The Rhos Herald

OUR LONDON LETTEE. [From Our Special Correspondent.] The political situation still engages atten- tion, and a compromise between; the parties •:>u the coiiim. tutional issae is being; ftig.^ted in some quarters. As usual in Bueli c*sea. however, each party seems to be convinced that it is nccessary for the other to make the c I (I It would not be surprising- to t d, when the necessary business consetpten-t "lOll the death of the Sovereign h3 been dis- posed of by Parliament, the battle going for- ward as before, with all thought of compro- mise forgotten. So far as the time table 1'; concerned, that, of course, has been com- pletely upset. Nothing rv>w will take place tit the time planned. And the chief of these things is the General Election. By this tirDe, King Edward lived. the country pro- bably would have been getting ready for an flection Kext month; but nobody now thusks the appeal will be made this year. At any rat-c, it cannot be until the late autumn. It is the general impression that Mr. Roosevelt was speaking at least as mneh to his cwn countrymen as to TIS here in his rc- m:; "k;; hie speech at the GnildhalL The ex- Pvesideutt has tkt, his heart, it is said, upon going to White House for a third time, ard thus making a record all his own. His ad- mirers in the United States are talking ad- miringly about his boldness in giving a b; the tail of the British Lion in the British Lion's own dem. His speech has proved, to '.•Vir satisfaction at any rate, that Mr. E'xisevelt is not afraid of anybody, and it has made them more confident than ever that he is the man to be their President. Mr. Roosevelt is a perfect genins at obtrvm-TS« publicity. He kilkw very well that colum sis of his speech would be cabled ever t(-) Ivow York, and he knew that it would be just (Le sort of advertisement he wanted. On 1.1-2 other side the newspapers are a- lib;le annoyed, but the people are delighted, and Roosevelt has scored again. Nobody on this side is any the worse. Sttch a speech from any other distinguished foreign visitor mit have beem resented, but nobody thinks of being really angry with Mr. H-'Xisevelt. No mere man can write without inward trepidation on the subject of fashion in ladies' dresses, but I eannot forbear making reference to the fearful apd wonderful skirts which are now the only correct thing. Why on earth women should consent. cheer- fully to imprison themselves in what are called "hobble" skirts simply because, some mysterious thing called "the fasshbnt de- crees it is more than any masculine btoing can understand. 1m these skirts it seems to me that they cannot take a step longer than a few inches without coming to grief. Some ladies, as a matter of fact, have already had more or less awkward accidents. In Picca- dilly the other day a lady wearing a- partki;- lally close-fitting dress unwisely atteu)pted to cross the road in a hurry. She. fell, of course, and equally of course could r>ot get up again without assistance. She was helped blushing into a cab, and driven away in a hurry. If the new skirts were particularly pretty or becoming, one might, perhaps, understand the craze, but they are ugly, and must be extremely inconivenient for walking. Many visitors to London during the past few weeks must have wondered what object it is that stands in a canvas maek-if 4In the Fleet-street side of St. Clement Dane's Church. 'Bus-drivers have got nearly tid of explaining to inquirers that underneath the canvas there is a statue of Dr. Johnson, and that its unveiling, which was to have taken place last month, was postponed owing to the death of King Edward. It is a, mys- terious object as it stands at present, jiod it seems a pity that it should have to renujn in its canvas shroud until the autumn. 'Hiat, however, is the case. It is hoped that the Duchess of Argyll will be able tu jierform the ceremony of unveiling, and as several people are going to make speeches, it impossible to get a date which will suit ;1U who are to take part for some month#. And so the great Doctor must stand there, with- out even a peephole through the canvas to ou. ble him to gaze along his beloved FItt t- street. The position for the statue i excel- lently chosen. It was in St. Clement Dane's Church that the famous dictionary-maker twd to worship. His pew is jitill i;ly)iz-ti there, and a memorial window was recentiv put in. A new bond has been created betw»*cn rick and poor by the Personal Service Association which was started some time ago, and has already met with considerable sactrcss. The movement was initiated by a HumWr of ladies and gentlemen who believed that, what was needed most in the attempt to ameliorate the poverty and misery of London was zyut-- ptiehy and personal service, and not mere j money. Monoy, of course, is very esefni f1- j tb t-u. but by itself it cannot accomplish the g.-tiirst good. Friendly sympathy is in many 1 cmes the best gift, and it is the gift wlÜeh the members of the Association have Iwsen endeavouring to bestow. The mainspring of the movement, said Miss Irene Vanbrnjfh at the general meeting, is personal service m thoughts, words, and deeds. Members aw to give at least one hour each 'week to j extending their friendship with some. Uii/sJy or person in distress, and to render the help tlioy would extend to their own per- sonal friends, or would expect their own trsvtids to give. There are upwards of -500 ladies and gentlemen engaged in this excel- lent work, and every member is under the supervision of a district head. j The scaremakers ought to be able to make a first-class sensation out of the exploit of the Army airship Beta, which came np to London from Aldershot in the d&rknefts of tilt-' night, hovered over the sleeping city, circled St. Paul's, and went hack home again with perfect ease and safety. Tk» «MI» ;'1_>¡,< 1'(¡: frl ¡ C, :_C;. \q I; > :iEi v bi tle thought clf i,: the (h. ■■■ •.ifM'i. h iiOV ai.rf.ihi] ].••• so eHeclive b.\ as some j.o-p!o h II) wu: ce.-tainly add to '?■ hoirors. The mid- :l f" of the Ai.ii'V ,i • hip gipes one 1r- o.'v ,111:: thoughts of being awabened sud- (••tl.- l;y a boinb Inuf- i:ig through the rooi'. 'i is second a British Army ^jisp iis se to London. The first time \va« itcts ly tiu ee years ago, when the nsodcst'.y. named Nulli Secundt!? sailed tip one Satur- day and never got hack. Progress has been made since then, ar.d the Beta mndp the double journey very successfully. A. E. M.

