Flintshire Observer Mining Journal and General Advertiser for the Counties of Flint Denbigh

FRONTIER HEROES. It is announced in connection with the recent cam- paign on the Indian North-West Frontier that the Samana clasp is to be given to all officers and men who (1) Formed part of the garrisons of the posts on the Samana beyond Kohat, and from Kohat to Parachinar, between August 2 and October 2, 1897; (2) Took part in the action in the Ublan Pass on August 27, 1897; or (3) Took part in the subsequent actions on the Samana up to October 2. The Tirah clasp will be awarded to all troops forming part of the Tirah Expeditionary Force, in- cluding the Kurram movable column and Peshawur uolumn who proceeded beyond either Kohat or Pesha- wur between October 2 and January 31 last.

RAILWAY MAN'S STRANGE RIDE. A Great Northern Railway workman, employed in he locomotive department at King's-cross, has just tiad the unique experience of riding underneath a railway-carriage from London to Grantham, a dis- tance of over 100 miles. He was lying on the rods jnder one of the coaches of the two o'clock express from King's-cross-one of the fastest trains on the Great Northern system—attending to the brake gear- ing, when, without his being aware of the intention of the platform officials, the train was started, and, owing to his position, it was impossible for him to alight. There wns nothing for it but to make him- self as comfortable as possible under the circum- I itaneea, and after a perilous ride of about two hours Grantham was safely reached. He emerged ipparently none the worse for his strange adven- ture.

UNIVERSITY FOR BIRMINGHAM. A r.tatement and appeal in connection with the proposed University in Birmingham was issued on Saturday, signed by the Lord Mayor and Mr. Chamberlain, as Chairman of the General Committee. In it the reasons were stated for the existence of such an institution. The amount of money required is estimated at £ 250,000, which is to be devoted to the endowment of special professorships, the provision of fellowships and scholarships, the acquisition of buildings, and the cost of administration. It was itated that the promises already received assured the means of beginning the work.

DROWNED IN THE MERSEY, The flat Try, from Runcorn for Annan, with corn, capsized in the Mersey, near Waterloo, on Sunday. She was tacking, and being caught in a squall her sargo shifted. Of the crew of three, two named Walker and Ferguson, were drowned. The third man was rescued by a passing tug and landed at Liverpool.

HEATING'S POWDIM.-KillS Bugs, Fleas, Moths Beetles, and all insects (perfectly unrivalled). Harm- less to everything but insects. To avoid disappoint- ment insist on having Keating's." Every genuine tin has the signature of Thomas Keating on outside label. Tins, 3d., 6d., and Is. think that Mr. Lyre must be a divorced throii r>v t ^^y so ?" She: He told me some tnS ° yearS ag° that he was wedded to tJlf • QUESTIER: They tell me that your sister Emma has been married while I have been away." Jester: -< Yes she married Dobbins." Quester: Dobbins Let me see. What business was he in?" Jester- Well, before marriage he was an embosser but evet sinw Em does the bossing herself." • WESTERN AUSTRALIA.—Mr. Wright, of 5, Copthall- buildings, London, is selling blocks of land, contain- ing Jarrah, in this rising Colony, situate close to Perth and two railways, at one shilling per acre, to close a liquidation.

THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 1900. Mr. G. F. Chambers made a further statement at the monthly meeting of the British Astronomical Association, held at Sion College the other evening, with reference to the total eclipse of the sun to be observed in Spain and Portugal, as well as in America, in May, 1900. The line of totality, he said, entered Portugal a few miles south of Oporto. It went practically through the middle of Spain, crossing especially the town of Talavera, and coming out on the Mediterranean coast near the 3eaport of Alicante. The eclipse would take place on Monday, May 28. So far as regarded Great Britain, it would be represented by about six-tenths of the sun's disc being obscured, tnetime being in the afternoon, from about 2.45 ta nearly five o'clock. The line of totality entered Portugal In lat. 40deg. 50min. long., 8deg. 38min. W. At the town of Ovar the total duration would be Imin. 33|sec., and the sun's altitude at totality would be 42deg. At Talavera the duration would be only Imin. 27^sec., the sun being at an altitude of about 3f'deg., and at Alicante the duration would be Imin. Hlsec., the sun's altitude being 34deg. Mr. Chambers spoke at some length wiMi regard to the accessibility of the places from which the eclipse would possibly be viewed by parties going from this country, and recommended a journey by sea rather than by rail. It struck him that the possibilities of seeing an eclipse of the sun were better, more con- venient, cheaper, and safer as regarded the 1900 eclipse than in connection with any total eclipse which had occurred during the past half century. Therefore, having especial regardto the fact that the expedition to Norway was, in a certain sense, a failure, he thought they might look forward to the expeditions from England on the occasion under notice having a brighter prospect of success, and being on a larger scale than those which had been formed in recent years. There was every inducement to go out in the way of good scenery, short journey, fine weather, and not very large expenditure; in fact, there was every prospect of a highly successful outing.

