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[1 an that he slould be compelled to give it in favour of
ore whom ti;o4 of al he would wish to exclu3e. Think-
it g that int-midis' ion contains all the evils which are to be
f and in corruption, and that it contains others which :ire
not to be found in it, I wcs naturally led to consider if we
night prevent it by any pee cess similar to' that by which
corruption is restrained. . Corruption, you all know, is
subject to the pains and penalties of the law. If, it
is brought bathe to the parties, they are liable to very
severe punishment. There have been very few—only
a small minority of cues, in which it has been brought
' home ; but still there have been such cases. I recol-
lect of instance in which parties have been mined
in Newgate .; and others where they have been fin, d
5001. And there is one very efficient remedy—the r,--
moving of members from their seats ; and though
these have not destroyed corruptor!, yet they are reme-
dies which have operated to a certain extent. But in-
timidation is a case which is most difficult to restrain by
penal laws. It is impossible to do it without art tackir.g
the most sacred rights of property. You cannot tell a
man that he is to deal with his tradesman as before an
election ; or that he is to renew the lease to his tenant
as soon as it expires. If you do that the security of pro-
perty is altogether taken away. There is much sense in
what the Jew says in respect of property, when 4e is
asked why he enforces his bond—
" I'll not answer that,
But say it is my humour." •
And a Christian in our own time has made use of this
expression, " Have I not a right to do what I will zith
my own r—(Hear.) Really I think that both ‘Shy-
lock and the Dake of Newcastle have such a right ;
and there would be an end of property if you were to
tell a man that he is not to eject his tenant when the
time comes when the tenant is liable to ejectment ; or
if you were to tell him that he must continue. to deal
with his butcher, and to take as much meat from him as
he did last year. It is the privilege of property that a
man is at liberty to indulge even his whims and his
humours ; to take his lands from those who now hold
them, and 'to lease them`out to others at the proper
time, in however absurd a way. I recollect that on the
first evening in which 1 took my seat in Parliament in
IS3O, Mr. Peulett Thompson made a motion censuring,
the Duke of Newcastle for the very conduct to which I
have already alluded ii and Sir R. Peel, opposed,the mo-
tion not only, as he alwayi does, with considerable
ability, bet with real, forcible, unanswerable reasons.
He said, do you mean to lay down this principle, thet a
tenant has nothing to do, in order to secureltini..self in his
property, but to vote against his landlord. The argument
favour of the ballot. Sir Robert shows that you
mind
punishis
intimidationunanswerable
f;t
cb.ruyvt.nirtdiss. also
It unanswer-
ablethererore
that you ought to prevent it before hand. That
follows to
cannotn in.
is the only mode in *hich you can put down the prac-
tice of intimidation. -No mode has been proposed but
the hallot.. That it has disadvantages to test off against
its advantages, I admit ; bptp it appears to me that we
have oily a choice of evils', nod Olaf the hailut is the spe-
cific remedy for greater evili titan apy which the ballot
can produe?..—(Loud cheers.) Observe with what ex-
quisite accuracy the ballot draws the line of distinction
between' the true power of property and, that which
ought not to be given Oil. It eaves the nroprieter ttie
absolute Power in every 'case but this, to 4o what he
will with his own. -It does not call. him to quea?lon
why he chooSes this or that mode of diapeesing
his favour or cestarn. It leaves him at liberty in
everything else
,r 0 follOw his own tastes—to fol-
low his own whims 017 cane ces ;,the. ;only thing it
puts beyond-his power is the voW of his tenants and
tradesmen, which it is our duty to protect.—(Great
cheering.). I ought, however, to say that there is one
objection to, the ballot of a very serious nature ; but
Which I thitik:m4:be obviated it is clear that if the
~ ... •. •
baler shall be adopted. there will, be no remedy for an
undue return by an ;after scrutioy. Unless, therefore,
'the registration of vetes,can be counted upon as correct,
the ballot will undaubtedly lead to, great inconvenience.
The present systein'oh registration is notoriously incom-
plcte, and if we suppose that this change were to take
place, it appeiirs tome thlt its defee4s, would become apparent-Still. It seems, therefore, that a revision
of the whole system, of registration, and an improve-
ment of the tribunal before which the voters are to
go, would be an inseparable part of any measure by
:which the ballot is to, be iutroduced. As to those
--e-v: INt
Vhich we hifelfeen considering, they arc prac-,
tiea , —they sa!'4,i",4eil Avon a portion of the
constituent bock, and it- is not strange that the err
for a remedy
,is loud, and urgent, But there is
alk
another question, . which, it ;has. been stated to me,
many among you arc anxious for—a question of a
different description, as it respects the duration of
Parliaments. It must be admitted that we have had,
for some years past, little reason to ,complain of the
length of Parliaments. Since 1830, we have had five
general elections, two of which occurred by thealemise
of the Crown, and three by:political cauwt. s The pre-
sent Parliament, I do not think—whatever opinion gen-
tlemen may entertain of the conduct of the .body--_I do
not think they will, impute its faults to any cnnfideace
which its members may have that they are to sit for
seven vears—(Laughter) ; for I believe there is not one
Meml"ier-in the House of' Commons who thinks, or has
ever thought, that his seat is worth three years' purchase.
—(Hear.) When, therefore, we consider the quistion as
to the shortness of Parliaments, it is a queition not im-
mediately pressing upon us—it is an evil under which

