The Sun. — London, England, 1868-11-06 00:00:00

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Bnckatone, White, Wcaihersby, &c.; Mesdames Bateman, Francis, Wright, Maccabe, Fitzwilliam, Laws, Co:eman, &c. Concluding with A PRET r Y PIECE OF BUSINESS. Mr, Buckatone, Mr Howe, &c. Commence at Seven. LYCEUAI . THE ATRE.- E. T. Smith, Lessee.—THE RIGHTFUL HEIR—The great success of this Play, the enthusiasm with which it is re ceived, and the ovation to the distinguished author, is one of the greatest triumphs that has occurred in the dramatic world for year,. The principal artistes are several times called before the audience to receive their hearty congratulations. The play will be produced EVERY EVENING, at a quarier to S o'clock, until further notice. Principal characters: Mr. Bandmann. Miss Palmer, Mr. G. F. Neville, Mr. Basil Potter, and Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Vezin. THEATRE ROYAL, AI)ELPHI Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, UP FOR THE CATTLE SHOW. Mr. G Belmore, Mr. Ashley, Miss E. Pitt. and Miss E. Harris. At a quarter to S, MONTF CRISTO. Mr. Pechter, Mr. Benja min Webster, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Stuart, Mr. C H. Stephenson, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Romer, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Carlotta Leclercq, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 7, A CHARMING PAIR. After which rat S o'clock), Dion Boucicault's new drama, in four acts, entitled AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life. Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray. C. Harcourt, G. Shore; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Leclercq. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds arrl assistants. To conclutle with NIASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 tiil 5. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.10, SISTERLY SERVICE. Messrs. Belford, Harcourt; Miss Longmore. After which, THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. 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WHE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at 8_ W. sminrs Camden Stores," 7S, Park-street, Camden town. - - • THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY- L A NE. rlole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, A MODEL UNCLE. After which at a quarter to 8, KING 0' SCOTS: Mr. Phelps; Messrs. Addi son, Barrett. J. Irving, H. Sinclair. E. Price, John Rouse, G Cumming, W. M'lntyre, and W. C. Temple; Mesdames Heath, Edith Stuart, Fanny Addison, and Mrs. F. Matthews. Grand Ballet Divertissement. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET Tnrs EVENING, A CO- - PER ITIVE MOVE DENT. Messrs. Kendal, Compton, &c. After which, LEAH: Messrs. Rowe, Ro gers, Kendal, Braid, Clark, F. Buckstone, White, Weathersby, &e.; Mesdames Bateman, Francis,Wri,ght, MaccahP, Fitzwilliam, Laws, Coleman, &c. And A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS: Messrs. Buckstono, Howe, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUNt THEATRE. TIM EVENING, LEFT TO HIMSELF. After which, in live acts, at a quarter to 8, THE RIGHTFUL. HEIR To con elude with TilE LYCEUM BALLET. Messrs. Bandmann, G. F. Neville, Lin Rayne, Harding, Basil Potter, Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Vezin, :hilly Palmer, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 7, A CHARMING PAIR. After which, at 8, AFTER DARK. a Tale of London Life: Mr. Vining, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murray; Messrs. C. Harcourt, T. G. Shore, • Maclean, Holston: Miss Emma Barnet and Miss Rose Leclercq. Concluding with MA STE 4. JONES'S BIRTHDAY. THEATRE-ROYAL. ADELPHI. Tins -EVENING. at 7, ITP FOR THE CATTLE SHOW. At 7.45 MO \ ECR I STO : Messrs. Fechter, B. Webster, G. Belmore, A. R. Phillips, Stuart, Ashley, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, apt B. Homer ; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss C. Leclereq; and Mrs. Lsigh Murray. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee anti Ma-nageress, Mrs. Swanboronzh. TFILS EVENING, at 7.30. SISTERLY SERVICE. Messrs. Bel ford, Harcourt; Miss L,ngmoro. THE FIELD Ole VIE CLOTH OF GOLD: Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton; Mesdames Maria Longmoro, R. Goodall. T. villa Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE QUEEN'S THEATRE:, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. IL Liston TITIS F.VENING, at 7. THE LANCASHIRE LASS: Messrs. Irving, L. Brough, Stephens, Wyndham. Clayton, and S. Emery; Moqdarnes 'Hodson, Montague, and telly Moore. And THE STRANGER, Stranger than Ever. Mr. L. Brough, 3liss Mon tague, &c. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. Tinder the Manavment of Miss Fanny JcY ,, ephs. Tuts EveNING, at 7. BLOW FOR BLOW: Messrs. Honey, ,owper. Haynes. Arthur, Westland. and Parselle: Mesdames Foote,Weathersby. Rignal. At 9.30. LUCRETIA BO rGIA ; 111 see Drew, G. Honey, &e.; Mesdames Minnie Sidney, Fanny eeph T EATRE-TtOYAL, OLYMPIC. Tins EVENING, at 7, SL \ SUER & CRASHER: 'Afessrs Vaughan, G. Vincent, &e.; Miss Lennox Grey end Mrs Caulfield. After which. at 3, THE TICKET OR LEAVE MAN: 'Messrs. H. No•• i Ile, G. Vincent, H. Cooper, E. Atkins, R. Soutar, ll.Vaugh an, and H. Wigan; Mesdames Furtado, Lennox Grey, E. Farren, and Caulfield. ROYAL ALFRED THEATRE. I%lr. H. R. Lacey—Directress, ➢Liss A my Sedgwick. Tats EVENING, at a quarter to 8, PIXDEL Preceded by DIAMOND CUT DIAA10:0). ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, MARRIED DAUGHTERS: Messrs. Day, Russell, and Dewar; Mesdames Thompson. Bromley, and M. Oliver. After which, THE RISE '.ND FALL OF NICITARD III.; or, A New Front to an Old Dicky: Mr. Dewar, Mr. Danvers; Miss Collinson, and Miss M. Oliver. To con • guide with THE MISTRESS OF THE MILL. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton, Trris EVENING, ATCHI! Messrs. Blakeley and Montague; Misses Addison and A. Wilton. After which, SOCIETY : Messrs. T. Clarke, Hare, 11. J. Montague, Blakeley, Montgomery, and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White and Miss C. Addison. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. TIM EVENING, BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. And at 7.45, LAND RATS AND WATER RATS: Mavis. Mr. Creswick; Jonas. Mr. Shepherd; Messrs. E. F. Edgar, Vollaire, W. Crosby, %l at. Robson: Miss Paunee i fort, Miss Elizabeth Webster, Miss E. Leonard. With MILES'S.BOY. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, The Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Avolo, the Marvel of the Nineteenth Century, Alfred Bradbury, Mdlle. 'Montero, M. Napoli. F. Clifton, and .‘..:amwell's Performing Dogs. Commence at 7.30. A‘rtRICITLTITRAL HALL, ISLINGTON.