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C; PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT.
C; PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT. BRITISH OFFICERS. ASH THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE. nn ':n1e HOUSE OF COMMONS, on Jan. 8, Mr. Campbell-Bannerraan informed Admiral Field that ftiace the system of awards of £ 150 to officers in the army for proficiency in the Russian language was commenced in January, 1891, 22 officers had .suc- eessfully passed the examination; and Mr. Robeqson, in answer to the same hon. and gallant member, added that the system had been extended to! the navy, with the provision that not more than three awards shall be granted in one year. One lieutenant, Jhad already received the award. ) THE EIGHT HOURS DAY. Mr. E. Robertson declined to make any statement as to extending the 48-hour week system tothel^oyal dockyards, observing that petitions from the workmen themselves were now receiving the attention of the Admiralty. THE ALBERT PALACE. Mr. Shaw-Lefevre, replying to Mr. Thornton,lsaid that Mr. John Burns had been compelled to abandon the scheme for the purchase of the Albert Palac and grounds as a place for public recreation; Under these circumstances lie should feel it his duty to realise the property as soon as possible, and it was probable that the site might be utilised for building purposes. THE CONFLICT BETWEEN FRENCH AND BRITISH TROOPS. Sir M. H. Beach put a question to the Colonial Under-Secretary as to the battle between British and French troops in Western Africa. Mr. Button paid that the telegrams received confirmed, but did not amplify, the facts already published. 'The Government believed that the conflict took plaee in the British sphere, but on this as on other points they awaited further information. ALLOTMENT JÁXTJS. I I Committee on the Parish Councils Bill1 Mr. Fowler moved his new clause referring to the Com- pulsory hiring of land for allotments, and some debate took place on its second reading. Mr. Channing observed that Radicals recognised in the bill, even after the compromise, a generous in- stalment of democratic reform, but he regretted [that this clause had been selected as the principal object of that compromise. Mr. Chaplin, on the contrary, thought the new clause was not an improvement on the clause as it now stood in the bill. It altered the Allotments Act of 1887 and the Small Holdings Act of 1892; it Ipro- Tided a novel form of tenure, and aimed a blow at that principle of the cultivating ownership of land which he thought every section of the House would have been anxious to encourage and promote. More- over, It set aside the old-established practice that when land was compulsorily taken for any public object, the owner should be compensated. He contended that the Government had shown neither justification nor necessity for the clause,) and argued that the hiring of land must of necessity in- crease its cost to the person who tilled it. He -con- demned the increase of allotments to four agres, quoting from the reports of the "Agricultural pub- Commissioners of the.Labour Commission in support of his contention that so great an extent of landdould not be properly worked by a labourer and askefl, in conclusion, whether the Parish Council or the tenant was to pay the cost of the erection of the necessary 'buildings on such allotments. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, who followed, complained that there was very little of compromise about the speech of the right hon. gentleman, and pointed out that the Select Committee over which Mr. Chamberlain presided reported that, small tenancies were wanted more than small holdings. He delivered an eulogium upon the agricultural system 0' of Switzerland, whose effects upon the country, he said, could be seen spread out under the eye of the observer from the Righi. He admitted that the Government had disappointed the just expectations of Mr. Channing and his friends, but referred to the speech of Mr. Chaplin as showing the difficulties the Ministry had to contend with. The Government ineant to secure the extension of the system of allot- ments and small holdings. That was the principle of the clause, and by it they meant to stand or fall. Mr. "Go^chen charged the Chancellor of the Exchequer Vith not having said a word in reply to the practical objections raised by Mr. Chaplin, and expressed his own view- that. the hiring of land by Parish Councils. would nbt be beneficial to the labourer. Several other speakers. followed, including, Mr. Arch, who sjud aa the result of 25 "years work- ing of this bill the workhouses would be pulled down, and Colonel 1\enyon-Slanev, who remarked that during the greater part of the evening therq had not been an acre of land represented on the Treasury Bench. The "clause was rea'd'a second time, and several amendments Svelte moved only to tie withdrawn or negatived without a division.. A POINT OF ORDER. > The only lengthy discussion was or^ an amendment by Mr. Chaplin, providing that, where the owner of land proposed to be hired is willing to sell on the terms of payment by instalments spread over not less than 15,years he shall be entitled to require the Parish Council to. buy the land., At. the* suggest ion of Mr. Jeffreys, the 15 years was altered to 20. The Government, through Mr. Fowler, declined to accept ? the amendment, qlleging that this clause did not cour template. purchase, and addling some -fintneial reasons agaipstit.. li the courg^of tl),e dol*o Mr, Arch deliverfcn an attack upon the Conservative partv, whose sole desire it was, he said, to keep the labourers off the land. On Mr. Knowles, who re- plied, proceeding to quote some figures to show the effect of the working of the Allotments Acts, the Chairman called him to order. Mr. Chaplin asked if it was in order to reply to a speech that was in order. It' is perfectly in order" said the Chair- man, "to reply to a speech that is in order, but not in so doing to be out of order"—an answer which provoked much laughter. On a division, Mr. Chaplin's amendment was rejected by 129 votes to 75. On an amendment, by Mr*.Channing, t striking out the limit of four acres as applied to allotments, so as to leav £ Parish, Councils a free hand, a division took; place as soon as the hM^ine^thor hiid. moved it. It1 was rejected by 136 tp *7. The clause was stiE.under,consideration twelve o'clock when progress #as ^epo^ied, and the House ■immediately -I
HER MAJESTY'S SHIP RESOLUTION.
