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77-
T
r. Henry B Tle
ual motion for rote
and has been excel!,
Stuart and Mr. Mil,
-- Sir George Grey undertook the gracious
part of
oppo3ing the motion, and handled it as if it were one
of the, mast ridiculous propositions ever trilde t 3 the
House, though he himself had once voted for it, to
humour his then constituents, as he explained.
Sir George Grey repeated all the hackneyed and
inconsistent ohjtctions to the ballot. Secret voting
would not be secret ; the publicity would remain
the same as ever, but the elector'; execution of his
trust would be withdrawn from the public view
under which it should be kept. Bribery would he
carried on under it on a larger scale, and with less
chance of detection.
So we are told in the same breath that the ballot
would make no difference at all, and that it would
make the greatest and most pernicious difference.
As for the increase of bribery, or rather the in-
creased scale c f bribery, ‘‘hich Sir George Grey an,.
ticipates, we cannot pretend to understand the art
of bribery so well as tl]e gentlemen who oppose the
ballot, and we must yield to their superior knowledge
of %% hat may be done in the practical business of cur-
ruptien. But granting, then, that bribery ei ould be
conducted on a greater scale with the ballot—is that
an evil scale
the cir
lethefee:c.e,f,
andmustae
he
they who
,?hoi:eg thea greater
means
greater the penalty in the cost on the practice of it,
-
Next to preventing bribery altogether, is the advan
gage f forcing it to the large scale within the means
Therer
the
for
of few, instead of the small within the means of
many.
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[PRICE SD.

Ti:e police protects our houses against the burglar,
but the police could not protect a house against a
banditti ; but a banditti is not easily formed and
organised, and hence houses are safe. To make the
scale of arrangment for any °tic nce large, is e.f neces-
sity to make it difficult and rare, and by so much to
increase the public security.
But Sir George Grey farther thinks the ballot,
which he condemns as inoperative, unnecessary, inas-
much as public opinion has grown into a more power-
ful check against the foul influences
Of late years the growing influence cf public opinion
had produced a much more powerful cheek than formerly
existed Against 11:e use of those undue means which had
been frequently exercised with a view to induce electors
to vote contrary to t' air opinions. lie hoped the Hon.
Ger. Vernal' would seu that that was a totally different
thing from extolling poliical virtue and purity. He
(Sir G. Grey) had spoken of public opinion as expressed
through the press, in the country, and in that House,
and cf the exposure which followed attempts to intimi-
date or corrupt electors; and he believed that this afforded
a better security than any law that could be adop:el by
the Legislature."
What check has public opinion been on the cor-
ruption of Yarmouth, Horsham, Sudbury, and two
or three score of places that could be named, and
whose infamy is recorded in the blue books ? Dc-
fendit numerus. The rogues are many enough to
keep each other in countenance, and they are under
woishipful auspices. Had not a law officer of the
C:own a very narrow escape of being connected with
very ugly malpractices in the last general election ?
Corruption is not abated a jot in the small consti-
tuencies ; and if there were any mode by which it
could more effectually practised under the ballot, that
mcde VS ould be equally practicable in open voting, and
would full surely Le adopted.
We do not believe that the ballot would be as
effectual in preventing bribery as in checking intimi-
datior, but it would to a considerable extent dis,
courage bribery, and render it rarer, in the pro-
portion that it would render it more cumbrous and
expensive.

It is curious to see the arguments pressed into the
opposition to the ballot. The Times says we are "a
forward people," eager to declare ourselves b,f
asked. We laugh at the Americans for their inquisi-
tthi‘o.euagnhdt ctohme imnuoseticmatairvkeeldiabpietcsu;laianrdit3r,esoefrvteh,ewEenaglvtiiashy.s
man. Wherever we have the opportunity we naturally
of
frhap owouhres evlovteesduir in re
ni
the ballot
In clubs v?and a man's
evertalks
' o
talking
f
how he intends to vote is rather considered as an im-
propriety, and is decidedly unusual. There are people,
however, addicted to boasting ; and whatever virtue
there may be in boasting would not be completely
extinguished by the ballot for Parliamentary candi-
dates. Electors would be free to talk of their votes
if so minded, but the practice would be discouraged
by a suspicion which would arise—that of a want of
correspondence between the action and the vaunt
cf it. The boaster would soon discover this—that the
man from whom he claimed gratitude for his suffrage
would have his chilling distrust cf the service, while
the one he had opposed would be quite sure of the
hostility. lie would not make the one his friend, but
he would perfectly succeed is making the other his
enemy, by his blabbing.
We do not contend that the frankness of open
voting has not its recommendations; we acknowledge
that it has, and rate them highly. If open voting
consisted with honest voting, open voting would be.,
out (f all doubt, preferable. But we propo-e re-
course to the ballot because the openness of the vote
is fatal in a multitude of cases to the sincere
choice. The ballot is the crypt of conscience, the
refuge against the foul influences. The resort to it
is stigmatised as cowardly. It is precisely as
cowardly as the resort to bolts and bars against the
thief—strictly analogous in this, that though not
complete securities, they are important obstacles to
attack.—Examiner.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—l read in The Sun of yesterday that one of
the balloons dispatched from the Admiralty on the
31 cf March dropped near the workhouse, Bishop's
Stortford, on Thursday afternoon. I beg to inform
you that the balloons alluded to were not sent from
the Admiralty, but were dispatched by some private
persons from the Vauxhall Gardens, and in no way
connected with those dispatched by me from the Ad.
miralty.— I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
G. SHEPHERD, C.E.

