The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-16 00:00:00

party abstained from such unfair, illegal, and un-
constitutional proceedings, the others would die-
play similar moderation. So long, however, as
elections are conducted on the present system—
so long as the theory advocated by Lord Jonx
RUSSELL, that the franchise is a trust for the
exercise whereof the elector is responAble 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 miselii-f will
still 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 withdraw
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 ba 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 cora-
, munity at large.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon a
the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasu y
in Downing-street. It was attended by all the ministers.
The Queen held a 0 nert and received her alaj est,' the
Queen of the Netherlands yesterday afternoon at Buck-
ineham Pal:tne,
Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands visited her
Royal Highness toe Duchess of Kent yesterday at her
residence, Clarence-house, St. James's.
His Royal Highness the Priece Consort, attended by
Captain the H n. D. de E. )s, visited her Majesty the
Queen of the Netherlands yesterday at Claridge's Hotel.
His Royal Highness proceeded afterwards to the Trinity
house, Tower hill.
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.
Mlle. Anna Bleschatnp, sister of the Princess Dowager
of Canino, widow of Lucien Bonaparte, has just died at
Cherbourg at the age of 51.
The Marquis de Belmont, Chamberlain to the Em-
peror, died yesterday in Paris, from an attack of apop
lexy, at the chateau de Qiievillen, the residence of his
aunt, Mme. de Fitz-Jainee.
DEATH OF THE 'MARQUIS OF ELY.—The Marquis
of Ely died suddenly yesterday afternoon at 5 o'cleck,
at his residence in Eton-square. Tee deceased, John
Henry L hue, Marquis and Earl of Ely, county of
Wicklow, Viscount Loftus, of El, and Baron Loftus,
of Loftus-hall, county Wexfsrd, in the peerage of
Ireland, also Baron Leftus, of Long Loftus, county of
York, in that of the United Kingdom, and a baronet
of Ireland, was eldest sun of John second Marquis
of Ely, by Anna Maria, eldest daughter of Sir Fleury
Watkin Dashwood. 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 1816, and a son, Viscount
Loftus, born in 1849.
A t Turin, on the 12th, the Minister of Foreign Affairs
gave a greed banquet to Admiral Lyons, 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
honour.
During Admiral Lyon's stay at La Spezia, the Duke
de Grattimont, French Ambassador at Turin, and his
lady, paid hen a yisit. Tae admiral, is company with
the duke, General Lamarmora, and several superior
officers visited the poitito of the gulf where the new ma-
rine establishments are to be erected. Thu noble visi-
tors then partook of a banquet which awaited them on
board the Royal Albert.
A further sum of 120,0001. in gold was sold to the
Bank to-day, principally Australian, but partly American.
Commander Filippo Farina, General of Brigade and
Minister of War at Rome, died there on the 9ta, after a
short iilness.
The next telegraphic intelligence from India by the
overland mail is expected to reach London about the
25th inst , provided the ordinary ariangements are not
departed f
Ball liner, 0 iver Lang, Captain Os-
rom.
Melbourne to-day with a large cargo
EMIGRATIO AUSTRALIA.—LIV E
N TO
8111
Wednes-
passengers, as well as the Phce .ix, Captain
(11;3, anoryan.—eioTsciabolc,Bd
faocrle
Moppeta of the Liverpool line of Australian packets,
also for Melb iurne, with 240 passengers and a full cargo
of merchandise, no freight.
THH MAILS.--LIVERPOOL, JWy 15.—The screw
steamer North American sailed to-day far Quebec and
Montreal, with the Canadian mails and 200 passergers,
besides a large c age ; and the screw steamship Keziga-
roo has to-day liaison her departure fir New Yrk with
60 cabin and 300 steerage passenger.?. The steamer on
„, Atricao immigration had an interview
Saturday next will be the Europa which sails hence for
Ha ifex awl Be ten.
