We regret deeply to notice the death of Mr. Bromley-
Davenport, M.P. for North Warwickshire, an honest and intel- ligent Tory, who retained in the midst of his dull party the faculty of humour. On certain breezy subjects Mr. Bromley- Davenport could write either verse or poetry of a most enjoyable kind. He died under melancholy circumstances. He had been suffering from angina pectoris when he was called upon on Monday as Colonel of the Queen's Own Royal Staffordshire Yeomanry, to repress an outburst of a troop quartered in Lichfield, which was growing into a quarrel with the citizens. The excitement killed him on the spot. The character of the riot is still unsettled, that is, whether it was a display of military license, or an outbreak of schoolboy freakishness ; but though the Mayor inclines to the latter opinion, Lord Hartington has promised an inquiry. This unwise to make too much of a small row ; but the Yeomanry must remember that they are an unpopular force, and that on duty they are soldiers. There should not have been a word after the colonel had spoken.
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