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London, England, 1857-07-16 00:00:00

party abstained from such unfair, illegal, and un-
constitutional proceedings, the others would di::-
play similar moderation. So long, however, as
elections are conducted on the present system—
so long as the theory advocated by Lord JOHN
RUSSELL, that the franchise is a trust for the
exercise whereof the elector is responsible to the
non-voters, such practices must and will prevail.
Priests and landlords, employers and customers,
will consider themselves entitled to use all the
means in their power to control the will of the
voter. Not one out of a thousand will fall
within the meshes of the law. The mischief will
shill go on, and the sacrifice of an occasional vic-
tim, although it may render others a little more
cautious, will neither cure nor materially alleviate
the evil.

The Ballot offers the only efficient remedy. With
that, the man can vote in accordance with the
dictates of his own conscience, without incurring
the risk of temporal or eternal ruin. The land-
lord cannot eject, the priest refuse absolution,
the employer discharge, nor the customer wildraw
his patronage. Nor can " the roughs " resort
to such gentle persuasion as cudgel or brickbat.
The evidence in the Mayo case presents but one
phase of the proceedings that have taken place
in numerous districts. It unquestionably dis-
closes a very deplorable state of affairs, requiring
a speedy and adequate remedy for the existing
grievances ; but the whole subject must
be dealt with in an enlarged and comprehen-
sive spirit. A universal cure is possible. The
Ballot will give full protection to the voter, and,
while it effectually destroys intimidation of
every kind, it will also remove the temptation
to bribery, and contribute more than anything
that could be devised to the complete purity of
election. The only parties who could com-
plain would be the Parliamentary agents
and lawyers, who would lose a fertile source
of gain ; but that may be patiently submitted to, in
consideration of the vast advantage to the com-
munity at large.

A Cabinet Council .was held yesterday afternoon at
;he fficial residence of the First Lord of the Treasu'y

in Downing-street. It was attended by all the ministers.
The Qleen held a Cilia and received her Majesty the
Queen of the Netherlands yesterday afternoon at Buck-
ingham Palace.
Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands visited her
Royal Higuness the Duchess of Kent yesterday at her
residence, Clarence-house, St. James's.
the Royal Highness the Prince Consort, attended by
Captain the H ,n. D. de Roe, visited her Majesty the
Queen of the Netherlands yesterday at Claridge's Hotel.
His Royal 111)ghntas proceeded afterwards to the Trinity
house, Tower bill.

His Majesty the King of the Belgians, with the Prin-
cess Charlotte of Belgium and the Count of Flanders,
left Buckingham Palace at half-past 12 o'clock yesterday
morning to vi-it the Exhibition of Art Treasures.
Mile. Anna 81-:schanap, sister of the Priucess Dowager
of Canino, widow of Lucien Bonaparte, has just died at
Cherbourg at the age of 54.
The %larquis de Belmont, Chamberlain to the Em-
peror, died yesterday in Paris, from an attack of apop
lexy, at the chateau de gaevillon, the residence of his
aunt, Mine. de Fitz-James. .

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DEATH OF THE 'MARQUIS OF ELY.—The Marquis
of Ely died suddenly yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock,
at his residence in EAton-square. The deceased, John
Henry L Pius, Marquis and -Earl of Ely, county of
Wicklow, Viscount Loftus, of E'y, and Baron Loftus,
of Loftus-hall, county Wexfurd, in the peerage of
Ireland, also Baron Loftus, of Long Loftus, county of
York, in that of the United Kingdom, and a baronet
of Ireland, was eldest son of John second Marquis
of Ely, by Anna Maria, eldest daughter of Sir Henry
Watkin Dash wood. He was born January 10, 1814,
and married, in 1844, Miss Hope Vere, daughter of
the late Mr. James J. Hope Vere and Lady Eliza-
beth Hope Vere, by whom he leaves issue a daughter,
Lady Marian, born in 1846, and a son, Viscount
Loftus, born in 1849.
A t Turin, on the 12th, the Minister of Foreign Affairs
gave a grand banquet to Admiral Lynne, who had ar-
rived there the day before. Ail the Ministers and the
British Ambassador were among the guests. A spl-ndtd
ball took place at Court on the following day in his
Ilenettr. -
During Admiral Lyon's stay at La Spezia, the Duke
de Grarnmont,• French .Ambassador at Turin, and his
lady, paid him a visit. The admiral, in company with
the duke. General Lamarmora, and several superior

