22.-Sir R. Murchison writes that a Livingstone search expedition should be at once organized, as letters had been received from Zanzibar which afforded ground for believing the traveller to be still alive.

23. At Buckhurst-hill, near Woodford, Essex, Frederick Alexander Watkins makes a murderous attack with a dagger upon Matilda Griggs, a young woman with whom he was keeping company. She was found by a policeman saturated with blood, and leaning heavily against a paling in a field near where the assault was committed. As she was to all appearance dying, a formal declaration was taken, in which she declared that she met Watkins outside her father's house. asked me if I would walk with him, and while we were walking along he charged me with speaking to other young men, and I said that I did not. He then asked me to get into a field over a paling, and I did so. He then

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struck me on the head two or three times, and afterwards drew out a dagger, which he stabbed into my back, breast, and face, several times. I saw the dagger, and knew, besides, that he was in the habit of carrying one with him. When I fell on the grass he ran away. I lay for a long time, and heard the clock of Buckhurst-hill strike ten. When I felt my strength returning, I crawled along the grass through a fence into another field, and there I again lay down for some time. I once more got up,

and was making my way home when the policeman met me." When Watkins left the poor girl he said he knew that she was not dead, but thought she would not last long. He ran away in the direction of Epping Forest, attempting to poison himself with oxalic acid, but finding it ineffectual, walked into Epping police-station and gave himself up about five o'clock the following morning. Contrary to all expectation, Matilda Griggs recovered, and on the case coming on for trial, refused to give evidence against her assailant.

Sir W. Gray succeeds Sir Cecil Beadon as Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.

27.--Died in London, from the effects of a gun-shot wound, Lord Llanover, formerly Sir Benjamin Hall, at one time Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests.

29.-Intimation made by Lord Stanley in the House of Commons that there was every reason for believing that France and Prussia would accept the proposal made by the neutral Powers for a conference on the Luxemburg question.

30.-Mr. Trevelyan's resolution for the abolition of the purchase system in the army negatived by 116 to 75.

1.-The Fenian prisoners Burke and Doran convicted of high treason at Dublin, and sentenced to death. The principal witnesses were the "informers" Keogh and Massy, who had been associated with the prisoners in all their recent movements, and described their designs with great minuteness. Burke made a speech stigmatising the manner in which he had been convicted, but expressing himself ready to die for Ireland.

Mr. Stern writes from his prison in Abyssinia: "The ruthless ferocity of the King has exhausted the patience of the most timid and servile, and all appear now to be animated by one deep and ardent passionthe overthrow of the tyrant. The army he once had at his behest is scattered in bands of rebels all over the country; and as he can never recruit again his incredibly diminished hordes, he will either be forced to make the Amba his last asylum and tomb, or, followed by a few faithful adherents, and the most valuable captives, seek a home in the marshy jungles and entangled fever-villages of the lowlands."

2.-Government defeated in Committee on Mr. Ayrton's amendment that the period of residences in boroughs at rentals below 10/ should be one year instead of two. Vote, 278 to 197. The following evening the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that Government would accept the alteration.

3. After a smart debate regarding the intimation made by the League that they were determined to hold their demonstration in Hyde Park, Mr. Walpole obtains leave to bring in a bill, providing that no meeting of a public character should take place in any of the royal parks without the permission of her Majesty; and that any one convening or assisting at such a meeting should, on conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding 10l., or two months' imprisonment.

4.-Numerous swearings-in of special constables in anticipation of the League meeting.

6. At a meeting of his parliamentary supporters in Downing-street, Lord Derby made an elaborate defence of the Home Secretary against the undeserved censures which were being poured upon him for his proceedings in connexion with the Hyde Park meeting. He also explained the law of the case, which certainly supported the Crown to an indisputable right to the Park, though the manner of enforcing that right was admittedly a matter of great difficulty. As now advised, the meeting appeared to be perfectly legal, and the Government had no intention of putting it down by force, though they considered it right to make the most complete preparations for restoring the peace in the event of any disorder arising out of the assembling together of so many people.

