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i f$Tt L# -a. k-.J i.f ?. ii M-/ > « a | sir. Atyriv.-rh's election expenses in East Fife have b j rc-tiu-ned at I l Small-pox is spreading in _NottÜ1;ham, and eausine considerable alarm. The Marqnis of Anglesey ivis fined £ 5 at I CrcA clou ior vii-iviiig a. motcr-car at an «>;cc £ s:ve speed. Mr. Augustine BirIcll, M.P., Chief Secretary for lilf has been nominated for ejection as President of the Eighty Ciub for n. t'escnt year. Commissioners Coombcs and llov/ard, of the Salvation Army, hare left Southampton in the White Star huer Adriatic for New York and Canada. Indicted for wife murder arid foiuxl to be insane, Thomas Rasher, 38, wiis, at Durham Assizes, ordered to be detained during the Ki ng's pleasure. Judtie Austin, at Bristol County-court, re- marked that motor-cars often cut in front of the ordinary traCic in a way that made the .k) average spectator's blood run cold. As Liverpool Corporation workmen were emptying ashbins at Walton they found the skull and bon.ee of aa. adult. The police believe the discovery relatd to a tlifieaided skeleton. Fine* amounting, with coats, to £5f), were imposed at Marlborongh-fitreet on KoEiule I Calori for selling spirits and beer without a licence at a restaurant in Tottenham-street. "Pray for me, I have tak., poison; I have taken some grass-killer," remarked Anita Hib- bert, a Preeton woman, to neighbours who found her aick and vomiting. She died shortly after. Weist Suffolk Educational Committee have decided to present Floseie Wilding, a scholar at Bardwell school, with a watch for having made ten years and ten months' perfect attendance at school. On the East ooast of Scotland at Redball, an extensive stretch of high embankment, consist- ing of rock and earth, was precipitated on to the beach and great damage dOJle. At the John-street (Edgwart-road) Police Station, Police-coustable Harvey, 448 D, was presented with a bronze- medal and a sum of E2 2s. in recognition of his luerowm in aaving a child from a burning building. ) The death hai occurred of Mr. Allen Taeeell, town clerk of Faversham. Dr. Lenihan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland, is dead. Mrs. Uoyd George addressed Progressiva meeting at Battersea. Alexander Hyslop, aged 33, wao fatally injured at Moffat by falling downstairs. At Messrs. Glendining's galleriec 15 15s. was given for a Is. 1881 Turks lsles stamp our- charged 21d. Mr. Charles Frohman has arranged that Mr. Henry Arthur Jones and Mr. Alfred Sutro are to write new plays for the Duke of York's Theatre. A vase with Lambrequin decoration was øold for E300 at the Bunny Hall sale. An appeal for a guarantee fund of 910,000 was issued in connection with the project to hold an aviation meeting at Glasgow from August 6 to 18. A young man named Walter Speyer com- mitted suicide in Berlin beeanse be bad aeci- dentally shot a girl in an adjoining garden in j mistake for a cat. j Mr. W. Jennings Bryan, ex-candidate for the American Presidency, is to visit London during the summer, and has promised to address the annual meetings of the Y.M.C.A. At the Durham Assizes Annie Louise Dodd, the wife of a West Hartlepool solicitor, who was charged with the murder of her four children, was ordered to be detained during the King's pleasure. A labourer named Clements was fined 2s., in ¡ addition to 13s. costs, at Hart ism ere for throw- I ing mud and stones at a motor-car in which Sir George and Lady Makgill were travelling during the election. The National Portrait Soeiety, recently founded, with Mr. Francis Howard as chair- man, has been invited by the Corporation of Bradford to hold its inaugural exhibition at the Cartwright Memorial Hall from July to September. A woman who wore no kat was ejected from the Whitechapel County-court. An appeal is being made on behalf of the families of the victims of the ferry boat acci- dent at Appledore, when three men lost their live* during the gale. One of the men leaves a widow and nine children. At the National Sporting Club Fred Welsh and Packy M'Farland, of America, who came over to England recently for the express pur- pose of meeting and defeating Welsh, met to discuss the offer of a purse of AI,500 made for a match between the American and the Welsh- man. Welsh declined the offer, stating that he considered it too small. The King and Qpsen of Bulgaria km ar- rived at Ttarskoe Selo, where they an staying as guests of the Csar. Most distinguished of modern Russian actresses, Mme. Kommiaarjefskaya has died at Tashkent during a theatrical tour, at the age of forty. Death was due to bkod-poisoning: supervening on small-pox. All the cotton mills at Fall River, Massa- chusetts, with one exception, have agreed to shut down for one day in each week in order to curtail production, 25,000 workers being affected. Convicted of "intuiting anbordinatee," German lieutenant-colonel named Yo. Franken- burg was sentenced at Dusseldorf to six days' arrest in quarters. Mr. J. K, Green, the holder, has won the amateur figure skating championship of Great Britain at Prince's Skating Club, Knights- bridge, Mr. A. Cumnaing being seeond, Miss Lyoett third, and Mr. H. Clark fourth. Grants of V-20,000 to Sir E. Skackletou, of £ 5,2,)0 for the Vienna and Buenos Aires Exhi- bitions, and of £ 96,000 for dealing with the Mullah figure in the supplementary Civil Ser- vice estimate of £ 212,090. ( Col. Lockwood, M.P., will ask Îlr" Atogomm whether a hoax has beo played upon the naval antlioritice by the pretended visit of some Abyssinian princes; and if so, whether he will take ot" to prevent each conduct in inion. Inscribed on a wreath at the funeral at Holmwood, near Dorking, of Mr. Charles Gainsborough Green, one 43 £ stlje-40o <jc £ iias of the Burnham yachting; tragedy, were the words "From his shipmate Strannie; he died for Sid." Dr. Richard Strauas has received £ 12,500 for the publishing rights of; his new light opera entitled "The Ox of Lerchehau" (Ochg von Lerchenau). The libretto is by Herr Ton Bof- maaasthal, author of "SWfetra."

