The Express.
London, England, 1868-09-15 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVE

" vote" ; and on this ground expumpil the name
of Mrs HANNAH HAINBSIDOI from the list of
voters—at the same time granting $ rase for a
zuperior court. At Lambeth, Mr. PHILIP La
DENTON. on the name Of MARY TIIW/LITIMI being
called, raid simply, " I shall take no notion of that
" claim"; but later in the day, when Mrs. SIMIAN-
NAN DANIEL was named, the same gentleman re-
marked : " Had that lady. or anyone for her.
" appeared, he would have heard them in favour
"of the claim:" Mr. Paimarts, the revising
barrister for Mid-Surrey, wont into the matter
more elaborately. With regard, he argued, to
the Reform Aot of 1832, it has proved to be
beyond the reach of ingenuity to contend that the
word " male person" used in that Aot meant a
woman as well assume. The Representation of the
Pecple Act of 1087 is to be read together with
the Reform Act of 1682. By see. 39 it is, so far
as it is consistent with its tenor, to be construed
as one with it, and all that the act of 1887 does
is to give additional grounds of qualification to
the subjects of the sot of 1832, via., to men as
distinguished from women. The Revising Bar-
rister for East Essex will be alone we should hope
in meeting the claims with a remark so foolish as he
is reported to have uttered yesterday while ex-
punging the name of a lady at Braintree. If those
names were put down next year, ho said, ho
ihonki not allow the overseer any costs. " She
" would have been killed," ho added, " jf she
" bed gone up to the poll." At Manchester a
large number of women will be disapp3inted
by the decision which wee announeed this
morning. But it is clear that the opi-
nions and salon of the revising barristers
will go but a small way towards irettline.
the question, now that it is fairly !annelid.
We read in the German papers that, " The
" Diet at Salzburg have adopted a resolution,
- on the proposition of the committee, according
" to which married women have to exercise their
" electoral franchise through their husbands, and
" unmarried females by proxies" ; and nothing
less than another decision from Parliament, we
expect, will satisfy the ladies of England pressing
for what they believe to be their rights.

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It would bo difficult. observe, (116 Timm to
anticiyate what remits may spring frostlike fatal war
in the River Plate besides the utter extenaltation of the
brave Paraguayan nation and the bankruptcy of its chief
adverts' y, Brad; difficult also Mimeses what bone& eita
emu* to the state* of the Argentine Ooafedersey sad of
Maguey from • victory •to which they so little asstd.
tuted, unless it be the interrogates of Snail ass sonar-
thical arbitrator In their republida squabbles, and the
subadotion of • despotio foreign eareadneur for the pre-
yonderance of a birosiltiseuedemostie majority. If acmes
the err tibial changes arising from the war we might hope
to number the free navigation of the long sal deep water-
tOtl.lll4ll Bowing together into the greet estuary of the
Plate, the world at large might be as greet a gainer by it
ao the very countries bordering oa those rivers.

The last few days have shown, says the Deily Yews,
eat the tag of providing good and market liberal can-
didates for muddle ncies now represented by tories is not
being negk cted. That popular sailor and naval esoono-
mist, Captain Sherard Osborn, is likely to stand for Bir-
k( ahead ; Mr. Corbett, of Stoke Grange, a gentleman oon-
nee led with the staple trade of Droitwiob, and a large
employer of labour, will oppose Sir John Pakington ; at
hitel seen, Mr. Anthony Bonn Stewart will do battle
with Mr. Bentinck and tho Lowther interest; and in
Mid Surrey a most eligible candidate, Mr. C. U.
liobaita, has come forward to join Mr. Julian
Gold, mid in opposing Menge. Brodriok and Peeke.
11. e name, of liberal candidates for other oonstituenoies
will be announced from day to day, and if as the date of
the general election approaches it should appear that
every tray Peat is not bang contested, it should be remem-
bered that the prudcnoe of torehur on a contact where a
reasonable arrangement can be made for the increase of
liberal power without one, is a question for the whole
liberal party in a constituency, the decision of which
flout' not be hastily arrogated to itself by a section.