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Show .GU.D. linportunt Vote. London, 8. A considerable portion por-tion of yesterday's session of the house of commons was consumed in the debate on the bill by Fawcett, to enable en-able unmarried women to vote at plpctintis fnr mpmhcru of narliament. Smollett said the agitation emanated from a number of turbulent women in America. The bill, if passed, would enfranchise the women who gained their livelihood by immorality. The bouse, upon a division, refused to order tlie bill to a second reading, by a vote of 152 to 1S7. Disraeli voted with the minority. THE TIHE3 ON YANKEE CORRLTTIOS. The Times, in nn article on Governor Gov-ernor Tilden's message concerning the canal frauds, says: We all know that at heart tbo American nation is as sound as our own, and equally capable ca-pable of a noble impulse. The malpractices mal-practices are inexcusable, but the corruption is not deep seated, and by no means characteristic of the American Amer-ican people. THE LONDON REVIVALS. Moody and Sankey have declined propositions for the erection of a large hall in South London. They intend to hold open air meetings in Hyde Park aud elsewhere, and engage the Victoria theatre, on Waterloo road lor three months. They will temporarily tempo-rarily conduct their services in her majesty's opera bouse after Monday. |