A PIGEON IN PRISON. An interesting story has jnst come to light y I of the way in which a man. undergoing a sentence in Pentonville Prison, tanstd and made a companion of a pigeon. One bitterly coid morning just beforj Christmas, 'whilst the prisoners were at exercise, a pigeon, half- dead with the cold, fell into the yard. A convict picked it np. hid it in his breast, and took it back to his cell, where in the evening he shared his food with tho bird. Wishing I to keep the bird for company, lie hid the bird' in his breast, every time the warder came round. Quickly the pigeon became tame, and a fast friendship arose, which helped to pass the weary hours of prison life. At la«t, however, his secret became kii ow ii. to his fellow-convicts, arid one man threatened to inform the T hc ii, a r. told his story to a Salvation Army ofifber who visited the prison, and the latter advised him to appeal to the governor, who, intcreStd in the man's kind action, gave him permission to keep the bird. The man has now been released, and still keeps his p geon. The Salvation Army have taken his ease up, and are doing their best to find him work.

TWO BRUTAL HOOLIGANS. Frank Stokes, 19, a carman, and John 18, a labourer, were found guilty at the Central Criminal Co-art of robbery with violence from Anne Bray, of Crofton- road, Canib:'fwell, by stealing from her a bag containing £3;), The prosecutrix, an elderly woman, was at- tacked by the prisoners- in Peckham, where she was collecting rents from the tenants of property belonging to her. She received a kick in the back which threw her to the ground, and one of the youths snatched at her bag. As she held on- to it one of the pri- soners put his foot on her arm and swayed backwards and forwards on it until it broke. One of her eyes was also badly bruised. Stokes's parents were respectable, but Den- nington had two convictions against him for theft, and he was the ringleader of a gang of van thieves. The Recorder sentenced Dennington to three years under the Borstal svstem. Stokes was reported to be medically unfit for Bor- stal, and he would, therefore, be sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, with such hard labour as he would be able to do.

