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LONDON LETTER. i lra.It LONDON CORMSfONBMT.] [SMdALL? WIRED.] LONDON, Wednesday Night. ARMY GYMNASIA. I tetra that Colonel Fox ia to have his period of service as Inspector-General of Symnasia extended. Ho should retire in bhe beginning of April, but will be con- firmed in Ins post for another two years. The reason given by the War Omce, strictly anonicial, of course, is that there is no one of equal rank to take his place. It is hard to understand why this should beeo. I do not aay Colonel Fox is not a good man, but &U who know anything about our system of gymnastic training are agreed that a change is desirable. There must be many men who could nil the post satisfactorily if the headquarters would not hold hard and fast to the idea—for there is no rule in the matter—that the Inspector-General should be connected with the small clique which is just now running the Army gymnasia. For instance, there is Col. Montgomery, late of theScotsGuards.nowonhalfpay, whocould 6H the post in the most satisfactory way. I tpMk quite impartially, for I do not know Col. Montgomery except by reputation as one of the beet fencers and scientinc. as well as practical gymnasts the Army has Mown. MBERAUSM IN WALWORTH. is some mystery about the with- drawal of Major Isaacs—he is an architect by profession, and an omcer in the Volun- teers—from the position of Conservative candidate for the Walworth Division. 111. health and want of leisure are re- garded as conventional reasons. Owing to special circumstances Major Isaacs tost a little ground some time ago, but he is. nevertheless, very much cf a favourite !n portions of the constituency, and is generally regarded as a jolly good fellow." [f he is satistied that he has no chance of being returned, whoever is chr'sen to stand tn his place wHl find his task extremely dimcu!t. Liberalism ia a growing force tn dingy Walworth. MR GLADSTONE AND THE ARMENIANS. I observe now that Mr Gladstone has relieved his indignation at the Armenian atrocities that my journalistic colleagues are hurrying to the front with various bits of gossip about the ex-Premier's views. This ta not altogether unpleasing to one who had —as I had—the privilege of heralding Mr Gladstone's speech by saying that it seemed unlikely he could long continue to keep Silence on the Armenian question or abstain from uttering publicly the words that were hurtling about in the Hawarden library. E8pecilly is this the case, since my para. trapb, published before the ex-Premier's pronouncement, by no means anticipated .kht Mr Gladstone's indignation was of a Mnd to be aatisned with just the public expression. I see it is now said he may be heard again. That is just what I tried to !ndicate, and, indeed, Mr Gladstone's own words almost point to something of the kind, though he may repress himself until there has been opportunity to disprove or explain away the outrages. THE REPENTANT CONSERVATIVE PEER. It is dinicult to see why the Tories and Unionists should begrudge the Liberals the tare satisfaction of welcoming within their ranks the repentant Conservative peer. It may be safely claimed for the Liberals that !;hey have made no great fuss over the Earl of Buckinghamshire's declaration that ho has Mnorged from the gloom and negation of Conservatism into the blight hopefulness of the Liberal creed. Yet surely the event Ie rare enough to justify some tittle jubilation, and even Toryism, one woul think, may well spare one of !ta redundant peers for the sake of demonstrating to incredulous Liberalism that at least one good thing may come off the Conservative benches. But; there, it is not every peer that has the blood of John Hampden in his veins. His lordship's motto is significant, as indicative of the irreversible character of bis decision, "There is no going back." SNOW AND SUNSHINE. It would almost appear as if some amongst as heref looked with a aorb of envying jealousy on those Northern regions where, !*s we read, trains have been snowed up and all the inconveniences of winter experienced. I gather this from the fuss with which to- day there is heralded the flight sprinkling of 'snow—not iTT-.ra th.t.n enough thinly to cover the ground—wluch we had in London thia morning. What there was toon disappeared under the innuence of the 'sun and the warmer atmosphere, and left: us _bIe to contemplate tLe uuNioi't.unes of snow delayed iellow with philosophic But our turn wiUprob.tb!ycome. I.OHD MA.YOR AND HIS LOVE, The Lord Mayor, Sir Joseph Reuals, will not be tvithout honour in h!s own country. He is a native of Nottingham, and I leam that during the early part of the year he will be invited to visit, the town of his birth and receive the freedom of the city. He WtU do so in State, and in the company of the shen&. Sir Joseph hM been cele- brating his silver wedding, but in a purely private way. His, I may say, was, in a sense, a runaway n1!\tch. The father of Lady Ronalw had the impression that the engagement was premature, and wished the marriage to be delayed. The young couple solved the dtinculty by quietly getting married one morning and then returning to the parental ''oof with information of the fact. SUDDEN AND FIERCE ?IRK. The ere in Madame Martin's taundry in Edgware-road is one Of the most remarkable we have had in recent years in London. The suddenness of ,he outbreak seems to have prevented the escape of a single soul from the burning butldmg. All must have been suSbcated in heir beds and then burned to the irrecog- -aiaable fragments which I saw to-day at the acene of the catastrophe. The Bremen describe the building as blazing like a tumace, and they up at once all hopes of saving the lives of any within it. There Me some complaints of a scarcity of water, out the delay, if any, "as too slight to be of serious consequence. Still, there is urgent "eea a.u oyer London for a regulation compeihng the water companies to keep a '?d of water in the mains. The ??\?"? requires a turncock to be ?n <??? ? ?? ? ?<? ? be got in case of &re is obviously absurd. t.?;"?'?? CRICKET. Au?rahan cncket is nothing if not sensa. ?? ? to ? ? ?'? 1?? ? Turner ?k?p ? their wicket until they have ?"Pjhe hundred runs which depend on ??? ?r the surprise of the Sydney match to be exceeded. That, of course, involves a verY.la.rge U if," but I 6nd people ready to beheve anything pos- sible in these contests, the public declines to reckon on anyth?S ?" Po?tiveness until the very last ball has been bowled. The interest taken m the, fortune. of My Stoddart's team has from the 11r81; been p-eat, but it has enormously grown 8S the matches have proceeded, and now, if you watch newspaper riders !n railway trains or other h Public fMorts, you will observe tn&t the Smb thing they turn to is the cricket report. MMl that it aSbrds also the chIef topic of conversation. Nor is this due solely ?"? long-continued dearth of other news. ?"ere is an intense hope that the old country wiu hold her own against our cricketio? ? the sea. But tins leaves room for a certain paternal pride in the youngsters when they Play an uphill game as gallantly as Iredale and Turner. The generosity ot the cheers which greeted Mr Stoddart's epiendid display will not be outdone by louring praise for the Australian eleven whether they win or lose. PURCHASE OF COVENT GARDEN MARKET. It has been hinted that the Duke of Bed. fMd is not unwilling to sell Covent Garden M&rket to the London County Council. Nether was the last duke but one. The question is the price. Naturally, perhaps, the Duke of Bedford attaches an exaggerated value to his property. If. however, the county council consented to give mm a fancy ngure they would have all the "moderates" down "pon them. The cry would go found the constituencies that they had been t;QUty of gross extravagance. To do the present duke justice, he has the reputation ? being a reasonable man, but he has not cn?nged the agents of the estate, and if he ?"?? to act on their advice, there is MQu,-? chance of the county council ??"og and revolutionising M they wcaM --YAœV':r.

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