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Last evening an aggregate meeting of the friends
of the ballot was held at the King's Arms Hotel,.
New Palace-yard, Westminster, preliminary to the
annual motion for the ballot to be made this even-
ingin the House of Commons. •
Among those present were—Mr. J. Locke, M P.,
Mr. Donald:Nichol, M.P., s• r. Merry, M.P., Mr.
Coningham, M.P., Mr. Ddlwyn, M.P., Mr. Phil-
lips, M.P., Mr. Berkeley, M.P., Mr. Wylde, M.P.,
Sir Charles Napier, M.P., Mr. Greer, M.P., Mr.
Milner Gihson, Mr. Serjeant Parry, Mr. Nicholay,
Mr. Sharman Crawford.
In the absence of Mr. George Wilson, of Man-
chester, who was to haite taken the chair, but was
prevented by illness, Mr. Phillips, M.P., for Bury,
was called upon to preside.
The' CHAIRMAN said they- were met to hear the
.opinions of delegates from various parts of the
country upon the question 'af the ballot. He for
one entertained the opinion that the ballot was the
most important measure of reform they could have.
(Hear, hear.)_ He. car-4,1 little about-an extension
of the suffrage, unless 'it was accompanied by the
ballot. (Hear, hear.) What was wanted in the
House of COMIIIIOII4 was a fair and impart-al repre-
sentation of the feelings of the people, and, from
various proceedings that had taken place at the
election before the last, and at the last erection, he
belieYed, it was becoming a very general opinion
that some measure—and nobody could devise a
better measure, he believed, than the vote
by ballot--shauld become the law. of ' the
land. (Loud cheers.) He, perhaps, stood
in a somewhat awkward position in presiding on
that occasion, for he was hut a young member of
Parliament, and ten clays hence he might possibly
cease to be one. He could only say iihat: it would
have.saved a great deal of trouble on his election
if the ballot have been adopted, but though both
himself and tis opponent would have agreed to this,
the law would not pert:lilt such a course to be fol-
lowed. - ,
Mr. REES, mayor of Haverfordwest, and delegate
of that town, moved the first resolution--' That this
Meeting, composed of the electors and other per-
sons who took part in the late general elections,
looking to the accumulated evidence of the evils
inherent in the open voting system afforded by the

intimidation, bribery, 'treating, and other undtie
influences exerci,ed at such elections, desire to re-
cord their conviction, that without .the vote by
ballot a full, fair, and free representation of the
people in Parliament. can never be obtained."
Mr. S. HERTFORD (also, of Haverfordwest), se-
conded the resolution, and-in doing so felt he had
a duty to perform to his, fellow-townsmen, who
were strongly in favour o the ballot. However
they might be sneered at fo attempting, to procure
for a lower class than th e who now possess it a
ip
voice in the representatim of the people and vote
by ballot, he felt they we entitled to it, and he
should cordially perform th wishes of the town he
represented in supporting t wishes of the society.
Mr. W. WILKES, from arlisle, informe I the
meeting of the entire adhes n of the city of Car-
lisle to the cause of vote by bp,llot ; not that they
looked upon it as the begiiining and end of all
reform, but as being that without which no mea-
sure of ref(n'm would be eonitOete. He hoped the
various constituencies who .thil4 returned Liberal
members to Parliament would. take Care that if
these members did not suppbri Mr. Berkeley to-
morrow
evening, they should, hear of it-at the next
election.

