The Express.
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which be coukl build az the en which
he end ,thatify even Iv Ns 111* es-
since of ewe sad rented • ell-
heal thee= whisk the tor his Mole es
'award e7fplizt losefri bilie PIM
the of hie genius nr rester M-
eow le lie to thvintlhoo no vit-
N sin sent not to work minim that to bring
Tyciliiitie re
thistka of God.," none of the tradition. which
ascribe then te his,. though erceptod thee prt sent day by
the Ignorant of en lioasulasne eseeraste the Wallaby,
isle ming then has the Mee Of the Mead century elter
1 hie Meth; mad nosed an= * id hiehiencrity, weld no
dent bags weened web parrinlien
Ille th Ilb was is wiry vienniewenhy of admin.
Oh lie
pre
•• =mind eardwity of =nen the
thrift et a thin • hie hellos( lin the only sign of
tisplesnes he wear thawed. Es pane Ina sever and for
penind h=se• he peseded la non snap acts of
th yen those. Ids dap Ph was fru-
Eindienk end bis gemesiti wahweadsd.. His
es the =haft ei his awn= wenn • leaden
et him WNW Ms Itherelity, his placability ;
bow any dm= he del a awn mad his middk to still the
Q et =nor, how he forgave bin etosoies, how ha
lig the widow's iree, , haw be loved to ploy with the
a, ..w piciosely he Yied with his frweds. Ile
My tunes envy ley. On who other hand, be
thrh•mateSedVeeth:ffir in whatti he oir;:".
hem mad tie misty of Immo when cecarZed with
pehnsehel then, kw ens= manes was admit of ease
aeon Ills kw net • Ink to the ars= el wives per-
med le Ida isMwers, mad =a hie =a !mean, which con-
tend et his death nine when the yen= Metin bin cha-
rger iseerdiag to Ger Mae* see wisp ealy than ang-
thent• la boiled Meta anis add we taut visoon-
low Ids theft la =haiSe me keg as eta *fwd. At all
enente, Me alehdeloweat wrie soden when owelpned with
dr dense* dude of St. David, Meg and prophet=
ins healed wives mad inntureabie concubines al
the Wien
It rehlline at power thethe vicen, he wee
co, a vane,;vane,;; at' ashist of
his deathhe kit nothing to his
hat the want labeitents of her mother; his
~...7 yes oraq, ultkie wkeir smataised ualy • mingle
eke. I. nevi decal hen the primitive eimplieity of
his Wan and the any en et parse= vanity re.mrded of
lIMI ma the eve/0040i henembthig for a Nicer one,
am owe beetwatag do *yin et Ms sehdon. In his life,
lisienned showed bn" Mess= bond. wad
Mdatended; hie death the et hi =nth
dna If we Jude. bin the sr, the add an nth
nese tins et lie waft in amet dew thst lbw beds/
era have Need ;* we iny Nu the wweli Mtn In hil
=vow seed melosenalge Ws is law been as et the
the 1,200 yens • &meth of nesidail his hen
Mal Inns vein Ms career in its tset was the moth
of • snub anwe aided • cos= end soil :
In
the mem night well persons - gni:.
ideal the dam of heaves, mad the edam= et Vs de=
=lthe esavisdoes en iambi do emdelas et Ids Nis
d • nes el • dean Hale On I ewe te der
fe= vie eta nal unseen the inn threeide at Ids
beL Oa that Imet thesdip— I= away bees bim
=dietlean= day—he In Wan le the it
with moppet ap in •
bloat dish, an arrevie his head, le eared -boa thine
dear Ils hie the weelday et spay ea Ws M. Dan the
doll ewe Iliad = Ls vein he irleined.. Kay Ood
be Ise her then vie =be the dented His urn= pieces
of Igor, r. The wry bat weeds be was beard to utter ma
he MOW, ern It i a esewer le no s Isms visitor, wens, " In
the employ of the =et no high."
-- • -

