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      " Swiss" men , who would vote for either side , according as they were paid . Mr . Jonathan James Rutter gave similar testimony . Colonel Romilly ' s evidence was remarkable for its allusions to a private fund , organized for political purposes , at the Reform Club . George Godwin described corruption of the plainest kind . He was employed by Rutter to give to thirty voters 51 . a piece for their vote , after they had polled for Conyngham and Smythe . The Hon . Butler Johnstone gave evidence of the most suspicious simplicity . " He understood that there were a great many colourtickets during the election . On inquiry , he understood that it was a regular custom on both sides . He was told that the freemen of Canterbury were legitimately entitled to it . He understood that both sides always had coloured tickets , and in his unsophisticated innocence he thought they had . ( Laughter . ) After he had paid the last 30 < k , Dr . Lochee said something about a further sum being

      re-Juired ; he was fully prepared to advance it , but Dr . iochee said , ' You have paid 10002 ., and I do not think you ought to be called on to pay any more ; ' but he was afraid of Alderman Brent , and what in Canterbury was called ' the Bifrons purse , ' that was , the purse of the Marchioness of Conyngham . ( Laughter . ) The Marchioness had a very large income , and it was rumoured that when she saw the election going against her son-in-law , Sir William Somerville , she would come down handsomely "with her thousands , as she was understood to have done . ( Loud laughter . ) When he heard this , and that the Marchioness ' s purse was to be opened against him , he felt fairly in the fight , and that he would not be beaten even by her . ( Laughter . ) Heard of the vacancy at Canterbury through Brown , the Parliamentary agent , and became a candidate from wishing to serve Lord Derby ' s Government . "

      The rest of the evidence is simple . It proves direct bribery , both by the Liberal and the Conservative party , at the last election , and at former elections . The names , sums of money , and full particulars , are all stated clearly , so that there can be no mistake about the plain and open corruption . In 'S 2 , Mr . Forbes Mackenzie paid Mr . Gipps 6002 . towards the election expenses . A redeeming feature in the mass of Canterbury corruption is the conduct of Mr . Pout , agent for the Tory party . He took an active part in the general bribery , but he did it for nothing . Thus speaketh the Abdiel of Canterbury : —Chief Commissioner : What was your remuneration at the election ? Witness ( gracefully laying his hand on his heart ) : Only the friendship of the gentlemen whom I served . ( A laugh . ) I never received any reward or gratuity for my services —( " Oh , oh , " and laughter behind the Dftr)—fout I am happy to say I' have made friendships which will last me for life . The committee-rooms were

      held at my warehouse in 1841 , and I received 201 . for the use of them for three or four months . No charge was made for coals . I have heard of that rumour ; but I am afraid it only emanates from those who are envious . " Lord Thomas Charles Pelham Clinton , M . P ., a Tory candidate at the election of ' 47 , expressed himself ignorant of all illegal practices . The money for his election caine through Major Beresford — the ubiquitous ( or W . B . quitous ) agent for the Carlton . Mr . Coppock also ap . pears in the Canterbury drama . Alderman Brent was instructed by Lord Albert Conyngham that the unapplied balance of the money sent down to pay the expenses of

      Colonel Romilly ' s election , was to be handed over in part to Mr . Coppock . The alderman has aroused some suspicion by discrepant testimony . He first stated that lie handed over 2502 . ( the balance ) to Colonel Romilly ; he afterwards deposed that he gave 1002 . to Mr . Coppock , expended 100 Z . in " various ways , " and kept back 50 / . for contingent expenses . Mr . Stephen Rumbold Lushington ( examined on Wednesday ) gavo a history of his connexion with the borough . He spent a great deal of money in five successive elections ; spent 70002 . on one occasion in defending a petition , being assured ( as consolation ) by his counsel , that he " had whopped them well , " and finally got a " magnificent piece of plate" on his retirement from the

      representation . The "defence" of the sitting members for Cork , although humorously illogical , is not novel . The petitioner ' s witnesses having testified thai ; they saw stones thrown and heads broken , the witnesses for the defence state that , they did not see any stones thrown . The chief among the now Het of deponents ia Mr . F . Beamish , the sheriff of Cork last year . He saw men with their teeth knocked out , but knew nothing of the knocking out ; he saw windows broken , but the stones that broke them were unseen ; ho found that his deputy had to close a booth , but " after tho booth" bad

      been closed ho went there , and found no rioting . Tho court-house polling place was filled with a crowd , yelling frightfully , and assailing tho Protestant voters in tho foulest language . Tho sheriff " resolved on taking sorno ^ tenH . " Ho requested tho ringleader to " hold his tongue . " J'ho man was quiet for a little , then began again , and continued without interruption . Ho drew a distinction between an " Irish row" in which individuals got themselves hurt , nnd an Irish riot , which was a more serious affair . On the polling day his attention wan not called to any " riot , in the Irish sonao of tho word . "

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      THE IRISH EXHIBITION . Thk circumstances of tho opening of tho Crystal Palace in Hydo-purk have been repented in Dublin the Exhibition has boon formally opened , though " much remains to do . " Tho guy visitors who witnessed the inauguration were succeeded by sturdy workmen " cloning rivets up . " The inaugural anthem of the orchestra preceded tho continued " note of preparation ;" but tho triump h of the organ at tho completion of the work was mocked by the tup of tho hammer oil tho unfinished furnishing ami unpacked cases , lhe complatonQBBB of tho Fino Arts Hall makes however largo amends for tho MsUUlle of tho rest of tho Exhibition .

