The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-28 00:00:00

day 3 back in a cellar forming part of the celebrated
Palazzr, Vecchio at Florence. At about two in the after-

en issuing through an air-hole, and a
quantity of waste paper was found to be burning. The
authorities and the fire brigade were speedily on the spot,
and succeeded in preventing any serious damage.
Rumours were current amongst the crowd that the fire
was the act of an incendiary, but there seems no doubt
that it was attributable to the careless throwing of a
burning match by sortie passing smoker.

Loon smoke was

KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.—Professor Plumptr4
has resigned the chaplaincy of King's College, which
he has held during the long period of twenty-two years.
It was generally thought that he would have been
elected to the principalship of the college in succession to
Dr. Jelf.

On the 25th of next month Lord Elcho will move
that a humble address be presented to her Majesty, pray-
ing that she will he graciously pleased to appoint a royal
commission to inquire into and report upon our military
organisation, in so far as it relates to the establish-
ment of a sufficient and economical army of reserve, and
the means it offers of speedy and efficient expansion to
meet the requirements of war, more especially for home
defence.

THE CHARTERIEOUSE. —lt is known that the old
Charterhouse School is to find a new home near dodalming,
in Surrey, where a large and commodious edifice is build-
ing for the accommodation of the scholars of the famous
Sutton's foundation. It is now stated that another asylum
is also contemplated for the " poor brotherhood " of the
Charterhouse ; but whether the site will be that of the
new school or be selected elsewhere is not known. The
poor brothers now number about eighty.

THE MI C lANICS' INSTITUTE AT LEEDS. A
bazaar of more than usual interest has been opened iu the
Leeds Town Hall by the Mayor It has for its object the
liquidation of the debt—about £6,ooo—remaining on the
new local Mechanics' Institute, and has the Queen, the
Empress of the French, the Princess of Wales, and
the Crown Princess of Prussia, as well as the promi-
nent ladies of the West Riding, amongst its patronesses,
the Empress of the French and the Crown
Princess of Prussia being also contributors. Leeds
Mercury.

The Queen has received an address from the
parishioners of Cratliie in reference to the attempt upon
the life of Prince Alfred. The following was the reply :
" I thank you for your loyal and affectionate congratulation
on the providential escape of my dear son from the hand
of the assassin. The expression of sympathy and of loyal
attachment to myself and to my family which this outrage
has called forth from every part of my dominions has
been most gratifying to me ; but nowhere has it been
more grateful to my feelings than when coming thus cor-
dially and spontaneously from you, the friends and neigh-
bours amongst whom it is always a source of happiness to
me to reside."

TIIE REFORM LEAGUE.—On Wednesday night a
meeting of the Reform League was held at the offices of
the association, under the presidency of Mr. Edmond
Beales. In opening the proceedings, the chairman said
that though there was great difficulty in convening a
numerous meeting on the evening of the Derby Day, he
wished to address a few words to those present on a subject of
considerable importance. The question had been submitted
to a committee of the League as to whether the present Lord
Mayor of London had on several recent occasions properly
represented the feelings of the citizens of London concern.
ing the present attitude of the Irish Church. In other
words, he wished to know whether or not the Lord Mayor
of London had represented the opinions of the English
people as regarded religious freedom—or, as he would say,
religious equality in the sister country. He considered
that a Lord Mayor during his year of office ought to have
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feelings of the citizens of London by the part he had
taken in the meeting at St. James's Mil and also at the
meeting at the City Terminus Hotel. He believed that
the Lord Mayer had rendered himself liable to a charge
of great indecency in submitting his own individual
opinions 'on a great national question to an assembly in
whieh her Majesty's judges were comprised, and in the
presence of several gentlemen of high position in the
State—many of whom were known to be opposed to the
policy advocated by the present Government. He believed
that it behove the Le Igue to take such steps as would
C,nduce to the proper understanding of the opinions of
the citizens of London as regarded the all-absorbing subject
of the Irish Church. A long discussion then ensued on
the subject of the lodger franchise, after which the meeting
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adjourned.