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LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1854.

A LLSOPP'S INDIA PALE ALE.
BARKER and TWINING (late Harringtcn Talker),
42, PALL-MALL,
are now delivering the October brewings in casks of 18 gallons and up-
wards. Alsa in Bottles, Imperial Measure. Quarts, Bs.; Pints,
ss. ; Half-pints (for luncheon), 3s. per dozen.

PARTNERSFIIP.7—WANTED,. in an esta-
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who would take an active part in the concern would be preferred,
and who could command 3,0001. The whole capital not required on
entry, but to be availa, le as the business may require it. The pre-
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good stock, and every fitting that may be required for the manufac-
ture. Apply, by letter, post paid, to care of Alpha, Mr. C. 11. May's,
advertising agent, 33, Gr:tcechurch-street.

HANWELL COLLEGE & PREPARATORY
SCHOOL.

The Vacation will close on the 21st.

"Hanwell College, conducted by Dr. Emerton, is fully sustaining
the high character it has acquired. We And that former pupils of
Hammen College have been either high wranglers or first-clues men
of our -Universities during the present year ; and this is the twentieth
instance of success at Sandhurst 04 Addiscombe we have had to
record within a shoit period."
Prospectuses may be had nn application to the Principal, the Rev.
Dr. EMERTON, Hanwell, Middlesex.

ON DON& NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.
A.. 4 —Office, Euston Station, 6th January, 1854.—Notice is
Hereby Given, that the BOOKS in which TRANSFERS of Stock and
Shares of this Company are registered will be CLOSED on WED-
NESDAY, the 25th instant, and that all Transfer Deeds for Regis-
tration must be deposited in this Office on or before that day, to
ewitle Proprietors to the forthcoming Dividend.
By order.
H. BOOTH,
CHAS. E. STEWART, 1 Secretaries.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU.
• RANCE SOCIETY,

26, CORNIULL, LONDON.

December 27, 1853.

Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY INTEREST on
the CAPITAL STOOK of this SOCIETY, at the rate of 5 per Cent.
per Annum, due on the 31st instant, will become PAYABLE on
the 10th day of January next, and Proprietors may receive the same
at this Office, on that or any subsequent day, between the hours
of Eleven and Three o'clock.

And Notice is hereby further given, that .the Transfer Books of
the Fociety will close on the 30th instant, and open on the 1I th
January next.

By order of the Court of Directors,
W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary.

PIIRSSELL'S TWELFTH CAKES, from ss.
to 5 Guineas each; Bride Cakes 1 to 10 Guineas; Dessert
Cakes, Is. to 10s., viz., Dundee, Madeira, School, and Savoy Cakes,
Swiss ant French Pound Cakes, Is. 6d. per lb. ; Swiss and Italian
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MaccaroOns, 2s. per lb. ; Rout Cakes, 3s. per lb. ; Mixed Cakes, Is. 6d.
per lb.; Mixed Biscuits, Is. 2d. per lb.; Biscuits in bags or boxes, 14
for Is., viz., Arrowroot, Brown, Digestive, Milk, Abernethy, Ger-
man Cuddy or Captain's Biscuits,
Mince Pies, 4s. to Gs. per doz. ;
Jellies and Soups, 4s. per qt. ; Creams stud Ices, Gs. per qt.; Made
Dishes, Raised PiOs, Hams, Tongues, Fowls, Bonbons, German
Trees and. Ornaments, Preserved Fruits, for Dessert, as sold in Paris,
from 2s. 6d. per bottle. Caution.—John R. Pnrsell, 162, Regent-
street, and 20 Ludgate-hill, only.