officers visited the points of the gulf where the new ma
rine establishments are to be erected. The noble visi-
Ors then partook of a banquet vvhica'awaited them on
board the Royal Albert.
A further sum of 120,0001. in gold was sold to the
Bask to-day, principally Australian, butpartly American.
Commander Filippo Farina, General of Brigade and
Minister of War at Rome, died there on the 9th, after a
short illness.
The next telegraphic intelligence from India by the
overland mail is exp=mted to reach London about the
25th inst., provided the ordinary arrangements are not
departed from.
Captain
EMIGRATION TO AIISTRALIA.—LIVERPOOL, •Wednes-
day.—The Black Ball liner, Oliver Lang, Captain Os-
borne, sailed for Melbourne to-day with a large cargo
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also for Melbourne, with 240 passengers and a full cargo
of merchandise, on freight.
THE MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, Ju'y 15.—The screw
steamer North American sailed to-day for Quebec and
Montreal, with the Canadian mails and 200 passengers,
besides a large cargo ; and the screw steamship Range_
roo has to-day taken her departure for New Y, rk with
60 cabin and 300 steerage passengers. The steamer on
Saturday next will be the Europa which sails hence for
Ha ifax and 80-ten.
A deputation for the purpose of presenting a memorial
on the subject of African immigration had an interview
with Viscount Palmerston yesterday. The deputation
consisted of Messrs R. Forster, T. H. Gladetoue, W.
Ferguson, S. Bonnie, E. Miles, J. Cooper, J. Briscoe,
M.P., the Rev. eq. Oven, the Rev. H. Richard, S.
Surge, L. A. Chatneravzow, C. W.. Gregory, L. A.
Gregory, the Rev. Dr. Carlile, and the Rev. J.
Phillipps.
A deputation, consisting of the following gentlemen,
had also an interview with L ird Palmerston yesterday
on the subject of the Red Sea telegraph communication
with India, China, Red Australia, viz. :—Mr. John C.
Marsh.oan (chairman), Mr. J. Allan, Sir G. Bonham,
Bart., K.C.8., Mr. B. W. Crawford, M.P., Mr. Chas.
Fr,:shfield, Mr. S. Grogson, 11. P., Mr. K. Hodgson,
M.P., Geo. Hall, R.N., C B , the Hon. A. Kinnaird,
M.P., Mr. 0. Row°, Sir M. Stephenson, and Mr. A.
Wiisen. The deputation was introduced to Lord Pal-
merston by the Hon. A. Kinnaird.
A sad accident occurred at Darmstadt a few days ago.
A battery was firing at a mark, and behind a parapet
just
.helow the mark an officer, Lieutenant Schaffnit,
and some men' were stationed to note the result of each
discharge. The lieutenant after a while imprudently
raised himeeif just above the parapet, and at the same
moment a cannon was fired, and the ball carried off his
head,
MISS MADELEINE SMITH.—The Glasgow Courier states
that elrs. Smith is in a very critical condition, and is
rapidly sinking under the calamity which has been
brought upon that family by the unfortunate daughter.
MADELEINE SMITH AND THE USE of ARSENIC AS A
COSMETIC. —The Edinburgh. Courant says :—We have
been favoured with the following
_eAract.from a
_private
letter from London, for the authenticity of which we can_
vouch, although for obvious reasons the communication is
strictly confidential —" I haveseveral times used arsenic
dissolved in water to wash my face when I have had
freckles from getting in the sun ; and very often my hands
to gets stalls off, and make them look white. I have
always thought it a common thing, and was surprised to
bear there was any danger in doing it." And the Kelso
Chronicle observes that "it can be proved by many a
seepherd on the green hill-sides of Scotland, that arsenie
dissolved in water can be used with impunity. Each
autumn at the sheep-dipping period a solution of arsenic,
with other ingredients, is prepared so strongly poisonous
that a few drops lapped by a dog, or falling into the
mouth of a sheep, will produce speedy death. Yet in
this mixture the ban and to some extent the legs, of
the shepherds are steeped for
ustweeks together." We feel
it to be a matter of mere jice to give publicity te
thee() statement*, but we must obeerve that it would be
a great inis'ake to suppose that they at all encourage the
practice in question.
THE VERDICT IN MISS SMITH'S TRIAL —lt will be in-
teresting to our readers and the public to learn the
numbers by which the jury came to a decision. Atter
deliberating there were five for a verdict of "Guilty"
and ten for one of ‘• Not proven." On the question of
an absolute acquittal there was no diversity of sentiment
whatever.—Caledonian Mercury.
FATAL ACCIDENT FROM AWKWARD DRlVlNG.—Yes-
terday Mr. Bedford, the coroner, held an inquest at the
Stug's Aries, Hougbtoe-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields,
upo a child named Sarah Jane Langley. A police.
constable deposed that on Saturday night, between ten
and eleven, in Chtgwell-street, Finsbury•Fgeare, he saw
a man driving a chaise-catt with a female in it and the
child in her arms. A four-wheel cab was coming in the
opposite direction. Both vehicles were ,on the proper
side, and there was room between them for a waggon,
but when the chaise-oart arrived nearly opposite the
cab, the driver turned the head of the horse and
went direct across the road to the cab. The vehicles
then coming in violent collision, the man, woman, and
child, were pitched into the road. James Etridge, the
can-driver, and an eye.witness of the whole transaction,
named Isaac Garcia, corroborated the constable's evi-
dence as to the careless driving of the father. Mr. C.
We Roberts proved that the deceased died several hours
att,r the accident from a fracture of the skull. The jury
'returned au open verdict—" That the deceased's death
was cause 1 by a fracture of the skull, caused by being
brawn trim a chaise cart driven by her father."