No. 14.582.

LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNii, 1, 1839.

PRICE sd.

CONTRACTS FOR BRUSHES, &c., FOR THE
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Now ready, No. 3, rice Is.,
VALENTINE VOX, TtlE VE.NTRILO
QUIST.

MR. MACAULEY.
(From the Edinburgh Evening Courant of Thursday.)
Yesterday a public meeting was held in the Assembly
Rooms, George-street, in consequence of an invitation,
addressed to the electors, to meet T. B. Macauley,
Esq.. to hear the explanation of his political opinions.
The large room was completely filled.
Among the gentlemen present we observed Sir T.
D. Lauder, Sir William Hamilton, Sir J. Gibson Craih,
Sir James Spittal, Sir J. G. Dalyell, Sir W. Newhim..
2,,-ing, the Hon. J. E. Murray of Aberdona, the Son-
eitor-General, General Mayne, C. 8., Col. Kinnaird;
Bailies Stark, Ramsay, and Richardson, Dean of Guild
Thomson, Sheriffs Jardine, Thomson, Spiers, Monteith,
Hunter, and Currie, Professors Bell, Napier, and
Pillans, William Mackenzie, Esq., of l'aluirtown, Wm.
Waddell, Esq., of Easter Moffatt, George Turn-
bull, Esq., of Abbey St. Bathans, John Mansfield,
Esq., of Midtnar, Captain Grant, of Ballendalloch,
John Veitch, Esq., of Wood,ide, Thomas Thomson,
William Clerk, Thomas Maitland, Andrew Murray,
' jun., James Moncreiff, Cosmo Innes, J. T. Gordon,
James "Aytoun, Esquires Advocates, David Cleg-
horn, Roger Aytoun, William Bell, Eneas Macbean,
Patrick Irvine, J. B. Gracie, George Dalziel, Peter
' 'Crooks, J. T. G. Craig, John Melville, Augustus Mait-
land, Esquires, Writers . to the Signet, Councillors
Faidkner, Watson, Anderson, and Young, Dr. Macla-
gan, Dr. Gairdner, Robert Caddell, Adam Bladc, Wil-
liam Tait, John Mundell, John Lauder, Alex. Clapper-
. ten, - Andrew Millar, Francis Howden, John Macfie,
' -..rolin NWgliarn, jun., Ralph-RiClardson, John Robertson,
Robert Tborrison, Maurice "Lothian, JameS Duilaid*on;
Ewe!, 81c. &c.
On the-motion of Sir JAMES SPITTAL, the Lord Pro-
yostwai Called to the -Chair, who shortly expressed his
sense ofthe.honnur done tä him; and the pleasure he
feri-in• being called' upon to isttriodnce to.their notice such
an'excaknt, and, in `all respects, an gnexceptiondbl
man as Mr. Macauley.—(Cheers.):
Mr. MACAULEY was received with loud cheers. He
said—At the request of a very large and respectable:
portion of your body,_ I appear before you, a candidate
for a high and solemn trust, which, uninvited, I should
have thought it pies?inptuous to solicit ; but a trust,'
Aid], being invited, I' should think it cowardice to
decline. If I Bail felt M'self at liberty to follow the:
bent of my own' inelinations, I am 'not sure that even a:
'summons, so honottrable 'as -that which I have receivec4
would have been st4ciApt,tO draw me away from thosei
pursuits which are So much 'More agreeable to my taste,
and temper than the turrnoilkof political warfare: ' But;
t-feel that "my lotlas been'cast in times in which' noi
Man Is free to,judge;aceor'ding to his own taste; wlie-i
ther be shall devote hiMselt to 'an active or a contem-i
:-platiVie life: Wetfli've in times in which society lia;ii,),
right to demand from ' every!One of its members. 174'
most active and strenuous exertioris. I have therpfore
obeyed your call ; and I now present myself before you
to offer—not that which I am spre; you would reject
with disdain—slavish flattery,, alike degrading to the
representative - and the constituent ; but to offer
yOu reasonable, candid, and*manly explanations, such
. •
as' heepfrie. the mouth of a."tree man, who is ambit
fitinejtO gain' the ' confide'nCe" of a free people.-
