The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-25 00:00:00

tlanionsly be termed libels, and consigns us with-
"t Pity or remorse, to durance vile.
grosser case than the one under considera-
tion can indeed be scarcely conceived, as will be
readily acknowledged when it is stated that cor-
ruption was used to obtain the seat, arid that
seat so obtained, corruption was again applied to
obtain for the Patron of the sitting Member a
Pension of COO/. per annum out of the public
Monies. A pure bargain and sale, as perfect a
Piece of trading between a Peer and Commoner
tot.a seat and a pension, as is daily going forward
}between tradesmen and their customers. We
InPe3 and we believe these contracts are now
rare, and whatever corruption is made use of to
°l3(aio sitting in the chapel of St. Stephen's,
tt kevertheless ceases at the threshhold, and the
Pureh4ser is then left to the operation of his own
conscience as to the way he shall vote.
Rut there is vet another point of view in which
this case should be regarded, and one indeed
14,„14. deeply interesting, as more covertly and
14" aural
tn y working danger to the State, we
ic'ao the unlawful intermeddling of Peers in
u',6leti"s• Not that we intend to say that this
:awrul intermeddling is now practised, or that
the attention of the great world is turned on
Ile business of Election jobbing, of secnring
counties, coutrouling, bribing, or buying of bo-
oh,
1:t019) In a word, on the possession of a great
oq@arliarnentary interest." Not indeed that any
of these things are now done, but in order to
cc that if these things were, and if ever
if these of the highest rank, though prold.
f li.ile4 by Parliament, insult the laws by inter-
' in elections, by soliciting votes, or uri pro-
cng others to solicit them, by intiuencing elec.
'4B) in an avowed defiance of their country, and
6"e: 'telling vacant seats in Parliament to the
,to
i• bidder," how detrimental they have been
11,„rela"d, and whence to point out how detri-
atai
they have been and might be
sec °Aid time. here also a
An aristocratic body is useful, in so far as the
Obe,lat'id station of its members points out them as
4nidects of regard for their virtue, their patriotism,
alati...their honour. Ito pera tesas a sort astandard of
_pa eri! ...I
a"u principles to which those in lower
c,41 lookforexample,end to expand the contract-
or
ntet 'ells of commercial men, and to infuse a spirit
4(''}'lllivalrous honour, which keeps us in the right
ass anntst way, when the more powerful, but
bee "ire Principle of religion fails. And what
prae("ticees °if. this example if convicted of scandaloes
tat di s uke these in open defiance of law, and to-
di4te4regard of the Constitution their own ;mine-
"cesters obtained for us, and thus they de-
th
by de-
eniseives and sully their honour
eaditin,
nwortir' to Practices so mean, so sordid, and so
legitl•Y' And, is what is the drift of this
labour "ate waste of true honour, wealth, and
etj
f • blight
riot the reason publicly assign.
61
0r
it
be thiss that they may strengthen
rils(lves cc
and families, and thus gain a last-
Ct 6 Inte
al,ts•.rest (as they call it) for their depend-
(lsis
1.41 s"8/ and posterity." What again would
d p
-ettl but a supposed right or privilege of
anding lucrative employs as the chief object
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their
Pr• • view ; and whence can this supposed
for„ ge of demand derive its force but from a
l'ass-g•oent nim and determined purpose of kindling
,s
tea..
of_ and obstructing all public measures, in
dis.,
41146 'PPorntinent and disgust."—ln plainer
their fr°4l a resolution to oppose, with all
i
br gi't) the administration, which acting on
to to tnid Principle of public good, shall refuse
boll 41.
Ply with their unreasonable requests, and
Rrs,,tlll rectitude, dare to oppose the views of a
rarest Possessor of this lasting Parliamentary in-
That
Aesuch conduct is unconstitutional is not
tare I"t'
it
•is • bo
dishonourable—dishonoura e
ti‘ Patr„
" sit and to any person who consents
141r1 to a Member of a Legislative Assembly/
81)44 Pr°nounce his yes or no, not as the
itkisi,rgivtlb utterance but as his austere
111 .directs• Well indeed would it be if
No, . "to. stopped here, if the
I • .4(J0,1 „ simple de-
°L two men were all the evil de-
148tY itirt°4l it• Unfortunately political disho-
*44ll4 intro
moral delinquency, and the
e spr
Id eading, no wonder private persons
hob similar seek
to forward their own private views
tlleanS•
w4Y, viz. by sinister counsel and dis-
T 1
-1e crime is the same in both ins-
til.; s
ple
t dual exaltation being the inspiring
af both.

It
14, °eery), , a.•_.
k -114 ii - that the great consternation which
,1•11,1 ed f
k,itimllip °r these few days past in the City is
1.
(I) et.' s'Asiding.—Consols opened at 85 to 91
ci e dn
,14,k the at 854 for next Account ;at 12
1 ‘4F! For 3' were 85 buyers, and for money 841.56•
vviLstatoefign Market all Securities still remain
. coli uncertainty.
i don
cli,Ntitsdallrlt, the lonian Messenger, arrived
t Nteh 7 night at the Colonial Office, with
Ah °s frutn Lieut.-G en, Sir F. A Th-114)
-,e044.
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