Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald and North and South Wales Independent

I soctetg cFosstp. 1 (From THB WORLD) ? The Prince of Wales intends to^ b* at dur- Ing March, and his Royal tas ordered his cutter, the Britannia, to fit c olreo for the Mt-di- terranean, in order that f m tilfc,3 parfc ia the various regattas which feeld iui.ing tho early spring off the Pvivir^ Tha Britannia will leave early in February 3faj.soilloa vrhere the regatta begins on Marc M The Queen Madft a formal grant of ClaTencs I House to tt' D\i and Ducbesa of Coanaught, cer- tain roorr being ahut up whioh are Toserved for the exclu?"<re 1I.Se of the Duke and Duchess of Coburg, who retain the right of fiving there whenever they ¡ rjay happen to visit Ijondon. The German Emperor is not wverpleased. at the; exceptionally enthusiastic reception accorded re-! cently to a deputation of Russian officers which I arrived last week at Luxembourg to congratulate Grand Duke Adolphus 1. on the 50th anniversary of his becoming Honorary Colonel of the 29th Regiment of Russian Dragoons. The Khedive has instructed Mr. John Inglis (of; the Glasgow shipbuilding firm), who has just re-! turned from Cairo, to design and build a screw steam! yacht of 600 tons for his own service in the Mediter- ranean. The Due de Segan is the only instance of a French- man who is a duke both in his own country and inj Germany; for while he is Due de Talleyrand in France,he is the head of the principality of isagan,in Silesia. The Duke, who has retained his French nationality, is nevertheless very popular in Berlin society and at Court. The Duke of Norfolk has purchased Amberley Castle from Lord Zouche, and it is understood that the interesting and extensive remains of this ancient country-seat of the Bishops of CIndicator will be converted into a monastery. The Arch duchess Caroline of Hapsburg-Lorraine, who has just been betrothed to Prince Augustus of Saxe-Cobiirg-Gotha, has been for the last year the Lady Abbess of the famous Convent of the Noble Ladies at Prague, an office which is altogether worth about £ 8,000 a year; and is usually held by, a member of the Imperial Family, tho Queen- Regent of Spain and the Duchess Albert of Wurtemburg, having been among the recent abbesses. The offico involves no vows, except of a i temporary nature, and it can be given up at any time. The Court functions before Easter will be two levees, to be held next month at St. James's Palace by the Prince of Wales on behalf of the Queen, and two Drawing Rooms at Buckingham Palace, which will probably be fixed for February 26th and March 1st; or the first may he on the earlier day, and the second a week later. The Queen will hold annual reception of the Diplomatio Corps at the first Draw- ing Room. The entree company will be received by her Majesty, but the ordinary presentations at these functions are to be taken by Princess Christian, in the absence of the Princess of Wales. It is probable that the name of Btil-.Ier of Wantage" will be remembered in the annals of the English Church when the fact that he hold the Deanery of Lincoln for some seven or eight years is forgotten. The idea of "sisterhoods in the Church of England did not originate with him, but it was his to put into it practical shape and work- ing, and during his forty years' vioariate at Wantage be organised and systematised the establishments which have been the types and models of all such institutions at home and in the Colonies. In one shape or another, sisterhoods are now acoepted by the denominations as well as by the "churches," and this fact is the enduring monument of 14 Butler of Wantage." The other morning the Thorpe Satchville Beagles had a brilliant ran under somewhat singular circum- stances. Hunting had to be abandoned in coxise quence of the deep snow, and the Master and his brother were taking the Beagles out for exercise when suddenly up jumped a hare right in front of the pack. Before they could be stopped, the dogs went racing after her, and, scent being keen, they followed her at a terrifio pace for hours through the snow. (From TBITTH) The Prince of Wales is to hold two Levees at St. James's Palace in the course of next month, but the dates of these functions have not yet been fixed. Two of the weekly papers blundered grossly] in stating that the Prince of Wales was staying with Lord and Lady Howe at Gopsall. It is true that H. R. H. was on a visit to Lord and Lady Howe, but the party was at Penn House, Amersham. The Duke and Duchess of York are to leave San- dringham for the season during the week after next, when they will come to town, but they are to pay a brief visit to the Queen at Osborne before set- tling at their apartments in St James's Palace. I am glad that Mr. Gladstone is going to Biarritz. He ought to have already started, and he ought to remain there until the end of February. I came across him, on one of the coldest evenings that we have had, making his way home on foot from the House of Commons. It is utter nonsense to say that a man can do this without risk at eighty-four. Let a man's constitution be what it may, there regime in winter, iai must avouf lui tli>ó8GaüYÆ¡ very cold weather. Mrs. Gladstone's eighty-first birthday has just taken place, and her vitality is as wondrous as that of her husband. I am glad to hear that she has re- covered from her recent indisposition. If there is anything in heredity, Mr. Herbert Gladstone will begin to be an old man in A. D. 2000. Last week I contradicted some unfavourable reports concerning the Queen's health which had been cir- culated by a number of imaginative journals. Now it is the turn of the Princess of Wales, of whom it is stated that she is really so ill that it has been necessary to postpone a large shooting party, which had been invited to Sandringham towards the end of the month. This is pure fiction, for no such party either was invited or was ever contem- plated. The Princess is simply suffering from the depressing effects that always follow an attack of influenza, but she is recovering as quickly as could bo expected, considering the unfavourable weather. She will probably pay brief visits to the Duke and Duchess of Fife at Brighton, and to the Queen at Osborne when she leaves Sandringham, and next month she is going with her daughters to Italy and Greece, in order to complete her restoration to jhoalth. Death has just carried off many who were well [known; amongst others being the Duchess of Argyll, Lord Crewe, Lady Gull (the widow of the late Sir William Gull), Mrs. William Nassau Jocelyn (the widow of a former British Minister at Darm- stadt), and Mr. John Byng, who had recently been appointed attache to the British EmbaRsy in Paris. The late Mr. Byng, who was a son of Colonel Byng, Equerry to the Queen, was only twenty-three years of age. (From Socnrrr). The Villa Fabbricotti, near Fiesole, whlre her j Majesty the Queen will reside for a short period (a Floreiitino paper says), is now in the hands of a large number of workmen, under the superinten- dence of a gentleman from the English Court. Additional temporary iion stabling will be erected, and home English garden seats will bo brought over. ^he ELing of Italy will, as on previous occasions, |send soldiers for sentry duty during her Majesty's .sojourn, and a fine regimental band will perform daily in the grounds of the villa. It is the intention of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to compete with the Britannia in most of the matches at the Riviera regattas, and orders have beeu received at Cowes for tho Britannia to be fitted out for the Mediterrancau without delay. It is unlikely that any competitor oi similar calibre will engage in these races, so that tho Prince's yacht should eocure.her full share of the prizes. The Princo of Wales, the Earl and Countess of Warwick, Lady Algernon Gordon Lennox, Sir Walter Gilbey, Sir Gerald Fitzgerald, and others, who are in the habit of travelling to and from Takely Station, Essex, have subscribed JS70 for the widow and family of Mr. Henry Farnham, the stationmaster who recently died suddenly. The gentlemen accus- tomed to travel to anil from New iJariiet Station, Herts, together with the railway officials and cus- tomers at the neighbouring Railway Hotel, have subscribed close on £ 130 for thobenoiit of the widow and children of the fly driver who was recently cut to pieces by the York express at the station referred to.

