15 JULY 1955, Page 18

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JULY 17, 1830 HINTS TO lEtEc-roas.—The last requisite of member of Parliament—and it is the safe- guard of all the rest—is the possession of means of independence. It is not that the honesty of a poor man might give way under the temptation which a Minister can always offer, but a poor man has too many cares with- out the House to be burdened with the cares within-it. There is, however, a character more dangerous than the honest poor man, and that is the profligate rich. It is 'the lust of the eye and the pride of life,' the cravings of vanity and vice, that sends the low ruffian to the road to rob the individual, and the high ruffian to Parliament to plunder the community.