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TOWN TOPICS. (From Our London Corrwponclent,) I It was with some laughter that members of the House of Commons greeted the original an- nouncement of the Prime Minister that he in- tended to propose measures for so accelerating the progress of the Education Bill as to enable Parliament to rise before Christmas. But, when they came to think out the matter, they found that, whatever means were proposed to this end, not much margin of time would be left if they were to get away from Westminster by the festive season. Probably not oven the most ardent lover of his legislative labours desires to be then sitting at work on the banks of the Thames, although there are few among them who can remember as a personal experi- ence when last the House sat on Christmas Eve, though that was no more than fourteen years ago, the prorogation then taking place on that date. Five years later Parliament was sitting up to within two or three days of Christmas, and then adjourned for a very brief period; but a strong hope is enter- tained by those who work at Westminster that, at the worst, it will be the former and not the latter precedent that is followed on the coming occasion. Much, of course, is heard from time to time of the great personal sacrifice made by our legislators in coming to Parliament at all in the winter season: but that kind tf talk is much exaggerated, for, in point of fact, the average member finds many and various means for enjoying himself while in town. If London had not been well-nigh surfeited with pageants during the present year, the Lord Mayor's Show would have stood a far better chance of being popularly appreciated, for it contained several features calculated to attract public attention and approval. The two things do not always go together on these occasions, as was evidenced several years ago when an emblematical car bearing a representation of Lord Mayor Walworth slaying Wat Tyler decidedly attracted the most attention, and as decidedly secured the most disapproval right along the route, the scene being generally felt to be lacking in taste upon such an occasion. In some respects, an endeavour is put forth to make the Lord Mayor's Show in some sort an abstract and brief chronicle of the time by including in it representations of the most striking recent national events; and this year the Anglo- Japanese alliance was celebrated in this fashion. But the English nature does not quite lend itself to personal pageantry-if the term may be used. Englishmen are too self-conscious to be able to dress up" without awkward- ness and hence they fail to display them- selves to as great advantage at these times as Frenchmen, Italians, and notably Hungarians. As far as the real importance of the day is concerned, the Show is over and the crowds have dispersed before the most significant busi- ness-the banquet in Guildhall-taxes place. It was not always thus, for in the olden time the banquet had precedence of the Show upon certain occasions, but the general rule is as at present. The original idea of the feast was that the judges to whom the new Lord Mayir had been formally presented should be his guests at a collation; and occasionally, in Eiizabethian times, the invitation was not always received with the best grace. It was the same. indeed, with the leading members of the Privy Council, and more than once the invitation was bluntly declined with an intimation to the Lord Mayor and his brother aldermen that they would be well advised to put their money to some better use, such as the relief of the poor. Nowadays, something more of courtesy* is observed in our public life; and we can cer- tainly not imagine Mr. Balfour or the Lord Chief Justice replying to an invitation from Sir Marcus Samuel in any like torms. But only close students of history are aware of how extremely blunt was the language accustomed to be used by our ancestors to each other. Suggestions have been made to the Govern- ment in the House of Commons this week that, having regard to the increasing congestion of traffic in the streets of London, and to the need for more rapid mn.Je3 of transit between distant parts, there shoald be insti- tuted an enquiry, by Royal commission or otherwise, into the means of locomotion and transportation in the metropolis both on and beneath the surface including the better regula- tion of vehicular traffic, the possibility of appropriating certain thoroughfares to given kinds of traffic, the means of facilitating the construction of electric tramways along or immediately beneath the streets, and the steps to be taken for creating a properly- arranged and conveniently inter connected system of deep-level electric railways. What- ever may be thought of this particular idea, there can be little doubt that the matter is one which will have to be taken up in some authoritative fashion. One can travel out of London for fifty miles in the same time as it takes to go five miles within its boundaries; and the loss of time and temper is, as a mental consequence, extremely great. A steady stream of peers is just now setting towards the east; for our House of Lords will be somewhat extensively represented at the coming Coronation Durbar, which is to be held at Delhi on New Year's Day. A large number of other personages, well known in the official world and in society, are also proceeding to India on the same errand, with the result that the regular passenger services with all Indian ports are now fully engaged until the first week of December, which is the latest date that will enable departures from Mediterranean ports to reach Bombay in time. The foreign mail services are being utilised to the fullest extent, and it is reported that some travellers are pro- ceeding by Australian and China steame s tc Colombo with the intention of proceeding to Calcutta by coasting boats, or even by train, from the nearest port on the peninsula. Those who can be present on the great occasion will oertainly witness a spectacle almost unparalleled in its imposing dimensions, and one that will takd" its place in the history of impressive pageants which India has furnished from timo unmemorial. There is some sadness in finding that, just as we are rapidly approaching the close of another volunteer year, a spirit of unrest appears to be abroad among some portions of our civilian force which may do something to lessen its usefulness. This is especially marked in London, where some of the best known and most popular commanding officers have re- signed their commissions; and much discus- sion is going on in both military and social circles as to the reasons for this step. This is not the place to argue the rights or the wrongs of the dispute between these gentlemen and the War Office; but the hope may be fervently ex- pressed that no mere Question of amourpmpre either on the one side or the other will be allowed to deepen the difficulty which has arisen. It is in these times clearly recognised on all hands that only a well-trained and thoroughly disciplined volunteer force stands between this country and conscription and it, therefore, behoves all those who have no wish to see compulsory service introduced in Great Britain to do their utmost to assist in solving the difficulty which has now presented itself. It is certainly not a time for recrimina- tion of a too stiff standing upon punctilio. We are all proud of our civilian soldiers, and it would be ten thousand pities if anything occurred I either to lessen our pride or their efficiency. Prime Ministers in these days are evidently expected to be of the "Admirable Crichton order, and authorities upon everything; and thus it is that Mr; Balfour has been called upon within the past few days to deliver, a solemn judgment upon the merits of a particular form of golf ball, while the fact that he has just joined the Automobile Club is being quoted as {>roof that he favours legislation in regard to essening the present statutory restriction upon the speed of motor cars. Perhaps, before long, the First Lord of the Treasury will be asked to decide upon the rival merits of Vigoro, the newly-attempted combination of cricket and lawn-tennis recently seen at Lord's and the Crystal Palace, and" Table Cricket," as in vented by Dr. W. G. Grace. While waiting for this, it may be noted that aught concerning cricket in any form to which the veteran W. G." attaches his name is bound to attract a widespread public interest. Various endeavours have been made to adapt cricket to indoor play; and in this one, by means of a spring and a slide, the bowler, after a little practice, can vary his pace and length with considerable accuracy, which puts the batsman to work with a will in order to keep the ball from his wicket. R.

