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FIGHTING ON THE INDIAN FRONTIER. I SEPOYS AMBUSHED BY MAHSUDS. I News from the Waziristan border states that a detachment of 32 men of the 17th Bengal In- fantry was ambushed by Mahsuds on Sunday afternoon, 13 sepoys being killed. The detach- ment formed the escort of a road survey party working between Martaza and Sarwekai, in the aeighbourhood of the Gomal Pass. Details of the affair are still wanting, but apparently the de- tachment must have had supports near, as some Mahsuds were afterwards captured. Further particulars show that the 17th Bengal Infantry, holding Khuzma Khulla, one of the blockade posts in Gomal region, furnished an escort of 32 men under a native officer to a survey party working on the road between Murtaza and Sarwekai, this route having been opened out since it was decided that the road from Sarwekai to Jandola was too dangerous for convoys. The first intimation of anything wrong was when Captain Argles, in charge of the Khuzma post, heard shots at four p.m. He immediately moved in the direction of the firing with all the available sepoys of the 17th Bengal Infantry and also a number of the Southern Waziristan Militia. The road passes through a ravine a few miles long. Captain Argle's party, when U miles up the ravine, was fired upon by Mahsuds, but the tribesmen were quickly driven off. Half a mile further Captain Argles found a. non-commissioned officer badly wounded and two coolies killed; then, a little further on, the bodies of 16 sepoys, one survey overseer, one water-carrier, and one muleteer, also two wounded men. The remainder of the party were ncwhare to be seen. Search was made until dark, when Captain Argles returned to Khuzma. The native officer and seven sepoys had not turned up this morning, but they may have escaped. The story told by a survivor is that the pickets were being withdrawn preparatory to the party's returning home. Just as the last picket was retir- ing the whole detachment found themselves am- bushed and shot down at close quarters.

l MR. JOHN MORLEY AT FORFAR. I Mr. Morley, speaking on the 4th inst. at Forfar, said the magnitude and beneficence of the heritage of the people of this country ought to nerve them to resist the mad outcries of the hour, and to return to those maxims of sanity and caution which had built up our Empire. Speaking of Ireland, he said it had been laid down that the Liberal -Party ought not to think ever again of assuming office dependent for their Parliamentary majority upon the Irish vote, but such a declara- tion contained a false principle, and he for one did not rule out the Irish vote from its constitutional position in the Imperial and British House of Commons.

I ROYAL PRINCE IN A MOTOR RACE. A motor-car race is to be run shortly (says a Naples correspondent) for a prize of 10,000 lire between the Duke of the Abruzzi and Cavaliere Garibaldi Coltelletti. The course is from Turin to Boulogne, via Tortona, Piacenza, Parma, Rsggio et Emilia, and Modena, and the distance 335 kilometers. The Duke rides a Pauliard- Levassor made in Italy.

