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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 169.

where the £lO,OOO which they spent at their election
went to. On the other hand, Colonel GARDNER has
failed to eject Mr. EYKYN at Windsor ; Mr. GARTH
will not have the pleasure of stepping into Mr.
ONSLOW'S shoes at Guildford ; the sitting members
at Limerick, both Liberals, have been declared duly
elected. Mr. WHITWORTH is the only Liberal as yet
unseated, and though he is scarcely likely to remain
so, it must be admitted that, so far, the Fates have
been unkind to the Opposition in reducing their
already small minority.
The Bewdley case, with which we have to do
to-day, is a peculiarly flagrant one. This Worcester-
shire borough contains a population of about 7,000
persons, and was, until the present Parliament,
represented by Sir THOMAS WINNINGTON for more
than a quarter of a century. He was generally
fortunate enough to get returned without a contest.
Apparently he seems to have distrusted the new
voters who became enfranchised by the Reform Bill,
and to have suspected that they would prove venal.
At all events he did not offer himself for re-
election in November, and the seat was contested.
The rival candidates were Mr. THOMAS LLOYD, of
Birmingham, in the Liberal interest, who was un-
seated for bribery at Barnstaple some five years ago,
and Sir RICHARD GLASS, of Atlantic Cable reputa-
tion, and whose formerpartner, Mr. ELLIOTT, was the
successful candidate for North Durham. Mr. LLOYD
appears to have learnt wisdom by experience, and to
have carefully avoided any transactions which were
likely to compromise him. Sir RicHAßD,being a man
of wealth who had not yet discovered how
dangerous wealth may be at a contested election,
spent it freely. He had won a fortune and a
baronetcy out of the Atlantic Cable : he wanted only
a seat in Parliament to establish his social position.
For that seat he was willing to pay handsomely ;
money was no object with him. Unfortunately
for him, the Legislature forbids the purchase of seats
by wealthy manufacturers, and he has now not only
lost his seat, but will have to undergo ostracism
during the present Parliament. He had an agent
named PARDOE, and that person's son engaged
twenty-nine roughs from London, in order to keep
the peace at the nomination. Women are not per-
mitted to vote, but they are not forbidden to scream,
and Mr. PARDOE will not deny that a number of
female Bewdleians were paid for the use of their
sweet voices. Then there were a large num-
ber of " watchers," who were paid £2OO to parade
the town at nights—this town of 7,000 inhabitants—
in order to prevent any voters from being kid-
napped. Beer and kindred drinks kept flowing in
a never-failing stream. Twenty taps were turned
with a golden key furnished by Sir RICHARD'S agent.
No wonder that almost all the publicans voted for
Sir RICHARD GLASS, at whose expense so many a

glass had been drained. There were certain payments
to be made which do not appear in Sir RICHARD'S
audited account, and which therefore were not paid
through his regular agent. This itself was an ille-
gality directly contrary to the recent Act of Parlia-
ment. The matter was arranged by a Worcester
solicitor, who appears to have been concerned in many
of these jobs, and who has always denied any insinua-
tions to that effect with lofty indignation. This
attorney hired a man named MUSSON, and told him
that it would be expedient for him to disguise himself.
R,USSON shewed his employer a wig, which satisfied
him, and more so as RI TssoN (who went by the name
of the " Man in the Mask ") was " in the habit of
paying all sorts of people." He appears to have paid
£OO at Bewdley, and for this amount the Worcester
attorney took no receipt, can give no account, nor did
he mention it to the electio4 auditor. After such evi-
dence as this there could be but one course for Justice
BLACKBURN. He declared Sir RICHARD GLASS
unseated, and condemned him to pay the costs of the
inquiry. Thus the Conservatives have lost one of
the seats which they had counted won, and will
henceforth recollect Mrs. GLASS'S advice to the cook ;
Sir RICHARD GLASS has paid more than £3,000 for
the barren honour of tacking M.P. to his name for
two months while Parliament was not sitting ; and
if Bewdley does not get disfranchised its escape will
be due to no deserts of its own.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, TUESDAY, January 26.

There will De a lively scene in the Corps Legislatif on
the occasion of the interpellation respecting the recent
affair at Reunion. The fight will be a party one, and
though the majority, as usual, will have the voting all
their own way, they will by no means find it easy
work to hold their own in debate. M. Thiers has
had an interview with a deputation of Creoles from
Reunion, and much inbrmation by no means creditable
to the clerical party of the Univers type has been
gathered. The Opposition will make a fierce
attack upon the sad role which the friends of the
Univers have played in the colony. The majority, on
the other hand, I am told, are determined to repress any
anti-clerical demonstra;ion. The Government, which
counts on the support (3.! the clergy at the general election,
will certainly not tolerate any very strict examination into
the recent disturbances.

