The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, _LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 1868

WETTING ON THE ELECTION.

Colonel Richardson Gardner is very confident that he
!hall win the election at Windsor. He is the Conservative
candidate. His opponent, Mr. Eykyn, the Liberal can-
didate, is also very confident that he shall win the election.
Colonel Gardner writes to Mr. Eykyn as follows: "Several of
your friends have been offering to lay' braggart' wagers as to
the result of this election. When they have been accepted
your friends have invariably declined on one pretext or
other. lam not a betting man, and very much dis-
approve such a mode of testing the probable success
of a candidate. Nevertheless, I cannot submit to the
effect intended to result from such boasted public offers
on the constituency. Therefore, to save all further trouble, I
go out of my way to offer to stake with you £5OO that you
do not win this election and retain your seat ; the reverse
being, of course, your bet. As Ido not want your money,
or that of your friends, the conditions must be-1. That
you aid I each deposit our money in the London and
County Bank within twenty-four hours of your acceptance
of the bet. 2. That your acceptance must be within
twenty-four hours of your receipt of this letter. 3. That
the manager of the bank has written instructions, signed
by both of us, that the £5OO lost is to be handed over to
the committee of the Windsor Infirmary for its use and
benefit."

To this epistle Mr. EYkyn makes the following reply:—
" I must express my surprise at the contents of your letter
of this date. I have no right to interfere with any beta
(braggart or otherwise) your friends and mine may choose
to make upon the result of the forthcoming election,
although fully satisfied the verdict of the electors will be
in my favL ur ; and, with you, ' disapproving such a model
of testing the probable success of a candidate,' must decline
your proposal. It maybe right for me to add, that I must
refuse to enter upon any further correspondence on election
matters."

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

,ttack of tha savages, 600 in number, of whom 80
were killed and wounded. The relieving parties
found the dead bodies of Indians in every direction
before reaaing the island on the 26th September.
Forsyth was alive, and is doing well, though dan-
gerously wounded. Lieutenant Beecher, son of the
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, the second in com-

mand, was killed, as was the surgeon, Dr. Moore,
together with five men, twelve being wounded.
The action is described as the most desperate yet
fought on the plains; the Indians of the three
three tribes, well armed, worked to within a few
yards of the force, against whom they fired 10,000
rounds, keeping up their attack through whole days.

With reference to the suits of John N. and Wm.
Cushing, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, owners of
the ship Sonora, burnt by the Alabama, against
John Laird jun., of Birkenhead, England, the
deputy-marshal in serving thra process, could dis-
cover no property to attach, both the assistant trea-
surer and Messrs. Foster and Thompson having
denied that any such property was now in their
hands. Mr. Laird caused a letter to be written,
not only asserting that no property of his was in
the United States, but that the alleged action, as
far as he knew, had not been taken against him.

Frank's last sketch is the Water-street dialogue,
where the first rowdy says Tom Hadcl'em wants
you right away, whereon the second rowdy asks,
what is it ?—a badger, or prayers. This is what
Water street, New York, has come to under the in-
fluence of the religious revival.
The Englishwoman's Review for October, is the
ninth issue of that magazine, and contains some interest-
ing papers. A list of the Parliamentary candidates who
support Woman Suffrage is given, among whom we see
Handel! Cossham, Edmond Bealos, and Ernest Jones, Dr.
Humphrey Saudwith, and other well-known gentlemen.
The number of petitions to Parliament for the extension
of the elective franchise to women up to the end of last
July amounted for the year 1868 to 75, with close on
50,000 signatures. The following is the list of places
where the names of women have been allowed to remain
on the overseers' lists of voters, or where their claims have
been admitted:—

Ashford, East Kent

No. of Women
Voters.

Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire

Swiegfo.rd, East Keiii
Rochdale, Yorkshire .

not known

Borough of Finsbury
Todmorden, South-East Lancashire

Moss-side
Lydiate,South-West Lancashire

SCarisbriek, 11
Sebergllam East Cumberland ,

Gorton,South-East Lancashire
Denton „
Levenshubne

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King Victor Emanuel, is about to make a sojourn of some
months in Italy, her medical advisers having reconr
mended her native climate as a means of recruiting her
health.