HOME HINTS. I RICE CAKES.—Take one cup of cold boiled rice, one pint of flour, one teaspoonful of salt, two eggs beaten lightly, and milk to make this a thick batter. Beat all well together, and bake on a griddle. PLAIN Tea CAKE.-Two eggs-beat whites and yolks separately; one cup of sugar, half a cup of bntter, one cup of milk; one large teaspoonful of baking-powder, one teaspoonful extract of lemon. flour to stiffen. Bake in a quick oven. SHRIMP TOAST.—Two eggs, one ounce of butter, two tablespoonsful of picked shrimps, small round croates of buttered toast. Beat the eggs well with a whisk, chop the shrimps coarsely and stir them in, season with pepper and salt, melt the butter in a saucepan, add the eggs, and stir until a thick creamy consistency. Put a large spoonful on croute and serve very hot. FILLETED SOLES.—Take two soles, divide them from the backbone, and remove the heads, fins and tails. Sprinkle the inside with salt, roll them up from the tail end upwards, and skewer them. Dip them in the yolk of a well-beaten egg, and then breadcrumb them, then into the egg a second time, and again sprinkle them with crumbs; fry them in hot lard, or in clarified butter. YORKSHIRE PUDDING.—When roasting a piece of beef, lay it on sticks in your baking-pan, so that the juice from the meat will drop into the pan be- low. Three-quarters of an hour before the beef is done, mix the following pudding and pour it into the pan under the meat, letting the drippings con- tinue to fall upon it: One pint of milk, four eggs well beaten, two cups of flour, one teaspoonful of salt. BLACKBERRY Wixim.-The following is an ex- cellent recipe for the manufacture of a superior wine from blackberries. Measure your berries and bruise them; to every gallon add one quart of boiling water. Let the mixture stand twenty-four hours, stirring occasionally, then strain off the liquor into a cask to every gallon add two pounds of sugar! cork tight, and let stand till the follow- ing year. GOLDEN PUDDING.—Half a pound of bread- crumbs, quarter of a pound of suet, quarter of a pound of marmalade, quarter of a pound of sugar, four eggs ;| mix the suet and breadcrumbs in a basin, finely minced, stir all the ingredients well together, beat the eggs to a froth; whenjwell mixed put into a mould or buttered basin, tie down with a floured cloth, and boil two hours. Serve with powdered sugar over it. BOILED RABBIT WITH ONION SAucn.-Peel five or six medium-sized onions and put them into cold water; boil them till tender; cut up the rabbit into joints and put it into a saucepan, with sufficient cold water to cover it, and simmer gently for an hour and a half. After it comes to boiling heat, chop the onions and season them with a saltspoon- ful of salt, the same of white pepper, and put them into a small saucepan, with an ounce "of butter and two tablespoonsful of milk. Stir and boil up, lay the rabbit neatly on a hot dish, pour the sauce over it, and serve at once. Spare Moments. 3 ONIONS are more nourishing than any other vegetable. To MAKE GLAZIER'S PUTTY.—Mix whiting and linseed oil, and work them together to the con- sistency of dough. KEEP the vessels from rust by placing them near the fire on the rack of the range, after they have been washed and wiped. To WHITEN THE NAILS.—Soak them daily foi five minutes in a cup of tepid water, to which a teaspoonful of lemon-juice has been added. This makes them easier to polish, besides improving the colour. MY advice to those furnishing a house in a town is, have all curtains short enough to clear the floor when drawn back. Avoid all decorations that collect dust and cannot be easily freed of it. This is especially necessary in bedrooms. ON BOTTLE CLEANRNG. It surprises me in these days, when all know the danger of lead- poisoning, how many otherwise careful house- wives, have bottles cleaned with shot. There is, perhaps, nothing that makes a bottle more quickly clean than to wash it by shaking a handful of shot and a little water in it; but it is a decidedly dan- gerous process, for even the most careful rinsing may fail to remove the minute particles of lead adhering to the glass. Why should shot be used at all ? There are many things that answer the purpose equally well; for instance, salt and potato-peel, clean sand, and tea-leaves, are all quite harmless, while shot yields a constant risk of lead-poisoning. HERE is a cure for sick headache: Mix two tea spoonsful of powdered charcoal with half a tumbler of water, and in less than half an hour after drinking this it will give relief to a sick head- ache, when caused, as it generally is, by acidity of the stomach. LIME-WATER FOR BABIES.—Wise mothers know how beneficial to infants the mixture of lime-water with their food is; but very few of them know that they can make lime-water at home quite well, instead of paying a high price for it. The follow- ing is the method to adopt: Slaked lime half an ounce, water two pints. Put the lime into a stoppered bottle with the water and shake well for two or three minutes. Allow it to stand till the sediment has fallen to the bottom, and then draw off the clear liquid into a well-stoppered green glass bottle for use. Many people can take milk, with lime-water added to it in the proportion of a tablespoonful to a tumbler, when they cannot digest it alone. PLUM CAKE.—Whip half a pound of butter and half a pound of Demerara sugar to a cream, then add to it four eggs, whisked to a froth, quarter of a nutmeg, grated, and half a pound of self-raising flonr. Mice well together, then add half a pound of currants, first well washed, dried, and picked, quarter of a pound of raisins, stoned and chopped, and three ounces of well-chopped candied peel. Mix all well together, isad beat the mixture steadily for at least ten or twelve minutes then use to fill a well-greased baking-tin. When the cake is in the tin, push in a few thick pieces of citron or can- died peel, and bake for two hours in a slow oven.— London Journal. CREAM OF ONIONS.—Boil two Spanish onions until nearly tender, then pour away the water and cover them with milk, or milk and water, let- ting them cook gently until quite tender. Take them up and pass through a fine sieve, add pepper and salt to taste and thicken with an ounce of but- ter, rolled in half an ounce of flour. Return all to the saucepan; boil up and serve. More milk may be added should the soup be too thick. Scatter a very little chopped parsley over the soup when it is in the tureen, and add grated Parmesan cheese with it and tiny dice of fried bread. DAMSON MOULD makes a very good sweet for a supper party at this season. Stew some damsons, drain off the juice and pass them through a sieve. Take six ounces of the purée, mix it with an equal quantity of castor sugar, and stir till quite frothy. Then add half an ounce of dissolved gela- tine and the whites of six eggs bpaten to a stiff froth. Pour into a lightly-greased mould and turn out when set. Serve with whipped cream or custard. CUSTARD GATEAU.—Line a plain mould with a little lemon jelly, and decorate it with a few pre- served cherries, strips of angelica, and ratafias. Melt one ounce of best gelatine and stir it into one pint and a half of custard, sweetened to taste and flavoured with vanilla essence. Whip a gill of cream till stiff and add to the custard, then gradually stir in one ourice of citron choppedjvery small. Crumble two stale sponge-cakes very fine and add to the above, then pour all into the mould. When the gateau i" set, turn out and serve. A few chopped almonds added to the custard are an im- provement.

