The Aberystwith Observer

NEARLY FIFTY PERSONS DROWNED. A dreadful boat accident occurred at Kocerad, in Bohemia, on Tuesday. About 50 persons, mostly boys and girls from the neighbourhood, on their way to be confirmed by the bishop of the district, bad em- barked in a small ferry boat to cross to the opposite shore. When they had reached the middle of the river, which was much swollen by the recent heavv rains, the boat began to rock, when some of the occu- pants of the boat-the boatmen themselves, ib is said -jumped into the river, either to lighten the boat, or to get clear of others, in the event of the boat overturning. The jolt thus caused to the little craft, however, caused it to overturn, with the most disas- trous consequences to the occupants. A very few of the number managed to save themselves by swimming, the remainder being drowned.

REMARKABLE BOATING ADVENTURE ON THE WELSH COAST. The seven men who, as reported on Tuesday, 1 ft St. David's on Sunday for a boating excursion, and whose non-return excited such grave apprehensions, have been discovered. It seems that the gale which sprang up after they started carried them across St. Bride's Bay, a distance of nearly 20 miles. Their boat struck on a rock in Jack Sound, which lies between Skomar and Skokham Islands. Fortunately, they succeeded in landing on the rock, where they lighted a fire and made themselves comfortable for the night. Next day they killed some birds, which they roasted and ate. Meantime their boat bad drifted away, and been picked up by the lifeboat which had been sent from St. David's in search of them. There was every prospect of their having to spend a second night on the rock, when, happily, some fishermen observed them, took them off, and landed them in Martin's Haven. The six who belonged to the Ordnance Survey Company, imme- diately proceeded to walk to St. David's, a distance of 25 miles, which place they reached on Tuesday morning. All their friends had given them up as j lost.

PROVINCIAL MAYORS AT THE MANSION HOTJSEi On Tuesday night the Lord Mayor gave a banquet at the Mansion House to the Mayors and Provosts of the United Kingdom. There was a large gathering of provincial Mayors, wearing their chains of office. The Lord Mayor (Mr. Alderman Staples) presided, and amongst the company present were the following: Lord Napier of Magdala, the Lord Mayor of York, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, the Mayors of Bel- fast (Sir E. J. Harland), Leeds, Bristol, Birmingham, Blackburn, Hull, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Salford, Huddersfield, Wolverhampton, Sheffield, Winchester, Bradford, Leicester, Limerick, Cardiff, Oidham, Preston, Norwich, Rochdale, Brighton, Carlisle, Exeter, Oxford, Chipping Norton, St. Helens, Southampton, Stockport, West Bromwicb, Wigan, Great Yarmouth, Stafford, Wells, Lewes, Eye, Honiton, Hertford, Beccles, Bridgnorth, Calne, Car- marthen, Daventry, Deal, Droitwicb, Wokingham, Totnes, Thetford, Tewkesbury, Tenby, Tamwortb, Sudbury, Stamford, South Molton Shaftes- bury, Maidstone, Ripon, East Retford, Reigate, Penrbvn, New Romnev, Hastings, Ipswich Halifax, Dudley, Coventry, Bury, Tynemouth, Warrington, Swansea, Wexford, Salisbury, Worcester, Walsall, Ashton-under-Lyne, Burnley, Croydon, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Longton, Huntington, Monmouth, Romsey, Rye, St. Ives, Sandwich, Jarrow, Hanley, Gravesend, Warwick, Saffron Walden, Rams- gate, Newbury, Maldon, Keighley, Great Grimsby, Arundel, Harwich, St. Albans, Queenbro, Poole, New- port (I.W.), Maidenhead, Liskeard, Boston, Stoke- upon-Trent, Luton, Andover, Wisbech, Shrewsbury, Lichfield, Dorchester, Bridgwater, Peterborough, Lea- mington, Bangor, Eastbourne, Southport, Neath, Leominster, Kendal, Hythe, South Shields, Beverley, Lowestoft, Accrington, Dewsbury, Ludlow, Bide- ord, Louth, Darlington, Rochester, Bacup, Mar- gate, Bewdley, Doncaster, Bedford, Burton-on-Trent, Newport (Mon.), Newark, Kingston, Basingstoke, Windsor, Harrogate, Guildford, Chesterfield, Strat- ford-upon-Avon, Grantham, Kidderminster, Durham, Dover, Folkestone, St. Ives (Hunts), Banbury, Dun- stable, Evesham, Faversham, Lincoln, Cambridge, High Wycombe, Colchester, Godalming, Chester, Penzance, Bury St. Edmunds, Clitheroe, Newcastle- under-Lyme, Marlborough, Pontefract, Wilton, Oswestry, Okebampton, Barrow-in-Furness, and Gloucester, the Lord Provost of Perth, the Lord Pro- vost of Aberdeen, the Provosts of Dundee, Airdrie, Paisley, Greenock, Leith, Hamilton, Stirling, Dum- fries, Forfar, &c. After dinner the toastmaster announced the names of the principal guests prior to the circulation of the loving cup. The mention of the name of the Mayor of Belfast was received with a marked demonstration of approval. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts were duly honoured, that of the "Army, Navy, and Reserve Forces being responded to by Lord Napier of Mag- daia, Admiral Sir John Corbett, and the Mayor of Maidstone. The Lord Mayor next proposed The Municipali- ties of the United Kingdom." He said that he es- teemed it one of the greatest privileges of the Lord Mayor of London to be able to bring around him so many representatives of municipalities from different parts of the country. They knew incidentally that as far back as the second century London was recog- nised as the capital of this kingdom. There was a time when the municipalities were held to- gether for their common interests, and he hoped that the fact of bringing the heads of munici- palities together at the Mansion House was an index of the good understanding which he believed existed and would exist between them. He trusted that whatever might occur, the muncipalities would always remember that the City of London assumed to itself to be the oldest of the municipalities of the country, and it would always desire to extend the right hand of fellowship, welcome, and support. (Choers.) The Lord Provost of Edinburgh, in reply, said that a good many people in Scotland desired more self-government. They did not want to be brought up to London for every railway bill, and every canal bill. The Lord Mayor of York also replied. The Mayor of Belfast likewise responded. Re- plying to the remarks of the Lord Provost of Edin- burgh he said he thought that his colleagues enjoyed rather than regretted visits to London. (Laughter.) He stated that he desired to refer to the regret which Ulster would feel if she were severed in any way from this magnificent Empire. (Loud cheers.) He felt that he represented at least a loyal, indus- trious, and prosperous people, and he was certain that the people in the North of Ireland had the sympathy of that gathering. (Cheers.) If Ireland had been left to herself for the last thirty years to enjoy all the advantages of her position, and the Constitution under which the people lived, and law and order had been maintained there with the same impartiality that it was in England and Scotland, he was of opinion that the whole of Ireland to-day would have been as prosperous, contented, and loyal as Ulster. (Cheers.) The other toasts included The Corporation of the City of London and the Sheriffs," responded to by Alderman Sir Robert Carden and Alderman and Sheriff Evans and The Town Clerks," to which the Town Clerk of Edinburgh and the Town Clerk of Birmingham replied. The Mayor of Birmingham proposed The Health of the Lord Mayor of London," which was duly ac- knowledged, and the proceedings terminated.

