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Summary of Passing Events. THE billot experiment turned out anything but a sujeeas in L-ino isaire. By this teat, it will be remembered, it had beea arranged to decide whether the operatives would ascent Alderman Phkop's proposition that they should resume work at a reduction of ten per ceat. in wsge3 for the present, with an engagement on the part of the employers that the question should be ra- considered at the epd of three m)3tae. The offijial return shoved only 828 votea in favour of the compromise, while there were 12,972 against i There wis a strange dispro- portion in the number of votes on eaoh side; and another curious ciroumslaaae was that little mora than one-fourth of those who were qualified to vote availed themselves of the opportunity at all. It could hardly be that any of the operatives did not understand the precise object of the ballot; and it may, therefore, be taken for granted that those who abstained from voting, as well as those who voted against the Pickop com- promise, had mads up their minis to tight out the dispute with the masters to the bitter end. It i3 a deplorable state of affairs, especially when there seems litb'e prospect of yielding on either side. It is satisfactory to note that no fuither riotous proceedings have taken place, though the presence of the military must of course have a benoSoial effect in pre- serving order. Mr. Joseph W. Pease still con- tinues, in another letter, to urge upon the masters the importance of having rejourse to arbr.rat'on. Referring to the case of the Dur- ham and Northumberland miner?, he points out how, by a simple system of arbitra- tion honestly cauie i int) effect, wages that litd risen with the price in the market of the articles proiuced by the labour they re- presented hava fallen again to their former level or thereabouts, and the goodwill between masters avid men ha3 nevertheless been m dntainel. THE Times, in an article which showed signs

of b tag inspired," eaid there waa legitimate ground for the favourable impressions which pre- vailed respecting the results of Count Sohouvaloff's mission. Thjre is underJtoad to be a tac t agreement that tie San Stefano Treaty shall undergo considerable modifications. There is some talk about restricting the autonomous Bul- garia of the Russian treaty to the north of the Balkans, and establishing a mirfd'e State oetween Bulgaria on the north and Turkey on the sou'h, which would be subject to some such form of al- ministration as was proposed for the whole of I Bulgaria by the Constantinople Conference. Much difficulty i3 not expected GO be experienced in effecting a tolerable compromise in Armenia, If Rassia wiil be found uuyielding as regards Kars, Batoum, and Ardaban, there issome prospect that she may not make much trouble about Bayaztd. The belief is also expressed diat the same Pover miy not be unwilling to give a guarantee that her pecuniary claims against Turkey will lot be commuted into larger appropriations of territory. A Vienna correspondent has stated thit lleW5 from St. Petersburg of Count Schouvalolf's mission had been waited for tiere with even greater anxiety than was exhibited in Loid i!, as no doubts were entertained in the Austrian capital that an understanding between England and Russia would increase the reserve which the latter Power has always exhibited towards Austria, and would diminish her prospects of obtaining protectiouforher own special interests. "Ve cm readiiy understand, therefore, why it i, that what Austria is said to fear most of all is peace b:tiveen England and Ru sia. PEOPLE who intend going to Paris during this

Exhibition Year should try and put themselves under the wing of some" good-natured friend" who knows the ways of the French capita!, otherwise he stands a bad chance of being fleeced. Unfortu- nate visitors still continue to find this to bo their fate, notwithstanding the numerous protests that have appeared in the newspapers. Hotel- keepers and tradesmen cannot resist the tempta- tion of put ting on the screw, and the cibraeu also have become extraordinarily extortionate. It is mentioned that while in a street near the Boule- vard Montmartre a room used to ba charged at the rate of five francs per day, it is now charged fifteen francs, which ia an unconscionable rue. The host was well served when, on the introduc- tion of this new tariff, tha whole of the visitors, to the number of twenty-seven, made tiieir escape, and sought out quarters where their purSOg were treated with greater tef dernesi. An anecdote is told of a free-spending American who- foull-A, in the Rue de la Paix, that he had paid almost as much for an egg as he though!; he should pay for a dinner. It is reported of hi n that, before dis- appearing, he wrote 011 the door of the room, with a