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r OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. The alacrity with which every part of the country is following the example of London and liberally contributing towards the various funds for the relief of the various sufferers by the South African war, is understood to be deeply gratifying in the highest quarters. The British heart has never been appealed to in vain in matters like this and at the present moment, whether it is for the Outlander refugees at the Cape, or the widows and orphans of the slain, or wives and families of the reservists at home, the response is highly creditable to the benevo- lent instincts of the nation. There is no such fear nowadays as that which possessed the earliest who suggested the raising of such funds that the monarch would regard it as a suggestion that the Royal care had not been extended to those injured in the nation's cause; and it is good for those who are fighting oui battles to be made aware in this practical fashion that our hearts are with them, and our hands are ready to aid. The largest sum will naturally be raised in London, but the authorities are especially pleased to note the establishment of local, and particularly county, funds, so that those dependent upon th* reservists or other soldiers of each district can be promptly relieved, for these local efforts will secure not only indivi- dual but immediate attention. Although many a sad sight is just now to be witnessed at the War Office as the list of killed and wounded in the successive encounters is first de-coded" and then displayed, the thanks even of the bereaved are to be I heard, because of the official arrangements for so speedily putting them out of their suspense. These have never been as complete as now, though a distinct approach was first made. to it during our diffi- culties in Egypt seventeen years ago and those relatives and' friends of our soldiers who cannot go to the War Office in person speedily learn that which they dread but desire to know from the enterprise shown by the news- papers both in town and country. Those out- side the world of journalism have no concep- tion of the enormous amount of pains and expense which are at this present time being taken by newspaper proprietors and editors in order to secure the very earliest information and the glib folk who talk as if war 41 pays a journal because a few extra copies may be sold, could be made to blush at the implied calumny if they once saw a balance-sheet after a war period. According to the gossip of the Law Courts, it is more than probable that the Long Vaca- tion which has just ended will be the last which will be held in its present form. A joint com- mittee of the four Inns of Court and the other legal bodies interested, it is understood, has given its adhesion to a proposed alteration by which the Long Vacation would begin on the 1st of August instead of the 12th, and the Law Courts would be reopened on the 12th instead of the 24th of October as at present. But, as this alteration would involve the rearrange- ment of the existing circuit system—the I y summer assizes now being timed to finish about the 12th of August and as, so far from shortening the Long Vacation, as is generally wished by the public, it would even lengthen it by a further day, one wonders whether either Bench or Bar will consider the game to be worth the candle. Impartial folk will certainly agree that, if the matter is to be taken in hand at all, it should not by a mere alteration but as a reform. Not only the authorities at Greenwich Obser- vatory, but every astronomer in the country, amateur or professional, will eagerly hope for a cloudless sky during those evenings of the present month upon which the long-expected November meteors of 1899 are tb be seen. The predicted time of maximum of these meteors is six o'clock in the evening of the 15th; and, as a similar shower may not occur again for thirty years, there should be a rush to see it. When the great shower of November 1866, took place, it was reported that the Queen and other members of the Royal family eagerly watched the phenomenon; and it is at once so marvellous and, to the ordinary mind, so inexplicable that its wonder never ceases. This time, owing to the immense development which has taken place in the, art of photography, a clearer record than ever before will be able to be kept: and the amateur photographer and amateur astronomer will be able to give each other mutual aid. f. Good work is being increasingly done, by the way, both in and out of London, by that de- voted band of amateur photographers who some two years ago formed themselves into the National Photographic Association. Sir Ben- jamin Stone, M.P., their president, has done a very great deal in and around the Palace of Westmiaster and at the Tower of London, while he has even gone to Rome in search of English historical objects for his camera, which he is presenting to the British Museum. Inspired by his example, other members of the association are active, while societies, either formed under its auspices or having kindred objects, are now at work in Warwickshire, Somersetshire, Leicestershire, and Rutland, as well as at Rotherham and Birkenhead, while similar efforts are being made1 at Croydoo and Redhill, as well as in Herefordshire and other districts. Posterity in this country wiH have great reason to thank those who are doing this work, for they will be the means of preserving the absolute likeness of much that would other- wise be lost to memory asj having either been greatly altered or swept away. The value of land in the heart of the City of London is so enormous that those unacquainted with the subject from any practical point of view are sometimes tempted to regard as fabulous the tales told concerning it. But the latest of these is only a few days old, and, as the transaction it embodies took place at the famous Mart in Tokenhouse-yard, there can be no dispute concerning it. About an aere near the Bank of England, the property of the City Corporation, was let on building lease for eighty years, and it was knocked down" at R18,000 annually, so that the amount paid in rent by the expiration of the lease will be £ 1,440,000. In employing tie old familiar term knocked down," by the way, one may run abme danger, for on the same day as this letting took place the President of the Auctioneers' Institute was complaining that the ignorant layman [imagined that an auctioneer still said; going, going, zone," when he sold an article. One certainly remembers having heard it said, and it is not obvious why it should not be said still; but, it the auctioneers themselves drop the old custom, the public will soon forget it. The latter half of November is accustomed by the ardent cyclist to be associated with the holding in London of the two great annual Cycle shows. Preparations for these are now actively afoot, but it is already known that the depression from which this trade has long suffered will make its influence felt, though an adequatedisplay can assuredly be counted upon. It is said that different descriptions of a free wheel" devices are likely to be the principal feature in cycle construc- tion that has not been seen at former exhibitions; and, although this can scarcely. be considered at this time of day to be » novelty, its latest developments will be eagerly scrutinised. There will also at both shows be a number of motor-cycles as well as motor-cars of various sorts, and in this direc- tion a continuous process, of evolution may be anticipated, for the motor, whatever its form, has certainly not as yet coma to the fullest of its capacity. B.
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IT is reported that 20 rnillioo9 *8 will be demanded by the Austrian Minister of War for the ■apply of new quick-firing guns to the e tri&a srt"lery j fSf Peters As Imperial decree has been issued at St.. borg, ordering the formation of two new s ips companies in the Baltic Division. By a further postal conTention between Great Britain and Belgium the two countries can now ex- change money orders by telegraph, with the option of a reply paid, as in the case of ordinary messages. IT is stated that the proposal to supply machine gunsto Volunteer Infantry battalions- is now under consideration in connection with the preparation of the Army Estimates for next year. Saras storms have been raging along the' Valencia portion of the Spanish coast, and several wrecks are ■•ported. :i'
! NEWS NOTES.