—FAIRY PALACE CONCERTS, Every Evening, at 8. (1 11 RISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round.. ROYAL AL TT AMB A PALACE. THREE BALLET Promenade Concert. Baud of CO. Begin at 8. Is. Boa-offc• open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, 6.1.; Children under twelve, 6ci. -4 ' - 11 S VI -- --- , -.4t l Otiz ' I L4l LONDON, IBURSDAY, NOV. 5, 18G8. The incidents of the General Election are begin ning to number up before it actually commences. At Blackburn the first life bas been lost, a man having been unhappily killed there in a conflict with the police. At Tamworth the canvassers for Sir HENRY BULWER have been disgracefully bludgeoned by the supporters of Mr. JOHN PEEL, the latter being 'apparently infuriated at the notion of any such audacious interference with a close borough hitherto delivered up to hereditary representation. At Sheffield Mr. ROEBUCK is malignantly opposed by the Trades' Unionists, and strenuously supported— almost to a man—by the Publicans. At Preston Lord EDWARD HOWARD has but just declared him self a convert to the Ballot, like so many other of the reforming candidates now appeal ing to the Liberal constituencies. At Green wich—an extra-suburban borough, which had been very judiciously prepared, almost from the first, as a sort of padded mattress upon which to break the dreaded fall of Mr. GLADSTONE in the midst of his extraordinary and unprecedented performance, a kind of double back summersault hitherto unat tempted, or even undreamt of, upon the political trapeze of South West Lancashire—another Con servative candidate appears, side by side with Sir HENRY PARKER, in the person of Earl STAI , THOPE'S son and heir, Viscount MarroN—with the wicked de sign, says the Star, of ousting, not only Mr. DAVID SALMONS, but with him the Leader of the Opposition ! At Westminster, that in one sense most unphilosophical and illogical of all men now living, the great Philosopher and Logician, Mr. JOHN STUART MILL, runs imminent risk of losing his seat. And this solely by means of his own wanton, wilful, and most preposterous esca pades. Such escapades, for example (to call them by a mild name) as his pragmatical interposition be tween Mr. BouvErtin and the electors of Kirrnar nock with a view to the especially glorification of Mr CHADWICK of the Sewers. Such as his malignant persecution during so many months of ex-Governor EYRE, whose principal guilt was the saving the life and honour of every white woman in Jamaica at the time of the negro insurrection, by his prompt and vi gorous stamping out of which he alone preserved that splendid colony to the Crown of England. Or such another escapade, again, of Mr. MILL'S as his back ing up Mr. BRADLAUGH'S candidature down at Northt.mpton, with a complimentary letter and a ten-pound note, in flagrant defiance of the noto rious fact that Mr. BRADLAUGH'S free-thinking views have been even more openly avowed than those of Professor BEESLY, who only the other day pre faced one of his arguments with—" Assuming the existence of a Supernatural Being I" At Lambeth there is noticeable the simultaneous disappearance of the two outgoing representatives—each (though for very different reasons) being regarded as a failure by that great metropolitan constituency ! Mr. ousToN being bowled out by an astounding revelation of Belgian rebating to the tune of a plum, quite as much as by his participation in the Tea-room Plot, or by his entrance into the Cave of Adullam ! Mr. HUGHES being, in his turn, cold-shouldered out by the Lambeth con stituency, partly because of his total incapa city to realise the expectations formed of him as a Parliamentary speaker (his total incapacity even to catch the ear of the House, or once even, after the precedent of Single Speech HAMILTON, to cause his voice to be respected), partly because of his im practicable independence as a thoroughly Liberal representative, and not, as so many of the Lambeth electors would fain have had him, far rather by pre ference, viz., a delegate of the small shopkeepers. The former (Mr. DOULTON) could speak upon occasion to the entire satisfaction of the taste if not of the opi nions of the House—he having a very gentlemanly delivery, a good deal of dash, and a delightful amount of self-possession. his colleague (Mr. HUGHES), however, could not speak to our remem brance even upon one solitary occasion, without strongly impressing his hearers with a sense that the author of " Tom Brown's Schooldays" had lost all vigour at once of thought and of expression, and had long since settled down to a dead level of intellectual feebleness. Yet for all that--Mr. Htesams is (as we hope), Mr. DOULTON iS not (as we cannot regret),likely to find elsewhere than at Lambeth a more believing and a more confiding constituency. A tolerable speaker can be spared in Mr. DOULTON, but the country can hardly afford to lose the services, once it has been able to appreciate them, of a thoroughly liberal-minded and thoroughly indepen dent representative such as Mr. THOMAS HUGHES—a consistent and enlightened reformer, who —if only be will refrain in future from attempting to make speeches that must otherwise cause him to settle down permanently into the position of a recognised bore, we shall gladly see (yesterday M.P. for Lambeth) to-morrow M.P. Frome. Another disappearance from the House be sides Mr. DOULTON'S, not a man in it will be disposed, for one instant, to regret, meaning that of Mr. RALPH EARLE—sometime Mr. DisruELes confidential Private Secretary, but of late his flagrantly malig nant, but contemptuously disregarded assailant. Nothing more utterly revolted the good feeling of the House, and this let it be said, quite equally both sides of it, than the spectacle presented to view upon each occasion upon whieh Mr. RALPH EARLE violated all its sense of decorum, and outraged all its love for the common and decent proprieties of civilized life, by attacks upon his Chief, as feeble and futile in themselves, as they were evidences of a personal and deadly hatred. The recurrence of " scenes" like those, the House cannot but be heartily rejoiced to be well rid of. At Nottingham we cannot but hope that Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE may contrive to hold his own in defiance of all opposition, for, in one sense, we " could better spare a better man" among our Liberal politicians—the one wag of the house being, in a manner, indispensible. Not after the manner of Mr. JOHN LIARDY, any more than of THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1868. old after the manner of Colonel SIBTHORPE, who was at any rate the "cause of wit in others" by reason of his very fatuity—not after the fashion even of that famous Sir BOYLE ROCHE, who, according to tradi tional report, was, in his d.