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To conclude with WHITE.I3 IT AT GREENWICH. Mr Atkins and Mrs Leigh Murray R OYAL PRINCESS'S 'THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining THIS EvENING, TWICE KILLED. After which, Dion Boucicault's Great Drama, entitled AFTER DARK: a Tale of London Life Mr Walter Lacy, Mr Dominick Murray, Mr D. Leeson ; Niss Emma Barnett, and Miss Rose Leclercq. Concluding with THE SECRET. N.B.—On Monday, May 10, will be produced, a New Drama, *by Dion Boucicault. entitled PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE. I'loors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. "" . i PO RTING.—J OHN ROBERTS suppli,:s the ,ieqLATES I' EDITION of "1114 SUN " as soo - a as pub ed.-4, Bath-street, City-roadrlC.C. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. This EVRNING, BLUE DEVILS: Messrs. Howe, Rogers, Buckstone, jun., and Mi ss F anny Wright. Afier which. HOM E : Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale. &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Hill, &e. Followed by THE CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH. N: r othern. Concluding with MAKE YOUR WILLS: Mr Buck stone. Commenew at 7. PRINCESS S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS DARK: Mr Walter Lae at 7, TWICE KILLED. At 8, AFTER &c. And THE SECRET . 9, Mr L. Leeson, Miss Rose Leglereq, THEATRE-1107AL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO C A MBERWELL : Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray At 15 to 8, BLACK AND WHITE: Messrs. Pechter, A. Stirlin, R. Phillips, Stuart: Carlotta Leclerc q , Mi n g Lennox Grey t..c . 4.nd WHITEBAIT AT GREItNWICH : Mr Atkins. ' NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of ono of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. it is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 13s. each. including brush. Red Bnll Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. The Directors of the Bank of British North America 1)0 HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That the Yearly General Meeting of Proprietors will be held, pursuant to the Deed f Settlement, on TUESDAY. the Ist June next, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, at One o'clock pre cisely, when the El( ction of Three Directors, in the room of those going out by the provisions of the Deed, will take place. By Order of the Court. R. W. BRADFORD, pro Secretary No. 124, Bishopgate-street Within, London, 7th May, 1869. L ONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN :RAILWAY COMPANY. CONVERSION OF DEBENTURES INTO DEBEN- TURE STOCK. The Directors are now prepared to enter into arrange ments for converting the Debentures of the Company into equivalent amounts of Perpetual Four per Cent. Debenture fitock, and also to receive applications for allotments of Ihe same Stock, at par, to be applied in the repayment of Debentures falling due. Any amount of Stock, not being a fraction of a pound, can be subscribed for and transferred. A commission of (one-half) per cent. is allowed to ap plicants, and the Stock will be inscribed in the Company's !Jot:rs free of all expense. The interest will be paid half-yearly on the 13th January end 15th July, by warrant. The Stock thus raised will be entitled to the same priority against the property and income of the Company es the Debenture Bond Debt, ranking before the Com pany's entire Stock and Share Capital of Thirty Millions (X 30,000,000), and will be the first charge on a net income row amounting to upwards of Three Millions (L 3,000,000) annually. Further particulars and forms of application may be obtained by letter addressed to the undersigned. STEPHEN BEAY, Secretary. Euston Station, March, 1869. COMPENSATION IN CASE OF INJURY, AND A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATH Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND, may be secured by a Policy of the RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY. An Annual Payment of £3 to £6 ss. insures £l,OOO at Death, and an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS ALONE may be provided against by Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies. For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to the Local Agents, or at the Offices, .54, CORNHILL and 10, REGENT TREET, LONDON. WILLIAM J. VIAN, Secretary. MAONIVEN & CAMERON'S ENOWNED WAVERLEY, OWL, PICK 11) WICK, and WAVERLEY BARREL PEN, ON A NEW PRINCIPLE. " The Owl' pen is suitable for fine writing, and glides over the paper in the most easy and graceful manner. This is par excellence the lady's pen. The Pickwick,' from its flexibility, is well adapted for business purposes. The Waverley 'is sure to become a favourite ; its flexi bility is so great that it will entirely supersede the use of quills, and to professional men will be invaluable. The Waverley Barrel Pen' possesses the same qualities as the f oregoing."— Court Journal. El MOSES and SON. JUJ• AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to introduce commodi!ies valuable to every householder Ugh and low. This offers a highly remunerative Commi-sion '0 Tradesmen, Travellers. Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to IC. MARRISON, Great Orford-street, Norwich. B RITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION Head Offices, 429, Strand, London. The distinguishing features of this Association aro Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement a claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. ABOLITION OF THE DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCES. THE Directors of the ROYAL INSURANCE t OMPANY, in anticipation of the above, beg to intimate that on all new I , snrances now effected there will only be payable (provisionally) the proportion of Duty for the time between th , - , date of the Order and Midsummer Day next. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HS AD OFFICES: Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverpool, and Lombard-street, London. CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING. Important Announcement. Increased Share of Life Profits. ALL NEW INSURANCES, with Participation, EFFECTED AFTER IST JANEART, 1868, will become entitled tO an INCREASED SHARE OF THE PROFITS, in accordance with the Resolution passed at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. JOHN H. M6LAREN. Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. OVERCOATS IN EVERY STYLE AND MATERIAL. lONDON, TILBURY, AND SOUTHEND j RAILWAY . --SOUTHEND and BACK for 2s. 6d., from 'enehnrch-street and Stepney Stations, on Sundays, at 8.7 and 10.40 a.m.; on Mondays. at 7.40 and 10 52 a.m. Fares-Ist Class, 3s. 6d.; 2d Class, 2s. 6:1. The Tickets are available only on the day of issue, to return from Southend, on Sundays, at 6.40, and on Mondays at 6.15 p.m., and not by any other Train. J. LOUTH, Manager. Fenchnrch-street Station, April 28, 1869. THE RAILWAYS (EXTENSION OF TIME) ACT, 1868. T HE NEATH and BRECON RAILWAY -COMPANY, 1, Westminster ChaMbers, Victoria-street, London, S.W., 30th April, 1869. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That in accordance with the Railways(Extension of Time) Act,lBrB, an ordinary Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company will bQ held at their offices as above, on Friday, the 21st day of May next, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of considering, and, if thought fit, approving of, an appli cation being made to the Board of Trade, pursuant to the said Act for an extension of the time granted by the Neath and Brecon Railway Act, 1864 (which expires on the 29th day of July next), for the completion of the Railway and Branch Railway by that Act authorised. D. HOWELL MORGAN, Secretary. ARMY CONTRACTS. CONTROL-OFFICE, ALDERSHOT, Ist May, 1869. TENDERS will be received at this Office until noon on 21st inst., from persons who may be willing to enter into CONTRACT for the SUPPLY of Flour (ration) Fresh Meat Flour (hospital) ) Meat for hospitals Cones; Rice In such quantities as may be required for six months from the let June, 1869, for the use of her Majesty's forces sta tioned at Aldershot and within the command. • Separate tendersaTo required for each of the above articles. Forms of tender, conditions of contract, and any other information may be obtained on application at this office between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily. The tenders must be properly filled up, signed, and de— livered at this offize(under closed en v e lope, marked on th e outside " Tender for Army 'upplies"), and no Tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office and delivered by the hour appointed. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, BLUE DEVILS : Messrs. Howe, Rogers, Buckstone. jun. ; and Miss Fanny Wright. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton, A stley, &c,; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, &c. Followed by THE CAPTAIN Or TH 'WATCH: Messrs SOthern, Chippendale, Vincent, &c.; Mesdames Cavendish, Hill, &c. Concluding with MARE YOUR WILLS : Joseph Brag, Mr Buckstone. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven. THEATRE -ROYAL, HOLBORN. Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN, THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE MISTRESS OF THE MILL. At 8 o'clock, Lord Lytton's Great Play (in five acts) of MONEY, Tarry Sullivan, J. C. Cowper, George Honey, W. H. Stephens, Charles Cog lan, Lin Rayne, A. Bernard, W. Arthur, and E Dyas; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Louisa Thorne, and Mrs Charles Horsman. D OYAL STRAND THEATRE. I. 13 Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENG IN. at 7, A WIDOWDraft NT. Messrs. nuke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Button and. After which. 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SPECIAL IS OTICE.—In consequence of frequent misrepre ents.tions, E. MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their nlv Establishments are the above-mentioned. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and 3lanagcress, Mrs. Swanborough, THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke Miss Bufton. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs. Th orne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Goodall, Lydia Maitland, B u tt on. To conclude with HUE AND DYE GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS EVHNINCI, at 7, MINNIE, or, Leonard's Love. At 9, A BREACH OF PROMISE. After which, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS. Messrs. Marshall, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurl stone, J. Clarke; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Fountain, and Stephens. ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M Oliver. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, IN FOR A HOLIDAY. Followed by CLAUDE DUVAL: Mr. Dewar, Mr. Danvers, Miss M. Oliver. &c. To conclude with THE BOARDING SCHOOL. PRTNCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Al iss Mario Wilton Tiirs EVIMING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, 11. J. Montague, Addison, Glover, and Eaneroft; Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss C. Addison, and Miss NI arks Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And A Lys EXCUSE. CIIRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's llall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and tiaturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. THIS EVENING, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S :VIINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entetainment: and the Burlesque E x t rav aglnza, THE VERY GI r :AND DUTCH—S ROYAL HARA THREE Promenade Concert. Band P of 60, ALACE. BALLET.i Begin at 8. Is. Box-offtet open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GA.U.DENS. O PEN daily (ex cept Sundayi:). AtittliESioll, le.; on Mondays, 61 Ctildren ander twel7o, 6cl:- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1869. I"' g":o , ' • ty _ • tss.‘s 1/ s' 7 44,344 LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 13G9. The question as to the compensation to May nooth College was definitively decided last night in Committee. But lit was only decided after three divisions had been taken, and after a prolonged and stormy discussion, in the course of which both sides indulged in the sharpest mutual recriminations. The particular clause which was the subject in dispute was the 39th clause, providing compensation for the cessation of the grant to Maynooth College. That grant amounts annually to £26,000. And the compensation proposed was the setting aside of £380,000 out of the funds obtained through the realization of the Irish Church property— placing that sum in the hands of trustees for the benefit (in compensation) of the institution now summarily about to be denied henceforth the annual grant, heretofore accorded to it, of £26,000. Accord ing to the argument of the Opposition, an arrange ment of that kind was virtually endowing Maynooth with a yearly income of £15,000 in perpetuity. As Mr. GLADSTONE insisted, however, the proposal was in no sense whatever an endowment—any more than the compensation to be given to the Presbyterians and to the Protestant Church could in reason be designated re-establish ment or re-endowment. He demonstrated, more over, very clearly and cogently, that while hitherto the Established and Endowed Protestant Church in Ireland had been in receipt of £1 sterling per head of its members, the Presbyterians (through the Regiunt Dom) of ls. 10d., and the Catholics (through the grant to Maynooth) per head, of merely three halfpence—if the amounts proposed to be granted to each of those three communions severally in the way of compensation were divided relatively among them the proportion arrived at would be found to be as nearly as possible the same !' It was pro posed, in fact, that each of the three bodies should be dealt with upon precisely the same principle in met ing out to each the measure of compensation. Col. BARTELofs.way of putting the objection of the Oppo sition to the 39th clause was, point blank, this—that the present Government