The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-15
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BRIBERY AND CORRUPTIoN IN EEGLAND.-Both the
candidates tog Wakefield, at the general election in
1859, have been convicted of bribery BY iuries
oftheir c9untrg it was believed that the Con
servative candidate, Mr.. J. G. d. Charlesworth
would have escaped this degradation as he escaped
it at the spring assiZes, in consequence of prnci
pal witness, Mr.. Fernandez, having refused to
answer questions which bore upon the bribery.
For his contumScy Mr.. Fernandez was committed
to prison, and moreover fined $500. TINS punish
ment produced its effect, for at the trial ut
York Mr.. Fernandez, who looked pale and ill from
the effects uf his iGng confinement, was much more
Communicative and said and proved enough to Sc.
cure Mr.. Charlesworth's conviction. In the way
OF example these prosecutions and convictions will
do good, and, commencing with the really guilty
partIes-the cHndtGdtcs, who furnish the mOERv
when il is uU6uly sQuandered in a corrupt manner
the primary offenders reached: but the pro-
cess is painfully circuitous and involves ex.
pendture that is deterring. The defendants will
not be brought up for Judgment before November,
and considerable curl sity will be awakened to
know the extent and the manner of the punishment
Ii would be strange sig ht TO barristeT and
bankr sentenced to h,u'd labor for corrupting the
electoral morals OF the people; but Judges have
great tendency to mercy in where the offend
erS are men of wealth aud position
THE CASE OF THE BARON DE- VIDH.--The Baron
de Nidil is perhaps an exception to this Tue-as
tar at least as the preliminary part Of the proceed
ings against him concerned. He has been
committed oa the criminal charge, notwithstanding
the refusal of the young man, his son, 10 give
evidences ana the magistrate, MT. COTEie, OF Bow
street, refused to take bail, ntimating that ap-
plicstiOn for this purpose could be made to a
judge in chambers, and the application was made
accordingly. 1t happens that the only common
How u u "e ossI igsG % tne Gogss are
who refused to entertain the application so that the
Baron will be the inmate Of prison at all events
until his trisl. The charge is the serious one of
w0undng with nt,nt to do grievous bodily harm:
but it is in the power Of the jury to reduce it to
one of common assault. according to the evidence
which may be produced, and it will be the policy
Of the Bsron's legal advisers to make it assume
the less penal form. There will be no difficulty
in establishing the assault, if the witness at
Twicksnham should die, for his deposition has
been taken in Anticipation of the worst happening,
and there are other witnesses whose testimony
justified MIR. CuTrie in the committal.
A NEAPoLITAN MURDER.-The Naples correspon-
dent Of the Times writing the l7th, says:-I
conclude my letter with report of murder which
took place yesterday of a more than usually dis
| tressing character, and the details connected with
it 60 far to confirm my description of the generally
disorganized state of the country. There have Tor
some time been bodies Of men here, who, even in
the city, have visited persons and dem anded sums
OF money with threats. The object alleged was
political, and much money has been eXtorted in
this way. 1t only last week that some OF these
! fellows went to gentleman in Naples and demand
! ed 1000 ducats. Affecting compliance, he went
into an inner room and returned Immediately with
! two revovers, and, threatening to shoot the first
who moved, be called for the National Guard and
arrested them. One of these men, who has a sbon
near the Toledo, was arrested by the commissioner
of police, under orders from Spaventa, few days
| since The brother of the man laid in wait for
the commissioner, and yesterday, at haf-past five
o'clock in the afternoon, in one of the most fre.
quented parts Of the city, struck him behind the
| with knife. The poor fellow died few min
ueS after he had been taken to the hospital. The
women in the street shreked, but no attempt was
made TO arrest the man, and it was not until this
morning t.at the police had hold Of him. This
ffn1
victim was a man much esteemed-an exile for /:
! wears; he was in the service of Garibaid, to whom
| he must be known, and now he has fallen by the
knife. Any who visited the Hospital of The
Peegrni Yesterday would have seen the bodies o.
cour murdered men, but | am told that ther,
| were six.