OUR BEEF AND BREAD. Tables issued of the quantities and values of the various forms of agricultural produce imported into the United Kingdom show a further increase over those of the immediately preceding year alike in the groups of live animals, of dead meat, of dairy pro- duce, of eggs, and of poultry. Measured in aggre- gate value, the payments made for imports of animal produce in 1897 exceeded £ 71,500,000, which is a larger total than has before been recorded, the more material increases over 1896 being in round numbers nearly £1.000,000 in live animals imported for food, P.2,500,000 for dead meat, and tl,800,000 for dairy produce. Cattle imported alive in 1897, numbered 618,000 head, and the sheep 612,000. These animals repre- lent in the aggregate an addition to the meat supply of the year of something like 4,500,000cwt., while the beef, mutton, bacon, hams, and other forms of im- ported meat were over 14,700,000cwt. These two classes of sea-borne food together exceeded by l,650,000cwt. the meat imports of 1896, and, col- lectively, supplied a ration of 541b. per head of the population against a foreign supply of 401b. per head on the average^ of the five years 1891-5. As the home production has been nearly sustained these figures suggest a further development of the meat- consuming power of the population, which was the subject of detailed examination in the report on the returns for 1896. More meat, home and foreign, in the aggregate was available in 1897 than in any pre- vious year, and the growth of supplies continues to outstrip that of population. The conditions of the year point to the consumption of 1311b. by each unit of the people, as against an average of 1221b. per annum in the quinquennium 1891-5, as much as 41 per cent. of the whole being the produce of other countries, and 59 per cent. furnished by the cattle, sheep, and swine of the United Kingdom itself. Sums paid for the sections of our imports which are of vegetable origin have not moved upwards with the same regularity as the aggregate values of the im- ports belonging to the animal category. The wheat imports of 1897 were less than in any calendar, year since 1890, and less by 331B. per head of the inhabi- tants of the United Kingdom than in the previous year. year. The United States supplied two^thirds of the 618,000 head received coming from that country, while Argentine sheep were landed alive in 97 in greater numbers than those from any other country. The dead meat jmports aras formerly, more than half of American origin; three-fourths of the fresh beef imported, and more than two-thirds of the bacon and hams imported, being also of American produc- tion. The supplies from Australasia are next in magnitude, two-thirds of the mutton coming from this quarter. i In 1897 America sent to the United Kingdom a total wheat supply larger than in 1896, 61 per cent. of the whole against only 42 per cent, of the large wheat imports of 1895.

THE QUARTER'S REVENUE. The return of the United Kingdom for the past quarter shows a total revenue of £ 25,905,441, which is a net increase of £489,581 compa.r, with the corresponding quarter of 1897. These figures include sums paid both into the Exchequer, and to the local taxation accounts. Excise Com- mands the largest returns, for the revenue for this department totals up to £ 7,314,549, an increase of £ 57,423, customs receipts following closely with a total of g5,063,W, or a decrease of £ 136,064. The revenue from property tax has increased £ 220,000; estate, &c., duties, £ 271,328 post office, EMOOO; telegraph ser- vice, £ 40,000; and -house duty, £ 35,000. Beceipte from stamps declined £ 70,000; and from land-tax, £5000. The surplus balance in the -Exchequer on March 31, 1898, beyond the amount of charges on the Consolidated Fund at that date was £ 5,374,084; revenue paid into the Exchequer reached £ 24,087,846, and advances repaid for the purchase of bullion, which, it will be remembered were made by the Bank of England free of interest, attiounted to £ 240,000. On the other hand, the amount applied out of revenue to supply services was 918,644,069, and the Consolidated Fund Charges to June 30 absorbed £ 10,659,575, leaving a surplus balance to carry for- wat-d of £ 398,286.