NEWS NOTES. THE enterprise of the leading newspapers and news agencies in obtaining full and graphic accounts of the military operations in South Africa for the information of their' readers is remarkable, and has caused an immensity of trouble and unheard-of expense. But the rigid Governmental censorship of every non-official message, added to the tremendous difficulties of getting despatches on to the wire at any point free from interruption, makes the news necessarily very late in arrival in this country. Thus, last week, when we were all hoping that poor General Sir William Symons might bo spared to his country-on the strength of telegrams detailing the extraction of the bullet from his wound and reporting him cheerful and doing well—he was actually dead and buried. It must be admitted, however, that strict censorship of telegraphy is, in the circumstances, highly essential: for it would be difficult indeed to diffuse intelligence in- tended for the gratification of English anxiety without letting it get to the ears of the Boers. So it is that we must wait for our news. THE Government are very careful to have full confirmation of their war news before they publish it official, and it must be admitted that they announce the facts as to casualties in the field as quickly as they can be ascertained and checked, out of consideration to the relatives and friends of those concerned. The War Office arrangements in this particular leave nothing, so far, to be desired. ALREADY the fighting has cost both sides very dear, and if the Boers remain stubbornly beligorent, there must be a good more lives lost, both to them and to us. The pity of it is that all this dreadful carnage is avoidable in the sense that it cannot affect the issue, the result being quite a foregone conclusion, the ultimate subjugation of the cantankerous Dutch Afrikanders who hare risen to resist Britain's rrighteous de- mands. When Sir Redvers Buller gets his Army corps into play their way to Pretoria and Bloemfontein cannot be barred. All the blood shed from the opening of the campaign is un- questionably on the heads of the Boers. THE Boers are as brave individually as they fire stupidly determined and one can but lament that they should be so sadly lacking in iinljiment. We know that the stay-at-home Afrikander has a hopelessly mistaken notion of _,I Li,(i's might: but that such men as Kruger and Totil)e--rt-wily and observant as they are- who have visited us and seen something of what the" ittle British Army". is should associate themselves with an impudent defiance of the forces of the Queen is simply amazing. The hand of Destiny seems traceable in the incon- ceivable madness which leads to destruction. THE upsetting of business and destruction of property in South Africa at all the points of encounter is another very serious outcome of the war, which must also be accounted to the Boer when the final settling of the "Bill" comes under consideration. The feeling of necuri ty which will eventuate from British control has once been thoroughly established will com- pensate for all this in vast developments, no doubt. Railway extensions and the opening up of mineral workings and promotion of industrial settlements of all descriptions will speedily follow, causing South Africa to flourish exceedingly L but all this will be in spite of the Boer, whose bold on the territory must be re- garded as irretrievably and deservedly lost. MR, CECIL RHODES has been deporting him- self in Kimberley with his usual nonchalance. After the sortie- last week, when a small force of mounted Volunteers aided by about one hundred and fifty of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment had gallantly driven off a far superior force of Boers, the "Colossus" spoke confidently of his personal feeling of safety, though a heavy price is under- stood to have been put upon his head. Ho gives little dinner parties nightly, we are told. For all that we do not incline to think with, Mr. Rhodes that Kimberley is as secure 880 Piccadilly. Ix the Spanish-American War a little bit of comedy arose over the famous mule of Mataazas. Its place in military history must now be taken by the dog which was killed in the bombardment of Mafeking. The position on the Western frontier of the Transvaal des- pite the desperate valour of Baden-Powell^ Plummer, and the rest,, is however by no means- one to encourage untimely laughter.
OFFICER'S TRAGIC DEATH.
OFFICER'S TRAGIC DEATH. At Chester on Saturday, Mr. Bate, coroner, held- an inquest on the body of Richard Armstrong, 27, major in the 2nd Battalion Cheshire Regiment. De- teased attended to his duties at Chester Castle oa Friday morning of last week, and returned home to lunch. He went upstairs to change his clothes and thteo-minutes after being seen by his wife was dis- covered lying across the floor dead.. Dr. Giffen, who saw the body, gave it as his opinion that death was due to syncope, and the jury returned a verdict to that effect. The deceased officer had volunteered to go to the front.
IATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.
ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE. Shortly after one o'clock on Sunday morning, at Earl's-court-road, Kensington, a Frenchman named George Hosteau, 24, a comedian, shot with a revolver a young Italian lady, Miss R. Carrozzi, aged 19 years. Miss Carrozzi was a harpist engaged at the Queen's Hall, Langham-place, and lived with her mother in Earl's-court-road, W. Hosteau, who had no settled residence in this country, had, it is stated, recently became infatuated with Miss Carrozzi. Early yesterday morning Hosteau was waiting on the doorstep of the house adjoining Miss Carrozzi's resi- dence, and when she came to the door he imme- diately pulled out a five-chambered revolver from his pocket and fired twice at her. One of the shots struck her in the left cheek, entering inwards and npwarus. Before help arrived Hosteau shot himself through the temple. Medical aid was at once sum* muned, and Miss Carrozzi was removed on the police ambulance to the hospital in a critical condition. The body of the young Frenchman was conveyed to the district mortuary to await the coroner's inquest.
FISHING BOAT DISASTER.
FISHING BOAT DISASTER. At about midday on Saturday the Dundee fishing Beet was making for Gourdon, a village to the north of Montrose, when one of the boats was caught in a squall and foundered. The crew of five men-James Taylor, skipper, and his tour sons-were thrown into the water. Taylor himself was rescued in an exhausted condition by another boat, but his sons were drowned. Taylor was taken to, Gourdon, where he subsequently died.
AID FOR THE WOUNDED.