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which 'the clerk inscribed for him, if he wished it'
the names of his favourite candidate, or' he was free
to write .them on it himself, if he preferred to. vote in
secret. He had, 'then, nothing to 'do but to walk up
to the urn and quietly drup in his " bulletin," just as we
put letters into the Post-office. This operation went on
steadily, and in tolerably equal time. No crowding, no
shouting, no pasSion, nor confusion disturbed.the scene.
The heart of the Republic beat strongly, indeed, like,
that of a man excited, yet in health ; but not with the
dangerous rapidity of fever- or of frenzy. Not one
drunken ;man was to be seen, andthis, be it remembered,
in a country where every man drinks wine, and where
almost every man has, every day, wine to drink. Thus
quietly, in, a few hours' time, in less than a short winter's
day, were given nearly ten thousand votes,, and many
more bould have been given if required. But all was
over before, the proceedings officially closed, and the in-
flux of "bulletins," which had gradually grown less and
less, had ceased when the President of the Superintend-
ing Committee declared the election to be at an end.
And what was the result, you ask. Wait a bit. The
election is over, but the result lies hid in those two urns,
which have not been touched as yet, and will not give
up their contents until to-morrow, for the investigation
is too long and too serious a work to be done to-night.
Until to-morrow, then, we must wait, and, in the mean-
while, what is to be done with the urns ? Turn out the
people, and lock up the church, you reply. They man-
age things very differently in Geneva. The urns are
deemed too sacred a deposit to be left under the ordinary
custody of bolts and bars. After dismissing the people,
therefore, the doors were locked from within ; lamps
were lighted ; and the electoral committee, in company,
I presume, with the scarlet mutes aforesaid, remained to
keep watch over the ark of the Constitution all night
long. What took place during the solemn hours, history
does not tell; but on the morrow, in all honour, in the
presence of the citizerfs, and in the light of day, the
scrutiny was made. It was late in this afternoon before
it was completed, about as much time having been occu-
pied in examining as in giving the votes. At length,
the President, who seemed as fresh as if he had slept
the previous night in his bed, declared that * * * *
the opposition had won by a narrow majority. Up to
the last moment the, crowd had remained in suspense ;
breathless silence prevailed while the speaker declared
the number of votes for each candidate, but he was
obliged to stop for a brief interval between the announce-
ment of each name, to allow time for a cheer short and
sharp, which suddenly arose and as quickly died away.
These were the first cheers which I had heard. They
were not, however, the lash; for the crowd adjourned
to the Hotel de Ville, where soon after a proclamation of
the new government was made, with an accompaniment
of drums and trumpets. This ceremony was repeated
in various parts of the town, amidst the loud acclama-
tions of the people. The multitude then dispersed, but
not all. A considerable minority, the friends of Mr.
James Fazy, the defeated leader, mustered in procession
and paid that gentleman a visit of condolence by torch.
light. He replied to their address in a speech remark-
able, it is said, for talent and moderation, which I re-
gret that I did not hear. This was the last incident of
the crisis. The election was over ; the old government,
after a reign of seven years, was dethroned ; and the new
government reigned in its place. The good city re-
sumed its usual quiet, which has not been since inter-
rupted for a single moment.
Such wore the facts of the election, as they presented
themselves to the eye of a stranger. Even on the most
superficial view they warrant, as I think, some infer-
ences not unworthy the attention of the British public
now engaged in the perplexing task of contriving a fran-
chise so limited as to include all who are supposed to be
fit, and to exclude all who are deemed, unfit, to be
electors.

In the first place, they warrant the inference, that,
even amongst a population recently enfranchised, uni-
versal suffrage, and vote by ballot lead to a more or-
derly and peaceable conduct of elections than is common
in England under the system of restricted voting.
Secondly. They lead to the inference, that universal
suffrage and vote by ballot tend to give a true expres-
sion of public opinion, by protecting the voter from in-
timidation and bribery. The testimony of the Genevese,
of all classes and parties, is in favour of this inference.
I do not say that there is no bribery and no intimida-
tion; because eager partisans aro frequently found who
accuse their opponents of both practices in certain cases.
while they strenuously deny that their own party is
guilty of them ; but all agree, that the elections in
general, and the last in particular, cannot have been
appreciably influenced by such means. This inference
is also established, in the opinion of an impartial obser-
ver, by the simple fact that the Conservatives, who pos-
sess, by very far, the largest portion of the wealth and
influence in the canton, have never been able, since the
revolution,, to carry an election in favour of their own
party. _

