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London, England, 1859-07-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 1, 1859,

•—hence t , appeal. Every precaution seems to
have beerit
taken to place the subject before him in
the least objectionable way. Noble lords don't
like Ballo t Societies and Registration Associa-
tions with whom they have had inconvenient cor-
respondence before ; some gentlemen were there-
fore select ed to represent the wishes of the larger
part of the Liberal electors to his lordship, inde-
pendently of these societies, and that honest,
liberal, and h ighly-respectable citizen, Mr. SAMUEL
MORLEY, waa ; made the organ of the committee.
All, howevt was; of but little avail, or rather
worse, for hi's lordship now seemed quite em-
boldened by tli e prospect of no opposition. At
the late electio he did not think quite so badly
of the Ballot asl 'te had before ; and at the election
previous, his bro ther CHARLES was employed at a
ward meeting to disseminate the notion that, after
all, Lord JOHN was not so much opposed to it
as might be thou ght ; but then, " a young man
from Northamptoi i " threatened his flank ; it was
best to be pruden t--to abide by ambiguities and
suggestions, if ha had nothing better to offer.
On this occasion ho had no opponent, felt quite
secure, and he cared neither for electors nor elec-
tors' arguments. Ile and PALMERSTON meant
to be decided a i that question. Two-
thirds, or more, of their Parliamentary sup-
porters had voted for it, and two of
those whom he has felt compelled to ask to join
his Ministry are out and out friends to it, but the
two Lords are as determined against the Ballot us

they once were against Church-rates, and will no
doubt have to change th sir determination on the
former subject, as Lord JOHN has been com-
pelled to do so openly on the latter. The truth is,
that plain common-senso matters like Church-rate
Abolition and the Ballot are understood but too
well by our governors ; they know that the people
have seen through them also long ago ; but they
will trade on evasion and on political accidents as
long as they can—indeed, they will do it till the
common sense out of the House will bear it no
longer, and sends up such majorities as they can
no longer resist.
Mr. MORLEY and his friends appeal to the
flagrant instances of bribery and corruption at the
last election, to the unquestioned case of a Peer
ordering his numerous tenantry to turn round in
South Durham, and their utter inability to resist
the order ; and—most conclusive of all, the argu-
ment from the lips of Lord JOHN himself—he had
distinctly stated on the hustings at the Hunting-
donshire election, that he wished for nothing more
than the unbiased decision of the electors in re-
gard to the Liberal candidate whom he proposed,
Mr. HEATHCOTE ; but that " the opinions of
electors being one way, foreign dictation had
been introduced to induce them to vote the other."
This was precisely the case which he had
declared when ejected from South Devon, would
induce him to propose the Ballot again, as he be-
fore proposed it to the Cabinet of Lord GREY. As
Lord JOIIN could not repudiate the testimony of
his own speech, and would not be inclined to deny
that the diminished Liberal majority at the last
election was caused by undue influences of all kinds,
honest Mr. MORLEY thought he had him now
fairly in his logical clutches.
But lords will bolt when they cannot argue.
The question was a very modest one—" Whether
the apprehended evilswhich hitherto, in your opinion,
have overbalanced the advantages of the Ballot, are
great enough to prevent an experiment being made
whether the Ballot will act as a preventive against
the enormous moral evils with which the late elec-
tions were attended."
To this rather long and gently phrased question,
Lord JOHN returns an answer—not himself, but
through a subordinate who " is directed to acknow-
ledge, &c., and that his lordship continues to be
of opinion that the evils of the Ballot would prove
greater than those which now exist." We are sure
of two things—one that his lordship sin-
cerely thinks, as he says—the evils of
tenants voting, independently of their landlords,
and of rich men not being able to purchase Mary-
lebones on the one hand, and smaller boroughs on
the other, would, in the view of a Duke's son, be
tremendous evils. He might wish Mr. HEATH-
COTE to get in for Huntingdon, but he would
rather accept, as he was obliged to do, his failure,
than deprive all the Dukes throughout the country
of their power to coerce their tenants.
The second thing of which we are sure is, that
Lord JOHN believes that the Ballot would unhorse
the Dukes, and all others who ride into power on
the backs of coerced electors, and our reason
is this—Mr. MORLEY'S letter asks for an
experiment of the Ballot, not for its universal
adoption. This Lord JOHN evades. Why so ?
Why just because one experiment would be
the refutation of all his imaginary evils. in com-
mon with others, while we demand the Ballot
universally, we have yet often said give us at least
a few trials—make them where you like,—select
places like Harwich, Norwich, Cambridge, Notting-
ham, or any other where bribery is said to be in-
curable ; give us one or two divisions of some
county where there is most complaint of coercion,
or say Huntingdonshire itself, and let us try how
the Ballot will work amidst both bribery and coer-
cion. The evasion of this fair and honest demand
we must always hold to be a proof of the dishonesty
of the person who is guilty of it. It shows that he
believes the arugments of the friends of the Ballot,
and disbelieves those by which he would justify
his opposition. Lord JOHN believes that the Bal-
lot would repress bribery and intimidation ; but
for that very reason he believes that it would inter-
fere with the reign of his order. And this is the
Reform Bill Maker for whom we have turned out
men who could have got for us a ten-pound
county and a six-pound borough franchise !