IKE HARVEST OF ENGLAND The weather has
been broken and gloomy during the past week, anG
rain has fallen almost daily, more or less, though
it has been partial. Haymaking has been retarded
but efforts have been made to meet the evil by in
creased activity, and a considerable quantity o
hav has, on the whole, beer secured. Between thu
showers we have had and drying Winds anC
these tended to neutraize the effects of the wet
The prospect for the second grass crop is good; th
late rains and warmth have set the grass growing
and there is already excellent promise. The report
as to the grain crops continue highly satisfactory
both wheat, oats and barley are looking remaIkabl
well, and there is already distinctly perceptib
marked change in the color. If dry and hot wca!he
set in, the harvest will come on rapidly--ndeed W
learn that in w est Sussex commencement I
likely to be made early 10 the present week. Th
state of the weather will be watched will
great anxiety and the wet Of the last few days ha
already been regarded with some uneasiness.-
Hitherto no damage has been done; on the con
trary, some of the crOps-turnips aud roots partic
ularIy-have derived great advantage; in some few
places the grain crops have been laid, but oOl'
partially. continuance, however, OF st Swi'biD'
ta7o-s would speedily become serious evil, art
materially injure our prospects The account
from the hop districts continue conflicting. Tner
is decided improvement in some quarters aDC
confirmed going back in others. In parts Of Kent
in Worcester and Farnham, the reports com
better, but Sussex appears to be favored only in
certain few localities, ard even there the improve
ment is very partial Still, on the whole, Thing
are looking up-as the betting confrms.-Londo
Ne,Cs, july "a.
OyE OF THE MYSTERIES OF PARIs-F0r the las
two or three months the famous thieves night
house called the Lapin Blanc, which will be re
membered bv all readers of Eugene Sues wondrou
romance, 'Les MYSTERIES de Paris" has been doip
an immense stroke OF business, owing to the rumo
that it is shortly to be pulled down. Thousands
people, whose curiosity remained dormant so lon
the existence Of the cabaret was not threatene6
have lately been there to take lass OF bad WINE
and many fashionable supper parties have been o'
ganzed in the foul den, invested with a a halo
poetry by the story Of "Fleur de Marie" IL az
pears, however that the INVASION o! | tns JeH"cs'
doree has not scared away the traditional custom
i ers of the Lapin Blanc, for two nights ago
Blapchet, the commssary OF police OF the Quartit
Ct Nerri, made raZZla IN the mouse, ana oagge
= M less than two-and-twenty reputed thieves, wh
e we're duly consigned to prison
h A STRANGE SToRY.-ltis said in Paris that Quee
Marie Amelie the widow of Louis Philippe, sen
recently to the Sevres mandatory, near Paris, for
few plates and dishesto complete service of pore
lain The was. that orders had been receive
from the Minister of State to execute orders ft
the Queen or any other member of the royal famii
l. few centuries ago, when mOnarchs apprehende
q a traitor in every individual round their person
r such caution might have been warranted; but he
,r an aged lady like the Queen is to put the Grow
of Louis Napoleon in peril it is difficult to c0ncev
b The worst feature is, that the department frC
Is which the obnoxious order emanated is presid
of over by the man whom the Queens eldest S,
st the Prince of Orleans, first brought into notice
NJ. Waewski. This is certainly very shah
act on he part of The Emperor's right-hand man
" TIRE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA AND PoLAND.-The c.
n duct of the Emperor of Russia to the Poles
been so vaccillating, and, indeed, so treacherc
and deceptive, that we have little reliance on q
n course which be may now pursue towards tnat ,
il used people. 1t appears, however, that nea~ci
II. rather rule Poland by Cancellation s;on tnan
&C and this feeling is manifest from me oo" Anon
ss %. the new Council of State now ~ ~sillnE 90 tn
W W the members selected by the Govei Govern. .hs Pn.s;o
1. found many Poles who fought against Tue nuss''
in the war of 1901 -. r,
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