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OR LONlMJiN CORRESPONDl. -
OR LONlMJiN CORRESPONDl. The Easter holidays this year will, to most folk, come a little too early to be thoroughly agreeable. In our variable climate, however, two or three weeks one way or the other during what is facetiously called gentle spring are not of much account in regard to the matter, for last year, when Easter was nearly three weeks later, Good Friday was marked by a fall of snow which would have done no discredit tc an old- fashioned Christmas." But, whether Easter be early or late, it is certain to be seized as the occasion for travel by thousands of Londoners who are always eager to avail themselves of the first holiday of the year. It is to the south coast that London is accustomed to flock at this season, and the joint watering-place of Hastings and St. Leonards is always especially favoured because it happens to be so sheltered as to be almost out of reach of the cold winds with which April is too frequently accompanied. But Brighton and Eastbourne, and the other great seaside resorts along this coast, are also crowded at Eastertide and if anyone wishes to know how popular is this season for a brief holiday, he has only to stand at Charing-cross or Victoria for an hour on the afternoons immediately pre- ceding Good Friday, and he will be astonished at the crush.. Perhaps the one person in the realm who is most concerned at the fact that the whole of Eastertide fell last year in April, while this year Good Friday is on March 31, is the Chancellor of the Exchequer. To the uninitiated the reason for this is not obvious on the surface, but if Sir William Harcourt is put to the ques- tion, or if he came to admit it when he comes to make his Budget speech, he would state that this conj unction of facts has lessened by some hundreds of thousands of pounds the revenue for which he will have to account, and will diminish the chance of his producing any large surplus. March 31, of course, is the closing day of the financial year, and on that day the receipts in the Imperial Exchequer will be nil, because it is Good Friday, a very serious con- sideration for those in control of our finances. This is an item of an important character which is not being borne in mind by all the amateur political prophets who are just now attempting to forecast the composition of Sir William. Harcourt's Budget. In point of fact, it is not until very close to the end of the financial year that a Chancellor of the Exchequer endeavours to finally shape his proposals even in the privacy of his own department: while, contrary to what many people seem to imagine, he does not consult his colleagues in the Cabinet about them until almost the last moment. Visitors to London who happen to pass along the Thames Embankment between Charing- cross and Westminster just now cannot help noticing the progress of an improvement which will add to the usefulness of that magnificent boulevard as well as to the convenience of the general public. At the end nearest Westminster of the mammoth bloek of buildings known as Whitehall-court, and an immense corner of which is occupied by the National Liberal Club, is being constructed a road from Whitehall to the Embankment which will be known as Horse Guards-avenue. This will give a direct route from St. James's-park and the Horse Guards Parade to the river, and its usefulness is likely to be so great as to perceptibly relieve the present almost overpowering amount of traffic in Whitehall. The new avenue, although not more than a hundred yards long, will not be complete just yet, as a deal of heavy work is involved in its construction; but it is certain to present a handsome appearance when finished because it will be planted with trees on both sides, in order to harmonise with the general aspect of the Embankment-a thoroughfare which, even yet, is nothing like as extensively used as it deserves to be. It is not so very long since Parliament re- lieved the London householder from a duty that had long pertained to him, but which he had always found irksome-that of sweeping the snow from before his residence. Belgium has not followed the example of the United Kingdom in this particular, with the conse- quence that within the past few days a very sin- gular Constitutional difliculty has been aroused. It appears that, according to Article 4.') of the Belgian Constitution, no member of either Chamber of the Legislature can be judi- cially summoned during the Session without the consent of the Chamber to which he belongs. But a certain Senator of Liege, having been indicted for omitting to keep clean the pave- ment outside his house, the proceedings had to be suspended in order that the Senate might express its opinion upon the momentous ques- tion of whether one of its august body ought to brush the dirt from before his own doorstep. They order these things differently in Belgium, and it is scarcely possible to imagine our own House of Lords discussing in practical form and about one of its own members the thesis involved in the old saw, If every man swept his own doorstep, the whole street would be clean." The activity of the controllers of our great national museums in always seeking to add to the extent and value of the collec- tions under their charge is a feature that is not likely to escape the notice of those who study at these magnificent institutions. The British Museum, both