THE KING'S TITLE. I A supplement to the London Gazette, published I on the 4th inst., contains the following I BY THE KING.—A PROCLAMATION. I EDWARD, R.I.—Whereas an Act was passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled An Act to enable his Most Gracious Majesty to make an Addition to the Royal Style and Titles in recogni- tion of his Majesty's Dominions beyond the Seas," which Act enacts that it shall be lawful for Us. with a view to such recognition as aforesaid of our Dominions beyond the seas, by Our Royal Proclamation under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom issued within six months after the passing of the said Act, to make such addition to the Style and Titles at present apper- taining to the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom and its Dependencies as to Us may seem fit: And whereas Our present Style and Titles are, in the Latin tongue, Edwardus VII. Dei Gratii Britanniarum Rex, Fidei Defensor, Indiae Im- perator," and in the English tongue, Edward VII., by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India." We have thought fit. and with the advice of Our Privy Council, to appoint and declare, and We do hereby, by by and with the said advice, appoint and declare that henceforth, so far as conveniently may be, on all occasions and in all instruments wherein Our Style and Titles are used, the following addi- tion shall be made to the Style and Titles at pre- sent appertaining to the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom and its Dependencies that is to say, in the Latin tongue, after the word" Britan- narium." these words, et terrarum transmarina- rum quae in ditione sunt Britanmca" and in the English tongue, after the words of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland." these words, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas." And Our will and pleasure further is, that all gold, silver, and bronze moneys, now current and lawful moneys of the United Kingdom, and all gold, silver, and bronze moneys which shall, on or after this day, be coined by Our Authority with the like impressions, shall, notwithstanding such additions to Our Style aud Titles, be deemed and taken to be current and lawful moneys of the said United Kingdom; and further, that all moneys coined for and issued in any of the Dependencies of the said United Kingdom, and declared by Our Proclamation to be current and lawful money of such Dependencies, respectively bearing Our Style or Titles, or any part or parts thereof, and all moneys which shall hereafter be coined and issued according to such Proclamation, shall, notwith- standing such addition, continue to be lawful and current money of such Dependencies respectively, until Our pleasure shall be further declared there- upon. Given at Our Court at Saint James's, this fourth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and one, in the first year of Our Reign. God Save the King.

LOSS OF THE MANCHESTER. I A MELANCHOLY STORY. I A Liverpool telegram states that the owners of the ship Manchester, which was reported missing Last June, have received a communication from tbeir New York agent enclosing a letter from the German Governor of the Marshall Islands, which gives what are regarded as authentic tidings of the tragic fate of the ship and its crew of 31 men. The Manchester was a sailing ship, and when lost had 011 board a full cargo of petroleum oil. The letter states that a schooner touched at the little unin- habited Atoll, Bikar, on February 3, and found the wreck of a big vessel and about 1000 more or less damaged petroleum cases, marked Chester Tide Water Oil Company, N.Y., U.S.A." The naked body of a man was also discovered, and the papers of Julius Schwarz, which were found in a cigar-box lying at an encampment constructed ot leaves. Amongst the papers was a postal card written by E. Poppe, of New York. It is supposed that the vessel ran on the rocks at night-time about January 24 last, when heavy monsoons pre- vailed around the islands. There were traces of naked and shoed feet, and evidences that the ship- wrecked persons left the island in two boats, pro- bably one day before the schooner arrived. Turtle meat and water, presumably the only provisions of tiie wrecked mariners, were found on the island.

SCOTCH CHURCH MISSIONS. I SPEECH BY MR. BALFOUR. I At a meeting in St. Andrew s Hall, Glasgow, presiding on the 4th inst. in connection with the Church of Scotland Home Mission and Church Extension, the Right Hon. A. Balfour said the cause that he pleaded was for the pro- vision of religious opportunities for the great and growing populations of this country of Scotland, and more especially of the great cities of Scotland. There was a time when religion, like education, or like public health at the present time, could call upon the civil power in some shape or another to support its efforts for the public good. Those times had long gone by. They would never reappear, and it was well, he thought, for the cause of religion that they should never reappear. But that fact threw upon them even greater responsibility. It threw upon them the responsibility not merely of providing the means, the religious means, the re- ligious machinery, of which these populations for whom he pleaded might avail themselves if they so desired it, but they also created that desire to take advantage of those methods without which no expenditure of money, no provision of opportunities for public worship, no teaching, no preaching, could be of any avail. They wanted churches, they wanted ministers, but besides churches and ministers they wanted congregations. They wanted the growing populations of these great urban dis- tricts to feel, as their fathers living in the thinly- populated rural districts felt before them, the necessity for that machinery of civilisation which meant religious advantages, which it was the object of that meeting, if possible, to secure.