AID FOR THE WOUNDED. The Army Medical Department has not the power of providing comforta for the wounded beyond the limits laid down by War Office regulations. Although these are ample in the ordinary way when no excessive strain is thrown upon the Department, it has always been found necessary to supplement them by outside assistance in times of great emer- gency. The National Society for Aid to Sick and Wounded in War on previous occasions has under- taken this duty. A perfect system of organisation by the British Red Cross Committee has, however (says the Lancet), now been completed by which the three great factors of philanthropic work-the National Society for Aid to Sick and Wounded in War, the Army Nursing Reserve, and the St. John Ambulance Association-have been brought together and the work of these several bodies made to act in conjunction the one with the other.
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THz Japaneae are about to organise an Arctic expedition. The object of the Government is to develop in the Japanese that spirit of adventure and discovery which has made the British nation so great. DAVID GARKICK'S amber snuff-box, says Mr. Cecil Clarke in Notes and Queries, is kept at the Garrick Club. The club, as is very well known, has a fine collection of portraits of the actor. If a lecture on the language of line, Mr. Walter Crane has pointed out the importance of design in China. Tracte marks, he mentioned, had a special significance accordipg as they might convey good or bad wishesi If, therefore, China were to be our next great customer we could only hope that the quality of the goods would not disappoint her beautiful sentiments. Our motto might be, "Take care of your trade marks and the goods will take care of themselves/
PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.¡
PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ¡ In the House of Lords, which met at half-pa?t eleven o'clock on the morning of October 27, Lord Hardwicke moved a resolution declaring that it was ioexedient that memorial statues should be erected within the precincts of the Palace of Westminster without the sanction of Parliament. The resolution, as he explained, was specially directed against the statue of Oliver Cromwell, now in course of erection in the garden on the west side of Westminster Hall. Lord Wemyss and Lord Sidmouth supported the resolution. Lord Churchill, replying on behalf of the Govern- ment, drew attention to the answers which had been given by Mr. Akers-Douglaa in another place. The matter was settled there without discussion, and, therefore, he assumed that the proposal was accept- able to the House of Commons. No public money had been, or would be, expended on the statue, the whole cost of which would be defrayed by the anonymous individual who was making the gift to the country. Tlit) J.ord Chancellor hoped the resolution would not. be pressed to a division on an occasion when not a dozen peers were present. Nobody could suppose that the result of a division obtained in such circum- stances could have any effect on the Administration or on the opinion of the country. On a division being taken the resolution was carried by six votes against four. The Appropriation Bill, the Second Session (Explanation) Bill. and the Treasury Bills Bill, which had been brought up from the Commons, were carried through all their stages and passed. The sitting was then suspended. On the resumption of the sitting at two o'clock, the Speaker and members of the House of Commons were summoned by Black Rod to the bar of the Upper House, when the Royal Assent was given by Commission to the three Acts which had been agreed upon by both Houses. In the House of Commons, at the sitting in the forenoon of October 27, the motion for the third reading of the Appropriation Bill was taken advan- tago of by some half-a-dozen members who wished to speak upon the subject of the war. Sir W. Lawson, who began the debate, blamed the Govern- ment for the course which they had taken, and de- cribe.,1 the argument that our supremacy must be maintained as being no better than the robber's plea that, might was right. He was followed by Mr. Strauss, who claimed to express the- views of the Cornish miners who had returned from the Trans- vaal. and contradicted the statements which had been made to the effect that they were satisfied with the treatment meted out to them by the Boers,t Dr. Clai?k endeavoured to show that the effect of the seven years' retrospective franchise law had been misiinJerstood in this country, because it did not appear from the Blue-book published here that the Vol ksraad intended to grant full franchise rights after a period of seven years' residences In the test of the law passed by the Volksraad'the expression, full franchise rights" appeared, but it was not reproduced in our Blue-book. To this Mr. Chamber-: lain replied that the Government had printed the; Act in the exact form in which it was received.i If there had been any mistake it was* not material, because the Government- had quite understood that! what was offered was a seven years' retrospective- franchise, and not merely naturalisation after seven years. They knew perfectly what the intentions of; the Transvaal Government were when they said that the Act in question would not enfranchise an adequate number of Uitlanders. i Mr. Bryn Roberts having argued that the; grievances of the Uitlanders had.. greatly: exaggerated, Mr. Gibson Bowles invited members to cease to dispute about the conduct of the negotiations and to fix their attentisn on the. situation which now confronted; us and which admitted of no faltering or hesitation. Mr. Luttrell hoped that if an opportunity for arbi- tration should present itself the Government would not disresard it. Sir E. Ashmead-Bart- lett spoke in support of the. Government, as did also Mr. Maclver, who protested against the mis- chievous speeches of the minority who opposed the Ministerial policy. The last speaker, was Mr. Lloyd- George, who charged Mr. Chamberlain with having influenced public opinion by deliberately misrepre- senting the concessions- made by the South African Republic. He was reprimanded from the chair for the discourtesy of the allegation. The bill having been read a third time, the Treasury Bills Bill passed through the same stage and the sitting was suspended. Subsequently the House was- summoned to the House of Peers to assist at the ceremony of proroga- tion, and shortly afterwards. bhe special Session of Parliament was, brought to ru conclusion, the Speaker having bidden good-bye to the members who had returned with. him from the Upper House. THE QUEENS SPEECH. The following was the- Queen'k Speech, as read by the Lord Chancellor, in her Majesty's own woirds My LORDS AND GUNTLBMUNS— I am happy to be able to release you from the ex- ceptional duties which have been imposed upon you, by the exigencies of the public semriee. I congratulate you on the brilliant qualities which have been displayed by the. bmwe, regiments upon whom the task of repelling the invasion of my South African Colonies has been laid. In doing so, I can- not but express my profound sorrow that so many- gal lan tofficers and soldiers-should have fallen in the, performance of their duty- GBNTLRMKTT or tIØC HXMJSB or COMMONS,—* I acknowledge with gratitude the liberal provision! which you have made to- defray the expenses of miH- tary operations in South Afrim My LORDS AND G-HSTFTKMBSV-R I I trust that the divine blessing-may rest upon yoo. efforts and, those of my gallant army to restore peaoe- I and good government to that portion of my Empinsy. and to vindicate the honour of this country. The Lord, Chancelloit, in her Majesty's name, pee* I rogued, Parliament until January 15 next.