piece of charooal, these words u Here they de- mand your money or your ire." The Parisian hotel-keepevs and tradesmen should take warning in time. Paris passesses great a*tractions io be sure, but they are not irresistible when asso- ciated with gross extortion. It was pirniiar short-sighted policy that oaused t'le Vienna Exhibition, a few years ago, to be a failure; and many Transatlantic travellers had good reason, for a iike cause, to remember the Philadelphia centennial show. This levying of black mail is injurious in many ways besides having the cifeot o: curtailing visits. It takes away much of the pleasure which strangers might otherwise experience. I,, is impossible tint they can feel at all comfortable when they koov that they are being daily robbed. Their discontent deepens as the financial drain goes on the state of their minds gives its own eombre colouiing to the impressions they derive from what they see and it will be a wonder if they ezer afterwards entertain pleasant thoughts of Paris and the Parisians. <» TELEGHAPHY.—A Telegraph Conference, com- posed of delegates from each of the Australasian Governments, has recently sat at Melbourne, and has agreed to accept the proposition of the Eastern Ex- tension, Australasia, and China Telegraph Company to duplicate the cable between Singapore and Port Darwin, subject to the ratification of the Australasian Parliaments and the shareholders of the comnanv. ARRIVALS AT BRIGHTON AGUAEIUM.—Mr. Francis Francis, the naturalist director, of the Aquarium, reports as follows: "Among the latest arrivals are half-a dozen Arctic crabs. They are akin to the spider cr £ .b, and are placed in tank No. 30. A number of berried prawns have lately been placed in the tank 28, where the ova have been hatched, and hundreds of embryo prawGs smaller than pins' heads may be seen moving atout near the surface of the water. The pipe fish, too, in tank 20 have lately thrown off a number of young, which are no bigger round than threads, about an inch in length,and form interesting objects." WOOD AND IVERY, LIMITED (J. W. Ivery, manager), Albion Blue Brick and Tile Works, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, manufacturers of vitrified blue bricks, garden border tiles, flooring quarries in blue, red, or buff colour. Illustrations and prices on applicatior

DEATH OF EARL RUSSELL. We regret to state that Eirl Russell expired at Pembroke Lodge, Richmond, at ten minutes to eleven o'clock on the night of the 28th of May. Alarming symptoms o. prostration set in about two o'clock, and continued until his lordship breathed his last. In the 86th year of his age, E irl Russell, who was the third son of John, sixth Duke of Bedford, by Georgiaaa, daughter of the fourth Viscount Tor- rington, was born in Hertford street, Miyfair, August 18, 1792. According to the "Men of the Time," he received his early education at Sun- bury and at Westminster School, and went to the University of Elinburgh, where he was for some time a pupil ot the metaphysician Thomas Brown and of Dugald Stewart. Under the tuition of the latter, the liberal opinions which he inherited from his parents were strengthened and confirmed, and the social atmosphere of Edinburgh at that time was well calcu- lated to second the professor's influences. Oa leaving the university his lordship spent some months on a foreign tour, and in 1813, after tha formatioa of the Liverpool Ministry, was returned to the House of Commons as one of the members for his father's borough of Tavistock. The Whigs, with Lords Wellesley and Q-ranrille at their head, had about this time been offered place, which, for obvious reasons, they declined. Negatively they possessed considerable influence, and as soon as the war was concluded, 1815, they devoted their energies to the advocacy of social and political reforms. The Whig party gained ground during George the Third's I illness, through the debate on the income- tu and foreign treaties. Oa tha latter subject Lord Russell I delivered an eloquent speech, which gave him at once a high place among parliamentary orators. Believing that each nation had a right to its own internal government, he resisted the "Northern Settlement" (as it Was called), by which Norway and Sweden were to be united, and to which England and Russia made thtmselves parties. In 1817 he spoke strongly against the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Áct-a measure which the Ministry thought it necessary to propose 'n consequence of the increasing outbreaks amongst the suffering masses — and urged the propriety of II appeasing their feelings by timely concessions. The G-overmu-Dnt, however, persevered, and instituted StatE) prosecutions against the chief offender Disgusted with the failure of the efforts of his party, Lord J. Russell seriously entertained the design of retiring