Reform League Demonstration in Hyde Park. The people assembled peaceably in large numbers, and were addressed at ten different platforms or sections by members of the League Executive and one or two members of Parliament. Contrasting somewhat with the severe and even denunciatory character of certain speeches, there was a good deal of noisy fun and running backwards and forwards to the different platforms, but nothing in the slightest degree approaching to any outbreak against constituted authority. The gathering was described as rather flat, and as orderly as an Exeter Hall May meeting.

Discussion on Sir J. Gray's proposal to fix a night for the House taking into consideration the temporalities and privileges of the Established Church in Ireland with a view to remove their anomalies. Mr. Gladstone welcomed the "previous question" as a relief from the necessity of affirming a proposition which might excite hopes at present impossible to be realized. The time, however, he thought was not far distant when the Parliament of England, which at present undoubtedly had its hands full of other important business engagements, would feel it to be a duty to look this question fairly and fully in the face; "and I confess that I am sanguine enough to cherish a hope that, though not without difficulty, a satisfactory result will be arrived at, the consequences of which will be so happy and pleasant for us all that we shall wonder at the folly which has so long prevented its being brought about." The Attorney-General for

8. The North German Constitution adopted by the Prussian Chamber of Deputies.

9. The retirement of Mr. Walpole intimated in the House of Lords by the Premier, who de clared that the Home Secretary was no more to blame for the apparently vacillating conduct of the Cabinet than any other member. The department had recently great extra labour thrown upon it at a time, unfortunately, when it was deprived of the services of a permanent efficient Under-Secretary. Mr. Walpole was succeeded at the Home Office by Mr. Gathome Hardy.

In committee on the Reform Bill, the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed that the occupant of premises claiming to vote must have been rated as an "ordinary occupier" in respect of his premises, and not compounded for. Carried, after a long debate, by 322 against 256. In the course of the debate the Chancellor of the Exchequer took an opportunity of challenging Mr. Gladstone's imputation that the Government had been guilty of fraud and dissimulation. The words were withdrawn, but the withdrawal was accompanied by a statement that the measure had been adjusted to give the appearance of an extension of the franchise, while care was taken that it should not be realized. "Now," said the Chancellor of the Exchequer, "I must say I prefer the original invective of the right hon. gentlemanthe denunciations of Torquemada to the interpretation of Loyola. I prefer to meet a clear charge of fraud and dissimulation, rather than be told in language like that I have just named to the House, that we have been guilty of conduct unworthy, in my opinion, of all public

- The 100th Anniversary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, celebrated in St. James's Hall, under the presidency of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

11. Signed in London a treaty for the evacuation of Luxemburg by the Prussians, the demolition of the fortress, and the neutralization of the territory under the joint guarantee of the great Powers.

Deputations from various provincial Reform Associations, accompanied by several members of Parliament, wait upon Mr. Gladstone to present addresses expressive of confidence in him as a leader of the Liberal party. After referring to the unfortunate divisions among themselves, he passed on to speak of the delusive character of the Government scheme of Reform: "An arrangement which it is proposed to found in the absurd, prepos terous, and mischievous distinctions of personal

rating, as now regulated in this country for social purposes, I hold to be a totally unfit basis for the franchise. Any measure which rests on such a basis I wholly disown and reject; and if it should be clothed with that perfect authority which belongs to the law in this country, I shall combine my obedience to that law with the liberty to which every man is entitled to endeavour, by every legitimate means, to effect a change in a portion of it which I deemed to be so unjust to the people.