in its general collections and in its library, is continually growing; and now the South Kensington Museum is being rendered additionally interesting and valuable by the purchase from the representatives of the late Mr. George Cavendish-Bentinck of a con- siderable number of North Italian and Venetian specimens of architectural decoration produced in carved stone from the end of the fifteenth to the middle of the seventeenth century. Mr. Cavendish-Bentinck was an enthusiastic lover of Venice, and his taste in aesthetic matters was so fine that he was recognised, when in the House of Commons, as one of its best authorities upon artistic subjects. Of the making of scientific and literary societies there appears no end, and these are now becoming of so sectional a nature that a special dictionary is almost required to tell the ordinary observer what they seek to discuss. One is convinced, for instance, that the average reader of newspapers would be very puzzled to say off-hand what is the object of either the Malacological Society of London or the Ex Libris Society, both of which are of compara- tively recent origin, and he would be little aided by being told that the former is a scientific and the latter a literary body. It may, therefore, be explained that the Malacological Society of London has been established for the purpose of furthering the study of the moliusea, both recent and fossil, while the Ex Libris Society is composed of the collectors of book-plates. The latter has made such rapid strides that it has been asked by the director of the New York State Library School to arrange for an exhibit at the coming Columbian Exposition" at Chicago. This it has agreed to do, despite the fact that, in the very limited time at its dis- posal, it will not be able to organise as large a display as it would like. A feature of the exhibit, however, is likely to be certain special collections of book-plates illustrating some distinct style or period and it may be that study of these will reveal the latent charm in the somewhat occult occupation of collecting ex Libris. The hair of the old-fashioned Parliamentary of half-a-century since would have assuredly stood upon end if he could as much as foreseen the spectacle which has been witnessed upon Tooting Bec-common during the past two or three weeks. What is known as the Parliamen- tary Golf Handicap has been proceeding, and this is participated in not only by members of the House of Commons, but by officials and journalists engaged at the Chamber. The leader of the Conservative Party in the Rouse of Commons, who is well known for his enthu- siastio devotion to golf, has joined in more than one of tnese handicaps, and his example has done much to popularise among the denizens of Westminster a pastime which, not so very long ago, was thought to be exclusively Scotch. The enthusiasm with which it is being taken up has, of course, something of the touch which comparative novelty brings; but of its popu- larity in London just now there is not the shadow of a doubt. R.
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NEWS NOTES. THE sudden death of M. Jules Ferry from an attack of heart disease naturally produced in Paris a widespread sensation, which put the Panama trial exoitement in the back-ground for a time. Quite recently M. Jules Ferry returned to public life after a period of retirement on being appointed President of the Senate, which constitutes the next highest dignity in France to the Presidency of the Republic. Even the' enemies of M. Ferry-and he had his own share of them—must have been deeply affected by the suddenness with which the distinguished states- man was taken away from the prominent place he had recently attained in political life. Paris is undergoing at present a rapid series of strange excitements. [RUSSIA has dof* 11 in restricting to a despatch circulated ig the Powers her com- plaint about the c e which the Bulgarian Government has ma the marriage law as it affects the rulers of Principality. All that Russia could compla out in connection with the matter was t ircumstance that the change infringed an cle in the Berlin Treaty, and yet she hersel d, more than once, done the very same thin, vhen it suited her conve- nience. If the compiaint had been made direct to the Bulgarian Government, accompanied by the demand for a return to the former condi- tion of things, Russia would onjy have obtained a marked rebuff. Orthodoxy has always gone to persecuting lengths within the Russian dominions, and does so at the present moment. THE miners in the mother-country who are desirous of bringing about a fixed statutory reduction of working hours will be supremely pleased with what has just taken place in the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales. It appears that a bill introduced by the Govern- ment for the better regulation of coal mines and collieries omitted any reference to the eight hours question. An amendment was accordingly moved, and subsequently carried, affirming the desirability of eight hours becoming the law in mines. The trades unionists who are more at one than coal miners in the matter of eight hours, may be expected to reflect well pleased on the fact that the Colonial Legislatures serve the pur- pose in many things of acting as pioneers to the Imperial Parliament. WITH regard to payment of members, the Colonial Legislatures are certainly in advance of the Parliament at