HER MAJESTY'S SHIP RESOLUTION. In the conrse of a letter received by a gentleman in Edinburgh from a friend on board her Majesty's- ship Resolution at Plymouth a few days ago, tiie" writer says You have read a great deal about this horrible misfit of a ship and the misery we have gone through this last week or so in her. She is something terrible. We had some fearful weather in that dreaded place, the Bay. I could never have believed that a ship of this sort could have carried on so. Thoilgh of strong nerve myself, I began to prepare for happier' regions. I never expected to see land again.: The weather was not so bad, but the ship is doomed as sure as I am living. We have deserters by the score here, and shall have a lot more before we sail again. We have had enough of this craft. This ship is a seawag, as helpless as an empty barrel. She com- pletely buries herself in the trough of the sea-, and lies down to it like a duck with both legs broken. The little Gleaner, a sister to the Seagull, crossed the Bay safely, and a big beast like this had to turn tail. It seems verv strange, but it is true."—Scot.vnan.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CIRCULARS.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CIRCULARS. Two circulars have just been issued to her Majesty's inspectors of schools by the Education Department. In one Mr. Kekewich says: My TWds have observed with regret that a large ntinil)c-r,4 pupil teachers fail to obtain a place in the class list for the Queen's scholarship. ar. are placed too low to be qualified for entrance into a training college. They have reason to 'belie-ve that this low ¡ stan- dard of attainments proceeds in many cases from the neglect of school managers to see t)iat, their pupil teachers are carefully and regularly taught" Accordingly, a code of regulations has been drawn up by their lordships for the "guidance of school managers, any-serious disregard of" licn may lead to the disqualification of the school-as s^fflace of proper training for pupil teachers. The other circular is on the subject of instruction of lower standards in schools for older scholars." It points out that "a general opinion was expressed by the chief inspectors at their last conference that- the condition of the lower part of many of the schools for older scholars is at present the weakest point of the instruction in public elementary schools. In the best infant schools children are taught by natural methods, and are trained to use their powers of ob- servation and reasoning; in schools for older scholars they are too often taught by. arbitrary and conventional methods, and there is ^ittle in the general course of instruction to lead them to observe or to reason. It should be borne in mind;" the circular continues, "that object lessops cannot be dispensed with if habits of observation are to be duly fostered, and they should be treated as a means for mental exercise, and not merely as opportunities for imparting miscellaneous information. Some system of lessons should be arranged in every ^bool by which ah intelligent habit of observation and simple reasoning may be fostered, while it cannot be too elearlv pointed out t^hat all the subjects simultane- ously "dealt with in a curriculum should be kept as closely interconnected and made as mutually helpful as possible, and not be unduly isolated and special- ized."
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Miss JANE ARNOT,. a lady's maid, at Clathwick House, near Crieff, the residence of Captain Colquboun, was, found dead on Saturday morning, hanging by the neck, having committed suicide in her 'bed-room. The following letter was found: "Lord have mercy upon myaouL > My mind has gone. Life has no pleasure. Comfort nay parents. Forgive me, dearest father and mother.' Brothers and sisters, farewell." It is said the deceased was formerly in Madame Patti's service. AT Hull, on Saturday, a workman named Baynes, on returning home—f*oin work to breakfast, found his wife's body lying on the fire. Her head was his wife's body lying on the fire. Her head was practically cremated. The upper part of the body was charred almost to a cinder, and her clothes com- pletely destroyed. She was subject to fits, and it is supposed that she was seized with one when prepar- ing her husband's meal. A DERRY correspondent says that, on SalWay, a man named Matthew DpnneHy, of Newttfwn-Stewart, County Tyrone, was arrest.edby the Omagh police on a charge of having stolen the mail bag of the Duke of Abercorn whilst in transit between Newtown- stewart and Baronscourt. The theft took place in 1889, but Donnelly disappeared, returning from America only last week.
..\, LONDON STATISTICS^|
LONDON STATISTICS^ A memorandum has been issued by the Statistical Department of the London County Council grnng an matters contained in the annual volume of statistics relating to London for the year ending March 31, 1893. The plan of this volume is to include under onecover all statistics published during Jhe year by the Council and its committees, and to give an analysis of those relating to London published during the same period by Parliament and by the vestries and district boards. The present memo- randum is intended-to give a succinct summary of the various classes of statistics included in the volume, and to supply information in continuation of that given in previous volumes. The statistics for 1892-93 are. dealt with in the memorandum under three main heads: (1) Those which relate to the life of the people. (2) Those which concern London finance. (3) Those which relate to the public services of London. Under the first main head, population is the first subject dealt with. Information is given as to the 'total population of London, alien immigration and emigration, births, marriages, and deaths, and move- ment of population within London. Under the second .section, "Health," are given tables showing the deaths-due to the principal diseases for five years, the cost of drainage of London, and the open spaces 'in London under the control of the Council together with those not under the Council's control but avail- able for the use of Londoners. The section on Labour contains maps and tables on the distribu- tion of trades, statistics of Workmen's trains, and returns of the wages paid by the Council for works undertaken without the intervention of a contractor. 5?he fourth section contains' information about pauperism, the cost of paupers and the amount spent On private charities. The fifth section deals with the amount of crime and the cost of the police. The sixth section gives details relating to education- the cost of Board Schools, the expenditure on science and art and technical schools and classes, and com- parisons of the money spent on education in London And elsewhere. Under the second main head, the first subject is London local taxation. Particulars are given of the amounts raised and expended by various local authorities and by the Council itself, and of the cost of London government. The rates for parish purposes in London parishes are tabulated, together with information about the valuation of property. In the next section London's contribution to Im- perial taxation is discussed and compared with the rest of England. The total amount paid by London in taxes is next considered and worked out to over £ 4 a head. Loan expenditure is an important jeleiiient in local finance, and particulars are given of its amount for London, of the purposes for which the loan. were raised, and the bodies raising them. Under "London Improvements," a statement is made of the improvements adopted by the Council, and those suggested for the future. Somewhat strangely under this head are given details of the deaths from acci- dents in London streets. Here no improvement can be noticed, for in 1892 they were more numerous than they had been in the preceding four years, with the exception of 1890, when the number was one more than in 1892. than in 1892. Under the third, main division—statistics relating to the public services of London—the water supply is discussed and information given on the daily con- sumption, the amount available, the sources from which it comes, the income of the companies that supply it, and the amount spent on maintenance and management. In the next .section the income and expenses of the gas companies are considered. The next two sections deal with means oflocoiiiotion in 'London. Statistics of tramways—length of lines, capital invested, working expenses, and: traffic-are given, together with the numbers of hackney car- riages, stage carriages, and drivers' and conductors' licenses. Under "Fires and fire- insurance" the number offireti and the amount for which property is insured are set forth, A list of markets is given, and statistics of the nature,of the business carried on in tliem, • .r. v<•
CLASSES FOR DAIRY TEACHERS.
