the necessary evidence they bribe them with large sums to� make out of the way by the time the trial comes on what is or to the even of the second class of these houses they will in k few hours some poor flat of p vol i l the houses twice that sum some years ago the great bell in st james s street was when the for y won were laid at tlie party disappeared be fore the time appointed for the trial what would of that have cared to give or to the better surely to pay either of these sums or larger still if less would not be accepted than to be subjected to to the amount of and the probability of being sent to the tread mill for when sufficiently identified they are liable to be sent thither only fancy the stout farmer looking hero of the great house in st constantly working like a for two or three months at the tread mill � as a candidate for the occupation some time ago happily expressed himself at one of our police offices but not only are the of these at all times ready to give large sums tc get against them but they take care to keep on as good terms with the police as possible so as not to be taken by surprise by them it is notorious that of the old police were in the pay of the and more than a suspicion has been expressed by of the in the the houses that some persons belonging to the body are in the same why else as was asked in september last by one of the at the why else did two refuse to take two of square into who were easily within their reach � even though the for their apprehension were produced until some better law than the present be passed it is out of the question to suppose that houses will ever be put down in the metropolis much greater for conviction must be and it is a question whether when the party has succeeded in obtaining a conviction some adequate reward should not be given him at all events it is clear that the law as it at present stands b wholly inadequate to cope with the evil whether we could get such a one as would really root out the who people these of � were any of our to propose i � is a point on which i entertain considerable doubts if it be true and i fear it that the majority of the members of s are and gentlemen belonging to either house of parliament � then it would be really too much to expect that they l the would assist in passing a law which they would most probably be the first to aid in breaking i suspect that if we wait until some such parties as the of in the lords or mr thomas in tho for the of in the metropolis we have to wait until er v society � the higher classes their opinion of themselves � their disregard of the truth � their � extent to which among them their conduct in pecuniary matters � virtue laughed at among them � their want of their social the extent to which among them � remarks on their marriages � their want of benevolence to mankind generally � their notions of di � the opinions they entertain of those below their conduct to their servants � and occasional of their their partiality to to which they must sometimes submit iii money to keep up pecuniary husband which exists among them c the higher classes of in the metropolis i believe everywhere else have the most exalted of themselves if their own es society of their character were to be taken as a correct one they are as far above the great mass of their fellow beings as the latter are above the brute creation pope represents bishop as having possessed every virtue under heaven the fashionable world not only exclusively to itself all the virtues but all the accomplishments which human nature can acquire tbe aristocracy hold up their conduct to the rest of mankind as a perfect pattern for imitation are they then what their own vanity leads them to think they are a glance at their principles and will best answer the question no one has ever had an opportunity of study ing human character as in the con � of the higher classes of this country but must have been struck with their want of regard to the truth they are most prodigal of their promises let those to whom they have been made say how many of them are has a character in one of his plays who lies like truth must have bad one of the of his day who i suppose very much resembled those of our in bis eye when he the expression they see no moral evil in telling a to tell what call a conventional with be the classes coming grace is deemed by them an accomplishment of the most kind it were well if the practice of telling were confined to themselves it is an accomplishment in which they are careful to instruct their to tell a certain class of with ease and effect is in many cases regarded as one of the greatest merits of a servant take for an illustration of my statement the way in which they refuse to see when so disposed any friend who calls on them do they say they are engaged and cannot see any visitor at the time no that would never do the servant is instructed to say the master or mistress is not at home thus the master or mistress tells the in the first instance and then the servant to do the same thus by their in the art of lying 