MR. H. BERKELEYsaid, it had been his custom to bring forward the question of the Ballot shortly after the assembling of a new Parliament, and he now wished to state the reasons why he did not propose to follow that course at present. He had taken counsel with those hon. Gentlemen who had supported him on this question, who represented the great majority of the Liberal party, and he might add the majority of those hon. Gentlemen who had taken office under the present Government. They considered that there were reasons why this question should not be brought forward during the present Session. The Ballot had been twice before the House during the present year, having been once brought forward unadvisedly, as he thought, after a long debate, and in the middle of the night, and a second time when a full and free discussion took place—a debate remarkable in the annals of the Ballot for the brilliant and argumentative speech made by Her Majesty's Attorney General. Another strong reason for postponing the question of the Ballot during the present Session was, that a vast mass of evidence would be laid before the Election Committees which were about to sit, and then would he made manifest the state of profligacy into which some constituencies had been plunged by the late contest, when great efforts were made by both factions, which, as he believed, used the most unlawful means to obtain their object. With respect to the question of the Ballot in connection with any measure of Reform that might be brought forward by the Government, it was not his intention, or that of his Friends, to place the Ballot in direct antagonism with any well-considered Bill for extending the liberties of the subject and their political rights. It was not his wish to bring forward the Ballot in any factious spirit against the Government, but he was of opinion, and in that opinion he was backed by a large portion of the Liberal party, that no measure of Reform could be final, or even satisfactory to the electors of Great Britain and Ireland, which did not give them the protection of the Ballot at the hustings. He proposed to bring forward the question at the earliest period in the next Session. In the meantime he trusted it would not go forth to the country that he had deserted this great question, which he considered so highly important that it was his intention to press it forward 869 so long as he had health, strength, and a seat in the House.