CLASSES FOR DAIRY TEACHERS. With the approval Qt the JJdfrfd of Agriculture, the Council of the University Extension College „at Read- ing propose holding a class of an advanced character for dairy teachers* with the special view tp/supple- menting the short course arranged at the Bangor University College last year. The.clase in this oiiab will extend over eight weeks--froin January 22 to March 17—and those who attended the course at Bangor will be admitted free of charge. The course of instruction, which,will Qonaiptof.lectureejtnd prac- tical laboratory work, includes, (a) agriculture and dairying, (b) chemistry and bacteriology as applied to dairy work, and- (r) anatomy and physiojogy. The class promoted by the Board of .AgriouJtux;o at the Yorkshire College, Leeds, i& limited to dairy teachers who did not have the opportunity of taking the course at Bangor last year, go that there is a need for a con- tinuation class, and a fair prospeot of i¡; success.
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— ■ » r • IMPORTANT NAVAL APPOINT- meSts; ( Manv important military appointments are to be filled by the War Offibe. authorities tl^ year. The positions which will be at the disposal of the Admiralty in the 12 months are almost as" significant. The important command at Portsmouth—the blue ribbon of the -ervice--the first and second commands of the Channel Squadron^'the second'copimand of the Mediterranean Squadron,"The command of the re- serves, the position which^ Sir Vee^y Hanylton now holds at the Royal Naval College, and the superin- tendentshi'ps of the Devonport and Portsmouth Yards will all be at the dispofg^f the naval administrators (says the London corTOpondent of the, iftancJiester Guardian). In addition to this, bmcers'wiu liave to be appointed to the command of no fewer than 23 warships.
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A RUSSIAN proverb says: "Before going to war, pray once; before going to sea, pray hvice; before being married, pray three times. A SCOTCH looking-glass maker heads his advertise- ments with this quotation from Burns: "The giftie gie us to see onrsels as ithers see us." "THERE'S something about your daughter," said officer Poll Parrott to the father of a young lady re- siding on Mason-street, who the gallant officer had been paying some attention to. Yes," said the old man, there is. I had noticed it myself. It comes every evening about nine o'clock, after the sergeant leaves, and it doesn't get away until usually about two, and some of these nights I am going to lift it all the way from the front gate to the opposite side of the street to see what there is m it." v .rrrir i,t :V T Tr
EPITOME OF .\EW^ ,
EPITOME OF .\EW^ A WRITER in the Army and Xavy Gazette makes the very sensible suggestion that executive officers should be carefully instructed in the design, arrangement of the armour, &c., of the different types of foreign warships, so that the weak and vulnerable points of each type should be well known in our service. It is obvious how invaluable this knowledge would be in case of war. For example, suppose the Inflexible engaged with a French vessel, whose commander was a believer in Sir E. J. Reed, he would know that, while it would be useless to concentrate his fire on her (the Inflexible's) citadel, if he could riddle her un- armoured ends with shot she would certainly capsize THERE is some probability of an appeal to the Judi- cial Committee of the Privy Council in the action brought against the P. and O. Company by the Japanese Government for the loss of its warship, the Chisima. The British Supreme Court at Shanghai found that the captain of the P. asteamer Ravenna was not to blame for the collisionVhich had such a calamitous result for the inan-of-^0. The Japanese lawyers now contend that the Inland Sea in which the disaster occurred is exclusively under Japanese control, and that the British Court has ac- cordingly no jurisdiction in the matter. In the event of an appeal coming to London, one or two most inte- resting legal points will arise in the course of the argu- ments. Ox December 2S an old woman, at L^cle, was car- ried to her grave a second time. She wasV her 77th year, and had already been carried to her grave half a century ago, when she was a young womam>She had fallen into a corpse-like lethargy after a long illness, was given up for dead, and laid in the coiBn. and it wap not uni il the funeral procession had begun to start for the churchyard that she gave any sign of life. The motion seems to have roused her. She awoke, and was liberated from her coffin- only just in time. and enjoyed 50 years of sound health after her timely resurrection. THERE is a Northumberland incumbent who (ac- cording to a correspondent of the Record) seems determined to have the palm for a novel suggestion in the matter of parochial organisation. He is anxious to get a "parochial omnibus," which shall be used on Sundays (especially on wet. days) for bringing people to church from outlying hamlets. He expresses his belief that farmers would be glad in turn to lend their horses for the purpose. The idea is reallv not a bad one. Persons who have lived all their lives in towns have no idea of the difficulties in the way of church-going presented by rainy weather and muddy roads. IN the interesting memoir of Sir George Elvey, which appears in the January number of the Musical Herald, the following anecdote is told in illustration of the high efficiency of the choir of St. George's, Windsor, during his tenure of office "A well-known J musician relates how he once sat up with Sir George in itlie organ loft during service. The Psalms were started with organ, as usual, and no sooner had this been done than Sir George exclaimed, I have for- gotten my keys; I must go and fetch them.' He started off, the choir singing on. In due time he returned to the organ, and tried with a soft stop to see if his singers had dropped in pitch. They were dead in tune, and the accompaniment was taken up. A better test of training could hardly be given." RUMOCR is busy with the name of Lord Esher, whose illness has occasioned numerous expressions of regret in legal circles, where lie is generally regarded as the Grand Old Man of the Bench. If the health of the veteran judge, who became entitled to a retiring pension several years ago, does not permit him to re- sume his seat in the Court of Appeal eai^" in the en- suing term he will, we understand, resign tNe posit ion I he has held so worthily, but this step will ndt be taken if his strength is restored for, despite his wPvanced years, Lord Esher is really fond