had appealed to the country at the General Election on the distinct understand ing that not one fraction of the Irish Church pro perty should be devoted to the compensation of the College of Mavuooth, on the inevitable withdrawal of the annual grant of £26,000. Mr. GLADSTONE at once, however, emphatically denied that any pledge whatever of that kind had ever been made by the Liberal Party, by himself or by any of his colleagues, either when they were in Opposition or after their forma tion into a Government. lie declared indig nantly that he could not for an instant believe that the country was so entirely devoid of intellect, and of common sense as the hon. and gallant member's argu ment would imply it to be, seeing that the Liberal Party had never drawn the slightest distinction be tween the case of Maynooth and that of the Regium Donum, in respect to the source from which the com pensation was to be obtained or the principle on which it was to be founded. Ono member (Sir J. ELPHlNsToNE)jhaughtily maintained that the Govern ment would never have secured to itself so large a majority at the last Greueral Election if the constitu encies could have foreseen that one farthing of the Irish Church property was to be applied I to Popish purposes. Another member (Mr. GREENE) taunted the Liberal Scotch members, with having in the last House of Commons voted with him in support of the proposition that no part of the endowments of the Anglican Church should be ap plied to the endowment of the institutions of any other religious denomination, whether Catholic or Presbyterian. The result of the discussion, in point of fact, was this—that Sir GEORGE JENKINSON'S amendment (the adoption of which, by transferring the charge in compensation to Maynooth to the Con solidated Fund would, as Mr. BRIGHT reminded the House, elicit a protest against it from one end of the kingdom to the other) was negatived by a clear ma jority of 126, in a House of 510-192 being for the amendment and 318 against it. Subsequently, a vast majority of 170, in a House 516, hav ing pronounced against reporting progress, another division was taken upon Mr. AYTOUN'S amend ment, the clear majority against it being 107 i❑ a house of 503-198 pro and 305 contra. Other amendments being then withdrawn, and merely ver bal ones inserted, the clause (39) being thus only verbally amended, but otherwise left intact in prin ciple, was ordered to stand part of the bill amidst loud and ringing cheers from the Ministerialists. To Maynooth College, therefore, so far as the House of Commons is concerned, is now assured the fair and equitable, the just and reasonable amount of £3Bo,ooo—call it if you will a permanent income of £15,000 a year—in the way of compensation. HISTORY undoubtedly does repeat itself, but it cannot be said that its repetitions are always desir able. We read with wonder of the athletic, but savagely severe, Grecian games, of the brutal fights with wild beasts and gladiators at Rome, and what we suppose to be the last trace of these barbarous sports—the Spanish bull fights—excite our unqualified amazement. But it is more than doubtful whether " a high state of civilisation " is any security for even the decent repression of the brutal tastes and barbarous pleasures which gratified the semi-savages of the pre-Christian age. The progress and refinement of twenty centuries have not eradicated that delight in the danger and suffer ing of others which is supposed to be the special characteristic of the barbarian. But if rude and civilised life, like all other extremes, must touch, if the modern Briton or Frenchman cannot re sist his inclination to derive enjoyment from the maiming of his fellow-creatures, he should at least strive to keep from falling below the level of the savage. The sports of the Colisseum were horrible enough ; men were torn by wild beasts and mutilated by each other for the gratification of the multitude ; but when women began to enter the arena an imperial mandate forbade the innovation. The " refinement " of modern life requires for its enjoyment that women should risk their lives in enterprises which are desperate and dangerous for men. A woman who some time back delighted London audiences as the " Female LEOTARD " is now a h ope l ess cr i p pl e . A band of frightened girls, w h o t um bl e an d f orm pyramids at t a r music -hall, p u h s e i c . - ha ll The, are French now sport,g but the velocipedegoes it often h appens that a w have aw ai t i g n o gy t t t h i p e e e l v o t i a p h e l d e e e r a a c e s s by w omen. If all is r e ia l this igs e i r s No. n it o sl t e‘n a et h n l c e tl x eh c , r i otail and r y n on the course, and sometimes velocipede of a competitor. This is the delightful an struck and it itistb this by the excites the hil ar it y o f the polished people over the e part of th e entertainm water. We just h ear t h at an "intensely exc iti ng scene" has occurred at Eolton. A "f ema l e 13 1.0 N- - started to walk a rope at an elevation of sixty feet in the air. A knot caused her to slip; she fell, let go the pole, caught the rope with her hands, and remained suspended. She had strength enough to hold on until a number of men gathered together under the rope and caught her as she fell. Her escape was accidental; her fall was the almost invariable result of these unnatural feats. It is for the sake of these poor women, but not for them alone, that these acrobatic exploits should be kept within due limits, If they are unnatural in the case of one sex, they are very perilous for the other. Almost simultaneously with this scene at Bolton, an accident with a more lamentable result, occurred in France. The victim this time was a man who earned his live lihood by emulating BLONDIN'S feat of carrysLng a man on his back. Luckily for his burden, the accident, occurred whilst performing alone. The rope-walker fell, and was taken up insensible, with his leg broken in two places. The simple remedy in these cases is, not to forbid such performances--which is not feasible—but to insist, as was clone in the days of Imperial Rome, either - that the rope should, in all cases, be near the ground, or that a net should be suspended beneath it so as to prevent a violent fall. The performance would be not less clever with this restriction ; the excitement to be derived from the risk of the performer is unlawful and should be prevented. It is very probable that rope-walking would become unfashion able if the danger to life and limb were obviated ; but this is a consideration with which the legisla tor has no concern. Its duty is to require those precautions against accident which are exacted by law in all the ordinary pursuits of life. A rail way company neglecting a precaution is overwhelmed with obloquy ; but hazard has been made part of the business of pleasure. At present the amuse ments of the age are one of its foulest reproaches. -mat cup ii„,,,,---43:,„i-cragyit HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, May 6. The Queen, accompanied by Prince Leopold, and attended by the Marchioness of Ely, drove out yesterday afternoon. her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise, went out in the grounds this morning. The other members of the Royal Family also went out. LATEST INTELL LGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ITALY. FLORENCE, May 7. Yesterday General Menabrea had an interview with the King to confer with his Majesty upon the new Parliamentary situation created by the fusion of the different political parties. The Opinione states that the new Ministry ten dered their resignation, which the King accepted, and that his Majesty entrusted General Menabrea with the formation of a new Cabinet. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, May 7. The Union Company's steamship Dane, with the above mail, has arrived. Her dates are—Cape of Good Hope, April 4th ; St. Helena, 12th ; Ascen sion, 15th ; and Madeira, Ist inst. She brings 48 passengers and 45 sacks of mails. Among her pas sengers are two sons and a daughter of Bishop Colenso, from Natal, and Judge Parker, from St. Helena. The mails leave by the 10.25 a m. train for Lon- don. Further diamond discoveries have occasioned much excitement at the Cape. The Dame brings the gem, weighing 47f carats, the alleged value of which is £2,000. The next steamer Roman, brings another weighing 83f carats, valued at £30,000. The discovery of about 20 diamonds altogether have been announced since the last mail. News from Natal is to the 20th of March. The gold-fields are proving unsatisfactory. Several parties of gold-diggers had abandoned the search, and were on their way back to the Cape Colony and Natal. Other Explorers, believing researches not having been made far enough north, await till the obstruction offered by the natives be freed and security from them can be insured. The Roman arrived out on March 29th, and the Cambria at - Madeira on the Ist inst. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 6. The Sultan paid his customary visit to the Porte to-day, on occasion of the commencement of the Turkish year. All the Ministers were present. The Saltan delivered a long speech, in which he re ferred to politics, finance, reforms in the adminis tration of public affairs, and the favour able settlement recently arrived at in the Hellenic difficulty through the mediation of the Great Powers. The Sultan stated that the pacification of Crete was complete, and the rela tions with foreign powers friendly, Reviewing the events of the country as regards inner administra tion, his Imperial Majesty insisted upon strict eco nomy in the public expenditure, the improvement of judicial procedure, the extension of railways, and held out the prospect that all classes of his subjects would equally participate in th© benefits expected from the new reforms. The speech of the Sultan produced a most excel lent impression. BOMBAY MAIL. MARSEILLES, May 6. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Peluse, with the homeward India, China Mauritius, and Re union mails, arrived here at noon to-day. The announcement of her arrival yesterday was pre mature. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY, May 6. A little work, styled "The Elections in 1869," is now being distributed at the houses of all the curds in France. It is a clerical electoral manifesto. The author calls him self a priest, and signs with three asteriFk3, and, of course, urges the curds to support the Government with all their power in the coming struggle. The Arenir Ara tionolis v.Ay severe and smart on this clerical electioneering pamphlet, and professes to doubt whether it is really written by a priest. "The little work is sold extremely cheap ;in fact, almost for nothing, absolutely as if the expenses were paid by a Government subvention. The abbS who pro fesses to be the author therefore combines disinterestedness with modesty and enthusiasm for the authorities. We find indeed in him too many virtues, and we should not be niggards of our admiration if we did not fear, in lifting the skirt of his cassock, to find the lay garb of some clerk at the Ministry of the Interior." A little while ago, your readers will remember, a pro position was made that the miserable pension granted to the old communal schoolmasters should be increased. £lO,OOO only was asked for, but the Government, which intends to spend large sums in pensioning the soldiers of the First Empire, refused this pittance on the ground of economy. It is now announced that the increase will be granted, and that £12,000 instead of £lO,OOO will be devoted to the purpose. "He giveth twice who giveth quickly." The Hotel Bristol is just now thronged with great personages. The Prince and the Princess of Wales have arrived there from the East, and the Duchess of Aber. corn and the Earl and Countess of Mount Edgecumbe have come up from the South of France. These notabilities will all be present to-morrowat a grand review on the parade ground of the Bois de Boulogne. Eight regiments of cavalry, stationed in Paris and Versailles, and two of the Artillery of the Guard will be present. With a proportionate contingent of infantry, a very formidable force will be made up. Patti has been suffering from a slight abscess in the head, which has delayed her appearance in London for a few days. She is, however, now nearly recovered, and will soon be with you. The unfortunate conjuror, Dr. Epstein, who was shot with a:ramrod from his performing gun, is also coming round. There is an epidemic amongst workmen as well as cashiers. The latter are afflicted with a propensity for running off with cashboxes ; the former are seized with a mania for striking. Two or three strikes are announced this week. One, a small affair at Lyons, is especially impudent. The stokers at a large gas establish ment, quietly asked one morning this week for an addition of one-third to their present wages. On refusal the whole troop, excepting four, turned out. The Belgian strikes are all at an end. In the Borinage work has every where been resumed and the troops withdrawn. The Bey of Tunis is endeavouring to settle the many debt difficulties in which he is involved by consoli dating all the different obligations to various Powers into one fund. This " ruler" has been in troub!e several times with France, owing to his having refused to meet his obli gations, and being a small potentate, he was forthwith soundly bullied. He set apart certain taxes for the sole use and benefit of foreign bondholders, but it was soon discovered that the creditors, though they got the benefit of these taxes in theory, were decidedly swindled in practice. The Bey is now dealing with apparent straightforwardness. All his debts, home and foreign, are to be made one, and certain revenues are to he applied to the payment of dividends and the redemption of the fund. These revenues, as well as the half-yearly payments of the interest, will be placed under the control of the representatives of foreign Powers residing at Tunis. THE DISPUTE IN THE BUILDING TRADE. The dispute between employers and employed in the various branches of the building trade both in the North and the