The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-15 00:00:00

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THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8,
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will be remembered, were unseated for bribery at

Lancaster, and with a promising feeling of repentance,
withdrew from the Commission of the Peace. Their
repentance has been brief. They have just been
reinstated in their position as magistrates. This act,
which must be attributed to the Chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster (Lord BUFFERIN) certainly
occurs very inopportunely, at a time when revelations
of evil electoral doings were pouring in faster than
ever, and when for the first time the Election Com-
missioners are fearlessly striking at the root of the
evil by ruthlessly exposing the doings of the
most elevated personages. That the corruption
of the rich Liberals should have been so
soon forgotten by a Liberal Government does not
speak much for the sincerity of anti-bribery leg,isla-
lation. There is, however, some consolation amid
our electoral woes. If we are not making
much way in the cultivation of political virtue
we aro rapidly probing the depths of poli-
tical vice. Never before have election inquiries
been nearly so complete as those which have taken
place, or are proceeding, at Beverley, Norwich,
and Bridgwater. The researches of the
Commission at the latter town have, in fact,
established one safeguard—and it may be of some
value—against future bribery. No candidate can
henceforth employ corruption and cast the odium
upon some subordinate ; he must make up his mind
to face exposure. Previously the guilt often lay on
the side of the rich aspirant, whilst public disgrace
was borne by the needy agent. Now no one,
however exalted, can be considered safe.
The Bridgwater Commissioners have behaved
with a boldness which some have called
rude, but the rudeness of indignation will readily
meet with excuse from a nation which has suffered
too long from systematic winking at the sins of
" respectable " people. One Commissioner declared
that the impudence of members of Parliament
transcended any thing he ever heard of.
Another hinted at perjury on the part of a rich
culprit. Inconvenient questions have been ruthlessly
forced upon " respectable witnesses." Ladies have
been put in the witness-box. In short, the Commis-
sioners have gained themselves the title of the
" World, the Flesh, and the Devil "—foolish nick-
names which have not the merit of novelty, and
which might much more justly have been applied to
some of the gentlemen who appeared as witnesses.
It is possible that the Commissioners might have
done their work a little more mildly. But too much
mildness to the rich is just the grievance from which
the public has hitherto suffered. It is better even to
be rude in the discovery of truth than to imitate the
miserable drivelling of previous inquiries. There can
at least be no question as to the comparative utility
of the two systems. The " rudeness " of the
Bridgwater Commission has shown us that
members of Parliament freely and personally
bribed, and that other members became the agents of
their aspiring fellows. We learn that Mr. WESTROPP
" nursed" the borough by paying nearly £4OO a year
for six years, in the hope that he would then be
returned without further bribery, and that
he would thus be able to affirm—as he
did affirm—that he had " paid no more than the sum
stated by the returning officer." But the rude Com-
missioners found out that the borough would be
bribed, notwithstanding the six years' " nursing," and
that a large sum had been laid out in bribing
it. One man received £1,500 to spend in
buying votes. The money was not supplied by
Mr. WESTROPP, but by a lady—the lady whose name
he was so reluctant to mention, but who proved to
be, his wife. Nor was this all. A sum of
£5OO had been personally given by Mr.
WESTROPP to the agent Tno3IP, though the former
"expected to get it back." The Commission, too,
established the fact that Mr. SPOFFORTII and the
Carlton Club winked at and practically encouraged
these proceedings, if they did not actually abet
them. These are the revelations which justice
requires, and we may pardon a little rude-
ness in the process of getting at them. It
may be hoped, too, that the chance of appearing in a
witness-box before vulgar Commissioners may restrain
candidates from evil deeds, if no other consideration
will.

LATEST INTELL MENCE

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AM.ERICA.
(Per French Atlantic Cable.)

NEW YORK, Oct. 14.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 130 ; the highest quotation dur-
ing the day was 1301 i the lowest, 130.
Sterling Exchange on London lO9l.
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 l2Ol.
ac " 1885 ll9f.
11 it 1867 ll7l.
10-40 16
Illinois
Erie ................................ ,
Cotton—Mid. upland 2610.
Petroleum—Standard White 33c.
Flour, extra state, $5.70c. to $6.30e. Corn, old
mixed, sl.Be.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, Oct. 15.

It is stated the reopening of the Italian Parlia-
ment has been fixed for the 16th of November inst.
VENICE, Oct. 14.
The Crown Prince of Prussia left this morning
for Brindisi. _

MADRID, Oct. 13 (Evening).

Senor Pruneda, one of the members of the Cortes
compromised in the outbreak at Saragossa, has been
arrested.

The two insurgent leaders in the South, Paul
and Salvochea, have fired the town of Carthagena.
In to-day's sitting of the Cortes, authorisation
was granted to the authorities to proceed judicially
against those members of that body who have taken
part in the insurrection.

EGYPT.

ALEXANDRIA, Oct. 15.

The Khedive is still at Cairo.
The waters of Nile are diminishing, and the
apprehensions that were entertained as to the
damage to the cotton crop are over. It is esti-
mated that the loss will not exceed 500 bales.

BOURSE, Oct. 14.—.
FRANCE.
closed as follows :—.. Three o'clock—The marktt

41 per Cent. ...... 100 70 Bank Shares 2BOO
End of month... —.— Italian Fives 53 15
3 per Cent
End of month 7l 40 Ottoman Loan ... 322
Credit Mobilier
Transatlantic 206 25 Spanish Threes ... 25
Credit Foncier 1675 Home Debt __. _
Paris Gas 1577 50 Deferred ...... ...
RAILWAYS. Cash.
Orleans , ... 945
Western ....................................... 583/
Northern ... 10931
Stra-iburg ..........
Lyons and Mediterranean .......... (.)88- Southorn.....
Sardinian ......... ;MI
Austrian ....................................... 765
Lombard._
......... sti
North of Spain, .............................. V
S, r) - o sin. ........ '' • -, ,
sCRoman .. ...

The very extensive Distillery now being erected
at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of
Irish whisky, by Messrs. DIINVILLE & Co., who have gained
a world-wide celebrity fur their fine old Irish whisky, is to be
called "The Royal Irish Distillery."