      In the almost motley variety of the pictures—in the rare character of some , and in the unquestionable excellence of others , the Gallery of Painting is very interesting ; and the Sculpture , from Marochetti ' s regal effigy of " Victoria , " to Jones ' s solid statue of " Dargan , " is equal in interest , though less in extent . Of the Irish portion of the Exhibition the excelling articles are , the Irish lace , long famous ; the Irish poplins , the national frieze , the yarns , and linen of the North , the gloves of Limerick , the carriages of Dublin , the marbles of the West , and the needlework of the North

      of Ireland . llris last is of peculiar interest , as it is connected with that cottage industry which , as in Belgium , can give the people habits of work , and at the same time prevent the demoralizing effects of the factory system . Of the foreign contributions the Oriental collection is appropriately splendid , enriched by the King of Holland ' s unique collection of Japanese curiosities . The Trench portion has not as yet been fully displayed ; but it is said to be very complete , as the Emperor has expressed a lively interest in Ireland , and has given every facility for the transmission of the best products of the Imperial manufactories .

      The personal incidents of the Exhibition have as yet been pleasant and satisfactory . One of the most rational features in the opening was the absence of any religious ceremony such as that which marked the Crystal Palace inauguration , when the Archbishop of Canterbury officiated , and the Chinese cook assisted . There were present at the Irish opening high dignitaries of both the national Churches . Dr . Cullen and several bishops representing one , and the Dean of St . Patrick ' s and the Provost of Trinity College

      representing the other . But either in compliment to the spirit of the epoch , or to prevent a row between the rival priests , the Lord Lieutenant himself spoke a brief impromptu prayer at the commencement , with much solemnity and good effect . "I pray to Almighty God to bless and prosper this undertaking , " said Lord St . Germans ; and " all the people answered , Amen . " ( The report in the Times , that Dr . Cullen interfered to prevent any but an exclusively Horn an-catholic ceremonial is a inisstatement : the secularization of the

      ceremony was the sole act of the Committee . ) The visitors at the Exhibition are very varied ; representatives of all the sections of Irish provincialism , from the half-British northern , to the fervid people of the south ; from the mixed population of Leinster , to the Milesian Irish of the west are to be found parading the spacious halls of Sir John Benson ' s building . By means of cheap and timely railway accommodation the working people and the farm labourers in the remotest country parts of Ireland will be induced to visit Dublin in the summer ; Dargan completing his good work by thus clearing a path from the peasant ' s home to the

      Exhibition , The English visitors are as yet not numerous ; but there is promise of a splendid invasion , marshalled by Royal leaders . It is now said , in a rather positive manner , that the Queen is about to visit Ireland on the 28 th of July , nnd that she is to be accompanied by the King of the Belgians , and the Prince and Princess of Prussia . The kindly interest which King Leopold has already taken in the Irish display renders his visit not improbable . The general visitors to the building during tho week have averaged 5000 a-day ; every thing is conducted with order and decorum ; and it is most gratifying to note that on tho inauguration day not , a sinirle instance of intoxication or disorder was

      observed in Dublin . The amount paid for season tickets already exceeds 10 , 000 / . ; and as the present visitors to the building pay 5 s . each for admission there . seems every likelihood that Dargan will lose nothing by his generous advance of 80 , 000 / . But the Iron Hall in Leinster-luwn is only a part of the Irish Exhibition . The wholo people have put on their holidny attire , nnd the whole Island in un exhibition . Tho " sweet south , " where Killnrney , with its brilliant beauty pensive in mist , wins love from tho coldest looker-on , in tho chief scene of Irish enchantment . It takes nothing from its attractive loveliness to find that we can travel to it quietly and with comfort . It in now but seventeen hours'journey from London , and hut Hoven from Dublin . At present the rails do not

      run quite into the town , but in less than a month they will complete an iron road of tho best kind from Dublin to tho very borders of tho hike . Tho general stylo of railway travelling in Ireland is very good . The faros arc cheaper than in England ( tho economy in purchasing tho hind and making tho lino allowing tho lower tariff ); and the neeond-ehusH carriage * mo much more comfortable than in this country . The lines are also made in the most solid and permanent way , admitting , without danger , a high rate of npcetl . With bucIi couvoniftncoH , the Irish , both on behalt ol themselves and their guests , are not alow or inapt in organizing p leasure in a most extensive way . Tho accounts from Dublin imply that tho whole nution is out

