The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-24

four candidates e153o-about s10 per elecor and
973 scheduled having been guilty bribery and
corrupt pracces and in Regate where there 92O cleo
tors 730 of whom voted at the election of 1865 346 accepted
brides.
The London Times gives the following account of political
meeting held last month in Birmingham, where election
is to take place to fill vacancy. 1t will be that
English cousins not always their good behavior what
ever sneers they may cast on American rowdyismThe
moment the hall doors opened crowd of pugis and
rough the very worst class took possession of the floor
and the entry of Mr. Lloyd and his friends to the organ gal
ery the signal for uproar which at that instant
commenced and for hours and half was kept up
ceasng No words could picture convey exaggerated
idea of the To appeal made the mob behaved
horde of savages might be expected to do An appeal
made to them by of large placard held up In
front of the galerythe words it Is this freedom
of peech To this these canaUe beloved in reply like
many bulls of Bashan Mr. Lloyd endured this foul uproar
good humoredy and patiently for than two hours not
one word he uttered heard beyond the reporters who
stood by him. and at 10 o'clock the meeting broke up amid
fights and uproar Such is the mode of Parliamentary con-
test in Birmingham town in which there is talk and
pretense about civil and religious liberty and toleraton
and in which, in all probability there uttered about
IAN enlightened public opinion and the "spread of educa
ton" of kind other than any other town in the
Kingdom.
Mr. Bright frequently than almost any other member
of Parliament adorns his speeches with quotations from old
English authors. At public breakfast given to Mr. Lloyd
Garrison he concluded his impressive speech by line from
Spencers Fairy Queen He sad cone of oldest and
grandest poets has furnished with line which shall de-
clare the verdict of the English people the guest of the
day and his friends. Are William Lloyd Garrison and
his feowlaborers in that worlds work. are they not On
Fames eternal beadroll worthy to be ed?" pleasant
to find the old poet thus brought to do honor principles
which neither old MODERN but part of the changee
substance of morality and justice.
The London Spectator remarks "Mr. Ayron Thursday
expressed formally the annoyance felt by the public at the
Queens partial retirement from public life and total retire
from London He objected the large for pal
aces foryone thousand nine hundred and ryve pounds
of which available for distinguished guests
and said the Government rapidly becoming republican
This called up Mr. Dsrae who pointed outthat Her Maes
bod od a1rooct
dented fact in history alleged that there place fit
for guests and limited that he intended to propose for
palace at Kensington splendid SITE Mr. Gladstone
demurred almost angy saying Mr. Disrael ought make
formal proposal and not prepare the public mind in that
way'
rather amusing circumstance was connected with the sup
per the Belgian officers in the Prince of Wales The
value of the plate the table G25 00 and it had been
lent by Hancock and other celebrated slversmiths The
question how preserve it. The matter effected by
having the company waited by detectives dressed up
walters Nearly every attendant police officer in dis
guse.
PAUpER1sM-The official return of the state of pauperism
in England at Lady day, 1867 minus per cent not
urne shows that the number persons in receipt of relief
from the rates. 9S27 higher by 086 than in the last
week of the Christmas quarter and higher by 80 per cent
than at Ladyday, 1866 At time, says the Times i'll jan
uay 1867 the increase the corresponding period of 1866
than double that percentage The monthly return
issued shows that the increased amount of
nued in March last to be chiefly in the metropolis where
the number of paupers had advanced from 1884, in 1866
in 1867 than half of the entire increase in
England compared with the previous year, being thus
found among oneseventh of the population of England.
Some small "subject" of Mrs. Victoria Brown has adj
dressed the following precious epse to daily coemporary
in this city:
The Chicago Eeing Journal has, for time published
occasional letters from London, signed "Nobuy" They
have been noticeable for nothing except the evident relish
with which he carefully reported vile and disgusting
about Queen Victoria People have wondered what sort of
wretch he could be who ndustrosy give
rency whatever tended shake the worlds respect that
nobles of ladies' The journal in its issue of Friday last
gives all the necessary information about him. by publishing
letter from the London correspondent of the New York Times
who abiding the volume recently published by the Queen
says it sought shame the miserable gosSip of English soc
ety. who have hestaed to make their afflicted Queen the
object of their stupid ests and brutal SANDER 1t is likely
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