(Cheers.) It is hardly:rtecqsaii, for 'me to say
that, t stand here before* Yk i: unconnected with Atli
great city : it would be' tiiete a.teCtation in me no
to acknowledge that, in a
*resp4t:: of your local affairs
I shall' have' much to lettim,..nd I can only pro-
mise ',that .you, shall find'_ m© not sluggish or inattem•
tive !earner. From, a very C41y,..1.age I have felt-aai
interest in your city, though 'attached"to it by no other
ties thari those that are comMonitk the with multitudei
—the attachment which eNCry: Tad of: Scottish bloo
must feel to the ancient -aini! ..Obrepapital of his race
---the. attachment 'Which eviit'.l.)SaACnt of history must
feel-tc a ,pot endeared fo'llitna. :y so many great and
.meMA•able events; L-tlierdttaChnient which every tra-
veller 'of tasfe, unlit; fey' 'tii: tbis"most beautiful of all
Brftiiti citi#74he ' attachmeat which every lover of
fiterature. must feel to a place which,' since the scat of
Umpire ; has passed away, from- it,. hasi derivedi.friora
ke.tty,. frs?M p.hilnn.phy,, d 'f
rpm
rPm"'e eloquence,
)ug 'IT
,distipctionsSban empire could estow.— leers. ,
iii" those ties" it should be your pleasure to add a tie
which is still closer and more peculiar, I can as-
sure you that it shall be the study of my life so
to conduct myself in these troublous times, that
you shall have no reason to be ashamed of your choice.
(Loud cheers.) Those who have invited me to offer
myself as a candidate arc probably acquainted with
the part I took in public affairs during the three first
Parliaments of the reign of the late King. Circum-
stances since that time have undergone great altera-
tions ; but these changes have made no change, in my
priticiples. I do not mean that the discovery of new
phenomena which have been produced by the opera-
tion of our present representative system, may not have
led to some modification of my views on points of de-
tail ; but on all the great and fundamental principles
of Government my opinions are still what they were
when, in the Parliaments of 1831 and 1832, I took part
iccording to the measure of my ability, in that great
pacific victory which purified the Representative system
if England, and for the first time gave something_ de-
-ening the name of a Representative system to Scot-
land.—(Cheers.) Even at that time the leaning of my
mind was strongly in favour of one measure which the
illustrious leader of the Reform party—a man whose
name can never be repeated without gratitude and ve-
neration in every assembly of British electors—l mean
Earl Grey—(Cheers)—a measure to which he was un-
derstood to entertain strong otjections ; and which the
Cabinet, as a Cabinet, invariably opposed-1 mean the
practice of Voting by Ballot. All that has passed since
that time has only served to confirm me in the view
which I was then inclined to take of that important
question. I own that I then thought, as I still think,
that the question was one, as almost all questions of
civil prudence are, in which the whole of the advantages
are not on the one side, and the whole of the disadvan-
tages on the other. The effect of the practice of secret
voting will be to withdraw the voter from the operation
of some salutary and honourable, as well as from the
operation of some pernicious and degrading motives.
—(Hear, hear, hear.) But seeing, as I cannot
help seeing, that the practice of intimidation, in-
stead of diminishing, is gaining ground, I am com-
pelled to consider whether the time has not arrived
when we are bound to apply what seems to be an effi-
cient remedy.—(Cheers.) And I am compelled to