of his judicial duties, and is never happier than when engaged in pulling to pieces the fallacious argument of apersistent advocate, unless it be when he is playing a rubber of whist at the Athenaeum. ABISGER liorsE, which Mr. Gerald Loder has lent to the Speaker, is a pleasant, sunny residence on the King's-road, Brighton. Mr. Loder is one of the sons of the late Sir Robert Loder, who made his fortune in the Baltic timber trade. After the father's death the business was turned into a company under the style of Giles Loder and Sons. But the timber trade is not what it was; though the younger sons must each We about F- i-000 a year, and the barouet a good deal more. Mr. Gerald Loder acted as one of Mr. Ritchie's private secretaries, and is a very pleasant and sensible young member, always carefully dressed. Now that Mr. Bruce Wentworth has succeeded to Sir William Marriott, Brighton is represented by two of the youngest and smartest-looking men in the House. A PURCHASER has come forward with what is con- sidered to be an advantageous offer for the historic Rothley Temple estate, Leicestershire, anp unless something exceptional happens the sale of tin# pro- perty will be added to the numerous important trans- actions in real estate that have helped t40 make this year one to be long remembered. Rothley Temple was for many years the seat of the Babington family, and it was here that Lord Macaulay was born. A large area of land belonging to this estate was sold under the'hammer last month, but the old ivv-clad mansion and curtilage, with the famous chapel of the Knight Templars, were passed. SIR ROBERT HAMILTON, who was sent to the West Indies latelv by Lord Ripon as a Special Com- missioner to inquire into the affairs of Dominica, was busy upon his task when the last mail left that troubled island. He had examined nearly all the leading people in the little Colony, and he paid a visit to the scene of the so-called La Plainpvtragedy. According to the evidence already availabV there would appear to be a generally strong feey^ig in Dominica that the financial affairs of the island have been grossly mismanaged of late years, and no doubt the Commissioner, in his report, will have much more to say on this and other matters of importance than he will find it necessary to say upon the La Plaine affair. Nevertheless it is to the latter incident that the Dominicans owe the appointment of the Special Commission. AMONG the changes reported at the Foreign Office one of the most popular promotions will be that of the Hon. Eric Barrington. Few Government officials have seen so much confidential work as the new head of the Eastern Department at Downing-street. He made acquaintance with high-class secretarial duties early in his career and within a year of his admission to a clerkship he acted as Sir Arthur Otway's secretary during the time the late Chairman of Committees filled the position of Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. This post he again filled under Lord Stafford, then Viscount Enfield. When Lord Derby became Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1874 Mr. Barrington acted as his precis writer, which office he continued to hold under Lord Salis- bury, who succeeded Lord Derby in 1878. When Lord Salisbury returned to the Foreign Office in 1885 he made his former precis writer his chief private secretarv. This post lie continued to occupy during Lord Iddesleigh's brief sojourn in Downing-street; and on the return of the Conservative Government to power he returned to his former duties. Courteous and obliging to all alike, he is much liked bySlmbas- sadors and universally respected both socianyo and officially. IT is distressing to learn that the drapery trade has not, on the whole, been good this past year. Good trade for the drapers means a gay variety of costume everywhere—gaiety of colour, of cheerfulness, of heart. When trade is dull, women economise in sad browns, sober grey, and thrifty black, and mount a correspondingly dismal frown on their careworn brows. The silk trade has, however, been good. This seems like the good old times of yore, when even the humble shopkeeper's wife deemed herself com- plete without two silks—a black and a coloured-and took care to expand these over a crinoline. a.r all she wore an imitation Indian shawl (the best were those of Paisley) of intricate design and chaste bril- liancy of colour. Brocades are still high in favour, and cheap tartan silks line everything. There are some lovely new "jesthetic" silks, and the art vel- veteens increase in beauty of tint and texture every year. Why does not some one write an epic on the triumphal progress of cotton, and its effectual ■simu- lation and supplanting of everything else ? I THE advocates of women's progress are alreadj/pro- claiming that 1893 has been a woman's fEbr. Among other triumphs they mention the magnitude and marvellous success of the Women's Congress held in Chicago. What about the disgraceful squabbles which made these a byword for a time ? We think it were best to say as little as possible about Chicago. Advanced woman had every chance there and if she had only acted up to her opportunities might have really had cause to congratulate herself. But her temper was not equal to the strain, and the result was disaster. j TIIK House of Commons may long remember that 1893 beats the record in the number of sittings. The House met on 206 days, exceeding by 30 the highest House met on 206 days, exceeding by 30 the highest previous return—176 in 1838. SPORTSMEN in India are beginning to recognise the I bad effects of over-shoot ing favourite districts. In the Neilgherries game has grown so rare that manv shooting parties cuiufi home with an absolutely empty bag. THE Imperial Insiitite has issued its first report. Since its opening, on May 10, the Institute has re- ceived 468.5* 1 visitors, and its income shows a sur- plus of over £ 4000 above expenses. Should the taxee be increased—as appears probable—the situation will I not be so satisfactory. The various departments are nourishing, except in such instances as the Commer- cial Intelligence Department, the School for Modern Oriental Studies, or the attendance at the classe8. A MOVEMENT is at present on foot to preserve the interesting ruins of the historic Lang] ei- Abbev. which are nigh the last stages of decav. Langlev was a Prrrmonstratensian Abbey, formed in 1198, shaving been colonised from Alnwick, in Northumberland. When Henry 1. came to the throne there were living some 10 or 12 great reformers of the Church. The first abbey of the Pramionstratensians was at New