THE RETURNING OFFICERS BILL. Mr. George Mitchell (" One from the Plough ") wrote to the Marquis of Salisbury as follows 166, Brompton-road, S.W., June 18. My Lord,-I see by this morning's papers that your lordship has given notice of motion to reject the Returning Officers' Expenses Bill. If your lordship's amendment is carried it will prevent real, honest working-men can- didates being returned to Parliament, and I implore your lordship, on behalf of the working men of this country, not to press the amendment. I have been very pleased at being present when your lordship received in a most kind and courteous manner a deputation of working men on the question of how best their condition might be improved, and was then impressed with the idea that you would like to see working men in Parliament.-I have the honour to be, my lord, your faithful servant, GEORGE MITCHELL ('One from the Plough')."—Mr. Henry Manners wrote in reply: Sir,—I am directed by the Marquis of Salisbury to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 18th inst., respecting the Return- ing Officers Bill. His lordship, in reply to j our com- munication, would wish me to point out to you that, even if the principle of the bill should be adopted— which he ia not prepared to recommend—the expenses of the returning officers should be defrayed out of Imperial taxes by estimates passed by the House of Commons, not out of the rates, as the matter is one that is an Imperial and not a local concern, and should be paid for by property of all kinds and not by real property alone."

J GROSS OUTRAGE ON TITLED LADIES. At Bow-street Police-court on Wednesday Edward Rowdon, described as a gentleman, and giving an address at the Continental Hotel, was charged on a warrant, before Mr. Vaughan, with publishing a libel concerning the Hon. Violet Lane-Fox. Mr. George Churchley defended. Mr. George Lewis prosecuted, and referred briefly to the system of annoyance prac- tised by the prisoner, and detailed in evidence by the witnesses. Mr. Lewis then referred to the pri- soner's career. He had been adjudicated bankrupt, had been imprisoned in Holloway under those pro- eeedings, and also charged with fraudulently obtain- ing J1351 and £ 313. He was committed for trial on this charge, but on payment of a sum of money by his mother, the prosecution was withdrawn. He subse- quently arrived at Homburg in a penniless condition, and met Lady Conyers and her daughter. He com- menced to molest them, and it would be for others to judge whether his subsequent conduct was the result of a desire to extort money or otherwise. After his discharge subsequent to the proceedings at Westmin- ster Police-court, which led to his imprisonment for six months, he recommenced the annoyance. On the 18th inst. he sent- a paragraph to the Morning Post announcing that a marriage had been arranged between himself and the Hon. Violet Lane-Fox. Fearing that the assertion would be contradicted, and knowing that it would damage the young lady by sug- gesting that such a marriage was to take placc, he had the impudence to address a letter from Lady Conyer's house, and represented- that her ladyship had authorised him to write and say that no denial was to be given to the original announcement. Mr. Lewis asked for the prisoner's committal, and hoped that the case would be tried before judges of the Superior Court, in order that it might be decided whether it was an offence for a man—with this man's character -to write as he had done, holding a young lady up to ridicule in a manner that was likely to injure her. The Hon. V iolet Ida Eveline Lane-Fox, the daughter of Lady Conyers, deposed that she resided at 108, Queen's-gate. In the autumn of 1884 she was at Homburg, with her mother, Lady Conyers. The prisoner was an absolute stranger, but attempted to speak to the witness. Some gentlemen friends re- quested him to discontinue the annoyance. He fol- lowed the witness to Paris and stayed in the same hotel. He also returned to England the same day that the witness left France. During two years he constantly spoke to the witness in the park, and followed her everywhere. He wrote to her, and fol- lowed her into houses where receptions were given and where he was uninvited. Finally, in June, 1885, the witness appeared at the Westminster Police- court and prosecuted the prisoner. He was ordered to find bail for his good behaviour, or to be imprisoned for six months. During that time she was free from any annoyance, but after his discharge she was sub- jected to the same annoyance. She followed her about and had written to her. There was not the slightest foundation for the assertion that the witness was engaged to him. She bad never spoken to him. —Cross-examined by Mr. Churchley, the witness said that on one occasion, after she bad been perpetually annoyed, she was introduced to the prisoner. Mr. Churchley By whom ? The Witness Lord Salisbury. I saw him coming forward with Lord Salisbury. He bad asked Lord Salisbury to introduce him. I turned my back on them and did not accept the introduction. By Mr. Lewis: He obtained admission to Lord Salisbury's house uninvited. Lady Conyers deposed that the prisoner had from time to time followed her and her daughter to the park. The witness had told him to go away. For two years the witness submitted to the persecution. In June, 1885, for the protection of her daughter, she instituted proceedings. She had never given the prisoner the slightest encouragement. He had never been to her hpuse. The witness was at the reception given by Lord Salisbury, and had ascertained that the prisoner had gone there uninvited. She had certainly received letters from the prisoner, and the paragraph and letter sent to the Morning Post were in his hand- writing. There was not the slightest truth in the statement that a marriage had been arranged with witness's daughter. The letter was an absolute in- vention. Cross-examined The witness denied that she was on speaking terms with the defendant. Mr. Willoughby John G. Lowdon, a banister, 23, Old-square, Lincoln's-inn, trustee to Lady Conyers, deposed that prior to ths proceedings at Westminster Police-court the witness had an interview with the prisoner, and told him that Lady Conyers, and her daughter wished to have nothing to do with him as they did not know him. The witness complained of the manner in which he had molested the ladies, and warned him that his conduct would not be tolerated, and informed him that if he continued to behave in tho manner described he would have to take the con- sequences. He promised he would not do so. Mr. Thorne, a clerk in the office of the Morning Post, formally proved the receipt of the alleged libel- lous paragraph, and other evidence was called proving the prisoner's bankruptcy, and his committal for trial for fraud. Detective-sergeant Scandrett, who bad arrested the prisoner, deposed that he said, Cannot we come to some arrangement? I will leave the country, and stop away for six months, if I may be allowed to do so." He was taken into custody, and on him a letter was found addressed from a discharged servant, who was in Lady Conyers' employ. This letter contained information of her ladyship's movements. Mr. Vaughan said that, having regard to the prisoner's position as an uncertificated bankrupt, and his committal for trial for fraud, there was no doubt that the announcement made in the Morning Post was done to vilify Miss Lane-Fox in the eyes of society. Such conduct was calculated to cause great anger to the lady's friends, and provoke a breach of the peace. He committed the prisoner for trial, and refused bail.