CURRENT SPORT. I Sunderland, by their victory over the Blackburn Rovers at Sunderland, still maintain their position at the head of the Football Association League, but the Rovers played them an exceptionally close game after being two goals behind at half-time. Although playing away from home Newcastle United should have done much better at Bolton, especially after their fine defeat of Notts County a week ago. Both the Birmingham clubs won their matches; Aston Villa seenc once more to have settled down intc something like their form of last season, while the victory of Small Heath over Bury again proves what a difficult side they are to beat at home. The game which probably excited the most local interest was that between the two Sheffield clubs, which resulted in a win for the Wednesday, who had the advantage of playing on their own ground, by a goal to none. Notts Forest, who have been showing uncertain form, drew with Derby County, at Derby, which leave? the impression that they are finding their game. The other matches call for little comment. Results: Derby County drew with Notts Forest, at Derby, one goal all; Sunderland beat Blackburn Rovers, at Sunderland, by three goals to two Bolton Wanderers beat Newcastle United, at Bolton, by three goals to one; Everton beat Stoke, at Everton, by one goal to none; Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Grimsby Town, at Wolverhampton, by two goals to none; Aston Villa beat Notts County, at Nottingham, by three goals to none; Liverpool beat Manchester City, at Manchester, by three goals to two; Small Heath beat Bury, at Small Heath, by one goal to none; and Sheffield Wed- nesday beat Sheffield United, at Owlerton, by one goal to none. Owing to the English Cup ties only two matches were played in the Southern League, but both of these were of some importance. In each instance the home side lost the 'game. Tottenham Hot- spur best West Ham United by a goal to none, at Canning-town, and Portsmouth beat Southamp- ton, at Southampton, by four goals to three, this is Southampton's first defeat in the competition. The visit of the Cambridge University eleven to Tufnell-park aroused much interest. The Light Blues ;were meeting the same powerful side of Casuals who had drawn with Oxford in the previous week. It was a fine game, and the Casuals won by three goals to two. The Casuals were chiefly indebted for their win to G. O. Smith, the inter- national centre, and the half-backs. E. Booker, for Cambridge, was also clever in shooting. Every- thing points to a fine match between Oxford and Cambridge next term. Oxford University v. Old Etonians furnished a fine match, at Oxford, the university winning by three goals to one. H. Morgan-Owen scored before half-time, and afterwards there were other goals by Morgan-Owen and Corbett. Gosling got the point J for the Old Etonians. Some progress was made with the preliminary competitions for the English and Amateur Cups; but the matches were chiefly of me/e local interest. Everything pointed to a hard match in the scrummage at Oxford on Saturday, when Rich- mond, who have probably the strongest Rugby fifteen in London this season, met the University. Without being particularly brilliant the match fur- nished some hard forward work. Oxford, as was expected, were the better in the backs, and Rich- mond were handicapped by E. E. Walker's injury. Early in the game the Oxford backs won the match for their side, the score being a goal and a try to a try. Cambridge University only just won their match with the Old Leysians, at Cambridge, by one goal and one try to one goal. The Cambridge team are rather an uncertain quantity just now, and Satur- day's form showed a lack of cohesion in the scrummage. Their victory over the Leysians on the day's football was rather lucky, for it was only a penalty goal made by Bedell-Sivright, the Cam- bridge captain, late in the game that enabled them to win by a single point-namely, six to five. Although neither side is up to the standard of past years, the match between London Scottish and Blackheath, on the Athletic Ground, Rich-* mond, which was won by Blackheath by throe goals to a goal and a try, produced plenty of in- terest, if only from the keen rivalry which exists between the clubs. In criticising the play one goes back to the palmy days when the above fifteens and Richmond for many years fought for the supremacy of the London district. Now, how- ever, things are changed. It was not a particu- larly good game, but on the day's play Blackheath thoroughly deserved their win. It was a forward game for some time, both sets of forwards making some good rushes. The scoring was opened by Sherwell having his kick charged down, which gave Heilgers an opportunity to cross the Blackheath line, and from the try Swanston placed a goal. Shortly afterwards Pinckney scored for Blackheath, and Skrimshire kicked a splendid goal, which left the sides level at half time. Subsequently Blackheath had the better of the football. Skrimshire kicked a good penalty goal, and also converted a try by Sherwell. Before the close good passing between the Scottish backs ended in Gould's gaining a try. A feature of the football was the form shown by Skrimshire early in the game. His play was characterised by splendid resource and judgment. There were three matches in the Rugby County Championship. Gloucestershire beat Cornwall, at Camborne, by two tries to one; Cheshire beat Lancashire, at Liverpool, by five goals and a try to a goal; and Durham beat Yorkshire, at Harrogate, by a goal and a try to a goal. Other Rugby matches of general interest on Saturday resulted thus Old Merchant Taylors beat Marlborough Nomads, Rosslyn Park beat Guy's Hospital, London Irish beat Harlequins, Kensington beat St. Thomas's Hospital, Catford Bridge beat St. Mary's Hospital, Cardiff beat Moseley, Gloucester beat Stroud, Leicester beat Burton, Newport beat Devonport Albion, Old Edwardians beat Coventry, Swansea beat Llanelly, Edinburgh University beat West of Scotland, Watsonians beat Edinburgh Wanderers, and Glas- gow Academicals beat Glasgow University. For the annual four and a-half miles road walk- ing race at CHngford on Saturday the old- established Lea Harriers obtained a capital entry, including three famous veteran athletes in the persons of J. E. Fowler Dixon, who was long dis- tance amateur champion 25 years ago; Harold Wade, who won the mile championship in 1892 and Dr. H. A. Munro, the old Oxford University runner who secured the four miles championship in 1895. Munro did not start, but the others did, and Fowler Dixon, whose son also competed, finished sixth, in 41min. 53sec., a time which with his 9min. allowance enabled him to win the first prize in the "Yacht Handicap." The scratch race, for which a new and handsome challenge bowl was put up in place of the one won outright last year by F. A. Cohen, fell to A. E. Culver, who beat E. D. Fowler Dixon by 180 yards. S. L. Sarel was third, and B. F. Howard fourth. The order of finishing and times were as follows A. E. Culver, 37min. 45sec., 1; E. D. Fowler Dixon, 38min. 29 3-5sec., 2; S. L. Sarel, 41min. 4 3-5sec., 3; B. F. Howard, 41min. 37see., 4; H. G. Johnson, 41min. 50sec., 5; J. E. Fowler Dixon, 41min. 53see., 6; Harold Wade, 43min. 4sec., 7; and G. L. Brassy, 44min. 54see., 8. As we have said, the elder Fowler Dixon, with 9min. start, took the handicap; with Sarel, allowed 7min. 20sec., 2; E. D. Fowler Dixon, 4min., 3; and Johnson, with 5min. lOsec., 4. As anticipated, the county lacrosse teams ot Essex and Middlesex fell to Cheshire and Lanca- shire on Saturday. Neither of the southern counties was, unfortunately, at full strength, but both did well in the early stages of the matches, Essex in fact leading by two goals to one at half- time, while Lancashire only led Middlesex by three goals to two at the interval. In view of this scoring, the ten to two win for Lancashire and the eight to four success of Cheshire do not say much for the lasting powers of the southern counties. Lancashire and Chehsire will pay a re- turn visit to the south later in the season to play Essex and Middlesex respectively. Gloucester- shire are also likely to enter the county lists, as the Bristol district clubs are going strongly, and will probably play Kent. Club play in the south on Saturday was not very important, the chief re- sult being the heavy defeat of Cambridge Univer- sity by Blackheath. In a splendid Rugby match at Cambridge, on Monday, the University were beaten by Cardiff by four tries to one. The combination of the Welsh backs altogether nonplussed the Cambridge half and three-quarter backs. Sundry Association football matches of interest were set for Monday. Dense fog prevented any football in both Queen's Park Rangers v. Bristol Rovers and Millwall v. Southampton. Tottenham Hotspur, the English Challenge Cup holders, beat the Woolwich Arsenal by five goals to none in the Western League. Burnley beat Bolton Wanderers by three goals to two in the Lancashire Cup com- petition. All reports from the grounds stated that log prevented, good football.

