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house s also destroyed. The Parlismen nj
oihees, st the vest end Of the Hous. Of Lords,
which are entered from Abingdon street, by
the g.te~ays at the Star and Garter public
house, are saved, together with all the books
and papers they contained, snd oil the books
from the library. The books and furniture
oil these two buildings were removed early BY
the police, and placed in the yard adjoining,
and IN the terraced garden, covered over
with carpets and tarpauiin..
On receiving Intelligence Of thi, national
disaster, the Ming Immediately placed the
palace newly erected IN 81. James's Park at
the disposal Of the nation.
The sun gives the foliow ing account Of the
origin OF the fire. Ia the removal of paper.
from the Exehequer TO the House Of Lords,
some men were employed in burning a great
number Of old documents unnecessary To be
kept. Ia doing this. the chimney caught fire,
end communicated with the umbers Of the
house.
The loss, considered as an ordinary business
affair, IL estimated at half q million sterling
Intelligence had been received in England
OF the extreme illness OF Lord Bentick, Gov
!
John Pat,ison has been elected Governor
OF the Bank OF England, in the room Of Rich.
ard Nee RaIkes, Who had become di>qualih-
ed. Timothy Curtis ~ recommended 10y the
Directors as the successor TO Nr. PattIson ia
the Office OF Deputy Governor.
Lord Palnerston, n IL stated, will be pro-
posed to the Court Of Directors by Govern
mont NJ the new Governor General Of India
They are said to have decidedly rejected MIR
Charles Grant.
FRANCE.
Mr.. Livingston, our Minister to the Court
OF France, arrived IN Paris on the 18th Of
October. twas reported that MIR. l.. was
authorized by the American government TO
reduce its claims by onc-third. Tho Paris
Constitutional, however, Of the lith Oct
states that Il has been authorized by Mr.
Livingston, TO declare that he has received
no instructions from the Government Of the
United States, to agree to any compromise
whatever, relative to the %, 1000, 900, ella I'M
ed Of France, and further that Mr.. Livingst
Is sure no such Instructions will ever be
transmitted 10 him.
The conhagrStion ct the two house. of the Bri-
tish Parliament, has naturally drawn forth strong
regrets from the London press. not on account Of
tie Intrinsic value of the buildings but for the III
teresting historical associations connected with
them
Here" says Bells Messenger,
"within these walls the most mcmora-
bic of freedoms battles were fought
here the Great Charter of English lib
erty was first unfolded for the protec-
ton Of the people-and here an hum
bic member of the House of Commons
-liampden-dared TO brave the pow
er of a royal despot. Within the now
bare, blackened, and roohcss walls of St.
Stephens Chapel did William Rufus,
with the mobiles of his court, PROSTATE
himself IN prayer, and Edward III.
gave TO heaven those which were not
devoted to the happiness of his subjects.
The House of Lords too-the first Le-
gislative chamber in the world-was
not without host of recollections
which rendered il an object of venera-
bic respect in the eyes of the country.
Here stood Elisabeth, in all the pride
Of regal triumph. announcing the de-
struction of the Spanish Armada
whose laundering feet formed the
ncver-to-bc-forgotten needle work dec
Grafton Of the lofty walls-here William
III. gave the Bill of Rights TO Eng
hshmen;-and here the final words
were spoken which gave liberation to
the Dissenter, emancipation to the
Catholic, and freedom to the Slave"
Other Journals. though they unite in iamenting
the loss IL public records, which Is said to be-
great and irrrParAbie. rrjeiee in tho destruction
Of 90 the ugly, dark, iueonvcnieht aud unhealthy
buildings - aud seem busted alone In deyiairs
some nev place for Parliament TO assemble ia.
The New York American states that
one Of the precious and irreparable rel
les, which has persisted with the House
OF Lords, is the splendid tapestry which
recorded the great achievement from
which the rise of the naval glory of
England is to be dated-the defeat of
the Spanish Armada. That tapestry
was executed by the celebrated Fran
CTS Spiering, from designs by Cornelius
Vroom, and originally belonged to the
Earl Of Efiingham, the Lord High Adj
miral Of England, and COMMANDMENT
Chief of the gallant little fleet that
swept the colossal Armada from the
seas. II was purchased Of the Lord
High Admiral by James l., but was
not put up in the House Of Lords until
the Commonwealth, two years after
Charles /. had been brought TO the
scafold. The room in which it origi-
nally hung was a smaller room than
that which II lately ornamented, and
where IL was not placed until 1900,
(the House Of Lords having met before
the union with Ireland in a room not so
large or commodious as that which il
has occupied ever since that event. }
and was formerly theC Court Of Requests.
AT that time also considerable altera-
tions were made in the House Of Com
mons, IN consequence cf the accession
Of hundred new members.
The following. given IN the Londoa pspers a.
The genuine remarks of the sssembled cross q, are
ehsrasieriais enough 90 BE- worth quoting