West still continues. On Wednesday evening meetings were held at Bristol both by the masters and the men. At the former it was resolved that a board of conciliation should not be agreed to unless allied with arbitration. The men at their meeting agreed to work by the hour instead of the day on condition of being paid 60. per hour for regular work, and 25 or 30 per cent. for overtime. They resolved they would accept "conciliation," but not arbitration. At Leeds the principal building works are at a standstill, and nine or ten firms have not come to any settlement with their plasterers. It is said that the masters are willing to come to a settlement, and also that the great part of the " locked out" men have found work in other towns in Yorkshire. The reports of the health of the Bishop of Carlisle continue to be of a very unsatisfactory character. The Liberte has received intelligence by way of New Orleans to the effect that the Mary Lowell, the Ame rican ship seized by Spaniards in British waters, has been declared a legal prize by the maritime tribunal to which the case was submitted at ilavaunah. At a meeting of Conservative working men at Blackburn the following resolution was carried :—" That in the opinion of this meeting it is desirable that a National Conservative League should be established upon the basis of the Reform League, and that its ramifications should be extended to every city, borough, and village throughout the United Kingdom." The Liberals of Cambridge bad a public dinner on Wednesday for the purpose of celebrating the return of Messrs. Torrens and Fowler. Covers wero laid for 450. Mr. Patrick Beales presided, supported by Mr. Tcrrens, M.P H r . Fowler, M.P., Captain Clay, Lord E. Fitzmaurice, Mr. R. Young, Canon Quinlivan, Hon. H. Brand, M.P., Dr. Abdy, Lord Wodehouse, the Hon. G. Russell, &c. The proceedings were of an enthusiastic character. Four lives have just been lost by fire at Basle. The catastrophe occurred at night, the flames breaking out in the lower part of a house in the Faubourg St. Jean. Two maid-servants, with four children, were asleep in an apartment on the first floor, and when awakened found their retreat by the staircase cut off. The parents were absent at the time. The eldest son succeeded in escap ingby a ladder with a younger brother, and also one of tLe domestics, but the other missed her footing, and, falling to the ground, was killed. Her companion, finding that two of the children still remained in the rooms, reascended the ladder, and rushed through the rooms to save them, but was afterwards unable to return, and they all three perished together. The other occupants of the house were rescued. On Wednesday the inquiry into the cause of a coal pit being inundated, in the neighbourhood of Mansfield, was resumed. The evidence elici i ted went to establish two points :—First, that the underground viewer, a man named Millership, had been several times informed of the dangerous proximity of an, old working, and that the danger had for long manifested itself in the water pouring down upon the men. Second, there is evidence of negligence above ground to this extent, that after the water had burst in upon the un fortunate miners, two of them, who were lucky enough to escape to the bottom of the shaft, were allowed to remain there for two hours before their signal was noticed, and by that time the water had reached up to their necks. A melancholy accident occurred on Wednesday in Newport Docks, by which two lives were lost. It appears that six youths had got into a punt belonging to a pilot boat, and rowed about on the dock waters. When near the dock feeder something attracted their attention on the surface of the water, and the whole six of them suddenly leaned on one side of the punt anxious to secure the prize. The united weight was too much for the tiny craft, which capsized and turned keel uppermost, all the lads being precipitated into the water. An alarm was soon raised, and one brave fellow on board the steam-ship Hastings jumped into the water and succeeded in saving two of the lads ; two others managed to get safely on shore, but two of the unfor tunate youths, named Adams and George Ching, sunk and came to an untimely end. The body of Ching was re covered shortly after the accident occurred, but life was quite extinct. On Wednesday George Purdy was charged before the stipendiary magistrate at Birkenhead with having in his possession meat unfit for human food. The accused is a dealer in tripe and potted beef, and the information was laid under the Nuisances Removal Act. The superintendent of the market and inspector of meat said that he went to the premises of the defendant and found there some meat which was totally unfit for human food. The veterinary surgeon, who had examined the meat, said that the animal had not been slaughtered but had died of disease. The me dical cflicer of health declared that the meat would have produced discam in any one eating it. Mr. Preston sen tenced the defendant to Le imprisoned in Chester Castle and kept to hard labour for six weeks. The Rev. Mr. O'Connor, rector of St. Jade's, Manchester, has been released from confinement in the lunatic asylum, to which ho was sent by order of the magistrates. Mr. O'Connor's recent extraordinary appearance in the Police-court, where ho denounced a number of gentlemen as having entered into a vile conspiracy against him, were attributed to insanity ; but at a meeting of the reverend gentleman's congre gation on Tuesday evening, there was a unanimous ex pression of opinion to the effect that Mr. O'Connor was not mad, but that, on the contrary, his alleged outrageous proceedings were exactly the kind of proceedings requisite to vindicate his character. Ono gentleman stated that Mr. O'Connor had been exposed for a lengthened period to a system of rattoning by a number ofclergymellwh9 wanYcl itiblidgaiSEEAMPki4u MR. S. C. HALL'S RECOLLECTIONS. A charming evening was passed yesterday be tween 8 and 10 o'clock p.m., at No. 9, Conduit street, by an attentive and evidently delighted audience (presided over by Sir Digby Wyatt) in listening to the Personal Recollections of Mr. S. C. Hall in regard to a number of his celebrated con temporaries, all of them deceased. Nothing could really have been more animated or more vividly gra phic than the delineations i - of the famous authors who were brought, one after another, in rapid succession, before " the mind's eye " of each of those who had, last evening, the privilegeof listening to the reminis cences of the accomplished Editor of the Art Journal —a veteran man-of-letters, who, in his lifetime, has either been himself the Author or the Editor of a whole library of remarkable and most of them costly publications. The quakeress Amelia Opie, the bon vivant Theodore Hook, the stalwart Ebenezer Eliot, and the gentle'rhomas Hood—Sydney Smith, whose powers was as the mingled sound of trum pets and ringing of joybells—Mary Russell Mit ford, who was (as L. E. L. described her) a Sancho Panza in petticoats Hannah More, Robert Southey, William Wordsworth, Jam Montgomery, John Wilson, Coleridge, Cuvier,s Lafayette, and a crowd of others, passed as it were processionally before the assembled auditors as Mr. S. C. Hall spoke of them, in turn, depicting them according to his own vivid and truthful recollections. From first to last, the lecture was as delightful as any we have ever listened to, and we cannot but earnestly bore, in the interests of the general public, that Mr. S. C. Hall may be tempted to repeat it, not once or twice only, but at regular stated intervals in some accessible and suitable hall, such as the St. James's-hall, or the Egyptian hall, Pi cca dill y, as among the number of our intel ectual l and popular entertainments. MARKET 8-2IIIS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Y 7.