A THIRTY YEARS COURTSHIP. Decision was given in the Aberdeen Sheriff's Court, on Wednesday, in an action for .£500 damages for breach of promise of marriage made 30 years ago. The pursuer is Isabella Archibald, domestic servant, Strathedon, and the defender, James Giles, a farmer, of Kennethmon. The facts are singular. The pursuer and defender were sweethearts thirty years ago. The defender was recently sued by another woman for breach of promise, and having been found liable in damages to the amount of £ 100, he subse- quently married her. Another action was then brought by the present pursuer. The Sheriff held that the pursuer had no ground of action, and dismissed the case.

EPITOME OF NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. At Highbury Station (North London Line) on Tues- day evening a young woman, about 25 years of age, threw herself in front of a train, and was instantaneously killed. The occurrence naturally caused great excite- ment. The Union Steamship Company's R.M.S. Spartan, which arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday morning, brought 1731 ounces of raw gold from the Transvaal, valued at over £ '6670. One of the last requests Hobart Pasha made to his wife was, "Let my grave be in Turkey." The widow is a young Englishwoman of only 27 years. The German Colonial Association is stated to have purchased from the brothers Denhardt, the travellers, the portion of the Virtu territory on the East Coast of Africa claimed by them. The land is as fertile as any other part on the coast. A well-known official of the Leicester Corporation, employed in the Accountants' departments, named Thomas Perkins Barker, was charged on Wednesday at the Leicester Police-court with embezzling various sums, the property of the Corporation He did not return from his Whitsun holidays, and, on his books being examined, defalcations extending over a con- siderable period were discovered, in amounts of jBl or jE2. He pleaded guilty, and was senteneed to six weeks' hard labour. Mr. Spurgeon was present on Wednesday at the annual festival in connection with the Stockwell Orphanage. It was reported that over S1700 had been received during the year. At the Aberdeen Circuit, on Tuesday, Wm. Erskine, aged 32, was charged with having murdered a drover, named Joseph Leith, by stabbing him to the heart with a knife. A plea of culpable homicide was accepted, and Lord Adam sentenced the prisoner to five years' penal servitude. The American ship St. Charles (Captain Purington) arrived at Queenstown on Tuesday morning from San Francisco, and reported a shocking case of suicide which occurred on board that vessel on March 10. Soon after the St. Charles left port, a seaman, named Mahoney, of Liverpool, suddenly left the deck, where he was at work, and entered the forecastle, where he unlaced his shirt collar, and, drawing a sheath knife, cut his throat from ear to ear. Death was instan- taneous. The Maharajah Scindia of Gwalior died on Sunday. Mr. Archibald Forbes was married at Washington on Saturday to the daughter of General Meigs. The 1st Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment has been ordered to Cyprus, owing to the sickness which pre- vails among the men. Twenty-six of her Majesty's yearlings were disposed of at the Hampton Court paddocks on Saturday. The total realised was 4835t guineas, or an average of 186 guineas. 2 The large warehouses of Herr Paul Jacob, off the Elbe, a short way above Hamburg, have been destroyed by a fire which broke out early on Saturday afternoon, and raged for seven hours. The total loss is estimated at a million marks, a considerable portion of which will fall on Eoglish insurance companies. The contents of the warehouses were chiefly sugar and cotton. The American Senate has passed a bill giving American vessels carrying the mails a bounty of 50 cents per mile travelled. It is doubtful whether the House of Representatives will pass the measure. The Cloncurry bounty steamer has just left Glasgow for various ports in Queensland with 197 single men, 114 single women, 142 married couples and children; 453 souls in all. Paris lodging keepers and house agents are meeting with "rough weather" just now. The flats in the city at present unoccupied would accommodate 200,000 people, as nearly as can be estimated. Prince Albert Victor and other members of the Royal family were present at the Royal Military Tournament at the Agricultural Hall on Saturday. It was esti- mated that about 160,000 persons visited the tourna- ment during the eight days that it remained open. The Hellenic Parliament, having passed the Regency Bill, adjourned on Saturday until October 22. r Robina Anderson, the two months' old daughter of a labourer living at 56, Garrick-street, Glasgow, was drowned by falling out of bed into a tub. Archbishop Croke contributes to the Irish Parlia- mentary Fund £ 330, subscribed by his priests; £50 from himself, and B10 personal subscription of a high judicial personage in Ireland, who, though sympathising fully with his countrymen in their efforts to revive their national legislature, is yet unwilling to come for- ward just now as a declared Irish Nationalist. A verdict of Wilful murder against some person unknown was returned on Tuesday night by a eoroner's jury at Canterbury in the case of an infant whose body was discovered in the Old Park. At a Salvation Army Congress in Leeds, on Wednes- day night, a number of coloured people were intro- duced, and General Booth explained that they were touring the provinces to enable the people to gain an idea of the interest attaching to the late International Congress of the army in London. He added that the army was in great straits, and was blocked for money and men in all directions. The Greek Government has brought to a conclusion the negotiations for a loan of nineteen millions of francs, with which M. Tricoupis hopes to avoid the risk of any financial crisis. I The Archbishop of York presided on Tuesday at the 21st anniversary meeting of the supporters of the Palestine Exploration Fund, held at the Royal Institu- tion, Albemarle-street, London. A resolution was passed in support of the work of the fund. Sir John Walsham, the New British Minister to China, has arrived at Pekin. Mr. W. T. Gill, a Leeds boot and shoe manufacturer, was on Wednesday committed for trial charged with breaches of the Bankruptcy Act. The defendant, before filing his petition, had sent goods to an auc- tioneer to be sold, afterw hich his accounts showed a deficiency of nearly i:1000, which he failed to account for. In the neighbourhood of Armagh /'rilling is still carried on very freely, especially at night time. At Killeen two niles distant, more than 150 young men assembled OD Wednesday evening at the Orange 1)all, and were exercised in drill, without firearms, under the supervision of experienced instructors. The Sligo magistrates