►y, the unconscious jester of the Legislature—Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE has, in his fooling, as much method as ever HAMLET had in his madness. As a rule he jokes on the right side— right, according to our idea, of course, namely, on the side of Liberalism. [le raises a laugh, but always a good humoured laugh, against the enemies of popular advancement. Whatever is im practicableJrivolous, or contemptible, he "spots" upon the instant with a jest : his quips and his quiddi ties rattling like well-aimed small shot about the ears of his antagonists at every discharge fired off by him as the most skilled of our Parliamcntarysbarp-shooters. In the midst of the cannonading of the great guns of debate, the rattling fusillade of thatsame sharpshooter always comes to us exhiliratingly. And, therefore, if only as a frequent enlivener of the more serious discussions of the L?gislature, Mr. OsnortNE's familiar presence, it is to hoped, may be recognised am ong the new members elected, or rather among the old members re-elected, to serve, as long as it may contrive to run out the allattal seven years of its existence, upon the assembling of the Eighth Parlia ment of Queen VICTORIA, down at Westminster. THE Presidential election has not, as was at one time thought probable, terminated in a close contest. General GRANT has been made President by a triumphant majority, both of the Electoral College and the votes of the people. Owing to the system of double election, it is quite possible for the President of the United States to be returned by a very small preponderance of votes. The people choose their representatives at the Electoral College, and these elect the President. There is no divided represen tation in the College ; the party which has the majority in any State sends all the deputies for that State. It is therefore easy for one side which has a small advantage over the other in one or two of the most important States, such as Ohio or Pennsylvania, to determine the contest against hostile forces of nearly equal number. But General GRANT is not in this way the representative of but half the nation. He has been chosen by a large majority of the Electoral College, and he has secured a vast preponderance of the popular suffrages. In some States the Repub lican victory was gained more triumphantly even than in 1864 ; and though in others their party has fallen off, the whole result shews that General GRANT is as much the President of the people as was Mr. LINCOLN. Nor are the issues now determined of less importance than those before the country in 1864. Then it was a question whether the great struggle should be abandoned on the eve of victory; now the American nation has been called upon to decide whether the results which are beginning to manifest themselves shall be discarded for a policy which might lose all that had been gained. In 1864 the United States determined still to support the great principle of union and the abolition of slavery; in 1868 it has been resolved that the system of reconstruction—whatever may be its disadvantages—shall not be exchanged for a policy which is partially undefined, and, so far as it is defined, is in the highest degree dangerous. The result cannot but be gratifying to Europe. In the person of General GRANT the Americans will be governed by an untried politician, but by a man of the highest integrity, and of the greatest good-will to his fellow men. The future of the country is not yet unclouded, all danger has not been overcome ; but the large ' majority of the Republicans proves that this triumph, is as much as possible the triumph of the American people ; that one party and one policy must rule ; and that any renewal of the disastrous appeal to force is all but impossible. Various causes have contributed to this renewed acquisition of power by the Republicans. Their can didates were excellent " tickets ;" those selected by the Democrats were at best indifferent. Mr. SEY moun was not the best of the men from whom the Democratic choice had to be made ; and it turns out that General BLAIR, was well-nigh the worst. He is a good soldier, but a general who fought on the side of the North during the war is not a promising Demo cratic candidate. Moreover, he has shewn himself the most imprudent of politicians. Ile has advocated ex treme reactionist doctrines, and has done much to alarm the people as to the consequences of a change of policy. General GRANT, on the other hand, is simply the most popular man in America. His candidature has again revived the memory of the termination of the war, and has enabled the Republicans to rely upon the triumph of the past as well as the issues of the present. Then the Democrats were not prudent in their declarations of policy : with respect to the South their programme was in part one of dangerous reaction, and their advocacy of repudiation lost in the East as much as it gained in the West. The course taken by their opponents was generally prudent, even when it was not high-principled. These considerations, however, could not of themselves have brought about the over whelming defeat of the Democrats. The policy of their opponents has evidently by far the greater hold upon the people ; and for the world at large it has one most important recom mendation—it is a continuous policy, and will be attended by none of the consequences which might arise from a doubtful future. It would have been impossible to predict the results of such a change as a Democratic victory would have produced. Mn. BRIGHT is a good hater. There is nothing that he has ever hated so heartily as the minority clause. We do not accuse him of hating it because it has involved him in the turmoil of a contested election, for his seat is as safe as Mr. DISRAELI'S, and the generosity, or rather let us say the justice, of his constituents will provide that it shall cost him nothing. We believe that he honestly dislikes the clause because ho believes it to be thoroughly opposed to the spirit of the Con stitution, an innovation in the worst sense of the word. His very strongly manifested dislike chews that there is even in the great Radical leader a hidden stratum of Toryism which dislikes new ideas, and fights against them as personal enemies. We have never been able to sympathise with him in this crypto- Conservatism. We believe that the representation of minoritiesis a just and proper thing, and although the presentthree-cornered constituencies are but a clumsy and imperfect means of securingthat principle, exceed ingly clumsy and imperfect when compared with Mr. HARE'S plan—it is the best that we have, and is better than nothing. However, we are too near the general election to discuss it at present. What can didates and electors want just now is, not abstract principles, but concrete facts—not political economy, but the state of the poll. It will, therefore, be interesting to inquire how far Mr. BRIGHT'S enemy will help or hurt him and his party in the approach ing fight. Taking the last general election as our basis, we find that there were seven counties which returned three members, viz., Berkshire, Bucks, Oxford,Hertfordshire, Herefordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Dorsetshire. The three first-named constituencies sent nine Conservatives to the Lower House, whilst each of the four others was represented by one Liberal and two Conservatives. It will thus be seen that in the counties the Liberals have everything to gain and nothing to lose by the restrictive vote. In Berkshire, Bucks, and Oxford the Conservatives have been obliged to with draw one of their men, leaving a Liberal to be returned without opposition. This arrangement doeS not seem to have satisfied the Liberals of Berkshire, who are now fighting for two seats. In two other counties—Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire—the Liberals are able not only to hold their own, but are contesting for an extra seat. Thus, before the battle commences, the Liberal party will win from their opponents, without the expense of a contest, three votes—counting six on a .division. Turning to the borough constituencies, a different scene is presented. Although the Ministerialists have to adopt the inevitable and drop one of their men in the counties, the Opposition are determined to con test every scat in the boroughs. In 1865 there was only one town which returned more than two mem bers, the City of London. Now, however, five other towns have had an extra representative given to them, viz., Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, and Glasgow. Three years ago seven Liberals and three Conservatives were elected by these places. Now there are thirty candidates for the nineteen seats, eighteen of whom swear allegiance to Mr.GLADSTONE and twelve to Mr. DISRAELI. London will pro bably be the first to go through the ordeal of an election with the minority clause. In this borough the Reform Bill has not effected a very great increase in the number of voters, and by adding 2,000 to the number on the register in 1805, we shall be pretty near the mark. This would make 20,000 electors, of whom probably two-thirds would vote. Supposing the Liberals to be as nume rically strong as they were at the last contest, and that the Conservatives were in an equally for tunate position, there is no reason why the four Liberals should not be returned, especially if the electors act up to the instructions issued by the Liberal committee. In 1865 the four Liberals polled an average number of 6,837 votes, while their opponents could not muster more than an average of 4,141. After substracting one-third from the larger number (in consequence of the operation of the minority clause), the Liberal party would still have a majority of 417. During the last three years they have gained largely on the register, and this year they have succeeded in placing on the list the major part of lodgers. Looking at these facts, and considering that the Conservatives of the City have never had the splendid organisation which has always existed among their opponents, we believe that the return of four Liberals is a matter only of management. The next Constituencywhich will create the greatest amount of attention is the hardware capital. Not withstanding Mr. BRIGHT'S anathemas, there is no nasa why he should not have two Liberal colleagues in the representation of Birmingham. The Conservatives are running two candidates, more in the hope that this will prevent the splitting of votes, than in the belief they will carry their two men. Here, again, the organisation of the Liberals is near to perfection ; and perhaps it was no idle boast of the chairman of the Liberal Association when he stated a few days ago that the lowest Liberal would be 4,000 ahead of the highest Conservative. In Man chester the Ministerialists will stand a chance of returning the minority representative, although their opponents are doing their utmost to return Mr. ERNEST JONES in conjunction with the sitting members, Mr. BAZLEY and Mr. JACOB BRIGHT. The Conservatives of Liverpool, having gained largely on the recent revision, are likely to return Mr. GRAVES and Lord SANDON, leaving the Liberals the choice between Mr. MASSEY and Mr. RATIIBONE. Remembering that at the last election Mr. BEECROFT, the Conserva tive candidate, was returned at the head of the poll for Leeds, we believe that the fight in that town will be a close one. The retirement of Mr. BEECROFT has doubtless injured the Conservative cause, but the candidature of Sir ANDREW FAIRBAIRN after Mr. BAINES and Mr. CARTER had been chosen by the Liberals to fight the battle will more than counter balance the division which was at one time imminent among the 11.1inisterialists. The remaining constituency is Glasgow, where three Liberals and one Conservative have appeared. It is not believed, however, that the Conservatives will make a serious attempt to obtain the minority seat; the Liberals will, therefore, virtually walk over the course. It is not to be denied that among the many interesting contests at the forthcoming election none will excite greater interest than the unicorn constituencies. We learn from the Charch News that in response to an anon'mous letter, the dichbishop of York wrote to the curate of St. Martin's, Scarboro', forbidding him to omit the Litany from morning prayers, concluding his letter with —" This is the command of your Bishop." It is stated that for several years it has been the practice at York Cathedral during Advent to say the Litany as a separate afternoon service. The ArehbishoF of Olmutz having refused to deli ver to the civil authorities the registers of the ecclesiastical matrimonial tribunal, has been condemned to pay a fine of 10,000 florins (.£1,000), and threatened with a further fine of 20,000 florins if ho does not comply. The same archbishop was previously fined 7,000 florins. Although the ecclesias tical revenue of the see amounts to the large sum of 200,000 florins (or £20,000), it will hardly suffice to bear the burden of these progressive fines. The Osservatore Romano of the 27th ult. has an article entitled i 1 The Conversion of the Anglicans," which rejoices at the publicity given by the journals of London and Berlin to the Pope's Apostolic letter to the Pro testants. The Osservatore says that the Morning Post and Times in so doing performed the office of Baalam in mani festing the will of God, without wishing or knowing it. Tho Osservatore, in support of its prediction of a speedy unifica tion of the Anglican and Boman Churches, quotes trium phantly the lately expressed opinions of Drs, Pusey, Lee, Littledalo, Forbes, and the Bishop of lowa in the United States. The Guardian says there are, of course, numerous rumours as to the expected successor to the sea of Canter bury; but it is not likely anything can bo settled before the return of her Majesty from Scotland. It is guessed that the Queen may desire either the Bishop of Lichfield or the Bishop of London; the Premier, the Bishop o Oxford or Bishop of Rochester. Cambridge men, if the absence of Bishop Selwyn in New Zealand stands in the way, would be gratified by the promotion of the .flishq of Ely, with Dean Goodwin for his successor. Mr. Gladstone was recently appealed to with re spect to the candidature of Mr. Samuelson, present member and onA of the Liberal candidates for Banbury. He re plied as follows ;—" I fear that 1 have no title to take any part as between gentlemen of the Liberal party who may be competing for the same seat in Parliament; but, as your inquiry relates to matters of feet, 1 beg to state that Mr. Samuelson certainly voted for the motion made by me in relation to rating, on which hung the issue of that portion of the provisions of the Reform Bill, and that I fully believe in Mr. Samuelson's loyal adherence to the principles of the Liberal party." RAPID VOYAGE.—TiIe sailing ship Tantallon Castle, Captain Howson, of Messrs. Donald, Currie, and Co.'s Castle line of packets between England and Calcutta, has just arrived at Loudon from Calcutta Sand Heads in 78 days. The passage out was made in 80 days, and the whole voyage bas been completed in six months 18 days, including 42 days detention in the Hooghly; the fastest voyage yet made. The Tantallon Castle is now 3} years old, and has just completed her fifth voyage between Eng land and Calcutta. -------- FATAL ACCIDENT BY FIRE TO AN OFFICER. Yesterday an inquest was held at Penton-place, Wal worth, on the body of Mr. Hollows, aged 40 years, a lieutenant on half-pay. On Tuesday night week deceased was crossing, the room when his night shirt was set on firQ by a rushlight. Ho was removed to the hospital, where he died on Monday. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death by fire. TUNNELLING BENEATH THE MERSEY. Two schemes for tunnelling beneath the Mersey and forming a railway communication between Liverpool and Birken head, and thereby connecting the docks at those places with each other and with the general railway system of the country, are now under the consideration of the Mersey Dock Board. The first of these schemes is for constructing a tunnel from the west-end of Birkenhead to the north end of Liverpool, and the second for a tunnel between Rock Ferry, on the Cheshire side, and the south end of Liverpool. The latter scheme was laid before the board yesterday in a communication from Messrs. Baxter, Rose, Norton, and Co., of London, who stated that a bill would 1:13 introduced next session, that the undertal:ing would cost £900,000, and would embrace a double line of rails—one for passengers and another for goods. JEATII THROOGH CHLOROFORM. —On Tuesday evening an inquest was held at Leicester on the body of Ann Oldacres, aged 33. The deceased, who was the wife of James Oldacres, a farmer, of Churchover, near Rugby, had died the same afternoon under the influence of chloro form, which had been administered to her by her own re quest by Dr. Marriott prior to the extraction of several of her teeth by a dentist 'named Mr. H. T. Kirby. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from the as mi nistration of chloroform, but entirely exonerated Dr. Mar riott or Mr. Kirby from all blame, being satisfied ths.t more ►han usual precaution had bon taken. LATEST INTELL EGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE RUSSIA. (Via Queenstown.) NEW YORK, Oct. 27 (Noon). A letter of President Johnson in reply to the inquiries of General Ewing has been published, in which it is stated that the national expenditure of the past three years was in the aggregate $1,259,000,000. Immediate retrenchment is neces sary to avert bankruptcy. A wise economy, how ever, could soon increase the revenue and diminish taxation. If the debt were permitted to increase it would be gathered into the hands of a few who could exercise a dangerous controlling influence thereby. The President has promulgated a treaty of amity and commerce with Madagascar. It is reported that Jiancs Hinds, a Congressman from Arkansas, has been assassinated at Monroe, in that State. A fight occurred at St. Bernard parish, near New Orleans, between the white and negro clubs. Three negroes and one white were killed. The whites of New Orleans armed themselves and proceeded to the scene of the disturbance, but were prevented by General Rousseau, who detailed cavalry to preserve order in the city and its vicinity. Fifty negroes entered Dardanelles, in Arkansas, on Sunday, and fired upon the houses of the whites, who armed and drove the negroes from the town. Mr. Seymour, in a speech at Indianopolis, urged his hearers to abate all party passion, and declared, as his earnest belief, that the welfare of the country demanded the removal of the Radicals from power. _ _ Several addititional slight shocks of earthquake were felt in California on Sunday. Advices from Cuba state that the insurgents who plundered the town of Manati were driven off by a gunboat. General Lersundi refused the request of a Cuban deputation to bold a public meeting. The crops in Jamaica are promising. It is reported that Salnave had captured Jaremie and St. Marie. NEW YORK, Oct. 28, Noon. Mr. Seymour was enthusiastically received at Columbus, in Ohio, and made a speech, repeating his previous arguments, and adding a declaration as to the present condition of the public debt. He said that the unequal distribution of the national currency and the large representation in the Senate enable the New England States to exercise an undue power iu the national affairs, and large centres of capital thrive at the expense of the agri cultural districts. The negroes have been discharged from the New Orleans police. General Rosseau has telegraphed to Washington annouticing that Governor Warmouth had offered him the control of the civil government, and asking for instructions on the subject. The President, through the War Department, authorised General Rousseau to take whatever action might be neces sary to preserve peace. _ _ The troops maintain perfect order in New Orleans. General Reynolds, commanding in Texas, has ordered Judge M‘Farland to continue a civil case involving the question of heirship to certain pro perty. The counsel protested to President John son against this unwarrantable assumption of power by General Reynolds, and asking redress. Mr. Johnson replied chat the reconstruction laws pre vented his interference on behalf of tl peti tioners. A large enthusiastic Democratic meeting was held at New York last night. Mr. Blair was among the speakers. The Republican memb,2rs of the Lower House of the Oregon Legislature have reigned, leaving the house without a quorum. Mr. Dickenson, the Probate Ju lge in Sandnuky, Ohio, a member of Congress elect, hasbeen arrested for issuing fraudulent naturalisation papers. According to Messrs Wright's report the rec frosts will materially lessen the cotton crops. The party opposed to National convention de velopes less strength than was expected. Dr. M'Cosh, of Scotland, was inaugurated yes terday at Princeton College with imposing cere monies. A fight occurred near Pumas, in Cuba, on Mon day. The insurgents were routed. Accounts re presenting the insurrection as formidable have been published, but are grossly exaggerated. The disturbances were of a purely local character, and the number of the insurgents less than two hundred. The Cunard Royal mail steamship Russia, from New York on the 27th ult., arrived at Queenstown at 2.20 a,m. to-day (Nov. 6) with 115 cabin pas sengers and $188,700 in specie. She landed 89 sacks of mails and nine passengers, and proceeded at 2.30 a.m., carrying on the Liverpool and Scotch mails. The Russia made the passage in eight days six hours. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 6. The National Steamship Company'a steamer England, from Liverpool, arrived here at 9 a.m. to-day, embarked passengers, and proceeded for New York. All well. SYDNEY, Oct. 10. Mr. Parkes, the Colonial Secretary, has retired. Advices from New Zealand state that the insur rection of the Maoris had not been subdued. The British forces were considered to be wanting in proper organisation to repress the revolt. ApnAipE, 'Oct. 13. TLe Ministers have resigned, FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 6. The Drat of this morning states that a judicial inquiry has been ordered into the popular demon stration on the graves of the revolutionists of 1848 and 1851, which took place on the 2d inst, at the cemetry of Montmartre, and likewise into the sub scription opened by the Overier, National, and the Reveil in connection with the said demonstration. SERVIA. BELGRADE, Nov. 4. The proceedings against the rest of the accom plices in the murder of Prince Michael closed yes terday. The Public Prosecutor urged that various degrees of punishment should he inflicted upon the accused persons, and pressed for sentence of death to be passed on W aistrovich, 11.1ELBOURNE, Oct. 13. The Victorian Parliament has been prorogued after having passed the bill for a loan of £2,100,000 for railway purposes. The shipments of gold to England since the departure of the last mail amount to 140,250 ounces. ROUMANIA. BUCHAREST, Nov. 4. Both Chambers are convoked for the 27th instant. The National Guard at Baken, which was dis banded for taking part in the persecutions of the Jews last summer, has been re-established. 