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a cab-whistle at his lips, on which he blew incessantly during the
reading of the resolution. When it was read and passed despite him, his
rage knew no bounds; he started to clamber over the obstructions, and
made for the President, followed by several other equally infuriated
members.

The President did not wait for them to reach him, but, seizing his bell,
fled in hot haste.

Count Badeni, who had been present, was also forced to flee, as the mob
of angry men sought to do him injury.

After an interval the President returned and adjourned the meeting, and
immediately on his withdrawal carpenters entered the hall and began to
build a high and strong fence around the unfortunate man's tribune.

Despite the rioting, the Government feels that it has at last got the
best of the unruly members. From now on they can be fined and suspended
and excluded from the Reichsrath until the sentence has expired.

It is to be hoped that the idiotic Dr. Wolff will be given a recess of
several weeks. He seems to need rest from his Parliamentary duties.

The unruly party, which is opposed to the Government, is infuriated at
the passing of the resolution.

They declare that it was a violation of their constitutional rights, and
a meeting was held to decide what they should do about it. Nothing was,
however, decided upon.

* * * * *

A terrible fire has occurred in London during the past week.

It is the worst fire that has visited the city since the Great Fire in
1666, when the whole heart of the city was burned.

This fire, though it consumed 13,000 houses and laid waste 400 streets,
compelling 200,000 persons to camp out in the country, has always been
regarded as one of the greatest blessings London ever knew.

London had been visited by a terrible plague, and the city was built
with such cramped and narrow streets, the upper stories of the houses
projecting and nearly touching one another, that the infection was borne
from house to house, and it did not seem possible to stamp out the
disease, because there was no means of properly airing and purifying the
city.

The horrible disease would seem to have passed away, when suddenly there
would be a fresh outbreak, carrying off hundreds of victims, and
bringing terror into every heart again.

Then the great fire broke out. For four days it raged and consumed
everything in its path, but at the same time it so thoroughly purified
the city tha