30 JULY 1836, Page 14
It appears from the evidence taken before the Committee of
the House of Commons, that the Record Commission is, as far as can be ascertained, in debt to the amount of 24,000/. The Committee there- fore recommend that the amount of this debt be forthwith reported to the House, with a recommendation that it be immediately discharged.
An enormous colony of rats has lately appeared near the Bibliotheque du Roi, and are so bold by hunger as to eat the bread of the workmen as they are working in the courts. It is feared that they may attack the bindings of the books.—Galignaes Messenger.