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LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL AMONG THE LIONS. I In his tenth letter to the Daily Graphic Lord Randolph Churchill describes his adventure with lions. He says: "We were riding along through I a small open glade covered with high grass, Lee a few yards ahead of me, when I suddenly saw him turn round, cry out something to me, and point with his finger ahead. I looked, and saw lolloping along, I through, and over the grass, about 40 yards off, a yellow animal about as big as a small bullock. It flashed across me that it was a lion-the last thing in the world that I was thinking of. I was going to dismount and take aim for I was not frightened at the idea of firing at a retreating lion,but Lee called out injsuccession five: or six times, Look, look!' at the same time pointing with his finger in different directions in front. I saw to my astonish- mer.t,and rather to my dismay, that the glade ap- peared to be alive with lions. Lee now dismounted and fired at a lion about 50 yards off. I saw the brute fall forward on his head, twist round and round, and stagger into a patch ,of high grass slightly to the left of where I was riding. I stuck close to Lee, determined to leave the shooting to him unless things became critical, as his aim was true. His nerves were steady, which was more than mine were, though I do not admit that I was at all frightened. I counted seven lions; Lee iays there were more. I saw Lee fire from his horse at [ one as it was climbing the bank, which he wounded badly, and which retreated into a patch of thick grass the other side of the sprint, uttering sounds something between a growl, a grunt, andji sob. The lions had now got some 100 yards or so ahead of us, and had disappeared into thick high grass. We knew that there was a wounded one behind us on The lions had now got some 100 yards or so ahead of us, and had disappeared into thick high grass. We knew that there was a wounded one behind us on our left, and another wounded one in front of us also on our left. Lee now got terribly excited. He was perfectly frightened solely on my account. He determined to go and look at the second wounded lion, who was lying away from us some 60 or 70 determined to go and look at the second wounded lion, who was lying away from us some 60 or 70 yards. He said he would go right away back to camp, if I followed him towards this lion. I saw him go up to within about 10 yards of the grass where the wounded lion lay. Fortunately she was badly wounded by the first sho,. or she would pro- bably have come at him. He caught a glimpse at her and fired. There was a tremendous commotion in the grass for a second or two. Lee's horse gave such a bound that I thought he would have been thrown, turned round, an4 galloped away. I fol- lowed as fast as I could. Lee now insisted that we should go straight back to camp and get the dogs,as the situation, he declared, waS one of danger."

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STRANGE POISONING CASE IN PARIS. A mysterious poisoning case is engaging the attention of the police in the Champ de Mars dis- trict of Paris. On Thursday night Dr. Bergeron was drinking with a friend in a caf6 of the Place I 'Alma, and sent a messenger out to a chemist's for some aconite. The drug having been procured, the doctor put a portion of it in the glass of his companion — who had complained of feeling unwell — and took the remainder himself. Soon afterwards the friend, instead of re- covering from his indisposition, became worse, and experienced a burning sensation in his throat. Accordingly he hailed a cab and went home. The doctor in the meantime met a person whom he escorted to a house in the Avenue Bosquet. There M. Bergeron complained of feeling unwell, aid soon afterwards died, the medical man who was sum- moned to attend him arriving too late to be of any use. The other gentleman who had swallowed some of the aconite is out of danger, and was able to supply the police with information concerning the circumstances of the case.