Ront en ecrrcspmiscnc*. The statue to the late Earl Granville upon which Mr. Thomycroft is engaged will not be ready for erection in the tentrallobby at the House of Com- mons for some months yet. At present the sculptor —or more correctly uno of his assistants-is engaged in what is called pointing the marble. The clay model was completed and approved of some months ago. Mr. Thoruycroft has also in hand a statue of the Queen for erection in front of the Royal Ex- change and a recumbent effigy of Dr. Harvey Goodwin, the late Bishop of Carlisle, to fee placed in Carlisle Cathedral. The former will be finished in marble and the latter in bronze. I am assured that the real reason why it is in. tended to ask for a subsidy of £ 2,000 instead of the £1,600 how enjoyed by the Kitchen Committee of the House of Commons is in order to increase the salaries of the waiters and abolish tips. The state- ment that the prices charged are more excessive than they ought to be is really ridiculous. The House of Commons is now, in faot, one of the cheapest re- freshment houses in London. A few years ago it was impossible to get a good cigar there for less than 6d,, but now it is possible to get a splendid Indian cigar for 3d., or even 2d. Pots of tea or coffee, with hot milk, can be had for 4d. each pot, containing two cups. A steak or chop, with two vegetables, only cost Is., and a cut from the joint, with two vege- tables, can be had for Is. 3d.,and adtlitionalhelpillgs without any extra charge, so that one can hardly grumble at the cost. An announcement "that Mr. Monson, the central figure in the great Edinbugh cause ceiebre, was to lecture on tho circumstauces of his trial drew, a large gathering to the Princes' Hall, Mr. Monson, howover, for reasons best known to himself, but be- lieved not to be unconnected with some advice given by his solicitors, failed at the last moment to put in an appearance, and it was inti- mated that the engagement entered into by Mr. Moritz with the accused in the late trial to deliver a series of lectures was cancelled. Disappointment was expressed by the curious at being deprived of the disclosures which they had looked for, but the world at large will probably be quite content that matters should rest where they were. The proceed- ings at Edinburgh were quite exhaustive enough for the tastes of most people. Mr. Bryce, as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, has sometimes been termed the-man- of-all-work of the Government," but that titlo should surely rather be accorded to Lord Rosebery, who appears to be considered by the public capable of undertaking any amount and all varieties of labour. The latest invitation accorded to him is to become the President of the Bronte Socioty, a body which, after a preliminary meeting some weeks ago, was definitely formed at Bradford. A number of vice-presidents, famed for their de- votion to the Bronte cult, have been nominated and it is proposed that the museum of Bronte relics, to be founded by the society, shall be placed at Haworth, the bleak little village on the West Riding moors, which the genius of the three sisters has rendered immortal. Many a pilgrimage has already been undertaken by enthusiasts to that shrine, and in the future their number seems likely. The personal and political friends who saw Mr. Gladstone off at Charing Cross station for his Con- tinental holiday, were delighted with his apparent vigour and high spirits. I believe that since the new Parliament met, on the 31st of January last, no fewer than 216 sittings of the House of Com- mous have been held. With occasional short periods of rest, Mr. Gladstone, notwithstanding that he is in his eighty-fifth year, and that almost a couple of decades have passed since the political world had reason to fear that he was finally withdrawing from its midst, has followed the course of Parliamentary events from his seat on the Treasury bench, and for months together was compelled by the necessi- ties of the case to watch without intermission the progress of his principal bill. Men on all sides have cried out about the strain, and young and old have broken down under it—or, at least, have given it as a cause of their breaking down. And yet at the end of it all the veteran Prime Minister is hale and hearty, and talks of the work that remains to be doue as if he were a young man just putting on the harness of political life. */• An one of the most popular hostesses in London Ladv Jeune is an authority on dinners and diners. I need not say that her article on the subject in the l "North American Review" will be read and dis- cussed everywhere. Lady Jeune lays it down that no dinner should consist of more than eight dishes, namely, soup, fish, entree, joint, game, sweet hors- d'-oauvre, and perhaps an ice. But why has she put liors-d'-ceuvre at the end of the feast, where it is quito out of place and never seen ? She thinks that no dinner should last more than an hour if pro- perly served. Yet, as she says, dinners are frequently two hours long, with twice the number of dishes she has mentioned. The duplication is not, however, so formidable a difficulty as Lady Jeune imagines. Where there are more dishes than the orthodox eight' it generally means that the service is doubled. But this casts no extra burden on the diners, inasmuch as tho dishes are merelv doubled, and only arourp* —vw ^soups, twonsnes, twoentroes, or two of any other course. It is merely a matter of giving the guests greater choice. Upon the opening day of the House of Commons after the winter recess, Mr. Gourley will, I under- stand, move for an extensive series of returns show- ing the number, tonnago, and cost of the effective ships of the navy, "effective" being defined to mean all ships afloat, irrespective of whether thev require new boilers or repairs, and which are not considered obsolete in type or speed. These would further show how many such ships-arranged as armoured, protected, and unprotected, and each section divided into classes—were afloat on the 1st inst.; the standard of strength of the navy de- cided upon for 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, and 1897; what is required to bring the present number up to the proposed standard; and what is needed in fout years to replace loss by depreciation, with a com- parison of the proposed standard for the British navy with the number of effective ships of corres- ponding classes in French, Russian, German, and Italian navies. It iebbvious that the Secretary to the Admiralty will object to the immediate grant of at least %.portion of these returns, on the ground that theymmould anticipate the production of the Naval Estimates .for tue financial year 1891-95 which cannot be laid on the table until next sess: and then within ten days of Supply having been first set up." But the motion for such returns is one indication of the uueasy feeling ajjout the navy which still continues to prevail in various quarters. w Enemies of "superstition, ignorance, and hum- bug," foregathered in Room No. 13 cf the Holborn Restaurant, to celebrate the Now Year's dinner of the London Thirteen Club in a manner calculated to inspire all superstitious folk with hedgehog horror. To begin with, in order to be truo to their principles, the members so far forgot res the tic taste as to appear in "swallowtails" and bright green ties-a combin- ation that should make an orthodox aesthetic posi- tively shudder. Then, to reach the dining apart- ment, they had to pass under a ladder, but before this ominous journey was accomplisned a large mirror resting on an easel was smashed to smithereens." Thirteen tables, with thirteen guests at each, were laid, and on them were placed such cheerful ornaments as Japanese plaster skele-! tons, cross-bones, skulls, knives crossed, and coffin- ghaped saltcellars with grave-diggers' shovels aud; headstones,bearing the inscription, To the memory of many senseless superstitions killed by the London Thirteen Club, 180-1." Half way through the feaat the gathering "spilt salt with the chairman," and subsequently, with a resounding clash, they shivered circular looking-glasses with which they had been presented. Dinner over, it was announced that an undertaker in the district had received the following playful telegram from a grimly-humorous wag, Call on Mr. Harry Far- niss this evening for orders-funeral arrange- ments." Mr. Furniss was an admirable chairman. I He proposed the Queen's health in 13 words, the toast of the evening in 13 minutas, and, reckless of cutting friendship, presented 13 pocket knives to the 13 heads of tables. I may mention, however, that, awod by preliminary rumours, a few gentle- men cried off at the last moment, but this waa attributed to the persuasion of their wivos.