home, and they are likely to remain so for some time longer. The reply made in the House of Commons by Mr. Glad- stone to Mr. Wallace, who put a question upon the subject, renders it clear at least that nothing is to be done in the course of the present session. The Prime Minister, however, showed that he regarded the question as an important one, and that his colleagues were in favour of it being dealt with by the Legislature whenever a favourable opportunity occurred. THE vocation of fishermen puts them in rather an awkward p< -;ition at times as regards the privilege of going t o the ballot boxes and recording their Parliamentary votes, This awkwardness was somewhat strikingly exempli- fied in connection with a recent bye-election in Banffshire, on the close approach of which about two hundred fishermen found themselves storm- bound away in the Orkneys just on the eve of the election. However, they managed to get back through the Moray Firth, and were thus able to enter an appearance at the polls on the voting day. Carrier pigeons are used on board the northern fishing boats for the purpose of rapidly conveying ashore tidings of the takes in a herring season, but a variety of reasons would prevent them from being similarly em- ployed in flying landwards with votes. ST. PATRICK'S DAY was celebrated by Irish- men on the 17th of March in their customary manner all over the world. The fealty paid to St. Patrick is certainly remarkable, considering the circumstance that he is stated to have died so far back as the year 493 of the Christian era. In Chambers's Book of Days," it is said that the footprints of the Saint from his cradle to his grave can be traced in the different spots throughout Ireland, which bear and commemo- rate his name. Whether he cleared serpents out of the island or not, St. Patrick assuredly performed deeds that caused his name to be handed down as a sacred legacy from genera- tion to generation through a long stretch of centuries. ALL through the days of fine weather and un- usually high temperature for the month of March, the feeling existed that a change was bound to come whenever the equinoctial gales began to blow, and the change has now been experienced more or less severely in every part of the country. Meteorologists, always active in their watchfulness, have recorded the existence of cold changeable winds in districts separated from each other by hundreds of miles, and in some cases the blustering winds carried along with them sleet and rain. It might puzzle the acutest weather experts to explain why it happens that yEolus always comes rushing out of his cave and whirling wildly about like a dancing Dervish at the time of the vernal equinox, and repeating it over again at the time of the autumnal equinox.
BREWERS' LICENSES.
BREWERS' LICENSES. A return has been issued as a Parliamentary paper (in continuation of Parliamentary paper LNo. 7, Session 1 of 18¡2), relating to brewers'licenses. From this it appears that in England and Wales 10,471 persons were, in the year ended September 30 last, licensed as brewers for sale in Scotland 144, and in Ireland 40. The number of licenses issued to vic- tuallers was—in England and Wales, 73,480; in Scotland, 11,614; and in Ireland, 17,788. The amount of license and beer duty charged in the year under review was-to brewers of beer for sale, EIO,079,678, and to other brewers, about E23,000. The amount of beer exported from the United King- dom in 1891-92 was 453,954 barrels, the declared value of which amounted to £ 1,653,920. Of this Fngland sent 307,258 barrels, valued at £ 1,144,277. This return contains a great deal of other interesting information connected with the manufacture and export of beer.
HIGHER ELEMENTARY EDUCATION.…
HIGHER ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. t The Education Committee of the Bradford School Board has sent to the House of Commons a petition which states that the committee has considered the Secondary Education Bill recently introduced to Parliament, and is of opinion that as the proposed powers of local authorities would relate entirely to educational affairs, such powers should be placed in the hands of the educational authority of the district rather than the sanitary authority, in the same way as in Scotland. The committee, therefore, prays that the proposed powers should devolve upon school boards, instead of county councils, and that the areas of the smaller school boards should be enlarged so as to form suitable districts for the purposes of the bill in all parts of the country.
SUDDEN DEATH OF M. FERRY.
SUDDEN DEATH OF M. FERRY. SENSATION IN PARTS. Considerable sensation was caused in Paris on Friday of last week by the sudden death of M. Ferry from heart disease. The announcement took everyone by surprise, because the newly-elected President of the Senate had been much seen in public of late, and was, on the V ednesday preceding his sad demise, at the opera, apparently in good health, though now it is recalled that he seemed unusually pallid. The immediate cause of M. Ferry's death is said to have been the heart affection from which he had suffered ever since the attempt upon his life in December, 1883. That outrage was committed by a lunatic named Aubertin, who fired three shot" at M. Ferry in the lobby of the Chamber of Deputies. One of the bullets flattened itself against M. Ferry's ribs, and produced a contusion at the base of the heart.
