15 APRIL 1882, Page 3

The cities are beginning to wake up to the future

of elec- tricity. Manchester, through her deputy town-clerk, has asked the Board of Trade to secure to the municipality a monopoly of the right of supply ; and the Board, aware of a general wish, has published its reply. The official Bill, which is to be referred to a strong Committee, and which, of course, can- not pass until the Parnellites please, is intended to guard the rights of Municipalities, who will only have the preference, if they apply for a five years' right of lighting.