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held an Investiture of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath yesterday afternoon.
At three o'clock the Knights Grand Cross passed into the
saloon, where they were called over by Bath King of Arms,
when the following answered, viz.:—General the Duke of
Cambridge, Field-Marshal Viscount Combennere, General
Viscount Gough, General Sir George Pollock, the Earl of
Ellenborough, Lieut.-General Sir Harry Smith, Bart.,
General the Earl of Westmoreland, Right Hon. Sir H.
Seymour, General Sir Alexander Woodford, General Sir
John Fox Burgoyne, Bart., General Sir George Brown,
Lieut.-General Sir Richard England, General Sir Hew
Dalrymple Ross, Lord Panmure, the Earl of St. Germans,
the Right Hon. Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, Bart., and
Earl Howden.

The Queen, the Sovereign of the Bath, and the Prince
Consort, Great Master of the Order ; were conducted by
the Officers of State to the White Drawing-room. Her
Majesty and his Royal Highness both wore the Mantle and
the Collar of the Bath.

The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine was introduced, pre-
ceded by Bath King of Arms and the Gentleman Usher of
the Order, when her Majesty, assisted by the Prince Con-
sort, invested his Lordship with the Riband, Badge, and
Star of a Knight Grand Cross.(Civil Division) of the Bath.
Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour was introduced, re
ceived the honour of knighthood from the Queen with the
sword of state, and was invested by her Majesty with the
Riband and Badge, and also the Star of a Knight Grand
Cross.

The Earl of Malmesbury was introduced, had the honour
of knighthood conferred upon him by the Sovereign with
the sword of state, and was invested by the Queen, assisted
by the Prince Consort, with the Riband, Badge, and Star of
a Knight Grand Cross (Civil Division).
The Right Honourable Sir John Somerset Pakington,
Bart., was introduced, received the honour of knighthood
from her Majesty with the sword of state, and was invested
with the Riband, Badge, and Star of a Knight Grand Cross
(Civil Division).
General Sir Thomas M'Mahon, Bart., General Sir
William Maynard Gomm, and General Sir Robert William
Gardiner, were introduced, and were severally invested by
her Majesty, assisted by the Prince Consort, with the
Riband, Badge, and star of the First Class of the Order.
The following Knights Commanders, viz., Colonel
John Douglas, 79th Regiment ; Major-General Henry
George Roberts, Inspector-General cf Hospitals, Dr. John
Macandrew, General Henry Wyndham, and Lieutenant-
General John Aitchison, were severally introduced, received
from the Sovereign the honour of Knighthood, and were in-
vested by her Majesty with the Insignia of the Military
Division of the Second Class of the Order.

The following Companions of the Bath were severally in-
troduced, and received from the Queen their respective deco-
rations in the Military:and Civil Divisions of the Third Class
of the Bath, viz.:—Captain Edward Southwell Sotheby,
R.N. ; Colonel Charles Hagart, unattached, late 7th Hus-
sars ; Lieutenant-Colonel William Alexander Middleton,
Royal Artillery ; Colonel Henry Richmond Jones, 6th
Dragoon Guards; Colonel Michael William Smith, 3d Dra-
goon Guards; Lieutenant-Colonel J. Dodington Carmichael,
32d Regiment; Lieutenant-Colonel Lothian Nicholson,
Royal Engineers ; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Russell,
Bart., 7th Hussars ; Lieutenant- Colonel Thomas Lightfoot,
84th Regiment; Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Gascoig,ne
Bulwer, 23d Regiment ; Captain the Hon. Keith Stewart,
; Captain Sir Frederick 'William Erskine Nicolson,
Bart., R.N. ; Lieutenant- Colonel Arthur Sandys Stowell
Walsh, Royal Marines ; Captain Edmund Gardiner Fish-
bourne, R.N. ; Paymaster-in-Chief David James Simpson,
R.N. (Civil) ; Paymaster William David Jeans, R.N.
(Civil) Secretary to Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour ;
and Mr. John Edye, F.R. S., late Assistant-Surveyor of the
Navy (Civil).
Before the investiture Viscount Bury had an audience of
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the Queen, kissed hands upon his appointment as Treasurer
of her Majesty's Household, and received from the Queen
his wand of office.