,p. f O v 7 T 7 r;j\ T* TJt Ill LfeiMjii ILHILI. -u_- [From Our Special Correspondent.] Most politicians lntvo up tbrir sleeves plans for reforming t 'i,c, House of Lords. There :s a great ,,1"1 el"-hubs: va. about them, but the iin-,<>; ■; ,r. is 5cnera re- forming-. The ea^crn-i f?s th v»'hich mem of a I I d c?t )"ill so much is ouit-e rcmas T;ve dii-K-ulty will J be to arrive at. a c< inne of reorganisation | which shall meet with the approval of all j who desire to retail. <,i Sccond Chamber. It will not be dene e.' .i r, and it. is a tafik for the beet minds arid +he finest ip. It may be that for the present "the (iovcni- melt will net im hm" a plan, but in the meantime I.c-.d How; ry means that the Peers themselves shall m»t lot the "goldeu moment" slip. He ha» g-iven notice that on t March 14 he will move "That the House do resolve itse]f into a Committee to consider the best means of reforming its exitft'ng organisation, so as Ld and efficient- Seeond Chamber." It is evidence 'of the development of public opinion on this matter that the proposals of the Committee which reported less tham two years ago, and over which Lord Rosebcry presided, are already generally admitted to be entirely in- adequate. Rumours of a referendum on the question of the House of Lords Veto have been in the air lately, and it has been suggested that it is the only solution for the pre* nt difficult situation. If the Government did decide uponi such a course it could only be done by passing a Bill through both Houses of Par- liament. The referendum is in force in Switzerland, and it is interesting to note that the results have shown that the people are always less inclined for changes in the law than the Legislature. In the Canton of Zurich, for instance, where there are a great number of factory operatives, the people have rejected measures for limiting the duration of labour to twelve hours a day; protecting women who work in factories; forbidding the employment of school chil- dren regulating the relations between masters and men, and making the former liable for accidents; and a number of other Bills which might have been supjWflcd popu- lar. A reason for this attitude is suggested by Sir iienry Maine, who says: "It is pos- sible, by agitation or exhortation, to pro- duce im the mind of the average citizen a vague impression that he desires a particular change. But, when the agitation has settled' down on the drege, when the excitement has died away, when the subject has been threshed out, when the law is before him in all its detail, he is sure to find in it much that is likely to disturb his habits, his ideas, his prejudices, or his interests; and so. in the long run he votes 'No' to" every propc.fcv' In Switzerland, at any rate, the referendum does not appear to carry them much "forrarder." A new play by Mr. George Bernard Shaw is a notable event nowadays, and causes almost as much excitement a a Cabinet crisis. The critics have been running a-tilt against the great "G. B. S. over his new production, "Misalliance." They do not know quite how to tske it. It is not at qll the ordinary sort of play, and any visitor from the Provinces who goes to see it, ex- cepting to see a straight story, with what is called "a strong love interest," will con- sider that he has wasted an evening. "Mis- alliance," like another stage production vif Mr. Shaw's, "Getting Married," is a de- bate; but unlike "Getting Married" it is not a debate on one subject. Not by any manner of means, indeed. The characters talk about anything and everything. How they talk! There seems to be no reason why they should ever stop talking, only that the curtain must fall in time