S. Thaseas, Miles,
A deputation for the purpose of presenting a memorial
J. Cooper, J. Briscee,
ownitthheVs,usebjueucntt Palmerston yesterday. The deputation
consisted of Messrs R. Foreier, T. H. Gladstone, W.
Fe .guson,
M.P., the Rev. W. 0 gen, tae Rev. H. Richard, S.
Sturge, L. A. Chatneroyzew, C. W. Gregory, L, A.
Gregory, tee Rev. Dr. and the Rev. J.
aiid Austra viz. :—Mr. John C.
A depulation, c msisting of the following gentlemen,
had also en interview with L Palmerston yesterday
on the subject of the Red Sea telegraph communication
with India,(ouairman), Mr. J. Allan, Sir G. Bonham,
Bart., fir- It. W. Crawf ,rd, M.P., Mr. Chas,
mrs
Freehfield, Mr. S. Gregson, M.P., Mr. K. fiediaeon;
m.at, ospee Hall, R.N., C B, the Hon. A. Kinnaird,
M.P., Mr, C. R, onion, Sir M. Stephenson, and Mr. A.
Wilson. The deputation was introduced to Lord Pal-
merston by the Lion. A. Kinnaird.
A sail accident occurred at Darmstadt a few days ago.
A battery was firing at 'a mark, and behind a parapet
just binotv the mark an officer, Lieutenant Setiaffn,t,
and some men word stationed to note the result of each
discharge: The lieutenant after a while imprudently
raised hitnsel just above tee parapet, and at the same
moment a cannon was fired, and the bail carried off his
head.
Miss MADELEINE SMITH. —The Glasgow Courier states
that 'Arc Smites is in a very critical conaition, and is
rapidly sineiog under the calamity which has been
brought upon that family by the unfortunate daughter.
MADELEINE Setirii AND THE UsE el, ARSENIC AS A
COSMETIC. —The t'diaburgh, Courant says :—We have
been favoured with the felewieg extract from a private
letter from London, for the autheeticity of whieh we can
vouch, although for obvious reasons the communication is
strictly confidential I baveseveral 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 stains off, and make them look white. I have
always thought it a common thing, and was surprised to
danger in doing it." And the Kelso
hear there was any
hill-:;ides leies dseesd of
lyith Scotland,
impunity,that a r
Eachseni e
Chronicle observe that "it can be proved by many a
ping period a solution of arsenic,
(alai
sespohl
ve
er shepherd oi nn twEnet
egrr eneann
autumn at the sheep-dip
with other ingredients, is prepared so strongly poisonous
that a few drops lapped by a dog, or fel:lag into the
mouth of a sheep, will produce speedy death. Yet in
this mixture the Iran ,s, and to some extent the legs, of
the shepherds are steeped for weeks together." We feel
it to be a matter of mere justice to give publicity to
these statement., but we must observe that it would be
a great mistake to suppose that they at all encourage the
practice in question.
THE VERDICT IN MISS SMITH'S TRIAL.—It will be in-
teresting to our readers and the public to learn the
numbers by which the jury came to a decision After
deliberating there were five for a verdict of "Guilty"
and ten for one of a Not proven." On the question, of
an absolute acqnittal 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
King's Arius, Houghtoa-street, Linculnaeinn-fields,
upo , a child named Sarah Jane Langley. A police-
constable deposed that on Saturday night, between ten
and eleven, in Chistvell-street, Finsbury square, 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
apposite direction. Both vehicles were on the proper
side, and there wag room between them for a waggon,
but when the chaise-cart 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
cab-driver, and an eye-witness of the whole transaction,
corroborated the constable's evi-
ndaomminend
as Isaac
tn
theG anracariel
careless driving of the father. Mr. C.
atter the accident from fracture of the skull. The jury
Sr,. Roberts proved that the deceased died several hours
returned an open verdict—" That the deceased's death
was causal by a fracture of the skull, caused by being
thrown tram a nhaise-cart driven by ber father."