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against Bribery , Treating , and undue Influence . Whereas , notwithstanding the laws now in force for preventing corrupt practices in the election of members to serve in Parliament * such practices having been proved to be extensively resorted to by candidates , their agents , and other persons in their interest at such elections ; and whereas it is expedient that more stringent and effectual provision should be made by Parliament for the prevention of soich corrupt practices , and for better securing the freedom of election : be it therefore enacted , by the Queen ' s Most Excellent Majesty , by and with the advice and consent of tbe Lords Spiritual and Temporal , and Conimonsin this present Parliament assembled , and by authority of the same , as follows : — who shall in future
Section I . That every person be elected and returned a member of the House of Commons , shall , before he shall sit arid vote after the choice of a Speaker by the House of Commons , make and subscribe at the table of the House the following declaration : — "I ( , A . B . ) do solemnly and sincerely declare that I , neither before , during , nor since my election for ( the county , division of a county , borough , university , cinque-port , as the case may be ) , have directly or indirectly , by myself , or any other person on my behalf , given , lent , Or agreed to give or lend , or offered , or promised to procure , or to endeavour to procure , any money , or valuable consideration , or any office , place , or employment , to or for any voter , or to or for any person on behalf of any voter , or to or for any other person in order to induce auy voter
to vote for me , or refrain from voting against me , at my said election ; nor have I paid , nor will I repay by myself , or by or through any other person , any sums of money corruptly given or promised by any agent or other person in respect of my election ; nor have I corruptly , by myself , or by , or with , or through any person on my behalf , or by any other ways or means , at any time , either before , during , or since my election , directly or indirectly given , or provided , or caused to be given or provided , nor have I been accessory to the giving or providing , nor have I paid , nor will I pay , wholly or in ' part , any expenses incurred for any meat , drink , or entertainment or provision to or for any voter in order to be elected , or for being elected , or for the purpose of corruptly influencing any voter to give or refrain from giving his vote at such election . Nor have I , directly or
iiidireutiy , by uxysS . V , or by a :: y person on my behalf , made use of , or threatened to ' make use of , any force , violence , or restraint , or inflicted , or threatened the infliction , by myself or by any other person , of any inj ury , damage , harm , or loss , or in any other manner practised intimidation upon or ngainst any person in order to induce or compel such person to vote for me , or refrain from voting against me , or on account of such person having voted at my said election ; nor have I impeded or otherwise interfered" . with the fVec exercise of the
franchise of any voter at my said election . And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to bo true . And by virtue of the provisions of au Act made and passed in the 23 rd and 24 th years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , intituled 'An Act to require from Members returned to serve in Parliament a Declaration against Uribory , Treating , and undue Influence . '" And such declaration and subscription hereinbefore directed to bo inaclo , . shall be entered on a parchment roll , to bo provided for that purpose ,. by the Clerk of the House , and shall be filed and kept by him .
Section 11 . And be it further enacted that any person who shall make and subscribe to any such declaration as aforesaid , knowing the same to be untrue in any material particular , shull bo deemed guilty of a misdemeanour ,, and , upon conviction , shall bc * liablo to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years , with or withoutjiard labour , and bo incapable of serving as a membor in Parliament
for ever after , . Auction Hi . And be it furthor onaotod that if any person who slin . ll in future bo elected and ro » turned a mombor of the Honso of Commons shall sit or vote ag-a member of such House before ho shall have made nnd subscribed such declaration as aforefluid , his election shall bo void , and a new writ shall bo issued to elect another mombor in his room .
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IRELAND . JLojru Cari-jsmj ! was present on Tuesday at tlio presentation * of a modal and gratuity bestowed upon a head constable of the Cork constabulary on the occasion uf his retirement from tlio service . The constable having been callod-to the front , his Excellency said , in the course of his spoeoh , " There aro some who think tluib we have sharp trials in . store for us ; others have no such fears . Coino what may , wo uro in the hands of a Higher Power , which , perhaps , we do not all enough remember . What I now have to Buy is , tlmb I fool such faith hi the spirit ,
intelligence and loyalty of the constabulary force of Ireland , that I would ask no better'in the hour of trial than to cast my lot - with them . I have now only to give you , head-constable Crowley , your wellearned medal , and to , wish you health , strength and happiness to wear it long . " His Excellency then fastened the medal on the breast of the recipient , and shook him warmly by the hand . The constabulary force having defiled , passed the Lord Lieutenant , marched back to their barracks , and the ceremony terminated .
