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regards public business ; though , if we hear no more of the Tichborne case in Parliament during the rest of the Session , the debate may not be wholly fruitless . Dr . Kenealy moved the appointment of a Royal Commission , and in doing so occnpicd three hours . Mr . Whalley seconded the motion .
The Attorney General having refuted every point noticed by Dr . Kenealy ; Sir H . James , in the course of his speech , defended Lord Coleridge , and Mr . Disraeli delivered a more than usually effective speech . On division , the member for Stoke obtained the support of one member , Major O'Gorman ,
making , with the tellers , three in favour of the Commission , against 435 ( tellers included ) who opposed it . This we hope settles the question . The most important business on Monday was the Peace Preservation ( Ireland ) Bill . Further progress was made with it in committee , clause 3
being reached when the House rose , and the debate was ordered to be resumed on Thursday . Tuesday was marked by a very unusual occurrence ; Mr . Biggar , without the slightest notice , called the Speaker ' s attention to the presence of strangers , and , consequently , those in the strangers '
and reporters' galleries had to retire . It is understood that , during their absence , great indignation was expressed by the House , the Prime Minister leading the way , and moving the suspension , for that evening , of the standing rule as to the presence of strangers ; this was carried , and in about
twenty minutes , the press and the former occupants of the other galleries wero permitted to re-enter . Mr . Chaplin then rose for the purpose of calling the attention of the House to the report of the Select Committee of the House of Lords in 1873 , on the subject of horses , and making a motion to the effect that Government should take some
steps to prevent the public deterioration of our stock ; he spoke well , and at considerable length , and was seconded by Col . Kingscote . Mr . Sturt moved the previous question , and Mr . Disraeli seemed to think Government interference unnecessary . Some others took part in the debate ,
till , a little before nine o ' clock , the House was counted out , there not being the requisite quorum of forty . On Wednesday afternoon the House agreed to the second reading of the High Court of Justiciary ( Scotland ) Bill , but only pro forma , there being already under consideration
a Bill of the Lord Aiivcato s , having a somewhat similar purpose . The Sheriffs' Courts ( Scotland ) , Bill , was withdrawn , while the Licensing Courts Appeal ( Scotland ) Bill , was rejected by 176 to 99 . The debate on the second
reading of the Church Rates Abolition ( Scotland ) Bill , was terminated , by the rule of the House , at a quarter to six o ' clock . On Thursday , the greater part of the sitting was devoted to the further consideration in Committee of
the Peace Preservation ( Ireland ) Bill , several divisions occurring on Clause 3 . Par greater progress would have been made but for Mr . Biggar , who seems not to be aware that he has been returned to a House of gentlemen , and to have constituted himself a sort of o-eneral nuisance .
On Monday H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , by command of the Queen , held a levee at St . James ' s Palace . There were present the Dukes of Edinburgh , Connaught , and Cambridge , H . R . H . Prince Louis of Hesse , H . R . H . Prince Christian , and His Serene Highness Prince Edward of
Saxe-Weimar . Her Majesty s Body Guard , under the command of the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot , were on duty in the State saloons , as likewise were the Yeomen of the
Guard tinder the command ot Captain Lord Skelmcrsdale . Presentations were made to the number of about 300 , these , by the Queen ' s pleasure , being regarded as equivalent to presentations to Her Majesty .
On Saturday Sir James M . Hogg , Charrman of the Metropolitan Board of Works , entertained his colleagues and a large circle of distinguished guests at Willis ' s Rooms , St . James ' s , including their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge . The usual toasts were
given and responded to . Among the principal speakers being their Royal Highnesses , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , the Speaker and the Chairman . Everything passed off most agreeably . The recently issued Report of the Registrar-General as
to the health of London during the first quarter of the year is by no means satisfactory . Considering the very trying weather that prevailed during that period , it is not surprising to learn that during it 23367 deaths were recorded ,
giving a rate of mortality at 27 * 2 per 1 , 000 , the rate for tho March quarter 1874 having beou 23-7 , and for 1873 22 ' 7 . The annual rate for the ten years 1861-70 was 24 - 3 . The excess of deaths over those of the corresponding period last year amounts to 3 , 288 . The temperature of the
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air for the first few weeks of tho year was in excess of tho average , but for the remainder it was much below . From the week ending 30 th January to that ending 6 th March the temperature was below the average of the
corresponding weeks in the 60 years 1814-18 / 3 ; being 2 * 8 degrees lower in the first of three weeks , 4 " 5 lower in the second , and 1 " 3 degrees , 5 ' 9 degrees , aud 6 ' 5 degrees lower in tho third , fourth and fifth weeks respectively . These figures sufficiently explain the excessive mortality .