on Wednesday evening con' eluded the investigation of the recent sectarian riots. A number of persons who were in the Roman Catholic mob were sent to gaol for terms of from 14 days to six months. Several others were sent for trial to the assizes. Mr. D. D. Home, the once well-known spiritualist, died on Monday, at Autueil, near Paris, aged 53. He will be principally remembered as the defendant in the trial of Lyon v. Home," in which the plaintiff sought to recover £ 60,000 stock given to Home at the alleged command of her husband's spirit between October, 1866, and February, 1867, Mrs. Lyon being successful in ob. taining a verdict. The Prince of Wales visited Brighton on Tuesday, when the Duke of Connaught was installed as Grand Master of the Freemasons of Sussex. In the Queen's Bench Division, en Tuesday, the actions for libel brought by Mr. Colledge, late British Trading Consul at Kertch, ended in a verdict for the plaintiff in 15 cases, with £ 100 damages in each. In the sixteenth case, that against the Central News, damages to the amount of B500 were awarded. Between the 1st April last and the 19th inst. the revenue receipts amounted to £ 1^,114,843, as compared with JE18,510,396 in the corresponding period of the last financial year, and the expenditure to JS16,648,793, as againstiSl7,997,354. On Saturday last the Treasury balances amounted to £6,00,"242, as against £ 5,645,428 on June 20,1885. On Monday the Irish Master of the Rolls made an order allowing the liquidators of the Munster Bank to pay at once in full all creditors of the Munster Bank whose debts amount to PlS and under. A splendid royal sturgeon, as long as its captor, and weighing over 112 Ib., was captured on Saturday at a salmon fishings near Stirling. Over three hundred volunteer observers are now in- vestigating thunderstorms in New England in connec- tion with the United States Signal Service. M. de Lesseps has addressed a letter to the share- holders of the Panama Canal Company to inform them that the board of directors have decided to call up the remaining quarter, amounting to 125 francs, still pay-- able on the shares. This call will have to be paid by the 25th of September, and the money will be sufficient to enable the company to p y the contractors what will be due to them. The works of the Canal will therefore continue to be pushed forward with energy The popular novelist, Mr. Charles Gibbon, has in- scribed his latest work, A Princess of Jutedom," to Mr. Wilson Barrett, in the following terms: "To Wilson Barrett I inscribe this book as a'token of esteem and gratitude for the pleasure afforded me by his interpretation of Mercutio," "Hamlet," and other characters, and also in memory of a long and valued friendship. A whole family at Erie, United States, was poisoned the other day by eating freely of stewed pie-plant or rhubarb, the effect of which was to make them speech- j less, with occasional convulsions. Attending physicians believe that the corrosive nature of the plant, united with the lead in the tin vessel in which the vegetable was stewed, formed acetate ot lead, a deadly poison. The Chinese Government has been notified by a superintendent of police that secret societies are de- moralising the native police force, and rendering it next to impossible to obtain evidence in criminal cases. After a funeral service at Naples, in memory of the Duke of Vasto, the drapery in the church, San Ferdi- nando's, caught fire and nearly destroyed the whole of the interior of the building. The congregation had all left. Spurious Bank of England notes are reported to be in circulation at Stockholm, which have all the appearance of being genuine. On Monday the Archbishop of Canterbury confirmed eight boys and r-even girls belonging to the Margate branch of the Old Kent-road Deaf and Dumb Asylum. The ceremony took place in Canterbury Cathedral. King Milan has granted medals to several ladies who tended the wounded soldiers during the late war. Among these there is an English lady, the wife of the present Minister of Finance, late Servian representa- tive in London, M. Mijatovics, who has received a gold medal. The death is announced at St. Petersburg of the celebrated Russian dramatist Ostroffski. It took place suddenly at his estate in the Province of Kostroma. He was 63 years of age. His many pieces contain masterly sketches of character, especially of the uneducated Russian merchants and public func- tionaries, whose peculiarities he delineated with an artistic fidelity which obtained wide racognition. Patrick Ourreen and James Cieery have been com- mitted for trial, charged with having damaged the walls surrounding the Roman Catholic Cathedral and the bishop's residence at Sligo, and with having the follow- ing day incited a mob to attack the houses of Protestants, by alleging that the damage was done by them. The mean reading of the barometer at the Royal Ob- servatory, Greenwich, last week was 29*72 in., the variation being from 29'91 in. to 29'54 in. The mean temperature of the air, 54 5, was 50 below the average. Rain fell on three days of the week, to the aggregate amount of 0-16 of an inch. The duration of registered bright sunshine in the week was 25.5 hours, against 30 2 hours at Glynde-place, Lewes. The Cunard Royal Mail steamship Gallia arrived off Queenstown Harbour on Saturday morning at an early hour, from Boston, en route to Liverpool, and reports that during the outward passage to Boston she encountered a dense fog when off the banks of New- foundland on the 1st inst.. and came into collision with the British barque Alecta, bound to St. John's, with salt, striking her near the bow, and carrying away the Alecta's head gear, bowsprit, and the upper part of her foremast. The Gallia was at once stopped, and supplied the barque with a new spar and some rigging, after which she towed the damaged vessel for sixty miles towards St. John's, and then cast her off, the weather being clear and the wind favourable. The Gallia fortunately sustained no damage. Sir R. Peel has transferred his 'political allegiance from the Tory Party to llr. Gladstone. The death is announced of Major-Ganeral Lewis Guy Phillips, who retired from the Grenadier Guards in July j last year. Benjamin Mcran, recently United States Minister at Lisbon, and for irnny years secretary of the United States Legation at London, died on Sunday morning at Bocking Hall, near Braintree. Essex. The English company now performing Messrs. Gilbert and Suliivan's operas at Berlin will conclude their successful season at the end of the month, after- wards proceeding to Hamburg. Mdme. Sarah Bernhardt arrived at Rio de Janeiro on the 26th ult. The famous actress received an official welcome from the municipality, who provided for her use on the railway a special saloon..carriage. At Glasgow, on Saturday, the International Rifle Match between teama representing England. Scotland, and