The Lord Chancellor has placed the name of Mr. Stuart M. Samuel on the commission of the peace for the county of London. The Burnley Borough Justices have committed Richard Sater, a factory operative, for trial at the Manchester assizes, charged with the uif.i.Jaughter of his wife. The evidence showed that the woman had been systematically starved by the prisoner, and had been brutally maltreated ou the llÍoht of her death. Reuter's Cape Town, correspondent telegraphs:— Owing to the efforts of tho military, the volunteers, tne lire brigades, and private citizens, the bush fire3 on the slopes of Table Mountain have now been sub- dued. The conflagration has done enormous damage to property besides affecting tho water supply. In the Queen's Bench Division,a Brighton stusa-c I maker named Blaker appeaLed agaioRt a magisterial conviction for using beef unfit for human food, -ai:g- I ing that in a criminal offence guilty knowledge on the defendant's part was esssntial, whereas personal and guilty knowledge was not proved against him The Court upheld the conviction. An application was made at the Westminsta* County Court for the committal of the dofendant in the case Newby Y Watts to Holloway for non-pay- ment of a debt. A witness for plaintiff said defen- dant was valet to the Duke of Devonshire at a salary of £ 80 per year. Tho judge committed defendant for twelve days, but suspended the order fur a month. j

TrtTKE OF 10RK AND THE VICTORIA FUND, The Duke of York has conveyed to the committee of petty officers, seamen, and marines his thanks f,Jr their successful efforts in obtaining subscriptions from the lower deck throughout the Royal navy for the Victoria Relief Fund. It was at first intended to ec m'neroorate the Duke's marriage by raising a fund to endow the Royal Seamen and Marines' Orphan Home, but immediately after the Victoria faster it was decided, at the suggestion of his Royal Highness to devote the money raised to the Victoria' tielief Fund. Over £1,200 has been handed over by 'he Committee to the fund,free of any deductions for expenses, which were defrayed by the members of he Committee themselves. In addition to this amount the lower deck of the navy contributes largely to the Mansion House Fund.

