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degree possible under Roys1 t1ense-hesd that

cousldetatloDs. the expense of the pateut is
paid ont OF the Treasury: In 1868, to make
Baron Raglan out OF Lord Fitzruy somerset cost
the people OF Great Britain over s., ,000, the
amount being gwen on account OF :" ancient
usages, to various persons, for no substantial
reason. Tho coat increases according to tho
rank,-the expense Of Transforming man into
Duke being about S2o.000 When the American
aixty to eighty peers at this rate.
Ill order to keep an Administration III
Office, the dereliction of single Cabinet-ofIlcer
i'll century Of Repubilcanism becomes relative
y tolcrablo. At least, it ia unnecessary for En-
glsh politicians to prophesy our national de-
strnction in year or two on account Of secreta-
~ Beiknap.
There il no denying the fact that the British
Administration abounds to-day in just such
cases as that Of
''TnE OBSCURE ABEncRoMB1E,"
the steward Of the Duke Of Deyonah1re. The
Duke. taking an absurd fancy to the man, caused
him 10 be made Chief Baron Of the Exchequerin
Scotland, u $4,000 3 year; and, during the
thirty months that he held this Office. he tried
just four cases. The sinecure was abolished;
600 year. When lie retired second time.
and finally, from public ''duty," he carried
With him pension OF $4,000 year during
his own life and that Of his son: What rem
ders this msre strange" says the historian, .'is,
that this man had boorisE manners. no learning,
no eloqucnce. -nofh.ng but the Duke Of Davon-
shire's patronage to push him ou." At least,
tho worst condition to which our Government
can be degraded eau produce no instance
pssa to ,ra hs Of n2Ia5o sesop
izement at the national expense. Here
Was Lord Camden, who, merely becauao he
was the son Of tho ord-Chancellor. was ap-
pointed Teller Of tho E1chequer, aud derived
annually fro-a his nominal Office IN which ne
never did days work, the regal income Of
S15o,00D! In 1872, he became Marquis, at
time when spasm OF sense overlook the Brit
ish people on the subject Of ainecu1es, and his
Lordship was induced to surrender 81, ,253, 900 as
reasonable deduction from bic slnecuro profits!
And still the foundations of Government we're
not shaken there WAS no great outcry on this
side OF the water that the historic Common
wealth Of England was passing away; tho
American preachers and esBayists did not mourn
fully descant on the " declining morality Of
British politics ~; tho incident was not consid-
cred extraordinary at all It Was q fair ilIustra-
ton Of tho British Civil Service. The men who
manage, aad the people who submit to. such
Civil Service have little right to read us Dooms-
day warnings, because solitary Secretary, IN
the first century OF poor Republic, il detected
in accepting gifts from Speculation in trading
posts. It Is true that ne do not read Of such
cases in the English press now. NO; neither
did the contemporaries OF AbercIomhle snd
Camden. But the memoirs, the Official CORE.
sropdeuce, aud the private letters. which will
be published fifty years hence will develop
many cases Just ~ surprising. These peculiart-
ties Of politics arc mover fully declared, except
when the succeeding generation sits III post
mortem On its predecessor.
So natural aud universal Is the custom IN
Great Britain of looking to the Government for
reward
AZ SERVANT OF PARTY,
that the fol1oxin ing letter. serye in spirit and IN"
deilcate in tone, will awaken surprise nowhere
except in the United States, where the fame Of
LvF- ftn3 E3frY
almost domestic
MY DEan BnoCGHAM: I want another living instead
Of this lcoombe Feury]. srd as geod--aoout 600
ye.r eleand wsnt Rseoend Of aeon. ta0o;ana n Sara
1asm Prospect ne Of '' i. fhese are ny oejests
T. the chqsh 1hsSS h II Il eaads
sh4u have obtxinea fully ~ much rs ] merit, AID
more than, before this latter period ever expsctea
Now nature, time, and chance have made yon ono q.
the creates. men in the country; and it viii be very
much IN your power from time to rae, to forward
views ~ tS ho 70 ;a honst psr
have acted in the Church,-and ne1t, to your kind
ness, from long acquaintance and ftaends1ip,-te
lend yor at 'ss
very sincerely, SYDNEY oattn.
The applicant was soon given stall at St.
pauis, because the Premier conaldeseu thai
Smith had been OF infinite service to tue party.
BRIBERY BT OFFICE
The most corrupt use which either party has
ever made, In the United States, OF employing
public Office for party purposes, Goes nos CON-
pare in magnitude with the same evil as prac-
tIced in Great Britain with genotal sanction. IN
fart the history Of British Minietries ls contln-
ned exposition OF bribery. Minister'S there have
much greater range Of corruption than ne here.
They eau offer almost everything that human
nature corets,--tltles, lands, money interests,
hereditary distinction, orders, professional pro
motions, ecclesiastical preferment lnd!cla1 TANK.
money. honors, and Office. They have never
omitted IN opportunity to use any OF al OF taeso
when party exlgency demanded. moreover. tas
traffic IN Office has been constant fot centuries
and ID as prevalent, as ayoweo and 81 tnalheies5s
despised and deplored as party eVh WITH
them. it il a legitimate use OF opportunity. !b
may fairly be questioned whather, III
tue dccadence OF Athens and sparta,
Empire, political corruption ever attained tue
proportions which have frequently been W.T.
negsed in Crest Britain. Instance tue Admin
istration OF Newcastle and Pitt. Newcastle,
SAYS Alacaulay, t'took the Treasury, tue civil
and ecclesiastica1 patronage, and the disposal OF
that part Of the Secret Service money Which WAS
then employed in brlbing Members o1 fatne-
ment." The altar vas profaned with pertece
compiaisance ut that tlme there Was not
single Prelato who had not owed his frst eleVa-
tion. or some subsequent translation, to New
castie." It was one OF tho Irish Witticisns
If the time that Bishops were the
only things that did not suffer by translation.
The Cabaet set systematically to work to buy up
every dangerous opponent. This man was pur-
chased by Prebend for bis con; that one oy
bauk note /; third By commission !; smother BY
a corouet and church-iiyings were dippered out
like soup to the poor. The father CT Charles
James Fox vas '*r poor man and aosang
father" but bis support must be obtained, aua
a Pay1paster- Generalship paid for IT. ofhcea
were multiplied beyond eompuas.ien taxes we're we're
Increased to an extent unhnoNn since
the DAYS Of the 1,ovolution; the Bench
was polluted with corruption. and the Bar
degraded by incompetency; manhood, virtue,
decencv. public decoruu, aud private integrity
wero lost in = universal 6iseaae made enidern'c
by the policy @! the Government; aud tbs vas
tie moet glorious period of modern English
history. Adj,
;stIation. When Nate. the Royal favotite, be-
cane Minister during an eclipss Of F,tt, he was
made to comprehend that tho Ministry could be
saved on1y BY practicing
TIE TACTICS OF wALPoLE
tn nm sxteut at which Walpole himself wonld
have stared. Tns Pay-Ofice wss tnrnea
into a mart for votes. Hundreds Of
members we're closeted there with Fo1,,
and. AZ there is much reason to believe departed
CARVING with them the wages Of 1nfany. II l6
cS..3 1,u raranna who Ind the best 6ppDftu-