... . 'Rdus f Sr mueth+ Home Notes. The London Conference on the Luxemburg question opened on Tuesday at three o'clock, and was attended by the Plenipotentiaries of the Great Powers. The Belgian, Dutch, and Italian Ministers in London and two representatives for Luxemburg were also present. It was declared that a guarantee for the neutralization of Luxemburg is indispens- able, and must form the ...

... augh it vle a short hint to an impartial writer it would be to tell him his fate. f h~e resolved to venture upon the dangerous precipice of telling unbiassed truth, let hlit proclaim war with mankind-neither to give nor to take quarter. If he tells the crimes of great men they fall upon him with the iron hands of iuc Slav, if he tells them of virtues when they have any, then the mob attacks Iu ...

... If I might give a abort hint to an impartial writer it would be to tell him his fate. If he resolved to venture upon the dangerous precipice of telling unbiassed truth, let him proclaim war waith mankind-neither to give nor to lake quarter. If he tells the crmeo of great men they fall upon him with the iron hands of the law; if he tells them of virtues, when they have any, then the mob attacks ...

... ht give a short hint to an impartial writer it would be to tell him his fate. Ii resolved to venture upon the dangerous precipice of telling unbiassed t~thlethimprocaimwarwit mauduneiherto give nor to take quarter. If heteto the craimea of greaith~mou they fall upon him with the iron hands of e Jaw;. if he tells them of virtues, wvhen they have any, then the mob attacks th olander. But if he ...

... 3mp~ctiaI VarIanxnnt. In the HOUSE OF LORDS, on MONDAY, in committee upon the Increase of the Episcopate Bill, a conversation took place upon the clause for the appointment of suffragan bishops, to which the Primate had proposed an amendment, but eventually, by general consent, the clause was postponed, it being admitted on all hands that it was one requiring very careful consideration. In ...

... trmazeunbtnl. THE INDIAN DILEMMA. Sir,--I find myself, unexpectedly, at liberty to fortify the case of the Nizam of Hyderabad (which you kindly enabled me to plead, in a letter under this head, on the 2nd of March) with a full confirmation of the hint quoted from the Times of India-viz., that Colonel Davidson's Administrative Report for 1862 was purposely curtailed at head-quarters of its ...

... Sir R. Murchison wrote to the Times on Thursday: Sir,-As I have always seen reason to doubt the accu- racv of the report of the death of Dr Livingstone, chiefly on account of the mendacious character of the Johanna men who Ibrought the news to Zanzibar, so I am now happy to inform you that the ray of hope that he might still be alive has been much strengthened by a document just placed in my ...

... dorm5plltuae. AGE OF ELECTORS. Sir,-It seems surprising that while the attention of our legislators is so anxiously directed, as it at present is, to the point of securing suitable qualifications in those who are to be entrusted with the elective franchise, the consideration of age appears to be entirely neglected. Even with respect to the electors at large, there is much reason to believe ...

... gorresu)[mbvia. THE LIFE GUARDS. Sir,- Your reference in last week's Examiner to the Life Guards and their new cream-coloured horse recalled to my mind something of what I saw and heard in frequent visits made last winter to Windsor. The regiment on duty at that place forms a large and obvious part of the population; in| London the other regiments are lost in the vast population, or only seen ...

... THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND THE REV. W. BUTLER, From the Natal Witness of the 9th of April, just received, we take the following letter from Members of the United Church of England and Ireland in this Diocese, addressed to the new Bishop Butler designate, which is in course of signa. ture, and will be forwarded by an early opportunity: To thle Rev. W. Butler, Wantage, Berks. Rev. Sir,-We have ...

... xlpterixal v ?? t. The HOUSE OF LORDS met on MONDAY, but the sitting was brief, and the proceedings purely formal. In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, on MONDAY, the Com- mittee on the Reform Bill was preceded by a discussion on the Dillwyn.Taylor Negotiation-by Mr 1B. OSBORNE, who insisting that the document which he had read in the House ?? _ 1:1 ?? 1 __ _- ?? . .a .1 __A __ t t ;.APM. xi_ was ...

... J5 6 tx Z. .RoYAL GxocAiEICATc SociayTY.-An ordinary meeting of this Society was held on Monday evening at Burlington Rouse. The President, Sir Roderick Murchison, before the commencement of the business, made some observations on the proposed arrangements for a tentative search for Dr Livingstone. He said the Government had been induced, on the representation of the Geographical Society, to ...