from public life, from which he wag dissuaded by his polidea' friends, aided by tha elo- quent appeal of rtiouiia Moore; Lord John took up the question of Parliamentary Reform; and by repeated motions on the subject, in which he was supported by public opinion, had the satisfaction of seeing the cherished object resisted each year by decreasing majorities and be was regarded as the recognised leader of the movement. In February, 1820, he opened the assault by proposing a bill for the disfranchise- ment of four notorious borougbs for bribery and cor- ruption, and the proposal, though carried in the Com- mons, was rejected by the House of Lords. Tbd defeat was virtually a victory. In the Parlimenb of 1821, though he failed in carrying a resolution, which affirmed the abstract necessity of a change, he suc- ceeded in striking the borough of Grampound off the roll of constituencies. Nor was his attention confined to the question of Pariiaxeutary Reform he ap- peared as the avowed defender of Quoen Caroline, an ad vocate of Catholic Emancipation, and an oppo- nent of the Test and Corporation Acts. With the accession of Canning to power, on the death of Lord Cadtlereagh, the question of Catholic Emancipation rose into paramount importance. But the nation at large was opposed to the change, and in 18:26 in con- sequence of his advocacy to the principle, the county of Huntingdon rejected Lord J. Russell, who had represented it in the previous Parliament. Chosen for Bandon, ia Ireland, he continued h's course of persistent attack, and, though unable to effect any important change whilst Air. Canning lived, he renewed the campaign so vigorously on the accession of the Duke ot Wellington to power in 1828, that the Test and Corporation Acts were repealed, and in April, 1829, the Catholic Relief Bill became the law of tne land. R.iat'oreed in their crusade by the Catholic members, some forty or fifty having taken their seats in the Commons in 1830, Lord John Russell and his friends renewed their agitation for a reform in the Parliamentary representation, and, though repeatedly beatea in the Upper House, they had the satisfaction of seeing the measure carried in the summer of 1882, after more than one appeal to the country at large, nad the Reform Bill became part and parcel of the law of England, June 7. Lord John Russell, now at the zenith of his fame, stood forth as the personal embodiment of progress. In 1830 he entered upon office for the first Lima as Paymaster of the Forces, in Earl Grey's Ministry,. and in 1831 he was returned metuber for Devon- shire. In 1834 Lo?d Grey was succeeded by Lord Melbourne, and the return of the latter to power,, after a brief interregnum, during which the seals were placed in the hands of Sir Robert Peel,, was mainly due the well known Appropriation Clause in the Irish Tithe Bill, proposed by Lord John Russell, who became Home Secretary, and from I§35> to 1811 was virtually the mainspring and guiding spirit of the Melbourne Administration, though in I office he did not carry out the appropriation principle, on which he, with his colleagues, had driven Sir R. Peel from power. It must be admitted that tho various alterations which were carried out in Municipal Reform, ia the Irish Tithe question, in Ecclesiastical Reform, and in tho regulation of the marriages of Dissenters, wera mainly the results of Lord John Russell's efforts during the abovo period, and in the latter portion of which he hdd Secretary for the Colonies. From 1841 to 1846, whilst the late Sir R. Peel was in powir, Lord Joan Russell led tie Opposition but ttia carryiug of Free Trade by that atela Min'ster broke up his party and, on the rejec- tion of the Irii-h Coercion Bill in 18-1&, Lord John Russell succeeded to the Premiership, which he held until 1852. In office his lordship showed an indispo- sition to take the initiative in any marked measure of progress and advancement. As a consequence, he could only depend upon a very small and uncertain majority in Parliament; and the inefficiency of his Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, accompanied nearly at the same time by the secession of his colleague Lord Palmerston, forced him, early in 1852, to resign the seals of office into tha hands of Lord Derby. Under the administration cf the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell held the portfolio of Foreign Affairs for a short time, a seat 1n the Cabinet without offiep, and the post of Lord President of the Council. In the latter capacity he brought forward, in 1854, another Reform Bill, which proposed to swamp the smaller boroughs, by joining to them other neighbouring districts for electoral purposes. The measure was withdrawn on account of the war with Russia. His lordship, who resigned a few diya before Mr. Roebuck's vote of censure on the Coalition