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London, England, 1868-04-30 00:00:00

1865, and the Report of the Committee of last year
on the London Water Bill, so that it has much to
recommend it. The third clause provides
that the Lea shall be taken to be the River Lea
from its rise in Hereford to its junction with
the Thames in the county of Middlesex, aLd shall
include all cuts, canals, &c., which have turned any
part of the river ; and the tributaries shall include
all streams flowing into the Lea, and out of the
rivers and brooks mentioned. The Conservancy
Board is to give notice to parties who may c.,auso
and suffer sewage to flow into the river to discon-
tinue such flow, and in the event of a refusal being
met with, the Board are to have power to stop up
the outlet of any drain, pipe, or channel, and may
enter any lands and recover all expenses incurred
by them in so doing. This is a very excellent
arrangenseut, and if it only be properly enforced,
a great advantage will be gained to the public
health, besides other benefits being derived.
Some discussion ensued as to the manner in which
the Board should be constituted, and it is now pro-
posed that the number shall be thirt±en. These
are to be from various quarters, the trustees of the
River Lee are to elect five, and others are to be
appointed by various companies, and the Lord
Mayor, Metropolitan Board of Works, &c. These
plans are good so fat as they go, and the board being
constituted as it is proposed, will represent so many
different interests that it can hardly failito repre-
sent the several interests concerned. Regarding
the body who are to elect the trustees the bill is
to be altered so as to extend the right to
all " riparian freeholders of property of one hun-
dred a year in the way mentioned in the third clause
of the bill ;" and these will ba entitled to vote in
addition to those who may possess the right of vot-

ing. So far as can be judged from these brief de-
tails it seems that progress has been made in the
right direction in this matter ; and the knowledge
that competent persons have taken the matter up
will impart satisfaction to those who duly estimate
the importance of the affair. The clause that places
the river Lea under one Conservancy Board is an
admirable one, and cannot fail to promote the de-
sired end of improvement.

LATEST INTELL LGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)

SPAIN.

MADRID, April 29.

The official Gazette of to-day publishes the ap-
pointment of General Pezula as Captain-General of
Madrid, and that of the Marquis de Novalesches to
the post of Captain-General of Catalonia.
In to-day's sitting of the Cortes the debate on
laud mortgage banks was continued.
In the Senate the Budget came under discussion.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, April 30.

It is asserted that negociations between the
Western Powers and Austria have been renewed
upon the initiative of the French Cabinet, for the
purpose of sending a common maritime force into
Greek waters. The object of this measure would
be to put a stop to the communication carried on
between the Greek harbours and Candia, and thus
to cut off further supplies from the insurrection,

The appointment of Count Vizthum, formerly
Saxon Minister at the Court of St. James's, as
Austrian Minister at Brussels, is confirmed.

FRANCM.
BOURSE, April 29.—Threk o'clock.—The market
closed as follows :

41 per Cont.
End of month —
3 per Cent
End of month 69 43
Credit Mobilier '253 75
End of month 251 23
Crodit Foncier _1472 50
End of month —

Bank Shares
Fan Loan —
End of month —
11.xican Loan 19 50
Do Bonds
Spanish Threos 371
Homo Debt 33}
Deferral
s. Account
Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 580,E

RAILWAY

556 i

Western
Eastern .••••
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragosia,
Roman 43

40
365:
375

The Catholic Aged Poor Society held its annual
dinner at the Albion on Monday evening last. The
Archbishop of W,stininster, in proposing the health
of her Majesty, said :—" I have the happiness to
propose to you the health of her Most Gracious
Majesty Queen Victoria, and I am confident that
I shall interpret your thoughts and feelings, and
that I shall represent the universal desire of the
Catholics of England, in laying at her Majesty's
feet an expression of our profound and heartfelt
sympathy. Eight-and-forty hours ago we were all
wounded by the tidings of a deed which I have no
words to describe. It was an axiom among the
Pagans, Maxima debetur puero reverentia."The
grace and dignity of youth exacted from them a
special reverence. In its presence immorality was
abashed, and brutality held its hand, but we have
been shocked and wounded in every manly sense by
the assassination attempted against the son of our
Queen—against a youth innocent of all offence, free
from all the animosities and broils of political con-
tention, noble and generous in his bearing, and
engaged in a public mission of royal benevolence to
the people of Australia, and in the kindliest offices
of charity to the national service in which he bears
a part. This horrible and guilty deed has aroused,
I am confident, in the heart of every Christian, of
every man, and of every mother in her Majesty's
dominion; a sorrow, an indignation, and a sym-
pathy, the expression of which, for the want of a
more prompt and better opportunity, I desire on
this occasion, in the name of the Catholics of
England, most respectfully to lay at her Majesty's
feet."
The correspondent of a contemporary at Turin
mentions an odd circumstance which took place at
the ball given by the Philharmonic Society of Turin
on the occasion of the marriage of Prince Humbert.
During a polka the Princess of Piedmont's train
caught in the spur of an officer of Lancers, and was
torn to rags. Before the Princess had time to ap-
peal to one of her ladies, the Crown Prince of
Prussia had produced a pretty little morocco itui,
from which he extracted a small pair of scissors,
and, kneeling down at the feet of the bride, skil-
fully cut away the wreck. He then rose, bowed
profoundly, returned his necessaire to his pocket,
and resumed his place by the King's side amidst
thunders of applause. The correspondent, warm-
ing with his subject, goes on to say—" From that
moment he was the hero of the evening. Every-
body acquainted with Italian character will at once
understand the delight of all present at the readi-
ness, gallantry, and fertility of resource displayed
by the Prince, in whose favour Turin society was
always strongly prepossessed."
A slight passage of arms took place on Tuesday
night in the House of Lords between Lord Derby
and Lori Granville which may afford useful matter
for reflection both to statesmen and to sporting men.
Lord Derby had alluded to his having receiv,:d in-
formation that a recent political meeting at Mr.
Gladstone's private house ha I been attended by the
Duke of Argyll and Lord Granville ; and the latter
requested to know how Lord Derby had obt dued
such information. Lord Granville said that during
the meeting in question an individual, aipposed
from his lurcher-like appearance to be either a
Treasury runner or a Newmarket tout, had been
observed amongst the shrubs opposite Mr. Glad-
stone's house, apparently intent upon noting down
the names of those who entered, and observed that
such illicit practices are not usually countenanced
either by high-minded politicians or by honourable
sportsmen.