MURDER OF A LONDON BANK CASHIER. An attempt to rob the Kennington-park branch of the London and South-Western Bank was made on the afternoon of the 4th inst., and resulted in the death of one of the bank clerks and of his assailant. The branch is a comparatively small one, and is in charge of a manager and three clerks. It is situated in the main Kennington- road, immediately opposite the Horns Tavern. The road is usually an exceedingly busy thoroughfare, but on the afternoon in ques- tion, owing to the density of a prevailing fog, there were comparatively few people about. A few minutes before four o'clock a decently- dressed man, rather above the middle-height, with dark hair and moustache, presented himself at the bank and asked to see the manager, but, upon beingtold that that official was out, left the building. The door of the bank was closed in the usual way at four o'clock. About five minutes past there was a knock at the door, and, when one of the clerks opened it, the man who had a few minutes previously asked to see the manager rushed in and, raising a revolver, fired at the first clerk, but missed him. A second shot, directed at the second clerk, followed, and unfortunately caused instant death, the bullet penetrating the victim's head. Realising the desperate condition of affairs, the third clerk grappled with the man and forced him into the manager's office. The man lost his balance and fell over a table, with the result that the revolver, which he still held in his hand, went off, the charge entering his head and causing instant death. By a coincidence several police officers were in the immediate vicinity at the time, and, upon learning what had happened, hastened into the building and sent for the assistance of a medical man. A doctor was quickly in attendance, but, as has already been stated, both the bank clerk and his assailant had apparently died instantaneously. The superior officers of the division, Inspector Kiteh and Detec- tive Inspector McCarthy, afterwards took the matter in hand, and it is said that they have a clue to the identity of the men whose desperate con- duct had such a tragic result. When the police entered they found the man still grasping the weapon, which has five barrels, and with a formid- able life preserver slung from his wrist. The name of the clerk who unfortunately met his death was Herbert Crawley. Another account states that the assailant, find- ing his escape barred, shot himself. According to the stories of persons in the neighbourhood at the time there were three men engaged in the design of robbery. Two of them, finding it likely to miscarry, bolted from the bank and left the I third to get out of the affair as best he could. This ¡ third man got behind the counter, and in the struggle shot Mr. Crawley, and when the third clerk closed with him fired also at him, but fortunately only grazed his cheek. Before he could be overpowered, and evi- dently seeing escape to be impossible, he shot himself. The other bank officials, according to this account, raised a cry, and the police and several men ran in. Mrs. Crawley, who with he- husband lived on the premises, came down from rooms above and found her husband dead err dying. A pocket-book is said to have been found on the body of the assailant the name" Lassen" on it. The murderer wrs decently dressed and youthful in appearance. The tragedy drew a great crowd round the premises. ASSAILANT IDENTIFIED. I The name of the assailant appears to be Joseph Porter, and he was formerly engaged as a stoker on one of the southern railways, but had lately been out of employment. He had obtained the promise of work abroad, and was arranging to leave England almost immediately to take it up. The inquiries tend to show that he was a man of good reputation, and his conduct is regarded by those who were acquainted with him as inexplicable. The bodies of the dead men were lying on Wed- nesday morning on adjoining tables in the mor- tuary adjoining the Lambeth Coroner's-court. Mr. Crawley, the unfortunate clerk, was a young man of very spare build, with a fair moustache, while his assailant was a dark complexioned man, having the appearance of an Italian.

