We wonder whether advertisements like this, of which several have
appeared within the last few years, ever met with an answer? It is from the Athenmum :— TO MEMBERS of PARLIAMENT, &e.—A gentleman of education, aged 24, seeks a good Government appointment, for which he would give a honorarium equal io amount to two years' salary. The highest references a8 to character and abllity.—Address, in perfect confidence, &e.., &e.
The American way of effecting this kind of fraud is for the aspir- ant to offer some wirepuller a bet that he, at all events, will not get the appointment. There has not been a known transaction of the kind in England for years, though votes are paid for in patronage every day. We must conciliate our masters, say the Whips, and so gross-minded persons, without influence, think they may offer cash down.
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