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Lord George Hamilton afterwards rose , and moved ^ for a select Committee to inquire into and report as to the expediency of constructing public works in India on loan . After a debate , which occupied the greater part of the sitting , the motion , with the addition of the words— " botli

as regards financial results and the prevention of famines was agreed to . On Wednesday , the sitting lasted less than an hour . On Thursday , the Chancellor of tho Exchequer , in reply to a question by the leader of the opposition , stated it was his intention , on Monday next , to ask for

a sum of money sufficient to enable Her Majesty to meet such eventualities as may arise . The reason he assigned for the Government having such a resolution was that though a week had elapsed since Parliament met , no information whatever had been received as to tho terms on which

Russia was willing to conclude peace . The rest of the evening was devoted to matters relating to the conduct of business in the House . The Queen is still at Osborne , where she has been joined by Prince Leopold , and on Tuesday she received the Earl

of Roden on his return from Ital y , whither he had been sent as Her Majesty ' s representative at the funeral of the late King of Italy . But though there is little to chronicle of Royal doings in the Isle of Wight , there is one principal member of the Royal family who has been playing his

part in public , and as usual admirably . The Prince of Wales has this week visited Cambridge , for the purpose of unveiling the Statue erected in the Fitzwilliam Museum to the memory of the late Prince Consort , who , it will be remembered , was Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from

the year 1847 till his death . The Prince reached Cambridge on Monday evening , and on his arrival at the station Avas greeted with loud cheers by a strong muster of the public , ancl the many ladies on the platform waved their handkerchiefs in welcome . Dr . Thomson , Master , and

the Rev . the Vice-Master of Trinity College were also there to receive him ; ancl having acknowledged his reception , His Royal Highness drove off iu Dr . Thompson ' s carriage to Trinity Lodge . Later , the Prince dined with Dr . Atkinson , the Yice Chancellor , in the hall of Clare

College , where a number of distinguished guests , including his grace the Duke of Devonshire , the Chancellor , Earl Powis , High feteward , Lord Suffield , & c , were present . On Tuesday , the ceremony was held . There was a strong muster of ladies assembled in the Museum , and the gaiety

of the scene was enhanced by the scarlet robes of the doctors of the University . At a quarter before twelve o ' clock , the Duke of Devonshire , Chancellor , preceded by the High Steward and the "Vice Chancellor , entered , with other distinguished personages , and a little after twelve

His Royal Highness was announced , and entered , accompanied by Lord Suffield , Colonel Teesdale , and Mr . Knollys . A procession having been formed , the Chancellor addressed the Prince on the object of his visit , and the latter having replied , drew a silk cord , aud the veil was

removed from the statue . A few other speeches followed , after which His Royal Highness held a levee , which was numerously attended , and then left to return to Sandringham , which he reached at seven p . m . It should be added that the statue is by the late Mr . Eoley , and is not unworthy the reputation of that eminent sculptor .

The singular drama which was enacted in an office close by the Holborn Viaduct , on Tuesday of last week , has terminated , as regards the career of the man Jackson , who was the assailant , and who , having fled to escape the penalty of his crime , was seized with remorse and committed

suicide on Saturday afternoon in a churchyard near Lewes , Sussex . An inquest has been held , and the verdict of the jury was to the effect that the deceased had committed suicide , but there was no evidence as to his state of mind

at the time . According to a paper Jackson has left behind him there was * kind of duel between him and Mr . Hamburger . However , tlu latter , whose condition is precarious , but not beyond all ho [; c of recovery , will doubtless give his version of tho matter w hen his health permits him .

lhe tremendous fire in Wathng-strcet was , as surmised at the time , attended with the loss of one life , that of a labourer . The inquest into the circumstances attending his death has been held , and the jury returned a verdict in accordance with the evidence , aud added the expression

of their opinion that it is dangerous to use naphtha lamps at such times , without at least precautions being taken Another inquest has been held into the death of Mr . J . Baron , of the Haymarket , fishmonger , who was killed by the fall of his house and the adjoining one on Thursday