EXPLORATION OF THE VICTORIA NYANZA. r It will be remembered that Mr. Stanley, on hU A return to the East Coast with Emin Pasha, discovered an extensive-bay on the south-west of Lake Victoria. Nyanza, which had been previously overlooked by himself and other explorers. In the beginning of the present year the Rev. Father Schynse (whom Mr. Stanley met on his way to the coast) undertook an expedition for the exploration of this bay, chiefly with the view of discovering suitable sites for future missionary stations. From Bukumbi, a. station on the south shore of the lake, he went round the bay. Between the bay and that of Bukumbi there is a smaller bay, and known as ygulula. That discovered by Stanley bears the name of Bukuma. It is shallow, and the water seems to be retiring from the southern shore. From Bukuma Father Schynse went directly north, fol- lowing the western shore of the lake as far as Emin Pasha's station, Bukoba. He proceeded seven days' march beyond this, crossed the Kagera, which forms the boundary between the German and British spheres, and stopped at Buyuga, only a few marches from the capital of Uganda. Father Schynse, says the Times, gives some interesting information as to the population of the country through which he passed. The country round the south-west angle of the lake is inhabited by the Basinja or Wanamen. These are succeeded by the Baziba, who extend as far as Uganda. The Basinja, a hybrid people, were formerly united in a kingdom, Usinja, but are now divided up into a number of tribes, and the name Usinja is no longer in use. Their country is gene- rally flat, but there is a range of mountains, Sangururua, which ensure a fair supply of rain. The country of the Baziba is mountainous, with flat, marshv, uninhabited valleys running parallel with the lake. The heights above the valleys, on the other hand, are decnsely peopled. The mountainous country terminates at the Kagera, in the neighbour- hood of which are virgin forests; but the rest of the country of the Baziba is entirely disafforested, and being covered with high grass,affords excellent pasturage. At Bukoba, Emin Pasha's station, the country is fertile and well watered by numerous streams. There is a large population, who live chiefly on bananas, though they have fine cattle, with superb horns. The Baziba differ from their neighbours, and, in an ethnological sense, are isolated r from them; but whence they and their long-horned cattle come Father Schynse does not know. Cattle like theirs are not found in that part of Africa they are quite European in aspect. Among the Baziba Fa her Schynse was well received, but he hadjsome trouble with the Basinja.

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THE DUKE OF WURTEMBERG. The Austrian Emperor has given a special audience to Duke William of Wurtemberg, who, by the recent change on the throne of his native country, has become the Heir-Apparent of that kingdom. The Duke, who holds the rank of an Austrian Feldzeugmeister (or Master of the Ordnance) and General in command of the Third Army Corps, with headquarters at Graz, requested to be permitted to retire from active service in Austria on his appointment as Infantry General A la suite in King Charles's Regiment of Wurtemberg Grenadiers. With the departure of Duke William the Austrian army, says the Standard Vienna corre- spondent, loges one of its most distinguished Generals-an officer who has taken an active part in all the wars, great and small, which Austria has had since 1848. In that year the Duke served as First Lieutenant under the celebrated General Radetzki in Upper Italy. He distinguished himself at Novara in the Italian war, at Oeversee in the Danish war, and at Koniggratz (Sadowa) in the war with Prussia. Since then he has been actively occupied in Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially in the Sandjak of Novi Bazar. The Duke for three years filled the post of Governor-General of the Occupied provinces. For eight years he was Com- mander-in-Chief in Galicia. Owing to his special knowledge of the probable theatre of hostilities ia the event of a war with Russia, he ha§f long been marked out for the chief command of one of the Austrian armies. The Duke has, however, promised to re-enter on active service in the Austrian Army if he should be needed.

SALMACEDA'S LAST MOMENTS. The Paris T**»vx publishes a letter from its Buenos Ayres correspondent which contains some curious details respecting the last moments of the late President of Chili. After stating that President Balmaceda had handed over the reins of Government to General Baquedano immediately after the battle of Placilla, the correspondent goes on to say: On August 28th at midnight, the ex-President left the Mint and repaired to the Argentine Legation, where by the instrumentality of his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senor A. Zanartu, he gained admittance. At this moment he had no intention of committing suicide. On the contrary, he made known his in- tention of surrendering himself to the authorities pending the constitution of a tribunal. At his own request, the persons who were to accompany him to the prison were two officials of the Opposition, Senores Concha-y-Toro and Walker Martinez. Three days before the suicide was committed Balmaceda told StTfior Eriburu that he was busy drafting his application for imprisonment and that he hoped to finish it as soon as the civic fetes were over. During the night of September 18th the ex-president handed two letters to Senor Eriburu. One of these was addressed to his mother and the other to his wife. The Argentine Minister remarked at the time I that Balmaceda seemed very anxious that these two letters should be sent out without delay, but he soon forgot the incident. Matters were in this position when suddenly, at 8 o'clock the following morning, Madame Eriburu heard the report of a firearm, and at once went and gave the alarm to her husband, who was in an adjoining apartment. Senor Eriburu sent at once for the ex-President's servant, who went to his master's room and re- turned a few minutes later with the information that a suicide had been committed. Senor Eriburu at once sent for Senor Walker Martinez, who arrived at the Legation a few minutes afterwards. They then both repaired to Balmaceda's room, where a horrible sight met their eyes. Balmaceda was dressed, and had his boots on; he was lying on his bed, his head in a large pool of blood. One of his eyes had been forced out of the socket. His death had been instantaneous, and in his right hand was loosely grasped the revolver with which he had shot himself."