This most gallant veteran officer died on Sunday, at
! his seat, Bedgebury Park, Goudhurst, Bent, in his 86th
year.
The deceased was created Duke of Elvas, Marquis of
Campo-Major, Count of Trancoso, and a Field Marshal
of Portugal, and Captaineneral of Spain ; Baron Beres-
! ! ford (United Kingdom), 1814 • Viscount Beresford,
1823 ; was Governor of the Royal Military Academy, a
Commissioner of the Military College and Asylum, a
General in the Army, Colonel of the 60th Foot, and
Governor of Jersey ; was Master General of the Ord-
nance under the Duke of Wellington's administration
from 1828 to 1330. Viscount Beresford eminently dis-
tinguished himself in the Peninsular war, and coin-
! mended at the sanguinary battle of Albuera ; he was
also highly successful in improving the discipline of the
Portuguese army.
William Carr Beresfoad, who was a natural son of the
first Marquis of Waterford, commenced his distinguished
military career in 1785, when he was appointed an En-
sign of the 6th Foot. His first active service was in
1793, when, as captain of the 69th, he disembarked with
the troops that took possession of Toulon, and was
generally engaged in the attacks which took place until
the final evacuation of that place, when he went -to
Corsica, and was present at the attack and siege of St.
Fiorenza, Bastia, and Calvi. In 1799, when lieutenant
colonel of the 88th, he sailed for the East Indies, and
from thence by the Red Sea to Egypt, across the Desert,
in command of a brigade of Sir David Baird's army.
He remained in Egypt till its evacuatiun, as com-
mandant of Alexandria. After some energetic services
againat the Irish rebels, Colonel Beresford, in 1805,
proceeded to the Cape, and shared in the conquest
of that colony. From thence he was sent in com-
mand of a small force to seize Buenos Ayres. This
was accomplished ; but after success in the open
field against the enemy, he was eventually obliged to
surrender, after three days' desperate and destructive
resistance in the towns. The force under Colonel Beres-
load amounted to 1,200, that of the enemy to between
10,000 and 12,000. After being prisoner for six months
he escaped to England, where he had but a short time
arrived (this was in 1807), when he was appointed colonel
of the 88th or Connaught Rangers, and was shortly
afterwards sent in command of an expedition against
Madeira. From Madeira he went to the Peniasula,
where he arrived a few days after the battle of Vimiera,
and returned after that of Corunna. In 1809 he again
proceeded to Portugal, to take the chief command of the
Portuguese troops with the rank of marshal. From that
time Marshal Beresford's achievements are part of the
history of the period, the greatest of them being his vic-
tory over Soult at Albuera—one of the most bloody and
most glorious of the names inscribed on the list of Penin-
sular successes, For these services Marshal Beresford
subsequently received the dignities of the Duke of Elvas,
Marquis of Campo Major, and Count Trancoso, in Por-
tugal, that of Viscount Beresford in his own country,
and several decorations. By the demise of this vener-
able and gallant soldier the colonelcy of the 16th Regi-
ment and the colonelcy in chief of the 60th Rifles are
rendered vacant.

Thirdly. They lead irresistibly to the inference that
universal suffrage and vote by ballot do not favour the
choice of ignorant, incompetent, or rapacious legislators.
The candidates chosen, on this occasion, are every one
of them men belonging to the democratic party, and yet
they receive the hearty and unanimous support of the
Conservatives, who express themselves perfectly content
with the choice they have made. Whatever may be the
merits or the morality of the coalition which has taken
place, it is, at least, plain as the sun at noonday, that
nothing bearing the remotest resemblance to spoliation
would be tolerated for a moment by the broad constitu•
ency of Geneva. A decided Conservative assured me
that the canton had never been so excited, and, at the
same time, never so orderly, as on this occasion, and
that the result was one likely to be both honourable and
useful to the Republic. He added, that he now had
hopes which he had not before ventured to entertain of
the working of the new institutions.

I will only add, that it was my good fortune to witness
the election in company with an intelligent young Ame-
rican, who asserted that these inferences were quite as
fairly deducible from the experience of our transatlantic
cousins. You have thus evidence of the practical results
of universal suffrage and the ballot, when tried both in
the largest and the least Republic in the world.—l am,
Sir, yours, &c.,

A NORWICH-MAN IN GENEVA.
Geneva, 26th Dec., 1853.

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