... THE CRIME OF SPEAKING. WIDNES FEARS THE ARREST OF ITe MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. A good deal of indignation has been oocasioned at Widnes owing to the action of the polioe in regard to Mr. Seddon, M.P., mdxnnmberofmamba'ottho.n‘bpr party, who recently addressed ...

... The Dumb Speak. Amnesty—Mr. Goremikin paused to take a drink of water—amnesty will nef, of course, be granted. When, atter bowing stifly to the assembly, the Premier resumed his seat the silence was oppressive. It was the silence which precedes a great ...

... SPEAKS OUT. DEFINES THE POLICY OF THE MINISTRY. ...

... SO TO SPEAK. At Brentford Police-court yesterday: The Clerk: Did you see the defendant use any threats? Witness: No, sir. The boot was on the other hand. (Loud laughter.) ...

... PEER SPEAKS FOR CABMAN. When a cabman answered a summons at Marlborough-st. yesterdav for wanton driving, Lord Vivian gavé evidence on lis behalf, stating that the constable spoke to him in a way that a policeman should not have spoken. When he (witnese) ...

... SPEAKS STRONGLY OF ITS CORRUPTION, smmcn ON PUBLIC SCANDALS' | WAS PURCHASED. From Our Own Correspondent. XeEw Yorx, Sunday. Mr. Bryan is continuing with Gladstoniad eloguence and energy the task of construci ing a platform for the democratic campaigd ...

... Still Standing to Speak. Mr. Briscoe rose to a point of order, but was interrupted by the chairman, who called on Mr. Vance to sit down. S Mr. Vance shook his head by way of protest and remained standing. Mr. Briscoe (again rising) asked: Is it competent ...

... EARL SPEAKS FOR CABMAN, Summoned at Marlborough-st. for setting down a fare within an area at Hyde-parkcorner prohibited by police regulations, Alfred Wright, a cabman, said he only obeyed the instructions of the Earl of Shnflburf, who was riding in the ...

... Some Plain Speaking. At the subsequent r .eeting in the Exeter Hall the names of these gentlemen wert mentioned. One was Mr. Asquith. If there were m{( Socialists there s;Ley ‘would hiss because Mr. Asquith was an assassi (Hooting and cries of * Featherslonefi ...

... PLAIN SPEAKING AT THE HOLBCRN. ] They dishke sailing under false colors, and, whether we like it or not, Ibe¥l have hm coyrage of their convictions, Really, I ~they are right. Far better, surely, o have open professicnalism than a veiled type. Some very ...

... Nething te Speak About. ‘ «1g it a fact that the death of one of the victims of the San Francisco fire leaves you with much money?’ “Yes, but it's not enough to make a fuss sb&)u'l. Seven thousand pounds at the outside!” “T did not expect to benefit ...

... MAGISTRATE'S PLAIN SPEAKING AS TO OFFICIALS. In the case of a woman named Pippin,{ charged at North London with drunkenness, accused had been let out on license from the Farmfield Inebriates’ Home, where she had been sent for three years. She was twice ...