Apropos the declaration of tthe illegality of the Calcutta Sweep stake under the Indian Code, the "Daily Mail," in a leader, remarks that the general public opinion in Britain will certainly hope that there will be no interference with the most popular Sweepstake. It is true that interest has recently grown out of all proportion, but the intention attributed: to the Calcutta Turf Club to curtail the sale of tickets should meet any reasonable objection. If it is illegal now it has always been illegal, and the Governmevt of India must have winked its eye. It will do no harm if it continues winking at Caleutta's annual gambling event which countless people enjoy who are not gamblers, it is an institution, and if abuses have crept in such as the sale of tickets at enhanced prices, the sale of forged letters, it is better to eradicate the abuses rather than dispense with the institution. couldn't last night, but I could to-day.
The jury acquitted the driver,
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