FASHION AND TRADE. A Consular report of the last year's trade between England and Germany touches on the subject of fashion and industry. Dealing with individual in- dustries, the report mentions that the German bicycle industry may be said to rule the home market.' There is, nevertheless, a large import' trade, especially in American cicycles, and it is against this trade that the efforts of the German manufacturers to obtain prohibitive duties are mainly directed. The public has lately shown a want of confidencf in American goods, as there-, have been several attempts to foist inferior bicycles, unsaleable in' America, on the German buyers. On the other hand, English bicycles, in Bpite of their considerably higher prices, are still bought largely by wealthier persons," and enjoy a high re- putation. The trade with England in mantles has decreased considerably, but the reason, ig princi- pally the fashion. The modern capes and costumes are produced in England, in accordance with the pre- vailing taste, at extraordinary low prices and in great quantities. The English manufacture of.these articles has trebled itself within the last- 10_ years, and the trade with Berlin manufacturers has decreased in the same ratio. A slight decrease in the import of Eng- lish (Irish) linen into Germany in 1897 ia attributed to a somewhat singular cause. The fact, that the stand-up collaf of various kind# ^h&ssu perse ded the lay down" collar, and that the lining 0f the former style is generally cotton, while "lay down • collars are made on both sides of linen, hag je(j to a small diminution in the employment of linen.

ADMIRAL DEWBT seems to come near the possession of that desirable qualification—in the eyes of Lord Charles Beresford—in a naval officer, of having, been a very complete scallywag in his youth. His only sister, Mrs. Mary P. Greeley, declares that one of his great characteristics as a boy was his partiality for running away from school, and when he was 11, after mastering the story of Hannibal Crossing the Alps," he took her for his bodyguard, and, himself personating Hannibal, started across the Alps, which were represented by a hill at the back of the State House. When he was only eight years frid he Waa SO; anxious to be near the cannon which was fired on July 4 that his elves were injured by the powder.

"LITTLE BOY I" exclaimed the man who had jus turned the corner, don't you know it's wrong for you to match pennies ?" I ain't matchin' pennies," he answered, as he surrendered a coin to his antago- nist. I'm jest tryin' to." HUSBAND Does this new girl fill the bill ?" Wife: You'll think so when you see the bill for dishes broken and material wasted." ABOUT 1000 murders occurred in England and Wales during the last period of five years for which facts are available. There were, during the same time, nearly 150,000,000 persons of all ages exposed to the risk of being murdered, that is 30,000,000 in any one year. The yearly risk of being murdered is, therefore, only the very small degree of probability expressed by the odds of one to 150,000, and if a lifetime be counted as 100 years, the chance of being murdered some time is only one in 1500. ACCORDING to a Consular report from Odessa the price of sugar in the district of Kieff is largely regu- lated by a system of reserving 833,000cwt. of the annual product each year. If the price of sugar rises above 3!d. or 3!d. per lb., the stock set aside ia drawn upon, and supplied to the market till the lower price is again reached. A few years ago 13 tons of Russian beetroots were required to make one ton of sugar, but care in selection and cultivation has pro- cured the same result with nine tons. RAJLWAYS- in the Pbillippine Islands are represented by one line between Manila and Dagupin-a distance of 123 miles. Hemp, known commercially as Manila hemp," is the most characteristic production of the landf In the last three months of 1897 the ex- port of this material to the United States amounted to 138,792 bales, and to Great Britain 78,106 bales a bale weighs 2801b. In 1897, of the total exports from the islands, 55 per cent. were shipped to the United States.

