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      of music , flags , or banners , is declared illegal , but no penalty is attached ; and this enactment will be inoperative . The providing of cockades and . ribands being made illegal , will probably put a stop to that practice , as the riband or cockade seller , who provides them , will be liable to the penalty . "By the standing orders of the House of Commons , no election can be questioned later than fourteen days after the assembling of Parliament , or during the session , than fourteen days after the

      return is in the Crown-office . Yet the election auditor is not to have the bills of expenditure until three months after the day the return is declared , so that the eflect of tliis will be effectually to prevent any charge being made against the member , -which , if the bills were sooner sent in , might have been the case , and the publication of an abstract of the bills becomes a mere gratification of idle curiosity , without fcenefit to any one but the proprietor of the newspaper in which it Is advertised .

      " The notification , by the candidate * to the election auditor in writing , of his agent or agents , -who alone shall have authority to expend money , or incur expenses on behalf of the candidate , is the most cunning device to shield the candidate and coyer corruption ever propounded . A . B . and C . D . are appointed agents , their acts alone bind or affect the candidate , but the whole fry qf corruption agents in

      every borough -will work for the benefit of the candidate , who has secured himself from tlie penalty attaching to their acts by artful disclaimer , and the immunity afforded by this enactment ., The candidate is legally answerable only for the acts of A . B . and C D . ; they sanction nothing , but they know what will be done , and their ignorance 5 s an ignorance which candidates and agents alike know well how to assume and to preserve .

      " Such are the provisions , and such ¦ will be the efffect of the new bill , for consolidation and amendment of the laws relating to bribery , treating , and undue influence . The consolidation is perfect , the amendment imperfect ; but Iiow could it be otherwise ? After the bill came from the select committee , every attempt in the House of Commons was made to damage it , and to neutralise its enactments . When members of Parliament decline to

      make a declaration , ' that they have not knowingly made any illegal payments , and that they will not knowingly hereafter make any illegal payments on account of being ; elected to Parliament , ' and strike such declaration but of the act , they may call the act by any name they please ; but all the world knows what they intend it to prove . "

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      THE WINDSOR BARRACKS AFFAIR . Lieutenant Pekbx opened his defence on Mon - day : — Captain and Paymaster Alexis Corcoran was called . Prisoner : Are you . paymaster of the . 46 th Regiment ? Witness : I am . Prisoner : How long have you leen paymaster of the 46 th Regiment ? Witness : About thirteen years . Prisoner : Within the last three years have you ever heard of any practical jokes in the 46 tli Regiment ?

      Witness : Young officers havo como to mo for advice under the pressure of circumstances . I may mention , in addition to that , tho names of Mr . Perry , Mr . Knapp , Mr . Dunscombe , and also Mr . Lennard . I recolloot Mr . Perry coming to mo frequently in tho Linen-hall Barracks . Dublin , and telling me of certain annoyances ho was subjected ^ o . I advised him the first four timoa to boar it with pationco and take It in good part . Ho did so , I reminded him also that when officers younger than himself joined , they would havo tho same pmnka played on tliom . Ho c : iino again , and told mo that ho had been compelled to go through the sword exorcise , naked , in his room 5 and the last ; timo that ho told mo ho hfld suffered tho indignity it was before certain officers of the 24 th Regiment as well as ( ho officers of tho 46 th . I then pointed out to him his mode of redress . I showed him pace 115 of tho Quocn ' B

      regulations—tho first six paragraphs : that ho ought to roport tho circumstance to one of tho field-officers of tho regiment , in tho 11 rat place , and if he did not got satisfaction from him he should report it officially to Colonol Garrett , Tho annoyance was still persisted in , and ho throatonod to roport to tho general of tho district . I think ho did na I told him , and he oiuno to mo tho following duy after having writton to hia commanding officer . Mr , Perry replied that , at tho solicitation of tho other officers , lio had withdrawn tho lottor to tho general of tho district , and th ; it if tho persecution and annoyance cousod Jig would say nothing about it . I at tho H » mc timo cautioned him , as ho soorned to foul tho last attack upon him so acutely , novor to join in any pruotical joke on uny young officer . I ondeavourod to improHB that upon tho mind of every young officor that 1 havo ajpokon to . Prisoner : Do you know , or i » it within your knowledge , at havo you reason to boliovo , Unit I did roport to Oolonol Gnrretfc , and that Colonol Garrott Bftid . I was a fool for my

      pains , and like a child just escaped from my mother ' s apron strings ? Witness : The following morning , Lieutenant Perry told me that Colonel Garrett had rnade use of those expressions , and I was induced to believe what he said . Prisoner : Was I not greatly distressed at the time ? Witness : He w as very much excited , and in tears . Prisoner : Did you advise me to apply to the general of the district , through Colonel Garrett , and have you reason to believe I did so ? Witness : I think I did , and I have reason to believe you did so .

