Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-03 00:00:00

BUG US's'' 3,

ate to bo discouraged; and it is hoped Vitr there 'sown'
into clesuetude. In flair pface 'there is to.lie established
general system of registrationt ler agricultwar serrandAl; syd
that the rustics may not be ci4rived altogether of thr more
innocent portions of merry-maiing usual on such oecasiO
it is intended, we_ understand,
holiday once a-Tear

to grant there' a gene

It is not alone the state of our Indian Etchequcr that
calculated to create uneasiness in this country ; but, accord
ing to the last accounts,' the disaffeCtion of the EttoPet
troops is still a matter of very seriou.s, alarm. One regv

'went at Berhampore, it. semis, was in open mutiny ;;the
men were entrenching themselves in the( inariacks, and ire'
paring for a desperate resistance. The very seasonable
general order that has been published, • that' every not'
commissioned officer and private'in the three Presidenciel
who had enlisted in the company's service, shall be allowe"
his discharge under• the provisions_ of the Act of Parlia:

ment, is, calculated to, have a salutary 'effect at ,the preqen.l
conjuncture. Still, the spirit' of disaffection must, if P°s;
Ale, be quenched by some other means than. those, '1
Rritish rule is to be maintained without an ever-re Curring
recourse to .military interference.

The Times, in sketching the character of • the latte Lot
Atinto, whose deceaSe was'• noticed in our 'e:nininhi- of yestet

day, assigns a motive for "a little of the fire which bwr►led
in Lord John Russell's celebrated fetter to the Bishop l
Durham," at the outbreak of the Protestant panic of lg,s°'
to his kinsman's chagrin upon finding that, after all '1.14

pains he took to keep the Pbpe within the bounds of moei
ration, hiiliolifiess should so'soon have set to work to pare'
out England into Roalish BiShopriai." • This chagrin w3l
doubtless, all the more keen, from the fact of the Pap
authorities insisting, that when, Lord Minto was at Rout!
he was actually sounded as to the views of her-Majesty,'
Government with regard to the scheme. As the son-in-13'

of Lord Minto, Lord John had,'ionbtte;,';ome svroPathl

with the ,mortified and disaitointed plenipotentiar}• ; bu
there were other motives still which influenced Lord JO

on that occasion. The fact was,, he. found it a good ()ppm'
tunity of malting a little 'politicall capital out of the panic
which his Durhan letter did so much) &not to excite,. yet

aggravate

Most of the Railway Bills, the progress of which throu;ll
Parliament was interrupted by the Dissolution, are already
becoming the law of the land. The Rbyal Assent was give°

by-commission to a batch of them orrillonday night: amolV
othias; the South Durhain and Lancashire Ernionßailsvg
Bir; the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and. Cheshiie Raihoi
Junction Bill; and the Bradford;Wakefield; and.Leecb
way Bill. These works are 'all likely to give employment
to numerous labourers and others)..throughout, the eusuill
winter, and will, therefore, largely 'contribute to, promote
the inditstry of the country. •

. The-records- of the late hot weather in this.couAtTy, b°
more especially in and around the metropolis; prc:3.°l.
evideiicei of intensity such as have•scarcely been. known
this latitude for many years past. It appears, for.-ilstau6
that at Kensington, on the. 21st ultimo, the thermometer i
the open - air marked 123 degrees, and on the

degreesi • ancVon other days it ran„
and -90 degrees, These are heights of the merciary,ii
thermometer, very unusual in England. The anxieties
thc..weather*ise are now directed to -the future. Thire sT
various opinions as to the probable effects which.se,nvie
heat mayrbelOtind to producein the Weather a "theriresell
and the next- month.. -Some are.oLopinion that wei.ahsl
have much rain ; and it is very generally apprehendedjk9
-•
we shall an early and a severe winter.