BOW AND BROMLEY ELECTION.
BOW AND BROMLEY ELECTION. Polling for the- election of a member for the. Bow and Bromley Division of Tower Hamlets took, place on October 27. The friends and supporters of Mr. Willianr Murray Guthrie, the Conservative candi- date, had sent a plentiful supply of carriages, both open and enclosed, and the latter were extremely ac- ceptable I early in the morning, owing to the in-, clement1 character of the weather. Mahy of the- working-class voters availed themselves of this means of proceeding to the various polling stations, and there were sundry amusing scenes when soma of these demanded to know, bdote taking their seats, to whom the vehicles belonged, the i I carriage sent by the Premier being much ià: request. Mr.Harold Spender, the replesentative of the Liberal party, was not nearly so well supplied in I respect to vehicles, and many remarks were made aa to the apathy of the leaders of his party. On the- register there are the names of 11,401 voters, but I upwards of 2000 come under the headings of j removals. These, however, have been well looked after by both sides. The counting of votes took place at the Bromley Vestry Hall, and the result was de- clared as follows: Mr. W. M. Guthrie (Conservative). 4238 Mr. H. Spender (Liberal) 2123 Conservative majority 2115 Recent contests in the boropgh hare resulted as follows: 188o. Mr. W. S. Robson (L.) 3419 Captain J. Colomb (C.) 2738 Majority 681 1888. Bir T. Colomb (C.) 2967 Mr. W. 8. Robson (L.) 2396 Majority 571 1892. Mr. J. M. Macdonald (L.) 4072 Captain Sir J. Colomb (C.) 3649 1895. [I Majority 423 Hon. L. R. Holland (C.) 4339 Mr. J.M. Macdonald (L.) 3178 Majority 1161 Mr. Guthrie is a member of the firaa of Messrs. Chalmers, Guthrie, and Co., colonial merchants, 9,: Idol-lane, and enters Parliament for the first time. His return for Bow and Bromley makes no difference in the balance of parties.
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THB name Glencoe will in future have a double significance in British history. The fint Glericoo was the treacherous massacre of a tribe of Scotch Gaels by the Dutch prince who ruled over England. The second Glencoe was the slaughter in fair fight of a number of South African Dutch by two regiments of Irish Gaels. Such are the nemeses of history. PROFESSOR MAITLAND, for many years Downing Professor of the Laws of England at Cambridge j University, i» «n a precarious state of health. j COURT &LZXANDim FaTimnAzy, Secretary of the Austrian Legation at Dresden, has been appointed j Secretary to the Aostrian Embassy in London.
A SOLDIER'S HISTORY.
A SOLDIER'S HISTORY. BTTRRIBG STORY POR STIRRING TIMES. Mr. Samuel Williams, of Brithdir, a station- master on the Snowdon tramroad, is a man with a stirring history, which a North Wales Observer repre- ose I sentative elicited from his modest and manly lips. He is an old soldier, of whom in these warlike times we may be proud, and his story is appro- 'o priate to present interest. Born 45 yearil ago at Newark, Nottinghamshire, Mr. Williams served with the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers in Burmah, and was, in fortitude as well as in courage, a credit to the splendid record of that famous regiment. For he faced pain as well as danger. "In Bur- mah," said he, 1 had often to march with wet feet," and the reporter was able to see (though the brave fellow was too modest to mention it) that he did his duty at the expense of great suffering, which did not end when he returned to. civil life. For three years," he said, my feet, summer and winter alike, were intensely painful. For some time I was employed at the Slate Quarries, hut I had to give up my work owing to the pain I suffered. Having had a slight relief, I got employment at another quarry, but my old complaint again com- pelled me t& leave my work. Lastly, I was appointed to take charge of the Hebron Station on the Snowdon tram road, but it was with the greatest difficulty that I could attend to, my duties. It took me three-quarters of an hour to walk a distance I could now wver easily in a quarter of an hour. So painful had my feet become when- the rheumatism took firm hold that I often' wished' myself dead. They were burning like seething fire, ancft though I tried a number of remedies- and' embrocations, I could find no relief, until I took Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people." Living in such a remote places you do; how did you come to know of these ?" "Well, I saw accounts of the' cures they have effected in the newspapers." I When did you first take them?" Towards the end of last year. After taking the first box I found hardly any improvement, but the second tox eased my pain considerably. The third box gave me complete and permanent relief." Do you continue to take them ?" "No; I took the last box two months-ago, and i have had no pain since. Now I can. walk iiiile4 without suffering, any paint and if you- had been a quarter of an hour later coming here, r, would be on my way across that mountain." HardJy anything causes-such- agony as-inflamma- tory rheumatism. Red-hot needles- seem to bfl searing the tender nerves. It, is- not oold alone that causes rheumatism, though cold' and damp often bring on the attack. But. the original evil is in the, blood, and it is because tbey act direct upon the blood that Dr. Williams' pink pills- have cured so many cases of rheumatism, rheumatic. gout, and sciatica. They are likewise praised for their cures of anjcijiia (or ifnpovearijdied hlood), and even con- sumption. which often socreeda, anmmia. But sub- stitutes do not cure the true pills- are always labelled with, the. full naiiie-Dri Williams' pink pills for pale people-and may,, be-had, if desired, from Dr. Williams" Medicine Company, Holborn- viaduct, London, post free at two and ninepence a box—six boxes thirteen and nine.
THE RUSSIAN CALENDAR.
THE RUSSIAN CALENDAR. The Special Committee of the Russian Astrono- mical Society, which has been formed to revise the Julian Calendar and bring it into agreement with the Gregorian, has given up its task owing to the impossibility of establishing an agreement between the dates of the religious festivals-appearing in both calendars* The committee, however, says Reuter, decided to recommend that the dates, according both to the new and the old style, should be indicated on public and private documents"
MORE MEDECAL MEN ENROLLED.
