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    • BRIBER Y AND CORR UPTION REFORMED.
    • A PRINCELY PROGRAMME.
    • TU QUOQUE.
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      9 6 The Tomahawk. [March 7, 1868.

      9 6 THE TOMAHAWK . [ March 7 , 1868 .

      Briber Y And Corr Uption Reformed.

      BRIBER Y AND CORR UPTION REFORMED .

      Report Commons Of A To Select Examin Com...

      Report Commons of a to Select examin Committee e into allege , appointe d malpractices d by the at Elections House of , and to report , as to the means to be taken for the better preiren-Your tioti Committee of the same have . Presented examined to into Parliament the matters , March comprised , 1878 : — in their touching sions order to which thereupon of reference they have . They , and arrived beg have , now and received to the report recommendations various the evidence conclu-I—The they evidence would make submitted upon them shows . in the most complete and

      . satisfactory nowor ever manner have , that been neither prevalent bribery in nor any corruption elections are for boroug and , for hs some or counties time after in the the , passing United King of the dom Reform . Previous Bill to of , 1867 , the opinion was very generally entertained that the mal in every , and practices election bills presented in in question the country to were , your , and to House be man found y , with motions , more the were or professed less made , at view system fcj w h ^ f ^ ^^ & of * & of ^ putting ^ j . popular » - ^ ^^ y ^ w & m . a w ** jk stop education ^^ ^* . w * . *^ to » - ^* w * . ^* them r , T carried ^^ w ^ . » ^ - But ^* %# *• — into with *— - ~ - ^ effect - ^ the ~ — - ~^ **^ w improved — in — — 1870 — - # — , j

      and which the has general resulted growth from of their intelli admission gence among to the the exercise people— of the wa franchise and we — have more been enli unabl ghtened e to views discover have made individual their who y , has ever seen , suspected , or so much as any heard of , the woul existence Nicholson d particularl of ( p the . 3 ) malpractices y ; refer Mi-. to Attorney the in evidence question -General of . Lord Finlan As to Chancellor this ( p . , 5 we ) ; Beales Lord William , K . G . ; and Sykes Mr . ( George p . 6 ) ; Potter the Ri , M ght . P . Hon ( pp . . 8 Edmond and 9 ) .

      II . — tical the Your merits form Committee of and the regarding have question , however it , as on if all , it not its reall hesit sides y existed ated , have to in agreed enter a prac into to - understood the following , to recommendation be nothing more , which than , a of mere course exercitation , must be upon upon with an abstract advantage question in more , capabl corrupt e , perh times aps , , of or being countries acted , than Bribery ours , being but of a no free practical act of use purchase to us . on the one side , and of sale on the other , has a right to as full protection

      bribee as as any anv should other other mercantile mercantile be defended transaction transaction in all the , , and and both both incidents briber briber and and of the transaction . Thus , as secresy is necessary an essential condition demeanor of bribery , , punishable any infraction by of fine it should or / imprisonment be treated , as while a mis a - remed person y failing by action to fulnl at law the conditions should be of given a contract against made any upon " undue the influence basis of " or bribery " intimidation . What " was will once be found known when as

      ,,, proper it is examined , for a threat , to come to inflict within an the inj same ury upon category an individual as bribery in the event of his not doing a certain act , is precisely the him same in thing the event as the of promise his doing to the confer act ; an in advantage other words upon , the consent of the individual to do the act procures him ad-¦ being vantages ^ ^^ * » * k ^ the ** ^ 4 b ^^ equall m same ^ % * v * 4 b ^ y thing in w ^ * both * * j , i , m should wt ^ ^ ¦ cases a ^^ ^» 4 h ^ - ^ h . receive ^ ^ " ^^ Intimidation ^ b ^ ^ ^^ precisel v- ¦ ^ ^ ^^ ^^ ~ ^^ ^ iv ^ , y " the therefore ^ ^ ^ - ^ r ^ same ^> ¦» ^ « - ^ i ,

      rests protection upon as the bribery first princi . And ple it , which will be has observed , happil , y that , of this late years , guided the actions and destinies of the Nation . of Labour all things is honoured , and all , as that being represents the original labour purchase is entitled -money to possess equal honour ability , so and that industry whether , or a the candidate sum of money for Parliament currency which elaborated elaborated represents into into the the an currencv equal amount of of the the realm realm of ability either either and bv b industry himself himself , currency y

      or his ancestors , he has an equal claim upon , , the suffrages princi of his p fellow le of -citizens the purchase . Thus of , then seats , we in come Parliament to the modem , than tions which , and no other to facilitate has done the more working to elevate of the the Constitution tone of . elecor And country , your where Committee bribery would or corruption suggest mi , that ght be in found any case to and prevail the , elections seats to should be disposed * be conducted of adjudged as public to the auctions highest , bidder contracts , which , tending would imperfectl obviate y to all the necessity same result for . individual This report has been agreed to unanimously .