The frost has covered the lakes in the Bois de Boulogne
with ice, and all fashi,,rable Paris Las turned out to take
advantage of the weather which as been so long in
coming. The army of skaters was so great on Sunday as
to be positively dangerous. Fashion prevails in skating as in
every thing else in Paris ; the only correct place is the Bois
de Boulogne. There is asplendid sheet of ice at Vincennes ;
there are the spacious basins at Versailles and the Lac
d'Enghein ; but they are comparatively deserted. Rather
than enjoy unrestricted amusement on unfashionable ice,
the skaters prefer to be cribbed, cabined, and confined at
the Bois de Boulogne. One result ensues from this
rush to a single rendezvous—the sight to the simple
spectator is really charming; of its kind there
is nothing like it. The Empress visited the lake in a
sledge yesterday, and there was, besides, a host of lesser
lights—the Chevalier Nigra, Herr Solms, the Prussian
Ambassador, and a legion of ladies, the majority perhaps
being Americans. _ _

A strange scene took place at Marseilles yesterday.
The tobacco manufactory in that city was closed on the
morning, on the confession of some of the workwomen that
there was likely to be a riot in the workrooms in the course
of the day. The proprietor, thinking prevention better
than cure, refused to open his doors, and thus about 400
women and girls, makers of cigars, were " locked out."
They went in a body to thd prefecture, where the cause of
this strange lock-out was revealed. The prefect refused to
hear a deputation of such formidable magnitude, but he
consented that ten be chosen and present themselves
before him at three in the afternoon. The ten were
selected, and the interview took place, the remaining
workwomeu all assembling, together with an immense
crowd, in one of the most public places in Marseilles. The
ten delegates explained that they had no serious grievance,
and that their only object was to secure the restoration of
some of their companions, who had been dismissed for
insulting a foreman. Wishing to serve these unfortu.
nates, they had come to the conclusion that an uproar
would effectively secure their restoration. The crowd
d'spersed, and the workshops will be opened again in a
few days, but we are not told whether there is to be an
amnesty for the dismissed cigar•makers.
The School of Art at Aix has been broken up on some.
what extraordinary grounds. The pupils complained of
the rudeness of the teacher—he refused to rise when
they entered—and their annoyance at this want of
courtesy grew so extreme that they entered into a league
not to attend his class. Vain were the efforts made to
induce them to alter this determination. The directors of
the school and the sub-prefect of the department appealed
to the better feelings of the lads, but could
not turn them from their purpose. At last it
was resolved that the school be broken up. At mid-clay
the doors were thrown open for the pupils to leave. Of
three hundred, two hundred and eighty had received a free
entrance from the State and the department. All belong
to families of workmen, who have made the greatest
sacrifices to enable their children to receive a superior
education.

A distressing accident occurred on Sunday in the com-
mune of Bouill6-Saint-Paul. Two friends had met
together to spend the evening, when one of them, a game-
keeper, whilst in the act of removing a charge from his
gun, accidentally shot his companion in the breast. The
wound was mortal, and as only the two were together, the
danger to the unhappy gamekeeper was considerable.
Assistance was procured but nothing could be done for the
wounded man. He died, protesting that his companion
was not answerable for the deed, and praying that no legal
proceedings might be taken against him.
Three days ago a large mass of rock slipped from the
ridge which rises behind the town of Saumur, and rolled
into the gardens below. Fortunately no person
was hurt, but as some fears had been lately
excited by the appearance of large crevices in
the ground, this accident became the signal for

a general removal of the people who occupy habitations
partly hollowed out at the foot of the cliff. The earth
continued to descend, and on the following day the roofs
of five dwellings had been crushed in. Masses of stone
as much as thirty feet long and six or eight thick remain
suspended over the houses in one of the streets. A similar
phenomeron occurred in 1852.
There are several warlike and unpleasant rumours float•
ing about to-day. One of the most important of these is
that the Greeks of London, Marseilles, and Trieste hays
pecuniary advances, in
resolvede to sacrifice every,
They
laarreg
eoxffpereecdtattihaneiref Governmenta
lvar.
thing rather than consent to what they deem a national
humiliation. This statement, I believe, is true. Much
less probable is the rumour that a pronunciamiento
in favour of the Duke of Montpensier has taken place at
Cadiz. Apropos of Spain, I may mention that several
English capitalists have offered the Provisional Govern-
ment money for the construction of irrigation canals.

THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY.

METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ASSAULTS AT THE LONDON PAVILION MUSIC-HALL.—
William Hall, a builder, of No. 72, Miles'-road, Kentish-
town, and John Wm. Henderson, builder, of No. 85, Bar-
tholomew-road, Kentish-town, were charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt with being drunk and disorderly in Tichborne-
street ; and Hall was also charged with assaulting Police-
constable John Harris, 77 C, and Henderson with attempt-
ing to rescue Hall, and assaulting Sergeant Houlton, 2
C R, and Harris, 77 C.

The evidence showed that on the previous night the
defendants were ejected from the London Pavilion Music
Hall in consequence of being drunk and behaving in a dis-
orderly manner, and when requested by Harris, 77 C,
doing special duty at the place, to go away they refused.
Hall knocked Harris down, and while down un the
ground Harris was kicked on the hip by Henderson. Ser-
geant Houlton went to the assistance of Harris, and be was
also kicked by Henderson.
Hall admitted being drunk, and Henderson said that he
was drunk, and did not recollect anything that occurred.
Mr. Tyrwhitt fined Hall 405., or a month, and Hender-
son, who had kicked a man while he was down, and ano-
ther who came to his assistance, would have to pay 40s.
for the first assault, or a mouth, and 100. or 7 days for the
second.