h fide, in VIII/. in vans
Yes will never some again.
Them droops upon the dressy Mlle a mournful fringe of rain ;
She gloaming doers shawl) round, loud wine fa. in they",
R 01Id selfish Ames t Bever morns the bats 5r00.4010/".
Thom is no rest speed's earth, poop° is • ith Death and shoe.
Barbers
In conclusion, we cannot help repeating that Mr.
Smith's new volume, while possessing much of that
rich and teeming fancy which his first book evi-
denced, does not show that high purpose and greater
strength of mind whisk we fervently anticipated.
Akozar ; or the Thick
Ages. A novel. By Rteit en
BESTS,Seq. London : Hurst and Blackett.
Ms. NOD opens his volume with a long and
somewhat angry controversial preface, in which he
=the judgment of some of the critics of
sor works. What they have done to offend,
If WWI they arc who have offended, we are at • loss
In lithe, for the quotations of criticism at the and
d tip rot me lipos his two former works—Ths
wasa, ma /knew Society in Rome—are from
dm& egisey paper, and in one uniform song of
Cratlf those works were not praised enough
hor's taste, what will he say to the end-
cisme this novel deserves? A work of fiction dealing
with the materials provided by the "dark ages" is at
no time a pleasing repeat foe the strung appetite
of men. the shadow of the prolific James
hovers over every page, is seen in every melodra-
matic dialogue, presides at every banquet, and
governs every battle or tourney. The &rebook-
real intuits may be perfect, but who cares? The
life d a novel is men, not upholstery. It is a great
grew k art to deal with a period too remote. More
ishilyset le hit in the era of Queen Anne and the
maw Oseries than in all the Saxon chronicles of
Cheilnentilfil. Even the Elizabethan period is tole-
easi /maw than endured. When the composition
is week shiesetyped, as in the book before us,
wsil ids odire he. not learned the secret of making
as bawls fibs existence of the marionettes who
atm beim us, the radical defect of the desiga stands
glabirth. Another element that art has
=
no to deal with is the ultra disagreeable.
WINE vs take up history we aro prepared to meet
with may atrocities; we read as a duty, and are
net swaxpeetedly shocked ; but when we settle down
to a week of fiction, we do so for gratification and
are Highly disgusted when we find, as is sometimes
theme, that we are treated to a dish up of Fox's Book
of Martyrs. No doubt little Roger of Apulia, a
mere child, was killed by a kick in the chest by his
brutal father. No doubt history will verify the fact,
as Mr. lkste tells us, but we cannot praise the
author of Alcazar for choosing a story that necessi-
tated the introduction of such a painful incident.
We do not admire the "dark ages," but we are
bound to give them credit for one thing—they did
not write for us historical novels.
Sinai, the Hedjaz, and Soudan: Wanderings around
the Birthplace of the Prophet. By JAMES HAMM.
TON. London : Richard Bentley.
This new addition to the books of travel in the
last is a collection of notes of a tour made by the
widow New time years ago in the countries bonier-
Wpm sly DWI na. He is a man who knows ma
the sealry be is travelling in, and the purl,
be wallas amis He is eloquent in debase of
the Propene sad he considers theism
Arab the Debbi agreiers et. mankind in the neat.
He does net beidge rlsetcal reveries, like Mr.
W. C. bine, and teasing of his school, but what
be wee be describes troth/ay, sad with an
sib lean.. _that canine us pleweatly thromiretehl;
hash. See beaks, if dry pesoust as with few
sessidan see always webs= ea the score of their
wahliane. We insert a few sketches and observa-
tions:

AN ARAN NICIITLENAN.
A eery dark eceeriestie In removed from the negro
✓werthlems as from the Concede* hue, to which the
red lased emnelag mike tressparent skin gave a
wonffmffel ?WAN tasty diedkil *tome, regular teeth
of deedling whelamens, *Mack OMNI beard and mous-
tache* *go hoboes ratsmisc fps, la which many • fear
lady love le sue her hemp erected—all gave to his
lad • rare filstinters, Is frock youthful voice, dim
hew, Melanie/ ef hie lade NW ink his quiet elastic
me, like Met of • racer, el hem Witelell of the parity of his
derma. I sever gat len aimed of acknowledging my
haliof la the reel wise et bleed, than when in presence
61 Ills geettemea of weal descents, before whose nobility
the iimenlipos ad gentry of Europe must bide their
hie insigni-
liemeeedivillyy.* The pictureequeness of hie metope matched
the tan Ism is. Over a white caftan be rre a
Moe obletreekonnid J abbe ; round his vain • cashmere
41 wee stock, mom-wigs" • large, silver-
his
Mud pollard, called We pinabiab; over
oldie • ohm was slung by silken cords. His head wee
Wad hittiyaw gad red Wish, which hung down be-
. WM, eto(wa ideeel ts lid hod by a wide white muslin
teems, ewe lb die et width Se aide of the kutialt were
dews up Ph flea were tete ; lead* like Moe of
a *nee de*, bang at the edge of the carpet. With
all this, lb houtere tees se coldly quit that the stiffeet
itilleheresene la Ending could have found nothing in them
te bilate, ad I coshes that when he left my room after the
fret traitati, I wee hid to wish that Ins highness had
ore vs seem her histrbtes or Item unbending guide.
Nts NOVSO.
The eddy thee makes • turn to the left leading to &yin,
calms me WWI received in the primitively pretty hones of
Made )dewed, who had ridden on a little before WI. It is
=tlllllllllfi courts, one eido of each of which is emu-
high nos • the others which complete the in-
time bibs her ride heat of granite, plastered with mud
end whitemeehed. I have little doubt that ILL. is the
wheat Alb of *me ambit... Lure, the Arabs having
la the moseeme eallkuity been divided into nomads living to
mate (Ail of Weber), ad the inhalitants of cities or oil-
lugee of Ihtfrj. Is such a house as this the children
off Job wen berled by fie 611 of the weak ad though the
sad streeeme of Ibises haw tluereemed ao each cater
alt meow le Ire gin Ms plenary. Ia the Oretemert
• hie, mike whkh the water hers gem pissed, paw
the dear of the
ea T rietylier rem white wee ea
to he lad lees beak
_dews whit
walla sad awes eel reeptlekled her weed Ore
ce• • thee gtvlag us the ohmic* of baldly; Ger Mama
la the hie a or la the boom The reception-moss w
erne *My be leE twelve wide, catered with ea ler
mate mai d hid these err haw deep one above
lie elk ty milk a we of maim NNW the talk
Same Mee ten alehel epee ettehemot weed mad pima,
erhe% awl ammi adares were plead wird
hil. Chaim _to Arab *Mb the rum woe well
%hid withate la ode from Trieste, whim the
Wlyamitity of the Maim ambers now berme* la the
es inported. Imola* ea our arrival a repast ci a
M Wien, with bum Math el west milk, wee 11411.14 to
IN& ice this was calglaiseded so • Mild rafted*to keep
mega bend, till the any which hit ham 1111•11 a oar
on-
wi amid be reedy.

••••••••
• NVIA V LAW%
• ahem Illsessi=sa is Hanka, has sad Ws, with
deed• SAMS honk sad dossly-siassed noastsetdos—tbs
..fit mad se Ambles rile. A ...-whits turbos
amswain Sal paimeekeassil hes, has width
bum huh See Lister err; • va ak saes sesdises
'pre body, to sit ib• mei* tista=
✓e
epos lib valor Ss pia as 'spa s
tesara Is b bassi with • ssasesie lady ate Op
Wt=dial Ciet ba• Swan (as yr dim Yr
isa, yawl tan No •mt=inil
W plea; kr "hose lOU issi nay
sisai usa ta ask sap" sale snob smog
it is cias le be, frall alassa am Yak liaere"
No Wet aim Cake Without wing tank et
•••1 indentods- as tries a Mt
Paa iiremete valit vell, ces ass aka/
via yaw •11. a, embarimestk- garan to •
=
sa es Pinks
p2=,
assimes lush
Yet los IMMO seist bow lit bis elm ; ssid wrstS
mai bails d Os rier—ovoistia ear cs W eta pert
• rig...4llo,—bea boa /Ma, casemts
▪ sisaseos isa roma te no tab • slat gris,
=ist=ii.a• pas a big Le; skid .l
ean.
mar .maiina arl."

TO MOST 011iINT4L TOWX.