MORE MEDECAL MEN ENROLLED. To what extent, doee-the-membership of the medical profession increase each Yf'ar?' To this question a partial reply is provided by the just-issued calendar of the Royal College of Surgeons. There are 17,384 names of surgeons on the roll, as compelled with 17,11)9 on last year's-list.. The number of licentiates in dentistry, 1396".ohowwao increase of 83.
KRUGER AS Ai; PAJFTQMIME CHARACTER.,,
KRUGER AS Ai; PAJFTQMIME CHARACTER. It«8«an illwind that blows-no body geod.atid among tiie minor interests-that wtll benpfit from the present war is thnt of mask-makens-for the Christmas panto- mimes. President Kjruger's- characteristic features, readily lendl themselves- to caricature, and a leading; manufacturer has in, liandt already oiders for over- 2000 of these; libellous- presentments of the head of the South Africani Republic, while Mr. Chamberlain. isalso in fair reqpest.
.FLOATERS OF THE VELDT.
FLOATERS OF THE VELDT. It is art, Did disprovedt libel South Africa1 to .y, (observes- a. writer in \e-Daily Mail) that her birds, are without song andi her flowers without smell. Neither:" statement is. true- The flora and fauna of, the Cape Colony, Natal, and the Transvaal are various and fascinating. Many of the birds'singi and many, of the .flowers- have perftiynet pebdtiarty' their own. The gigantic- C"&disa irk4 the glorious Table Mountain, heaths; of hundreds of varieties, have certainly no.heavy perfumiev but, on the other- hand, the thousands of qjiainti little peeping veldt flowers, from pimpernel to orchid, haV# subtle suggestive odours which are excluisite and refreshing. Ill, the Cape Colony for many miles between, the Paarl and Capetown" tbe liiib is bordered with. calledi pig-liliett. These are notie,othe^than our plg- Paarl and Capetown" tbe line is bordered with so» calledi pig-liliett. These are notie,othe^than our carefully-tended and garden-produceajafftms. But in South' Airica tKey groW Wild arid luxuriant pro- fusion-. Near Cer»-9 there are great full of these snowy-white-blooms with their ^Qraijgg-yellow pistils;and^Oi see a couple of little nig^er childre* playing about in this aittplitude of whitefcess ia a delightful study in black and white. Up, in> t!»« Transvaal* if a farmer cultivates uowsi&at all—aad all Boers are bot so unappreciative of beauty as thøi. detractors suggest—beuallnost always ^as-on^s staep or verandah, a couple of tubs contakrinjj plants, of keitje perring. This is the gardenia of; the com- mevcial London buttonhole. It ?8 smaller, certainly, but equally exquisite in Bcent, and^wi yj, little care it but equally exquisite in øcent; and^wi yj, little care it fionrezs in great profuston. T4 tuberose alsc flourishes amazingly in the pén Wr w-ith bit the y smallest attention and cultivation. The bulbs shoot up their 3ft. to 4ft. stems, each Searing very sweet- smelling flowers, in an incredibLy short space oi time. In Pretoria roses are prolific--in fact, otoftt of the streets are bounded by rose hedges throughout their length, and they bloom with a frail pink monthly-rose blossom for three-quarters -Of the,Sr. ,In public plaoes, such as the Burghers* Park, the profusion of roses, lilies, carnations, and tuberoses i. bewilderingly beautiful. The wild orchids of Swa»i»"d are famous. They are of at least 20 different kinds, and although now no longer rare or valuable, they are extremely curious, and with a little care and extra heafc they can be in- duced to develop into very wonderful plants. or Everything grows in the Transvaal, if tronbl. is taken to plant it. The soil being all practically virgin and naturally rich, the Ter7 smallest amount of Attention is required, and tho result* obtained in only a few months are simply marvellous. The blue gum or common eucalyptus tree nourishes amazingly, -and from a tiny seedling grows to 20ft. high within three years. This seems surprising, but it is hard j solemn fact. A well-kno*n English tenor who was j travelling in the Transvaal '••Barked that he travelling in the Transvaal onCe rOMarked that he verily believed that if you plantedjralking-sticks you j could reap umbrellas in a fortnight! j On nearly every verandah 10 Johannesburg grows j the easily-trained and useful grenadilla. This is a 1 species of pasBion flower, with a pretty little feathery starred flower and a very delicious egg-shaped, crinkled-up brownish green containing a yellow pulp with many flat black seeds. It has a cooling, slightly acid, flavour, whicn must be tried to be appreciated. The grenadilla £ f°.wa and quickly, and in flower, in fruit, and in foliage it is very beautiful.
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Two little folks went to church alone. It was-, only around the comer from their home, and their mamma knew they would be safe. During the long sermon they got tired, and the older one, supposing that the school rules held good in church, led his sister up in front of the pulpit, and said, Please may we go home ?." Much surprised, the clergyman gazed at them over his spectacles; then he under- stood and said: "Certainly, my children." And the two toddled out while the congregation smiled. HII The great trouble with Gabley is that he talks too much." She: That's strange. When he: has been with me he scarcely said a, word." Het j Oh, he is too much of a gentleman to interrupt.
PORT GLASGOW SENSATION. ]
PORT GLASGOW SENSATION. ] A laborer named McGrath has been arrested at Port Glasgow in connection with the mysterious death of his wife during Saturday night. Late at night the screams of a child in McGrath's houser caused the neighbours to go in. On the bed was seen the dead body of Mrs. McGrath. McGrath was lying on the bed beside the body smoking. He had previously asked his wife the time and shaken her when she did not reply. Finding her dead he, according to a report received, callously lit his pipe and lay beside the dead woman to smoke.
DEATH IN CHURCH.,
DEATH IN CHURCH. A painful sensation was caused at the Congrega- tional Church, Andover, on Sunday. Mrs. Brow'n, wife of Mr. H. Brown, of Victoria-park, while attending ap ^infant baptismal ordinance after the ordinary service, was taken suddenly ill and died before medical aid could be procured. The deceased was a middle-aged lady.
THE NEW LORD RECTOR OF .GLASGOW.
