Guildford has been rivalling Hedingham this we .-.... annual fair
begins on 4th October, and on the previoia .P*, , , ..4. i called Tap-up Sunday, publicans are allowed to drav all hours. Last Sunday, accordingly, some 400 I 44. ' • -.) sembled about a mile from Guildford and began as passers-by. Mrs. Piggott had "her bonnet torn from her head." Miss Bailey was stoned, and "is still suffering from fright." Miss Chartres and other ladies were assaulted, one of them having her eye cut out with a stone. Many gentlemen were beaten severely for the mere luxury of cruelty, but one unlucky man, who remonstrated, had his palings burnt as a bonfire. It seems this kind of thing goes on at Guildford every 5th of November, and the magistrates do nothing to pre- vent it. The whole account is thoroughly discreditable, both to Guildford and to those who manage its affairs, and who are either too timid, or too fond of a low popularity, to do their duty. Perhaps, when the mayor and a magistrate or two have been well pelted with flints, they will muster up heart enough to put the law in force. Meanwhile, decent people have only to avoid Guildford.
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