Of el the UZI b7m; ;;;;;;;; iio-it•et, some hoe es
theemithe • phydeguety se hide; It i um moro Mesta
them Dumas, though se 'bath( du Ito vitlimme se D•-
mum the lie bray. • du* Grub mimeo& homy
the b.Mm ef . wime-ohey, and ea Annuls tutu, on the
oaly Ridettra is the pisom The pure Muir brad it
theepeematei by the le., bet anent
emi wiry variety of the
✓oe if than sea Ham ban oat ite r
bse tont the
sniff papallb• impleaski the synch
reelthie melt of seed
poor Wks" mho is the irate
for • 161,104 • emeldweem, • musrler, sad
hoop o/ Ithhcre ins their berehold *when : wear
Imo Is set much Wyse tams •thmerimit :cm-
*Wel of • nth Immtmy ca dada vim. • alder
width the yethelier mew et With, or ad. do of
wiNey. 'nine babes me ~me de haw othamod
but froth Meath be bibs dembie of mule b ..lime
their jemmy Ike • elmei . of amid ileum Our
roopeet- fr the Daft d =Vest Ime, eoppote, Whale
panel M laths semootheet hen bibs mum le pre-
med the effierd mditliea mmdm ID this - of hewn.
atteie de Me Warm le or rue, Wthem▪ tre aelkeeditp Is Om et hue, mire
I
eta &nye fal some tiittle; the Illumine,
bor, mrsour, den set three the ~ea of waft the
=them the &AMU . Ode den whet be am
the eel by elAskisi mow to ladle it u
=my es they um env by the =Odra imede whisk sall
Is lkoehtv sway whamm In my astorbeelt I that
&elm the hi pee be we thee sneer te theread
=el hortput OM I amid OM 1 wthue
MI awls wdlog 1t dews. •1 that be elm do,
bverom, pious Moo/, ft dr ambor of Omar
emstilitti bathe Mouth el thie thomemtate leleesmetei
nabs tessith by herbris. gressmas Glee
us der otharbyeatallaine goat d greisiss width
abotil punt the =sir by swift bon wary
evetha els mai the dusdk of
▪ sullehmt le wy Itor Mb seMl7.l dish be shoal
thdMor . eadlthoUle the Oommi yea Whig lb poem-
sera. Thle le se smelly, fir Imillimm• um*/
native armee Is Wool ate othisatel es • *ethic reple-
tion.

Whit a this MPS rsgbialiowsi to thaw Matra
le the mem ravel el splial,eidele snake se=r
rasehe saris iles I. nil Mindy
GP the rand the eiliteaCebeall be peprtkrels to to.
hepereare et dm dries berseed spa Wm, awl it rut
ass Whet sight dire • Omed la the Isat, is press at •
arms tier besibrserses, is ast nreely • eemelaid
=irt bee • vet, Merin pelitied eetlea. P. sad
bow beak Isperaiadra to ; the
reb=rike has Is poled tho poem of a Mgr ter-
lig • Clesseilt whileNagibiresa vlio hes
lalleare of two ale lest after,
My • Vise.Omeei. 0a 1 tae
the irrath-
iessof emus, Sim if sew represtatha, sot a
hegiehh la • sentry vireo swab lily
IMO gh msL
ltmelliTire :Trahlawleraft,
as rpe-
• 111. Pefasemp be a reberedor, or a
lisps gimp &Mies ; bat as liseeent pop* who
Mew list am twe pest pars is Pergietea,
led !as* MI • ibled, Negev, Mon
they Mew not meg, hew to am ell haw their
rht, Ow= =always
et dr pities st Ails le bit ast smehisp ea aseparase he=
dr Pe" lat pus* • rebid YAW, as the Irma der
Jidda is is Or Ilety We bed ma waremillW GI ow
▪ the Veal sadist of this eseplei The Pm*
camel by the way, was also ot Mar of dr Legiss of
Baum ; • guard of sailers we supswiel d the
Pars ee Mai the Mama ; W art My era Mimi sera,
sad wire dm wen rearal, they nseasa ebealarfag their
rooksis, sad la this wep eta alas the uMa to the pee
her tom, visa dry to
up, eri peewee& eras, air-
to the leed era or le Cob, 1 ads ant kaow, ea,
lbw hew all le rebends. Myren se dieguriegty
Wirer r tlia lewd I lave arm Massa ; wira
msetested wtt a re rein el the prow marteres of
the gam Sr Perba. seidag • aria msealierry
mama be they the salt that, shee ail, be was sr •
esspi. The way is wire I herdtae per era's amb
errumai hi • War I eel he, me ea • per Mk the ter
eset el the arhorise—"The Pm& semi Me gee to
Issilike Trey, dm Mom darn • Inaba.
asmaa at 1102•11001 D.
lia/MlMifillai= 11110 misrady Meals; his
re rats el Arabia la bier=
VAMP.= IMO lkbllolllllll is We reale* Idlers
Ms work amp Wor psi* We NM if Pa em"
east
sea
widiesiMeer se ether allemdee ; le bee bdi
dds speeds MOM the beirpildly
rashsi. bolls Om W sesupleil tie ISI7 - le

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1857.