TERRIBLE BOATNI.,G ACCIDENT. Five sailors belonging to the British steamer Maroca have been drowned through the capsizing of i boat in the estuary at Baltimore (Maryland). Eight members of the crew of the vessel employed a lioatman to row them ashore. The wind was blow- ing a hurricane, and the waves swept over the boat ;tnd swamped it. The cries of the drowning men for assistance were heard from the shore, and the police- boat at once went to their rescue and saved three who were still struggling in the water. So rough was the sea at the mouth of the Patapaco river that a small boat, manned ty Lieutenaut Napier and two men, which went out with the police-boat, capsized while the occupants were aiding in the rescue. Later).- Lie utena iit Napier nnd the two men were brown into the water -when their boat capsized, but they succeeded in grasping three of the sinking sailors and held their heads above water until the men in the police-boat pulled them out. The names if four of the drownid men, who all lived in England, are William Nelson, Robert Wilson, John Hughes, and Neal Fimayson. The name of tho fifth is not known.

TIIE HOSTILITIES. IN SIERRA LEONE. In view of the conflicting statements which have been published regarding the hostilities in the Sierra Leone hinterland and the relations between the British authorities ind the Almany Samadou, a representative of Raiter's Agency had another in- terview with Surgeai-major Lamprey, who is, from personal knowledge and long experience fully versed in the circumstances. lIe said it is an entire mistake to suppose that the relations between the British authorities and the Almamy Samadou have been those of hostility, and that Captain Lendy and his force were co-operatiig with the French against Shim. At this moment the emissaries of the Almany are in Freetown, Sierre Leone, awaiting information Ifrom the British Government with reference to the disposal of his territory, as he wished to place it al- together under British protection. Kemoko Bilali, the Sofa General, distinctly told me that the Almany had been anxious ever since 1884 for tie protection of England and he several times seit to the Governor of Sierra Leone his most trusted mosengers to make arrangemonts i for a treaty so as toopen up all trade routes between .his territory and tht colony. In 1887 Major Festing was despatched to he interior to see Samadou, or Samory, as the Freuh called him but, unhappily, the death of that ofifcer put an end to the projected settlement, which wiuld have brought great com- mercial advantages o Sierra Leone. In 1890 Mr. Garrett saw the Aim ny, and it was then anticipated that something migh be done to meet the chief's desire to place his dominions altogether under British rule and protection. Meanwhile he has consistently and vigorously resistd the invasion of his territory by the French, and ;he very foree of which the French column, unde Lieutenant Maritz, was in pursuit, was there, urler Kemoko Bilali, to defend the territory which Samadou desires to become British. Under the circumstances the motives which prompted the Iritish expedition against the Sofas are far from clea to me.

HORROR OF GONG TO THE PARISH. A melancholy record was issued on Saturday by the Home Office shoring the number of deaths in the Metropolis during the year 1893 upon which a Coroner's jury has retimed a verdict of death from starvation or death acolerated by starvation. There were in that yeir 31 sioh deaths and the greatest number in any distrit occurred in the City and liberty of Wesoninstet, under the shadow, as it were, of the Hoises of Parliament, nine cases being returned by tht Westminster Coroner, against six in the Eastern distri<t of the county of London. Out of the tota, there were eight cases of infants whose deaths weB caused by want or improper food, or improper feedag. Separating these, there are left 23 adults; ad it is remarkable that not one of these unfortunse persons had ever applied for re- lief to the parishin which he or she died, and in only one case had he deceased been an inmate of a Workhouse infirmry at any time. The pathos of these tragedies oi the slums is nowhere more rtrikingly conveyer than in this record from the Southern district: James McDonald, age about 90 years date of iiquest, February 19. Deceased would not apply to he parish for relief verdict, Starvation.' In el these 23 cases the horror of going on the parish' has overcome even the most debperate pangs of hUlJlor.

A LJDY MAYOR. The WestminsterGazette writes The Ceionles have once more stolei a march on tL,, mother coun- try. While the Houe of Commons haa been debat- ing timidly whether r not to allow women to sit. on various local bodies be people in a township in New Zealand have actual! elected a woman mayor of the borough. The Bam of the lady who has thus achieved the distintion of being the first female mayor elected withi the British Empire is Mrs.! Yates that of the brough which has elected her, Onehunga. A furthe circumstance of interest about this election is tha the lady's husband, Captain Yates, was himself nayor of the same borough a, few years ago. The mayors of New Zealand towns are, we may add, usally-thpugh not, we believe, necessarily—created justices of the peace; and in view of the existerse of female suffrage in the colony, it is confidenty expected that her worship, Mrs. Yates, will be pomptly raised to the magis- terial bench. Meanvfrile we gather from some of the New Zealand paprs that the burning question in Onehunga is, for tie moment, one of names. Is Mrs. Yates' Mayor' ? Mayoress ? On this point there is, however, Itle difference of opinion or difficulty. The lady laa been elected mayor and mayor sho is to be calld. The person discharging the duties of this offioe is always so designated in nil Acts of Parliament rom William the Conqueror downwards.

REMARK ABIE FIND AT SEA. The Central Newt Plymouth correspondent telegraphs that advice have been received of the arrival at Galveston oithe Norwegian barque Elsa Anderson, having in tw the hull of the English- built brig, which had ipparently been burnt at sea 0) jmore than fifty years tgo, and which appeared on the surfaceof the oceamfter a submarine disturbance 10ft' Faroe Islands. Tb hull of the strange derelict jwas covered with sea-aells, but the hold and under- decks contained very litle. In the captain's berthi were found several ira-bonnd chests, the contents! ,of which hadLbeen redcod to pulp, except a loath er i bag, which required a: axe to open it. In in were guineas bearing the da 1809, and worth over £ 1,000. There were also severa watches and a stomaoher of. pearls, blacken 3d by th action of the water. Three: skeletons were also diaovered, one of a man nearly 7ft high.

