, 1875-11-10

"d0nry ana 100maS w auWIIShV A"VO ~"
been committed for trial, the former on the
\ charge Of the wilful murder of Harriet Louisa
Lane, the latter on the charge of being an &C.
cessory to the murder; and the Coroner's
Jury have returned a verdict that the mutliat'
ed remains found are those of Harriet Louisa
Lane, and that she was murdered Oy henry
Wainwright. The counsel for Thomas wan
wright, while admitting that he wrote the letter
signed "E. Frieke," which was Intended TO
lead Harriet Lanes friends to believe that he
had gone off with her to France, warmly
maintained that his client had no knowledge
whatever of the murdered woman, and that he
had only played this part to help his brother
when under the pressure of what Henry VAIN
wright reported as mere attempts to extort
money from him. The purchase of the chop
per and spade for his brother he admitted, but
declared this also to have been done wholly
without knowledge of the purpose for which
they were needed. AS regards Henry Vain
wright, the Only new turn in the evidence OF
any Importance is that the earrings found. and
which were supposed to belong to the murdered
woman, are identified by a former housekeeper
of the house in Whitechapel Road as her own.
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Sir Wilfrid Lawson said a witty thing at the
annual meeting of the United Kingdom ALI
anOe in Manchester, when he asserted that
"the real religion of Englishmen is the wor-
ship of vested interests" But like most witt.
Cisms, it is only half true, for though they
worship vested interests which they can buy
out, they take leave to plough up pretty quick
~ vested interests which decline to be bought
out. Sir Wilfrid appealed to the Times as
evidence that the reason Parliament will not
vote the Permissive Bill is simply that it
believes the publicans to be better cleo
tioneerers than the Alliance men. The states
mon who are called "leaders" are, according
to Sir Wilfrid, no more leaders than the leader
in a stage-cOach which go just where they are
driven, and the statesmen, therefore, will follow
the constituencies. Sir Wilfrid Lawson de-
clared that his worst enemy had never called
him a statesman. He was not q 'leader.'
On the contrary, he was one of the drivers,
who would soon have the satisfaction of driv-
ing the "leaders" his own way. And to illus.
trate his meaning, Sir Wilfrid gave Mr.. Dis
raeli, the smear" leader, a taste of the thong
by way of comment on the obsequious manner
in which the Ministry submitted to Mr.. Plimsoll
80 soon as public opinion declared in his favour.
But why should prompt Difference to a MAORI
ty be a sin, at least in the view of a politician
who wishes to make the accidental opinion OF
two-thirds of the rate-payers of a parish the
test Of social morality or all alcoholic ques-
tons In that parish
The State Committee of the Bavarian Par
Lament has passed, by eight to seven, an address
70 the King, in which they state that they
represent the majority of the B4varian people.
and that this people is losing its attachment
to the Grown, seeing that one prerogative af-
ter another is resigned to the Empire, which
does not represent on all points the interests
Of all Germans. The tone of The address is
one of indignation With tho Ministry and the
King, and if it is passed, the Cabinet must
resign, or govern 10 defiance Of Parliamentary
precedent. The Chamber, however, though