SKETCH OF HIS CAafflHR.
SKETCH OF HIS CAafflHR. Jules Francois Camille Ferry was born at Saint Di6 (Vosges), in 1832, and became an advocate in 1854. He at once joined the group of young lawyers who aided the deputies in maintaining constant opposition to the Empire, and was one of the con- demned in the famous trial of the Thirteen in 1864. At that time he had also become attached to journalism. In 1865 he joined the staff of the Temps, wrote freely on political topics, and also made an attack on the accounts of Baron Haussmann, who was engaged in rebuilding Paris." It was in 1869 he was first elected a deputy. He bad made a previous endeavour to obtain election, but was then a comparatively unknown man. In 1869, however, he had become known as a vigorons pamphleteerand fighting politician; and was recognised as a man of great ability. His pamphlet La Lutte Electorate which exposed the methods the Emperor practised to secure the election of "official" deputies, was especially popular, and he was elected on a second scrutiny with a majority of nearly 16,000 votes; and took his seat among the members of the Left. The empire was at this time hurrying to its ruin. Ferry was one of the most assiduous in helpine it along, and was among those who demanded the dissolution of the Corps Legislatif on the ground that it did not represent the feeling of the country. Foreseeing that war with Prussia would be disastrous, he, with his colleagues on the Left, voted against the declaration of war. On Sept. 4, 1870, the day of tke downfall of the Second Empire, he was one of those who were at the Hotel de Ville proclaimed members of the Govern- ment of National Defence. On the following day he became secretary to the new Govern- ment, and a day later undertook the administration of the Department of the Seine. At this time he showed himself to be a man of extraordinary courage and resource; and he specially risked his life in endeavours to suppress the communal insurrection which broke out on October 31, 1870. During the siege he took a prominent part in the Government of Paris, and had to cope with several insurrectionary movements, one of which aimed at overthrowing the Government of National Defence. This was the closing event of the siege, for Paris capitulated four days afterwards. At the election in February, 1871, he was elected deputy for the Vosges, and there- upon threw up his official positions. After the second siege and the entry of the troops into Paris, M. Ferry was nominated by M. Thiers Prefect of the Seine, but he had become unpopular by this time, and there was such an outcry at the appointment that he re- signed it in a few days, and he was succeeded by M. Leon Say. This unpopularity also prevented his being appointed ambassador to Washington, and he was consequently sent to Athens, where he re- mained for a year. Returning to Paris, he resumed his place among the republicans, becoming President of the Left, and being elected a member of the Council General of the Voges. After the resignation of Marshal McMahon in 1879, M. Ferry became President of the Republic; but went out within a year over an unpopular Education Bill which aimed specially at the Jesuits and aroused the antipathy of the moderate Republicans. M. de Freycinet succeeded him; but ultimately the ex- pulsion of the Jesuits was carried. Some resig- nations of Ministers followed in consequence, and M. Ferry again formed a Cabinet, under which the decrees against the Jesuits were carried out with some harshness. In 1881 M. Ferry's Ministry resigned owing to attacks on its Tunisian policy. The Fallieres Administration which followed, only lasted until 1883, when M. Ferry again took office, and started the policy of colonial expantLa which included the invasion of Tonquin. This proved fatal to him, and his Ministry was overthrown in 1884. In 1887 he narrowly escaped assassination by a man named Aubertin. In 1889 he was rejected, but in 1890 he was again returned and made a Senator.
"BECKET" AT COURT.