THE REVENUE. The receipts on account of Revenue from April 1, 1901, when there was a balance of £ 5,596,918, to November 2,1901, were C66,536,656, against E60,783,201 in the corresponding period of the preceding financial year, which began with a balance of £ 3,517,047. The net expenditure was £ 117,335,249, against £ 107,142,700 to the same date in the previous year. The Treasury balances on November 2, 1901, amounted to £ 4.241,717, and at the same date in 1900 to £ 1,519,347.

SIR W. WHITE'S RETIREMENT. I The news that Sir William White has been compelled by ill-health to resign his position as Assistant-Controller of the Navy and Director of Naval Construction will occasion no surprise. For several months past this step has been imminent, but for various reasons definite action has been delayed, and now that further postpone- ment is considered unwise the intelligence will occasion widespread regret. It is no exaggeration to state that this retiring official has been the creator of the British Fleet as it exists to-day, the most potent instrument of peace in the world. It is understood that as a result of the deliberations of the committee on Admiralty contracts pro- sided over by Mr. H. O. Arnold-Forster, M.P., Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, important changes in the department over which Sir William White has for so long presided are now under consideration.

CABINET COUNCIL. I A Cabinet Council was held on the 5th inst. at the Foreign Office. The Ministers present were the Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis of Lans- downe, the Right Hon. A. Akers-Douglas, Lord Balfour of Burleigh, the Right Hon. A. Balfour, the Right Hon. G. Balfour, the Right Hon. St. John Brodrick, Earl Cadogan, the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, the Duke of Devonshire, Lord George Hamilton, the Right Hon. R. W. Hanbury, Lord' James of Hereford, the Marquis of Londonderry, the Right Hon. W. H. Long, the Right Hon. C. T. Ritchie, and the Earl of Selborne. Ritchie, and the Earl of Selborne.

THE King has been pleased to appoint Captain the Hon. Henry Dundas Napier to be Military Atta/jhd to his Majesty's Legation at Teheran. THE Archduchess Maria Christina, daughter of Archkuke Frederick, is shortly to be engaged to Count Salm Leifferscheid. A MEMORIAL of Sir Walter Besant is to be admitted to the crypt of St. Paul's, near that com- me mora ting Charles Reade. SIR EDWARD GREY, M.P., has been elected President of the Liberal Imperialistic League in succession to Lord Brassey. I IN connection with the alterations at Windsor, the King has given an order for eight marble pedestals, 4ft. in height, with Gothic panels. One of the pedestals is to bear a bust of Queen Victoria.

FRANCE AND TURKEY. I The French Government was on Saturday in- formed that the Sultan had issued an Iradd fixing the Lorando claim at the amount demanded by France but this is regarded as insufficient, as it does not state the conditions as to payment, and it was intimated that advantage would be taken of the impending naval demonstration to obtain a settlement of other disputed questions. On hear- ing this the French Representative in Constanti- nople was asked to submit a definite list of the intended demands to be laid before a Turkish Council of Ministers. Meantime, Admiral Cail- lards's Squadron is said to be on its way to carry out its mission, which is said to be the landing of a naval force at a Turkish port, probably Smyrna. In Paris it is semi-officially declared that nothing will be done to raise an international difficulty. MITYLENE OCCUPIED. Admiral Caillard has informed his Government by telegraph that he arrived with his squadron off Mitylene on Tuesday, and that the three chief ports have been occupied by a French force. The island will continue to be held by France as a guarantee for the future good behaviour of the Sultan. Developments between France and Turkey are being watched with some uneasiness there, where friendly relations with the Sultan are maintained in high quarters.

