The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-10 00:00:00

ANOTHER TESTIMONIAL.

" A Bishop " has discovered a novel and ingenious
mode of giving a candidate a lift without incurring
any individual obloquy. He writes to the Standard
to give Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., an excellent character,
and to recommend him to the electors of Finsbury.
For twenty years has this ecclesiastic enjoyed the
friendship of the learned gentleman, watching his
career with increasing regard and admiration, and
his consistent course as a Christian man. The
cause of Protestant Christianity would receive
valuable assistance from him were he returned. The
bishop refers to the circumstances of the Ipswich
election committee of 1835, and remarks that he was
in the gallery of the House of Commons when Mr.
O'Malley was brought to the bar and formally
released from temporary arrest for his alleged breach
of privilege. A resolution of confidence in Mr.
O'Malley having been lately passed by his supporters
in Finsbury, the bishop endorses it, and says that
the impressions left on his mind in 1835 as to the
broad facts of the case are in accordance with the
reported explanation of the honourable gentleman at
the recent meeting. He confides his name to the
editor, with whom it remains a secret. There is
something very imposing in this mysterious benedic-
tion given by a right reverend father in the columns
of a newspaper, and the task of identifying him will
be an interesting pursuit. We suspect he will proye
a bishop in partibus.

BEHIND THE SCENES.

It is a curious fact that in the electiOn proceedings
of the last few weeks many men whose word ought
not to be doubted have been placed in the very un-
pleasant position of havinr, to prove some man of
honour a perverter of the truth, or to accept the
character for themselves as the only alternative. A
report was given currency by the Windsor and
Eton Express, " that overtures had been made
by certain Conservatives to Sir Charles Russell,
Mr. W.Vansittart (formerly member of the borough,
and Colonel Vansittart, requesting their candidature
in the place of Colonel Richardson-Gardner, with
whom some of the Conservative party were dissatisfied."
This was contradicted by the Conservatives, and the
Liberalparty challenged to produce its authority. The
champion speedily appears in the lists, fully armed
with his facts, and the heralds make way for Lord
Vaux of Harrowden. He states that Mr. W.
Vansittart (the late M.P.) told him last summer that
he had been requested to come forward ; but as the
royal borough had cost him ten thousand pounds ho
would have nothing more to do with it. Some days
afterwards Mr. Vansittart called upon his lordship,
and stated before several persons that his brother,
Colonel Vansittart, had been in town the
day before, and had declared his inten-
tion of standing for the borough of Windsor
if he could obtain £5OO from the Conservative fund ;
that he had gone down to the Carlton Club to look
for Colonel Taylor; and that, not having found him
there, he had proceeded to Colonel Taylor's house.
Lord Vaux then leaves Colonel Vansittart to recon-
cile this with his letter, stating that if he had received
a requisition to stand for the borough of Windsor he
should have declined doing so, being pledged to
Colonel Richardson-Gardner. We must give the
riddle up.