pleased to individual voters; but it was agreed at last that no overt use should be made of the rumours by Mr Alf’s Committee.  In regard to other matters, they who worked under the Committee were busy enough.  The dinner to the Emperor was turned into ridicule, and the electors were asked whether they felt themselves bound to return a gentleman out of the City to Parliament because he had offered to spend a fortune on entertaining all the royalties then assembled in London.  There was very much said on placards and published in newspapers to the discredit of Melmotte, but nothing was so printed which would not have appeared with equal venom had the recent rumours never been sent out from the City.  At twelve o’clock at night, when Mr Alf’s committee-room was being closed, and when...