THE NEW LORD RECTOR OF GLASGOW. The result of the Glasgow rectorial election was made known on Saturday as follows: Lord Rosebery (L.) on 829 Lord Kelvin (C.) 515 Majority 314 During the polling there was much horseplay, and flour and peas were thrown so freely that students bore the appearance of dusty millers. After the elec- tion the students, wearing their party ribbons, drove in brakes to' the centre of Glasgow, the Liberals shouting themselves hoarse;
DEATH OF THE MARQUIS
DEATH OF THE MARQUIS TOWNS HEND. The Marquis Townshend died in Paris, where he had resided for a lengthened period, on Thursday last, at the age of 68. The Most Hon. John Villiers Stuart Townsherad, fifth Marquis Town- shend, Viscount Raynham, and a baronet, was the eldest and only surviving son of John, fourth Marquis, by his marriage with Elizabeth Jane, daughter of Rear-Admiral Lord George Stuart, C.B., and waD- born at Brighton on April 10, 1831. He was educated at Eton, and from there proceeded, in June, 1850; to fill a supernumerary clerkship in the Foreign Office, being appointed on October 1 of the following year to a clerkship, which post he held till his resignation on March 31, 1854. Almost immediately afterwards he was appointed a cornet, and in March, 1855, a lieutenant in the Queen's Own Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry. In February;, 1859, he was returned to the Liberal inte- reft for Tamworth as the colleague of the late Sir Robert Peel, and represented that borough—where both the Peel and Townsend families bad consider- able political influence—until the death of his father in September, 1863,, raised him the Upper House. Already- he had become well known in philanthropic circles for his efforts, which, were personal and direct, in endeavouring to mitigate the misery of vagrancy. In 186.5 he married Lady Anne Elizabeth Clementina Duff, daughter, of James, fifth Earl of, Fife, and eldest sister of the present duke. Thenceforward he had a, sympathetic helpmate, who entered with a zeal only second to his- own into his endeavours to advance the large variety of philanthropic and benevolent objects in which he was interested, fore- most amongst them being the promotion of temper- ance principles* On this subject they both held- very strong views, and we believe that the marquis* and in arc hiomess were the first of. their rank in the peerage to make a public declaration of attachment to temperanoo- reform, and to unite themselves with its most advanced development—the Order of Good Templars. The Marquis Townsbend was a magis- trate for Ilerts, Middlesex, and Norfolk, and a Deputy Lieutenant for Hertfordshire, High Steward of Tamworth. and the owner of about 20,000 acres of land, with which was connected the patronage of numerous livingel, and, according to the New Domesday. Book; the annual value of the land was over £ 22,000.' The family seat is at Raynham Hall, Fakenham, Norfolk., The successor to the title and estates is- his-; lordships only son, John, James Dudley Stuart Townshend, Vicount Raynham, who was born on October 17. 1836. and who is a Deputy Lieutenant- for Norfolk. There is only one other child, Lady, A-gnes Elizabeth Audrey Towns- hend, was bom>in l670. The surviving sisters of the deceased peer, are Ladjy St. Leven and Lady Audrey Buller. the wife of'Sir Redvers Buller, Commander- irr,Chiet in.South Africa.
FIGEEE WEDS A HEAD MASTER.
FIGEEE WEDS A HEAD MASTER. At,:Bkt'h on, Baturdfcy a boy of, 13, a student in a night school, was committed for trial on a charge of wounding his head master, Mr. R. H. Stephenson, oi the East Twerton Board School. The boy was- ordered to,lbave-school, but sat down at his deskand: refused (to move< When the master approached hi^ stabbed at his- face with a large clasp knife. Mr. Stephenson, eludedi the blow so far that he only. got a slight wound oni the nose, but in the struggle one finger was cut to the hone and other injuries inflicted. It was alleged that two days before the boy said to a comrade he would put cold steel in anyono Wbo., touched him.
DEATH OF MISS FLORENCE; MAKRYAT.
DEATH OF MISS FLORENCE; MAKRYAT. One of the busiest writers of the day has passed away in Mrs. Francis Lean, better known to multi- tudes of readers under her maiden name, Florence Marrjratr. Mrs. Lean had been lyiag seriously, ill in London for some weeks. Florence Marryat. was the youngest of Captain Marryat's 10 children, by his marriage with Cathe- rine, eldest daughter of Sir Stephen Shairp, of Hbustoo, Linlithgowshire. While her father was building up a great reputation as the author or un- WVflJifcd (8tqi^eft, her active brain was co.neocting innumerable plots for novels, Her education was on unconventional lines. When she- was only 16 years old, Florence- Marryat married Captain Rose Chlurch, of the Madras Staff- Corps, and the^ rwd a family of eight children. It was in when suffering from overstrain, from. the anxiety ef nursing her children through. scarlet fever, and she turned to writing. her first story, Love's Conflict," in order to distract her- thoughts. This was hen-Srst published work. Then a long series of novels which followed one another with very brief intervals. Sometimes she would, have as many as a dozen plots in her mind, at oua- time. She wrote for a steadily increasing circle of readers, of that class which is not particularly critical so long as the story is exciting and original m its situation. In the novel entitled Gup," her Indian experiences were utilised,, to advantage. Among her early works were Woman against Woman," "My Own Child," "Nelly Brooke, Fighting the Air," and others of the same type. Not content with her work as .& novelist, Miss Marryat turnsd to the stage, having previously studied singing under Miss Louisa Pyne. She played the role of the Queen in The Palaco of Truth at the opening; of the Prince of Wales's Theatre, and later she toured with the Savoy company, and later with Mr. Grossmith in Entre Noussubsequently she embarked in management with a piece by her son Frank, called The Golden Goblet. As a reciter, and lecturer she was perhaps more successful than as an aetress. Returning to literary work she wrote "Mount Eden," On Circumstantial Evidence," The Risen Dead," and There is no Death," among other books. In the last two the authoress set herself to the task of discussing problems as to the future life. These books, especially There is no Death," were much talked about at the time of their publication. Startee which are still in request include "My Sister the Actress," in which Miss Marryat's stage life came into useful requisition. In Germany and other parts of the Continent Miss Marryat's stories have com- manded quite a wide sale, both in the original and in translation. Her first marriage having terminated in a divorce she married as her second husband 4Colonel Francis Lean. This resulted in an early separation. Her striking and handsome personality always commanded attention in drawing-rooms and theatres. She was generally to be seen at "firet nights," and on other occasions of the foregathering of modern Bohemia. She was for some time a determined believer in clairvoyance—a creed, or hobby, or what- ever it should be termed, which it is feared she must L have found an expensive one.