The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Royal Geographical Society was held on Monday evening , at the London University , Burlington Gardens , Sir Henry Rawlinson , the President , being in the chair . Mr . Clements Markkam read a very able resume of the scanty geographical
knowledge of Thibet , the most prominent features in which wero derived from two manuscript accounts of travels by Englishmen , one a Mr . Boyle , in 1754 , and the other a Mr . Manning , in 1811 , both these accounts having remained hitherto unpublished , and , indeed , unknown . From
these descriptions it appears that Ihibet is divided into four great provinces , most of the country being at the great elevation of from 10 , 000 to 14 , 000 ft . above the sea-level . The people possess large flocks and herds , the animals being used as beasts of burden , while the rocks abound iu
precious metals . The modes of life and of thought that mostly prevail among the Thibetians are clearly traceable to India ; the monasteries specially pointing to ideas which had their origin in the valley of the Ganges . A long and interesting discussion followed , the points chiefly touched
upon being the objection of the people to have any friendly intercourse with us , and the various routes of communication with China . Before the meeting dispersed Sir Henry RaAvlinson announced that the gold medals of the Society
would , this year , be awarded to the two Austrian Arctic Explorers , and that an Etonian had again been successful in carrying ' off the gold medal for the Society ' s Educational Educations , while the gold medal for political geography had been awarded to a pupil of Dulwich .
Mr . George Smith has lately been delivering , at the Royal Institution , a series of interesting lectures on Assyrian History , on the 10 th , 17 th , and 24 th . ult ., respectively . In these he sketched the history from the remotest times to the fall of the Assyrian empire and tho capture of Nineveh .
The earliest known settlers of Assyria were a race speaking a Turanian tongue . Their civilisation was of a very high type , but at a remote period , not yet ascertainable , these Turanians were overrun by hoards of Semites from , it is suggested , Arabia . These borrowed the learning and arts
of thoir predecessors , and advanced to a high state of civilisation , for , though no Assyrian monument dates prior to 2300 B . C ., the advanced state of the arts of engineering and architecture , and the high development of the
mythology , necessarily pre-suppose a long stage of infancy and many ages of gradual growth . The lecturer then described a document of the greatest importance which ho had lately discovered in the British Museum , and which contained an account of the Creation more
nearly resembling that found in the Book of Genesis . The first lecture ended with the reign of Tiglath-Pileser I . ID the second , Mr . Smith sketched the relations of Assyria to the Hebrew monarchy , while in his last and concluding lecture , were described the reigns of Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal and the remaining history of the Empire .
The annual meeting of the Art Union of London was held on Tuesday afternoon , in the Adelphi Theatre , Lord Houghton presiding . The report was first read , and this showed a satisfactory condition of the finances of the Society . Lord Houghton then moved and Mr . Geo . Godwin
seconded tho adoption of this report , which having been agreed to , the drawing for the prizes was proceeded with . The winners of the most important were Mr . Howe , of 107 Fleet-street , Avho became entitled to select a picture of the i . _ c COCA . xi .. r \ T T 3 „ .. i „„ J „ ~ ,. „ „ e -Onn . ,,-r . A value of £ 250 MrCJPooley to of £ 200 and
; . . . one ; Messrs . H . Cushen and J . Dobell each to one of £ 150 ; and Messrs . Broadwater , Chorlton , Walters and Miss Sidebotham each to one of tho value of £ 100 . The same clay the award of prizes for the best pictures in oil aud
water colours was made at the Crystal Palace , the judges appointed by the company being Messrs . H . T . Wells , R . A ., LI . Duncan and Louis L . Dosanges . These fulfilled their
not very enviable task with great care and discrimination . A large number of medals , gold , silver and bronw , were awarded in the several classes into which the competing pictures were divided . The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress , who are clearly
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The Events Of The Week.
regards public business ; though , if we hear no more of the Tichborne case in Parliament during the rest of the Session , the debate may not be wholly fruitless . Dr . Kenealy moved the appointment of a Royal Commission , and in doing so occnpicd three hours . Mr . Whalley seconded the motion .
