It appeared that authority had been given to the landlady to keep the bouse open till 12 o’clock, as the Lancashire Bell l-ingers were performing; Mr Wardell asked the Constable if he would withdraw the case, and on his em phatically refusing to do so, he dismissed the case at once without taking any evidence what ever.
OPEN COLUMN.
(TO TftE EDITOR OF THE MEECUET.) LOWER TALLEY ROAD,

Near Otaraift, Dec. 16,1870.