A young barmaid iformed Miss Orme, the lady representative of the jabour Commission, that she had to sleep on a bai and dress on the landing." Dr. Alois Monti,theVienna specialist in children's diseases, while crossing the courtyard of the Central Hospital there, fell iito the ice cellar and broke his leg- The Customs authoities at Portsmouth have, it is stated, been directed ti supply troopships and trans- ports with tobacco thalhas been seized as contraband.! The future allowancepev man while on voyages is to be half an ounce per cy. Great excitement vas caused in New York tie other day by the recovery of several dynamite bombs in Avenue D, i poor re'-idential quarter oa tho eastern side of J.NnV. Yoik iic-:ir tho East River. A torn.-menfc .•uildi; in ike avenue was slmttorod by ono oi th iu:a;a: machines. The ex- ph* Ion led to the discovery of t.lio other bombs which had. been l l'iced ill. diiorc it positions some distance apart, but concealed by trains of powder with the onw that exploded. Lttyicct P-.nr)t-tnees that tho Royal Bene- volent College atEpscu has just received the mnni- ficent legacy of £10,OU under tho will of the late 2tlr. Pugh, the specihd object of the beq uest being "to create pensionei without residences.'r '.Die council of the instiUio/a propose to eroafco a certain number of Pugh Iriisiouers of £ '60 a year each, to bo balloted for in Say next, and for the present to make no alteration; iuiieir liabilities towards exist- tinar pensioners.