consider whether, in doing so, I am not following out,
in a strictly close and legitimate manner, the conse-
, quence of the Reform Bill ; for I suppose that the Re-
form Bill was intended to give to Great Britain a reality
and not a delusion—to destroy nomination, and not to
make an outward show of destroying it—to give the
franchise, and not the name of a franchise—and least of
all, to give suffering and degradation under the name of
the franchise, If the elections are to be decided by
nomination—if men are to be returned to Parliament
by one person, or by a small collection of persons—then
I say, without hesitation, that the ancient system was
the best, for it, like the present, sent men to Parliament
by nomination, and not by the choice of the people—
that is common to both the systems ; but we have an
addition of suffering and degradation by the effect of the
present. If, therefore, we are to have nomination, I
prefer the ancient system to the present—l prefer Old
Sarum to Newark ; for in both you have Members re-
turned at the will of one landed proprietor ; but in New-
ark you have 200 cjectments into the bargain, besides
the suffering and the disgrace endured by all those who
though they were not ejected, yet voted against their
own consciences from fear of ejectment.—( Hear, bear.)
I say, therefore, that acting on the principles when I
voted for the Reform Bill, it is necessary to give the
voter not only a legal franchise, but a real and effectual
Franchise.—(Cheers.) I considered, also, that perhaps
there is no one point on which men of all parties are
more agreed than in the necessity that exists for restrain-
ing and punishing corruption at elections for Members
of Parliament. The evils of corruption are undoubtedly
great, but those evils which are attributed to corruption
exist also in intimidation ; and intimidation also has
monstrous evils, from which corruption—odious and
pernicious as it is—is free. In both alike the elector
votes for a person whom he does not approve of—
whom he does not wish io sit in Parliament—but he
votes for him under the pressure of a feeling of self-
interest, and from 'a wish to obtain some immediate ad-
vantage. This is common to the two cases ; but in other
respects corruption is innocent compared with intimida-
tion. Corruption operates by giving pleasure ; intimi-
dation operates by giving pain. To give a poor man 51.
is not in itself a bad act. Perhaps it may be called a
benevolent act--(Laughter)—it rather contributes
to our pleasures, and if done on another occa-
sion, and without any corrupt motive, it would
even pass for a charitable and benevolent act. But
to tell a man, you shall be reduced to a situation in
which you will miss your former comforts—your family
shall be reduced to beg their bread—this is certainly a
thing bad in itself.—(Hear.) There is a common feel-
ing among the poor—a most mistaken one, I admit—
that corruption is a virtue ; it is considered as a kind-
ness—it comes under the nature of charity ; so that the
ideas of the comic writer, who argued that the whole
system of corruption is to be codsidered as charity on
the one side, and gratitude on the other, is an exaggera-
tion rather than a misrepresentation of the popular
notion.—(Laughter.) But in intimidation every thing
is bad from beginninc, to end ; the whole process is
cruel, oppressive, and galling ; a process by which a 1
man is made to fed degradation for himself, and hatred
for the individual in whose favour he records his vote.
1 It would be far better that one should be without a vote, 1