CHIPS OF NEWS. The shipping trade of Zanzibar shews a striking increase for the six montljs ending September 30th. The net tonnage entered was 131,000, against 7is,000 for the previous six months. Indeed, Zan- zibar, under the increased security given by the British protectorate, is becoming the centre of exchange for East Africa. An important military experiment commenced on I Friday in France-the formation of mixed regi- ments of Infantry. A force of several thousand men of the Territorial Army has been called out, and they are to be formed into regiments in con- I junction with the active army. The object of the experiment is to ascertain whether the efficiency of the army will be augmented as well as its numeri- cal strength. Three Dutch men-of-war put into Portland Roads early on Friday morning through stress of weather, and in doing so one of them collided with the barque Mysterious Star, of Liverpool, inflicting considerable damage. The warship, too, sustained serious damage about her bow and rigging. The barque had to be towed into Weymouth Harbour for barque had to be towed into Weymouth Harbour for safety. The Dutchmen were saluted this morning from the Nothe Fort. I Statistics published concerning the foreign trade of France during the first nine months of the present year shew that manufacturers are really alarmed at the prospect of the Protectionist tariff passed by the Chamber and now before the Senate. The imports shew an increase of 293,000,000 francs compared' with the same period of last year, while the exports have fallen off from 2,732,000,000 francs in 1890 to 2,629,000,000 francs. Whilst an entertainment inaugurating a lads' club at Sale, near Manchester, was in progress, the floor of the room was noticed to be gradually sinking. The entertainment was abruptly brought to a termination and amid the greatest excitement the lads (numbering about 200; were I hurried out of the room. Upon closer inspection it was found that one of the main supports of the building had given way. The Rev. Dr. Pierson, of Philadelphia, who is to take Mr. Spurge n's place at the Metropolitan Tabernacle for the next three months, bel ngs to the American Presbyterian body. He is an able and eloquent speaker, and was one of the leading lights at the International Missionary Conference held in London three years ago. The resignation of Mr. Spurgeon's assistant, Mr. Stott, has nothing to do with the advent of Dr. Pierson. A German peasant named Zacharias Werny cele- brated his hundredth birthday at Halberstadt on Monday last. In 1813 he enlisted, first in Liitzow's Free Corps and then in the Russo-German Legion. After its dissolution in 1814 he entered the Thirtieth Regiment of Prussian Infantry, with which he fought at Waterloo, and afterwards marched into Paris. He still enjoys vigorous health, both bodily and mental, and is an excellent walker. While Lady Mildred Jessup and Lady Maud Bowes-Lyon, daughter of the Earl of Strathmore, were driving on the Dundee and Forfar road on Friday afternoon, the horse suddenly bofted. Lady Maud was thrown on the road, and was cut on the right temple. The horse continued its flight with Lady Jessup in the carriage but fortunately the animal was secured before further damage was done. Both ladies were severely shaken, The Great Northern Railway Company propose closing their service of trains between Peterborough and Leicester. The line was opened about 10 y ars ago, existing branches being used, with small addi- tions. A portion of the line, about 20 miles in length, runs over the London and North Western system. Meetings of residents in the districts affected have been held, and petitions numerously signed begging the company to continue the ser- vice. A despatch received at Constantinople from Damascus states that in consequence of an out- break of cholera the communications with Constan- tinople are interrupted. Thirty-one cases had occurred, of which 10 proved fatal. Fears are enter- tained in Constantinople that the cholera may be introduced into European Turkey by troops return- ing from Yemen, and accordingly quarantine has been imposed on all vessels coming from the ports of Syria. The War Office authorities have decided to arm the new battery constructed at Coalhouse Fort, on the Essex side of the Thames, with two 10-inch 29-ton breechloading guns. The battery, which commands the river, is also to be mounted with small quick- firing guns and two 6-inch breechloaders. Extensive works are also in progress at Grain Fort, on the Kent side of the Thames, where it is proposed to replace the muzzle-loading guns with 10-inch bieechloaders. Advices received