The Attorney General having refuted every point noticed by Dr . Kenealy ; Sir H . James , in the course of his speech , defended Lord Coleridge , and Mr . Disraeli delivered a more than usually effective speech . On division , the member for Stoke obtained the support of one member , Major O'Gorman ,
making , with the tellers , three in favour of the Commission , against 435 ( tellers included ) who opposed it . This we hope settles the question . The most important business on Monday was the Peace Preservation ( Ireland ) Bill . Further progress was made with it in committee , clause 3
being reached when the House rose , and the debate was ordered to be resumed on Thursday . Tuesday was marked by a very unusual occurrence ; Mr . Biggar , without the slightest notice , called the Speaker ' s attention to the presence of strangers , and , consequently , those in the strangers '
and reporters' galleries had to retire . It is understood that , during their absence , great indignation was expressed by the House , the Prime Minister leading the way , and moving the suspension , for that evening , of the standing rule as to the presence of strangers ; this was carried , and in about
twenty minutes , the press and the former occupants of the other galleries wero permitted to re-enter . Mr . Chaplin then rose for the purpose of calling the attention of the House to the report of the Select Committee of the House of Lords in 1873 , on the subject of horses , and making a motion to the effect that Government should take some
steps to prevent the public deterioration of our stock ; he spoke well , and at considerable length , and was seconded by Col . Kingscote . Mr . Sturt moved the previous question , and Mr . Disraeli seemed to think Government interference unnecessary . Some others took part in the debate ,
till , a little before nine o ' clock , the House was counted out , there not being the requisite quorum of forty . On Wednesday afternoon the House agreed to the second reading of the High Court of Justiciary ( Scotland ) Bill , but only pro forma , there being already under consideration
a Bill of the Lord Aiivcato s , having a somewhat similar purpose . The Sheriffs' Courts ( Scotland ) , Bill , was withdrawn , while the Licensing Courts Appeal ( Scotland ) Bill , was rejected by 176 to 99 . The debate on the second
reading of the Church Rates Abolition ( Scotland ) Bill , was terminated , by the rule of the House , at a quarter to six o ' clock . On Thursday , the greater part of the sitting was devoted to the further consideration in Committee of
the Peace Preservation ( Ireland ) Bill , several divisions occurring on Clause 3 . Par greater progress would have been made but for Mr . Biggar , who seems not to be aware that he has been returned to a House of gentlemen , and to have constituted himself a sort of o-eneral nuisance .
On Monday H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , by command of the Queen , held a levee at St . James ' s Palace . There were present the Dukes of Edinburgh , Connaught , and Cambridge , H . R . H . Prince Louis of Hesse , H . R . H . Prince Christian , and His Serene Highness Prince Edward of
Saxe-Weimar . Her Majesty s Body Guard , under the command of the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot , were on duty in the State saloons , as likewise were the Yeomen of the
Guard tinder the command ot Captain Lord Skelmcrsdale . Presentations were made to the number of about 300 , these , by the Queen ' s pleasure , being regarded as equivalent to presentations to Her Majesty .
On Saturday Sir James M . Hogg , Charrman of the Metropolitan Board of Works , entertained his colleagues and a large circle of distinguished guests at Willis ' s Rooms , St . James ' s , including their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge . The usual toasts were
given and responded to . Among the principal speakers being their Royal Highnesses , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , the Speaker and the Chairman . Everything passed off most agreeably . The recently issued Report of the Registrar-General as
to the health of London during the first quarter of the year is by no means satisfactory . Considering the very trying weather that prevailed during that period , it is not surprising to learn that during it 23367 deaths were recorded ,
giving a rate of mortality at 27 * 2 per 1 , 000 , the rate for tho March quarter 1874 having beou 23-7 , and for 1873 22 ' 7 . The annual rate for the ten years 1861-70 was 24 - 3 . The excess of deaths over those of the corresponding period last year amounts to 3 , 288 . The temperature of the
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air for the first few weeks of tho year was in excess of tho average , but for the remainder it was much below . From the week ending 30 th January to that ending 6 th March the temperature was below the average of the
corresponding weeks in the 60 years 1814-18 / 3 ; being 2 * 8 degrees lower in the first of three weeks , 4 " 5 lower in the second , and 1 " 3 degrees , 5 ' 9 degrees , aud 6 ' 5 degrees lower in tho third , fourth and fifth weeks respectively . These figures sufficiently explain the excessive mortality .
