The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-03-25
THE DISPATCH.


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AGENCY IN NOR FOLK.
wN. u, fOerER. xso. b the Agent for the DaitY
DsfpAsoa In Norfolk. the oirsalatioa Of the paper
tASsS havtng incrsased TO IN extent demanding per
ssuAi sstsaton 70 10 distribution the Collection OF
Dankeupts and Rascals IA EmEiana.
re there 10 one quality Of the English character
vAteh the NEST invetsrsts haters OF John Bull
viii admit and admire, u 10 lie upright and down
rlehs honesty. We may denousce the English
arssocracy, though, OF ali aristocracies, 10 10 the
most manly, reansd, Intelligent, with aoae 81 the
coArssness. saperciliousnes aud prstension Of our
own bogus article Of the same sort we may dotsst
the English moaarchy, though u 10 ~ free coun-
try a. our own any day, but one thing we must
all acknowledge, and that Il that the old fashioned
virtue Of houesty h universally rsvered In Eng
land, and that rogue In purple robes in that
country has no moro chance than rogue 10 rags.
They WI not allow even Bankrupt TO keep his
sess 10 Parliament. Il appears that Bankrnpts
cannot take seats there, inasmseh ~ they have to
take an cath that they are worth three hundred
pounds clear annual estate. A soon as an act Of
bankruptcy 10 committed, he IL suspended from
taking his sest voting for year. and IT, at the
end Of THAI time, the creditors have not been paid
10 full. che proceedings IN bankruptcy suspend.
Cd. the fact being certified to the Speaker by the
Commissioners Of Bankruptcy, his seat Is declared
vacant and new writ issued TO his constituency.
The following case In point Is mentioned by
contemporary. AT a late election In the bo-
rough of Greenwich the Radical party succeeded
70 electins one OF their own inhabitants. Mr..
Townsend, an auctionser and undertaken. He rep
resented himself ~ having the necessary quaiif-
cation and also sufficient means to pay the cleo
tIon expenses. This last implied liberal respon-
ability, inasmuch ~ Mr.. Montagu Chambers, one
81 his predecessors 10 the representation Of the
borough, expended from 10000 TO 1900 In sect.
ring his seat. Whether II were this considerable
outlay for Parliamentary investments or whether
u we're some deficiency In the auction or the
burying business. Mr. Townsend's name was found
I q the Gazette In about four months after he had
taken his seat This certainly brief career OF
Story, 70 Be 90 coon quenehed in the abyss of
bankruptcy. Notwithstanding bis painful ex-
ample. both a. to cause and effect several candi-
dstss took the sd at once. soon a. his troubles
we're known, seeking to plump themselves into
bis seat. Mr.. Montagu Chambers. who was ons-
ted at the penultimste election for voting wrong
on the Sunday Trading and Sunday Beer hills.
consented to try his luck and the length of his
purse again. Alderman Sslomons. the late Lord
Mayor Of London, and an Isrselite indeed,
another competitor. He once held the seat for that
borough. and calamity bearded the Speaker in his
chair, making speech though not sworn In, aud
being removed by the SergeantatArms, 10 order
TO try the right Of Hebrew representation. When
he had to give up the contest, he resigned the
membership Now, he probably thinks that the
doors Of the House are getting ready to iy open
to welcome the Children Of Israel to the long
promised land Of Parliament Mfr. Campbell also,
500 Of the Lord Chief Justice. was willing to take
his chance Of succession to the auctioneer and un
dsrtaker. But the hopes Of sll these public
spirited gentlemen have been dashed by the
friends and constituents of Mr.. Townsend coming
forward ami paying bis debts, aud 80 annulling the
bankruptcy Surely friendship is something
more than O namsI"
II the rule which prevails In the British Par
iiament were applied in this country, We should
like to see the result of a scrutiny into the So
ysacy OF Congress.
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often the result of misfortune, and therefore not
In itself culpabls, that We particularly struck
with the trait of English character, to which we
have referred, One of Its most edifying NANTES.
tstions Is In the administration Of justice to
roguss 10 broadcloth, like the Schuylers and
others, who, in this country, generally contriye
to win the sympathies Of the people, aud escape
the penalties OF their crimes. They have their
rascals In England, in all ranks of society," as In
other countries, and 1t must be admitted that
there is ss much of the AngloSaxon stamina
and bottom In English rascality as Ia English In.
tsgrity. But be the criminal the proudest peer
Of the realm, his crime at once degrades him the
more profoundly in public opinion, Oh account OF
his high rank, and the bolt Of Justice falls with
unerring aim upon his lofty head. We need not
say how 1t 10 here. Every day shows that gold
can unlock the strongest prison doors in the
United States, that 1t can soften the sternest
hearts In the jury box, and throw halo of he
roism around the blacklist felon's brow. Public
sentiment needs reformation in this particular,
and Republican America may learn useful les
son In the administration of justice from aristo-
cratic England.