      A Princely Programme.

      A PRINCELY PROGRAMME .

      For There The Intellectual Was A Time Tr...

      for There the intellectual was a time treat , not afforded so far b back y the , representation when Windsor of was some lit up of Shakespeare How changed ' s best now plays ! , But played we b must y London not ' be s best gloomy troupe , of for actors there . is a Patron of pleasure who has been doing his best to revive taste among his friends , and show an example to his future subjects ^¦ ^ « W ^^ r ~| | ~ ^ k ^ V ^^ . V

      the With style a freedom of amusement of choice which , we elevates can but admire feeling he and has cultivates selected refinement . print It is the , therefore programme , with of ming the led next admiration entertainment and pride to be given that we at ture Sandring and ham most to exalted a select gentleme circle , n composed of England of . the highest cul-PROGRAMME .

      Part I . Overture . . . "Skedaddle" By the Derby Niggers . So ? ig . . " Crikey , what a lot of Duffers !" Arthur Unalloyed . Chorus L , noriis . . . . . . . . " Bovioboolah . ouiiouuoiaiigvui gah" . . B r > y y the iae Aioussas nioussAS ..

      Song . . . " Bold Billy , the Burglar " By a Portland Island Amateur . Poses Plastiques ..... By Adah . WlNKEN . Song . . . "The Funny Old Mormon" . Jolly Hash . Chorus . . " Rumti-tiddyti-bow-wow-wow "

      By the Jolly Dogs' Choir . An Interval of Ten Minutes . Gin-sling and Cavendish in the supper-room . Part II . The Pi ' wash Tub " The Great Yl Prance

      Song LjO / tif . . . . . " ¦» HE J- Igs gs- -WlWU X LIU int . VJKi' ^/ X 1 S . / Y 1 \^ 1 L . . Break-down ....... By Miss Elise Colt . Song . . . . "Squinting Sarah . " Arthur Unalloyed . Can-ran ..... B . y Mdlle . . Minettk ( with variations expressly composed for this occasion ) . Song . . " Blow your Bacca' my Blokes " Jolly Mash .

      Finale . . Grand Steeple-chase over the Furniture By the ENTIRE COMPANY ( Lady riders up ) . Concluding Chorus " We Won ' t go Home till Morning . " There is a dish to set before a king ! We only hope the ment ghost . of He Judge might Gascoigne be obtrusive won' . t find his way to the entertain-

      Tu Quoque.

      TU QUOQUE .

      Reference As Mig To Ht The Have Case Bee...

      reference As mig to ht the have case been of Mr expected . Speke , , the has sli been p the pretty Times freel made y com in - mented under the upon most in comp all qu lete arters t 7 icognito . That should a weakness be described for travelling as " an offence against the public peace , " which has only escaped " the has penalties been of too the much law " by even reason for of the the disappointed rarity of its commission excitement- , mongers raised V # a f laug fc at ~ t - \ j whose h . It expense is difficul —¦¦ " ™~ the " tperhaps reverend ¦» to practical catch ™ - " ~ exactl 0 joker what has

      the A 1 ^ r & ^ ^^ Times 0 ^ to ^ ^^^^ did ^*^ ^^ - ^ * mean v ^^ ^ r — ; ~^ and ™ ™ ~ " — — it " ^™ — is - » , j -m- — very ^^ r — — — — " ^ possible ¦— , ^ - " ^^ the ~ r - ^ ~ ^ writer - ^^ ^ ^ ^ - ^^ vr ^ y j of . V » the ^ » w ^* were sentence he asked in question to put would a plain be interpretation as much at upon a loss his as own any words body , . whose Naturall exciting y he felt duty , in com it is mon to with get on all stilts his brothers on all possible of the pen oc- , that casions he , had extremel been y hoaxed angry . at Mr making . Speke the ought humiliating , so these gentlemen discovery most into parcels reasonabl and y feel thrown , to have into the been Thames cut up into or at little least bits strang , made led

      in some back , street in Westminsteras ; a returnhowever pearance the scanty Times , for . should the This tremendous , of course itself , is fuss rational so they unfortunatel enoug created , h , but over . What it his , is a disap ! hurl pity - express y the by deceiving " penalties society of the ? law Why " against , this would anyone stop who every amuses newspaper himself in the kingdom in a weekandwhat is morethe Times to a

      , , , dead Speke certainty has made , would himself have thoroughl to open y the ridiculous ball ! , However and deserves , Mr . heartily the gibbeting he will have to experience in our ( this week's ) Cartoon .

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), March 7, 1868, page 96, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_07031868/page/4/