Ireland took place, the Scotch carrying off the trophy with a total of 1708 points, being 41 more than the English score. Mr. Irving's contemplated trip to America in August will be purely a visit of pleasure. The Pope, whea receiving, on the 16th inst., a per- sonage possessing influence with Dan Carlos, expressed strong disapproval of any eventual attempt of the Spanish Pretender to distuib the peace and tranquility of Spain. There are at the present moment no fewer than 61 travelling theatrical companies performing in different towns in England. Scotland, ard Wales, a fact which shows how the old system of stock companies in country theatres has been superseded. In the case of very popular pieces two, or even three, troupes are engaged in supplying the provincial demand. Unpleasant rumours continue to reach Calcutta regarding the health of the Ameer of Afghanistan. It seems to be certain that he is far from well, and that he has been obliged to give up the holding of public durbars. He is said to have nominated Bar war Khan, his son, by a slave girl, to succeed him ia the event of his death. An inquest was held 0. Monday at. Cork oa the body of T. Brothy, who was found dead at his house. The evidence showed that some ill-feeling had existed between deceased and his sister Mary, and the jury returned a verdict of Wilfal murder against the latter. At a Council of Ministers held in Madrid on Satur- day, it was decided that the present useless and costly Spanish navy, involving a maximum of annual expendi- ture with a minimum of offensive and defensive power, shall be done away with, and replaced as quickly as possible by powerful cruisers of great speed, using but little fuel. Five thousand tons will probably be the utmost size of these vessels, and there will be a complement of torpedo boats of the first and second classes. The funeral of the late King Louis took place at Munich on Saturday afternoon. The remains were conveyed by a long procession to St. Michael's Court Chapel, where the act of consecration was performed, after which the body was placad in the ancestral vault. The trial of the 11 men and women for the murder of M. Watrin, at DecazeviJle, was concluded at the Rodez Assize Court on Saturday. Seven of the pri- soners, among whom were four women, were acquitted, and the four others were sentenced to terms of im- prisonment. Soon after the sentences were pronounced a fire, believed to be of an incendiary character, broke out at Decazeville, and five persons were bumed to death. Mr. Bridge, at the Bow-street Police-court, on Satur- day, presented Police-constable Edwards, 132 E, with £5 tor rescuing a woman from drowning in the Thames. The magistrate remarked You ran considerable risk of your own life in trying to save a drunken, bad woman, but whatever she was the merit is the same. You are a brave man." Sir Andrew Clarke presided at a meeting held on Monday, in the Library of Lambeth Palace, with the object of enlisting increased public sympathy in the work and necessities of the London hospitals and dis- pensa'ies. In the course of some remarks showing the necessity that existed for additional assistance, the cnairman stated that ovet one million persons had been attended during the year at the various institu tions refe.red to, and as most patients made several visits, the number of attendances must have reached close upon 10,000,000. Resolutions in favour of the aims of the gathering were then carried. A man named Upson was, at the London Guildhall Justice-rocm on Saturday, fined for obstruction by betting in tl e street. Evidence was given showing that two boys made bets with him. At the Justice-room of the Mansion House two men were also fined for a similar offence, and a constable stated that he had known one of them, Regan, to receive bets from boys of fifteen. A dispute came before the Judge at the Westminster County-court, respecting the terms paid to Madame Patti for singing at a concert. Mr. Ramsden engaged the lady to sing at Leeds, on bearing from the Musical Exchange (Limited) that her terms were J6500 net. Subsequently he learned that she received only £450, the agency retaining the other JSSO as commission. Mr. Ramsden seught to recover this JE50 on the ground that it had been obtained from him by misrepresentation. The judge decided in favour of the defendants. At Belfast, on Monday, five young men were sen- tenced to terms of imprisonment varying from four to six months for being members of a riotous mob that attacked and severely beat a number of Roman Catholic girls employed in the Belfast Rope Works, on the morning after the defeat of the Home Rule Bill. The evidence showed that 25 girls were set upon by a crowd of 400 men and boys, and were knocked down, kicked, and stoned. In connection with the rioting, claims for malicious injury to house property, amounting to several thousand pounds, have been lodged with the Town Council,

THE MARKETS. MARK-LAKE. At Mark-lane a quiet business was doing. The weak tendency was checked by the cold weather and the firmer New York market, but the trade was not strong. The deliveries of home-grown produce last week were tolerably good. The aggregate sales of home-grown wheat in the leading markets in England and Wales during the past 42 weeks of the season have been 2,555,788 qrsM against 2,486,S37 qrs. last week, the average being 30s 8d against 33s gd per qr. j barley 2,819,709 qrs. against 2,852,223 qrs.. average 28s 6d against 31s 3d and of oats 35\952 qrs. against "340,532 qrs the average being 19s 2d against 20s 5d per qr. English whestt moved off slowly. It was steadier ihan on Friday, but rather easier on the week. Foreign wheat met a quiet sale at rather easier prices on the fortnight, but better than on Friday. The flour market w c8 inactive at late currencies. Dealings both in malting and grinding barley were lim-ted at late rates. Oats sold slowly on former terms. Fine maize was scarce and dear. Other kinds irregular. Beans and lentiis were 6d dearer on the f-rtnight. Egyptian beans, 27s to 29s 6d; Smyrna and Morocco, 26s 6d to 27s per 480 lbs. Egyptian lentils, 26s to 26s 6d per 504 lbs. Peas cheaper Canadian, 27s to 27s 6d per 0i Ibs. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Tile total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 16,197 head. In the corresponding period last year we received 20,337 in 1884, i1,30 l; in 1883, 23,470 in 1882, 20,863 in 1881, 15,134; in 1880, 13,497; in 1879, 21,512 in 1878, 14,466 and in 1877, 17,300 head. At Liverpool were received 303 beasts from Baltimore, 284 beasts from Boston, 985 beasts froth Montreal, and 100 beasts from Opo-to; at Southampton 7 beasts from Jersey and Guernsey and at Bristol 317 beasts from Montreal. c The cattle trade was fairly steady, but there was not much demand. Supplies were about the average. The receipts of English beasts were on a fair scale, and some improve- ment was apparent in the quality and condition. For choice stock the market was firm, and prices tended upwards, the best Scots and cro.' ses realising 5s 2d to 5s 4d per 81b. Other qualities met a quiet sale, and was about the same in value as last week. Foreign stock was in moderate supply and quiet request at previous quotations. In the sheep pens fresh supplies were moderate, There was no feature in the trade, business being quiet, at last week's currencies. The best Downs and half-breds made 6s 2d to 6s 4d per 81b. Lambs sold at 6" to 7s 6d per 81b Calves and pigs were quiet on former terms. Prices as follows: Coarse and inferior beasts, 3s 2d to 4s; second quality ditto, 4s to 4s 6d; prime large oxen, 4s 10d to 5s ditto Scots, &c., Is 2d to 5s 4d; coarse and inferior sheep, 4s Od to :4s 6d; second quality ditto, 4s 6d to 5B J prime coarse-woolled ditto, 5s 6:1 to 6s Od prime Southdown ditto, 6s Od to 6s 4d lambs, 6s Od to 7s 6d large coarse calves, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; prime small ditto, 4s 6d to 5s Od; large hogs, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; neat small porkers, 3s 8d to 4s 4d per 81b to sink the offal. Total supply — English — Beasts, 3410; sheep'and lambs, 11,300; calves, 320; pigs 10; milch cows, 70. Foreign Beasts, 1040, sheep and lambs, 270; calves, 30. From the Midland, Home, and Western Counties we received 1520 beasts from Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex, 750; from Scotland, 100, and from Canada 730. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET. There was a moderate supply on sale. The trade wat slow. The following are the quotations In. ferior beef, 2s Od to 2s t'd middling ditto, 3s 21 to 3s 6d; prime ditto, ^s 4d to 4s 8d; Scotch ditto, 4s 6d to 4s 8d-; American, Liverpool killed, 4s 4d to 4s 6d American killed, hind quarters, 4; gd to 4s 10d; American killed, fore quarters, 3s 23 to 3s 4d; veal, English 4s Od to 4s 8d ditto, Dutch. 4s Od to 4s 4d; inferior mutton, 2B 8d to 3s 4d middling ditto, 39 4dto 4s 4d; prime ditto, 5s 6d to 6s Od; Scotch ditto, 6s Od to 6a 6d; New Zealand ditto, 3s 8d; lamb, 6s Od to 6s 4d; large pork, 3s 2d to 3s 6d small ditto, 4s Od to 48 4d per Sib. by the oar case. FISH. Soles (large), Is 9d to 2s 6d per pair; ditto slips, Sd to 9d per Ib; lemon soles, Is to Is 3d per pair mackerel, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per score; salmon, Is 3d to Is 8d per lb; lobsters, 10s to 35s per dozen; large turbots, 9s 6d to 1,4s each; whiting, 2s Od to 3s Od per dozen; grilse. Is 2d to Is 5d per lb, Findon haddocks, 3s to 4s 6dper dozen native oysters. 2s 6d to 3s per dozen mullets, Is to 2s each; trout, Is 3d to Is 6d per lb; and large crabs, 28 to 2s 9d each. POTATO. A fair supply of potatoes was on offer. There was a quiet demand at the annexed rates: Old-Magnum bonums, 50s to 70s per ton; regents, 70s to 90s; champions, 50s to 60s New-Jersey kidneys 14s to 16s per cwt. Malta roun 9s to 10s.

.IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. J J HE HOUSE OP LORDS held a brief sitting on June ,| t. ot purpose of receiving and giving a first reading J Oth bills which had been sent up from the • » House. Among them were the Metropolitan AhM T^f Works (Money) Bill, the Westminster ftoaBill storation Bill, and the Shop Hours Regula- ill. I "ern the HOUSE OF LORDS, June 21, several bills • 8tage3^aS £ ed through Committee and their remaining -ges. T INDIAN SELECT COMMITTEE. I H.6 ^mberley, in moving to discharge the order for tueri?1^0^0ent of a Select Committee of the Govern- loivl T>°^ l^dia, severely commented on the action of Obst an^°lpli Churchill, whom he aceused of having r u,cted and prevented the proposed inquiry. jat0tci Salisbury obiected to the very unusual course f atwl y Loi<i Kimberley, and pointed out that the Lord Randolph Churchill might have been lord'8 ^ke Under-Secretary for India in that noble ttth\PreEenee- Further, he charged the Government CogSn nS failed to provide an opportunity for dis- COtoi, ■ '-n House of Commons the number and > tW tion of the Joint Committee. The motion was etl agreed to. r PABLIAMENTAR.V ELECTIONS BILL. Pari; spencer, in moving the second reading of the (I87«fwent&r3r Elections" (Returning Officers) Act had t Bill, explained that though the bill Of 0 n Produced by a private member in the House r thev0ffinion8, the Government had taken it up because Kg .VPProved i! s principle. The object of the measure tetnr Earned was to give appeals in the case of dun!?1118 officersJ expenses but a schedule was intro- ^50 Which reduced those expenses, and on recom- 0tl .ra clause was adopted which threw those expenses to*, 55 local rates. He hoped their lordships would the bill. Salisb«ry offered to withdraw his opposition to the Vn°C(i reading if the Government agreed to restore tef0 to its original shape. There was no evidence r »etfi6t^e'r lordships that the returning officers' charges | too high, and he had received a number of lajj I8 from returning officers stating that the scale ^oJ"Wri 'n ^e schedule was insufficient. The clause the returning officers' expenses on the rates be epCourag*ftctitious contests. If candidates were kitt0j 'ev6(i of those expenses it ought to be by a bill tfojJby the Government, and the charge ought local 0wri on the Consolidated Fund and not on the 41 hates If the Government did not accept his lio'iJ16 move the rejection of the bill, ljQtj 3 Selborne thought the proposals objected to by .Salisbury required careful consideration._ *ttld t PcrEe conversation between Lord Kimberley fl0rd Salisbury, in which the latter declined to Mlinh ^ls opposition unless both the proposals to Vd objected were withdrawn from the bill, ^rley reluctantly consented to withdraw tbetl) .t\.ll:Jilberley reluctantly consented to withdraw Xh* iv* 6 was then read a second time, rp. OTHER BILLS. ^ctg ,See°nd reading of the Conveyancing (Scotland) ^alh eiidment Bill having been moved by Lord %!jUsie, the Duke of Argyll moved the rejection of Ure' and the motion for the second reading was IQ; ?ed without a division.—In committee on the Htm pi Acts, Amendment Bill, the Duke of Richmond Bit nf0r<i<m moved an amendment to give the Univer- sjjf.ot Aberdeen and the University of St. Andrews I&stg a representative on the Medical Council Tjjjj of one representative for those two BiH erTs^ies, which was the proposal in the %eet r(* Mill town hoped the House would not j>r0l) the amendment, which would destroy that rhoQate representation on the Council which was CU^Buit of a compromise come to after long dis- ta6ttL ns-The Duke of Argyll supported the amend- ed l^ile Lord Spencer, who had charge of the bill, ~e could not consent to it.