DEATH OF JUDGE BAGSHAWE. On the assembling of Peterborough County- court, on the 5th inst., Mr. Gaches, the Registrar, said he regretted to inform the Court that he had just received a telegram stating that his Honour Judge Bagshawe had died suddenly during the night. The Registrar expressed deep sympathy with Mrs. Bagshawe and family at the sudden ter- mination of so long and honourable a career. It is stated Judge Bagshawe on Monday attended the funeral of his brother, Canon Bagshawe, at Mortlake, Surrey. Mr. J. A. Percival, as senior solicitor present, voiced the sorrow that would be felt by the legal profession at the loss of a most painstaking and methodical judge. The deceased was one of the oldest County-court Judges on circuit. The Court immediately adjourned.

DR. KRAUSE AGAIN AT BOW STREET. Dr. Krause was brought up again at the Bow- street Police-court on the 5th inst., but, the neces- sary papers not having yet arrived from South Africa, was once more remanded.

AFFRAY IN JERUSALEM. A serious affray occurred at Jerusalem on the 4th inst. in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, between Latins and Greeks, resulting in casual- ties on both sides. Five Franciscans were danger- ously wounded, including the Vicar-custodian, a Frenchman. The conflict was due to the Latins having repeatedly attempted to sweep part of the quadrangle of the church, which duty the Greeks claim as an exclusive right. Troops had been posted on the spot for several days in order to prevent a collision, but they were suddenly out- numbered by the contending parties.

SMALL-POX AND FEVER IN LONDON. At midnight on Monday there were 295 patients in the sma,ll-pox hospitals, and down to seven p.m. on Tuesday 12 fresh cases were admitted. The number of fever and diphtheria patients in the hospitals on Monday night was 5153.

THE VOYAGE OF THE OPHIR. NAVAL PROMOTIONS. We learn from the Admiralty that the following promotions have been made on the occasion of the return of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York in his Majesty's ship Ophir from the Royal visit to the colonies: Commander Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss to be Captain in his Majesty's Fleet. Lieutenant William George Elmhirst Ruck- Keene to be Commander in his Majesty's Fleet. Sub Lieutenants John Hugh Bainbridge and Gerald Louis Saurin to be Lieutenants in his Majesty's Fleet. Surgeon Robert Hill to be Staff Surgeon in his Majesty's Fleet. Assistant Paymaster Walter Gask to be Pay- master in his Majesty's Fleet. To date November 6, 1901.

HEROIC HARROVIANS. A scheme is on foot to erect a memorial to those former members of Harrow School who have fallen in the South African war, and a meeting was held at Westminster on Tuesday to consider a proposal for enlarging the school chapel as the most suit- able way of carrying out the object in view. Earl Spencer presided. The Master of Trinity, in pro- posing that it was advisable to erect a memorial, mentioned that Colonel Benson was an Old Harrovian, and he paid a touching tribute the late gallant officer's memory. Lord George Hamilton, in seconding the motion, said public schools had taken a great part in shaping the destiny and traditions of Great Britain, and in this respect Harrow filled a worthy place. The motion was adopted. Mr. Walter Long, M.P., moved that Mr. Aston Webb's plans for enlarging the chapel be approved, and that a committee be appointed to collect subscriptions and to carry out the scheme. Major-General Mae- kinnon seconded the resolution, which was unani- mously passed.

DISHONEST BUTLER. At the Clerkenwell Sessions Charles Campbell on Tuesday pleaded guilty to stealing in April last jewellery worth £ 1500, the property of the Hon. W. F. North, of 45, Lennox-gardens, where he was then in service as butler. He was sen- tenced to nine months' imprisonment in the second division.

HEAVY SLEEPERS. An extraordinary incident is reported in connec- tion with the collision between a Midland express and a Lancashire and Yorkshire train standing at Windsor-bridge, Manchester, early on Tuesday morning. Dr. Watson, of Blackburn, was in the Midland train, but slept soundly, untroubled by the accident. When the guard awakened him his first question was, Who put out the light ?" On glanc- ing upwards the doctor found that the roof of his carriage was off. Dr. Watson continued his journey in London, but another somnolent pas- senger was found still asleep, in a carriage some hours after the train had been shunted at Pendle- ton.

TEACHERS FOR THE REFUGEE CAMPS. The Board of Education has issued a notice inviting the services of about 100 trained female teachers, with special experience in teaching little children, for the refugee camps in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony. A year's definite engagement is offered, with a salary of £ 100, in addition to accommodation and rations in the camps.

GROUNDING OF A BRITISH WAR VESSEL. Lloyd's agent at Burntisland telegraphed on the 5th inst. as follows: "His Majesty's ship Active ashore on Common Rocks mile West from Burntisland. No apparent damage; expected to float to-night."