Ministry came on for discussion, accepted office under Lord Palmerston as Colonial Secretary, in February, 1855, represented England at the Vienna conferences, and in consequence of the dissatisfaction caused by his mode of conducting the negotiations, again re- signed, He resumed office as Minister of Foreign Affairs, with a seat in the Cabinet, on Lord Palmer- ston's return to power in 1859. Important events occurred in vaiious parts of the world, giving rise to political difficulties, towards the solution of which his lordship, as Foreign Minister, bore a con- spicuous part. Amongst these may be mentioned the protests made by the British Government to that of Russia against the oppresaien practised on the un- happy Poles its urgent endeavours to deter the great German Powers from pursuing an aggressive policy towards Denmark; and the troublesome dis- putes that arose between the United States and this country through the neutrality we were obliged to obseive between the contending parties in the deplor- able civil war-disputes which at one time assumed a very threatening aspect. It must be admitted with respcct to some of these vexed questions, that however unsuccessful the efforts of Great Britain may have been, through the backwardness of allies, in averting the evils it sought to counteract, the sincerity of its intentions, as evinced in its diplomatic action under the auspices of E vrl Risiell, has bjen claarly manifest. Lord Joh'. Russell, rejected for South Devonshire in May, 1835, wns, during the same month, elected foe Stroud, which he continued to represent till June, 1811, when he was returned fourth on the poll for the City of London, and retained this seat till he was raised to the pserage as Earl Russell, July 3), 1811. After tae death of Lord Palmerston, October 18, 1865, E trl Russell, for tho second time, became Prime Minister, and, in conjunction with Mr. Gladstone, found himself at the head of the Liberal party, with a majority of between seventy and eighty iu the House of Commons. During the session of 1866 they introduced a Reform Bill, and the refusal of Earl Russelland Mr. Gladstone to take counsel with the Liberal leaders, or to make any concessions, led to a hostile vote 011 a modi- fication proposed, June 18, by the late Lord Dunkellin, and soon afterward* tha Ministry resigned. S,nce that period Earl Russell pursued a career of independent and unofficial liberalism in the House of Lords, in which he introduced a bill, April 9, 1869, empowering the Crown to confer a limited number of lire peerages. The bill passed through committee on Juno 3, but on July 8 it was rejected, on the motion for the third reading, by lOG votes against77. Oa June 20, 1870, ho introduced a mo- tion for a commission to inquire into the relations between the mother country and the colonies, especially with reference to the defence of the latter, which motion, after a debate, was withdrawn. His lordship married, first, April 11, 1835, Adelaide, daughter of Thomas Lister, Esq and widow of Lord Riboiesdale: and, secondly, July 26. 1811, Lidy Frances AnHO, a daugbter of the late Earl of Minto and was elected Rector of the University of Aberdeen, in 1863. His lordship has written Life of Lord William L. Russell," "Essays and Sketches of Life and Character,Lstter3 Written for the P.-at.and not for the Pres?," published in 1820: Nun of Arrouca: a Tale," and "Doll OttrlOB: a Tragedy," in 1322 Essay on the History of the IS.jgdsh Govern- ment," in 1823 Memoirs of the Affairs of Europe," in 1824-9; "Establishment of the Turks in Europa/' in 1828 and Essay on Causes of the French Revo- lution," in 1832; and has edited "Memoirs and Correspondence of Thomas Moore," in 1552-6; Sc-locdona from the Correspondence of John, fourth Duke of Bedford," in 1853-4;. "In- augural Addrezs," ddiver.,d in his capacity of President of the Social Science Association, .at the second annual meeting of that body, held at Liverpool in 1858; The Life and Times of Chasles Jamfs Fox," three vols., 1859-06; a new edition of hia "EjSty on the History of the Eaglish @.>vern- ment and Constitution," 1865, translated into French the same yea? by 0 B. Derosne; "Inaugural Ad- dress, delivered at Tavistock, at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Devon Association for the advance- ment of Literature. Sji^nce, and Art," 186'6; three "L-tters to Mr. Ci;e-Liest,r Fortescue on the State of Ireland," 1863-69 and Selections from S-pseches of Earl Russell, 1817 to 1811; and from Dispatches, 18to 1865. With IfUroductioaa," two vols., 1870; Essays on the Rise and Progress of the Christian R.digion in the West of Europe, from the Rpijrn of Tiberius to the End of the Council of 'l'l'ent," 1975 r and Recoliectiona and Suggestions, 1843; 73/' published in Janaary, 1875.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. CiMGius-HMT OF DISK DEBATE.