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Vol. LV/J

INTRODUCTION.

[July to December, 1868,

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(Revised—and Corrected \ The question of the right
{Cartoon). !> of women to the Par-

Woman a,nd her Mr, ) liamentary Franchise

was at this time much before the public. Several females
had sent in their claim to vote as being ratepayers, and
some overseers had included women in their list of persons
entitled to vote. The Revising Barrister at Manchester
decided against the claims of the ladies. Miss Becker was
one of the foremost champions of her sex in this matter. {See
also “ Notes,” p. 254.)

The New Chief Secretary.—Colonel Wilson Patten
had succeeded the Earl oe Mayo as Chief Secretary of
Ireland.

Too much Claret.—For this and other references to the
Spanish Revolution see “ Introduction.”

“ The Soldier’s Tir.”—The National Rifle Competition
at Brussels. (“The Soldier’s Tear” is the title of a once
popular song.)

A Dangerous Colour.—See “Mythology and Socks,”

p. 160.

Ben and his Bogey.—In his election address to the
electors of Bucks, Mr. Disraeli, after speaking of the
danger that might arise to the Church of England if the
Irish Church were disestablished, went on to say that
‘ ‘ the ultimate triumph, were our Church to fall, would be
to that Power which would substitute for the authority of
our Sovereign the supremacy of a foreign Prince”—meaning,
of course, the Pope.

A Trifle from Brighton. ) The Rev. J. Purchas
The Chichester Extin- > was the Minister of a
guisher {Cartoon). ' Church of England

chapel at Brighton, at this time notorious for its extrava-
gant Ritualism {see also p. 173). The Bishop of Chiches-
ter inhibited him from carrying on his services.

Song by an Eldest Son.—The “Eldest Son” was the
late French Emperor (as to the “Golden Rose,” see also
p. 165).

Hallo ! Hallamshire!—Compare “ A Plumper for Roe-
buck,” p. 203. Mr. Roebuck lost his seat at Sheffield, but
only for a time.

Haply Coupled in a Couplet,—Mr. John Stuart
Mill had written a letter to the electors of the Kilmarnock
Burghs, strongly recommending Mr. Edwin Chadwick,
C.B., to them as a candidate (see also “ The Electoral Ad-
viser,” p. 170). The second line of the couplet refers to
a correspondence in the Times on Turf matters between
Admiral Rous and Mr. Padwick.

( Q,ue Diable, &c. ) The Prince and Princess

[ Congratulation to H. It. H. j of Wales started this
month on a visit to Egypt, the Nile, and the Holy Land.
The Oxford Election.—See “Introduction.”

(Hoop De Dooden Doo. ) These and other para-
A New Roundabout Pa- > graphs refer to an order
per. ’ issued to the Police to

take possession of all hoops bowled by children in the streets
of London. Thousands of hoops were in consequence very
soon to be found at the Police Stations.

Very Right.-—Mr. Freake was one of the unsuccessful
Conservative candidates for the new Borough of Chelsea.

PAQS

The Fight for Finsbury.—&eeNote to pp. 23, 32. 210

Extremes Meet.—Mr. Bright, the great advocate of 212
peace, had been addressing a meeting of the gun manufac-
turers in Birmingham, on the subject of the national ex-
penditure.

Before the Tournament {Cartoon).—See “Mustering 216
for the Melee,” p. 214. The “Tournament” was, of
course, the General Election.

Sounds the Same.—Dr. Humphrey Sandwith, C.B., 220
one of the unsuccessful candidates for Marylebone, distin-
guished himself in the Crimean War, at Kars in Armenia.

Success to Sidney Sussex.—At this time the under- 220
graduates at Sidney Sussex, and other Colleges in Cam-
bridge, were agitating for an improvement in the College
dinners. (College provisions are known as “ Commons.”)

The Latest Remedy Out.—See “Horace Grey and his 223
son Vivian,” p. 232.

In the Mdlee {Cartoon).—Compare “ Before the Tourna- 228
ment” {Cartoon), p. 216.

Morals from the Elections.—A list of defeated candi- 231
dates at the general election.

A Pretty Quarrel.—Refers to some differences between 232
the two liberal candidates for Middlesex. One of them,

Mr. Labouchere, was at this time lessee of the Queen’s
Theatre, Long Acre.

To Mrs. Disraeli.—The wife of the Prime Minister just 233
created a peeress in her own right as Viscountess Bea-
consfield (died 1872).

Is there not a Mistake ?—The Earl of Malmesbury’s 243
family name is Harris.

Resignation of Mr. D’lxion.—See “Introduction” for 245
Mr. Disraeli’s “Circular.” See also “ Ixion’s Fall,” p. 248,
and “ Ixionout of Heaven ” {Cartoon), p. 250.

c Singing Smalley. ) Mr. Reverdy J oiinson 254

( Enemies of Mankind. ) had not long been in 268

this country as United States Minister. He was very
hopeful as to the speedy settlement of the Alabama and
other differences between the two countries. In “ Under the
Mistletoe ” {Cartoon ), p. 273, he holds the sprig over “John
Bull,” and “Columbia.” Mr. Johnson was recalled in
1869.

The Real Court for the Ladies.—Reference has before 254
been made {See “Notes,” pp. 131, 139), to the decision
of the Revising Barrister at Manchester against the claims
of women to the suffrage. This decision was appealed
against in the Court of Common Pleas, but confirmed by
the unanimous opinion of the Judges.

The Charge of the Black \ Refer to a stormy meeting 257
Brigade. of the Society for Pro- 264

ADivision in the Church. J moting Christian Know-

ledge at the Freemasons’ Tavern, when a proposal to grant
a sum of money to the High Church Bishop (Gray) of Cape-
town, was negatived.

The Junior Athenaeum.—-Mr. (now Sir Charles) 263
Dilke, M.P. for Chelsea, was the eldest son of Sir C.
Wentworth Dilke, proprietor of the Athenaeum.

The Deluge Come at Last.—Society, a play which had 270
a long run at the Prince of Wales’s theatre.
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