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    — -that iff their theory of onr constitution-and ? ' € J ( jvernrneiit ; lmt > . « t rf ! l «* ente thatisnofc the t * TOry of the-nobUrltml ' the late-member for London . I would not say « o > much df the Sbble ford the member for Tiverton —( ifattpftfer *)^ -bat I * ay « ff Lord John fiassdl , that be has professed to hold ( whether in tbeij entirety he holds them I know not ) principles « f a more popular , and , in some sense , more democratic character . Bat , now , what is the state of the case ? $ 3 iy , that 200 members sit on this side of the House who are pledged in favour of the ballot—not merely pledged because Ihey have talfcT their constituents that they acre m favour of it , But by their convictSoti that it is the only remedy for the disgraeerol practices at 'elections . Why , we come here and acknowledge-as our leaders » Tra * nber < 6 f gentlemen on that

    "bench ( the Treasury ) who on this great and vital question deny altogether that we are right , or appear at least as if 'Qiey 'deny the soundness of the course we wish them to j » urso « , awd" they ally themselves session sEter session on ttbis qntttioowith hon , gentlemen opposite , to whom tkey < profess to be opposed in politics . And not otiLjr those who ¦ si t near me , bnt gentlemen on tlmt bench ( the Treasury ) , iook at the position in which jnanf jof th « jm Stand . I iflve here-a ^ list of the opinions of what are-called ^ generally subordinate members of the Government . X ought to state that one is not a subordinate member , because he sit ? hi the Ckbinet . Ifow , take first the law-officers of "the Grown . I have got ihe nanie df "CockDurn down herefi » lctttgh \ - ~ andthe -name of Bethell—and names more

    eminent cannot be foond in the roll of existing English lawyer * . Istbisafooliah or absurd . proposition fhar we make , thaci : man so dds ^ ngaisbed : h » ve always been eonftfeten % its advocatefe ? Next there is th « member for Balmarooc $ c > ^ Mr ^ iBouveijj ^ Y the- Chairman : « f Wags 4 nd Means ,, -who ,, if ? ihe , is no ^ a ^ overjiment officer ,, if-atleae £ an eminent member of fctiaBbuse ; tben ^ 0 olo » el JJoyle , < flve Eton . Mr . Forfcsscue , , Mfe £ eoffh £ the- SoUeitor-General' for itolanu ^ lifc tMrtrotaiej , f genpeYnart who-coula ' make an adi . mhtLble-fip ^ tfchonWis ^ ttneation if'he happettedrlo sit below tfoe gangway ; \ EbrdiSfr « fl Page ^ Hr / Gnarlbs Vutierar did * Tigbt-TBdnotuwble ^ gentKemaffj wiom , perhaps , I onghff Hot to-vetiktfe ; « & yee tb » odcurteticft whwh has changed Ki& position ; is « o > recent—I- mean the Bieht > ( Honl ^ E *

    Sfcrtjtttj £ ai < fl A /« r . iJN ow ! v it ; is auunfortaaste thing for uB who < sredn fawenw ef tbaballot that the « oblft lord the late member for London , vvMst'in a veryJcind manner , as I understood , he invited the late Chancellor of the BucUy qf Lancaster to leave tHe Government , has . taken into it the . right honourable gentleman die late member' for Sforpeth ( Sir < £ < 5 " rey ^ , who is against'tWliallot , whilst two numflred members on this side are in favoat * of tins measure ; an ^ whifet not % ss than twelve ffiemoe ^ of % he Gfoverrtment have vetted in its favour / and ' yet snadvocfcteof thb ballot is excluded fhttn tftie Government , an < £ * gentemarotaken into tdte © airinet = wJh >< when ' -he" was membeo for Devoripott > was also aa advocate c £ that measure , but who / since he becameinemberforiNorthanapton and afrerwards . -member for Mor-peth , has turned round and' voted

    against rifc- tA . ballot mail ' is shut out of the Government , and also a quondam ballot man ; but one whose 3 nconsia * encjr is glaring'is taken in as part of the Cabinet . Then ! there > is the n ^ ht honourable baronet the member for Southwark ( Sir W * M&liesworth ;) . I observed , not ! long ago , that he , In a speech to bis constituents j adhered to his ancient opinions in favour « f * thesbtillot v ahd he \ -otfed last year-lu su ^ pd t ^ of it ; andlJiave riot the slightot doubt at this momwitf that on atlmfcwe joccasions he will do the same ; Hfe hbldB : the opinion- that I now hold 4 that the-ballot is the real xemedy for the ' grievances and the evils of which we complain .. And When the jioble . lord the late member for London stands up , and when the noble lord the member for Tiv « rton gets up— - as . he has- done to-nicht— -and in a very showy manner