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DUKIKG his recent stay at Mar Lodge the Prince of Wales was seen in a not unfamiliar role, that of;, grandfather. As all his friends and servants have f-rateful reason to know, his Royal Highness is very dnd of children. When he is in Paris he always pays several visits to the principal toy-shops, and re- turns to this country laden with spoil for his nume- rous young relations, while the little ones whose parents are admitted to his intimacy are not for- gotten. Lady Alexandra and Lady Maud Duff, who are eight and six respectively, are very attractive: children. They are both considered singularly like the Princess of Wales, whom it still seems ridi- culous to think of as a grandmother. They have been brought up in accordance with their father's. special wish, far more simply than are any of their courfins on the Continent. As is natural, the Ladies Duff are never so happy aa when in their Highland f .T-'
LORD ROSEBERY ON THE WAR
LORD ROSEBERY ON THE WAR A summary of the situation in South Africa and our duties as a nation in respect to it was furnished by Lord Rosebery at Bath on October 27, at s luncheon following the admission of his lordship a a burgoss of the city. In brief. Lord Roseber's points were these: (1) This is not the time to discuss either the question of the diplomacy preceding the war, or the adequacy or inadequacy of military preparations. (2) It is the time t& present a united face to the enemy. (3) The best advice to the nation now is to trust the man at the helm. (4) Mr. Gladstone's action after Majuba was determined by the belief that the power of Great Britain was so great that she could afford to do things w hich other nations could not. afford to do without risk. We had first, said his* lordship, to consider what ere the liabilities which war might open ont,; and secondly, to remember that so far as could be judged from the Press of Europe, the sympathy of Europe was against us, He did not know whether that sym- pathy of Europe bad turned against us as the effect of the diplomatic correspondence which had been pub- lished or not; he himself did not think it had. But he thought it equally possible that that corres- pondence had not managed to place our case before Europe in a clear or as favourable a light as he should wish it to be. On n at question, however, he should not enter; it was quite outside his limits Whether with regard to the military or the diplomatic position this was not the time to examine. In the Crimean war no doubt the military position was examined with acute criticism in the very middle of the campaign but with regard to the diplomatic question Of the Crimean war, judgment was never passed until twenty or five and twenty years after. "I say, then," continued his,lordship, "if I may humbly give advioe on such a question as- this., you do well to trust the man at the helm hen, you are passing through the stornn You do well to present a united face to the enemy, and it will be time enough when the-war-is over to examine the questions of liar bility, of correspondence, and of preparation that may then present themselves. To my mind all these questions- were wipoOT, out by the ultimatum received from Pretoria." Touching upon Majuba Hill, his lordship said he thought there had been a great misunderstanding of the transaction. The battle of Majuba Hill was pot a very considerable battle at all. It was a-mere skir- mish, and concurrently with'that skinnish there was an attempt on the part of the then Government tso: settle peacefully the issinHn the Transvaal. That in itself was a sublime experiment. It was an attempt to carry into the principles of the inter- national policy the principle of the gospel itself, and had it been successful we should have been entitled to believe that, mankind had taken a great stride onward, and that the hopes of the world and humanity at large would have been infinitely, brighter than they are. It was not merely that Mn Gladstone wished, to. apply the principles of the religion which were so, dElsr to him to international policy that made- him make the attempt; but Mr, Gladstone—this was. very little known except* to those who were intimate with him—had an overpowering conviction of the might and power of England-he thought Great Britain could afford to, do, things- which. other nations cowld not afford to do, and for that reason, which had never, been clearly enough set forth, he endeavoured after, a reverse to treat with tlye, Boers as if no reverse had,taken: place. So far from the Boers taking peaceas magnanimity,. they, regarded it as a proof of weakness., on which they should encroachj Alluding to ithe Jameson raid, Lord Rosebery said it was- not merely a. deplorable incident from a diplomatic point of view, but it waa also the outcome of a deplorable state of things. Be- sure-no English gentleman would have engaged in a filibustering raid had it not been for a strong cry of distress that proceeded front within the Transvaal. But it was unfortunate from many points of view. In the first place, it, gave the Transvaal Government very much the beet of the argument. They had theii a.great grievance to complain of, and we, under those- circumstances, could not urge those grievances e4 which o tir.:fell ow-sti blects- had, to complain. And in the meantime the bond,wastied stricter and, stricter; in. the meantime all- the. taxation of the country was drawn from our fellow-countrymen, <wf from people who were no subjects of the Transvaal; in the -had to pine in vain for the most elementaryv form of education; and the most important-element of All was that,lfpoin- the money derived from the gold the Transvaal was gradually pilingaip a. gneatmilitary power armdd to the teeth in tha-midst of the unarmed regidhs which we control in South Afrioa., U' That was-a standing monaoe to our dominion, and w if it; hvid; c*,nti sued, a should have had to considei* whether we, in our bumy who-ruled so many nations, were to become a subject nation in South Africa; Atid whether we were to become a subject nation, or to remain even in.the position in which wo were; itwas scarcely possible tQ. doubt thafc- we should haveioBt South Afrioa itself., That was-the question- that we had to, consider before we decided whether the issue to the Trans- vaal, could have beeDl docidedi without recourse to war., We haves" continued his loodship, 80. nowh on our shoalders, such. heavy work to do, so, iiuieh sail to carry, that we can not at this critical juncture afford to waste- time in the polemical discussion of factions. I know that that is a very unpopular doctrine- from a party point of view, but I am afraid I do not, care one jot or one tittle- whether it is unpopular or not. When I think of this little island of ours, float- ing as it were so lonely in these northern seas, viewed with, such jealousy, with such hostility, with such jarring ainbition, by the great Empires of the world, so friendless-among nations which count their armies by. embattled millions-when I think of this little island! and of the work it has under- taken, the- Empire which it has founded, and which ib is-determined to maintain, and when I think of all this, of our expenditure of £ 112,000,000 a year in tame of peace, of the high pressure under which we S*e>.of the responsibilities which we have undertaken, 1 confess- I have no .hesitation in recurring to the opinion exf Lord Chatham, and saying once more, Be one people; forget everything for the public.' I do hot care, I do not weigh in dismay or distrust the responsibilities of the engagements of which;! have »[K)ken so long as we remain a united people. w As Shakespeare says: Naught shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true."
