A BURLY GENTLEMAN.--The Moral out of the Hurly-Burleigh affair is this, When an Editor commissions one of his "salaried assistants," as Sir COUTTS-LINDSAY might term them, to report the proceedings of such a meeting as that held in Trafalgar Square, he should apply to the Chief Commissioner of Police for a _passe-partout_, which would serve as a trump card to be played when in doubt. It was rather hard on the doughty Soudan Correspondent, who is every inch a soldier--round the waist included--to be Soudanly "run in." It is one thing to be taken up by the Proprietors of the _Daily Telegraph_, and quite another to be taken up by the Police. Still as _Mr. Weller Senior_ persisted in asking, "Why worn't there an Alleybi?" so we cannot help regretting that Mr. BENNETT BURLEIGH had not been furnished with proper credentials. * * * * * Rather Mixed. _Pugilist Enthusiast (to Musical Ditto)._ I'm glad they gave SULLIVAN a bouquet. _Musical Ditto (on the wrong tack)._ He deserves it. I see they've put his _Pinafore_ on again. _Pugilistic Enthusiast (puzzled)._ His pinafore! What's that for? _Musical Ditto._ To give him breathing time, I suppose, before he makes his next hit. Ta Ta! [_Exit Musical Ditto without further explanation._ * * * * * Mr. WALTER BESANT wrote to the _Times_ last Saturday to deny having signed a petition in favour of the Chicago Anarchists. He admitted that he had received such a petition, to which he had not returned any answer. Mr. BESANT, in his dealings with "all sorts and conditions," should remember that "silence gives consent"--an aphorism (is this all right, Mr. MORLEY?) naturally attributed to TACITUS. * * * * * OUR BOOKING OFFICE.