    appeals to honourable gentlemen opposite , with , whom his sympathies Always seem to go , and makes a speech against this proposition- which has the support of 200 members of this side of the Soneei a \\ d almost the unanimous support of the constituencies of the country where they can speak out—I say tine right hon . baronet the member for Southwarkc is-a man whose opinion oa A question of this nature is as ; much worth taking as that oJf any of his colleagueai ; and I hflvo some confidence that Parliamentary and even official etiqaatte will not on all occasions ^ prevent his expressing his free and honest opinion to this House . ^ Cheers . ) Wliy , the raghb honourable gentleman was put into the Government under peculiar circumstances . It was the boast of the framers of tbe present Government that it represented all shades of the

    Liberal patty . Now , I do not think the Gabinet does adequately represent that shade of the Liberal yarty understood to be connected with the question of the ballot ; bat I trast we may trust in the right honourable gentleman ( SirW . Molesworth ) , whether in this House or the Cabinet , or "wherever ho is { kiwi I think his- past courso . shows that we may rely upon him ) , and feel satisfied that at any rate be' will lose no opportunity for maintaining amongst his colleagues those principles which he maintained amongst hie constituents , and whttst he was an independent and unofficial member of Parliament . Now the question that occurs to my mind is what should we do to have tlie ballot passed ? .... What is our duty P—th « duty of two hundred members of this House ? By whose suffrages , I ask , do these men sit on the Treasury bench ? ( Cheers . ) Why . very often , I must say , bv the suffrages of honourable irentlomen

    opposite . Whose wero the cheers which the noble lord the member for Tiverton received to > -night ? Why , I heard but one feeble voice from tt back Ministerial bench—( lauphler ') —feeble , no doubt , as the mental power which brought its utterer to tho conclusion at which he appears to have arrived —I say with the exception of that solitary feeble voice , I did not hoar a single cheer from tills side in favour of the noble lord ; but his whole speech , on tho other hnnd , w « 8 received with perfect enthusiasm and rapture by tho honouraMte gentlemen opposite . Well , 1 only wish if the noble lord \ s their leader tluit they really had him . ( Laughter . ) For my part I repudiate altogether tho leadership ot mo-n who , protending to bo liberal , and acting by tho pupport of the votes of men on tliiH aide of tho llou ^ e , pertinaciously refuse , year after year , tho smallest concession on a question on which tho preat majority of flic House rian mudo up il « mind long ago . 1 appcul to honourable gentlemen opposite . Do not wo

    < KJctqrjra : verrabstirdT ) Osftitfn ?(** JB&Bfirj hear " andTinr iRter V I am not at all ashamed to confess it ; I Have heft this opinion for a long time . .... What we want to do is tins -and any fifty members on this sifle of tie House can do- it , that is , to say to the leader df the House when be comes back among us , and say also to Lord Aberdeen and those honourable -gentlemen wbo have come to find tin air of 1 foe Treasury-bench agrees remarkably well -with them—to aay to fheno , *« We do not wiBh to take your places , and send yon to the other side of the Honse , but If you mean to te the leaders of this pafrty , if there is one thiic theft we are more Tesolved npon than another , and about which "we are tuutniiub ui iu

    '"« u " l m u ijiicbhuu « uauui ' , iuiu we lUDlaw U . pOU n that you take np that question , and by our help pass it through Parliament , or else you understand thatrou ate ¦ not our leaders , and we are not your ^ followers , ion iway hare your followers , and there maybe those who wish to have you as their leaders—make your arrangements wtth your snjsporters ; and carry on the Government with ; their strpport , we at least are deXermined * o stand ttt ) for cm * own policy and our own con ^ ctions , and ' wotild'inniutely ^ plreler '' tb sit on the other side of thefi ^> use in opposition ^ tmfthitdniDe