—Sales probably 7,000 bales. The market quiet; unchanged. MR. MILNER GIBSON AT ASHTON. There was a great Liberal demonstration at Ashton on Wednesday, upon the occasion of a presentation being made on behalf of the Liberal electors of that borough to Mr. T. ,Milner Gibson, its late representative, and to Mrs. Gibson. Mr. Gibson, in the course of his speech, said that the present Ministry bad done their work well, and had fulfilled the expectations of most reasonable Liberals. The people had ratified the policy which the Government was pursuing in reference to Ireland, a policy which bad really nothing to do with any religious controversy whatsoever. It implied no attack upon Pro testantism nor upon Roman Catholicism ; it implied nothing more than that England must accept the situation in which Ireland is—the fact that Ireland is peopled by a great majority professing the Roman Catholic religion, and that it is not expedient to maintain a Protestant State establishment for the use of a Roman Catholic population. Mr. Gibson concluded by thanking the meeting for their kindness, and Issuring them of his continued interest in Ashton and its people. LORD NAPIER OF MAGDALA AND MR. RA SSAM. The evening papers publish the reply of Mr. Rassam to Lord Napier in the matter of the presents to the King of Abyssinia before the battle of Magdala. It contains the following paragraph :—" Sir Robert Napier, in the presence of Colonel Merewether and Mr. Munzinger, issked me to repeat to him the conversation that had taken place when I translated King Theo lore's letter. I accordingly did so, and repeated my statement that, in answer to Samuel's query about the present of cows and sheep, his Excellency had said that he accepted them. Thereupon Sir Robert Napier requested me to put my statement on paper. I 'eft the tent for that purpose, and in conjunction with Lieutenant Prideaux, wrote, to the best of my re ,ollection (for I did not keep a copy of the memo randum), as follows :—That the King had written to say that that day being Easter he hoped the Com mander-in-Chief would allow him to send 1,000 :ows and 500 sheep as a breakfast for the British troops ; snd that when Samuel inquired what answer he was ;o give the King his Excellency replied, ' I accept ;hem,' or words to that effect. I then returned :o the Commander-in-Chief's tent, and delivered the memorandum to his Excellency in the presence of Colonel Merewether and Mr. Munzinger, who were still there. Nothing further was said on the subject, and I took it for granted that my plain statement was as satisfactory as it was indisputable." l'he Pall Mall Gazette says: "It will be desirable that Lord Napier should shew how, with the discussion alleged .o have taken place on the occasion still fresh in his re membrance, and especially with the written memoran mum which Mr. Rassam avers that he drew up at the :ime, at his lordship's request, in his possession, his ordship could indite the following passage in his letter o the Secretary of State for India When Mr. llassam's report first came to my notice in England, my own recollection of the details attending the .ransaction of the letter was at variance with Mr. Rassana's account, but my recollection being very indis ;islet, and considering Mr. Rassam simply as a translator, felt that I should not be justified in impugning the sccuracy of his deliberate statement, on the strength of my own imperfect rememberance of what at the time ap peared unimportant.' If the statement in Mr. Rassam's report was inaccurate, why was it not impugned when the illeged written memorandum, containing the identical statement, was first given to Lord Napier on the day that Theodore's letter was translated?" THE LATE CONFEDERATE GOVEI?NMEN2 AND ITS AGENTS. On Thursday morning Vice-Chancellor James gave judg nent in the case of " The United States of America v. Nlcßae," which was instituted by the United States lilovemment as successors de facto to all the property )f the late Confederate Government, against the defendant who had been one of the agents in England of ;hat Government to obtain an account and delivery and payment by him of all moneys and goods in his hands as inch agent. The court had already refused to allow the plaintiffs to )btain discovery from the defendant, and now decided the luestion of the plaintiffs' right to relief. His Honour held that as the plaintiffs could not establish tied did not claim any privity between themselves and the defendant, inasmuch as they carefully abstained from recog aising the validity of any acts of the Confederate Govern ment, or their relations with their agents, no case was made out for relief against the defendant. The plaintiffs might have shewn, as in fact was clear, that :he defendant had received large sums on account of the confederate Government, but in the position in which she plaintiffs placed themselves by their pleading, this ;aye them no right as against the defendant. There was lot a tittle of evidence to shew that the defendant had -eceived any property belonging to the plaintiffs. The Dill must therefore be dismissed with costs. GREAT FLOODS IN AMERICA. The New York papers at hand publish despatches con :erning great floods in America. One dated from Granby, Canada, April 22, says :—" While a number of ‘)ersons were congregated on the principal bridge at this place last evening watching the flood, one end of the bridge gave way, precipitating eleven persons into the water. the river being very swift at this point and the water un usually high no assistance could be rendered to the victims 3f the disaster, and the whole number were quickly car ried out of sight and drowned." Another, from Albany, N.Y., April 22, is as follows :—" The water here is higher than ever before known for a spring freshet with out ice. It has reached a point within two feet of the great freshet of 1857, and it is still rising rapidly, at the rate )f an inch an hour. The lower section of the city is com pletely inundated. Broadway for a distance of a quarter if a mile is navigable for boats. The storehouse of the Glens Falls Lime Company at Green Island, containing about 1,500 barrels of lime, and the building were wholly destroyed, together with the storehouses of Toles and Sweet, of Troy. Loss, $5,000. The freshet North is very severe. The boom above the