18 OCTOBER 1890, Page 3

The Speaker has ascertained apparently that Cromwell's " bauble "

mace has in all probability never been in Jamaica. A mace was taken to Jamaica in 1662 by Lord Windsor, which was probably swallowed up in the earthquake of 1672; but the evidence appears to show that it was not Cromwell's bauble. Two other maces were sent out, subsequently, one bearing the letters" G. R. 1753-4," and the other bearing three stamps and the King's head, with the date 1787-8. Mr. Peel adds that the mace of 1662 may very possibly reappear, as many of the objects buried in the earthquake of 1772 have since been disgorged or dug up from the submerged ruins of old Port Royal.