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Kussell, to gi"atify the wish that the wealth and talent of the counti-y 

 should be entirely deprived of all influence in the country P 



Palmerston is no more! Final Reform is therefore attempted, for 

 there is no one now in the Grovemment to support order and prevent 

 anarchy. 



Agitators agree that the f i-anchise should be extended to every one 

 who is not independent, and to whom the sale of a vote is an object. To 

 extend the franchise to £6 householders would not be final, for other 

 agitators would put in a claim for £5, and afterwai-ds to £4, £3, £2, and 

 £1. After this, why should not the n on -householders have a vote ? for 

 money would be as useful to them as it is to the householder; and, 

 following out the same idea, when all men have the suffrage, it would be 

 demanded for women and childi-en, who would have as much right to 

 receive remunei-ation for their votes as men have. 



Earl Russell knows well that money has kept his Ministi-y in power ; 

 nobody knows better than the ministerial whip how many thousands the 

 last election cost, and who can so well tell as those who were in the thick 

 of the fight how the tens and hundreds of thousands were divided amongst 

 the electors ? Had not every borough its price, which could be ascertained 

 from the agent to the Reform Club, and the names of the votei's in each 

 borough who got their £2, £5, £10, and £20 ? for their vote is registered 

 in heaven, even if the register on earth cannot be found to be produced 

 before a parliamentary inquu-y. 



Money is the clue to final Reform. Every borough has a price, 

 increasing or diminishing, according to the doctiine of supply and 

 demand. Afford a fair market to parliamentary representation, and 

 final Reform is accomplished ; that is, if you give credence to my Lord 

 Russell. 



The Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the BUI, is comprised in the 

 grand idea — Sell the Places in Parliament by Auction, to the 

 highest bidder, and divide the money amongst the votei's. 



Pinal Reform has the rare and singular merit of extinguishing 

 Reform. Reform being no more, leaves the Reform Club a house 

 without a purpose, and the house can then be sold for a parliamentary 

 auction mart. > 



Perched in a rosti-um in the central hall. Earl Russell might be 

 entrusted with the office of auctioneer, and thriUing will be the effect 

 when Leeds, Chester, and South Lancashire, on the next election, are 

 knocked down to the happy aspii-ants to political power. 



If the Reform Club be sold to the State, how excited will be the 

 feelings of many of its members when the conveyance is effected ! How 

 many, for the first time, will have the extreme gratification of finding 

 themselves possessed of some portion of this eaith's wealth ! 



The auction final Reform wiU doubtless biing out the financial tact 

 of Gladstone. Has he not already made the State a trader in 

 Assurance ? And has he not shown skill in making his poor Post-office 

 proteges perform their duties for nothing ? With such rare expedients, 

 shall not the Ministry be able to command money for a parliamentaiy 

 majority ? If sorely pressed, could Grladstone not make the post-office a 

 vehicle for the sale of milk ? and how great would be the profit if the 

 work can be done without further pay for rent, laboiu-, and risk. Even if 