€ije iLn¡¡f£' Ctalumn* I NEW YEAR r„:HIONS. Just now evening dress occupies the feminine mind considerably, for is it not the season of balls and dinner parties ? The number of satin nnd Rilk dresses prepared and worn show that the plain dresses of last winter have not, as yet, given way to the elaborate, much trimmed and bo-iiuunced gar- ments we were threatened with. Some of the prettiest ball dresses yet seen are of plain satin, in white or pale colours, with either feather or fur trimming round the skirt, and outlining the square- j cut bodice. White and ivory brocaded silks and satins are also greatly worn, made with full! sleeves, wide battkmented collars, of the samo material as the dress, or of a contrasting sliade, of silk, satin, or velvet, edged in some instances; with gold, silver, or pearl galon, with skirts only just resting on the ground behind, having the front and side seams outlined with ribbon ending in large bows at the foot of the dress, or the same galon used on the collar. The pretty floral gauzes and embroidered nets, recently noticed, and the shot and striped thin materials, are very fresh- looking, and will lead many to re-adopt the lighter fabrics. Tan and brown (the chestnut tint) are colours greatly affected in tulle. Here is a charm- ing example—chestnut brown tulle over palo pink satin, trimmed with pink satin ribbon and bunchoa of horse chestnut blossom. Another brown tulle dress has an underskirt of golden satin, and is trimmod with narrow brown satin ribbon. A tan coloured gauze is striped with yellow silk and worn over yellow silk, brown and yellow butterflies being used to draw the gauzo in bows on tliu shoulders, the front of tho bodice, and on the left side of the skirt. This is a very original-looking gown. Elaborate tea gowns, or, rattier, tea-dinner gowns, as they are now called, have, in country hour -s especially, quite displaced the dinner gown of a year or two back. Now, unless for particular occasions, such as a large dinner or evening party, tea gowns are the rule, and very expensive garments they often are, made of the richest materials, and trimmed with costly old lace, valuable furs, or gorgeous embroidery. There are various degress and styles in tea gowns, tea jackets, and tea-dinner gowns. The tea gown, just slipped on for tho cosy five o'clock tea, of velvet or plush, with wadded, scented lining, the heavy material falling in full folds round the wearer, is one of the most comfortable forms of fashion, but this is merely a deshabille. The tea jacket is another development, in brocade, or silk trimmed with guipure, or rich Oriental embroidery. An example is of lovely pompadour brocade, pink roses on a pale blue ground. This forms tho coat, which falls open, with wide blue silk reveis, over a vest and skirt of pale pink silk of the softest texture. The junction of vest and skirt is hidden by one of the new endless sashes. Another cast is j of pale lemon-coloured brocade, with bouquets of violets, which look as if thrown on to the material. With this is worn a complete under-frock of violet1 chiffon- The full-gathered baby bodice is confined at the waist by a wide, pointed band of the richest gold and violet silk embroidery, and when the coast is thrown off, full sleeves are discovered, drawn in with bands of embroidery matching thol waist-piece and collar. This style makes up well in any colonr; in ivory silk, with! gold embroidery, and over jacket of white velvet j with embroidered lapels and old lace ruffles at throat and wrists, it looks charming. Then the last fashion of all—that hybrid garment, the tea-dinner- gown—is fully as expensive as any dinner dress. | One model is of salmon-pink grounded brocade with ] raised velvet rose design in deep crimson the back hangs in Watteau pleats from the shoulders, forming a demi-train the yoke, front of bodice, and centre breadth of the skirt are of the richest gold embroi- 1 dery on crimson satin lines of sable throw out this trimming, the fur heading the Watteau pleats at the back, and passing over the shoulders down the front of the gown. Another is of white brocaded satin with shaded brown-red chrysanthemum design tho front of old yellow-tinted lace over red-brown satin, with bows of satin here and there amidst the lace. This is less gorgeous than the first model, and con- seCLuently ill: better taste. Theatre bodices are very useful. A pretty example is of pale pink ondine silk, delicate blue silk, and lace. The low bodice and full sleeves, caught in with a twist of blue silk at the elbows, with lace frills below the silk, are of the pale pink material, and the pointed berthe of blue silk. The lace is caught in with bows on each side of the cor- sage in front, passes over the shoulders in folds, and falls on each side of the sleeves at the back. Both bodice and sleeves are accordion pleated, as iR the deep frilled basque. Pale pink and pale blue are colours much combined just now. The low-cut corsage of a pale pink ondine silk theatre bodice is trimmod with old Brussels lace, caught together with a knot of crimllon i velvet in the centrtl; the full short slfeeves have a band of velvet confininat their fulness, and the tight-fitting bodice has circular tandg of velvet, a frill or basque of lace falling beneath u, lowest bund. The skirt, over which this pretty and drob..r jacket is worn, is of crimson velvet, made perfectly plain. A very useful addition to a black or dark- coloured satin or silk gown, for home evening wear, is made of silk gauze of a very thin texture, taking fichu form, the full frills reaching on each side to the shoulder-points, and the centro drawn in and narrowed in tiny pleats to the waist, the tight high collar being pleated in the name way. Either self- culuured or striped, spotted, or flowered gauze can be used. A stylish afternoon gown is of blue grey corded silk, the skirt bound round the edge with handsome jet passementerie, the bodice cut with square bas- ques in front and at the back, but pointed over the hips, being more becoming to the figure these basques are outlined in jet,the bodice having a fichu- cut cape of jet passementerie and black lace, brought in points to the waist before and behind the large full sleeves taper towards the wrists, where they are finished off with jet. The front of the bodice is of shirred silk, and the hat of grey velvet has black ostrich plumes and black velvet bows secured by cut jet buckles. Another new model is of clover- red faced cloth the tight-fitting coat bodice turned back with large sharply cut lapels, braided in a handsome design with black cream cord, which has a remarkably good effect. A very neat tweed cos- tume is worth notice. The tweed, one of the now imixtures of blue and green, in which neither; coloar predominates but both colours blend i admirably,is trimmed entirely with fine thin leather, j the skirt is bordered with it, therevers, collar, and cuff's of the tight-fighting bodioe being of the same, material, which is of a green shade harmonising .1 perfectly with the tweed. An extra coat, lined withi blue and green plaid silk, is provided, and a close- fitting tweed hat, with leather-bound brim. Stone colour flecked with red,dark blue and crimpon,bro wn and green, brown and orange and grey, black and yellow, are all good mixtures in tweed, and make up! well. In recently-introduced winter materials by an! English firm, a rich brown seal cloth may he men- tioned, which is so splendidly woven that it looks' almost like tha real akin, and would make up into! English firm, a rich brown seal cloth may he men- tioned, which is so splendidly woven that it looks' almost like the real Bkin, and would mako up into! handsome long coats. Cloths which are a mixture of silk and wool, callcd Henrietta cloths, are likely to prove useful; they can be had in all colours, and are very serviceable, wearing remarkably well. Ladies would he doing a good turn to their coun-i try in these times of trade depression if they would buy British goods onJy-tbe silks and satins woven] on English looms, the tweeds, serges, and cloths of various kinds manufactured by English firms, and' I the laces made in Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and other couiities-iiistei(I of buying foreign im portations. Many of the home silk, satin, and bro- caded goods are of splendid quality, firm in texture, yet soft and brilliant in colouring. The brocades recently introduced are lovely productions from tho Louis XIV., XV., and XVI. periods, tho patterns faithfully copied, the designs in most instances being (as was the cas6 at the periods named) j conventional—garlands of flowers, roses chiefly, and bows and knots of ribbon, in stripes of subdued I colouring on plain self-coloured ground/?. Aj beautiful dosign is of wild ^geranium, pale pink with, rown stalks and loaves, on a delicate green ground it would make up charmingly with brown velvet and 9 laco. Another is of violets in their natural colotir- ing, the ground being of the palest yellow garlaiics of iortet-me-not-8, on a delicate pink ground, is a. third and especially charming brocade. By order- ing materials for gowns and raantlos of purely British manufacture, and thus creating an increased demand for them, very much good could bo done.—- "Standard." -L

To clean nickel plating, polish with a paste madoj of vasoliue and rougrand wipe the polished surface; with a cloth moistened with vaseline. Bricks made olfcplastor of Paris and cork are now used in the construction of powder-mills. In case of explosion they offer slight resistance, and are broken to atoms. Aluminium and antimony combine easily in allj proportions. Alloys with less than five per cent.' antimony are harder and more elastic than pure alu-1 minium, of silver-white colourrfand are lustrous and unaffected by the atmosphere. In the Legislative Council at Calcutta, Mr. West-1 land, in a question, intimated that the Government j could not at present make any declaration of their! intentions as to the imposition of an import duty on silver. It is now stated by an Augsburg paper that the marriage of Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria and Lieu-' tenant yon Scried only took place quite recently at Milan, the Archbishop of Munich having interposed to bring it about. 7lO we of the Granrl Duke of HeHpo and Princess Victoria Llelita will,it is reported at Berlin, take p3ace about the end of April or the beginning- of May, at the time when Queen Victoria will ba paying a visit to Coburg. Mr. Carlisle, Secretary of the United States Trea- j sury, is seeking for power to issito bonds to 1, tillid! over the present crisis in the Treasury. The gold reserve is rapidly decreasing, and the Government receipts continue to show aa alarming falling off. 9

