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,