THRILLING STORY OF THE SEA. A story of magnificent British pluck and endurance was told on Saturday when some of the crew of the wrecked Cardiff steamer Torridge arrived at Plymouth. The Torridge, a steamer of 3,838 tons, was on a voyage from Durban to Ceylon, when heavy weather drove her out of her course, and she grounded on a coral reef amongst the Farquhar Islands, 180 miles to the north-east of Madagascar. There was no possibility of getting the ship off the rocks, nor any likelihood of help for the marooned sailors. As a "forlorn hope" the ship's mate and a boat's crew volunteered to go in search of assistance. Three hundred miles they travelled, scorched by a blazing tropical sun during the dav, drenched by torrential rains at night. At the end of six days they had their reward, the help so sorely needed by their mates being found. Every member of the crew ,s saved, but the veesel had to be abandoned as a total loss.

♦ FALL OVElt THE CLIFF. A seaman, named Thomas Bowling, be- longing to the Government dredger St. Michael, at work in Dover Harljour, in com- pany with two friends, named Phillips and Webb, was walking along the eastern cliffs, when they espied two gull's eggs on a ridge of the headland called the Cobbler, three hundred feet high. Bowling started to clamber down the face of the cliff, but had 11101, g-one fur when he missed his footing, and fell into the a feet foremost. The water wu* very shallow, and, the tide ebbing rapidly, the Coastguard got out their boat, and rowed with all speed to the foot of the j. Cobbler. Bowling was terribly cut, and was suffering intensely. He was taken to the hospital. His condition is precarious. His friends told the Coastguard th«t earlier in the walk Bowling had showm them the point v here the Chelsea couple recently fell over the cliffs. I

MOTOR LAUNCH ABLAZE. A thrilling incident occurred just outside Bridlington Harbour. The motor-launch of Mr. Ernest InglebVs yacht, L'EspcraDce, left the harbour to meet the yacht returning from Scarborough. Two men were aboard the launch. One of them struck a match to examine the engine, and the petrol ignited. In an instant the stern of the launch was enveloped in flames. The men shouted for help, and a young fisherman, Joseph Usher, jumped into the harbour to liberate a boat to go to their assistance, but before he got alongside the flames were extinguished, one of the men, Charles Jewitt, with great presence of mind, having taken off his jacket, dipped it in the sea, and wnethered the flames. Jewitt's prompt action undoubtedly saved hia 90h life and that of his companion.

Having injured her ankie on rw> stairs owing to the landlady (.Sarah Romberg, of Station" road, Fins b iiry- neglecting to carry out necessary repairs, Frances A a widow, of Drury-lane, was awarded .£50 damages "d corte is the Loudon BtarilT# Court,

•i KING'S GIF? TO TBE NAVY r>-)n tSE BLUEJACKETS. TilO who drew the gun-carriage be a '< coffin at Windsor i'" presented with Victorian >-•■ 1, a ns by King Gkorge at 11 The King also pre- i I.t ■ representing the Navy, „-i r ;• •b.-h bore the ccSins of h d Victoria. • .•>i numbered 136, oificers- and V :r-.vra from I'ortsmoutb at marched tour c i'drt aloiig BLicli- "Itl the Mall. On arrival M. r J "2 they' wheeled rfunid < ;■ a entrance- leading ;).•;•••; b ■ "i!en in which the eere- n v ■■■■ b- ii:. Thei "ere drawn Ii been ih/ 1t i tars a fbver plate; of the la to Ki tig, and in- ,l; lb- pnn ■. ■■■ >.i.-s,v. j hn: the remains of J' b Victoria, t i: i, b bbiiii. 1",d:<1awl. and ■ -v-.i.•:■ I. b ■ iv;!i, KiHi?!va.i of India, i • t at "Wiudsi-.v. from h:. n 'u. boa to St. George's Chapel, Vi it; on: b2nd February. 1SC1. wlien it -.va < i'w ,"1, by sailors of the Boyal Navy from br.s j-isty's s!;ip Excellent., and a'p. in 5 c.i S:. Geor'»-e's Ciiapel to the f-i.jh <v.,i ;.t Pfofin n-v, on 4th February, 1 'b. v.'hc;! it was horsed bv the lioyal I:dl'3( Arti :ry. As struck. King George, in ;p-;b>rsi!, cause d the terrace steps, accom- p ic.a Queen Mary, Aftrr 11. had i- px n.'d the sailors the ,King took up his posi- bo • by a table, which were af- the Orte's, medals, and bar's. Close bc-stde it st x)d the four Indian orderly officers in 11 1: krO uniform. Captain II. G. 0. Tup- Aid?-de-Cair.p to lbs Majesty, who was command of 1he bluejackets, received at the King's hands the insignia of C.V.O., alid the,; present?d, in turn, the other officers. Afler the presentation the sailors formed three sides of a square round the gttn-ear- ri-ige, and the King, aecoinpanisd by his cpiicrri-s, walked across the lawn and. briefly t(i the 11K1;, commending their honourable service and handing the gim-ear- riaue over to their k-,cpiug. After the bluejackets had lunched they were permitted to wander through the beauti- ful grounds of Buckingham Palace, and to inspect the Royal stables. Shortly before their departure they were drawn up in line formation oil the lawn, facing the Bow Ter- race, in order that Queen Alexandra mighft see them. The Queen-Mother saw the men from the windows of the Palace, but did not make any formal review of them, The officer in command was summoned within the Palace, and was requested to convey to the men an expression of Queen Alexandra's ap- I of their services, On leaving the garden the bluejackets marched back to Marlborough House and drew the gun carriage to Victoria, and en- trained it with them for Whale blalldr where ,it will be permanently kept.