to allow the audience to get away to their homes in com- fort. The talk is so brilliant that no admirer of Mr. Shaw's work would think of leaving his seat until there was no more to be heard. The critics niay say it is not a play, but Shaw enthusiasts consider it un- commonly good entertainment. Those who like the usual kind of dramatic performance had better go and see something else. A lady correspondent informs mo tkat many beautiful dresses were worn at the opening Court of the season. On the whole it was noticeable that gowns were more uni- form in colouring and elaborate in design than for some time past, and softly draped effects have taken the place of the elegant outlines and gorgeous embroideries lately so popular. White and the palest tints were greatly in evidence, and the majority of those who preferred to appear in the stronger coloure seemed to have chosen some vivid shade of blue relieved with silver. In- deed, there were few gowns into which silver in aome fhape or form was not introduced, and the court trains are, again of rich and substantial materials, generally soft satin, and elaborately trimmed, and lined. Mrs. Asquith wore a dress that was in striking contrast with these lighter ones, being of purple satin veiled with black chiffon embroidered with purple beads and in a Russian design. The front of Ike bodice was also richly embroidered, and the train of purple velvet lined with royal blue added to the general effect of sombre stateliness. Mrs. Herbert Gladstone and Mrs. Winston Churchill stood as examples of widely different periods of costume, the former wear- ing a gown of flowered brocade in the Louis Quinze style, while the latter was severely Greek in the palest, unadorned pink satin charmeuse. Two of the most beautiful dresses seen were worn by Madame and Mile. Kato, wife and daughter of the Japanese Ambassador. The elder lady wore econ i satin draped with bright blue chiffon em- feroidsrtd ia tons ban 1'-iUa ggvgTj nio, ,at iridescent sequins. The bodice of silver. lace was adorned with bands of gold, embroidered with shaded pearls, and the train was of gold tissue veiled with net, enriched with heavy Oriental cabochoxis, and bordered with old Italian lace. Mile. Kato wore a tunic of coral-coloured chiffon over white, with a border of erystrl embroidery. Her train was of the same vivid shade, softly draped with Dink and white chiffon. Mrs. Austen Cham- berlain, over her robes of ivory crepe-de- chine, embroidered with wheat-ears in dia- monds, wore a train of bright geranium-red, lined with a paler shade of rose, and the Countess of Macclesfield, presented on her marriage, also chose to appear in cream- colour, richly embroidered, her soft satin gown and train of merdis velvet being almost covered with a raised design of honey- suckle, in natural colourings. It will be welcome news to concert-goers that three extra Symphony Concerts are to be given by the Queen's Hall Orchestra, on March 12, April 9, and April 23. At the first of these Herr Moriz Rosenthal will play, and at the second Herr Richard Strauss, who is just now the most talkc-d-of musical person- ality of the day, will conduct some of his own compositions. The programme at the eighth concert on Saturday afternoon was of very great interest, and included many attractive items. The Symphony was Saint- Saens's No. 3 in C minor, in which the organ and two pianofortes combined with the orchestra. There was also Sultana's fine tone-poem, "Yy&ehrad," but the gem of the afternoon was Debussy's delightful nocturne, "Fetes." Professor Hugo Becker played Schumann's violencello concerto, and Miso Elena Gerhardt sang very beautifully. A. E. M.