ACCIDENT TO AN EXPRESS. I During the dense fog on the afternoon of the 4th inst. the Manchester to York express, which passes through Todmorden about five o'clock, took the wrong course, at points, in the direction of Burnley and dashed into a light engine. The driver and stoker were seriously injured and were removed to the hospital. An express guard's van in front was completely overturned. Carriages fell against telegraph poles, which prevented them rolling down the embankment. The passengers had a very narrow escape. Besides the driver and stoker of the light engine, four or five passengers were badly hurt, but it was thought not fatally. The passenger train of three coaches was com- pletely wrecked. The engine was battered to pieces. Between 20 and 30 passengers were in the train, but for the most part were able to pro- ceed on their journey by special train two hours later. The guard was in his van when it tilted over, but escaped injury. The local doctors ren- dered valuable aid to four of the injured persons. William Clough, the driver of the express, says he noticed they were on the wrong line, and was about to pull up when he and his mate, Charles Barker, were thrown violently down. He believed he could have taken the curve all right, and pulled up without any disaster, had the pilot engine not been on the biding. The following is the list of injured: Joseph Brofrherton, Rose-grove, severe concus- sion of brain and internal injuries. Stoker, name unknown, Rose-grove, concussion of brain and fractured skull. William Clough, engine-driver, Burton Hove Lodge, York. Charles Barker, fireman, 31, Queen Victoria- street, South Bank, York, severe contused wounds on head. Oswald Kilburn, auctioneer, and valuer, South Bank, Wakefield, nasty cut on leg. The two first-named were left at Halifax In- firmary in a very precarious condition.

DUKE OF CORNWALL'S TITLE. I An interesting change in the style and title of the Duke of Cornwall and York may be looked for in the near future. It will be remembered that there was evidence of considerable public dis- appointment at the dropping of the familiar title Prince of Wales when King Edward ascended the throne, and at the suggested possibility of its not being revived for some years. At the time these reports appeared it was stated that the public view in the matter was likely to be met, but that for obvious reasons the title must remain in abeyance for a considerable time. The term had been so long and so popularly associated with the personality of the King that an immediate transference of it would have led to endless confusion and difficulty, and it was definitely stated that nothing would be done till after the conclusion of the Duke's colonial tour. Eight months have passed since the Press Association made these announcements, and the objections to transference have now very largely, if not wholly, disappeared. No official announcement is possible at the present moment, and it is improbable that any will be authorised until the time is ripe for publication of a Gazette notification, but it may be confidently predicted that the disappointment felt in these islands, and particularly in the Princi- pality, at the disappearance of the title Prince of Wales will shortly cease to have a cause.

THE PLAGUE AT GLASGOW AND LIVERPOOL. The official report on the plague outbreak in Glasgow issued on the 4th inst. showed that the position of affairs was unchanged, the number of cases in hospital remaining at four. In conse- quence of the receipt of an official communication from the Board of Trade the Glasgow 'Customs yesterday issued qualified bills of health which will displace the clean bills hitherto in vogue. French and Spanish ports have declared quaran- tine against Clyde vessels. The situation in Liver- pool continues favourable. No fresh cases were reported on the 4th inst., and the patients in hos- pital were doing well.

CLYDE shipbuilding was very slack during October, only six new vessels, aggregating 15,000 tons, being ordered. Fifteen steamers, totalling 36,000 tons, were launched, which is about the average. MR. CARNEGIE has given the sum of £ 5000 to Kinning-park, near Glasgow, for the building and equipment of a public library, the Town Council having recently adopted the Free Libraries Act. LA BELLE OTERO'S" jewels are being shown in a window of a Parisian jeweller's shop. Two policemen are on constant duty. A LARGE number of letters from Charles Dickens I have been presented to the Department of Manu- scripts of the British Museum, but the donor has stipulated that they are not to be accessible to the public for a period of 20 years.

KING AND QUEEN AT I S AN D RIN G HAM. ■ The King and Queen, who were accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York and their children, Princess Victoria, and Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark, on Monday left London for Sandringham. At Lynn, the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York were presented by the Mayor, on behalf of the inhabitants, with an illuminated address. Wolferton Station was deco- rated, and the avenue leading to Sandringham House was lined by workmen on the estate and the school children. The tenants were grouped near the Mansion and presented the Duke and Duchess with an address.

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. I The King, at a meeting of the Privy Council on the 4th inst., signed a proclamation by which Par- liament is further prorogued till December 14. Although the matter is in a sense purely formal, it was none the less very important, seeing that the previous prorogation was till to-day (Nov. 5) only. A further proclamation was thus indis- pensable.

A MARRIAGE ias been arranged between John only son of Ali., Evelyn, of Wotton, and Frances, youneest daughter of the late General Ivesand the, Hon. Mrs. Ives, of Moyns Park. CAPTAIN TROTTER. 2nd Life Guards, resigned his appointment as A.D.C. to Sir Redvers Buller solely on account of his getting married. PROFESSOR W. S. SCARBOROUGH, a man of colour, is vice-president of the Wilberforce Univer- sity, Ohio, but he is refused refreshment in a white man's cafe- THE Westminster Hospital Bontgen-ray room has now been opened; its building and equipping cost -.EIOOO. THE Glasgow municipal telephone service has 16,500 miles of underground wires, and provides for 20,000 subscribers. A MARRIAGE has been arranged, and will shortly take place, between Major Arthur C. M. Waterfield, Indian Staff Corps, son of the late Colonel W. G arrow Waterfield, and Winifred, eldest daughter of Mr. H. E. Buxton, of Gritton, near Great Yar- mouth.