Mr. M. GIBSON rosy to address the meeting
amidst loud applause. It appeared to him that the
time for arguing the qUestion lof the ballot was
drawing to a close, and that the time had come
when it ought to be considered how. the question
was to he'actuallv carried. He tholight that to d^
ctde upon- the course wnion snotuet_,,„ with
the view of carrying the ballot, it was necessary to
wait until the result of Mr. B rkeley's motion to-
morrow night. Tt api eared to him (Mr. M. Gibson)
that if Mr. Berkeley has for his supporters a large
majority of the Liberal party, the Liberal party
were entitled to go in a body to Lord Palmerston,
and tell him that he could not expect to be sup
ported as the Minister of the country by the Liberal
party, and that he and his friends cannot be per-
mitted to be at the head of public affairs wirh the
support of the liberal party, unless they are pre-
pared to carry out the principles o! that party, and
of which the vole by ballot was one of the most
important. If Lord Palmerston believed those gen-
tlemen to be in earnest when the! made the com-
munication, he (Mr. M. GibsJn) said it was his
firm belief that the ministers would gird up their
loins and submit a pr-posal fer vote by ballot to
Parliament. But if they thought they could get
the support of the wbigs and liberals without con-
ceding this measure, they certainlywould not make
the concession. They. wanted the sopped of the li-
berals ; the liberals wanted the bill If they could
get the support of the liberals withou, granting
them what they required, why should they make
the concwsiont He was not one of hose who would
not have vote by ballot without an extension of the
stiffrage—or, on the other hand, an extension of
the suffrage without the ballot. lie separated the
two questions, and would have vote by balloteven
though he could not get an extensicn of the suffrage,
it appearing to him that, whethe' the number of
the constituents be few or large, a person who has
the right to gitio a free vote should have the power
of giving that vote, without the danger of his pri-
vate interest being affected, according to his con-
scientious convictions. (Hear, hear.) Whether
you extend or ke-p the suffrage where it is, he said
give men the right of vo ,ing freely—do not place
upon them the restriction that whenever they vote
for a member of Parliament they shall be com-
pelled to publish that vote, whrther they will or
not to the whole world. He hoped the motion for
the ballot would be proceeded with, and would not
be postponed on any consideration whatever. -
Mr. BEIMBLEY, M.P., expressed his determina-
tion to persevere on the great question under con-
sideration. He was delighted to find that there
was a good deal of new blood in the House of Com-
mons. He had seen with much satisfaction that the
question of the ballot.w.as more frequently brought
forward than any other question of reform, and he
had great hope that he should be well supported
to-morrow night. For himself, he had nothing to
say but that he had obstinately made up his mind
that, as long as he bad health and strength, and he
represented the city et Bristol, he would stand by
the question of the ballot. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. NicsorsoN, of Australia, said he had been
mainly instrumental in procuring the adoption of
the ballot in Australia, where it was now univer-
sally adopted : and its working had been found to
be in the highest degree satisfact
The resolution was carried nem. con.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD moved the second resolution

--W That this meeting has heard with gre'it satis-
faction of the adoption of the ballot in the British
colonies of Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia,
and of its triumphant and undoubted success in
those colonies, as well as in the kingdoms of Bel-
gium, Holland, and
.SArdmia, and this meeting
respectfully urges the liberal members of the newly
elected House of Commons to use every influence
to induce Lord Palmerston to make the vote by
ballot part of his promised Reform Bill."
Captain SARGENT, from &Amin, seconded the
motion.
Mr. WYLD, M.P., hoped that every constituency
iu the country would mark those members who, to-
morrow, should prefer a pageant and a play to at-
tending to the real interests of the country. It
would no doubt be said, a day or two hence, that
Mr. Berkeley had repeated his annual farce ; but
ho (Mr. Wyld) knew that if some of the scenes of
mi,ery resulting from the present system of voting
were witnessed, it would be admitted that the bal-
lot was necessary to prevent the recurrence of many
a septennial tragedy.
Mr. GREER, M.P. for Londonderry, expressed
h's s • rong approval of the ballot. He believed that
Mr. Berkeley and his followers would bein a mino-
rity to-morrow night, and that, therefore, nothing
would remain for them but to throw themselves
upon the country, and compel the constituencies to
put the screw upon their representatives. (Hear.)
He considered that without the ballot any measure
of reform would be little bettar than a farce. (Hear,
hear.)
Several other gentlemen, representing various
towng, addressed the meeting, and the resolution
was also carried.

A vote of confidence in the executive committee
of the Ballot Society, and pledging the meeting to
its support, was then passed.
A petition to Parliament praying for the ballot
was then adopted ; and a vote of thanks to the
chairman, closed the proceedings.

The Barham Indiaman was surveyed yesterday
at Spithead by the Government authori'ies prepa-
ratory to embarking the• 3d Battalion of the Rifle
Brigade for India. She sails to-morrow.
The 79th Highlanders landed, on Sunday at
Kingstown, and. were conveyed to Dul.lin. - The
regiment looked, in excellent condition. The Rifle
Brigade, 2d battalion, also_ arrived in Kingstown
on 6aturday. evening. , They marched' to Beggan'-
bush'Barracks, replacing the heid-quarters of the
95th Regiment, and also det tolled. two coMpanieS
to Linen hall Barracks, Dublin. . -
In• addition to the numerous detachments of
troops, giving an aggregate of nearly 3,000 men of
-all.ranks, under orders to leave' Chatham garrison
for service in India, an order has also been rer.leiT
for the officers and men .of the depot of the St.
Helena Regiment, numbering 137 men of all ranks,
to embark at. Gravesend to morrow, on board the
Derwent, for St. Helena,. to joirr herd-quarters.
Captain W. F. Macbean and Erisi.gn W. R. Nash
will embark in charge of the de'achment.
-Colonel H. Sindham, director of the Royal
Engineers establishment, Chatham, has received
orders forthe 11th coirp any. of Royal tingineer-,
-under the command of Captain C. E. Cumb,rland,
to proceed this day from Biompton barracks to
Aldershot, for the purpose of being-employed in
engineering duties at the camp.
Vice-Admiral Edward Harvey-was yesterday —ap-
pointed Commander-in,Chief at the Nt-re, in the
room of Vice-Admiral' the Hon. 'William Gordon,
whose period of service has expired. • •
Captain James Hope bas. been ,appointed an
Aide de-Camp to the Queen, in the place .of. Sir
Thomas Maitland,' who has obtained flag rank by
the demise of Admiral-Brown.;
The military store tiansp:•rt Lord Raglan arrived
at Woolwich, on Sunday Morniog, laden with ord-
nance stores, from Plymouth.
The John then, emigrant ship', of 1,000 tons
burden, having embarked a number of labourers,
together with their families, amounting to 392,
-recently dismissed from Woolwich' Arsenal, sailed
from the pier on Saturday for Quebec. A final
hatch, consisting of 200, is expected to leave Wool-
wich on the 6th of July. for Australia, which will
exhaust the funds of the committee, who have suc-
ceeded, by 'means of the fund collected for that
purpose, in providing distant homes for about 1000
of theircomrades, who werereduced frolla the estab
lishnaent at the close of the Russian war.