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NAVAL AtfD MILITARY-. Her Majesty ' s ship Devastation , Capt . B-aird , from the West Indies and North America , was last Saturday paid off at Woolwich . The men all mustered clean and happy , and expressed their readiness , if the opportunity offered , of again taking service under their gallant captain . The paying off the Devastation was notified in strong contrast to that of the Trident on the preceding Saturday , ' in a far less orderly condition , and subject to the censure of the examining officers . The Royal Commissioners have again visited the steam floating battery , Trusty , 14 , for the purpose of examining the effects of the shots on the iron-plated sides of that vessel on the occasion of the experiments made with the new description of shot fired from the Armstrong guns . The general opinion appears to be that , considering the severe effects of the shot on the sides of the battery , that description of vessel would be of comparatively little use . when exposed to the fire of the Armstrong guns . It is understood that no more floating batteries will be
constructed . The New Bombay . Times says that Major-General Sir J . Inglis , Iv-C . B ., has been appointed to a command in the Madras Presidency , and Colonel Somerset , 72 nd regiment , Adjutant-General in the Bombay Presidency . Another journal adds . — " We are told , on authority which we hardly feel at liberty to doubt ; that instructions were received from home by the last m : \ il to commence the immediate absorption of the local army , by attaching the European battalionsto the
regiments forthwith , as second , Queen ' 3 . The news is so startling an . i wholly unexpected , in view of the determination , with which the Parliament broke up , that we find it as difficult to believe the fact as to doubt the sufficiency of the source from which it comes to us . We are told further lhac the ¦ native army U to p . iss forthwith under the immediate control of the Horse Guards , with a view , as is supposed , to its being eventually incorporated with the royal army also . " dated 19 state that
Private letters , Shangai , Sept . , Admiral Hope was so far recovered from his wounds as to be able to walk , and that he had arrived at Shanghai on ' a visit to Mr . Bruce . Officers have been employed in surveying the coast in the vicinity of the mouth of the Peiho , and a favourable position for the landing of troops , by which the forts might be taken in the rear , nnd obviate the necessity of forcing the river ' s mouth . A report was also prevalent in Shanghai at the time the letter was written , that the Chinese were engaged in raising some of the forts at the entrance to the Peiho .
The new screw steam frigate Immortalito , 50 , recently launched at Pembroke , i , s describe . l by a naval officer as being the most beautiful model ever seen . She loft early on Sunday afternoon , and unfortunately touched tho mud off Wearo Point , in Milford Haven , but got yff again almost immediately . . . . The ' Ariadne , 2 G , screw frigate , just commissioned at Chatham , by Captain E . W . Vuiusittart ,. is very nearly completed in tho shipwright department , but it will bo some time but ' oru she will bo out of the hands of the engineers . Several of the officersJhavo already joined , and , notwithstanding that sho has only been commissioned a low days , men are entering very fast , this fine frigate appearing to bo a favourite with the bluo-jackets and the captain very popular . There is no doubt that her requisite complement of 400 men will all be obtained in a short
time . Her Majesty has conferreil the Victoria Cross on Lieutenant ( now Brevet Major ) Samuel Hill Lawrence , Corporal William Oxonham , 39 nd Regiment , and Private William Dowling , 32 nd Regiment , far acts of bravery performed at Lucknow during tho Into rebellion . We have already mentioned , says tho Moniteur do VArmie , the mission of Captain Bourgpis , of tho French navy , to England , and we now lcimi that ho has purchased there , for tho , French Government , two splondid steam transports , the European and the Racer , each of 2 , 500 tons burden . Tlio twenty-four iron gunboats now building expressly for operating in tho Chinese rivers will be ombnrkod on board those two vossolu , which will sail for tho Pollio in the beginning of January . ' The Pays thua qualifies tho news that Ifooamp is to be made a war ports—" "Several provincial
journals pretend that Fecamp is to become a war port , and that surveys have been ordered with that view . We do not believe that there is any intention to create at Fecamp a great maritime establishment similar , to Brest or Cherbourg , but' only- a harbour " of refuge capable of receiving men of war in case of need . " The iron-plated steam frigate Normandie is progressing rapidly at Cherbourg , and is expected to be launched next March . The dockyard authorities have also received orders to lay down the keels of two large transports for the conveyance of horses . They will have screws , and are to be large enough to accommodate 330 horses and as many men .