    wnat we believe to be true , than ^ ko sit 4 > ebind ! yoa nfttehing you betray and oppose everything that we believe t * tte-mtst essential for the welfare of -flie-coni » bry . ( tCfieer *} . 3 fo % tha ^ t is the course t would recommend bonouraDie . AeDtiemen on this , side to adopt . ; and I > vifl teTI them ^ b ^ loT ylnJiteely ^ hat they l will n « t do theirduty tb-thelt cdnsfitoSftr ^ ho are anxidusJbrthe wtflementof tn ^ onwitionvnortj ^ aoft ^ i ^ eir duty towards publifr motalitw , which stiffen- ( wtnaeh ^ fram the want oftJ » sacc « 33 ofithii m * aBa » , iifctJiey go » aMr-iti < t&is war lyxwcraiter jaar , disouBsin ^ xu ^ i ^ £ ir ^ di ) ddibgiipa i , and nggtsterinc their opiaion * . in its fevoutv and' -bafc » fujcthefratep ^ wEatower jfc 4 , « an ^ those qsinioaftriDto jBcwo ^

    : Mt , WaamsmaeT ^ tmnti ^ A ^ tjip 6 tite * £ o « # g ^ A » . rmesten ?» 8 p ««^^ li ^ jecniV ! iae « dcSiF > Wwto&P&tit&to-^ wrckRTB , led th . e w « y T « r Sir "W 5 ltt » ni' * o < fc ** ei ^ 'a long » d eliibortrte- a ^ araetWt *» J * crw' th « * rt » ft- ^ he hallot bribiery wwtliTtie lms effllbftcious , . '» ehafik * ' m < ke « asily deteeted ; ILwd BatoeMton ^ iB t * rjgttw » ati » % e SeaoeibedaB 4 heol # stock ia tFadei , T ^ pekt ^ tf&S ^ Bni after sessionv u ^ tifr ad mwtmsam . Pictf'Bis i d ^ n ^ pCTt , he \ xsAi never niodbed : froda hi * ^« ie& > ob ' t % e ihallbt , and evety < B » ci « ssfon « irice , 1 # yfeaiptfbeft , he hafl aeconds * one o * MT . Jgi ^ ote '* s motions , titi&y istrongthened fcis coaviction * . He woul * twrifihe -himself t » the efflca ^ d ^ the 4 » llbt in aWesR ^ ' ^ e progreBa of bribery , ' becauee h& had neV ^ r fifear 3 « n argument of anflbfce in reftitatidn oftike p ) O « titi * = that . 14 W ballot is the oBlyeffetitoal 1 Chteck to 5 n # aSdatiata ; Hfe conviction that * the ballot wHl cBeek

    bmbery / is fbuhded on an > e * a * ninati 6 ftof 1 iher » eaawi why the bribery laws' feave failed . Taking ti& Wis thena ^ Sir William shewed a * f'gfea * Ietogth th&t tbe braBory laws ha ?«*^ fafl ^* becaueer « th * 5 T lB » ' ^ etial eaaatmentsi , -A , pTenalienadtrrienefMteeitfcterbwtfttse lit is ? * oo ae-wes , < w becawsfe the offence if d ^ Beitftr- % f detection . But with tike ballot bribery wenrfd ^ " » e more ^ easrly detected ; be « tftiBe it w ^ ttWberedu ^ d to t > nerform »—tfaatof cotteettiye bribery , th&l&etitkfBtiA

    iciau «; ofaMit » i forme . Eot , with' open Votings * 6 ney is rarely |> aid ibefore a > v = otei 8 > givcln ,: nwieh' lff l « ^ rOifld it be paidi Trader secvet -voting . And- 'afs to thtfxAfef moiie : nowpracti « ed , tfea * oS payiag-a VolOwr ^ otttfrngent on hi » voting for ft apecified « andidafce ; 1 fiat would be impossible uwdev the bfllfot ; ttecau «« there ? would be no secawity that the voter gave his ° Vote according ! to hiftttppomiseii There remain * , t * Wreft > re , only collective bribery . Woulfc not * ha « also be newSy impossible ?

