Mr. Bradlaugh, too, has secured another legal triumph. On NOD
day, Lord Coleridge delivered judgment in his favour in the -suit which he has instituted against Mr. Newdegate for " main- taining " Mr. Clarke in suing for the £500 penalty which Mr. Bradlaugh had incurred by voting in the House of Commons without taking the Oath. It was not denied that Mr. Newdegate did give Mr. Clarke a bond to pay all his costs in this action; and the Lord Chief Justice held that -Mr. Newdegate, in doing so, had illegally promoted a litigation in which he himself was not interested, his interets as a Member of the House of Commons extending at most to the invalidation of Mr. Bradlaugh's seat, and not to the recovery of the fines for every vote given. Mr. Bradlaugh was awarded costs against Mr. Newdegate for all he had lost through this suit of Mr. Clarke's. It is understood that the decision is to be appealed against.
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