To these enactments, while I continue to be on the floor of the House of Commons, I shall continue to offer an unqualified and unhesitating opposition." The Chancellor of the Exchequer was understood to refer to this speech on the Monday night following, when, in consequence of violent language used out of doors, he was led to express a hope that attempts would not be made surreptitiously to rescind or perplex the vote the House had already come to on the rate-paying clauses of the Bill. "I should have been very glad if these spouters of stale seditions had not taken the course they have done. It may be their function to appear at noisy meetings, but I regret very much they should have come forward as obsolete incendiaries of that character to pay homage to one who, wherever he may sit, must always be the pride and ornament of this House

"Who would not smile if such a man there be, Who would not weep if Atticus were he.'" Mr. Gladstone curtly replied, that when authority came into the field for the purpose of forbidding and denouncing, unless it could carry its prohibition or denunciation to some positive issue, the result was that authority itself lost credit and power.

13.-The Chancellor of the Exchequer introduces the Scotch Reform Bill; the franchise to be similar to the English; but it was proposed to give seven additional members to that division of the kingdom-three for counties, two for boroughs, and two for Universities. There was also to be a re-arrangement of, and an addition to, the present system of grouping. The House then went into committee on the English Bill, and a lodger franchise was carried to operate where there was a twelvemonth's residence, and a clear yearly value of 10%.

14.-Lord Shaftesbury's Clerical Vestments Bill thrown out on a second reading by 61 votes against 46. A Royal Commission was now promised to inquire into the ritualistic observances.

materials used in the manufacture of the notes was seized in Glasgow. Greatorex had been followed to New York and apprehended there.

15. The long-protracted and fierce dispute between the Imperial and Republican forces in Mexico terminates to-day, in the betrayal of the Emperor Maximilian to the Juarist General Escobado, by General Lopez. He had been shut up in the city of Quaretero since the 1st of April.

16.-In consequence of the adverse criticism which the scheme had experienced, Lord R. Montagu intimates that it was not intended that the South Kensington officials should persevere with the publication of their Art Catalogue in the Times.

17. Fracas in the House between Mr. Layard and Mr. H. Lewis, the former having asked in the lobby if the latter was not afraid of certain symptoms in going back to his constituents, and receiving an answer admitted to be couched in strong Saxon English. The House declined to take any notice of the encounter, the Speaker expressing a determination not to permit such expressions to be again brought up for discussion.

The House of Commons consider the abolition of the compound householders, in terms of a resolution submitted by Mr. Hodgkinson, proposing to add to clause 3, that no person other than the occupier shall be rated to parochial rates in respect of premises occupied by him within the limits of a parliamentary borough, all acts to the contrary notwithstanding. In the course of the discussion, Mr. Lowe made another animated appeal to some of the gentlemen of England with their ancestry behind them and their posterity before them, to save the Constitution from the hands of a multitude struggling with want and discontent. "I was taunted the other night," he said, "by the hon. member for the Elgin boroughs, that the fates and destinies had been too strong for me. I have no fear of them, sir; what has been too strong for me is the shabbiness, the littleness, and the meannesses that have met together. Upon a former occasion when I addressed the House, I took upon myself to make a prophecy. I said that if we embarked upon this course of democracy, we should either ruin our party or our country. Sir, I was wrong; it is not a question of alternatives; we are going to ruin both." final settlement of the clause was delayed till the 27th, when the House finally resolved that there should be no more compounding. On the same evening Mr. Mill's proposal to substitute "person " for " man in the county franchise clause was rejected by 196 to 73. A majority of 201 to 157 carried a proposal to grant the franchise to copyholds of the annual value of 51.

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Grand ball at the British Embassy, Paris, in honour of the visit of the Prince of Wales.