I'HE PRINCE OF WALES AT HARROW

The Harrow Speech-day for 1859 was honoured
by the presence of his Royal Highness the Prince
of Wales. Though the announcement of his visit
was only made a few hours beforehand, great zeal
was manifested by the School and by the inhabi-
tants of the quiet village of Harrow in making such
preparations as time alowed for the due reception
of the illustrious guest. The weather was most
propitious, and nothing was wanting to render the
festival complete. The Prince of Wales arrived at
the gates of the school at 1 o'clock, and was re-
ceived there by the Head Master, who conducted
his Royal Highness to the Speech-room, where a
numerous company awaited his arrival. Among the
guests were his Excellency the Swedish Minister,
the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn and the
Ladies Hamilton, the Earl and Countess of Claren-
don and Lady Constance Villiers, the Earl and Coun-
tess of Gosford, the Earl and Countess Spencer,
the Earl and Countess Stanhope and Lady Mary
Stanhope, the Countess Dowager Spencer and Lady
Sarah Spencer, the Earl and Countess of Galloway
and Lady Helen Stewart, the Earl and Countess of
Mayo and Lady Margaret Bourke, Viscount New-
port and Lady Mary Clive, Viscount Somerton,
Viscount Strangford, Viscount Campden, Viscount
Valletort and Lady Katharine Valletort, the Bishop
of Durham and Miss Longley, the Bishop of Lich-
field and Miss Lonsdale, the Bishop of Oxford, the
Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, Lord and Lady
Robert Cecil, Lord Lyttelton, Lord and Lady
Wensleydale, Lord Glenelg, Lord Henniker, Lord
and Lady Hatherton, Lady Radstock and the Hon.
Miss Waldegrave, Lord Radstock, Lord Ebury,
Count Strzlecki, the Right Hon. W. Cowper, M.P.,
Right Hon. Sotheron Estcourt, M.P., Right Hon.
H. U. Addington Right Hon. Sir W. Somerville,
M.P., Sir M. Miley, M.P., the Governor of Bar-
badoes, Miss Burdett Coutts, the Dean of St. Pauls
and Mrs. Milman, the Dean of Wells, Sir J. Paxton,
M.P., Sir J. Lacaita, Lady Hislop, General Sir T.
Franks, General Tremenheere, General Scott, Sir
H. Rawlinson, Lady Havelock and the Misses
Havelock, the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge and
Mrs. Bateson, Sir John and Lady Catherine
Boileau, Mr. W. M. Thackeray, the Hon. Colonel
Wrottesley and the Hon. Miss Wrottesley, the
Hon. C. Howard, Mr. A. J. Beresford Hope,
Colonel Tombs, Sir Morton Peto, M.P., Mr. Tom
Taylor, &c.
The following was the order of the speeches and
prize recitations :
Pretor. LATIN ALCAICS.
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"Cyrus Babylonem ingreditur."
Hardcastle ( Rosalind.
Steel t Orlando Shakspeare.
Bosanquet De Corana Demosthenes.
Burnett tin Commissaire
Currey .. llarprgon I Moliere.
Mr. Stanhope.... Maitre Jaques
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LATIN ESSAY FOR THE PEEL MEDAL.

" Arminius post cladem Varianam suos alloquitur."
Stow i Brackenbury
Shakspeare.
Hensley.... j Clarence
Gillespie M. Catilinam Cicero.
Ridley. ENGLISH I'oF.M.
" The Fairies."

Cruikshank Neptune.. .
5t0w...... reisthetwrits
Aristophanes.
Hensley Triballus
Ridley Hercules
Cruikshank. ENGLISH ESSAY.
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