THE INTELLIUENCE FROM INDIA.

(Prom th. Yor,.iay ANL)

The telegraphic communication received at the
Foreign-office list night, and published in another column,
though confuoed, elliptical, and in some piths almost unintel-
ligible, puts us in poeseseion of information sixteen days later
from Calcutta, and fourteen from Madras. Delhi—the great
centre of interest—is reported as still untaken when the last
dispatch left, but we, have no clue to the date of that infor-
mation. Everything so far confirms the opinion we have
repeatedly expressed that the subjugation of that city is a
work of greater magnitude than hes generally born sap-
posed. Unfortunately, at the very moment we were most
in want of Ms efficient services, General Barnard, in eon.-
mend of the forces boson, Delhi, Is carried oat, like
General Anson, by dysentery. The loss of that excellent
officer et so critical a juncture will be felt in thin country
with a concern proportioned to the urgent need there is at the
peewit moment of ouch valuable expertences and undeniable
abilities as he possessed. But this is not the only loos. An
offlcer whom we could ill spare—Sir H. Lawrence—has died
of wounds received in a aortic from Lucknow agninot the
rebels. Thus, at two important points, we have lost our
ablest commanders. It is consoling, however, to know that
Sir Colin Campbell will have arrived at Calcutta in time to
make such new arrangements as these unfortunate deaths will
render necessary.
The Consul's communieation from Alexandria refers to the
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massacre reported in the Bombay Time, of the 11th of July,
which arrived by lent mail, and confirms its thrilling details.
We must, however, wait the arrival of the mail, or our own
correspondent's telegraphic communication from Marseille*,
in anticipation of it, before we can know with any cer-
tainty if anything has happened to increase the extent of
this calamity. All Buda gems to have ripen, and the general
feeling there being greatly against the English, the proba-
bility is Ihst the mutineers are strongly supported by the
natives, which will, perhaps, account for their mamas et
Cawnpme. The °wallet contingent, which was at one time
relied upon as safe, turns out to have mutinied.
But, gloomy as this information is, we must not look only
at the dark side of it. The grand comfort still remains that
all this mischief is confined to the Bengal province. Madras
and Bombay are still firm, and there is no sign of disaffection.
We moat imagine the strictest look-out to be kept upon the
troops in those presidencies. and all reasonable precautions to
be taken against en outbreak. Were such au event to take
place, it would not, as in Bengal, take every one by surprise,
end therefore would not be likely to be attended with the
same success. The suddenness of the mutiny in Bengal
gave it face and sumer in many places. But that kind of
genie cannot be played twice, and we may reasonably hope
that the evil will continue to be circumscribed within the
limits within which it first began.

In the next place, we meet remember that the arrival of
Sir Colin Campbell et Calcutta would be so speedy as to
enable him to make such fresh disport:trona as might be nes
ccaaary ; we must therefore bowers of heathy concluding
that matters are unpromising. Sad tidings those certainly
we, bat such only ea we must expert in war. Good and
brave as Barnard and Lawrence were, they will have worthy
successors. The Indian service is a good school, and has
trained many able men, who well know how to do their duty
in this trying conjuncture. What we have to do is not to lay
too much stoma upon the loos of this or that great soldier,
but to take care to keep !rending out a sufficient supply of
bast men, that one may be able to replace another in the
event of death or disability.