      Prisoner : After I had caused another officer to be reprimanded , was not my society shunned by the other officers of ray regiment ? Witness : I was told by the young officers that Mr . Perry ' s society was avoided . As a married officer , I lived a long way from barracks , and had not so good an opportunity of seeing as others of the officers , but I can only say that Li « ut . P « rry ' s society was shunned , and that was in consequence of his making the official report . Captain John H . Chambers , late of the 46 th , and now of the 4 th . West York Militia , was then called and sworn , the charges having been previously read over to him by Colonel Fprdy . ce . Prisoner : Were you in the 46 th Regiment when I was quartered at the Linen-hall Barracks , Dublin , and when did you leave ?

      Witness : I was in . the 46 th Regiment during the time Mr . Perry was in the Linen-hall Barracks ; and I left the regiment on the 28 th April last . Prisoner : Do you recollect practical jokes being committed in . the regiment , and do you recollect that I was often , subjected to them ? Witness : I recollect practical jokes being common , and I know that Mr . Perry has been subjected to them . Prisoner : Do you recollect Lieutenant Curtis saying that he had such fun in drawing that d—d fellow Perry , and making him go through the sword exercise -with an um-Drella ? Witness : Yes , sir . Prisoner : Do you recollect that you were told by any officer that Colonel Garrett called me a fool for my pains for reporting ? Witness : Yes . Prisoner : Who was that officer ? Witness : Lieutenant Curtis .

      Prisoner : Was it not openly spoken of at the mess-table that the colonel had blackguarded Lieutenant Perry for reporting ? Witness : Not at the mess-table ; after the mess . Prisoner : Was it not also a common subject of conversation in the regiment that I had reported to the general of the district ? Witness : I never heard that Mr . Perry had reported to the general of the district . I recollect hearing a threat that he would report to the general of the district . Prisoner : Do you recollect Waldy and Knapp ' s affairs , and the attack on their rooms ? and , if so , will you state , to the best of your recollection , who was present ? Witness : I recollect in the Linen-hall Barracks , Dublin , about eleven o ' clock in the morning , to the best of my recoltion—

      President : Answer the question as it was given to you . Witness : Myself and several other officers of the 46 th went for the purpose of drawing Mr . Knapp and Mr . Wqldy , jiin . ; I mean the junior Mr . Waldy . We found Mr . Waldy's door open ; we immediately pulled down his bed and threw the bedding and bedclothes into the barrack-square , out of the window . I went down -when the officers were gone and brought up the bedclothes . I was very sorry . Mr . Waldy came in ahortly afterwards , and I assisted him to put his room in order . He said he would report to the colonel of the regiment , and I recommonded him not to do so , but to take things quiotly . Ho asked , mo to tell him who the officers were that upset his room , and I declined doing bo . I said ,

      " It is quite sufficient for you that I havo brought your bed up ; that is all that I can recollect . " By tho Prisoner : Who were tho officers present ? Witness : Tho officers present wore myself , to begin with , Mr . Greor , Captain Garrott , Mr . Lonnard , and there were some others , but I do not know who they wero . Prjsonor : How was I treated during tho timo you wero in tho regiment ? Witness : Many of tho officers wero oool to Mr . Perry . Prisoner : How , in your opinion , havo I conductod myself since I have been in the regiment ? Witness : In my opinion , Air . Pony has conducted hiinsolf very well , to mo always like a gentleman . The following letter from Lieutenant W . Waldy waa read in the course of tho proceedings : ¦—

      " Windsor , June 12 . _ ' My doar Perry , —If you are really going to exchange , I wish you would mention to your servant , Lawlor , that I should wish to take him after you leave . Those aro very jollr quarters ; lots of women , and wo havo a drag for Ascot , and are going in grand stylo . You owe ino 3 Z . —that is , I owo it to yon . I hope you may livo till you got it . I lmvo a good mind to exchange myself , being pretty well tired of the * South Devon . ' Tho drill is worse than over , beginning at seven a . m . and very often till six v . m . Wo uro obliged to ask leave to go to London : although thoro may bo no parade on that day , it is all the snmo . How doon Knapp boar his lioutcnunoy ? 1 think ho will bo taken down , a peg or two ; but you need not toll him ho , popular feeling being very much ugainat him here . Oooto has had several takings down horo alread y ; tho othor dny Nicholas told him ho wuh * a d d son of a bitch of an En / sign . ' This wus at mosti , ho having given Nicholas tho lio diroot . " Uolioyo nio , yours truly , " W . T . Wai . dy . "

      TIub Lieut . Waldy gave general evidence favourable to tho character of Lieutenant Perry—what he considered " gentlemanly . " A lottor from Mr . M . 'Qregor the Army Agent was fxlao road , favourable to Porry .