A redoubt has been erected by the Emperor ' s orders , and under his direction , at Poissey , within a Sunday trip of the Paris badazid , and the gunboats from Toulon and Cherbourg are about to be brought up the Seine in order to practice under the Emperor ' s eye . Mr . Sidney Herbert has issued a circular , expressing the determination of the War-office authorities to supply the disembodied regiments of militia with Enfield rifles . The Irish constabulary present a very valuable source whence ¦ additional-strength ' may be drawn for the defence of the country . One of their own body says ¦ : — "They consist of about 12 , 000 fighting hest authori
men , pronounced by the hig military - ties to be the finest body in the world . In stature they rival the household troops , and in strength , the power of enduring fatigue , and every other quality that constitutes the soldier , they equal , if hot excel them . And yet , as a military body to be used on a sudden emergency , they are utterly worthless . This deplorable inefficiency arises from the fact that while 'invasion' is on every tongue , the Government still suffers this force to be arined with a miserable popgun , incapable of projecting a bullet with any precision to a distance , of more than twenty yards . The loyalty and courage of the Irish police are unquestioned , and their geographical knowledge of the counties in which they are locaied would be of the last importance in case of a hostile invasion . Why , then , are they not armed with rifles . Were efficient arms once in the hands of the . men , there are throughout the country several military stations where the young , active , and intelligent constables of the force could be trained to a knowledge and use of the rifle , and be thus fitted in a few weeks to become instructors to th- j C-L-c at l . xrje ; a : i-l then , before the spring of the ensuing year would have passed away , the 12 , 000 man comprising the Irish police , with constitutions " unshattered by intemperance or excess , would be tlie most unerring marksmen in Europe , as well as the most loyal and the best soldiers under the Crown . " The first batch of European soldiers in India who accepted their discharge have arrived at home . Many of them have already re-enlisted .
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VOLUNTEER CORPS . Most gratifying accounts are received from all parts of the country of the increase of numbers , and efficiency of tho various corps . There can be little doubt that long b-foro the spring there will be hull a million at least of active marksmen , ready for any emergency , and tho utmost care should now be taken by Government to make the institution a permanent one . Every patriotic Englishman must see tho national advantages to bo derived from fostering a taste for athletic and military exorcises ; and we therefore trust that , with the cessation of alarms from without , our suite of preparation may not tho less remain complete . made b
An excellent suggestion is y a correspondent of tho 7 'lmes for tho formation of # volunteer cavalry from tho English foxhunters . These gentlemen with their high spirit , strength , and courago , and admirable chargers , would form a body at horse such as tho world has never surpassed , and would be ofinostiniablo service in conjunction with riflemen . The infantry battalion of tho Hon . Artillery Company wore this woelc inspected in the Armoury Ground , City-road , by Colonel Lord If . W . Paulgtfr , C 13 ,, in the absence , through indisposition , of Major-Qoneral Lord Itokeby . The ; corps were > put through a variety of evolutions , nil ot which they appear to have performed with admirable precision . At tho dose , of tho inspection Lord F . Paulett addrossod a fbw observations to the regiment , in which ho ooinnllmcntod them upon their soldlerto wmoli
Iflco bearing and the h Igli stato of discipline they had attained . Tlio day being remarkably fine tho public attended In groat numbers , and tho whole affair wont off with tlio utmost eclat . Tho London ltlfla Brigade , wo hoar , have reaohed tho number of 700 . Tho " Council" aro going to muddlo away . 43800 i « orecting an armoury at the , Crystal Palace , instead of using tho money to equip sonic fine young men who cannot pay for themselves . On Tuesday a public meeting of the parishonors
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Ko 505 , Nov . 26 , I 859 . T THE LEADER . 1289
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 26, 1859, page 1289, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2322/page/5/
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