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-.i; "IT" THE UZIELLI CASE. Dt. COLLINS SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS' PENAL SERVITUDE. At the Central Criminal Court on Saturday, before Mr. Just ice Grantham, the trial was resumed of Dr. William Maunsell Collins, aged 48, on an indictment charging him with causing the death of Edith Emily Uzielli through an alleged illegal operation. This was the sixth day of the trial. The Attorney- General, Mr. Sutton, Mr. Charles Mathews, and Mr. Bodkin prosecuted Mr. C. F. Gill and Mr. Arthur Gill defended. The Attorney-General addressed the jury for the Crown. He said that whatever the result of the case might be, it was a matter of satisfaction to know that the prisoner had been inost-ably defended by his learned counsel. Having regard to the great re- sponsibility which rested on him as a Law Officer for the Crown, and the serious nature of the charge, he felt justified in reserving his right to reply. The question was whether Dr. Collins caused the death of this lady by the performance of an unlawful operation. The jury must be satisfied before they convicted the prisoner that Mrs. Uzielli was in fact enceinte when she visited Dr. Collins and that he was aware of her condition. It was his duty to submit that the evidence proved conclusively that the lady was enceinte at that time, that she sought the advice of Dr. Collins in order to relieve herself of her responsibility, and that he performed an illegal operation, which ultimately resulted in death. There could be no doubt as to what was the condition of Mrs. Uzielli and as to her object in consulting Dr. Collins, if the testimony of the witnesses was to be accepted as true. They could not shut their eyes to the lady's own description of her symptoms to her maid, which made it clear that a miscarriage took place. If the theory for the defence was a right one, why did Mrs. Uzielli go to Dr. Collins when she had already consulted Dr. Lucas ? Why did she not consult Dr. Lucas ? Instead of doing so she consulted a strange doctor. What inferences could the jury draw from the facts? It may be that out- side causes contributed to the death, but his conten- tion was that the first cause of the lady's illness was the act performed by Collins. The jury, he sub- mitted, having carefully considered all the facts, could arrive at only one solution, and that was that the prisoner did perform an illegal operation, and that his act resulted in the lady's death. The charge was one of constructive murder, but it was open to the jury to convict of manslaughter. If they had any doubt as to the real cause of death he invited the jury to acquit the accused, but if, on the other hand, they were convinced of his guilt, they would do their duty. Mr. Justice Grantham, in summing up, remarked that it was impossible to conceive a case that had been conducted with more propriety than the present one. No class of case was open to more controversy. Everything had been done by counsel for the defence. No doubt existed as to the law applicable to this case. There might be cases where it was necessary to operate on a woman to save her life, but if an unlawful act was performed, resulting in death, then the operator, in law, was guilty of felony. If the woman survived she was liable to be charged as a principal in the commission of the act. She would be considered equally guilty with the operator. He (the learned judge) believed that everything v.as done by the coroner at the in- quest to prevent prejudice against Dr. Collins. His lordship dealt in detail with the history of the case. It was, he said. incredible to believe that this lady went to Dr. Collins and did not tell him what the real nature of her complaint was. She must have known what her condition was. The jury would have to consider most carefully the evidence with respect, to the circumstances in which Dr. Collins treated this woman. It was a matter for them to determine whether the facts were con- sistent with his innocence. If they believed the medical testimony, a miscarriage undoubtedly took Elace. What produced that effect? The prisoner ad given an explanation of his conduct and treat- ment with respect to Mrs. Uzielli, but it was for the jury to say if it was satisfactory. If there had been a natural miscarriage, Why did not Dr. Cttllina dis- cuss the matter with the husband ? The contro- versy between the medical men was not of such im- portance as the other proved facts in the case. Upon these depended the verdict of the jury. If any reasonable doubt existed as to his guilt, the prisoner was entitled to an acquittal. The jury retired at half-past two, and after 50 minutes' absence returned. The judge was sent for, and Dr. Collins, looking very anxious, came back to the box. Guilty of manslaughter was the verdict, with a strong recommendation to mercy. The jury added the rider that they wished to express their deep concern and condemnation of the growing ten- dency on the part of a certain section of the com- munity, who, as .proved by the evidence in this case, availed themselves of their marital rights and tried to evade the responsibilities arising .therefrom. The Judge added: I think that is a very proper rider." Then the prisoner, speaking in a broken voice, said I fee!, my lord, it may be useless to protest my innocence to your lordship after your lordship r, address to the jury, but I say this from my soul, in this court of justice, that I never did anything un- lawful to this poor lady, or that could have caused her death; and if she had been my own wife, child, or sister, I could not have treated her with greater kindness, attention, or skill. I am sure, my lord, if she were alive to-day, she would have said the same herself. In any sentence you may pass I shall retain the same consciousness of innocence. The Judge, addressing the prisoner, said he had been found guilty of a crime which was one of the most serious in our law. It was true that he was asked to perform the operation. In the same way that if there were no receivers there would be no thieves, so if there were no doctors to perform these illegal operations for the purpose of gain, this unhappy woman would not have been guilty of having been concerned in such an unwomanly act for the purpose of gratifying the vanity of her social position. The prisoner had, indeed, a chequered career, and it was sad to see a man of such great promise and ability standing in the dock convicted of such a charge. Unfortu- nately it was not the first time he had offended against th'e laws of the country. From some cause unknown to him (the learned judge) the prisoner had not been sentenced. Had he been punished then, he would probably have been saved being in such a position as he was in that day. He had not, how- ever, to punish him for that. He ha,d only then to order him to be sentenced to seven years' penal ser- vitude. Dr. Collins was removed in a fainting condition.

