, at--
Count of his political opinions I
The Noble Lord alluded at some length to the
question of the ballot, To this plan of voting lie ig
opposed, because of its in:morn/4 I If he will
.show
Us a mode of voting, that, in immoral consequences,
itti come within a thousand degrees of that now in
practice, we will set him down as a greater conjuror
than KATERFELTO himself.
The distinctions to be made in the quality of the
Members sent to the New Parliament, according to
the various circumstances of their election, were pointed
out with great minuteness, not to say prolixity. We
think the Noble Lord could not be better em-
ployed between this and the meeting of Parlia-
ment than in constructing a parliamentary scale, duly
graduated for the use of the tellers in a division, in
order that the exact value of every vote may be, clearly
ascertained. In such a scale there will no doubt be some
difference between the vote of a Member elected by
bribed freemen, and one having a majority of the
household constituency in his favour. Lord SANDON
will, we trust, look narrowly to this point, as it appears
_ _ .

to us to be one of importance. The Noble Lord
concluded his speech by a compliment to his
late colleague, Mr. EWART, with whom, he said,
"he had always acted on terms of perfect com-

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fort and satisfaction," for which honourable men-
tion of an excellent man he was called to order
by the vociferations of this enlightened and noble-
minded assembly Inborn meanness is not to be kept
down by the conventional rules of society.

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d this day

At a dinner given on Friday last to Mr. Sergeant
JACKSON by the electors of Bandon—and at which
dinner, by the bye, there was a very poor attendance
of Conservatives—the Hon. and Learned Gentleman
made an exceedingly copious speech on the subject of
the high political worth of that amiable faction of
which he is so distinguished an ornament. He ob-
served that there was " a manliness and honesty about
Conservatives" which prevented their resorting to
" discreditable tricks" in elections ; in consequence of
which they were " defeated." This praise, though
intended, no doubt, to be serious, has all the effect of
the most cutting irony ; for every one knows that in
Ireland, as well as in England, it was solely by their
unprincipled, electioneering intrigues, at which we will
do them the justice to say that they are perfect adepts,
the Conservatives were saved from annihilation. Had
they fought their election battles in a manly, straight-
forward spirit, instead of having recourse to shuffling
and intimidation, and, where these expedients failed,
to the corrupt influence of the Carlton Club Exche-
quer—had the faction acted in this manner, like
honest Englishmen, instead of tricky Jesuits, and
hoisted their own colours, not the sham ones of Re-
form, the Tory Bench would have exhibited as forlorn
and empty an aspect, as the whole House does when
Twiss or SIRTHORP are seen to get upon their legs.
We have not the slightest hesitation in saying that in
seven out of ten cases, the Tory returns have been
effected by the most unconstitutional means ; and this
will be proved to demonstration before the next Session
is six weeks old. As for Mr. DEVONSHIRE JACK-
soN's boast, which he appears to have syllabled with
great emphasis, that " in Ireland, the strength of the
Conservatives has not had fair play," we detect its in-
sincerity in its very extravagance. Men who know
and feel that the cause they maintain is the right one,
are seldom over-sensitive on the score of " fair play ;"
it is the rottenness of their cause that makes its advo-
cates so wondrous touchy and distrustful.

The whole of the Paris of Monday hare been re.
*red. The illoniteur contains the following official
intelligence from Africa :
" TOULON, OCT. 14, Half-past Seven A.M.
" BENI TAMTAM, OCT. 2.
" GENERAL DAMREMONT TO THE MINISTER OF WAR.

" The brigades Nemours and Trezel, with the battering
train, have taken up their position at the marabout of Beni
Tamtam, upon the left bank of the River Oued Zenati.
General Ruthieres, with the other brigade and the bulk of
the baggage, has passed the Ras el Akhba. I reckon upon
taking up a position to-morrow near Meheris, seven leagues
from Constantine.
" The enemy has not shown himself. The Bey (Ach-
met) has quitted his position of Ras el Akhba, and has re-
tired to within three leagues of his capital. The troops are
in good health."

A report was circulated on the Bourse on Monday,
that Constantine was taken on the 9th. This rumour
has not bern confirmed, and without strong confirma-
tion ought not to be credited. That the Chief who
defeated.the Conqueror CLAUSEL—a Marshal of the
Empire—should permit his gates to be opened to
DA MREMONT, without so much as striking a blow, is
altogether improbable. _ _ _

The Prince de JOINVILLE landed at Bona on the
6th inst., and immediately proceeded to join the army
on its march to Constantine, there to share with his
brother, the Duke de NEmotias, the dangers of the
intended siege. These military campaigns of his bro-
thers are by no means satisfactory to the Duke of
ORLEANS, whose life is spent in the soft dalliances
of the courtly society of Paris.
Notwithstanding the anticipated triumph of the
arms of France in Africa, some of the journals are by
no means ►atisfied with the African policy of the Go-
vernment. In the midst of the Court rejoicings, we
find in the columns of the National the following re-
marks, intended as a wholesome damper of the popular
enthusiasm which is manifesting itself among the elec-
toral body in the case of such Deputies as are avowed
advocates of the colonization scheme :

" What have we been doing in Africa for the last seven
years ? What influence have we acquired there ? Where
are the establishments which we have formed ? Why
must we every year deplore new misfortunes ? Such are
the questions to be put to a Ministry whose Machiavelism
has neutralised the efforts and the sacrifices of France.

" Twenty millions have been applied this year to extra-
ordinary expenses ; have they been employed in improving
our situation ? Let a rapid view of the several points oc-
cupied by us decide.
" At Oran we have abandoned, without compensation,
La Tafna and Tlemecen, which had cost us several hundred
thousand francs. We have founded the power of Abd-el-
Kader, which exposes us to fatal wants, and cannot in any
case, be advantageous to us.
44 At Algiers, confined within our ancient lines, we had
our soldiers decimated with disease, and no progress whatever
has been made. The towns of Blida and Coleah are in the
power of hostile tribes, though by the conditions of the
treaty concluded by General Bugeaud, we ought to take
possession of them without striking a blow.
" At Bougie the population continues to decrease, and
the garrison is still imprisoned in the town.
" Lastly, at Bona, which has become the fulcrum of the
military operations, troops but just landed have been
crowded together in unwholesome bivouacs ; who, being
exposed to the twofold influence of the climate and of the
exhalations from the marshy grounds, soon filled the hos-
pital with their numerous sick, and rendered the season-
ableness of the expedition doubtful. This lamentable
situation--•all these faults, caused by the most blameable
imprudence—give the standard of the capacity, the firm-
ness, and the good intention of the men who govern France.
The electors will shortly have to decide on the degree
of confidence which they merit. Let us hope that they
will give their votes to those citizens only who compre-
hend what the interests and the dignity of the country
require

From Spain we find no important intelligence in
these Journals. The Monifeur has merely the fol-
lowing despatch, which is too vague to call for any
remark :--
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" NARBONNE, OCT, 16.--On the 9th, the gates 0: