Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-04-02
BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION.
PROM THr LONDON TINES or FEBRUARY "a.


About once in year the hungry public Of these islands
has morbid craving to sup full horrors Of low and
disagreeabe character At time the favor;te d;b
supped by the sanitary gentlemen and consists Of
trbutons from Lambeth sewers, Thames water Church
lane cellars, Bermondsey creeks and other nbvs;o,
denominations At another time an official examination 80
Goidners preserved meats with particular Dissertation
OF the results supplies the desired treat Sometimes the
nauseous banquet furnished by the criminal courts Of
DOCTORS Commons But it may be safely said that be
BRUSH people relish disgusting subject now and them
as keen as the Chinese pcure does his rotten eggs or
ms hne game rats Just feast Of abominabe dam
ues mas been provided scale of unparalleled abund
ance More than hundred Parliamentary elections have
been or are to be opened and the is the
detasexhumed with little reserve as METROPOLITAN
uses turning over the everfeserng soil Of
ms snug ttle farm We have already observed on a few
OF them Here are some revelations VIII our read
ers just look at the interesting little circumstances de-
taied under the heads Of Chatham Ctheroe Blackburn
and Bridgnorth-ony two letters of the alphabetP Al
Chatham, Mr.. Joseph Greathead druggist is man of
large appetite, though content with humble fare Thanks
to his vote for Sir f. Smith at the last election one of his
sons has expanded from the ninth part of man To the
fulgrown proportions Of London letter and we
have doubt has improved in sraghness and strength
oflmb "There is tide in the affairs of man. Sc
and the worthy druggist has obtained through the
quarter promotion for younger son rs engineer in
the navy. MIR. e. Is. Locke, another Chatham eector
obtained the promise of dockyard appointment for his
son. but finding the bribery oath administered at the
personal visit and the united arguments Sir Frederick
Smith and Mr. Wells jr. to remove. However, it was
removed, and Mr. Locke gave his vote with safe con-
SCIENCE and got the appointment he had asked for Mr.
John Sbbett, rope-maker exhibited contrary phenome
ma to the above viz disappointed expectations and an
awakened conscience Things looked well first Sir Fred
erick shook hands with him gave him his card and said
with much point, his earliest friend would be earliest
thought off, Sbbett however found that he could only
be admitted into the dockyard g hired man - So
roaming about Chatham in moody frame of mind he
oboufh riI, and IL
conclusion that he had heen selling his brthrght for
mess of very indifferent potage. Then for the first
time, felt certain that had been doing wrong had
been trying to find situation with my vote" How
thankful Sbbett must be that he able to consum
mate his first sinful intentions Descending in the SCALE
the next Witness dockyard laborer at las week. pro-
missed his vote to the fairspoken Sir Frederick receiving
IN return the promise of messengershp at 20s He full
filled his PROMISE but not Sir Frederick and Cuttings
probably at this moment striking for 1885, with the
view of laying by the Is. for trip to the diggings
AT Clitheroe we presented with somewhat ruder
variety of the species There it all done by drinking
brass bands, and fighting. Lots of rough fellows"
roamed about the town, and there were 'sckmen"
both sides. wilson's party however, decidedly the
stronger so there not much fighting possibly also,
owing to the circumstance that carrying sticks only
pretence for drinking. Lancashire farmer had
ceved order for three hundred fighting to do the
rough work of the election with the instruction that
the best fighting and poachers would be PREFERRED
At the Craven Hefer, the nomination day. and for
days before two thousand men ate and drank as
much and fast the landlord could supply them.
They were introduced in parties with orders from known
friends of the cause-whch what it mat
tiers not to inquire. About hundred of them had
bludgeons. The landlord .!wtnt ahead" being told that
Cheroe election bills had always been paid He appears
however not unlikely to find it very bad venture"
He got his shoulder broken among his customers and is
still minusth amount Of his bill Mine host Of the Wheat
sheaf equally hosptabe and so far equally unfor-
tunate. The Golfers Citheroe an open hearted
open mouthed set of fellows There is humbug about
them. They eat, drink fight, and vote in simple and
ma we AlU he dams RI
have done at the election of the god Pan But most other
boroughs sadly sophisticated At Bridgenorth for
example when the elector has been canyassd and has
half promised his vote he observes to the candidate Tl
you again. If the candidate is rather green to the
work. he will be not little astonshed at the literal uni
formy of the remark in every house he enters When
he observes on this marvellous identity of expression his
forbear to enghen his ignorance; for
where ignorance is bliss it's folly to be wise" Should
the candidate be unable to crafty the universal desire for
further acquaintance the electors of Bdgenorth will be
equally satisfied perhaps with seeing her Majesty again
repeated several times certain pretty coin Of the
realm At this borough Mr.. Cadogan would not brbe
but somehow his expenses to 1850. The sitting
member for Blackburn, though elderly man. is equally
innocent but his innocence has been much seriously
imposed upon for without the SMALLEST idea what tisfor
he has had to sign check for 60 000-amos unaccounta
bic circumstance seeing that the only act Of bribery he
guilty Of during the whole election giving 5s to
drunken electors to be rid Of their opportunities
He positively forbade treating, what the $4,000
have gone for Next to the systematic practice of de-
bauchng the morals of the whole constituency the
feature Of Parliamentary system is the
immense pains taken to preserve the morals Of the cand
dates who know what every body else knows about
them This beautiful picture of Parliamentary
carried to the very doors of the Legislature and
into its committee For instance, have letter
from the pettoning candidate for Norwich demonstrating
the cruel breach Of trust he has suffered at the hands
Of his Parliamentary agent who without much as ask
ing his leave, has withdrawn his petition, and thereby
ruined the best in the world 1t appears that the
agent had taken alarm, and to make short work. had
of
and COL Dickson finds himself paired off in the exchange
He threatens to revive his petition BY all means if 1t
be only to satisfy his curiosity the question why his
petition has been withdrawn for though every child in
Norwich knows the why, Col. Dickson is merci-
fully spared the painful information.