The arrival of the Simoo m and Himalaya with troops at
Calcutta would, with those which remained to follow, in-
creme the European force by some 2,000 men. Unfortu-
nately, however, there lie 976 miles of arduous march before
what we suppose we must call the seat of war could be
reached. A delay which cannot be of small consequence
arises from the total loss of the Transit in the &mite of
Sands. From the telegraphic despatch it would appear that
the mew and troops had been rescued and brought on
to Suer, bat this ie antecedently PO improbable that
we are Inclined to think there must be some mistake
in the message. No vessel rescuing the crew of the
Transit in the Straits of Sunda would be likely to be
re rests fur Suez under circumstances of such stringency as
not to enable it to proceed to Singapore and bend its troops
thee. That they would have been carried up the Red Sea
appears incredible, because se unnecessary. We must, thee•
fore, suppose the telegraph In be at fault, and the passage to
mean that the Transit bad been lost, but that the troops were
saved, the words, " Suez to-day" being intended to refer to
the date of the dispatch A week must still elapse before
further news in detail can be had, but we have maim to
rejoice that the government arrangements have been so well
organised se to give m news from Sum so rapidly, at a time
when the country is wrought up to so painful a pitch of
anxiety about the greatest assess that has for many years
occurred incur Indian possessions.

(From the 10/11iN9 iterold.)
The fact that Delhi still holds oat need cause

surprise. It is the strongest fortress in India, containing

•
an immense quantity of warlike stores and material, while
Its garrison are animated by the re•olution of despair.
Most persons whose opinions are entitled to respectful con.
eideration have stated that ito capture would not prove so
easy of accomplishment as ministers represented, and even
General Windham, at the banquet given at Norwich last
week, declared very plainly, " I have a very strong opinion
that Delhi is not yet taken, and I am sorry to any that I do
not believe it will be quite so fast sa many men in this
country think it will be." The rainy season has by this
time commenced, and it doss not appear in the least
degree probable that anything like decisive operations can be
renewed Delors November. The hope that such a fortress,
thus garrisoned and defended would fall at the trot summons
could but prove delusive, and we can hardly imagine that
it was ever eniously entertained by the Government. Their
chief error throughout this lamentable MEair has been to
underrate its importance, and they are as blind to its real
conaequences and tenth; as they were to the camas which
led to the explosion. No victories are gained by those whose
preparations invariably fall below the required standard.
The men who command success are those who provide for
every contingency, end overcome peril and difficulty by the
exercise of that iron will, by winch alone under the blaring
of Providence, they can be controlled.

The word of proMise hes been kept long enough to the
ear of the British public, and it is high time that some of the
magnificent 'nominee ade by our rulers were realised.
Whilst Mr. Vernon Smith and those whom ho delights to
serve endeavour to create a fable confidence every iota of
news renders their case more desperate, and 'show, that the
crisis is graver than was at first anticipated. The truth is,
our Indian cnipire has to be regained, and this cannot be
effected unless • very different system to that which has
hitherto prevailed be adopted. While our European
forces have been drained off to supply the exigencies
of raahly-provoked contests the rebels have matured
their plans end burst like • thunder-cloud upon the
almost deserted garrisons and nations. Them is no
disguistsg the fact that the revolt has spread and is
spreading in the moot alarming manner, and that It is not
confined to the troops. Unless vigorous measures be once
taken the other presidencies will be infected, for, as we
showed upon a former occasion, the contagion haa passed the
limits of the north-west provinces. In the presence of these
painful facts, how wretched do the first measures proposed
by the English government foe the suppreasiou of the revolt
ippon. What • commentary do they afford upon their
feeble reinforcements, their slow-sailing transports, their
10,000 militia, and their reiterated refusal to con-

Skiff the onttsreak m a pal of more than ordinary
magnitude. What shall we my after this of the
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nonchalance of the Premier, sod the confident end
arrogant tone In which Mr. Vernon Smith attempts
to silence criticism and turnaside the current of investigation?
These are exactly the results of diminished garrisons and
neglected defences, which everybody but the authorities anti-
cipated, and which have taken none by surprise but those
very persons whose duty It is to be prepared for whatever
contingencies may occur. That the country will emerge in
triumph Rom these perils and perplexities we have not the
slightest doubt; but this can only be accomplished when her
destinies are wielded by men fully hammed with the im-
portance of their weighty responsibilities, and actuated by an
earnest, enriona, and humble desire to encounter the crisis
with energy and determination, and to employ all the re-
sources of the state in its defence.

The officers of the Civil Service Department at
Woolwich are about to hold a meeting for the purpose of
adopting a resolution to present a suitable memorial to the
Right Hon. Lord Nuts, in appreciation of the signal set.
rice. rendered by his lordship to the civil service body
during the recent contest in parliament on the superannua-
tion