"BECKET" AT COURT. What a dainty dish to set before the Queen was the late Laureate's Becket," with Mr. Henry Irving in the title-role, and with Miss Ellen Terry as Rosamund. The train conveying the Lyceum players to Royal Windsor on Saturday started from Paddington at half past eleven. There were 178 persons in all, but in order to provide for unforeseen contingencies a band of stage carpenters bad gone on to the Royal borough by an earlier train. Mr. Irving and Miss Terry travelled by a later train than the other members of the company, and bad a big reception on their arrival at Windsor. The convenience of the players had been well looked after. Mr. Irving and Miss Terry had each a suite of rooms to them- selves, those of the former including what is known as the Council Chamber of the State apartments. After a brief rest Mr. Irving and the company, in order to become familiarised with the restricted space, rapidly ran through the principal scenes of the play, without donning their fctage costume, and everything went as smoothly as could be wished. The actors soon accommodated themselves to the new order of things, and it was found that Messrs. Hawes Craven, W. Telbin, and J. Harker had succeeded in effectually reproducing on a reduced scale the picturesque beauty and apparent solidity of their original efforts. By four o'clock the company were ready for dinner, which was served in the Presence Chamber, the Audience Room, and the Vandyke Room. ilr. Irving and a small party dined in the Zuccarelli Room, embellished with nine large examples of the Italian master. Three hours later tea was provided for the visitors. As for the performance, it seemed as though the Lyceum stage had been carried bodily from Welling- ton-street to Windsor by some genie of the lamp. Everything went smoothly and successfully. Her Majesty, the Prince of Wales, the Empress Frederick, Princess Beatrice, Prince Henry of Battenberg, Prince Christian, the Marquis of Lome, and 100 guests, including Lord and Lady Tennyson, were pre- sent. The Queen entered the Waterloo Chamber as the clock struck nine. The new scenery, a marvel of ingenuity, looked exactly the same as at the Lyceum. The chief points in the play were much applauded, especially at the close of each act. The programme was in two-sheet form, on straw-coloured paper, printed in black, with gold corner-pieces, and having both at the back and the front the monogram, V. R. 1. It was beaded Windsor Castle," and stated that the performance, by command of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen," was by Her Majesty's Servants of the Lyceum Theatre." Mr. Irving was described as Director," Mr. Loveday as "Assistant Director," and Mr. Ball as "Musical Director."
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DOXALD returns from a visit to his brother Dugald, who is in the Glasgow police force, and is quite proud of his white gloves. Father: An' did ye'll see Dugald?" Donald Yes, I'll saw Dugald." Father Did he'll wear the kilt ?" Donald Wear the kilt ? Na he'll wear trews on his breeks, an' breeks on his hans too, whatefer!'
CURIOUS CASE OF BREACH OF…
CURIOUS CASE OF BREACH OF COVENANT. A Derby Assizes, on Saturday, before Mr. Justice Day and a special jury, Elizabeth Hardy, owner of a public-house named the Brown Bear, sued Messrs. Ind, Coo-)e, and Co. (Limited) for damages for breach of a c< venant contained in a lease of the house which she aad granted to the defendants. One of the articles in the lease bound the defendant company to use all necessary precautions to prevent any breach of t le Licensing Acts whereby the license might be end .ngered. The defendants bad put in a tenant nan ed Beck, through whose misconduct the license wai iforfeited. The defendants alleged that they had tab ,n all possible precautions, and called a number of olicemen, who said they knew nothing against the house. The jury found for the plaintiff, with £ 2 i00 damages, and Mr. Justice Day said a full in- qui ty ought to be instituted into the conduct of the pol ice in the case.
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A TEACHER of vocal music asked an old lady if her gra idson had an ear for music ? "Wa'al," said the old woman, "I really don't know. Won't you take the candle and see ?" 1 liE antipathy of the Scotch to read sermons is wel known. An old woman was once asked to objf ct to a presentee on the score of his defective visi m; but she immediately exclaimed: "Blin He ven be praised if the bodie's blin He'll no rea at ony rate
THE LATE MR. W. H. SMITH.
THE LATE MR. W. H. SMITH. Mr. A. J. Balfour, M.P., on Saturday unveiled a stained-gluss window, erected in St. Margaret's ChHrch, Westminster, by members of the House of Commons, in memory of the late Right Hon. W. H. Smith, Leader of the House of Commons and First Lord of the Treasury in Lord Salisbury's Government. The Yen. Archdeacon Farrar having opened the pro- ceedings, Mr. Balfour unveiled the window, and passed a glowing eulogium upon the deceased states- man, who, he said, died in the service of the House of Commons. He might, perhaps, long have been spared to us bad he refrained from throwing himself heart and soul into the overwhelming difficulties of his task, and that being so, it was surely fitting that the members of the House of Commons, irrespective of party, should have raised this memorial to one of the brightest spirits it has ever known. The pro- ceedings were brought to a close by the playing of the Hallelujah Chorus" on the organ.