House, in Lincolnshire, and before that was scarcely built another rose at Alnwick, which was quickly followed by others in Norfolk and Suffolk. BRISTOL has just lost a veteran Liberal leader in Mr. Christopher Thomas, who had been Mayor of the city, and was first elected on the City Council half a century ago. Mr. Christopher Thomas was the chairman of the Bristol Liberal Association at the time when Sir Charles Dilke commenced his Re- publican campaign in 1871, when the proceedings at Bristol resulted in something like a riot. He was a Unitarian in religion, and a soap-boiler by trade. It is a curious fact that three centuries ago the soap factories of Bristol supplied half England. Mr. Thomas had reached the ripe old age of 87. SIR JUIJ JAFFRAY, of Birmingham, who is retir- ing from the active management of the Birmingham. Pott, like many other prominent Birmingham men. is an immigrant. He is a Scot, having been born Stirling 76 years ago. He first migrated to Glasgow, and then came South to Shrewsbury, where a relative owned a local newspaper. On the Shrew$h?irt/ Xeuv Sir John for a time did reporting, and sub-editorial work, but exactly 50 years ago he went to Birming- ham to assist in the conduct of a weekly paper, of which he ultimately became proprietor. A few years later this paper was amalgamated wit.h the Binning- ham Pott, with which journal Sir John Jaffray's name has long been closely associated. Sir John is a large colliery owner as well as a newspaper pro- prietor. THE Rev. Mr. Bolton, of Ashbourne, tells how, when he came to his parish for the first time, he found registers which had been habitually doubled across the back, carried in pockets, and were in many cases illegible. Poor old torn leaves shnfiled here and there" keep the records of the births, and marriage?, and deiths of former Ash- bournians if here and there a sheet is missing, let the parishioner consoV himself by reflecting that it has possibly served an ancestor to wrap up a parcel or light a pipe. The rector gives us some remarkably original Latin of his own and a very pleasing saying of one of his flock: "Well, mester," was this worthy's greeting to the new clergyman, I s'all know thee better after a bit; but aw've seen nine on 'em out, and there war nobbut two on 'em war worth awt." THE death of General William O. Young re>- moves a m n who has done an immense amount of I work in his time in the direction of improving the means of communication in America. With three great enterprises his name will be always connected, the Erie Canal, to which New York owes so much, the New York Central system of railways, and the railway which crosses the Isthmus of Panama. He wag 94 years of age, and a fact in his life brings home to one what a young country the United States really is. When a boy -J*" had to leave what is now the State of Ohio in order to get some schooling in New t York, because there were then no schools in what was regarded as quite the "wild West." THE beautiful marine estate oi Glen Caladh, near Tighnabruaich. in the Kyles of Bute, Argyllshire, has just been sold by Messrs. J. Watson Lyall and Co., of Pall-mall, to Mr. R.Ingram Clark, of London. The mansion house is one of the finest on the West Coast of Scotland, and situated amid magnificent scenery. Its yachting attractions are very great. The lands extend to 1000 acres, yielding excellent shooting. The late proprietor laid out large sums of money on the estate, which is in excellent order. PREBENDARY CORY KEMPE was buried in the pic- turesque little churchyard at Merton, an immense assemblage testifying to the popularity of the best- loved clergyman, perhaps, in the county of Devon. Among the mourners were the Lord Lieutenant (who is also patron of the living), the Hon. Mark and Lady Gertrude Rolle, the lIon. Misses Trefusis, the Archdeacons of Exeter and Barnstaple (who shared the impressive service), Prebendary Dimond-Church- ward, Mr. T. Batson, J.P., Mr. J. C. Moore- Stephens, J.P. (ex M.P. for North Devon), Mr. Hugh and Miss Moore Stevens, the Rev. W. B. Yere-Stead (who had celebrated at the dawn communion), and a host of clergy and laitv. Prebendary Cory Kempe was appointed to Merton in 1845. He represented first the parochial clergv of the archdeaconry, and subsequently the cathedral body, in Convocation but he might have gone much further, for he had qualities alike of head and heart which are given to few men in a genera- tion. COLONEL R. n. HACKETT, who has just died at Parsonstown, King's County, Ireland, was formerly, an officer of the old 90tli Regiment, from which he\ retired as a regimental captain, with the honorary rank of colonel, in 1880. Colonel Hackett served with considerable distinction in the South African war of 1878-9, being present at a variety of actions in both the Kaffir and Zulu campaigns, at one of which, Kambula, he was dangerously wounded. He was twice mentioned in despatches, and obtained a brevet promotion to lieutenant-colonel, being at the time a very senior captain of over 20 years' ser- vice. The 90th, now the 2nd Battalion Scottish Rifles, it may be mentioned, was Lord Wolseley's old regiment, on the rolls of which he was borne' until he was placed as a major on half-pay in 1862. THOSE Alpine climbers who look with contempt on mountaineering in England may learn from the sad death of Professor Arthur Marshall on Scafell that climbing the Cumbrian hills in winter is sometimes hazardous work. In point of fact it is often very perilous for the mountaineer goes without ropes or guides, and a slip over a hundred feet of rock may be just as fatal as a fall down a thousand feet of crevasse or snow-slope. Many Alpinists know this well, and prepare themselves for their summer athletics in Switzerland by cautious work in Wales and Cumberland during tlieli-inter. Professor Marshall was a distinguished Cambridge man, a pupil of a yet more eminent mathematician and naturalist, the late Professor Balfour, who also fell a victim to his passion for mountaineering. Mr. Marshall entered St. Johns College in 1871, and graduated in 1874 as Senior in the Natural Science Tripos. Subse- quently he assisted Professor Balfour in organising the teaching of Comparative Morphology at Cam- bridge. In 1877 he was elected a Fellow of St. John's, and in 1879 Professor of Zoology at Owens College, Manchester. He was the author of well-known works on The Frog" and Practical Zoology." He was only in his 42nd year. THE will of the late Hon. Charles Hope, great uncle of the Earl of Hopetoun, has been recorded at Edin- burgh, and it appears that,, in addition to his extensiveN and valuable