      on a pleasure party for a few weelcs : all kinds of holidays in Dublin—national , religious , or official , being usually celebrated by the closing of the shops—a holiday act that English traders can scarcely appreciate . Notifications of concerts , public balls , horticultural fetes , and artistic soirees , are pleasantly sprinkled over the Dublin . newspapers' —Lord St , Germans setting a well observed example of hospitality at the Vicegeral Lodge . Among the most remarkable ot those announcements is the rumour of a grand masonic festival in Dublin on the 24 th of Juno— " Ireland ' s only Duke " presiding at the festivity .

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      A "GREAT EXHIBITION" IN PARIS . Indtjstkial Exhibitions seem likely to make the tour of Europe ; perhaps roach Eome itself , and chancre that city of organized idleness into something- like a workshop , or invade Constantinople and dethrone the dynasty of indolence , by showing the Turks that there is more dignity in making a carpet than in lounging on it . Paris is to be the next rival to England ' s show in ' 51 . The following publication by our Department of Practical Art formally announces the undertaking : —•

      The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received a communication from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , transmitting a copy of a letter from Count Walewski , the French Ambassador at the Court of London , in which it is announced that by it Decree of the 8 th of March last , his Majesty the Emperor has ordered that a Universal Exhibition of Agricultural and Industrial products shall take place in Paris on the 1 st of May , 1855 . The French Ambassador states that exhibitors of those countries who answer to this appeal will meet with every requisite facility both as regards the Customs regulations , and the reception , arrangement , and security of their products , in the Palace of Industry . A later decree , which will be communicated without delay , will determine and specify the conditions of the Universal Exhibition , the rules under which goods will be exhibited ,

      and the different kinds of products which will be admitted . Count Walewski expresses a hope on behalf of the Government of his Imperial Majesfy , that the British Government will do all in their power to direct the attention of British manufacturers to the intended Exhibition of 1855 , and that they will answer to the invitation which is now addressed to them with the same ardour as the French manufacturers responded to the invitation of England in 1851 . In accordance with the request of the Earl of Clarendon , my Lords desire to give the widest publicity to this measure , in order that no effort may be spared ia furtherance of tho intentions of the Emperor of the French as regards the Exhibition of British Agriculture and Industry . Henry Cole , \ j , . Secretaries Lyon Playfaie , | _ mnt kecretmtes . Maryborough House , 10 th May , 1853 .

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      LETTERS FROM PAIUS . [ From our own Correspondent . ] Letter LXXIII . Paris , Thursday , May 19 , 13 o 3 . The news received this week from Constantinople has suddenly broken the monotonous tenour of things political in this metropolis , iind thrown the Government and the financial world into great commotion . The funds have fallen a franc in two days at the Bour . se . The Hfoniteur hns been obliged to lift up its voice in order to reassure the timid ; but the threatening hints it threw out have had a contrary efli'ct , and have only

      augmented the pnnio . " It ' , " said the Momtetir , " demands of the Russian diplomatist load to complications , they will assume the character of a European question , which will implicate in an equal degree all the Powers that signed the treaty of 1841 . " Tin ' s forecast of complications , coining from the organ of our wary Government , was certainly far from reassuring , and great uneasiness prevailed in all quarters . The state of things in Constantinople-, on the i ) th , was us follows : —Prince Mcnschikoll" had received from Odessa a sealed despatch , wherin the Emperor Nicholas ordered him to present his ultimatum , and to insist on

      an answer within five days . In pursuance of these orders Prince MenschikoU" repaired to the Divan on the evening of the 5 th of May , nnd delivered the ultimatum in question to the Turkish Government . The text of the ultimatum is not yet known ; the only thing certain is that it demands tho immediate conclusion , between tho Porte and Russia , of a treaty abrogating that of 1841 , to which the four great European Powers were parties . Tlio Divan immediately summoned I'Jiighuid and France to Un aid ; and their two ambassadors forthwith sent oil" despatches to their

      respective Governments . The steamers which conveyed them arrived together at Marseilles on tho 15 th . SinuiltaneoiiHly with his commands for tho presentation of tho ultimatum , the Emperor Nicholas gave orders that the Russian ilect and army should liold themselves in readiness to proceed at a moment ' s notice , and attack Constantinople by sea and land . Tho details reported by the crew of tho Odessa steamer , leave no doubt on this point . The Porto had flvo days , that is , until the 10 th , to determine tho nature of its reply , it is now tho llHli : what has happened

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      i W May 21 , 1853 . ] THE LEADER . 483

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 21, 1853, page 483, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1987/page/3/