    n i * said that with : secret suffrage cormp't electors mould not atit singly and * alone , but in dotribindtlTOTi , and that ; collective bribery waaitf be substituted for lndtvtdtial ibribery . For instance , it is said- that a body ef electors suffieifent in nanbber to decide a oontost-would-ooinkbmc ^ fitigether to ^ be bribed , that a bargain would' b « Aadi < ifit 9 ^ them to the effect that each of them should receiver ascertain bribe ( say 62 . ) ia the event-of candidate A .- toeuigjrefeatued £ that each of ttem would jietceive- that if Uiey , « ok « d' tygpther and voted . , together - A would he returned ,, aad . jthf ( jr would be paid . Thence it was , inferred that they would act 'together and vote together ,, and tbat their- ton ^ pwaon to clo'so would bo nearly equal- to the certamtjr of

    obtaining a Sli . note a piece , ^ neatly QqtiiA ' . to \* hat ; ft , i » in the ordinary mode (* f bribery withi open voWngt Twi ^ ,, for the sake of argument ; only , assnme tbe validvty ' « r these poftitions ; but I maintain that BuahncofleBtii ** btlbWf would be very liable to deteotion w » d muoht ) leaa { lik » Wr < to escape detection , than tboerdinarymcde'OjpJiildivictual bribery with open voting . For hew ia bribery generally practised with open voting ? The bribers says to the elootor-s ^— " Vote for A , and you . shall receive 51 ? ' Then , when-the day of election pomes , the corrupt elector goes to the joll , votes , for candidate A , receives a ticket , tubes it to a stranger in a > dark room In an out-of-tl » e' -way street , and receives "five pounds . There the transaction ends ; it need only be ' known * to the three persons concerned in it—namely , Khe briber , the

    bribed and the stranger ; and if bhey keep their own counsel ) detection La almost impossible . But with collective bribery and . secret voting the promise of the bribe mnst be made , nob to individual electors separately ( for I have shown that an elector acting singly and alone would bo little Uafluonoed by the promise of a bribe to be paid in the uncertain event of a bribing candidate being returned ) , but the promise must ba made to tho body of the electors , who are assumed to bd leagued together fbr bribery and combined action . Each of them woald thewfore bo aware that many electors besifloa himself wero to be paid in the ovent of- candidate A being returned . Now , it is evident that , to produce any tfffect , by _ this mode of colleotwre bribery with the ba-llot , the promiue of a bribe must bo made to a conHidonobie body of electors—considerable I ineun iii proportion to the numbers

    ; wa cons « tttency ^ For with thtr BaDbt It wottM '^ - tto ase C J *^ 18 ? a *( J » cn w so <* elwtow that ttaY sfaauld » 9 paid m th « event of candidate A Ifciug relied . At ji ^ ent , wltb open voting , even in a considerable -caigfri-; «« aK ? jr , an election may be gained in a close oonteBtby the C&n ^ ^ f 811 ^* ° / a smaff numbar of vote * . 'BiilMAi ^ ^ J ^ " ^ f ^ ta Wfld couia be aone , TM& m Ballot me only effectWe bribery nrast be wholesale and ' eoH « st $ » e . ZSJfSSJ'V * 1 * S WU * ' h » wisnemrttM % 1 to&a < cra * etueucy , heraust promise to pay in theevent df feis return as many electors as , in addition to those uw « Whose . nnbought jproimses he could < Wn 1 iden % T « fe , wouWeeffsti , m » alnajority tf flie constittunscy . for inBtai «» . ; in ««» 8 e

    OMNJonstituencyto be brilwd : eont « mea « fho » wtod efetfSSsoppoBB an hoflouraWte gentleman wmlu coftfiabatl'y rety uwsn thfrOTftougfitproniises of 800 ( a largejro ^ ortSoattma ^ wupt constituency ) , then , to secure his return , the homuriittle Tnembwwould have to promise to pay , % iihB « v »« t ; ( JflMa rtt ^ rn , aiJddyi ^ iat leasts ^ lect&rsv ^^ tt-sWhrmttmer , hrfl »« mstitroncy- < joiifeiinihg TO ^ ffOtt electtors ^ the honotiwtle mentber-w oulil have ft > prsffmise tO'Mjvin'fli » cvJ « eof his l rtt » rn , abady of at leaSt ^ Ottl electors . K «» w , a grottuse made to so manv electors ^ und Irnnwn 'fro- ^ Hiflfr ' n-riKisYrt WU

    made to « oTnnny , could nofc > be kept'swaa * mat flutist of ; ti » Iwifaable eJaa » < ot ti » c » itttitu « iK ^ r r J « s& ' tttnt £ « ift « <^ ly jfftho 6 »<* h 0 Jhads amted for A ,, < Wt Ao « 8 ii ? toha * iPo * idvfisriAis " »« t « gpaist ,, wotrid itemtmd fpayiant ^ vi \ le » « mnt « C < lbb « ng . Mtmnwd . ( Ghws ^ Tien in what a- lomWe Menm * , » a , hon ^ flgaQe , Bttemby « roal ( k'b& placed * wtho ; &Rdi ^ tbJtak | ed pa retorn m £ ms manneri Whe&san&foygKt ^^ Xmk liny honourable gentleman who is cbuvrtriant wltl > Mis subject to pat himself in the positfos Mtf eucii an -iwatmrtble Biern * er- ^) flmcy ¦ that he Ittitr iswoiiWfd his Mltortf bra Tjwunft * to' twy- *• lim ^ ttod ^ iof ^ K tetoHr rr that « wliR ^