estates, he has left personal property to the amount of £ 309,644. Mr. Hope was the Con- servative member for Linlithgowshire from 1838 until 1845, when Sir Robert Peel appointed him to be governor of the Isle of Man, a post which he held until 1860. Mr. Hope married Lady Isabella Douglas, the sister and heir of the last Earl of Selkirk. Captain Hope. M.P. for Linlithgowshire, is one of the sons of the Hon. Charles and Lady Isabella Hope. THE late Lord Sandford was a type of the best kind of English public servant—that is, of the best and most accomplished men our culture and civilisation produce. The ? on of a Greek Professor at Glasgow University, he v ..s educated at Balliol, and entered the Education Department soon after quitting Oxford. In 1862 he was Secretary to the Commissioners of the great Exhibition of that year. Subsequently he was knighted and transferred to the Colonial Office, but lat.er on returned to the Education Office, and had the largest share in getting the Elementary Education Acts into working order. In 1885 Sir Francis Sand- ford became Under-Secretary in the newly created Scotch Office. He retired from the service with a peerage in 1891. Lord Sandford was a very able man, with a great capacity for organisation, and a life-long devotion to public duty.
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the matabele WAR. THE FA TF. OF MAJOR WILSON'S PARTY. The following tel^g$unj Jfcoin Sir II. B. Loch to the Marquis of Ripon lias .been received, at the Colonial Office: Jan. 8.. I fear that no hope can be now entertained of safety of Major Wilson and his party. Owing to excessive rain it has been impossible to send to place where their engagement took place to ascer- tain their fate, but as soon as weather permits a strong patrol will he sent with a view to interring re- mains of those who may have been killed. Letter has been received n1 Palapve from the King Lewanika, dated November 24, regretting bearing of the Matabele war. He is sending a strong force to Lesikili, below tlle falls to prevent~Mafeibele cross- ing the Zambesi."
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REPORTED .MASSACRE Of BECIIU^ALAf > rOWCK. A native arrived at falapyer reports that la men ol thej&chuanaland Police have been killed on a dark, wet night at, a place beyond Inyati. No particulars ,J*re, given. a T ;1
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n' -• To the list of prominent men whose remains have been cremated at Wojiing will no have to be.U, the name of Sir.Samuel Baker. 'ls'1 al £ etl.dy in- cludes Baron. I luddleston, X<prd Lady.BrumWell, the Duke,.of £ 4fo*d,6h$ E«-l of Jtorthest^ A. W. Kinglake. M THE Bishop of London has iWflently not been moved by the criticisms directed against, the ap- pointment of diocesan Jayead.eÍ'&. The Bishop'or- Marlborough has recently issued, on Dr. Temple s behalf, a cimnia»r to thtLUlCumbents of London, on behalf of the Readers' Board .of the diocese. This circular explairiifc that in accordance with a resolution passed by the Upper House of CoHVocatiott1 in 1884, diocesan readers are authorised by the bishop to conduct extra semces," and to deliver, addressqp in church on the invitation of the incumbent. Extra services may be hold at any time on Sundays or week- days, so that Holy Communion and morning and evening pmyerore not omitted. Where there » re two evensongs, one may be taken by a diocesan reader, with the exception, of course, of the Absolution. The sermon which usually follows evensong may be yreached by a diocesan reader. .( J II!JU'&'
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ALLEGED ROBBERY BY BAJ CLERKS. At Nottingham Police-court, on the 8th inst., George Edward Harries, aged 21, and Robert Wood Kyle, aged' 19, bank clerks, were charged with stealing notes to the valne of £1500. The prisoners were employed at the Nottingham branch of Lloyd's Bank, and on Tuesday, the 2nd inst., they were sent from the bank with a letter-bag, which was locked by the manager of the bank, the duplicate key being kept at the post-office. It is alleged that among the letters in the bag was one containing £ 1600 in Bank of England notes, addressed to Lloyd's Bank, Birmingham^ The pri- soners ought to have delivered the bag at the post- office, but it was supposed that they had aft^fracted the letter containing the bank-notes and then posted the other letters. They remained at the bank several hours afterwards but did not come next day, when a telegram was received from Birmingham saying that r the notes had not arrived. The post-bag was found in a side street near the bank, cut open and empty. The prisoners were apprehended at Brighton, and notes to the value of £ 1445 were found on them,! together with JE24 in gold. They were remanded.
THE LIBERATOR LIQUIDATION.
THE LIBERATOR LIQUIDATION. The liquidator of the Liberator Building iety is bringing an action against Wright, formerly the solicitor of that undertaking and now anonvibt in penal servitude, to compel him to return 1^0,000, which he is alleged to have fraudulently received. On Monday the matter came before Commissioner Kerr in the City of London Court, when application for a stay of proceedings for some weeks was/made on behalf of the convict. The Judge ordered that further particulars should be disclosed, but refused to give WTright security for costs. A
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VOLUNTEER PATRIOTIC FUND. The commanding officers of the various volubteer regiments in the metropolis assembled gjktlie! 8th inst., at the final meeting of the Volunteer patriotic Funa at the Mansion House. Alderman ^ir J. Whitehead presided, and reviewed the circumstances in which, during his year of office as Lord Mayor, he started the fund to secure what was deficient in equipment for the regiments in the metropolitan area. The total amount raised had been C41,897, which sufficed to provide what was deficient in equip- ment and to pny off debts incurred by the various corps solely for equipment. The move- ment had, moreover, led to the passing in the House of Commons of a resolution which induced the Government to grant £ 100,000 for the equipment of volunteer corps outside the metropolitan area. There was a balance remaining, after all charges had been met, of 4:730, and he moved that the fund be closed and the net balance be equally divided among the participating corps. The resolution was carried, and votes of thanks to Sir J. Whitehead and Colonel Stanley Bird for their services in connection with the raising and distribution of the fund were also agreed to. _————
THE SOUTHWARK SHOOTING CASE.