—On a division the Verba?toent was carried by 44 to 41, and a number of *atj Amendments proposed by Lord Spencer in bill c*auses were agreed to without a division, and tyjp .Passed through Committee. A number of bills ThP;^nced a staSe- 0>elOek r<^s^Ps rose ten minutes past eight THE BELFAST DRAINAGE BILL. ^8in SOUSE OF COMMONS, at the time of private Bjjj the adjourned debate on the Belfast Drainage pro* renewed, and, after some discussion, a clause to be inserted by Mr. Sexton reducing the 1Clpal franchise was carried by 128 to 98. 0 THE DISSOLUTION. it motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 3^u Agreed that the House at its rising adjourn until On J, ay» and he stated that the prorogation would be 'Way and the Dissolution on Saturday. On u. THE APPROinaATION BILL. W. p"e third reading of the Appropriation Bill, Sir c°;id **ttelob asked whether any further information IW T* given in regard to the action of France in the to which Mr. Byrce replied that he aIt able to add anything to what had been itlq J ? stated. The Government were making further and they had every reason to be satisfied with Heuj. 'fade and the language of the French Govern- t*0 ™hey considered the engagement between the ing j ^Dtries binding, and had no intention of depart- *0* a»d if there had been any hoisting of the aS the French Government did not desire it to £ ue> of thcp-^as a^s0 some conversation as to the position of it ylvil Service writers and Lower Division officials Ston ir 'aiid Revenue Department, in which Mr. Pule- took' lr- Gregory, Mr. Pickersgill, and Sir H. Holland tJi?jjPa^t,and Mr. H. Fowler said, with regard to the beijjg ^rvice writers, that certain suggestions were ^gmCOnsidere<1' and when the Treasury had given its on them they would be embodied in a 6 ?iU was then read a third time. JJ THE INDIAN BUDGET. Howard made the usual Indian Budget ouJL'se^ entered into an elaborate the ac &tJon of the change in the method of presenting jjUed ^?u^t5 and passing then to the Budget and Re- imates ^or and 1885-6, he said the provided a surplus of £ 647,000; but, to the Afghan frontier dispute and the Hth0ues? war, there would be a deficit of £ 2,852,000, i^ted a recent telegram from the Viceroy by a, that this deficit would be reduced £ 79^ a million. The revenue was estimated ,000, and it wo ,Id probably amount to while the expenditure, estimated at Ae f1?00'probably be increased to £ 76,453,000. «Udn.e?v}Se(i Estimate was, therefore, worse than the j t)y_ £ 3,499,000. The capital outlay on buildings JeMj/^ation was put at £ 5,516,000, giving a total ex- h_Jre in excess of revenue of £ 8,368.000, which 6ts me. borrowing to the extent of £ 2,924,000. c^arSes" there was an increase of due to extra subsidies to the Ameer, to the ex- ^litoit .he Rawul Pindi Durbar, and to the cost of the ,^tion of the Afghan frontier; and under the to thft was an increase of £ 3,053,000, mainly owing p MR? cost of the military preparations in connexion 6 Afahan frontier dispute. As to the coming V' tht revenue is estimated at £ 75,799,000, and atw^Perditure at £ 75,617, which was only "both lf a million below that of the previous year, <Jue Lyears being swelled by the extraordinary charges ?6thp° ^litieal events. The Budget for 1886-7 is alto- iuch etter than the revised Estimate of 1885-6 ^3,0g^ ^ntrmplated a deficit of over two millions) by £ ial, „ The year would close with a small surplus rjHa1i arsd, in spite of the difficulties in Uppnr ^°Ul^ was no reason to apprehend that this r^ted !Jot be realised. The great increase in the eati" -Per j>vetule 'B due to the fact that the revenues o rrua^ ars "icluded ^or the first time, and the ^Hd6r .j °f the Scinde Railway are also included. ] head of opium there is a net improvement H^itii three-quarters of a million. As to the ex« the most important items are under the j Army and Railways. The British troops have Wen+ea. 'n last and this year, and the estab- all t° be brought up to 69,764 men >t nf ranks, excluding officers, and the total k ^5or»n ?he additional British troops will be +*tive n 'n. ^n(l]'a and £ 150,000 at home. The artny is to be increased by 11,968 men, and the 0fC!^ase(- cost will be £ 360,000. In addition, a ^sfejw 4,000 is to be -spent on coast and harbour f .36 (v'in ^he total expenditure on railways is f'^av wh'°ii over three millions is for frontier aEd the total amouQt spent on irrigation is present amount of the debt is & t hi th whi°h is £ 14,500,000 more than in 1884-5. irri .8aine period the debt incurred for railways works has increased by £ 22,000,000, so ^'i500 nnn1Ucovered deb^ absolutely decreased by i. °iks5 Putting assets in the shape of public i^ilitiel • a?8> &c., at £ 208,179,000 and our total »°Ve*ed vl!ithe shape of debt at £ 254,556,000, our un- f 4 Percof only amount to £ 51,377,000. The of t ?ge °t the earnings of public works gives a Jteut Per cent, on the £ 150,346,000 of capital tk t *eW ° a^°h_ 31 on railway construction, and the en ^holo °? 'n%ation works is 3-42 per cent. On y^ition « t °pini°n that the financial the A- I^dia was not entirely unsatisfactory. p Wd p which followed this statement, • Churchill thought there was nothing in it to t>Qt »the expenditure was not excessive, te eQttiriU- j necessary to resort to extra taxation. 'e So oft111 that changes in the form of accounts ijp D made, and hoped that no further change ,n«oessary- Dealing briefly with the tK he ex^ i1i een given, he contended the increase 4 the iSrT j"re was only normal5 and prophesied xpenditure in years to come, especially for maintaining the army and improving the defences of the North West Provinces, must be still further increased. On the other hand, he advocated economy in the Public Works Department, and, having asked for further information as to the petroleum wells and ruby mines in Upper Burmah, expressed his hearty approval of the economy shown in connection with the Burmese expedition, which he considered was extremely credit- able to the Indian Government. Sir G. Campbell dealt at considerable length with the question of Indian finance generally, and agreed with Lord R. Churchill that the increased expenditure would be permanent.—Mr. F. W. Maclean advocated the preparation of the accounts in rupees instead of in pounds, and argued that the increase in the ex- penditure was not due to cue party more than to another.—Mr. S. Smith viewed with alarm the increase in the expenditure, and called attention to the extreme poverty of the majority of the Indian popu- lation.