ARSENIC IN PANCAKES. A verdict of "Accidental death" was re- turned at Manchester at an inquest on the bodies of two men employed at Shudehill Market, who became fatally ill on Shrove Tues- day after eating pancakes. Three other men who partook of the pancakes were also taken ill, but recovered. It was stated that on finding the batter for the pancakes was too thin one of the men added from a tin of powder what he believed to bo flour, but which, upon subsequent investigation, proved to be rat poison containing arsenic. The poison, which had been left by a traveller. ha been on the shelf for years.

ON THE CHURCH TOWER. There has been & remarkable sequel to the disappearance of William C eriiell, the verger of All SainW. Church, Burton-on- Trent. Carnell, who started the heating appara- tus in the church for the service early on Sunday, was missing for the remainder of the day. On Monday he staggered into his home with several wounds in his throat, wrist, and leg. He was taken to the in- firmary, where he lies in a dangerous con- I dition. He had apparently spent all day and night on the roof of the church tower, where a blood-stained razor and a looking- glass were found, but how he descended the tower steps in such a condition is a mys- tery. -— ♦

CLIMATE AND RELIGION. Bishop Montgomery, preaching at Christ Church, Down-street, London, on Sunday, said the besetting limitation of Englishmen was that they could not see the unseen; it was a racial defect. He hoped they would not think him mad when he laid down this as a fa.e"ttha.t the nearer one lived to the Equator the easier it was to see God. and the farther one lived from the Equator the harder it was to see God, The nearer to the Equator, however, the .greater was the gap between faith and con- duct. On the Equator there was a great divorce between conduct and faith.

Succeeding Bontros Pasha, who was assassi- nated in Cairo, Mohammed Said 1Wy has been appointed Egyptian Prime Minister. For the murder of a little boy at Burnley, Joseph Wren, twenty-three, was executed at Manchester. Mr. Richard Kemp, who joined the Prison department as boy clerk in1876, has been ap- pointed governor of Gloucester Prison. «

HOWTODESTKOY THEPAMP1PFF 6 £ »M BT A SPECIALIST. That the lasdrnf germ is pespo»#ibie f«r amriy an the diseases to which the scalp ia fceir, as well as for baldness and prematura grey kair, is a woll-ksiawa fact, but when we realiae that it is also indirectly responsible for many etthe worst cases of catarrh and consumption, we appreciate the importance of any agent that will destroy its power. We are therefore par- ticularly pleased to give herewith the prescrip- tion which an eminent scientist and specialist States he has found, after repeated tests, to completely destroy the dandruff germ in from one to three applications. This prescription can be made up at home, or any efeemist will put it up for you:—3 ounces Bay Rum, I ounce Lavona de Composse, J dram Menthol Crystals. J Mix thoroughly, and after standing half an hour it is ready for use. Apply night and morning, rubbing into the scalp with finger- ,tips. If you wish it perfumed, add half tea- spoonful of French Fon Fleur perftime, which unites perfectly with the other ingredients. This preparation is not dye, but is un- equalled for promoting a growth of n«w hair, and for restoring grey hair to its original colour. CIUTION.-Do, vat apply teaere hair Útd I desired, and be ture to siv&id tonics containing pw.oonow wood alcvhcl.

At a Halesowen inqnest, North Worcester- shire, concerning the death of a man named James Hurley, stated that he committed suicide by throwing himself from his bedroom window into a tub containing pig feed. Fifteen lodge officials and delegates who, in December last, were fined E100 each or two months', hard labour in default for offences against the Industrial Disputes Act in con- nsction with the Australian coal strike, have fSpif to JlilluJ tte mapi no* Wma boop-PBOW

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