17.-Died, aged 73, Clarkson Stanfield, R. A. 20.-The Queen attended at South Kensington to lay the first stone of the Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences, designed to perpetuate the memory of the late Prince Consort. In replying to an address read by the Prince of Wales, her Majesty said: "It has been with a struggle that I have nerved myself to a compliance with the wish that I should take part in this day's ceremony; but I have been sustained by the thought that I should assist by my presence in promoting the accomplishment of his great designs to whose memory the gratitude and affection of the country are now rearing a noble monument, which I trust may yet look down on such a centre of institutions for the promotion of art and science, as it was his fond wish to establish here. It is my wish that the hall should bear his name to whom it will have owed its existence, and be called the 'Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences. The foundation-stone was then lowered into its place, and the customary formalities having been gone through by her Majesty, the Archbishop of Canterbury offered up a prayer that the arts there fostered might be the arts of peace, ministering to the welfare and happiness of mankind. The orchestra and chorus then proceeded to deliver the vocal and instrumental music of "L'Invocazione all' Armonia," composed by the late Prince Consort. The solo tenor parts of the piece were given by Signor Mario with such beautiful distinctness and effect that her Majesty stopped to thank him when passing from the building. The proceedings were brought to a close by the "National Anthem."

21.-Commenced in the Court of Arches the discussion on the admission of the articles in the case of Martin v. Mackonochie, involving the legality of the ritualistic practices observed in celebrating worship in the church of St. Alban's, Holborn. After some discussion it was decided that the articles should be sent back to be reformed in two particulars, as to the greater degree of the elevation of the consecrated elements, and as to the law, statute and ecclesiastical, under which the offences were charged.

Royal Proclamation issued, declaring the British North American provinces one division, with the name of Canada.

22.-Epsom. The Derby stakes won by Mr. Chaplin's Hermit (100 to 1 agst.). Snow on the course.

23. The Duke of Edinburgh left London to join the Galatea on a voyage to the Australian colonies.

Died, aged 74, Sir Archibald Alison, historian of the wars of the French Revolution.

25. In addressing a meeting of "Brother and Sister Reformers" in St. James's Hall, Mr. J. S. Mill said, that if the Chancellor of the Exchequer had not deceived the House of Commons, he had at least encouraged members

a good deal to deceive themselves. "I ought to be ashamed to make the confession myself, but he quite succeeded with me." In the House, Mr. Mill afterwards admitted that Mr. Disraeli had completely acquitted himself.

27.--In committee the county occupation franchise was fixed at 12., as a mean be. tween 10%. and 157., the qualification to be either house and land, or house or land. On the first proposal, which was to omit the words of the clause for the purpose of afterwards allowing the insertion of an amendment, to prevent the creation of faggot votes, by making compulsory to have a dwelling-house on the land, Government were beaten by 196 to 193; but when the substantive motion was put to insert " 'dwelling-house," it was rejected by

212 to 209.

28.-Government withdraw their proposals to attach the franchise to educational or pecuniary qualifications; and also the dual vote clause.

29. Mr. Fawcett's Act of Uniformity Amendment Bill read a second time by 200 to 156. Petitions were presented against it by Sir W. Heathcote and Mr. Selwyn, and it was also opposed by Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Hardy.

30. The franchise clauses of the Reform Bill being now settled, the House, in committee, proceeded to deal with the redistribution part of the scheme. The disfranchisement of Yarmouth, Lancaster, Reigate, and Totnes was agreed to after a faint protest from Sir G. Bowyer, as to the penal character of the measure. On clause 9, Mr. Mill brought forward his scheme for the representation of minorities, founded on the principle that any member might be returned by as many voters residing anywhere as was equal to the gross number of names of the entire register divided by 658; or if less than 658 candidates received the full quota of votes, then those who had the largest number. The proposal was withdrawn after discussion.

31.-Discussion on the Government redis. tribution scheme, by which it was proposed to cut down all constituencies under 7,000 to one member cach. Mr. Laing's proposal to fix the minimum at 10,000, and secure thirty-five seats instead of twenty-three, was carried against Government by 306 to 171. Serjeant Gazelee afterwards proposed to disfranchise all boroughs which had a population of less than 5,000, but this was rejected by a majority of 269 to 217.

June 1.-Royal visits to Paris. The Emperor Alexander of Russia arrived to-day; the King of Prussia on the 5th; the Viceroy of Egypt on the 16th; and the Sultan on the 30th.