—Mr. Cross resumed; the debate 011 the empioymeut. of Indian troops. He justified the Gcvernmeut for not having proclaimed to the world prior to the Easier recess that they contemplated moving troops from India, for at that time there was am abso- lute necessity for secrecy. Negotiations were goittj on of1 the utmost importance, while information had; been received—upon liigli authority, though it happily turned; out lute necessity for secrecy. Negotiations were goittj 011 of1 the utmost importance, while information had; been received—upon liigli authority, though it happily turned; out to be untrue-which would have made it ra311 and foolish I on. their part to have then entered into exciting debates on tbe subject. He protested against the chargo- that Masters had broken the Bill of Rights in any sense, or aGtedj in an unconstitutional and illegal manner. Ber- sciiell*-would have been, glad if Ministers had declared-, thlt this-was a case of emergency, and admitted that they had found. it necessary. to act to a certain exteut outside the liivj.. Mr. Roebuock made a vigorous onslaught upon tho conduct of the Opposition. He was at a loss to know where was the danger to the liberties of the .English, people. Several other lion, members having' con- tinued the debate, Mr. Forster commented on, the amend- ment of the Colonial Secretary, which he pronounced to be [Gl. evasion of the question at issue. The Solicitor-General continued the debate and was replied to at great length by Sir H. James, who was followed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. After some observations from Major Nolan iu supuorc of the resolution, and from Mr. Bi Bavenport against it, Lord Hartington replied on 1lie whole debate. The House then divided, when the numbers^ wera:: For Lord Nartiugton's motion, 22!; against, 'H7-majority, '21. MOVUHEBT OF' THE INDIAN' XEOOPS.—On the order for- going into Committee of Supply on the Supplenieuta-y Es- timates for the Indian Contingent, a preliminary discuss-ion. was raised by Sir G. Campbell on the subject of the Indian troops, but the House negatived his motion. On the qll;os- tion tnato the Speaker should leave the chair a long discus- sion took place, in the conrse of which Blr. Gladstone said lie wished to record his own disapproval of and protest, against the employment of Indian troops, upon the- two grounds that it was both impolitic and ille- gal. Ivlr. E. Stanhope combated the- conclusions of Mr. Gladstone derived from the argument of legality, and disputed the rig-lit honourable gentleman's contention that an Order in Council was necessary for the removal of the troopfs. The debate was continued, among- others, Ivy Sir A. Gordon, Mr. Muntz, Sir G. Bowyer, Mr. Newdega.te, and Mr. Jacob Bright, who declared that the emergency was not a real but a sham emergency. Lord, Hartington said it was too soon for an exhaustive discussion of the policy of moving the Indian troops, and therefore he should not oppose the vote. The House bad no alternative but to pass the estimates under protest against the claim of the Go- vernment that it was unnecessary and unusual to consult Parliament. One quesMon which remained, however, was how other Governments woulit regard the Suez Canal after the British Government had made such use of it. The Chancellor of the Exchequer remarked that, so far as the constitutional and legal character of the step taken by Ministers was concerned, the decision of the House had already been wimistakeably pronounced; and that as to the policy and expediency of the measure, it was difficult to answer- the question at that moment. All he could say was. thnt the Government had consistently taken the line they bad pursued, which they believed to be the right one, and in which they had been supported not only by a majority of the House, but by the great majority of the country. The Govern- ment had taken whac they considered the best pre- cautions to prevent war, and whether they had been right or wroisg in the means they had devised they were sincerely desirous of a aiding that calamity as any member of the House, and at the proper time would be. prepared to defend their proceedings. They had incurred the expenditure on their own responsibility, believing it to be the right step, and he had no doubt that the House and the country won'd justify them in the course they had adopted. After some observations from Mr. O Donnell and Mr. Paweett, the House divided, and reso.ved to go into committee by 2t4 to 40. Colonel Stanley then moved the vote of £350,000 f jr the pay and allowances of the Indian troops. After a very short discussion the Vote was pgreed to. Mr. W. H. Smith proposed the Vote of £ 398,000 for the transport of the expedition. This vote led to some discussion, and was ultimately affirmed.