    ^ e I hiwng ^ uWlled ^^ rw' J » roTOi 89 * e-TCWj ^ payhme « : from- » latigft nnrriber of oftJer ri « tifcr «; Wh * w \ mld py « i ^*^ lW ^ wj « l&y ^ SBay >? . '^ 'VcA << W ^ 1 ltf ^ aCt ^ M £ y ^ i&i&v-Hmai ^ 1 » ¦ toyel ^ wa <(« i ^^ i g ^^ : fopy <» , bcewiae w 4 th > Be ^ ret' ^ ffra ^ ^ e « a \ d ^ tt ^ f t ^ n l H « Jw ^ ; h * aad voted . If you w € r ^ t « rtfoite on-t » e ? iifetttttf flmt-he f wastuft we of fcheOiioay ^ f ^ * ltetoi * '' # l «^^^? li ^^ r ^ i ^ jed telfyBtttha ' tifc was ^> sb ) Mi ^ ^ at you ^ bjld ^ iiotlpt ^ ise ^^ 1 te * 4 ie' # a » as . ready to bobiibed a * aW Otie ^ 'ftwrh ^ liftd ;» crt « ftl ! i > r yon /^ nd as youwerftretutnedgttat Iw h ^ <*^ gipod i « rigl » tJfto'b « -p >« idia 8 'hiB i&eignbott * s . IFy ^ u ^ tin ^ rBeve ^ sd iu 8 % wouui in T

    n 8 TOsyuur r « a _ you » Kewr wieiny wno ^ KncTryour f ^ ret , "who ihad-perhaps vtited fbr j ^ wn ^ w ^ ula ' 3 ^ s ^ revom || ed-tq > di ) you , and who "would do hisiWst'to htfwyou * it « eted and'coiwioted . On ^ e-otlieriiteB'ap ^ o i ^^ Wniui [ oat ofsfear , you wettldhavfe t ^ p ^ e vtry ^^ iof tttt wwajne fllaBi ^ ibfseleciOTS ^ urth * cotwtitueflcy-; th « r « ft ) J « V faK Wfi »* on-)» eita « noi «^ y » U'Would : niivo to payj « I 1 # ** h *«^ itea * 1 *» rvou landall" whtf'voted' ^ igai nBt jo ^ ( &higmva ^ k ^§( Ke ^^ ¥ ou ^ ipnddLb «! ruiii « d > in oonseciueace of tih »^ urt ( bers -ydei ^ buld -haws ^ t opay , ana 4 a pcopoi * tiori tv tha'twtttthera ' wlWtttyou Ml « ay irotildr'ba'tsbe charteeof yonr'defce ^ tibtit- ^ h ^ r ^ iwe , lin ^ aU oasesithBcbancwof ¦ ¦ ¦ dotation ^ ofid ^^ te ^ ft ^ gielStterr iihait 44 t ; -Dre « enr : in « m * n * 'ea *« Bdtiwtl *

    ambuntPSJA-ettr' miktfi Then you wtnflit k » wmi *^ isWrewrty ^ ptiWslicd ^ disqualified fts&itt tdtti&g in •> Parlkm&Utj yOWt MwWfWteacy oajtht to be di ^ fi-anehisetf ; tt new ^ an «* u > ro '* rte' 'pmbtiwm , : an * = ittpiiritr would % epwserv « sdby 1 ne : btflotr ; - *§ ap * m uk ttwmost teiteflmal . eonwwBteneeS ' wfiioh = IiTjhottld % * peop fwm th * ba « t « wooid be the- ^> aw ^ tio « 'o € 'nih * ' ^^ « tituenci « 8 , tba « in t ** ow «^ w trag ww ^ itt pn ^ stMwt d * d » r ior * eiag : > c 0 rwpttid ^ ¦ : : . , ' ; . ' - [ "' Sir William Moteswortli desorTbod ! > p > r , Jn cpnseiuence , o ^ the , omisaion of the ballot fxtvoj 1 ^^ . ^ Gteta ^ V ^ QomttiiuetkdQm ii ^^^ anyhow thai result , h »« l ? 6 © n , ohklrar DJKHiflMt about

