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Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 396, 30 September 1884, Page 5

A telegram in the 'Frisco papers received by the last mail says that John Bright is preparing a measure for the reform of the House of Lords, based upon the principle of lifepeerages, with a limited number of hereditary peerages. A very important legal decision was recently given in LondoD, to which litigants WjQflJd do vwell to pay attention. The point ! raise,d -was whether the evidence of a solicitor '■ as against his ,cKcats could be admitted. The judges rul<«d that 'ft .could. The House of Commons has finally killed the Channel tunnel scheme, yoting uppn jit for the flret tjme/the House rejected the bill decisively by something like ' three to .one, thus adopting the conclusions of the militaryauthorities who had reported pn jthe' project adversely. Adelina. Patti, the operatic vocalist, is not only an infatuating, but a remarkable woman. She is one of the best linguists in i ihe world. Hardly a prince, in Europe can f spe3.k as many languages as Patti. She can address. vo)i ; fe ajniost any tongue spoken in ■.'-Europe.-. S|ie Jias p. warm nature, is a 'beatitiEul' actress— indeed, ispne pf those • almost tropical products with' wh,om genius is