New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-20
GREAT BRITAIN.
s,.e.srsI Csrrupfion-The Rocket Affair Continental
Matters.

ueme of them Of very high standing, who are Influenced
~ the declarations Of the English Press far really
10 believe that Constitutional Monarchy is the form Of
government best calculated for the development OF
fiohai freedom, for the protection Of the citizen
what viii they cay to the recent disclosures as TO the
bribery ia the last British elections Up 10 this day
one out Of every twenty Of the members OF the present
Parliament has been unseated for corrupt practices and
IL the inquest we're carried on with more severity,
scarcely one In twenty would be found pure. But bril-
berg and intimidation have beenpractised athe elections
to such On extent that Parliament is afraid 10 enter
deeper into the matter, 20 punish the offenders &C
eordng to the statute and 10 gnseat the members seems
to be sufficient penalty. Yet hoy can the people Of
England and ireland look with confidence on their rep
resentaves who have been returned 10 snch scandO1s
wsy7 One of the principal men OF Harwich man OF
standing In his town, openly av0wed before the Para-
uent4ry Committee that be doubted whether be had
any political principles whatever, nay that "n Har
witch they don't know what principles are Is It then
surprising that after such statements the cynical
member for West Surrey, Sir w. Drummond should
treat all these accusations with contempt and utter bis
Mt that such fuss is made about corruption.
while corruption il the very principle OF English Cons
tItionalisml The peers brbed by the blue ribbon
or the garter the Commons by Office and patronage the
electors BY promise of cerkships, in plain way by
Eve pound note The system may be immoral it may de-
grade the briber and the bribed,-but i works well
Parliament is yet the most enlightened and talented
bsdy Of the Universe, and the English people the best
governed and freeEt naten OF the world Has 1t not
on advertisements and the stamps, which prevent the
dnnserous classes Of socey-the poor working classes
from gathering dangerous information from the journals
Has not free trade in respect TO breadstus and raw
materials Are not the energies Of the industrial popu
ation restricted only By the natural laws Of competition
which protect the capitalist and prevent the
lower classes, who have capital from becoming indie
PENDENT IN the house Of every Englishman not a
castle which the King cannot enter But stop This
was said more than sixty years ago. and has been re-
peated 10 often that people have really believed IT, and
boosted Of their security until the recent proceedings
against Mr. Hale the rOcketmanuiacturer have clearly
proved that as often as the Home Department s in
such slippery hands those of Lord Palmerston the
premises Of any Englishman can be searched by the
police upon any paltry pretext, without redress The
common law Of England, that palladium Of freedom,
has been much crippled BY the statute law that is
easy to exhume some old long forgotten satate for
instance In the present case that statute Of William
ILL., 1897 entitled An act to prevent the thro wing or
firing Of squibs serpens and other fireworks in order
to PALATE proceedings which perfectly in opposition
with the customs of England and its much boasted lib
erty The English really do not know, that while they
brsgeng about their maichless Constitution and freedom
a complete arsenal OF arms and warlike stores
sufficient for campaign against all the liberties OF Eng
hnd scoected IL the statute book Of England far more
dane6rons than the 81 lbs Of gunpOwder found at Roth
erhitha And who can tell that they viii never be used
have often heard here in England from Tory members
of Parliament that the English have too much freedom,
that the tide of Democracy was rising and must be
damned up-that il IL not the extension but the re-
strction OF liberty which alone give security TO the
social order Of England And as TO the Wings they
have always been loud in their advocacy Of liberal prn-
eples bat their acs we're alwaysn opposition with their
wores could give you some curious information as TO
the socalled Reform Bill and the means BY which It was
passed which even Mr. Roebuck had not the courage b.
mention in his history Of that measure The Wings
we're always centIszes and never become friends of
liberty on Continent They that
ofdespotm all Europe viii never endaDger the priv
- - Al
crewn been crppedby Parliament and shorn ofal It's
glory and Absoutsm, rampant on the Continent cannot
mpart 40 much b0ldness TO the Crown try 60 en-
czoach upon Parliamentary omnpotence-that is 20 say
spon the hereditary rule Of the arsoccy represented
IN the House by the younger sons and dependents Of the
Peers But in case Democracy should triumph on the
Contipeat-snd the upsc'ling of Despotsm cannot be
achieved there otherwise than by DelnOcracy-the
English aristocracy viii have to fear the effects Of the
example aud the conagi0n OF the principles of the Con-
tirent The Wings know this and therefore they have
no sympathy with k0ssutb any other refugee.
In the case Of Hale, which evidently wGs intended
against Kossuth, the Ministers have got into scrape
and would like 10 get out Lord Pamerston had bitter
pin administered to him by Mr.. Bright who reminded
him Of his statement in $780, when the noble lord said
thatKossuth was detained in Turkey under that descrp
ton Of observation Of which, happily English word
conveys the meaning-under Surveillance for certain
limited tmeand asked the noble lord whether ne had
net introduced this English description Of observation
hto the practise ct the Home Department Tie Tmes,
too Ia somewhat frightened as il is not impossible that
ketsuth may take steps TO have the great Thaaderer in
aiced for SANDER. In to days editorial calls him for
The fret time the distinguished Hungarian and Processes
10 have respect and affection for him. while at the
time II again vlfnlly misrepresents the Parliamentary
debate, which Il communicates on another page. so
much u sure, that the matter has not yet dropped but
viii resppea several tmes during the session. especially
whenth bill for the Capitalization Of the Police comes
10 be discussed. Parliament viii scarcely be willing or
or az least allowed 10 forge letters for the people, by
giving The Secretary Of Home Affairs the unlimited con-
trol Of TIE Centralized Police The bin win net pass
the House without considerable amendments
Mr.. Gladstone has succeeded better than his col
leagues The Budget gives satisfaction AMI the maior
y Of "a IN House elected under Tory Administra-
ton, and with all the Irish Members voting with the
Lord Granville too is successful aud is strongly sup
ported BY public opinion, In his declaration that the Gov
ernment Is ready 10 initiate important notifications in
the Administration Of India S some friends OF nine
who take great interest in Indian aars do not exoec
ANYTHING ffom the Board Of Control and believe tat
all these notifications win turn out to De only shams
and dodge
stringency Of his despotism. In Holland Spain and
Denmark, attempts TO overthrow the existing consti-
hons are planned BY the Courts The Eastern question
and the difficulties between Austria and Switzerland on
one side and Sardinia the other, far from settled
sen DC TINES believes that there is something gloomy
Looming N the future. political crisis approaching
beginning probably in the East but rolling like the
wave Of the spring tide AID sweeping away the lettering
thrones OF the Continent In the meantime people en-
Joy, where they are allowed 10 do t. their present
NATIONAL prosperiy-the result Of the influx Of Caor-
MAN and Australian gold, which encourages the most
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