CAPTAIN WILSON'S FATE. MASSACRE OF THB ENTIBB PABTT. Captain Wilson and all the men of his party have been massacred by the Matabele. They died hard, fighting gallantly to the last. A native who has arrived at Buluwayo to surrender his arms states ,that he was present when Captain Wilson's party was attacked bv the Matabele. The latter at first retired, thinking that they were opposed by a large force of whites, but discovering their mistake, after Lobengula had taken flight on horseback, they re- turned to attack Captain Wilson's party. "Wilson and his men made a gallant stand Irom behind the partial cover afforded by their dead horses, and used their revolvers,, with effect, but the enemy pressed forward in such numbers as to overwhelm re- sistance. Nearly all the party had already been wounded when the natives rushed in and assegaied every one of them. The native adds that every man of the party was killed and stripped. A party which has just arrived from Fort Tuli reports having met a body of armed natives, one of whom was carrying a rifle which was indentified as having belonged to a man of Captain Wilson's detachment. The names of the men forming Wilson's force are as follows:- C! ipti ins FitzGerald, Judd, Greenfield, Kirton, and Borrow; Lieutenants Huges and Hofmeyr Sergeants Harding, Brown, Bradburn, and Barkly Corporals Kinloch and Colquhoun Troopers Welby, Robertson, John Robertson, Hellet, Dillon, Money, Vogei (son of Sir Julius Vogol), Lewis, Devoi, Watson, J. Watson, Brock, Britton, Bath, Nunn, Tuck, Thompson, Abbott, Mackenzie, and Meiklejohn. The British South Africa Company have cabled for full particulars of the annihilation of Major Wilson's party, and also for information respecting the antecedents and connections of the officers and men who have lost their lives. Among the several officers of the rank of captain reported killed is one of the name of Borrow. This name is unknown at the London office, where it is supposed that the oflicer referred to is H. J. Bar- row, who is a relative of the Rev. Henry John Barrow, of Old Palace, Beaksbourne, Canterbury. With reference to Trooper Money, another of the ill-fated party, the Press Association states that he is the son of Major-General R. C. Money, of Hope- bourne, Harbledown, Canterbury, who was recently seeking information regarding the fate of Wilson's men. Major-General Money was aware that his son was with Major Forbes's force when it was at the Shangani River, and was deploring the absence of reliable news, which naturally cause very great anxiety. A telegram conveyed to him the sad news received from Buluwayo. Major Allan Wilson was the son of the late Mr. Robert Wilson, of Fochabers. The deceased officer, who was thirty-seven years of age, exchanged the dull routine of life in the Aberdeen Bank for active service with the Cape Mounted Police when he was twenty, and has been in South Africa ever since. He saw much hard fighting with the Cape Police against the Kaffirs during the three years from 1878-80, and rapidly rose from the ranks to the posi- tion of sergeant. For his personal daring during these struggles, and particularly for his brilliant services at the assault and capture of Mooerosie Mountain, where he was the first to plant foot on the top, he was awarded the Kaffir war medal, and on the expiration of this year's engagement he was at once offered a lieutenancy in the Basuto Mounted Corps. With this force also he saw much active service, and on the conclu- sion of the Basuto war he remained in the country, casting in his lot with those who saw var- ious episodes—if not of fortune, at least of active life. As a hunter, a mining prospector, and an ex- plorer, he traversed many regions not previously visited by any European. During these wanderings he acquired a vast amount of practical knowledge of the country and its peoples and languages, and it was said there was hardly a dialect, Kaffir or Dutch south of the Zambesi, that he was not quite at home with. Another point of supreme importance, also acquired during these years of wandering, was the tact to deal with native "boys." From] many independent sources the statement has been made that Wilson could make his men do anything or go anywhere with him. Passing by his ex- periences as mining manager and as hunter, his soldierly capacity has attracted the attention of many competent judges. It is unecessary to refer to the incidents of the present campaign, but in all Major Wilson bore himself manfully.

MORE FIGHTING IN UGANDA. A Reuter's special despatch, from Mengo,Uganda, via Mombasa ,says: There has been fresh trouble with the Mohammedans. It arose with the return to their country of the unruly party of the Mussul- man creed. Their first proceedings was to drive their peaceable co-religionists out of their places assigned to them by King Mwanga and his Prime Minister. There has been fighting between the Pro- testants and Mohammedants in Tore. The battle took place on the banks of a river, and occasioned serious loss of life. The Mohammedan horders were being driven out of the country by the Protestants, who had hotly pursued them into Toro. The Moslems were fleeing in disorder, when they were suddenly brought up by a deep river, on the banks of which they stopped. They turned and tried to keep iw* wb "úle the wrimen and chil- dren were cros(ll for tJ¡eJB.. the Protestants were too strong r a severe fight dispersed t took a large numbt JP^AH) women and children fiSts were killed and several >hammedan side the losses were heOT J6lng killed. The Roman Catholics took te fighting, having left that part of th< previously owing to the scarcity of food. The Protestants underwent great hardships, enduring hunger and sickness for days." A later telegram says: "The trouble is now over. The Mohammedans have yielded, their leaders hav- ing fled, leaving the smaller chiefs and bakops to settle down where they like."