NURSE S PROTEST MEETING. A considerable amount of feeling has been aroused by the appointment of a matron's assistant at the London Hospital to the posi- tion of matron and superinitendent of nursing at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, to the exclu- sion of certificated nursbs of the school. Arising out of the appointment a public meeting was held at the Medical Society"« Rooms, Chandos-street, on Mondav. which was crowded by trained nurses. Miss Maud Bau field, formerly president of the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses, presided. Miss Kingsford moved a resolution express- ing regret at the appointment, protesting against the election committee's implied corir- viction that not one of the nurses trained under the direction of the late matron, Misg Istit Stewart, was worthy of selection to succeed her in office, and demandinig a pnblie inquiry by the whole body of governors into the methods of management of the Xssraing Home of St. Bartholomew's. Mrs. Stobb seconded, and Mrs. Bedford Fenwick, supporting, remarked that the King was president of the hospital. The most pithy bit of praise she had heard of his Majesty was awarded by a Princess, who said: "'George won't have any jobbery." Let them hope that the King would prove true to so "-lotions at reputation. The resolution was carried unanimously.

— -o- — HEARTLESS BIGAMY CASE. Evidence of heartless conduct WJMS given in a ease of bigamy heard cn Monday at the Berks Assizes. James Ridge, 57, formerly h.udlord of the Ki.pr's Arms Hotel. Cook- ham. was indicted, for having, in November, ] !HJ8, mamied Elizabeth Ferguson Creech, a wn.low, his wife, Kate. being thai alive. it was stilted that prisoner married a Mrs. Grundy, licensee of the Queen's Hotel. at Brixton, in J!102, but owing to disagreements liif parties separated, prisoner, so long a lie did not molest his wife, being allowed .£-4 a week. This extended ov< r a period of twelve mouths. Some two years after the .•parat-ion he became acquainted with Mrs. Creech, who was in business on her own account, to whom he said he was a widower. He persuaded her to dispose of her'business, and went through the form of marriage with hsT. Prisoner altogether obtained £580 ini'Hi her. all of which he had squandered. Prisoner's defence was that he had been informed that his wife was dead, and that; no great or irreparable harm had b-r-o done, H, Mrs. Ridge hÀd divorced him as recently as Jast week. IIis lordship thought the ease an ex" tremely bad one, but as prisoner had been in gaol three months the sentence now would be nine months' imprisonment.

Essex Territorial Force Association kit total strength of 218 officers and 6,183 men, r»> presenting very nearly the full eetal>lleh*e»t. The associations hoJds 100 freehold and lease- hold properties throughout ihe country, of an estimated value of £ 60,420. As all act of clemency on the accession of the King, the Board of Trads has to return at once the certiic-atesof officers in the inervan- tile marise which have been suspended for acts of professional default, and to TWrntt 0"-Qbd of tbe orijguial jjeried of saspensiam m flMPCMi of th>o«e officem whose certi&cttUe kaw ponded tut WM

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