THE DALSTON TRAGEDY.
THE DALSTON TRAGEDY. SENTENCE OF DRATIF. At the Central Criminal Court, on Saturday, be- fore Mr. Justice Channe.1, Thomes Skeiffngton, 20,a barman, was indicted for the wilful murder of a young woman named Florence Elizabeth W^lls, in Dalston-Lane, on October Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Guy Stephenson, instructed by Mr. Frayling, of the Treasury, prosecuted, and Mr. Campbell defended at the request of the Court. The prisoner and deceased, who was the wife of a man who was in gaol,.had lived together in Graham- road, jjalston, and on the day in question he left her, saying he was going to seek work. He seemed to have purchased a strong clasp knife, and in the evening, meeting the woman in the Dalston-lane,. apparently without any provocation, he seized her and stabbed her twice in the neck, inflicting injuries from which she died on the way to the hospital. Tb. prisoner at once admitted what he haddone, and said he meant to doit, as he had bought the knife fortM purpose. A letter was found upon him pointing.to. the fact that he wanted to break off his connection with her. The jury, after a short deliberation, found the- prisoner guilty, but recommended him to mercy on the ground of his age and the persecution to which he had been subjected. Mr. Justice Chanr.ell, in sentencing the prisoner to death, said he would be careful to forward the recommendation of the jury to the proper quarter, where it would receive proper consideration.
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APPARENTLT all hope of recovering the missing signal books has now been abandoned. At the same time the Admiralty appears to be satisfied that the loss is owing to private spite, and is not attributable to any desire to afford confidential inf-u-t ion to a Foreign Power. A ROME correspondent telegraphs^ that a society of American capitalists have entered into negotiations with the Italian Government for the establisment, at Civita Veccbia or a depot 1 or American merchandise imported into Italy. SBVXH figures in the Berlin Hall of Victory have been mutilated by some person unknown, the noses and hand. having been knocked off. Tuis United States Consul at Panama reports that an insurrection has broken out there, and that mar- tial law has been proclaimed. DURING excavations in the Rectory grounds at Merstham, two snn-baked Roman urns, containing ashes, were unearthened,and in proximity were found several flint arrow-heads, a human tooth, and what appears to be a Roman coin. A BHITISH subject named James Ryan is reported to have been killed by Mexicans in a fight with cow- boys at Naco Town,'on the boundary line between the U nitedStates and Mexico. IT is announced that Russia has at last agreed to arbitrate with the United States on claims, resulting [ from the seizure of sealers in the Behring Sea^ which have been pending for about eight Tears..
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WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY IN THE:…
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY IN THE: U.S. NAVY. The battleship Massachusetts and the cruiser New, York will put to sea on Thursday for the purpose of carrying out, under the personal supervision of Signor Marconi, the ether-wave telegraphic experi- ments which he is to conduct. An attempt, will be made to exceed the distance of transmission which, in the recent British naval manoeuvres, created a » record for ether-wave communications. Efforts wiR ill so he made to transmit messages during gnnflre, tn achievement which was not accomplished in the.- British manoeuvres. The Government has rigidly stipulated that the tests shall not occupy the war- ships for more than three days. If the results of^ the experiments are favourable the Government will probably adopt Signor Marconi's system, especially ? with a view to using it in the Philippines.
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!IA SNOW-WHITE FOX.
!I A SNOW-WHITE FOX. is. stated that sportsmen in, the £ ssex Union country .got a curiosity in their midst in tha shape of a saow^white fox. According to Mr. E. T. Mashiter, the master of the hounds, it was one of a littdr of four, and was bred in Norsey Woodi, near Billaricay, last spring. The Steeper had Be8D. it during the summer, and hounds found it when drawing the covert recently. Owing to a poor scsot, however, this unquestionable rarity, which was viewed by 1Aany of the field, escaped his pursuers.
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I.. IT is reported in Paris that the Abyssinian, Mission wilf- arrive at St. Petersburg in November, and that King Menelik will visit ti-w Emperor of Russia in 1000. Tn* French association against the abuse of tobacco has promoted a largely-signed petition to the Senate and Chamber, asking fol- a law forbidding smoking hy young persona under 16.
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FRY'S -PURE CONCENTRATED'' COCOA MAINTAINS ITS PRE-EMINENCE as a LIGHT and NOURISHING DRINK. PTC 1uathrmwerdsanatcmnmryhiordartot<M ih. right brand, rix.. FRrs-roRE—COSCENTRATgP. =:
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A PARLIAMBITTAKY ret urn just issued ghing elabo rate, statistics of local taxation for the year 1897-96 shows that the outstanding loans of local authorities at the end of that year amount to £ 87,863,636 in county boroughs, and £ 22,276,482 in other boroughs, miking a total of £ 110,140,068; and of that total the amount expended on waterworks was £42,547,294. itl while the loans for gas works, sewerage, and street improvementa-tbe three next largest itelut- oaggre- gated a similar sum. A rnivATH letter from Mr. William I* Quex, of which the substance is published in the British Weekly, gives a gloomy. forecast of the season on the French Riviera. Mr. ije Queux does not expect that it will be better than the fiasco of last year. He writes: The French in Nice, Cannes, and Mentohe hate the English, and the local journal, the Petit Negois, is strongly Anglophobe; hence the exodus into the Italian BjviewH_-yiz., Bordighera, SanRemO, Alassio, &o. On the -Itaban Riviera there is at this .moment scarcely a single Tilla ta MItt, and tht 1 Mason has not yet commenced 1"