The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Royal Geographical Society was held on Monday evening , at the London University , Burlington Gardens , Sir Henry Rawlinson , the President , being in the chair . Mr . Clements Markkam read a very able resume of the scanty geographical
knowledge of Thibet , the most prominent features in which wero derived from two manuscript accounts of travels by Englishmen , one a Mr . Boyle , in 1754 , and the other a Mr . Manning , in 1811 , both these accounts having remained hitherto unpublished , and , indeed , unknown . From
these descriptions it appears that Ihibet is divided into four great provinces , most of the country being at the great elevation of from 10 , 000 to 14 , 000 ft . above the sea-level . The people possess large flocks and herds , the animals being used as beasts of burden , while the rocks abound iu
precious metals . The modes of life and of thought that mostly prevail among the Thibetians are clearly traceable to India ; the monasteries specially pointing to ideas which had their origin in the valley of the Ganges . A long and interesting discussion followed , the points chiefly touched
upon being the objection of the people to have any friendly intercourse with us , and the various routes of communication with China . Before the meeting dispersed Sir Henry RaAvlinson announced that the gold medals of the Society
would , this year , be awarded to the two Austrian Arctic Explorers , and that an Etonian had again been successful in carrying ' off the gold medal for the Society ' s Educational Educations , while the gold medal for political geography had been awarded to a pupil of Dulwich .
Mr . George Smith has lately been delivering , at the Royal Institution , a series of interesting lectures on Assyrian History , on the 10 th , 17 th , and 24 th . ult ., respectively . In these he sketched the history from the remotest times to the fall of the Assyrian empire and tho capture of Nineveh .
The earliest known settlers of Assyria were a race speaking a Turanian tongue . Their civilisation was of a very high type , but at a remote period , not yet ascertainable , these Turanians were overrun by hoards of Semites from , it is suggested , Arabia . These borrowed the learning and arts
of thoir predecessors , and advanced to a high state of civilisation , for , though no Assyrian monument dates prior to 2300 B . C ., the advanced state of the arts of engineering and architecture , and the high development of the
mythology , necessarily pre-suppose a long stage of infancy and many ages of gradual growth . The lecturer then described a document of the greatest importance which ho had lately discovered in the British Museum , and which contained an account of the Creation more
nearly resembling that found in the Book of Genesis . The first lecture ended with the reign of Tiglath-Pileser I . ID the second , Mr . Smith sketched the relations of Assyria to the Hebrew monarchy , while in his last and concluding lecture , were described the reigns of Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal and the remaining history of the Empire .
The annual meeting of the Art Union of London was held on Tuesday afternoon , in the Adelphi Theatre , Lord Houghton presiding . The report was first read , and this showed a satisfactory condition of the finances of the Society . Lord Houghton then moved and Mr . Geo . Godwin
seconded tho adoption of this report , which having been agreed to , the drawing for the prizes was proceeded with . The winners of the most important were Mr . Howe , of 107 Fleet-street , Avho became entitled to select a picture of the i . _ c COCA . xi .. r \ T T 3 „ .. i „„ J „ ~ ,. „ „ e -Onn . ,,-r . A value of £ 250 MrCJPooley to of £ 200 and
; . . . one ; Messrs . H . Cushen and J . Dobell each to one of £ 150 ; and Messrs . Broadwater , Chorlton , Walters and Miss Sidebotham each to one of tho value of £ 100 . The same clay the award of prizes for the best pictures in oil aud
water colours was made at the Crystal Palace , the judges appointed by the company being Messrs . H . T . Wells , R . A ., LI . Duncan and Louis L . Dosanges . These fulfilled their
not very enviable task with great care and discrimination . A large number of medals , gold , silver and bronw , were awarded in the several classes into which the competing pictures were divided . The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress , who are clearly