from Vladivostock give detail3 of an attempt to escape which was made by 16 Russian convicts working on a new railway in course of construction there. Two of the party were shot dead by the warders, but the remainder succeeded in getting away. These killed three farmers, and took the clothes off the corpses. They also killed a French officer for his clothes, and a Russian bandmaster whom they met. None of the gang had been captured. An Inverness telegram reports that the railway station at Stromeferry, together with a large quantity of passenger plant, was destroyed by fire on Friday morning. The outbreak was discovered shortly after 1 o'clock, but the flames had obtained such a hold on the building-a large wooden structure- that nothing coud be done to save it. Only a few of 'he station books were got out safely. Fourteen passengers' carriages were destroyed. The loss amounts to JE2,000 or £ 3,000. Much apprehension is felt at San Francisco for the safety of Lieutenant Russell and his party, who were sent by the Smithsonian Institute to explore Mount St. Elias. Lieutenant Russell and his followers were to have met the Revenue cutter Corwin, at Yakatt, on September 1st; but when the Corwin arrived there no signs were visible of the explorers, and a search party, sent out to find them, could obtain no clue to their whereabouts. At Washington Mrs. Aleshire, who lives in a house supposed to be haunted by the spirit of a woman who died many years ago under mysterious circum- stances, was found on Wednesday night at the bottom of a flight of stairs with a leg broken and an arm severely scalded. She says that she saw the ghost of a lady as she was going down- stairs, and was so frightened that she fainted and fell down the steps. She was carrying some hot water, which fell upon her head and scalded her. According to a telegram from Messina, a small volcano has emerged lrom the sea two miles to the west of the Island of Pantellaria. Columns of smoke are emitted, accompanied by subterranean noises, and earthquake shocks are felt on the island. The Island of Pantellaria lies 60 miles from the south-west coast of Sicily, and 100 miles east of Kalybia in Tunis. It is about 30 miles in circum- ference, and is wholly of volcanic formation, with vestiges of craters and lava, pumice and hot springs. A deserter from the German army had given him- self up to the French authorities at Belfort. He was attached to the School for Non-commissioned Officers at Liebrich, in Hesse-Nassau, and acted there as a clerk to a military man of rank. One day he allowed the cigar-case of this individual to fall, whereupon the latter flew into a passion and struck at the man with his sword. The soldier seized the weapon and wounded his chief severely with it. He then ran away, and reached the French frontier. A great wildfowl year is predicted in Holland, and it is said, remarks Land and Water, that a Parisian game dealer in the Halles has prepared a refrigerat- ing room, in which he expects to store about 20,000 widgeon, 50,000 teal, and 60,000 wild duck, all to be obtained from his decoys in Holland. In the in- terests of shooting men we trust the worthy merchant may be a little out in his calculations, for if these 130,000 are added to the numerous wild fowl killed last winter, the Anatida will soon be- come as scarce in Holland as hares are in England. The steamer Beta has arrived at Halifax from Havannah, and reports a terrible experience during a hurricane from Saturday to Monday, when she was off North Hatteras. A fearful sea swept fore and aft, and struck Captain South, who was hold- ing to a handrail. The rail was torn away, and the capt in was swept into the sea. The next sea carried him back, throwing him against the smoke stack. He managed to catch bold of a rail and saved himself. Another sea knocked the first officer down and broke two of his ribs. The boatswain was slightly injured. Whilst a man named Keogh, belonging to Bally- ward, was travelling by the Blessingham tram near Dublin, by way of joke he extracted from a fellow- passenger's pocket a bottle, which he believed to contain whisky, and imbibed a considerable portion of its contents. He replaced the bottle quickly in his fellow passenger's pocket, and made no remark as to the occurrence at the time. Subsequently it was noticed that he was seriously unwell, and he mentioned that he had taken a quantity of the liquid, which turned out to be poison. Nothing could he done for the unfortunate man by those on the tramcar, but as soon as possible medical aid was procured, and, although every known remedy I was applied, Keogh died a short time afterwards.