THE SOUTHWARK SHOOTING CASE. An inquest was held on the 8th inst. at Guy's Hospital on the body of a/rnan who on Friday of last week inflicted wounds with a revolver on a Mr°. Myers, a jeweller in Newington-Causeway, her grand- son, and a shop assistant, and then ehot himself in the head, dying almost immediately afterwards. The deceased was identified as a labourer named George Smith, who had served terms of im- prisonment for burglary and receiving stolen property, and a witness named Aitchison stated that last Wednesday night he was drinking with the deceased, who produced pistols and cart- ridges and told him he was going to use them in Mrs. Myers's shop. The witness said he told the inspector at Southwark Police-station that there was going to be a jewel robbery, and possibly a murder, but refused to enter into further details unless he were paid for the information. Aitchison admitted, however, that he was drank when he went to the station, and the inspector denied that he had uttered a. word about a burglary. After hearing other evidence, the jury re- turned a verdict of felo (Ü q and added a rider blaming Aitchison for not having made a clear com- munication to the police inspector.
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THE Executive Committee of the Midland Miners' Federation have held a meeting to complete the arrangements for the meeting of the Miners' Federa- tion of Great Britain to be held at Leicester. Mr. Pickard, M.P., and Mr. S. Woods, M.P., the Presi- dent and Vice-President, were unable to attend on account of indisposition. The secretary laid tyefore the meeting correspondence which had taken place between him and the Coalowners' Association. It was stated that arrangements had been iiiao-for the Conciliation Board (appointed as the outcome ir)f the Conference at the Foreign Office, over which Lord Rosebery presided) to meet in London. The special object of the meeting of the Conciliation Board would be to consider and endeavour to agree upon a set of rules to guide the board during the 12 months in which it is to remain in force. A report of the proceedings at this meeting will be laid before the Conference of the Federation of Great Britain at Leicester on the following day. Among the other questions which will be discussed, in addition to the general question of wages, will be the Eight Hours' Bill, the Employers' Liability Bill, and the Nationali- sation of Mines. Representatives are expected to attend from all parts of England, Scotland, North Wales, and Monmouth. SlIt HENRY JAMES, M.P., and Sir Thomas Wright, as arbitrator and president respectively of the National Boot and Shoe Trade Conference, took part iii the proceedings at a meeting of that body, in Leicester, on Saturday. There were representatives of both employers and workmen from all parts of England and Scotland. A largo number of disputes at Birmingham, Bristol, and Northampton were dis- cussed and settled. With regard to the minimum wage question, Sir Henry James held that the Trades Union officials should be the parties to give notice when a youth attained 20 years, and was entitled to the minimum wage. The Trades Union delegates asked Sir Henry James to issde an award prohibiting employers from discharging youths of 20 as soon as they claimed the minimum wage, and further that if they proved that the youth was worth the minimum wage the manufacturer should be com- pelled to employ him. Sir Henry James stlid if youths were discharged because of the minimum wage which lie had fixed, that would be a breach of the award, but it was a very strong proposition that an employer should be compelled to employ a young man. But as the point was one of great importance, he would give his decision in writing. The Icon- ference then adjourned. THE University of Edinburgh annual Report shows that during the past year the tdttd aumber of atri- cukted stnd«its (ineltiding 72>Woritea) was 3138i The number ofdgtee.s.)cOnferred in the^arious facilities ^during the y £ »r was as follows s Master of I Arts (M.A.), 93 (inoludingseven Doctor of Science (D.Sc.), eight: &cheJor'of' Soience (B.Sc.), 41; bachelor of Divinity (B.D.), 10;. Bachelor of Laws fTiL.B.), 10 Bachelor of,Law-(B,L.),.two; Doctor of Medicihe (M.I).),-60; Bachelor of Medicine and Master in Surgery (M.B., C.M.), 277..The General (Jounwil iof the. University now num- bers 7476 memfaars. The,, total annual tahie of the University fellowships, scholarships, bur- saries, and prises now amounts to about £ 15,710. A number of bursaries are in the gift of private patrons, but by far the greater number of the University bursaries, prizes, &c., are awarded by the SetIlttus aft«r competitive examination. Underpowers conferred by one of the new Ordinances, several .Uni- versity As&itattts h&ve been provisionally appointed Lecturers in th«^a4n^v ofart. with a view to'sup- plement the^praffesscwriai teaching. Most of thesfe lec- tarers deliver liWf-ccw^cJifeiq, snmmer, qualifying for graduation in arte. THE returns of the Manchester Bkip Canal during the first week show that 29 vessels have been berthed at Manchester and Salford Docks. They carried about 17,000 tons of merchandise. There have also been many passenger (principally excursion) trips, the locks," sluices, and other machinery have worked well, and there has been no accident of moment. The report that the water in 31 Winchester Docks has fallen several feet is officially denied.