dam at Glens Falls was carried away this morning, and 40,000 logs set adrift. The loss will be very heavy. Several bridges on the Central Railroad have been_carried away, and all travel has been suspended." THE MANCHESTER ELECTION PETITION. Judgment was given on Thursday in the case of Roy se and another (appellants) v. Birley (respon dent), which was argued on Wednesday, the question being whether Mr. Hugh Birley, M.P. for llanchester, was dirqualified from sitting and vot ing in the House by reason of the firm of which he was a member being contractors with the Government. Mr. Justice Wines (iu the absence of the Lord Chief Jus tice, who was unwell) said that it was not necessary to de cide whether a contract with the Secretary of State for India In Council was a contract for public process within the mean ing of the disqualifying clause ;but the inclination of his opinion was that such a contract would be within the section. The rea son for not deciding this was that in his opinion )!Ilr.Birley had before the election ceased to be " a person executing, hold ing, or enjoying a contract under which anything re mained to be done by him, and he had been converted into a mere creditor of the Government *hose claim was ascertained, whose right was simply to receive his money, and as to whom it could be unjust to give effect to the statute unless there was language which made it their duty to do so. As to the second contract, to sup ply articles to the Broadmoor Lunatic Asylum, it was not a formal contract in the popular sense, and neither Mr. Birley nor his firm, nor anybody con nected with it, knew until after the election that it was a contract with the Government, and he was satisfied that it was not the intention of the Legislature that such a casual act as this should work a disqualification. This being so, his judgment was that Mr. Birley was entitled to retain his seat. Judgment for the respondent. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE IN STAMBOUL. A tragical case of criminal hallucination occurred a few days ago in Stamboul. A rayah Greek dreamt that a heap of treasure lay buried in the plain of Veli Effendi,beyond the Seven Towers, but that to discover it he must kill a child on the spot. Saying nothing to his wife, he resolved to sacrifice his own little daughter, a child of ten years. Proceeding, accordingly, to the school she had gone to, he took her away, and saying they would go for a walk led her mashie the wall to a heap of stones on the plain, where, holding her down on one large stone, with another he smashed her head, and then, close by the body, began digging for the expected gold. Of course nothing was found, and alter some hours' further exploration he returned home, leaving the dead child where he had killed her. As she did not reappear at the usual hour in the afternoon, the mother sent to seek for her, and was then told that her father had taken her away early in the day. On being questioned, he answered incoherently, and this exciting the suspicions of a neighbour who happened to be present, the latter re ported the affair to the police. The wretched man was then arrested, and after some further prevarication, heads a full confession. The child's body was found where he indicated, and he is now ay aiting.his trial in the Zaptieh A r Levant Ova We VELOCIPEDE BIDING EXTBAORDINAA' A curious display took place on Thursday at the Wel l ' known Velocipede Riding School in Old Street, St• Luke's. A number of English gentlemen, who ha ve learned the use of the velocipede during the last few months, were assembled to welcome a young Frenchman who had come over to prove how great is the proficien c y to be acquired on the instrument which is just now the rage. The leading English amateurs present displaYel much excellence in the new art, and in the games of "follow my l ea d er " an d "t ouc h me not" w n .. 11 the praise of th e i r r i va l an d gue st. But Henri Pascaud, the young gentleman in question, stands alone. The feats he accomplishes have never been approached in this country, and it was amusing to remark the utter amazement of the velocipede teachers and their pupils as he went on, adding marvel to marvel on the two wheels. The bicycle will not stand alone, and it is ° l ' ll when in motion that the rider can support himself uP° ll it ' which he generally does by means of a guiding bar that balances him and the instrument he sits on. This reme rn. tiered, M. Henri Pascaud's performance will be seen to be . most extraordinary ; for he stops the bicycle when a t full speed without using his hands or applying brake-P° w : el : So true is his seat that he manages the machine with his feet alone, and on Thursday Le vent roil ." the school neck and neck with his competitors, lane bi arms were folded, his hands unemployed, and his face and eyes apparently turned in every direction but that in which ordinary riders would find themselves compelled to look. The skaters regard cutting the figure 8 as an el e g ant accomplishment ; but they would have been struck on Thursday at the smallness of the space in which it w as done on the velocipede ; while the sharpness of the curves and turns, the rapidity with which the course of progress was reversed when the rider was at a speed of twelve miles an hour, and the dexterity with which he doubled on his pursuers, seemed little short of magical. The first heat was between Mr. Mayan, the We' tinguished expert, who made a successful trip t° Brighton the other day, and M. Henri Pascaud. latter started first, and the former's task was to Ni ne abreast with and tap him on the shoulder. This see n° little to tell, but to those who are familiar in any degree with the working of the velocipede it will be seen to b e fraught with difficulty. It is not a question of mer e racing. The Frenchman's tactics are much more To beguile his adversary into following him into a c orner from which there was apparently no escape, and then, 11 a dexterous twist in a direction which only he could e% ed cute, to leave him at full speed and within a f e i vi inches. of the wall, was one of M. Pascatintat favourite devices. The next trial was one e ' speed and curves. In the centre of the great roil' a space was marked out which was scarcely more than th e bicycle would stand in ; the ends of its two wheels b eing. within a few inches of the limit at either end. In thi6 , spot M. Pascaud tusnedround and round on the veloc i p ede with perfect ease ; and then proceeded to spew how slowly he could work it round the school. To move slowly is matter of considerable difficulty, and prizes are given both: in Paris and America to the slowest as well as the faste st rider. Now this Frenchman crawled. None of the Englishmen attempted to vie with him in this. 111 e -a came a long game at "follow my leader," and " hare a i ll he hounds," and here again M. Pascaud was triumphant. eight gentlemen who followed were all splencil" riders ; and nothing could be prettier than th n e long row of velocipedes, rushing round and round at e ve " distances and in regular line. The