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last ; but the proceedings were adjourned till the afternoon of yesterday , and as thoy involve the inquiry into the cause of a newly built house , almost completed , falling down , itis morethan probablethey will extend over some time . A veiy unusual event has come to the knowledge of the

public , by accident . A number of the regular supporters of the Government had an interview early this week with the Chancellor of the Exchequer , their object being to learn whether Ministers were prepared to support the conditions which Mr . Cross , as the mouthpiece of the

Government , laid down last summer as being necessary for the maintenance of England's neutrality . Many , besides those who formed the deputation , had given their adhesion to the movement , and the Chancellor ' s answer appears to

have been a becoming one . He declared the Government were determined to uphold the policy they had laid down . That such a deputation should have sought an interview with the Minister affords unmistakable evidence of the

serious character of the present political crisis . The clanger to our interests , moreover , is imminent , for it is clear that if we do not bestir ourselves shortly , the opportunity will be lost . The marriage of the King of Spain with his cousin ,

the Princess Mercedes , daughter of the Duke of Montpensier , was celebrated , on Wednesday , with all the pomp and circumstance which Spaniards know so well how to exhibit at such grand public ceremonials . The marriage itself was held in the Church of the Atocha , in the

presence of the representatives of foreign sovereigns and the principal dignitaries of the kingdom . On leaving the church , the King and Queen returned to the royal palace by the Puerto del Sol , and the monarch and his bride were

enthusiastically received along the whole line of route . It is an event on which every one must congratulate , not only the king ancl his bride , but the country , which cannot but benefit by it .

The attempt on the part of the Porte to open negotiations with Russia , with a view to the conclusion of a lasting and honourable peace , appears to be a farce instead of a solemn palaver . At least , the Russian Commander-in-Chief has received the Turkish envoys , but there is no

intelligence that any serious steps are being taken to bring about an armistice . And while this pretence of negotiating is being kept up at Kezanlik , the Russian armies are advancing in all directions . Adrianople , which the Turks evacuated without firing a shot , is now occupied by

the troops of the Czar , and will be very shortly , if , indeed , it is not already , the head-quarters of the Grand Duke Nicholas . General Gourko , at the head of a large force , has been attacking Suleiman Pasha , whose object was to reach the sea coast as soon as possible ; and , if the latest news be

true , there is reason to believe that he has succeeded in doing so , ancl that a part of his army is already being conveyed by sea to Gallipoli , for the purpose of occupying the narrow isthmus of that name , a position which is essential to a successful defence of Constantinople . Of course ,

Suleiman did not succeed in effecting his retreat without loss , ancl the Russians claim to have killed 4 , 000 Turks and captured 3 , 000 more , together with forty-nine cannon . In other places the Servians and Montenegrins have gained some minor successes over the enemy , ancl , in fact , the

Sultan ' s armies are being worsted m all directions . However , it has been resolved to defend Constantinople , ancl Ahmed Mukhtar Pasha has been entrusted with the command of the troops now being collected for that purpose . But the most terrible news of all relates to the sufferings

of tho unfortunate Turkish fugitives , who , to the number of some 300 , 000 , it is said , are hastening to the capital . Hundreds , of course , die by the way , and the pictures drawn by newspaper correspondents of the sufferings of these unfortunate people are harrowing in the extreme .

Many women , wc are told , in their terrible agony , fling their children under the wheels of the railway carriages , preferring to see them die instantly than to endure a protracted agony . This is the result of a war waged by " holy Russia" for the purpose of extending the benefits

of humanity and civilization a la Basse among the subjects of the Porte . Evidently , the moment is at hand when England will have to intervene by force , or be effaced for ever from the list of the great empires of the world . We

trust the eyes of those who have advocated the cause of Russia ave at length opened , aud that they see now what Russia ' s true object was in attacking Turkey . Even tho personal appeal of our most gracious Sovereign has been treated by the Czav with contempt ,