Mr. Sheldon, the Liberal Member for South Warwickshire, died on
Saturday laq ; arid a strong contest is expected for the vacant seat in the House of Commons. The Tory candidate is Mr. Evelyn Shirley; and Sir Grey Skipwith comes forward on the Liberal interest. A subscription has been raised to defray Sir Grey's expenses, and several large lauded proprietors have proffered him their zealous support.
As a proof of the indecent zeal with which the Tories labour to gain this election, we quote the following paragraph from the Morning Chronicle. The bon-ami, is Mr. Bonham, the Tory Whipper-in.
" The Tories leave no atone, not even a tombstone, unturned, to serve their purpose-. So observant were they of the critical state of health of the late Mr. Sheldon, the Liberal Representative of South Warwickshire, that last week an M.P. Whipper-in of the Carlton Club party, made personal and daily inquiries at Mr. Sheldon's house of his state of health,—anxious, no doubt, not for his recovery, but to obtain authentic information of the time of his probable demise. Soule hours before the death of the honourable Member, an express was sent off to Warwickshire to announce to the Tories a vacancy in the repre- sentation ; anti before the vital spark was extinct, the Tory clergy were on duty, sonic even on the Sabbath, canvassing for a Conservative successor. The • Tories had his death duly certified ; rind, in breathless haste, another Tory Whipper-in moved the writ. This indecent haste reminds us of the distich- - While rival undertakers timer round.
And sr ill his spade the sexton marks the ground."
The sexton, we read, employs searchers, who receive a percentage on early information of death. The physician who broke the fingers of the dead man, to extract from him the graved fee, was a Christian compared with the political bon-ami. In what degradation will party spirit end !"
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