DEATH OF M. WADD1NGTON. A Router's telegram, dated Paris, January 13th, etates :-J\I. Waddington, the late Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, died at five o'clock this evening from albuminuria, produced by diabetes. The deceased, who was highly rospected by all parties, had just completed his sixty-seventh year. M. Waddington had been ill for several days prior to his decease. On Friday evening he was attacked by inflammation of the brain, but recovered conscious- ness beforo his death. The majority of the Paris newspapers confined themselves to publishing bio- graphical notices of M. Waddington. Som6 of them reproach the late ambassador with Anglomania, and with lukewarmness in defending the French in- terests.

TERRIBLE DISASTER. A terrihle disaster, resulting, it is feared, in cOn- siderable loss of life, occurred at Long Island City, U.S.A., the other night. A party of sixty-five men were returning from their work at one of the fac- tories and raced to see who should first gain access to a penny toll-bridge spanning Newton Creek, which they had to cross. They arrived in a body, and as they were going over the bridge the structure began to sway, and, before any of them could escape, collapsed, precipitating all those upon it into the stream below. Several of the men were injured by violent contact with the debris, and many were drowned. An alarm was raised, and the work of rescue, made all the more difficult because of the darkness iu which for a time it had to he carried on, was at once proceeded with. Forty- five men were rescued alive, but of these, it is feared, several will die from fhe effects of their iuj uric8 I or from pneumonia, induced by their immersion I in the icy-cold water. Twenty men are reported missing. u n_-

ATTEMPT TO WRECl £ A TRAIN. Another dastardly attempt to wrecl; n, train on the Midland line between Leeds and Bradford was made on Saturday night, and within a mile of tho > cene of the last outrage. As the express* leaving Leeds at 7.37 was approaching Apperley Bridge Station it dfislied through a number of pieces of^heaw wood used for plopping up luiy stacks, which had teen placed across the metals. The train, which the rail- way officials say Wa going at the rate of fifty miles t on hour, cut through the timber aa if it had h.. -i matchwood. The driver felt a shock, and reporleu the matter at the next station, which was close at, liand and when the spot was visited large splinter* were found in all directions, and several sleepers in! Permanent way, over which thetrain had passed,! hid been displaced. This makes the fourth outrage! °f fhe kind which has been, committed at ahnolt! exactly the same place during the present winter.

The professional class in England and Wales con- stitutes no more than 4-2 per cent, of the population -926,132 pcrsmm. A St. Petersburg correspondent states that arrange- ments are in progress for taking co London and Paris .the members of the Imperial ballet, one of the most famous in the world. William C. Trett, surgery attendant at St. Bar- tholomew's Hospital, was. at the London Guildhall! Police Court, committed for trial on a charge or having obtained money by false pretences from Ilr.i H. Gibbs. the router at that institu';?;n. The Queen has sent presents ot game to Guy's Hospital, the Great Northern Central Hospital, and the East London Hospital for children. To the two former institutions b-lie has also sent bundles of cac-fc linon. I Influenza of a moat virulent type haa now assumed i the form of a thorough epidemic in West Cork,more particularly within the a-rea of Shull Union, vbera II it is attended. by pneumonia and congestion of the lungs. Sentence of seven years' penal servitude, with! ten lashes, has just been passed at the Central I Criminal Court on John Thompson and Charles' Bailey, for robbery with violence. Both were old' offenders.- j At the Cork Assizes, two men named Brenn^n and Hartigan were convicted of moonlighting at Spaucel Hill, County Clare, and sentenced respectively to throe years' penal servitude and twelve months' im- prisonment. I

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The Royal Blind Pension Society has received a 'sum of CS70 collected in Newcastle by ladies inter- eated in the well are of the blind of that city. A lady who resided at Lavender Hill, Clapham ,Junction, was about to enter a train at Vvaterloo Junction, on Saturday night when she fell dead on the platform. The now Governor nnd Commander-in-Chief of Malta. Lieutena*General Lyon Fremantle, was sworn in, on Saturday, before the principle e^-le- siasti.?al dignitaries and heads of the civil "P.J ziiili- tsrv departments. A Cape Tovm telegram says mr. Cecil Rhodes is 1 coming to England next moath. o o The Prince of Wales has cor eluded his visit to Hie iDuke and Duchess of Rutland. Duiintr ti;e 'i'—os Uiays 1,432 head of game liavo" been killed in the Belvoir preserves. 31. Cliarles Dopny has beoii re-elected President of the French Chamber of Deputies by a Inrge majority, and the former Vice-Presidents were aiistv re-elected* At the North London Police Court, W. Newton, a ticket-of-leave man, was sentenced to 12 nionfcns* hard labour for falsely representing himself to be a detective of the Metropolitan Police. A Central News telegram from Philadelphia says: The failure i announced of the Optical and Watch Company of this city. The are sUited tu amount to three hundred thousand dollars. j

WRECKED IN TIE B^Y. OF BISCAY. Information was reeived at Cardiff on Saturday that the steamer Allabv, belonging to Messrs. L. and H. Guerot, had fandered in the Bay of Biscay. The captain and fivs ien were saved and brought on to Cardiff. Captain lee, master of the vessel, states that about 9.30 on Wednesday evening, when about 12 miles off Cap Usliant, the vessel shipped a. heavy sea which stovein flye of her hatches, with; the re-ult that the wt.er poured down so rapidly that in 15 minutes thoAllonby foundered. He was standing on the bridg when the sea was shipped, and immediately ordeid all hands on deck, giving instructions for the mnning of the port lifeboat. The chief engineer, A Jones, and three men got into her, but before any of le others could be shipped ori either of the other bats launched the ship went; down. Afterwards hemild the fireman were rescued, by the lifeboat, and-tfter six hours they were picked up by the Bench steamship Biscay and! brought into Cardiff. The missing are eleven in number.