London, March 12.

SUBSTITUTE FOR WINDOW•TAX.—TO those who,
like yourself, are seeking fir the speedy abolition of the
window-tax, I would submit for consideration, that a
tax ( qultably adjusted by sea's to the assessed rental of
each house, so as not to impose any additional burden in
any instance, migl t be advantageously and fsirly übsti-
tiled fir that ot noxioua impost o❑ ligt.t and ventilation.
The Government is all early in possession (f all the in-
formation required to carry the scheme into execution,
and collect:,, indeed, at this present fine, a tax on that
very basis. Those who respectively pay the present
wiudow-t':.x should, of course, pay the proposed substi-
tute. In the course of working out the eetails f the new
impost, it might, perhaps, be possible to crest, some-
thing of a surplus sufficient to allow of the tau/ remission
of the excise duty now levied on the manufacture of
bricks. Any partial remission wonld be, I think, of
little benefit to either manufacturer or consumer, but
only so much lost to the revenue.—Correspondent of the
Builder.

LION HUNTING IN ALGERIA.—M. Jules Gerard,
tl e sub-lieutenant in the Spabis, who bas gained such
great celebrity as a lion-huntcr in Africe, writes from
Constantine, that on the 29th ult. he went w the hills of
Zen zor, in the district of Seguin. where he had teen
told that lions might be found. Having discovered that
the lions were in a clump of trees surrounded by rocks,
be placed himself on an adjacent roek, and presently saw
two lions &along the trees. The animals appeared
greatly irritated at having been disturbed, and one of
ntsrm
aerxdtchesepe
except
sent
one,ea trees as
if
It:hone
drAee recon-
noitre. oabbni
qAauctecnoitemliyipgaitsnlsiuei‘l o.
hGfirme
whohei
otmr eh
had
cit
s
rifles. Presently the two liens came forth, one about 50
steps in advance. On seeing M. Gerard the first lion
rushed towards him, and leaped on the
lower part of
the r% el:, looking at him fixedly. The animal baying
turned towards his companion, hl. Gerard fired, and hit
him on the shoulder. The lion fell with a fierce howl ,
hors de cumh:ll. The other lion then rushed to the at-
tack tail a xtended, and rearing furiously. Gerard
shot him in the shoulder. The lion gave a tremendous
Spring, and alightei on the very rock on which Gerard
was. The brave man calmly took a second rifle from
the Arab by his side, aimed at the animal's temple, and
kil'ed him on the spot. A coup de grace was given to the
other lion, and, as Gerard said, " the job was done." In-
cluding these two, Gerard has killed altogether 17 lions.
—Galsnanis filesrenyer.
A JUDGE'S TESTIMONY TO FREE TRADE.—It was
w:th great ph aeure that we read the f 'flowing. paragraph
in Baron Alderson's charge to the grand jury at the
opening
of the Lai caster Assizes last week. ''lt would
not be necessary, he was glad to say, to detain them very
long on this occasion. Under every circumstance, this
ass highly crcd.t.ible to this division of the county.
Really he was very glad to observe that there was
not a case of importance in the calendar, and it was
small in point a number. He had no information to
account for this good symptom, except it was from
cheap fond and plenty of labour, and causes of that
description, which generally prevented the commission
of crime." Let our legisletora ponder over this voice
from the Bench, and lay aside their efforts to mar the
rail. prospect which is rising for the country. This girt-
dered is the more imp( rtant as nobody can cavil at it as
a Parliame..tary case got up for the atmosphere of the
House of Commons.—leicesier Mel cury.
DUTY ON Brticirs.—The amount of duty collected
upon bricks during; tl-e year 1849 is showy. by a re-
turn recently laid before Parliamen', to have been
44?,8261. 19s. 31d., of which 422,8121. 18s. Sid. is for
tl.e country, and 26,014/. Os. 7d. for London. The
largest items in the account have been furnished by Sur-
rey (37,283/0, Rochester (32,2841), Manchekter (32,0341),
Stourbridge (25388/.), and lltrtf ,rd (20,8531) The
lowest figure is that for Cornwall (98/.)
THE HOTEL DB VILLE AT PARIS. —Around this
noted spot a number of houses are being tis.keu down,
in order completely to isolate it. And a Attie to the
west is a mass of ancient building, intersected by some
of the narrowest streets in the town, a considerable por-
tion of which is about to be removed, not for mere pur-
poses of health, although that is one consideration, but
also while forming an open space, to build a caserne for
the protection of the Hottl de Ville, which is embarrassed
I,v the number of troops lodged within is precincts.—
Builder.