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AN IMXUVERISHED.* C I -M MAN. The Rev. J. D. Paulett, until recen y ar of Helpston, Northamptonshire, on Saturday applied to the Peterborough Board of Guardians, through the relieving officer, for jgutdoor relief for himself, wife, and two children. As a result of an inquiry by A commission appointed by the bishop into chfirges of neglect of duty brought against the rev^refld gentleman about, two years ago, lie resigned his livi*gr, to which another clergyman has just been appointed. Mr. Paulett atill occupies the vicarage, but, the relieving officer said his goods had been distrbiiied upon, and he had no source of income. The chart-ma's said it was one of the most painful cases evet- brotlght before the board, -and some surprise was expressed that the rer. gentleman had no pension. The re- lieving officer was instructed to make further in- quiries into the case.
I RETURN OF SIR MORTIMER DURAND.
I RETURN OF SIR MORTIMER DURAND. Sir Mortimer Durand, the leader of the British Mission to Afghanistan, and Mr. T. S. Pyne, who has been in the confidential employ of the Ameer for over eight years, arrived' in London on Saturday, having travelled via Brindisi and Calais. In the, course of interviews with a representative of Reuter's: Agency both Sir Mortimer and Mr. Pyne dwelt upon the sincerity of the Ameer's friendship for Britain.' Mr. Pyne hinted that there was reason to hope that the Ameer might shortly visit England. \é U:.
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> Øto ALLEGED DOUBLE AIT-TRDER A-NLD SUICIDE AT LEEDS. Early on Sunday morning Richard Benson, clerk employed on the Midland Railway at Leeds, it is alleged, murdered a woman who lived with him as his wife, and also her child, by cutting their throats with a razor, and afterwards committed suicide bv cutting his own throat. Benson also battered the woman's head with a poker. The parties, who lived in Ingleby-grove, Armley-road, had often quarrelled, and were heard quarrelling at eight o'clock on Sunday morning by neigh- bours, one of whom, a Mr. White, went into his back- yard and shouted, "What's the matter?" One of Benson's sons, aged. 15, answered, "They are all killed upstairs," Mr. White entered the house, and on going upstairs saw in the front bedroom Benson and the woman lying close together in a pool of blood. Both had their throats cut, and- both were dead. The baby was also lying dead on the bed with its throat cut. Benson was in his shirt and drawers. and the woman had nothing on but her nightdress. On the floor of the room were a bent poker and a broken razor, the latter being near Benson's right hand. The boy Benson made a statement to the police to the effect that he was awakened by another brother calling out, Albert, get up." He immediately prose, and on going into the front bedroom saw his father with a poker, hitting his mother, who cried out-, Don't, Dick." The boy began to cry, anit'begged his father to desist. He then returned to his bedroom to dress, and on coming back; met his father, mVq said, I shall be hanged for this, but I'll finish the job." Benson then cut his own throat. The boy ran down- stairs and told Mr. White what had occurred. No reason is at present assigned for the tragedy, except that Benson had been drinking heavily, especially since Christmas.
THE LATE DUCHESS OF ; CAMBRIDGE.
THE LATE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE. After the morning service on Sunday, at Kew parish church, an interesting ceremony took place in the un- veiling of two stained glass windows erected in memory of the late Duchess of Cambridge, which was performed by the Duchess of Teck. One window was presented by the parishioners, and the other bv the workers and users of the various soldiers' and sailors' homes in which the late duchess was interested. There was a large congregation to witness the cere- mony, among those present being the Duke of Teck. Prince Adolphus of Teck, Sir G. Hayter Chubb, who presented the gift on behalf of the soldiers, a detach- ment of whom were present in the chancel, and ,Miss Pocock, who presented the gift on behalf of the parishioners. The Queen was represented on the occasion by General H. Lynedoch Gardiner.
THE FUTURE QF UGANDA.
THE FUTURE QF UGANDA. The Rev. Robert P. Ashe, the late acting secretary of the Church Missionary Society in-Uganda^made a statement the other day to a representative of Reuter's Agency with regard to the reports as to the threatened attitude of the Mahometans in Central Africa and the plans now under discussion for the settlement of Uganda. He regards the attitude of the Mahomedans -with great apprehension, and urgeg projrrpt action on the part of the. ritisli Government if the. country, is to be saved and a possible extermination of the British averted. ^Uganda, he,, .said, was gra- dually but surely' becomii^ ai, central gather- ing ground of the Mahomedans, and the gravest danger existed in the possible union of the Zanzibari Arabs, the Soudanese. Mahomedans, and the Baganda Muhomedaos iwdcr, -Junta. If these parties once united—and he saw nothing to prevent their doing so at. any moment—the very existence of Europeans on the Great Lakes Would be jeopardised. Let this take place and a temporary reverse occur, fend not only Uganda bat the whole of jCentral Africa would be in a sfa'te of tumult and revolt against Christianity. With regard to tile various projects for the settlement of Uganda, although he had publicly expressed his opinion' in favour of govern- ment by a chartered company, he meant that he preferred such to the sanguinary and savage rule of a man like King M'Wanga. Speaking from close observation during., his tprm in Africa and his experience of the native race, he strongly deprecated the rule of atrading.coinpany. His opinion was that a direct Imperial Commissioner should be appointed, as in Nvasaland, to administer the whole district, and to assure the Buganda that they were under British protection and lany, and were, therefore, safe from the interposition of Mahomedan authority. The first step to betaken was to strengthen the force occupying Uganda and next to this was the making of direct railway communication between the coast and the Nyanza. With good communications, a British Administration, and European comforts he saw no reason why Uganda should not become a thriving British colony, where emigrants could hope to establish a permanent home.. t j, -=
THE LATE BELGIAN MINISTER.
THE LATE BELGIAN MINISTER. A Requiem Mass for Baron Solvyns, late Belgian Minister in this country, was celebrated at Brompton Oratory on the 8th inst,, when the principal members of the Diplomatic Corps were present. The Qpeen, the Prince of Wales, and other members of the Royal Family were represented. The remains were afterwards interred in Kensal-green Cemetery.