Metropolis.
MR. W. W. SIMPSON has received instruc-
tican from the Proprietor to SELL by AUCTION, at the
Auction Mart, on THURSDAY, the 6th of June, at Twelve 'o'clock,
The LUDDESDOWNE COURT FARM and MANOR, eligibly
situated in the parish of Luddesdowne, about four miles from the
excellent Market Towns of Chatham and Rochester, and six from
Gravesend, from whence there are frequent conveyances to London
by steam boats, which accomplish the journey in from two to three
hours. It comprises about
FOUR HUNDRED ACRES

By §HERRY..
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LEGAL and GENERAL LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY, _

JUNE 1, 1839.
•
Notice is hereby given, that the ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING of the MEMBERS of this SOCIETY, pursuant
to the Deed of Settlement, , will be, held at the Office of the
Society, No. 10, Fleet-street, London, on MONDAY, the 17th
instant.

This day is published, in royal Bvo.
THE TRANSACTIONS OF
THE METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
OF LONDON.
Volume the First, illustrated by a Synoptisal Chart and nume-
rous Diagrams.
Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill.

of productive Land, including some valuable Hop Garden, about
forty acres of Wood Land, and a small portion of Pasture : the en;•
tire surface is peculiarly adapted to sheep feeding. It is in the
occupation of Mr. Richard Chessman, whose lease expires at
Michaelmas, 1840.
The Farm House (which is capable of conversion into a Gentle.
man's residence), and Agricultural Buildings, are judiciously placed
in the centre of the estate, and comprise all that is requisite for the
occupation. _

And BUTTON STICKS.
Patterns of the Articles, together with the Conditions of the
Contract, may be seen at the said Office.
N. Tender will be received after One 'o'clock en the Day
of Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the Party attends, er an
Agent for him duly authorized in writing.
Esery Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Ad-
on sky, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender
for Brushes, &c." and must also be delivered at Somerset-place,
Aceompanied by a Letter signed by a responsible person, en-
gaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum
of 2001. for the dne performance of the. Contract.
• - ---
CONTRACTS FOR COALS AND CANDLES.

The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely.
The Vacancies created by the Four Auditors going out of
office on that day, will then have to be filled up, but the Au-
ditors going out are immediately
By Order of the Board of Directors,
T. R. EDMONDS, Actuary.

In, a few da3 a will be published, with plates and numerous
wood-cuts, Vol. 11. price 16s. of
MACGILLIVRAY'S HISTORY OF
BRITISH BIRDS. This contains a detailed
description of the forms, habits, and distribution of all the
BRITISH SONG BIRDS, properly so called, including the
Thrushes, Diper, Oriole, Larks, Pipets, Wagtails, Stonechats.
Redstarts, Nightingale, Warbles, Titmice, and other genera.
"I
,consider this the best work on British ornithological
science with which I am acquainted."—J. J. Audubon.
LA.ndon : Scott, Webster, and Geary, Charterhouse-square.

The Manor extends over 1,700 acres, and produces about 104
annually, in quit-rents. The proximity of this property to the
park and corers of the Earl of Darnley, from whose preserves there
is a constant stream of Game, renders It exceedingly desirable for a
sporting Gentleman.' _ .

COMMERCE.
A
TEACHING the BANKING and COMMISSION
BUSINESS, at MORAT, in SWITZERLAND, A miles
from Fribourg, 12 from Neufchatel, and 15 from Berne, under
the direction of

The property may be viewed on application to Samuel Harris, at
Lnddlesdown, who will show the property, and descriptive partici'_
Lars, with plans of the estate, may be had on application to Thomas
Broadley Fooks, Esq., solicitor, Dartford; John Matthews, Esq.,
solicitor, Gravesend ; at the Falcon Inn, Gravesend; the Star Inn,

M. D. SCHMUTZ,
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OFFICE OF ORDINANCE,-Atay 8, 1839.
9[l: HOSE PERSONS who may he desirous of
CONTRACTING with the PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
of the ORDNANCE, to furnish, frritri the first of July next,
to the Thirtieth of June, 1840, such cpientitiei of COALS and
CANDLES, as: may. from time to time be,:ropired, fur
Barracks and Ordnance Stations,in the Counties in Great Bri-
lain, can receive Particulars of the Contracts, on applying
at this Office between the hours of ten and four,