42R. BRIGHT AT EDINBURGH. Mr. Bright is working very hard. Two speeches in one .ay is not at all bad work. His speech on the morning of ?hursday, to the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, on he national expenditure, set forth his opinions on the financial policy of the future. " I once advised," he said, ' the Financial Reform Association of Liverpool, who re against all indirect taxation, to hoist a flag with he motto, ' A free breakfast table ;' that, as the tread was no longer taxed, some effort should ,e made to untax the tea, the coffee, and the sugar. !Tow, I need not tell you that there are great inequalities n our taxation, particularly with reference to the probate and succession duties. If that succession duty were made , qual on all property—and it ought to be made equal— hat would bring in a considerable addition to the evenue ; and if at the same time we were to bring down he expenditure of the country by about ten millions— vhich is perfectly easy to be done, then we could ;et rid of the duties upon tea and sugar, which zoduce an enormous sum—l suppose, perhaps, about ,welve millions a year—and also the duty upon coffee, a nuch smaller sum. If those duties were removed this ,ffect would be produced—the consumption of those arti :les would be greatly increased. You see they are articles which enter now into the consumption of every family in the kingdom. There is no woman who manages a house, iowever poor she may be, who does not spend something n tea, something in sugar ; and even down to the very ?super who receives her 2s. or 3s. a week from the :parish i portion of it goes for tea and sugar. If those duties were !emoved we should have those articles cheaper still further than by the amount of the duty, because the amount of the iuty involves a large expenditure of capital, and altogethee tdds more to the cost of the article ; so that if those duties were removed we should have an enormous increase in the :onsumption, and, as a matter of course, a corresponding ncrease in our foreign trade, and at the same time we should give, in a special manner, relief to the ;Teat body of the wages-receiving class, because they are the people who consume less than they would consume if these things were cheaper. People who are well off would not, probably, make their tea much stronger, and would not, probably, use more sugar in their cooking and so on ; but for the working classes it would be all a gift to them, Ind the demand for their labour would of course be stimulated by the increased trade. The rate of their wages would not be diminished. The whole of the 12 millions, or whatever was the sum that was remitted, would be an absolute donation to the working classes of the country. Well, now, I propose that, not because I think the working classes of the country should pay no proportion of the taxes, and that legislation is merely for the purpose of making them comfortable at the expense of others, and at the expense of justice, but because the amount, which they contribute in proportion to their means and to their incomes is very much larger than the amount which is contributed by other and richer sections of society." Mr. Bright complained further, that Ministers of this country, were too much occupied in keeping office to look after these things, Only Mr. Gladstone was powerful enough to act in this matter, and he did not think it would be a bad undertaking for the Chamber of •Commerce to jog Mr. Gladstone's elbow on the subject. • In his evening speech to the working classes he congrk tulated them on having obtained the franchise. "The fact is—and I will not say it with any expression of scorn )r with any feeling of triumph—the aristocracy of the country who so lately governed the country have abdi; cated, and their most boastful leader, Lord Derby, as the chief, in their name, and for them, has capitulated to the people. One hundred and eighty years ago there was a revolution in England. The revolution of 1868 had this effect, that it stripped the monarch of absolute power, and, pretending to confer it upon the nation, conferred it mainly upon the nobility. The bill of 1832, combined with the bill of last year, has given us another revolution. Power has not been taken from the Crown and given to the nobility, but it has been taken from the nobility and has been given henceforth and for ever to the people. The form remains yet of aristocratic power, and so long as it lasts in the country with the possessors of great wealth it will have power. lam not now complain. ing of it ; lam merely stating the fact. We stand at this moment on the threshold of a new career. Standing there, we need no longer have recourse to language such as we have often heard from platforms, and such as I sometimes have been the first to use. We have no longer a contest with the House of Lords; we have no longer charges to bring against a selfish oligarchy ; we no longer dread the power of territorial magnates ; we no longer feel ourselves domineered over by a class ; we feel that denunciation and invective now would be out of place. We appeal to you —not that you should rise and overthrow the power which hitherto has ruled you, but we appeal to you now with arguments, with facts—if it be possible, if we are capable of doing it, with words of wisdom, that we may give you counsel that all of you now in the govern ment of the country of which you are part may be known hereafter solely by your acts of wisdom. We feel—l feel - that the fate of this great nation is in the nation's hands, and that, come weal, come woe, the responsibility of the future must rest with the great majority of the people, admitted as they now are, at least within the burghs, to a large share of representation and political power." With this introduction, Mr. Bright passed to those questions which the nation had still to settle. The first was the ballot. Mr. Bright contended that it was needed, and gave Mr. Mill a stroke for his opposition to it. "No man is more fair in argument than Mr. Mill, no man is more willing to admit the force of anything that an opponent offers for his consideration ; but it is not necessary that we should believe that Mr. Mill can know every question better than everybody else." He laughed at Mr. Mill's argument as to the public duty of the voter. " Mr. Mill thinks— Ido not quote his words—that public duties should be per formed