, 1869-02-23
Public Office In England.
Bribery and Corruption in Elections,
W1etChed Con dillon OF The
Poor of EGlinbur2h.

LONDON, Feb. 8.
TAGE EXHIBITIONS AND rE1L1c MORALITY, |
The e1poetulattons Of the press aud the |
lmid warning by the Lord Chamberlain |
ave had but little effect as Jet upon the con- |
iuct Of ma1 aeers, and there La still d show Of i
he female figure On the stage which is indc.
.eDt and disgusting. The ballet girls blame
he managers, and declare that engagements
IRE withheld u they object to displaying their |
egs and bosoms. 1t Is their poverty, not
their will, consents. In tnis matter Of
the theatre, however, all parties seem to
blame, nrst, the plaY-writers, who con-
stantlS Insert In their dialogue observations
intended to crafty the immoral; secondly,
the Lord Chamberlain who allows such plays
to be Performed then the manager and the
company, and, not leazt, the public. A
healthy breeze Of public opinion would eud
the nuisance at once. Let the pit aud gallery
for 1t is Idle to expect anything from the
bo1cs-giye good hiss aud utter cry of
shame at the first equi,oy4e OF the first ln-
proper costume, and the stage wilt be puri-
fed. There is not more slaylsh servant than
the theatrical manager, azd the next night
after such demonstration the evil would
have disappeared. But there ueeds higher
romr to like whnt thrT Encr At ihc vorst
nu|y tolerated. Wotnet, sl,nw IT in thrir 1ress'
The Object appears to be, to show lie ehspe
Uf tlctr breasts. ] fear this is = COARSE way
Of putting the lacts, but as tie women have
viii, rfalnncss n, iii In 9i,n stns,s ~ tts
thCatfe IL mi ia be warao or #, thta rr.ncrt
thRn t0 De nj tho prdt1ary evening party of
"good" pcoplc. This horribly vulgar exhl.
i,ltinn meets you In all dlfecslons, and utten
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mir st+,,nL Ian mar ia ihaiS ,.s."' "v
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~ ,nih, '"o i"',"ksm ..,si m"' s,st. s,Dnul VI.
'm,trt .ny d,mti ttr rhs,,'a,Hs .'',.,.n. ~"
ttm, nf ati,,e 1i,st its tnst1". r. ,,,',rsst
~ w., :, T'' 49,. ,.,,. NV '.n.t 'a'hns .a ~
- l"ho tnH tR0tSnns 1ePFeta'it' u tllls -
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ee9!tsi 1"Py,
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son,o t,n u".." 49, I."h, H." r., ""nu ,T" "as W
WEN" VII yeatH "s',t ~ laSt prink earer'
.a,,a a1 ~, 1uu sae wy Mon,u
:s,i mus, = III ,s.,r ~ H., % S asta"a, onaoi
st sss .'.'r Ely ~, '.u'i isshat u, uoi'tht3 saa
,,!,o aG'no" .sSa,, Y 'i"A9 goon hsen hass
-, s 49,. os Sn,,. %1tt ~ 'u.nG ~ ot.!'r nv ~ sto-
r1ss Iseep @nou. n,..nE ~ uceas wofse thah
-. a','t "sio. aa1s. .',.s.. ~ IVY necMe Ao1e
~ r,o Iitsi, fhn'1 ,'y ,.,; '.o.5 Msa "orsc'
tG n.6" 1na1ea rat'y eny tuat INC con:
~. .9sslonnl % uas y.uuxut @ ~ tIe kno"1caee ol
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r.tha,fn ,,son" wht,n .hnf. ~. is, !,
ra, ~ .rncr.t;an d..'sro ,Hp, o;., WY
nas ,'as tno. unuesa sh tno nnt'ona1 mofals AUG
have ,1,scorcrcd @ "' "A''a ~ p'e'cha' u
.c.1v rur c,r,, s,,,,,rt
f1nc of H.. can.cn,,., ~. ~ ,iran;,, ,,
,-onrL,rnp. ~ !. " u.aheni f.
ircss lion shc nrmn,n1 knic ~ i. , tnin ~
| A. thin moment anmr ~ tt,c r',v.rrnanf :, ~
narf ncnis nrr In - tinte III ,,o,,s,nr, ,t,,n mi
irruth IT, rfi,cra who ,.,,o,, n 49,. saI
,,',,, tvas ~ M tac nppos.
outlay is nav de,etpin. to n5ore NJ si H. ssns grds
aud Il alscharglrE clerks aud omployrs figh'
~hnro thar,. Il a. 'tc ~ NY I,t,,, ~ o"S p'5, uo
he' In such casa ,,,,dssslred % sxtf.1trc. A1 W,
how else il reform 10 br nchicyeH An i'm
mrnsc 5cai of m n,,o,tc m onry "a iro;tc,, ri
a.crv =. ~ hv ,ba, ~, 70 ~
az {ton@1 u /, i H. ahnciiiv III a crsi ~
liz liz wigs uptouchcd. Yet upon Their merit,
tear none ot ths aiscbarget{ nfJ;c,ais contf
irst;,v thar cxsmnt;nn r.. yis'is sorI.;ae ~uS,e
Seeas thorough examiua ton and 1 nurli5stion I a.,
In Inc Offices, where the real bard wo1E i
ione. there Is no pro{ession m ahsninte1y
~, nr11cs W;thin r..arb an ~ ~ som. anE St, =.
cr tial neer,s relative or connectinn 80 MI NJ
Arthur A'Eeckett says, In Que OF tha Fehrr,
ary magazines, or Tor the so1 Of sn clec
,toneering agcnt WHO las douo dirty JOBS io1
tnn5e p hanra10e Of tie Court with n,cmtE 1 !o y
influencc, there Is no souvget work than
| r1erkehip iu some swell Otlicc, Heis prett,
sure OF bis FL 600 a YEA. before he is %. Til
eompetiilye cxamioatton is yerT much Of
siam; Instead q ~ nomlnett71; Which ] {; weal.
SATISFACTORY examination. friend ef tl
government has nomination to oue chanc
In three Of cetting #. 81 course this prac
:icaliy Increases the patronage.
Few sights are more doleInl, in their way
than tuat Of clerk 1 eay lDithe admiralty
arr1y.d @ d at lie acc at which be has q clair
to pension. He is 1T FIR nothing. Regula
| hours, and but few of them, nut hun-drun
routine work, is all they IRE capable o
| They dress we'll, are INDECENT to the last d,
gree and generally have more or less e1pe
s1ye habits. They abhor trade. The vii
is often euper1alfeely geuteel aud useles
When cut saTilt they are at first astouuaed
then trant{calty iudiruant. and If they hay
no well-to.do relatives, I hardly know
what they turn. This isYno imaginary pi
ture, butlrum the fi1o.
supposc 20 country in The world, hayin
. Parliament Of auy kind, could produ,
worse cases Of political rottenlsm than hi
!, bee1 discovered during the past three weel
| by the .1ndpes. who are visiting in person G.
. tain towns, the representative of which
cornnlainri OF by petition. At one cathedr
/ | iovn, iaborers who could neither read NJ
. write, and ratcatcher, who would be poac
: era # tbr7 dared. spraug up in The pFesen
ot The J,it,re IN prove TINT they were offer
sums, VARYING from n sovereign TO half
| ,ru~r tr:sb 1oI;r,ffnd hasr A. n Y,tn