3. The Commissioners appointed to inquire into the perpetration of trade outrages in Sheffield commence their sittings.

5. Several letters appear in this morning's Times complaining of robberies and assaults committed by an organized body of " roughs who accompanied a militia regiment in its march through the streets of the metropolis on the 3d.

By a majority of 164 to 150, it was agreed to refer to a Select Committee Mr. Ewart's Oxford and Cambridge Education Bill, designed, as he explained, to restore the ancient University system, and to open them to all classes as national institutions, without subjecting the students to any tests.

6.-Berezowski, a Pole, attempts to assassi nate the Czar by firing into a carriage in which he was seated with the Emperor Napoleon and his two sons. Both sovereigns escaped unhurt, but the horse of one of the equerries was wounded; a second attempt was made, but the barrel burst and rendered powerless the assassin's hand. In its account of the outrage, the Moniteur said that the Emperor Napoleon, turning towards the Emperor Alexander smiling, said, "Sire, we shall have been under fire together." The Czar replied, more seriously, "Our destinies are in the hands of Providence." Berezowski was at once arrested, and with difficulty saved from being torn to pieces.

8.-The Emperor and Empress of Austria crowned King and Queen of Hungary at Pesth, amid circumstances of great outward festivity and splendour. It was noticed that among the absentees was M. Deak, who had wrought so eagerly for this mark of Imperial favour to his country.

9.-Departure of the Livingstone Search Expedition under the command of Mr. E. D. Young.

Died at Dublin, aged 73, Dr. Anster, translator of "Faust."

netcy. An action of ejectment was brought by General Marcus Slade, Colonel of the 50th Regiment, and brother of the late Sir Frederick Slade, Q.C., against Sir Alfred Slade, the eldest son of Sir Frederick, to recover possession of the manor of North Petherton, in the county of Somerset, and other lands entailed in the Slade family. Sir Frederick married in December 1833, at St. George's, Hanoversquare, Maria Barbara, daughter of Charles Browne Mostyn, of Kiddington, and had by her several children, of whom Alfred, the defendant, was one, and the eldest son. The case on the part of the General was that the marriage between Sir Frederick and his wife was void because the lady had previously contracted marriage at Milan, in 1825, with an Austrian gentleman named Baron C. Von Körber, who survived till the year 1853. In reply to this, it was urged that the marriage of Lady Slade at Milan was void, and that she was, therefore, free to marry again. The validity of Lady Slade's marriage turned entirely upon the Austrian law, which was the law in force in Milan in 1825, and on this point many professional and learned men had been examined on both sides under a commission. The grounds on which the Milanese marriage was assailed were, first, because the banns had not been duly published, and that the priest, Feld-Superior Nagy, who performed the ceremony, was not competent to do so. By the Austrian law, banns must be published for the bride as well as the bridegroom; and if the bride had not dwelt six weeks in the parish in which she was to be married, her banns must be published not only there, but in the parish in which she last had an uninterrupted residence of at least six weeks. For the defence the argument was that Miss Mostyn had not lived six weeks in Sta. Babyla, that her last parish of six weeks' residence was Sta. Maria; that her banns ought, therefore, to have been published in both these parishes, and that they were published in neither. Lady Slade being almost the only person surviving who was at Milan, and knew anything about the marriage there in 1825, the facts of the case had to be gathered chiefly from the contents and from the silence of the marriage register, and of certain vouchers and documents which accompanied it, and from which the plaintiff insisted that the banns were published, while the defendant drew an inference the opposite ❘ way. Again, it was said that Feld-Superior Nagy was incompetent to marry Miss Mostyn to Baron von Körber. There was no dispute that the only person competent by Austrian law to celebrate a marriage was a clergyman who had the cure of souls over one of the bridal persons. The defendant's contention was that Nagy, being a Roman Catholic priest, had no cure of souls over a Protestant officer. The plaintiff conceded that this would be true in the case of civilians, but maintained that the special legislation for the Austrian army created an exception for the case of Protestant military