AN ENGLISH SPORTSMAN'S ENDI
AN ENGLISH SPORTSMAN'S ENDI DEATH OF MR. ABINGTON," The news of the death of Mr. Abington," as Mr. G. Abington Baird was known to sportsmen, received in London on Saturday, caused an immense sensation in turf circles. It was not quit e unexpected, as brief telegrams from New Orleans on Friday of last week conveyed the intelligence that he was suffering from pneumonia. Only a select few who had private com- munications were aware how grave the symptoms were, and generally speaking his indisposition and death were heard of simultaneously. If the effects which his decease involves be alone considered (says a sympathetic sporting writer) then few circum- stances have ever happened of greater magnitude in the racing world. He was a munificent patron of the turf, and it is a pity that his sporting proclivities in other directions were of a character that will not for a moment bear comparison with the way in which he conducted his stud. Of his career outside the turf no allusion here is necessary. The curious in sucn matters will be afforded ample opportunity for obtaining information. With the largest team of horses in training, Mr. Abington's loss will fall heavily on trainers all over the kingdom. Not satisfied with the magnificent establishment at Bedford r odge, he had animals in so many establishments that it would not be easy to say how wide-reaching in this respect his decease will be. This, however, is one of the least of the effects which his death brings in its train. Every horse nominated by him is disqualified for every en- gagement. This applies equally to Meddler, the second favourite for the Two thousand Guineas and for the Derby, as to his entries of horses now foals for races in which they could take part three or four yeekirs hence. The withdrawal of Meddler from the two classic races just mentioned will revolutionise the markets on the Guineas and Derby, and the colt hiofe -are his owner's illness was worth E20,000 fo ling career is Rot worth a quarter of that au. iat he will find plenty of buyers at E5000 if pui up Lor auction is true, as his splendid pedigree will arouse plenty of competition for stud purposes. To obo- how lavishly Mr. "Abington" entered his horses, Meddler may be taken as an example. Besides the Two Thousand and Derby, he has been nominated for the Newmarket Stakes, the* Prince of Wales' Stakes, and Hardwicke Stakes at Ascot, the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown-park, the St. Leger, the Lancashire Plate at Manchester, and the Grand Prize of Paris. These are the races which become void in his three-year-old career. As a four-year-old he ceases to .be eligible for the Jockey Club Stakes of 10,000 sovs., for the Champion Stakes, and for the Limekiln Stakes, at Newmarkot; for the Rous Memorial Stakes and the Hardwicke Stakes at Ascot, and for the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown-park. With one or two exceptions, Milford, who caused such a sensation in the early portion of his two-year-old career, and who now belongs to Mr. Jersey," has been entered for all the above races by Mr. Abington," and is of course disqualified. Prince Hal, a colt by Royal HAJD, out of Thoughtless, a two-year-old, who of cou has never run, has 55 engagements, all of whic wiped out, and this may be taken as a fair insta e of how Mr. Abington engaged his horses whet t bey were highly bred. The sire of the last- named was Mr. "Abington's" first- and last Derby winner. All bets made respecting Meddler or any other-horses become void, unless they are coupled with oae or more, when they stand good. The names of Mr. Abington's horses which have won important races is not a lengthy one. But in minor events he has, of course, won an immense number of races, though, perhaps, nothing like so many as, considering his lavish expenditure in the purchase of blood stock, should have fallen to his share. Mr. Abington was not only the most con- spicuous patron of racing as an owner for the last 10 or 12 years, but he was the first of the gentlemen riders. It is not praising his efforts in the saddle too highly to say that he could hold his own with the pick of professional talent. In all proba- bility he owes his death, in no slight degree, to the efforts he had to make to keep himself down to racing weights. For many years he stood at the head of his class,and it was truly said of him that he would take a special train to ride in a race at some small meeting, while his horse was winning the Derby. If Mr. "Abington made hosts of enemies, his frienda, and had many, speak of him in the highest terms. I & unfortunate that he did not, as a rule, choose t. rom a better class.