DEPTFORD HOUSE. The Prince of Wales on Saturday laid the found<v- tion-stone of the buildings to be erected at Beptford for carrying on the work done by the Deptford Fund, A local charity with various branches, of which the Duchess or Albany is president. His Royal High- ness, who was accompanied by the Princess of Wales, expressed his great satisfaction at the undenomina- tional character of the fund which assists the poor without inquiring as to their creed. He gave some account of the efforts being made to raise the work- ing girls of the district, to tend the sick, and gene- rally to help the inhabitants of a very poor neigh- bourhood to live happier and healthier lives, and pleaded for increased support to the fund, which was regarded with indifference by too many of the more prosperous local residents.

TIIE Wei-Hai-Wei convention has been signed at Pekin. Mi:s. ATIIERTON, of Bolton, was drowned at Port Erin on Saturday through falling out of a pleasure boat. THREE large tinplate works in Llanelly was closed on Saturday pending settlement of a dispute as to, a deduction of wages.. A STORM and an earthquake are reported from Austria, resulting in the death of three persons, and the de. struction of much lu-orwtv rt AN American traveller, Mr. John Bargeman, re- cords the existence of packs of wlld dogs in thf mountains between Arizona and New Mexico. They have the head and shoulders of bulldogs, and grey bodies. like wolves. They attack cattle and even travellers, and sometimes domestic dogs join them. The people of these parts have found it necessary to combine for the purpose of hunting them. A BORING has just been made at Rybintz, in Silesia, in which the earth s crust has been penetrated to the depth of 2210yds. This is the greatest depth ever attained so far. The boring was made for scientific purposes. No unusual features, however, presented themselves, except that the thermometer indicated al that depth the pretty high temperature of 150deg. Fahrenheit

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Just three words are nec«»r]rJn grder to get the right br<indf viz., FRY|S CONCENTRATED. ltiKUB are at least 20 members or The House of ,is who have made their fortunes out of coal. \Vo began life as working colliers, one as a'jtoal- 'ca'erj and the remaining 17 have waxed rich be- ill,, the freeholders of land beneath which valuable •■.•«! fuels'were afterwards found. Of the two1 Hiem- "h" in years gone by wielded the miner's pick, me is computed to be worth a fortune of over two millions sterling.

OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. The resold of the Queen to pay a special and womewhat prolonged visit to Aldershot this week was a striking indication of the apprecia- tion her Majesty feels of the work of her soldiers. The programme, as arranged for the Sovereign, was one of three days,' oommencin g. with the presentation of colours to the 3rd Battalion of the Coldstream Guards, the next day being mainly devoted to a review of the troops on Laffan's Plain, with an opening of a newly-erected hospital for soldiers' wives, and children to follow. Aldershot, as the principal of our British camps, well deserves this special honour, and, as it follows upon a similar visit just a year ago at the Diamond Jubilee period, it is in a more than usual degree appreciated. It is when one sees a review there that one feels the inherent truth of the old sayings that our army can go anywhere and do anything. Small though it be compared with the mammoth mili- tary machines of certain other countries, it is eminently" fit," for it is as hard as nails and the deeds which a portion of it has accom- plished within the past few years in Chitral and against the Afridis is sufficient proof that its old indomitable spirit has not lessened with time. Earlier in the year there was mueh debate, both in Parliament and the Press, as to certain suggested army reforms, and great satisfaction was generally expressed when such of these us were found to be immediately practical were adopted by the War Office. But the full point of these cannot be expected to be seen yet. The week following the Queen's visit to hot regular soldiers will witness the opening at Bisley of the annual firing competition for volunteers arranged by the National Rifle Association This function always attracts the keen attention of those interested in promoting good marks- manship among our citizen soldiers; and, if the meeting be favoured with fine weather, it ought tc be in every way a success. Of course, it will never be a popular picnic in the same way that the old original meeting at Wimbledon was, and for the very obvious reason that that fixture was within handy driving distance from town, as well as within easy reach by rail. But. although Bisley is bound pecuniarily to suffer by this consideration, it is doubted by many an expert whether, from the practical point oi promoting good marksmanship, the present camping-ground is not greatly superior. Even now, there seems a shade too much of the feather-bed and comfortable bolster style about the encampment, which is as unlike anything that could be seen in the field as can well be imagined and there are critics who think that it would be better if the camp approximated more nearly to the real military thing. But, after all, it is in the promotion of marksmanship that Bisley has most to do. Mr. Akers Douglas, as First Commissioner of Works, has taken a step which has won genera] ipproval at Westminster by asking Professor Church to advise as to the steps to be taken to carry out his latest recommendations as to the various works of art at the Houses of Par- liament. The professor recommends that during next summer the frescoes in the House of Lords should again be cleansed under his supervision, and that four of the glazed paint- ings in the Lords' and Commons' corridors which need attention should be so treated as to remove all their present disfigurements, such as the grey film on all of them, and the various dark circular patches, possibly of fungoid origin, which are increasing on various parts of the surface of one of them. That there are practical difficulties in the way may be gathered from the expe- rience of Professor Church himself, for he had favoured the employment of an apparatus for producing a powerful air-jet, charged with bread-crumbs, to be employed in the process of cleansing and, although this has not as yet proved efficient for the purpose in view, the professor believes that, with certain modifica- tions, he will be able to bring it into use. Signs are beginning to be apparent at St. Stephen's of the rapiclly-approaching close oi the Session, which, as far as incident" is con- eerned, has been one of the dullest for many years. Members are "pairing for the remain- ing period, and are already betaking them- selves to foreign parts; while one of the infallible signs of the beginning of the end has been furnished this week by the determination of the Speaker to commence taking public business at a quarter after three in the afternoon instead of half-past three as usual. The reason for this is that the private business which during the greater part of the Session fills the first half-hour of the Par- liamentary day has now dwindled almost to vanishing point, and there is no longer reason for the Speaker to wait until half-past three before commencing to call the questions. A quarter of an hour saved at the beginning of a sitting is really more than a quarter of an hour Sjaineo, for it is then that the House is fresh jjd alert and at its best, and the period when 30 Commons present all these qualities is the jery time when business can most effectively be accomplished. As the first Chairman of the London County Council, Lord Rosebery retains a most kindly feeling for that early love and a few days ago he displayed this in most unmistakable fashion by being present, with his younger daughter, Lady Margaret Primrose, at the annual review of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade. The ex- Premier, indeed, was so interested in the whole proceedings that he wished to ride around on one of the fire-engines; but Commander Wells, the chief of the brigade, privately hinted that this would be undesirable when the gallop was attempted, because of the narrow space through which the engines had to be driven. The brigade, in point of fact, possesses the finest and most daring drivers in the country, and, per- haps, in the world, as all can testify who have ever seen them at their task; but it would have been placing a somewhat severe strairt upon the coolness of any single one among them to have a peer as passengerupon such an occasion. The function was a specially interesting one be- cause of the presentation of medals and certifi- cates to those firemen who had rendered them- selves conspicuous by their bravery; and Lord Rosebery's testimony to their possession of two oclock in the morning courage" was well deserved. As very Fourth of July comes round, it is heartily celebrated by the members of the American colony in London, who would regard it as well-nigh sacrilegious if they neglected on Independence Day to pay their devoirs to the United States Ambassador. But this week it has been celebrated more widely and emphati- cally than usual, not only by Americans fired with patriotic enthusiasm because of the war with Spain, but by Britons desirous of testi- fying to the reality of the feeling underlying the entente between the two countries. Marked progress is being made by the movement for promoting good feeling between the British Empire and the United States organised by the Anglo American Committee, of which Sir Frederick Pollpck and Mr. T. Lee Roberts are the honorary secretaries. No hostility to Spain or, in fact, to any nation is involved in this manifestation of friendly feel- ing between the two great Anglo-Saxon peoples, tor men of all parties and creeds have combined to recognise the value of such a manifestation on the part of countries possessing a common language and literature and similar interests andideas. This is not so much a matter for E^rchment as for personal feeling; and it is in that sense that those responsible for the move- ment are proceeding. Lovers of the upper reaches of the Thames who like to combine a little excitement with the delightful scenery, always have their filJ d-unngtioniey week, ana now worlcl-tamou? regatta is obviously losing none of its charm. As to the river itself there have been complaints to be heard within the past three years that the growing love for cycling was removing many of its old votaries from the Thames. Even it that were so, those who remained would scarcely shed a tear, for the water- is so crowded on. a fine afternoon that the locks are impassable without a great expenditure of time and not a little loss of patience. But the true lover of the Thames is not likely to leave it for any pastime that takes him out of boat or punt; and he will be encouraged in his resolu- tion to cling to the object of his affection by the new regulations regarding steam launches which are this summer in force. The launch is all very well in its place, but it is apt to become not merely a nuisance, but a danger, if it be recklessly or unskilfully handled. The Thames Conservancy has been doing its best to meet the point; and, although some improvements may still be suggested, those already made are decidedly worth having. R.