publicly ; that by and by there will be morality and power enough to put ane nd not only to corruption, but compulsion ; and he compares the free and open exercise of the ballot to the presiding of a judge in a court of justice open to the public eye. It appears to me that the comparison is not a good one. The judge in open court has no compulsion brought upon him; he is independent ; the Crown, which appointed him to his office, cannot remove him. If Mr. Mill had gone into the jury-room, he would have found that the jury, just as important in a trial as the judge, does 'sit apart from the public eye, and more than that, that it is considered a gross violation of confidence if any juryman should convey to the public a know ledge of what has occurred in the jury -room. I am not able to accept these glowing pictures of the imme diately improved morality of the people. If it be wise not to bring in the ballot because men without it will become strong enough not to need it, I need not say why we might dispense "with the judge and jury and the police ; for (who knows?) at some time—it may be remote—men may become strong enough in virtue, honest enough in their hearts, to try not to violate the written or moral law, and judges and juries and courts of justice may no longer be required." Till this state of things was so the ballot was absolutely required. The Irish Church was next spoken about, and the hardship they would feel in Scotland had they "an alien church " there commented upon. Then, as to the Irish land question, Mr. Bright demanded that some plan might be put forward. " I believe that in Ireland it will be necessary to adopt some plan—and I believe there is a plan which can be adopted without injustice or wrong to any man—by which gradually the land of Ireland may be, to a considerable extent, transferred from foreign, or alien, or absentee Protestant proprietors—transferred into the hands of the Catholic resident population of the country. I do not anticipate myself that until something of that kind is put in process and in operation we shall find tranquillity and content in Ireland such as we would wish to see it." The land system in the United Kingdom also came in for condemnation. " Perhaps many of you are not aware that from year to year, from ten years to ten years, the owners of land in the United Kingdom are becoming a smaller and smaller number of persons, that the laws which we have in this country, having been based and supported by the territorial powers, are laws whose express object is to maintain great estates in the hands of great families, and to make the land not of Ire land only, but of Great Britain, a monopoly in the poses sion of a few. Nature has provided certain forces which tend to the accumlation of estates and lands, and certain other forces which tend to its dispersion ; and I maintain that the true policy of the Government and of the law — the just policy of the law—is to leave to all the forces of nature, whether inducing accumulation or inducing dis persion, to their fair operation. And when they will make laws by which men who wish to buy property will be able to buy it, some in large and some in small quanti ties, the monopoly which exists in this country will be brought to an end. lam not proposing that there should be any law by which estates should forcibly be cut up and divided among families. I want to leave the owner, the man in possession of the estate, perfect freedom to decide whether he will leave the property to one, or divide it attotig dig many of his children. The law of division obtained In 'ranee and in many countries of Europe is there believed by most people tube a good law ; but it appears to roe to be contrary to principles of political economy , and I prefer the operation of the L.: as it exists in the ":ance United States of America, which rejects the law or and rejects also our law. I conceive, therefore, that before long it will be the duty of the people of England, of the electors of England, and of Parliament to remove from the statute-book what is called the laws of primo geniture, to allow land where it is left by a person who makes no will to be justly and honestly divided by the law as other property other than land is Uow divided, and that the present practice of entails and . iiettlemente should be limited to persons who are living when the deeds are made ; and when we come to that believe that it will be found that it is a wise thing not to sacra' floe the public interests to family pride or to the notion that you must build up great families to have great power, that theymayexercise a paramount authority in a great count*" The national expenditure was commented upon at great length. He attributed the terrific sum which was nog spent to the army and navy, and declared that our former wars:had been the result of the lunacy of the - people on the question of the balance of power. "If you read the papers, you will find they tell us something about the West Indian and North American fleet ; some' thing about the Pacific squadron ; and something about the naval force of her Majesty in the China seas ; something about what has happened to a great ship of war on the coast of India, or the Cape. Then you hear of Lord Clarence Paget in some part of the Mediterranean, with a tremendous fleet. You hear, further, that there is always a great Channel fleet necessary for our home protection. There is no necessity whatever for these fleets on you r ' coasts, or traversing every ocean as they do nov' There is no other country that finds it necessary to have these great fleets and squadrons everywhere. I don't know whether it is a dream, or a vision, or a foresight, or a reality that sometimes passes across my mind, but I like to dwell upon it, that the time may come when the maritime nations of Europe—this renowned count* of which we are citizens, France, Prussia, Russia, resuscitated Spain, Italy, and the United States of America—may see that those vast fleets are of no use ; that they are merely menaces offered from one country W another ; that they are grand inventions by which, as Milton says, the blood is withdrawn from the veins of the people to feed their ulcers ;' and that theymay come to this grand and wise conclusion—they will combine at their joint expense, and under some joint management, to supply the sea with a vast sailing and armed police, which may be necessary to keep the peace on all parts of the watery sur face of the globe, and those great instruments of war and oppression shall no longer be upheld. This, of course, by many will be thought to be a dream and a vision, not the foresight of what they call a statesman. Still, I have faith that it will not be for ever that we shall read of what Wilberforce called the noxious race of heroes and conquerors." On education Mr. Bright spoke of the neces sity for it, declaring that the Suffrage Bill had given the power in to the hands of those who would demand to be taught. In his " peroration" Mr. Brightprotested against the nc n-progress of the labourers when the masters had gone so far ahead. " This great and solemn question of the condition of a considerable portion of the labouring classes of this country cannot