coerce and Industry.
The principal object 'of this Institution, which has been esta-
blished eleven' years, is to teach the pupil the leading Branches
of Commerce, girl the general and most useful routine of Count-
ing-house affairs, so that in a little time and at a Tall expense,
r he may become an expert Accountant, iszttl a clevt*nd active
man of business. The number of pupil's admitted is limited,
so that their general conduct, and particularly their morals,
may be watched over with greater care, and every encourage-
ment is given, and every means practised, to encite them to ac-
quire a knowledge of, end to_entertapa,„a love and respect for
their profeSsion. Again, the monefous duration of the usual
apprenticeship, and of a course of theoretical education, are
well known; to render the first less irksome, and to diminish
the difficulties of the latter, are the great and decided advan-
tages
which this institution offers to the public. A Lecture on
Practical Commerce, and on the French, German, Italian,
English, and Spanish Languages is given daily. A young
Englishman, about IS or 20 years of age, who is perfectly corn-
petent to teach his language, would be received into this In-
stitution, where he would have an opportunity of pursuing
every course of study, and would also receive board and lodging
as a remuneration for his instruction. Reference as to charac-
ter, &c., &c., would be required.
For further particulars apply personally to Messrs. D. and
P. Walthers Brothers, 15, Angel-court, Throginortou4treet,
City ; or at the Institution at MOrat, Switzerland.

Tenders for supplying either Coals or Candles, must be sealed
and marked " Tenders for Coals," or " Tender for Candles,"
and will be received at this Office addressed to the Seretary
to the Board, until eleven o'clock, on Tuesday,• the 11rh of
June ; but no proposal, either for Coals or Candles, will be
Loth-ell unless made on, or annexed to, a printed Particular,
and the Prices inserted in Words at length ; nor unless a Letter
be subjoined to such Proposals from two persons of known pro-
perty, engaging to become bound with the Party tendering, in
the sum expressed in the Particulars, 'for the due performance
of the Contract.
Tenders to be made for the several Barracks and Stations, as
specified in the particulars of Contracts. ,
N.B. The practice of allowing Letters to and from Con:-
tractors and their Agents, to
_pass free of Postage; is discon-
tinued; but the Official orrespnndOnce between'the tontrae-
tors and Regimental and other OffiCers will be, forwarded as
usual. The Board of Ordnance, 'and their Officers, will not
however be responsible for any letters, tnoney, or orders for
money, which may be so forwarded.
By Order of the Board, • ,
R.,BYHAM, Secretory.

Containing 1,300 Acres, including a superior Mansion, Ad-
vowson, Manor, &c.
MR . W. W. SI M PSON has received directions
born the Proprietor to SELL by AUCTION, at the
Auction Mart, in the Month of JULY next,
The COMB HAY ESTATE, situated in a beautiful and pictu-
resque pact of Semetiershire, within five miles of the city of Bath,
comprising a capital mansion, with offices of a superior description,
surrounded by a freehold and beautifully timbered domain of 1,300
acres, lying within a ring fence, and consisting of the entire parish of
Comb Hay, together with the perpetual advowson of the rectory.
The character of this estate is so well known, and stands so high,
that it does not require the adventitious aid of a lengthened or
highly-coloured description ; it would, therefore, be superfluous to
enter into 'any encomium's on its surpassing beauty, or on the corn.
pleteneSsi of the structure of the ;Mansion and offices, which, whilst
they 'possess all the accommodation requisite far a person of large
fortune, are by no meads unsuited to the views ofone in moderately
affluent circumstances; it will not bez out of place, however, to re.
mark, for the inforniation ,of those who are not familiar with the
property, that it combines every qualification to render it an object
of desire, to any nobleman or gentleman seeking a country seat of
unrivelled beauty, in perfect order for immediate occupation, and
situated in one of the most highly esteemed districts in England.
The estate is now undergoing a survey, and' further particulars
will be announced as soon as possible; in :the Meantime, applica.
tionS may be .made to Messrs." Robinson and Barlow. solicitors, Es.
sex-street, Strand ; and of Mr. W. W. Simpson, Bucklersbury.