THE CHESHIRE BURGLARY.,
THE CHESHIRE BURGLARY. £3000 WORTH OF JEWELS GOXE. A great jewel robbery has occurred at Baron Schroder's Cheshire mansion at Worleston. It appears that at eight o'clock at night the Baroness Schroder left her dressing-room and went down to dianer. The party dining at The Rookery in- cluded Baron Schroder and General Owen Williams, who had been a guest for the week. Before going downstairs General Owen Williams instructed his valet to open his bedroom window, as the temperature of the apartment-which, like the rest of the house, is heated with hot-water pipes —was rather high. The open window played an important part in the subsequent proceedings. After dinner Baroness Schroder returned tc her rooms, when she discovered that her locked jewel-case had been wrenched open, and the entire contents—in- cluding watches, diamond rings, necklaces, gold bangles, and other articles—stolen. She immediately raised an alarm, and mounted messengers were de- spatched to inform Superintendent Leah, in charge of 11 the JS'antwich Sessional Division. Baron Schroder and (leneral Owen Williams had in the meantime madf-) a personal investigation. HOW THE MANSION WAS ENTERED. The burglars had apparently entered the mansion by the open window. In passing through General Williams's room they appropriated his gold watch and a case of gold pins. Then they passed into the corridor, descended several stairs, and, passing through another corridor, obtained access to the dressiing-rooms of Baroness Schroder overlooking the lawn. Unfortunately, the jewel-case, a box about a foot square, had been left exposed. A chisel applied to tl?e lock forced the cover open the contents were takett. and the burglars, returning by the same route, effected their escape by the open window. WHAT THE POLICE HAVE DISCOVERED. A quarter of a mile from The Rookery the police foutd two ladders lashed together, which had evi- dently been used for the purpose of entering the premises. The ladders, which belonged to a farmer living half a mile distant from The Rookery, had been carried, apparently without obser- vation, across country, and then as leisurely taken half-way back again. Although the poJÏt e intercepted every train, the burglars got clear away with their spoil, estimated at beinp worth quite £3000. It is a curious coincidence that the robbery was planned and executed in the uaaae way as that successfully carried out at Poynton Tc.wers, Cheshire, last year. The police have infor- mattan connecting with the burglary three well- dreffied men who visited Worleston recently, making inqu iries which now appear to have been preliminary to the robbery. There is no dotibt that the burglars made their way across country to Crewe Station with their booty.
" COUNTY COUNCIL SCHOLARS…
COUNTY COUNCIL SCHOLARS AT OXFORD. Of the educational movements of the time, none is c more iateresting than the link which has been formed between the old universities and the nouvelles coupes sociales, by means of the County Councils. University < Extension lectures under County Council auspices are now an established institution; whilst at the Summer Meeting held in Oxford last year, a large | number of County Council scholars' were present, several of the County Councils having for the first time made grants of from five to ten pounds to selected students to enable them to attend the lectures and classes. A record of the impressions of some of these County Council scholars has just been published by I the delegates, and forms a very interesting chapter in the educational history of our time FRESH LIGHT UPON OXFORD. It seems to me (writes one of the students) that the advantages to be derived from the course the Univer- sity is taking are incalculable. I bad no conception till I came to Oxford that the University was doing such a splendid educational work. I will not tell you what my preconceived notions of the University of Oxford were but having been brought into contact with it through this extension movement, a good deal of fresh light has been given to me, and I have found that my notions were radically false. It would be impossible to many of us who live in the rural dis- tricts-outside the reach altogether of literary cul- ture, beyond what can be gained from one's own read- ing, and to many of us this is very circumscribed from various causes-to continue our education without some help like that which the summer meeting affords. A BOWER QUIET FOR US." As one who belongs to what is known as the work- ing class, I wish to testify to the help and inspira- tion derived from the meeting which has just been brought to a close. The greater part of the im- pressions of a month of a life so utterly unlike the ordinary life of a working man in a northern manu- facturing town cannot be translated into words. They can only be indicated. As I think of the time spent in Oxford, pictures of the beautiful and noble build- ings which adorn the city rise to my mind, and the city in all its charm and beauty and its hallowed associations stands vividly before me. I left Oxford with the number of my friends increased, with my optimist views of the future more confirmed, and with the conviction that no real ra iical difference separates class from class. Tim COMMUNISM OF KNOWLEDGE. Here at least (writes a third student) social distinc- tion seems to be put away, and the toil-worn worker is made to feel that he is one with men and women of all grades in a great commonwealth of knowledge, and of intellectual and social enjoyment. If any should ask me in what respects the summer meeting just over has been better than previous ones, I should answer, in general arrangements, but more especially in the freer social intercourse between the students of all ranks of life. The memory of the exquisite pleasures of a month's stay in Oxford, which has resulted from this greater social spirit amonq the various students, will brighten, for some of us, a lifetime of hard but not unwilling work, where the motives and spirit of life are other than those that bare prevailed at Oxford. When, under the strain of the inevitable difficulties of a working man's lot, we are tempted to sink back to a lower mental and moral level, the impulses received from converse with the highest pleasures of life at Oxford will inspire us with courage and resolution to beat back the baser in- fluences that stand in our path, and help even horrid men'' from the North to make of life something better than a palpable or even a veneered vulgarity.