    by tlie-knewrle ^ Hre-^ f wh * a * ty ^ Jwb » Wi ^ ' « a ^ h *^ tlrty voted . Themiia no ^ aiidity in tiifc-iaiJ ^ utomt that men whoarw awharaed t ^ TOtV froo » n < rtori »» iia ( ly «* r _ ^ wptwotivea openly , wcrtil ^ wvoHitt' ^ WWtfte ttlffraae iseer ^ t . The mrbHc ^ Jpiirioti tfta * 6 p « wtte * trpon bTlblable Actors is not hosiale to bribery . ' IMl The class-to whom fitter takers or money / jbrlD ^ fl belottc , specially in oori ^ t coi » tit ) xencleQ . do not took uj ^ tt | he tamng : oF a bribe as a blattsblb ordwcrtdhabl © act . . wm ' converse on -& 0 & sabJecB wwh a ; tt itttdBftgeat . maa . " of tWs dhaBs . bo wouia justify W& oaidtibt 1 > y BgeclBtb « wwjments diiBottlt to refute : he - will onto tho example oflafa , * UJ * i * t-m nP iiiwBuiMriarH iii < flttittbn : or ill Tank . Be " Will « av

    4 * yoa , Whjrsnoula'I , Who am a , W » rman , reftise to make a feVpottrtdrby my vote , forthe ' fojwflfcof anyseK-inr Wife , kmffmyeliiiatetty lu taKnfc a bribe , is my oonduot rt » ore [ coTrupt than that of tho shopkeeper who votes jtgafoft'Jgs FconiBcfenWto secure tho cust ( om ofhiB costom « sr 8 , or'ttiat bdfiStur tenant who sees in his vote the means of cttrflfltag J flm ) OT with his landlord , and procuring an abatement . R I hie rent ? It is true that I desire to be rewarded tor ; toy political conduct ; but so id * many < ofcl » fs , Wf < Mnwl <* s in katation , in w-wlth and ) oduciitioa . Sff'fowthgBffafceafywho influences hal £ » awAo » iinriec «*« Mh- ^» ' d «» 4 to iarae Uwwtomier " whose fifty pounders are counted by the >»« r © TT » d'd « a ( 8 tl »« flwHn . « m « r who can outth « screw on 1 £ 9 tw- » Ottode ^—wdoes

    the tfreat territorial magnate who intinflidates a whole eouwty . ( Cheers . ) If I desire money in return for my v » K , they expect money ' s worth in return for their influence . ^ Gfie&rs . ) The squireen . auks * for his dapeuaente- petty plaeos in tho Ausfconfts or e « diso—the lai «» kadownor w » t » filr ! his younger sons a , olorkBlup > m tb . « Tre »» ary , or an > a £ toa ^ dBMp to an embassy—the ri « h tniMowner a » pir «« to gam V ^ fW&flfaF v sition , to be called Sir Jolro thia , ov Sir Xhomas ^ Fr ^ MgBy ' \ . , sitiontfieer * , and avowe— " Sir J . Bright m }^ mSSk ^ l ^ ) ^ torial magnate desires a peerage , or a *<» Pjj * Tm ^ 8 @fflx " v ^ t ^ the lord Iteotenatltcy of his county , a " ^^|^ TJJf ? BLJT ^ =: (^ Clieera . ) And if tire expectation df « nypCT . ^ SSff ' JS ^ SS ^ L ^ ' \ fr is disappointed , marvellous is tho change . that 3 * £ * ld $ &P [~~ ' l >—comes over his political conviction * ^ ljJnBr 1 l **^ J ^ f | T ? i ^^ J * VJ > "" tion . —( " Blear } ' and laughter . ) It * is -WftE '" ^^^ pftjff x " ; . ' " ¦ « I ^ * nade the bribaJble class of oleotxw * of- «»« , ' ** " ^^ 3 ^^ "M »• argument * . IttAelray * intnmMatian & ** l §^ ' ^? T ; » " T ' than bribery : for , say they , the magnitude 6

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  • Leader (1850-1860), June 17, 1854, page 555, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2043/page/3/