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MR. ROEBUCK ON. BRIBERY
AND: CORRUPTION BY THE LIBERABg

•
The remarks of Mr. Roe luck in the House 01
commous,..on Tuesday night, deserve. to be ca'refhili
pondered:by the people. We have already tukell
occasion. ta: point out how hollow and hypocritical
must have been the professions of the Liberal partY4
on the ,subjeet of Briber), and Corruption at Elections'
It is evident, from the disclosures now taking i,!_lite'
that the small majority thex.succeeded in'retarning:
at the late General Election, was only effected by Ole
most corrupt practices of. this. kind : at the same -tine
that they were proclaiming, on every hustings, their
own horror of such practices;- and without hesitatioar
as without ground, charging them generally- . anct
exclusiirely upon their political opponents. This'
•
we say, was about as audaciiniso display of the most
arrant political hypocrisy as perhaps the politics- 0.
this country have ever afforded an instance:.. Snell,
it would appear, is Mr. lioebuck'S opiiiion,.whosi:
spec-at on fm
the subject weld thus reported-in, ti
Loa ens papers of yesterdrg :--••.- -
Mi,_ Roebuck, in seconding the amendment,- sai4• he
understood that applications for the Chiltern _Hundreds wel°
about to be made to the noble lord at the hea4tot the Or
verument by gentlemen 'wlwlad been petitioned
-against oil
the ground of -bribery, and lie trusted that such application
would; not be acceded to ()Kari hear). . • Siztme!tcrne ago, of7o.
tinned the bon. and learnee4nember, the public-werevfiraetl.
• that.groat corruption had hcarkpractised by gentlemen.iitiffig,
on these (the opposition) bituches • but I am sorry to, say'
that,. by discoveries rectatty made, it has.. beep_ found
that corruption has tail place- on the (the• ininii-
terial) side .of the Rouse (cheers) ; . and, the. re;
niarkable feature of the.• case is, that noble ler& and
right hon, gentlemen are sittino. on the Benches. opposite
is consequence (renewede eheers.; for I believe that pretty
nearly the whole.number of their majority have been: dis-
ftancliised since inquizoies have been instituted; and that
`they have been.disfrancliii3ed because of Bribery; (Cheers:)
'Why, sir, the whole country was startled; " the 06 "5
frighted from- its propriety," by the statement which. was
made by the virtuoms,gentlernen opposite.. It was said that
• a noble lord and right,hon. gentleman hatl;subserg)ed, coni-
bined, and conspiredlor the purpose 04-bringing a majority
into parliament. Uli®n which side- does.the imputation rest
now.? (Cheers-arolilaughter). - Haring warned thenobie
lOrd of the appliOations which, D am told,, are about
to be made to hino I: wish to make're remark upon the eon-,
duct of :c,onnittees,of this house, Who-*find' that bribery ball
been practised by. the agents of memlmrs, of this house-
Now I have no, such faith in nokind as to, believe, that
out of in
mere charity or love for any humsex being, a mail
Will spend £.2;000 or £3,000 in bribery. T say,,therefore
that our connuittees are too tautieus lky half. •Vbe
they discover- that £3,000 or £4;000 has been spent
Order to, soak a gentleman iit, this house, , I think, ti
would be quite safe in assuming that it is by the di'
tion of . that hen. gentleman hitaself (theers,i oh; ;oh;
no). Na.! Is there anybo4 of such a soft dispos
With so soft a head and so tender a heart, as to fauc
there is:a man in existence so Wild in his charity as
£2,oott 0r,t3,000; in order toseat'a gentleman, tlia.,
man knowing nothing about: it ?, (Hear; hear, and Wig.-
-Why,. the statements which have been made within,* 1
ten days, before committees of this house are bnotte• "
the feelings of the country, at the conduct of a pailty. N..
Calls, itself Libbral, and a great number of Whom, Frecolbte'
in' the year 1830, raising. a great outcry,a.gainStitie corruption
of; the ancientparliaments.— . Why, sir, there, was noth;"
ever done in)the ancient parliaments Worse than has done in this.. Wear, hear.) •,I db say, tbon, ' that it be-
lieves this 14use to take into its most SeriMi4 consicleitition
how it can by ape,: possMity stop this -eviib; and I entreat
liOn. gentle en who are sitting on our committees to have
thp courage to, be honest, and not to add base hypocrisy t
th horrible corruption which newlirevails; (Cheers.)
re eat, sir, that it is base hypocrisy for-any one to say he
be ieve that a man is seated at ak expense 0f_£6.40,01
£l,OOO, without knowiug, that 411.4 money has. been
j
felt the purpose •i•' ' ' " '

We have anrselves, in a former article, remarked
.upion the fact here alluded to'by Mr. Roebuck, -that
plietty nearly the whole number of the majority
which upset Lord Derby's Government have been
already disfranchised, since inquiries have been
instituted, and that they have been disfranchised
because of bribery. The practical effect of this great
fat, of course, is, that the Derby Administration
really had.the confidence of the.new Parliament;
iu
so far as it was' legitimately constituted; and we
have no doubt- that the time iS•not .far distant when
•-the House of Commons, purged of those who
Obtained a temporary admission there by such dis-
graceful means; will vindicate". its eharader by
'another vote,--the very opposite, of course, of that
which could only have been passed by means. 01
returns which it has been proved could never
have been made
Corruption, without the grossest btibery 0"4