FIGHTING ON THE INDIAN FRONTIER.…
FIGHTING ON THE INDIAN FRONTIER. A BRITISH MAJOR KILLED. Severe fighting, according to advices to hand from the British Agent at Gilgit, has occurred at Chilas, which was lately occupied by the British. The re- bellious tribesmen made a determined attack upon the fort, but were repulsed with a loss of 150 to 200 men. The British losses were also severe, among the killed being Major Averell Daniell, of the 1st Punjab Infantry, who was shot through the heart while attacking an entrenched Tillage, three native officers, and 19 men, while one native officer and 23 men were severely wounded. Lieu- tenant Frederick James Moberley, of the 37th (Dogra) Bengal Native Infantry, and five men were slightly wounded. The enemy fled after their defeat, and no further attack is anticipated. The despatch does not mention who the enemy were or by whom they were led, but it is assumed that the trouble ia the outcome of a fresh gathering of the tribesmen of the district. Major Daniell, whose death is announced above, was born in 1851, and received his military education at Sandhurst, where he was noted as an athlete. He passed out of Sandhurst at the head of the list, and in 1872 joined the 21st Scottish Fusiliers, being sub- sequently transferred to the Punjab frontier force, in which he has since served with great distinction. Major Daniell took part in no fewer than nine frontier expeditions, and was specially selected by the Government of India as second in command to Colonel Durand in the present Chitral expedition. He was promoted to the rank of major in 1891.
CONGESTED DISTRICTS IN IRELAND.
CONGESTED DISTRICTS IN IRELAND. The first annual report of the Congested Districts Board for Ireland, which waa issued the other day, gives a lengthy account of the present condition of the congested districts, which are situated in the north-west, west, and south-west of Ireland, and in which it is stated that practically all the inhabitants are in possession of small plots of land, so that the development of agriculture and the improve- ment of the breeds of live stock and poultry are of primary importance. The Board presents an exhaustive report on the agricul- ture, sea fisheries, and secondary industries of the congested districts, and concludes by suggesting that a limited emigration to the older settled parts of Canada might be assisted, if encouraged by the Dominion Government. In Manitoba and the North- West Territories a position may be earned by the West of Ireland emigrant far beyond the possibilities of life at home, but this can only be obtained by an elaborate system of colonisationTvhich the Colonisa- tion Board might render successful.
PENSIONS OF PRISON WARDERS.I
PENSIONS OF PRISON WARDERS. The Exchange Telegraph Company states that a large number of warders in her Majesty's prisons recently petitioned the Secretary of State for a grant of pensions on a higher scale than that at preseat in force-to be made the same as the police-owing to long hours of duty and exceptional danger. These warders have just been informed that, so far as their petitions are based on the exceptional dangers of the prison service, they are already met by the exceptional high scale of pensions for prison officers injured on duty. So far as they relate to ordinary pensions, the Secretary of State cannot admit that the case of the warders is analogous to the duties of the police whose health is affected by constant exposure in all sorts of weather, and especi- ally by continuous night duty in the streets. The case of the warders was considered by the Prison Warders' Committee in 1891. In view of their de- cision the Secretary of State does not feel justified in proposing to Parliament an alteration of the law which would be necessary to enable the Treasury to make an increase in the scale of pensions now granted. The decision of Mr. Asquith has been promulgated throughout the convict prisons. I
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