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SPEECH BY M. GAMBETTA. At a dinner given by the Senators and Deputies of the Cercle National to the delegates or the foreign sections, M. Gambetta, in reply to Mr. Cunliffe Owen, who returnsd thanks in the name of the foreign guests, dwelt on the gratitude of the French nation towards those countries which had testified faith in France by coming and joining in the great work of labour and paace. After referring to the opening of the Exhibition and the part the English took in it, ha went on to say :]) "Let me add that it was not on that day that our gratitude commenced. It was when, with the perse- verance, pitiance, and tenacity which are characteristi-, of the English race, you surmounted those obstacles, aiding him who has just been saluted as the initiator and patron of the co-operation of England in the work of the Exhibition then it was that you deserved well of our country, because you trusted us, and because, as usual, your promise wit3 the certainty of the success reserved for us. This fixed adhesion sufficed to triumph over all ill will, all resistance, all refusal of co-operation, all apprehensions, and all calumnies- for this word is not too stwng- to stigmatise those who, inspired by passion, were wicked enough to wish the failure of the great enterprise. To you (ad- dressing himself to Mr. O-ven) we OW8 the pos- sibility of the Exhibition of 1873 and ifwehava succeeded, it is thanks to the co-operatioa of all. That confidence in the word of France I love to pro- claim before my country, bsc-iuse it is the pledge of tha relations which oind nations with each other. Lst mo dwell on that unmimous adherencs, espe- cially to the honour of those who brought here at the last minute the co-operacioa of their intelli- gence and activity. I siy so because I see in this co- operation the symbol of the now universal feeling of trust in the word of France a feeling which is irresis- tible, and which leads to this, that when she has declared that her policy is one full of peace, for peace, and the fruits of peace, nobody from the West of Europe to the farthest confines of the East doubts that it is so. And if anything is calculated to give- the festival we are celebrating a general, complete, and' decisive character, it is summed up in the words peace and labour.

COMPASSIONATE FUND ±AT PORTS- MOUTH. A compassionate fund is being started at Ports- mouth, with the countenance and support of all the staff and other officers ia the garrison, for the relief of soldiers' wives and children who are going out to India and the colonies to joi i their husbands and fathers, and of the widows and children ef soldiers on their arrival in England from abroad. Fifteen pounds have been received from the can een fund of bar Majesty's ship Jumna, and contributions- are promised from various sources in aid of the object; but, as Ports- mouth has bee mo the receiving port for the whole country, and as the women and children passing through belong to every corps in the service, it is deemed advisable to establish some r.-gular sysrem for afford- ing relief in all such cases. None but these who have observed the arrival and departure of t-toops during the trooping season can conceive the amount of distress which sometimes prevails among the women and children who are broaght to the towa. by means of a warrant, and who have fre- quently to remain days in Portsmouth; before the is hip- is ready to sail. Many C.1ses occur in which a mother with grown-up daughters arrives-with all the family effects wrapped up in a pocket-handker- chief. Tifese are for the most part persons who have been married without authority-, but after tha lapso of a couple of years they are taken on to. the strength of a regiment and are granted a free parage out. While at the port, however, they have nothing but the regulation subsistence to-live upon, which is barely suScient to provide them with food, and which is wholly inadequate to furnish tiisin with lodgim?8* The officers in the Quartermaster-Gbneral:>3 Office do for- them all that is possible. They usually attach th^ca for the time being to some corps ia the garrison for- them all that is possible. They usually attach th0C1 for the time being to some corps ia the garrison and> give them the uso of a barraCk-room but these means are lamentably insufficient for the purpose, and a supplementary agency in the form G £ a compas- sionate fund is urgently required, S'VSTKMATTC F»AUD3.—At the sex Sa9-

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