pace was tremenci na ; and it really seemed at times as if they formed one I na " train at express speed. Finally, P. Pascaud set his 1106 , 6 11 a series of playful tasks, which, if we mistake not, w i give many gentlemen with a taste for velocipeding ployment for their leisure for months to come. a stopped short under the most difficult circumstances, an started again without using his hands ; he vaulted uP °O and stood on the saddle while at full speed; he vaulted on and off at the same pace ; he rose on his feet on the pedal!' and while thus standing saluted the company with his hands ; he sat sideways, in the position a lady occupies o a horseback, and worked the velocipede with one foot, an without using his hands ; he stood at the extreme en d ° the spring, propelling it now with one hand, now with tbs other—in short the machine seems to him a perfect OP It was stated that M. Pascaud is seventeen years of ng e ' e and that he has only practised on the velocipede for 0 011 / 4 twelve months. He attained his proficiency, howeve r, b c ; frequent attendances at the Cascade of the pn ie Boulogne and at the Place de la Bourse, where for time past the best velocipede practice in France has been exhibited. THE MAYOR OF CORK. The Mayor of Cork seems to have made a pause ill performance of his many numerous beaks. By this til l he has learnt what estimate the Government and country at large have of his proceedings. It is said t' j ' A he went to Dublin to get the Lord-Lieutenant to rero - brother magistrates. He now finds himself a bout t° be removed by Act of Parliament. The special W c h ; senger sent to apprise him of the action taken by Ministry has delivered his packet. In Cork the news has created the greatest excitement: The Cork Herald says : " The parliamtntarY in t ' elll ; gence of Tuesday in connection with the mayor' s c "'" , has already given rise to great excitement and cons terrl de . tion throughout the city. Arrangements have been IttA a.r y for a thorough organisation of the wards, prelindyT ot to a public meeting, for petitioning against the hil l e l, the removal of the mayor. It is also, we under stas. o in contemplation to organise a popular subscription 10 order to secure the professional services of Mr. Bu tt : 0 counsel in Parliament against the removal of the ma e- _,' The following is the text of the Bill of lt er nov 3l. e "Whereas Daniel O'Sullivan, Esq., has been for som e th e iB past and now is mayor of the city of Cork, and by cirt . t of his said office of mayor is during his year of ` :. : h cB o a justice of the peace of the said city; and whereas said Daniel O'Sullivan, being such mayor and P i tt of the peace, has, while sitting as such justice in th e city, so misconducted himself as to bring the adn 3 in s h t ja tion of the law into disrepute and contempt, and , 1 " - / e he was such mayor, has, in the said city, uttered laDgileti'p of a seditious and scandalous character, and has held to public approbation the conduct of one O'Farrell of firing at the Prince his Royal Highness the DI JP- he Edinburgh in Australia ; and whereas it will tend to t,Ol better administration of justice that the said 1 2 331 :0f O'Sullivan should no longer hold or exercise the en' e t ior mayor or justice of the peace in the said city, or anY ° ,: e it office or place of magistracy elsewhere in Ireland 14 0 therefore enacted, &c. : 1. The said Daniel O'S u a f l ter shall be, and he is hereby, from and immediate l y to the passing of this Act, disabled, and made incaPs l) '; o f have, hold, exercise, or enjoy the said office of iala le- .0, the said city of Cork, or of justice of the peace there:et and the said Daniel O'Sullivan shall be and he is f °r ,, e o ld, hereafter disabled and rendered incapable to hav e, " t he exercise, or enjoy any office or place of magistracy said city of Cork, or elsewhere in Ireland. 2. diately after the passing of this Act, a new mayor s'ito be chosen for the said city of Cork, in the room ° f id said Daniel O'Sullivan, in the same manner as if t he - Daniel O'Sullivan was naturally dead." r of The mayor may probably present himself at the •" e t , I P , the House of Commons. This p rocee di ng d oe s placed very frequently, and th e T e l egrap h , f r om lii i ; t o• rous precedents which it addu ces , g i ves th e plan ° l ;ti 'dc ceeding in the examination of w it nesses , & c ., and went . on delinquents. " The regular m o de of proc ee t is, m all cases, for the House to determine, first, thA v e inquiry shall be instituted before any member can be t' lot mitted to produce witnesses to be examined to anY ° t or relative to that inquiry. When a witness is called i n 01196 to be examined, the constant practice, both in the and at committees of the whole House, is that the bar is ut ; its Whenever any person, already a prisoner, wh e v. tij o e custody of the Serjeant or of any other person, iS 'J r to the bar as a witness or to attend the hearing 0. , 1 the cause, he must be brought in by the Serjeant, Serjeant must stand by him at the bar, with the during the time he continues there. A prisoner O A : (aS brought to the bar to be examined, or to be Pr ese t ;r :ll l Mr. Wilkes was on the h ear i ng o f th e charge '7 0 ,0g petition against Lord Man s fi e ld) , w ith ou t the nece sß a l yet , the Serjeant's standing by him with the Mace ; au W eyer in supposition of law, Mr. Wilkes and the o thers t he during the time they w ere a t th e b ar, i n th e custody e te di Serjeant. When a w it ness , no t i n custo dy, or in cu t s 1 36 , without the Mace t o s t an d b y hi m, i s a t the 1,3 %; Al` examined, the House supposes the Speaker to ask the the necessary ques ti ons ; an d t h ese quest i on s rnnY',, b ile the rules of the H ouse , b e proposed, at t h e time %",, witness the is standi ng at the bar, by the members ::utileeg. chair, and th e S pea k er i s to put them to t he This is the rule ; but the practice, for the sak e 0f „ J ill° venience, often is that the members themselves the witness without the intervention of the chai r ' to practice, however, is irregular, and seldom fallllgbt produce disorder. "When Mr. Horne was br° , t eo° in custody in 1774, notwithstanding the to inconvenience that attends what was fev.t `l,g9be the inva r i a bl e ru l e o f the Hou se, 1 strictly observed ; the members putting down uPendY, ke „ v/ 14 such questions as they thought necessary to be as delivering them to the Speaker before th e prisoecflore t he brought in. So, on the 14th January , 1673, b rrem th e Duke of Buckingham was admitted, it appears: the journal that several questions were agreed t 2: 0 30 House to be proposed to him by Mr. Speaker. r-l-:loaryi proceeding was taken the next day, the 15th of " „ The que stions :a:o with respect to Lord Arlington. %aced him were all proposed and debated a l /4 W _ _ . „ti.A IVI 0 COM Consols count, 93 New LIN 76 ; Exeb £ 2 OO, anc Per Cent. India F. ditto 5 Fe ,, cent., 0, 5 Per Cen With tli to 77 1, F( extent of 8 51 to 86:} per Cent; to 971 . 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