iwe are not at present placed. That, I fully admit, is
no reason why we should not consider it ; it is the part
of wisdom in quiet times to provide against the recur-
rence of evils. It seems to me that hero, as on the
ballot, there are very serious considerations to he
urged on both sides. As to the objections to long Par-
liaments, they are very obvious ; for the truth is, that,
in long Parliaments, strictly speaking, you have no re-
presentation at all. The minds of the people are al-
ways changing, and as Parliaments continue the same,
they cease to reflect the opinions of the constituent
body. In the old times, before thy Rev.lution, when
Parliaments sat during the life of the Monarch, they
were sometimes of 18 or 20 years' duration, and the ef-
fect was, as in the time of Charles 11., when the Par-
liament was elected in all the drunkenness of hope ; in
the hysterical excitement of loyalty—when a man had
no chance of getting into Parliament but through impli-
cit devotion to the Crown—the effect was that the Par-
liament so elected remained the same, while the people
had become sick of his misgoverment, and in fact two-
thirds of them wished him back in Holland again.—
(Laughter.) I admit that seven years is objectionably
long.—(Cheers.) But there are other considerations
to set against this. There arc two very serious evils
connected with every general election—the first is the
political excitement, and the second is the ruinous ex-
pense. Both of these evils were diminished by the Re-
form Bill. Previous to the passing of that Act, you in
Scotland could know nothing of these evils ; but in Eng-
land the injury to the peace and the morals of society
at every general election was incalculable. The poll
was kept open for fifteen days in towns with 100,000 in-
habitants—money was flying in all directions ; the streets
were running with beer ; business was alogether sus-
pended ; nothing was seen but disturbance and riot, and
slander, and calumny, and quarrels, which left heartburn-
ings in the minds of private families for many days after-
wards. By limiting the poll to one day the Reform Bill
has conferred as great a blessing on the country—and
that is saying a bold word—as by any of its other provi-
sions. Still there are evils existing, and which are inse-
parable from this state of political excitement into which
town and country are thro,en by the preparations for
an election, and by the election itself. A still stronger
objection is the expense. That has also been dimi-
nished by the operations of the Reform Bill, but ft
still exists to a considerable extent. We do not now,
indeed, hear of such elections as that of Yorkabiro in
1806, or that of Northumberland in 1827. We do not
hear of elections that cost 400,000/. or 000,000/. ; but
the tenth part of that sum—nay, the hundredth part of
that sum—must necessarily be productive of most perni-
cious effects on the character of the representative body.
Do not imagine, gentlemen, that all the evils will fall
upon the candidate—it is upon you that the evil falls.
It must necessarily limit you in your choice of able
men.—(Great cheers.) The number of men who can
advance 50,000/. is necessarily much smaller than the
number of men who can advance 5,000/.; and the
number of these again is much smaller than of those
that can advance 500/. ; and the number of men who
can advance 5001. every three years is necessarily
smaller than the number of those who can advance
500/. every seven years. Therefore it seems to me
that the question is one of comparison. On the one
side is the evil of long Parliaments, in which the cha-
racter of representation is almost entirely effted before
the next election. You have this evil, on the other
side, that unless the expenses were reduced, consider-
ably more than it appears to me probable they will,
your choice of men will be limited. Considerations
of this sort it is the part of wisdom to weigh—not in-
deed with minute accuracy—for questions of civil pru-
dence cannot be subjected to an arithmetical test—but
to weigh them carefully, to set the one over agairrst
the other, and then to strike the balance. Gentlemen
will probably judge according to their habits of mind,
and -particulary according to the degree in which
one or the other of them may have been brought
most under their observation. Those who have seen
most of the evils of elections will lean to longer Pallia_
ments—those whose experience has not been so ex-
tended will lean to a shorter term. Only observe
this, that whatever you may fix for the legal term,
you ought to make it a year longer than that for
which you think Parliament ought to sit, for the pep.
kibility is, that no Minister will suffer. Parliament to
sit its extreme length if the country is in
a quiet
state on the preceding year ; for otherwise ht must
dissolve at the end of the legal term, let the state
of the country be what it may. There may be riot,
there may be revolution, there may be famine in the
country, and yet, if the Minister wait to the end of
the seven years, a general election he must have ; and
therefore all men of prudence have dissolved the yer.r
before. Thus the Parliament which was elected. in
1784 sat till 1790-6 years ; the Parliament of 1'790
till 1796 ; the Parliament of 1796 to 1802 ; the 'Par-
liament of 1813 to 1818 ; and the Parliatrsc t of
1820 to 1826; and no Parliament for man' years

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