be covered up. It must be met. It is a great work upon which the new electoral body and the new Parliament will have to enter. It is a long WI from Belgrave-square to Bethnal-green—we cannot men sure the distance from the palatial mansions of the rich to the dismal hovels of the poor, from the profuse and costly luxuries of the wealthy to the squalid and hopeless misery of some millions who are below them ; but I ask you, as I ask myself a thousand times, is it not possible that this mass of poverty and suffering should be touched and should be reached ? What is there that man cannot do if he tries ? The other day he descended to the mysterious depths of the ocean, and with an iron hand he sought, and he found, and he grasped, and he brought) up to the surface the lost cable, and with it her made two worlds into one. I ask, are his conquests confined to the realms of science? Is it not possible that another hand, not of iron, but of Christian justice and kind ness, may be let down to moral depths even deeper than the cable fathoms to bring up from hence misery's sons and daughters and the multitude who are ready to perish? This is the great problem which is now before us. It is not one for statesmen only ; it is not for preachers of the Gospel only—it is one for every man in the nation to attempt to solve. The nation is now in power, and if wisdom abide with power, the generation to follow may behold the glorious day of what we, in our time, with our best endeavours, can only hope to see the earliest dawn." THE BRITISH LYING-IN HOSPITAL. The half-yearly general court of governors of the British Lying-in Hospital was held at the hospital, Endell-street, London, yesterday; Mr. E. J. Leigh' ton, chairman of the board, in the chair. The most ire' portant item of business was the consideration of code of revised laws for the government of the institution, which has now been in existence for 120 years. The secretary having read the minutes of the last meeting, the chairman proceeded to comment on an anonymous paper which had been circulated amongst the governors in reference to the proposed new laws. This document he characterised as a tissue of misrepresenta - tions. He proposed that the new rules, which were in the hands of the subscribers, should be adopted, with such alterations as might be suggested by the meeting. This was seconded, when Dr. Lee proposed and Lieut.• Colonel Hamilton seconded an amendment to the effect that the old rules of the institution, as well as the proposed new ones, should be printed and circulated amongst the governors, and considered at the next half-yearly meeting• This produced a lengthy and animated discussion, and the amendment on being put was lost. THE CHARGE OF HERESY AGAINST THE REV. W. J. E. BENNETT. On Thursday Sir T. Twiss, the chancellor of the diocese of London, and the other commissioners appointed V the Bishop of London, assembled at London House, St. James's-square, to inquire into the doctrines put forth by the Rev. Mr. Bennett, the incumbent of Frome, touching the real presence of Our Lord in the Eucharist. Mr. A. J. Stephen, Q.C., and Mr. Archi• bald appeared for the promoter ; Mr. Sheppard, in' structed by Mr. Murray Dale, solicitor, for the Church As' sociation. Dr. Swabey, instructed by Mr. Brook, solicitor , for the English Church Union, watched the proceeding s on the part of the defendant. The object of the present inquiry was to ascertain whether there was sufficient ground for the Bishop of London to send the case to the Arches Court. Mr. Stephen, Q.C., on the commissioners taking their seats, said he wished it to be understood that althoug h they had met at the residence of the Bishop of London it was to be considered as an "open court," at which the public had a right to be present. He so read the Church Discipline Act, under which the present proceeding s were adopted. The commission was also read. The false doctrines were alleged to be published and maintained it; the works of Mr. Bennett, in " The Plea for Tolerat ion;' and in " The Church in the World." Sir Travers Twiss said he could now answer the question put. It wa s to be considered an "open court," and the public to be ad' mitted. Dr. Swabey thought the defendant had a right to reserve any matter, but he had no wish to have anything in privacy. Mr. Stephens proceeded to open the case. He read several extracts of the works mentioned, and contended that he had proved the charge of false doctrines containe d in the pamphlets. Several witnesses were called as to the publication of the works. Dr. Swabey submitted that there was not a tittle of proof as to the publication. He left the case in the hands of the commissioners. The commissioners retired, and on their return into court, Sir Travers Twiss said they had carefully considered the matter, and were of opinion, which they declared openly and publicly, that there was primd facie ground for further proceedings. Just as the court was about to be dissolved, Mr. Steppe l asked that the shorthand - writer (Mr. Walsh) shou ld p rove his notes. He was anxious to guard against all possible " miserable objections." This was done, and the court ° broke up. The case will now appear in the Arche s Cour LAW AND POLICE. AEPEALS.—In the Court of Common Pleas an apPlie e. tion has been made in six appeals from the decision o f the revising barrister for Merionethshire that the cases might be entered, though the proper notice had not been giv en ; The learned counsel making the application admitted that it had been held that the enactment as to the notice was imperative upon the court, but he added that th e respondents, for whose protection the notice was required, were content to forego it. The court held that they het no power to hear an appeal unless the notice had be given, and they therefore refused the application. EMBEZZLEMENT.—A case of systematic embezzlement has been investigated at Bow-street Police-court, wh ich exemplified the extent to which tradesmen in particular businesses are at the mercy of their servants. Reubef Arundel was employed by Mr. Rees, a draper, in Coveo": garden, to collect weekly instalments from customers , and : it was proved that for four years he had been in the habi t of keeping back small sums received in this way, and,,„ ll e fewer than seventy cases had bee n alread y traced out. -Il had escaped detection so long by fa lsif y in g the books. fie was committed for trial. DRAWING THE BADGER.—The keeper of a public-house at Birkenhead and sixteen young gentlemen have bee?, fined for amusing themselves by " drawing the badge r ' d The publican was fined £ 5 and cost s, the others 10. 111: 1 4 costs. Tickets had been issu ed for a rat killlll match, but before this sport came on one ra °: the "young gentlemen " arrived with a g e oi. which was set at the badger, and drew 3 ea assistanc I out of the rota, and having returned with 'jibe :7 . hen the fun was at it height, an officer sIiPP e times. :deed the b a d ge r by ac 9 1 d defence was that the d o g att. , ; 4 took down the names only ipLqipl and not by design ; aad that nd addresses of all present.c_ .e Bag tirt, on Bc pel tni St In, Sir wo abc lie, agi of t, be or ha` at OD, 94 Ne lat dii )3 ( 'at