-Sir J. Fergusson defended the Indian ad- ministration against some strictures of Mr. S. Smith whose information, he said, was of the most super- ficial character; and Mr. L. Cohen argued that the position of Indian finance afforded no ground for anxiety. Sir K. Fowler and Mr. Everett also spoke; and Mr. Howard having given a general reply, the usual resolutions were agreed to. MISCELLANEOUS. The Patents Amendment Bill passed through Com- mittee and was read a third time. On the motion to go into Committee on the Municipal Franchise (Ireland) Bill, Mr. Lewis opposed it; and Mr. H. Fowler having pointed out the impossibility of the bill passing into law this session, the motion was carried on a divison by 66 to 17. In Committee Mr. Brodrick moved to report progress; but, the motion being negatived without a division, the Conservative members protested against the bill being proceeded with and, no further opposition being offered to it, it passed through committee without amendment Some of the Lords' amendments to the Labourers (Ireland) Acts Amendment Bill were disagreed with; and, after some further business had been disposed of, the House adjourned at 25 minutes to two o'clock until three o'clock on Thursday. BILLS ADVANCED. In the HOUSE OF LORDS, June 22, a large number of bills were advanced a stage. Amongst them the Parlia- mentary Elections (Returning Officers' Act, 1875) Amendment Bill was passed through Committee, the Clauses making the returning officers' expenses a charge upon the local rates and the accompanying schedule of expenses having been first struck out, in accordance with the understanding come to between Lord Salisbury and Lord Kimberley on the previous day, MISCELLANEOUS. The Probation of First Offenders Bill, which stood for second reading, was opposed by the Government, Lord Sudeley pointing out that its passing the Commons unanimously was owing to accidental cir- cumstances, and Lord H lsbury objecting that it would be unworkable. The bill was finally withdrawn. The Shop Hours Regulation Bill was passed through com- mittee, after a clause had been added limiting the operation of the Act to the 31st of December, 1888. The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill was read a second time, and at ten minutes past eight their lordships adjourned. BILLS ADVANCED. In the HOUSE OF LORDS, June 23, the Report of Amendments on the Parliamentary Elections (Return- ing Officers) Act (1875) Amendmend Bill was con- sidered, and the bill was read a third time. The Land Tax Commissioners Names Bill, and the Returning Ot- ficers Charges (Scotland) Bill were read ajthird time and passed. On the report of Amendments on the Tithe Rent Charge (Extraordinary) Redemption Bill, Lord Harris objected to a new clause being inserted in the biil, and drew the attention of their lordships to the hurried manner with which bills were manipulated. He thought that it was a very unwise proceeding on the part of the Church to throw all these charges on the land-owners to the benefit of the tithe.owner.-Lord Sudeley ex- plained why the new clause had been inserted.- Viscount Oranbrook took exception to the manner in which the bill had been forced upon the House.—The report of amendments was then accepted, and the bill was read a third time and passed. THE SHOP HOURS REGULATION BILL. On the motion to receive the report of amendments on this bill, the Earl of Wemyss moved that it was not desirable to proceed further with this bill until the evi- dence upon the subject taken before the Select Com- mittee of the House of Commons had been com- municated to their lordships. Those who had charge of the bill well knew that it was unworkable, and had been worked up by paid agitators. If their lordships passed the bill in its present crude form they would be committing a gross error of judgment. While legislating on this matter the House ought to have the evidence of the select Committee before them, and until they had this they could not judge the bill on its merits. The noble lord quoted extracts from the report of Sir James Fergusson in support of his argu- ments.-Lord Ellenborough supported the noble earl's views.—The Duke of Argyll defended the bill. He knew nothing of the society of which the noble lord (the Earl of Wemyss) was president, and which was opposing this measure; but it appeared to have the effect of converting men, otherwise sensible, into fanatics. (Laughter.) -The Marquis of Salisbury agreed that the principle of the bill was sound, and thought that the House had no reason for rejecting the mea- sure.—The motion of Lord Wemyss was negatived without a division, and the report was received.—The bill was then read a second time. The Intoxicating Liquors (Sale to Children) Bill passed through committee, and was read a third time Several other bills, including the Medical Acts Amendment Bill, the Customs Bill, the Metropolitan Board of Works (Money) Bill, the Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill, and the Public Works Loans Bill were read a third time and passed. Their lordships shortly afterwards adjourned.

Said the lady visitor to the two-year-old baby You love me, don't you, Johnny?" Johnny looked into her face for a moment, and then turned away with an expression of weariness upon his features with the remark, ''Oh, don't be so fresh The life of man is a journey, a journey that must be travelled, however bad the roads or the accommo- dation. If in the beginning it is found dangerous, narrow, and difficult, it must either grow better in the end, or we shall by custom learn to bear its inequality. -Goldsmith.

DEATH OF. SIR CHARLES TREVELYAN. The death is announced of Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, Bart., father of the Right Hon. George Otto Trevelyan, M.P., which occurred about 5.30 p.m. on Saturday, at his residence, 67, Eaton-square, after a short illness. The late baronet was the fourth son of the late Venerable Archdeacon George Trevelyan, of Taunton, and was born April 2, 1807, so that he was in his 80th year. The late Sir Charles bad served with distinction at home and in India in several im- portant public capacities. He was from 1842 to 1859 Assistant-Secretary to the Treasury; and from 1859 to 1860 was Governor of Madras; and from 1862 to 1865 Financial Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India. In recognition of his eminent public services he was nominated a Knight Commander of the Civil Division of the Order of the Bath, and was created a baronet in March, 1874. Sir Charlos was twice married, first Dec. 23, 1834, to Hannah More, daughter of Mr. Zachary Macaulay, and sister of the late Lord Macaulay, and by her, who died in August, 1873, be had issue a son, the present Right Hon. George O. Trevelyan, M.P., and two daughters, the eldest, Margaret Jean, mar- ried to Sir Henry Thurston Holland, Bart., and the younger, Alice Frances, married to Mr. Wm. Strat- ford Dugdale, of Merevale Hall, Warwickshire. He is succeeded in the baronetcy by Mr. George 0. Trevelyan, M.P. Sir Charles married, secondly, in October, 1875, Eleanor Anne, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Waiter Campell.

Don't put too much confidence in a lover's vows and sighs," said Mrs. Partington to her neice. Let him tell you that you have lips like strawberries and cream cheeks like a carnation, and an eye like an asterisk-but such things oftener come from a tender head than a tender heart."