      " My dear Sir . —Last night a company here , who took a lively interest in your case , suggested that I ought to give evidence ; but my reply was , that I did not perceive that the evidence would be serviceable on any particular point . I can only assure you , however , that I would willingly give evidence if it were desirable . I can truly testify in favour of your honourable conduct in several pecuniary transactions with myself ; they have been somewhat numerous , and yet they have been uniformly most scrupulous . "' If you do not feel authorised to give more than the regulated sum , let my name be withdrawn from the purchase return ; for , although I should be sorry to lose the opportunity of getting my lieutenancy , yet I do not wish , to stop the promotion of the regiment . ' " You wrote this to me . If this was your conduct in a late pecuniary transaction , it was like the conduct of a poor and honourable gentleman . " With every good wish , I remain yours sincerely , Chas . R . M'Gkegor .

      " 2 , Glocester-place , Portman-square , London , Aug . 14 . " [ This letter was produced to show that Captain Sandwith ' s evidence with regard to the money transaction was capable of explanation . ] Major Stuart who had been in the regiment , was examined . Prisoner : Is it within your knowledge , or have you reason to believe , that Major Maxwell sent officers from the anteroom to bring young officers into the room for their beds ? Witness : I have reason to believe it . Prisoner : In your opinion , would an officer reporting another officer to the commanding officer of the regiment meet with reproach and contempt for so reporting that officer ? . Witness : I very much doubt whether he would meet with redress . I cannot say whether he would meet with reproach or contempt

      Prisoner : Did you ever in any instance ^ mention the case of a young officer reporting a brother officer to the commanding officer of 'the regiment ; and if so , how was it received ? . Witness : I have . It was received with apparent indifference , and was quite ineffectual . Prisoner : While you had the opportunity of knowing me in th e regiment , did you ever olserve my manner to be overbearing and swaggering ? Witness : Never . Prisoner : What opinion did you form of me and what was my general conduct ? Witness : I had no reason for forming anything but a favourable opinion of Mr . Perry , and I believe his conduct to have been regular and correct . Prisoner : Will you inform the Gourt what state my room used to be in in the morning ? Was or was net my shirt torn and my umbrella broken in the Linen-hall Barracks , Dnblin ?

      Witness : In the Linen-hall Barracks , Dublin , I havo known Mr . Perry ' s room to . be broken , the lower panel of it , the latch-lock burst and broken off , his broken candles thrown on the floor and smeared on the boards ; tho collar of his nip ; ht shirt was torn , and his room was very irregular ; his things all knocked about in it ; the catch of his umbrella was broken . Ho could not open it . That is all I know about its being broken . On Thursday Lieutenant Perry , having examined all the witnesses who were available to him , his best being with the army in Turkey , delivered his defence , which , was lengthy and acute , and was closed amid cheers from the persons present in court . Portions of his defence open new matter : and yesterday ( Friday ) this new matter was to have been gone into .

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      OUR CIVILISATION . The Mrs . Jane Moore , who has been before the public in connexion "with a charge that she keeps " an improper house , " appeared before the magistrates on Monday to answer the summons for as . aaulting the servant , Jeflso lloss , whose offence was in refusing to serve in a brothel , Tho fine has been paid , and there the matter ends . Lord "Ward ' s namo was mentioned in tho course of the investigation ns having taken tho house in St . Jolm ' s-wood off Mra . Moore ' s hands .

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      Considerable consternation lias boon causod amongst tho inhabitants of tho Lower Marsh , Luinboth , Grnnby-streot , find tho surrounding districts , in conncqucnco of tho following appaling discovery , whiali , Imd it not boon made whon it was , might have ; boon tho means of spruuding cholera , or some othor frightful disease , amongst a number of poor families . From what 91 m bo cleaned , it appears that 11 fomalo , named Sophia Pay no , had for somo timo pust resided nt 58 , Grunby-pliiotf , Novv-unt , mid was supposed to got her living at . bhoo-binding . She vvas of Huch eccentric inunnorH , that who scarcely over apoko to any of her neighbours . During tho lust few ( lnyn h ) io w « h nuddonly misaod from passing to or from her habitation , and tho room remaining fastened , various rumours wore noon in circulation in the

      neighbourhood , bo that it waa doomed aidviwiblo to cull in tho nssiHtnnco of tlio police No . GO of the L division was , therefore , sent for , and upon his knocking at tho door and domnndin ^ ndiniuHion , it wus at ili ' nt rrfiutou : but , on his threatening U > break tho door in , it wna at lonfilh opened , when tho officer wuh nonrly prostrated by u i ' oarful tttunch thnt . arose from tho room . The woman appeared then just breathing her latit . Dr . Dodd wuh promptly sent for , and ho requested tho oflicor to open tiio window and aprinklo chloride of limo over the floor , uu tho utonch who prejudicial to nny one entering the place Thcio pruliminiu'k'u having been ( lone . Iho room wuh found in jiuoli a horrible ntnto that it would bo difilonlt to describe ; and the woman , who had apparently boon trying to uturvo horsoU" to death , wan completely covorod with ver-

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 19, 1854, page 772, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2052/page/4/