A BANK DIRECTOR CHARGED WITH MISAPPROPRIATION. At the Mansion House Police-court, on Friday, Arthur Edward Smithers, 52, described as a back director, was charged before Alderman Sjr Henry Knight, en a warrant, with having on the 30th June, he then being a director of the English Bank of the River Plate, unlawfully and fraudulently taken and applied to his own use and benefit certain of the property of the bank, to the amount of JE7,184 lls. 9d. From the information which was read over by the chief clerk, it appeared from the evidence of Mr. Warley, chief clerk to the official receiver under the Companies Winding-up Act, 1890, that the prisoner was the managing director of the bank in St. Swithin's-lane. He had been so for several years. On the 1st August a winding-up order was made against the bank. Prisoner had no authority to make use of the bank's money for his own pri- vate purroses without the knowledge and sanction of the board of directors. Witness had investigated the prisoner's account with the bank and found that at the date of the liquidation the total amount due from him to the bank was £ 66,877; of that sum £ 41,843 consisted of loans and interest on loans made to him from time to time by the authority of the board; £17,888 was the balance due from him on an account called the branch floating entries account, and £7,146 was the balance of the office cash improperly appropriated by the prisoner. Prisoner had for years been in the habit of using the office cash for his own purposes, but he had con- trived to replace the money before the 30th Sep- tember in each year, when the books were audited, to make the accounts agree. On the 31st December last, however, there was a deficiency in the office cash of £ 4,709, on March 31st of JE5,099, and on June 30th of £7,184 lis. 9d. The latter amount had never been replaced. He found that among other sums appropriated by the prisoner was one of £ 2,500 on November 27th last.—Detective-Inspector Hunt, of the City police, stated that the prisoner was arrested at Bognor on Thursday. After reading the warrant prisoner merely said, "Very well. Prisoner upon this was remanded, and bail allowed in two sureties of £3,000 each and himself in £6,000.

THE LONDON WHARF STRIKE. On Friday morning William Sprow, 54, described as a Trade Union leader, of Albion Hotel, Drury- lane, was charged, at the Thames Police-court, with disorderly conduct by causing a crowd to assemble at Lower East Smithfield, in the parish of Wapping. John Mars, 20, a labourer, of Old Gravel-lane, Shad- well, was charged with attempting to rescue Sprow from custody—Inspector Goodall said that at a quarter-past 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon he was on duty in High-street, Wapping, when he saw Sprow at the head of about 100 men on strike. The procession was led by a piper, and pasied tha Carron and Hermitage Wharves hooting, groaning, and singing. Sprow called out "Come on, lads. Keep together. The taxpayers have no right to send the police to inteifere." The procession went away, but returned in half an hour without the piper. The men conducted themselves in a similar manner. He cautioned them, but as they did not desist, and there was considerable disorder, he took Sprow into custody. Mars, who atempted to rescue Sprow from custody by taking hold of his arm, was also apprehended. In cross examinatioa by Mr. Young, who defended, Inspector Goodall said that he objected to the procession. When he spoke to the men the procession was close to Hermitage Bridge. Sprow said, "Keep on moving," and did all he possibly could to keep the men together. He could not say that the prisoner was hooting, but he was shaking his fist in a menacing manner at the men at work at the loop-holes. He did not hear Sprow say, "Keep on moving, and put up with the police taunts and jeers."—Inspector Spratting and Constable Graydon gave corroborative evidence.—For the defence, Henry Yates, a labourer, said that just before 3 on Thursday after- noon he was passing along High-street, Wapping. An inspector and two or three constables went up to Sprow, and said, "We shall have to apprehend ?ou if you conduct yourself in this manner." hey took Sprow into custody, and on Mars per- suading Sprow to go away and not get into trouble, the,police pushed him back. He made no attempt to rescue Sprow, but the inspector said, "Take him into custody for attempted rescue."—In answer to the magistrate, the witness said he did not form part of the procession.—Mr. Dickinson said that these turbulent assemblages must not be allowed. If Sprow was a leader of these men, it was his duty to see that the men kept the peace. He had not been brought up before, and would be bound over in the sum of L25 to keep the peace for six months. Mars would be bound over in the sum of JE15 to keep the peace for six months.

| A fire broke out on Friday morning in a cottage at Chorley, resulting in the destruction of four adjoin- ing cottages and the death of a woman named Gorton, 80 years of age. She had escaped, but returned to her bedroom to get something, and was borned to death.