25 MAY 1878, page 9

The Last Application Of The Ballot. T He Result Of The

latest application of the Ballot is so very curious, that it deserves more than a passing mention. On the occurrence of the riots in Blackburn, Alderman Pickop, of that town,......

Colonel Wellesley's Appointment.

I T was to be expected that the nomination of Colonel Wellesley as First Secretary of the Embassy at Vienna should irritate a large number of excellent persons, Mr. Benett......