MONEY-LENDING. Mr. T. W. Russell, M.P., has laid upon the table of the House of Commons the report of the Select Committee on Money-lending. The committee have sat for two sessions, and have examined between 50 and 60 witnesses. The first portion of their report, as now finally amended, deals with the widespread evil which has been proved to exist, and gives instances of that evil. The committee, in discussing remedies, reject the proposal to fix a rate of interest, and propose to confer upon the iudges of the High Court, the county-court, and the Court of Bank- ruptcy unlimited and unfettered discretion to deal with usury cases which come into court, to reopen any settled accounts between the money-lender and his victim, and to do what is right upon a review of the whole case from the commencement, including power to reduce the rate of interest and to order re- payment of any obvious overcharges. The report recommends that a borrower who wants to settle, and whose repayment is refused by the lender, may apply to the Court for relief on payment of the principal sum advanced, with such interest as the Court may consider reasonable. Cases are to be heard in private if the Court thinks fit, and no arrangement entered into between the borrower and lender after the Court has given judgment is to be valid. Refer- ence is made to the declaration of Justice Mathew that bills of sale are a terrible curse to poor people, but the committee do not see their way to abolish them, although they propose to raise the limit from 930 to jE50, and to insist that the borrower shall receive the whole amount. These bills of sale should be attested before the registrar of the county-court, and are to be explained by him to the parties. In all bills of sale the exact amount of principal, the rate of interest charged, and the amount and date of the instalments are to be clearly set out. The committee recommend the abolition of warrants of attorney in connection with money-lending transactions, and that the defaulting borrower shall be sued only in the court of the district where he resides. They also propose the practical abolition of the Scotch proce- dure under summary diligence. The committee further recommend that all money-lenders should be registered, each paying a fee of E5, and that they shall trade (nIx in their own names, and not be allowed to use the name of bank, trust, corporation, or other misleading title. It is likewise proposed that the issue of any false or misleading prospectus, circular, or advertisement shall be reported by the county-court registrar to the Public Prosecutor that the Court shall have power to strike the name of any offending money-lender from the register, and that such money-lender shall be incapable of recover- ing any debts for money-lending transactions during the time his name is off the register. It is also pro- posed that in the case of money-lenders carrying on business as a company, the managing director and officers shall be responsible in the same way as an individual. Money-lenders are to keep accounts in the same way as pawnbrokers do of every trans- action, and are to furnish to borrowers when instal- ments become due an up-to-date statement of their Account.