The gunboats Jaseur and Jasper went down to
Greenluthe on Sat urday,from Woolwich, in
.charge
Of Lieutenant-Commander John B. Field and crew
of her Majesty's steam vessel •LoCuSt, and were
yesterday adjusted in. order to proceed to Ports-
in, in preparation for foreign service.
The sailing frigate President, 50, Captain Fre-
derick, arrived at Spithearl yesterday from the
Pa iric station, to be. paid off. She sajled from
Callao February .28, Valparaiso March 28, and
Rio May 12, on which latter day the Retribution,
28, Captain Barker, left Rib for the Pacific, after
towing the President out of the river. She met
with heavy weather off the Horn and Falklands,
and has forp and main yards carried away, and
waist nettings, &c. She brought' 39 invalids from
the Pacific and Rio squadrons ; on the 18th of
May, in lat. 19.10 S., long, 33.8. W. spoke the
ship second diatinguiShing pendant 8,497, froin
Liverpool for Calcutta ; on the 24th, in lat. 50 S.,
long., 29.30 W., the bark second distinguishing
pendant 8,756, from New Zealand for London ; on
the 25th, in lat. 1.55 S., long. 29.30 W. the
Bollotte Saggard, from Rio for" Copenhagen ; on
the 29th, in lat. 4.53 N., long. 28.23 W., tile se-
cond distinguishing pendant 8,631 (American ship) ;
on June 3, in .lat. 18.30 N., long. 36.40• W., the
French ship Canidea, from Rio. for Havre, when
last seen about 150 miles to the norCiward of the
Western Islands ; on June 14, in lat. 35.10 N.,
long. 30.7 W., the Metcalf, from Arracan for Fal-
mouth ;. on the 16th,. in lat. 37 N., long. 35.1. W..
passed a vessel bottom up, about 200 tons, floated
very deep ; on the 21st, in lat. 47 N., long. 17.55
W., the English bark Catherine Stewart Forbes,
runinc, , Z 2 a, -1. lap %i•
34---INT., long. 14.56 W., the English bark
A. Carker. Dr. Kevern, staff-surgeon of
the Monarch, Mr. Byers, paymaster of -the
Monarch, Lieut. Von Dobeneck and. Lieutenant
Evans, on promotion, came home in the President,
whose supernumeraries having been landed, she
left Spithead yesterday afternoon for Chatham, to
be paid off.

The United states' steam-frigate Susquehana, 15
guns, Capt. Sands, arrived at Cowes on Sunday
from the Thames.

The Vulcan, iron steam troopship, Commander
Furneaux, whose arrival at Plymouth was rt ported
in The Sun of yesterday, arrived at Spithead yes-
terday afternoon, and will go into harbour this
morning to land her troops.
The screw steam gun-vessel Pioneer, 6, Comman-
der George P.' Mends, from the North America
and West India station, put into Plymouth Sound
yesterday morning; short of fuel, and, having
coaled, sailed again for Portsmouth, where she will
probably be paid off. •
Captain James Hope, C.B. (1838), has been ap-
pointed by the First Lord of the Admiralty to be
aide-de-camp to her Majesty. Captain Hope en-
tered the navy in 1820, was promoted to lieutenant
in 1827, made a commander in 1830, and Captain
in 1838,

The service will be pleased to hear that the suc-
cessor to Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Maitland in
command of the gunnery ship Excellent is Captain
Richard Strode Hewlett (1856). As a captain he
was selected for the command of the Edinburgh,
60, screw, flagship of Rear-Admiral Chads, in the
Baltic. His whole life has been devoted to gun-
nery instruction, and at comparatively an early
age he brings his best energies to the Excellent to
work out the progressive and daily imprOving sys-
tem of marine. gunnery.