The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-10 00:00:00

Changes in the Legislature.

Both Houses of Parliament will witness several
changes on the 7th of February, on which day, as
stated in The Sun of yesterday, the Legislature will
assemble for the despatch of business.. Among the
prominent losses which the House of Lords has
sustained is that of the Duke of Newcastle, whose
place will be filled by his eldest son, the Earl of
Lincoln, who for some years represented Newark in
the House of Commons. The Earl of Carlisle,
whose death has recently taken place, is succeeded
by his brother, the Hon. and Rev. W. G. Howard,
M.A., rector of Londesborough, Yorkshire. The
Duke of Cleveland, who enjoyed his honours but a
few months, is succeeded by his brother,. Lord
Harry Vane, for many years a distinguished mem-
ber of the House of Commons. The Earl of Cado-
gan died on Sept. 15, and is succeeded by his son,
Viscount Chelsea, who for some time represented
the borough of Dover in the Lower House. The
Marquis of Bristol died on Oct. 30, and his place in
the House of Lords will be taken by Earl Jermyn,
late member for West Suffolk. Viscount Boring-
don, of Balliol College, Oxford, who is just con-
cluding a distinguished career in that University,
will take his seat as the Earl of Morley, in
succession to his father, who died on the 28th
of August. The new earl has just attained his
majority, having been born on June 11, 1843. His
Royal Highness the late Prince Consort stood
sponsor for him at his baptism. The death of the
Earl of Stair, which has recently taken place, creates
another vacancy in the House of Lords, which will
be supplied by Viscount Dalrymple, who will suc-
ceed as Baron Oxenfoord, of Cousland, in the
peerage of the United Kingdom, the earldom of
Stair being a Scotch peerage. Lord Manners died
Nov. 14, causing a blank in the House of Lords. It
will remain a blank for the present, inasmuch as the
successor to the title was born May 15, 1852, and
will not, therefore, reach his majority until 1873.
The death of Lord Rodney, who died Aug. 19, will
also create a blank in the House of Lords, which
cannot be filled up until 1878, when his successor,
the Hon. George Bridges Dennett, his eldest son,
will be of age. In the House of Commons the fol-
lowing new members will be entitled to take their
seats on the re-assembling of Parliament—The Hon.
George Waldegrave Leslie, M.P. for Hastings, in
the room of Lord Harry Vane, now Duke of Cleve-
land ; Lord Augustus Hervey, M.P. for West Suf-
folk, in the room of Earl Jermyn, now Marquis of
Bristol ; Lord Courtenay, M.P. for Exeter, in the
room of Mr. Edward Divett, deceased ; Mr. W.

Davenport Bromley, M.P. for North Warwickshire,
in the room of Mr. Richard Spooner, deceased. A
vacancy in the representation of Herefordshire will
be officially declared at the commencement of the
Session, in consequence of the retirement from pub-
lic life of Lord William Graham, M.P. A new
writ will be moved on the first night of the
Session for Tralee, in the room of Mr. O'Hagan,
who is to be raised to the Irish Bench ; and pro-
bably a writ for Buteshire, in the room of Mr.Mure,
who is spoken of as Lord Mackenzie's successor on
the Scottish Bench.

THE MOST MARVELLOUS STORY IN THE WORLD.
Some gentlemen were dining together, and relating
travelling adventures. One of them dealt so much•in the
marvellous that it induced another to give him a lesson.
" I was once," said he, " engaged in a skirmishing party in
America. I advanced too far, was separated from my
friends, and saw three Indians in pursuit of me ; the hor-
rors of the tomahawk in the hands of angry savages took
possession of my mind. Most of us love life, and mine was
both precious and useful to my family. I was swift of
foot, and fear added to my speed. After looking back—for
the country was an open one—l at length perceived that
one of my enemies had outrun the other, and the well-
known saying ' divide and conquer' occurring to me, I
slackened my speed and allowed him to come up. We en-
gaged in mutual fury. I hope none here (bowing to his
auditors) will doubt the result. In a few minutes he lay a
corpse at my feet. In this short space of time the two
Indians had advanced upon me, so I took again to my
heels—not from cowardice, I can in truth declare, but
with the hope of reaching a neighbouring wood, where I
knew dwelt a tribe friendly to the English. This hope,
however, I was forced to give up, for on looking back I
saw one of my pursuers far before the other. I waited for
him, recovering my almost exhausted breath, and soon this
Indian shared the fate of the first. I had now only one
enemy to deal with, but I felt fatigued, and being near the
wood I was more desirous to save my own life than to de-
stroy another of my fellow-creatures. I plainly perceived
smoke curling up among the trees—l redoubled my speed,
I prayed to heaven, I felt assured my prayers would be
granted—but at this moment the yell of the Indian's voice
sounded in my ears. I even thought I felt his warm
breath ; there was no choice—l turned round —." Here
the gentleman who had related the wonderful stories at
first grew impatient past all endurance, and called out,
" Well, sir, and:you killed him also ?" "No, sir, he killed
we !"—American paper.