NEWS NOTES. The German Emperor, who holds honorifically the Colonelship-in-Chief in that fine body of British heavies," the 1st Royal Dragoons, in- spected the regiment at Shorncliffe on Saturday in stormy weather, and presented medals to the men who had won them on active service in South Africa. The Kaiser is proud of the Royals, and well he may be, for they make an imposing presentment, such as commends itself strongly to his military instincts. His Imperial Majesty is a many-sided man, but before all else a sol- dier and his British Dragoons are in every way worthy of the high prestige of their august Colonel. From Shorncliffe the Kaiser journeyed to Sandringham on a family visit to his uncle the King, and there met a select party for sport and sociality, prior to moving further northward on a visit to his particular personal friend Lord Lonsdale, who had prepared for the Imperial guest some of the finest shooting that the famous Lowther Castle preserves have afforded for years past, together with coaching drives among the mountam roads of Cumberland and the vicinage, a diversion of which the Kaiser is especially fond. It was noted at Sandringham that Mr. Chamberlain conferred closely with the Kaiser. In this connection a contemporary says We have good reason for stating that the visit of the German Emperor marks an important crisis in the foreign relations of Great Britain. The social significance of the visit is, indeed, wholly subordinate to the claims of a pressing diplo- matic situation. No official denials will alter the fact that the question at issue is what quid pro quo shall be granted to Germany as a reward for her quiescence while we complete our arrange- ments with Portugal in reference to Delagoa Bay. Briefly, Mr. Chamberlain declines to be a party to any delay in the acquisition of an ample working agreement in Delagoa Bay. It is not too much to say that no considerations, however grave, will be allowed by the Colonial Secretary to override his personal wishes in this respect. So far as Portugal is concerned, no difficulty need be anticipated. It is impossible to disconnect this situa- tion from the sudden refusal by Germany to evacuate Shanghai on the usual identical con- ditions It is only too clear that the British Government has imperilled our position at Shanghai in order to secure a comparatively barren concession at Delagoa Bay. Our policy in China is and has been the open door.' Com- pared with our interests in the Yangtsee Valley the gratification to be obtained by suddenly possessing ourselves of Delagoa Bay is obviously of no account." But all this is mere gossip. There is a lengthy Honours list in connec- tion with the birthday of the King, merit all round being therein recognised. No new peerage is included in the Gazette," but there are Privy Councillorships, Baronetcies, and Knighthoods galore, with creations and pro- motions unnumbered in various Orders, British and Colonial, including a great number of appointments to the Imperial Service Order, and rewards to persons who have exerted them- selves to promote British commerce. On the Shakespearian principle that "Honours best thrive When rather from our acts we them derive Than our foregoers," the latest Birthday list of King Edward VII. is much more illus. trative of Imperial grit" than many Royal "Gazettes that have foregone. For some time past meat has been dearer, to the consumer, than for a number of years, while the auction sales of sheep and cattle have, as a whole, been of a satisfactory nature. The weather does not altogether account for it, though, for as will be remembered, the spring of this year was very forbidding, and gave no promise of the abundant grass that fol- lowed it. The significance of this is that it points (as a writer in Country Life says) to the impoverishment of our farmers during the long period of depression. Owing to circumstances that we need not go into now, the meat supplies from America, the Argentine, and New Zealand were considerably affected, with the result that our market went up, and farmers could not resist the chance of realising on their live stock. In other words, unfinished" animals were hurried off to auction, and even the breeding stock, where it was in anything like condition, was turned into money. No one who understands the position would say this was economical. For the sake of a little capital in hand many farmers have crippled their resources for years to come. It would have been much better to forego the immediate return and wait for a larger one; but this would have required capital, and capital is precisely what is most lacking among the agricultural classes at the present moment. Ay! there's the rub! Short- ness of money is responsible for much in and out of farming. It would appear that the feeling against foreigners in China is as hostile as ever. Mail advices recently received from Changsha, in the province of Hunan, state that one of the mis- sionaries there had arranged to photograph certain persons in a procession arranged in honour of an idol, and did so. At once some evil minded persons spread the report that the foreigner was trying to destroy the power of the god by photographing it, and that the god, con- scious of his own strength, had given him a severe beating. An attack on the mission-house was only prevented by the officials. In the same city an insane man in trying to scale the high wall of a temple fell to the ground and was fatally injured. The report was spread that he was a patient at the Wesleyan Mission Dispen- sary who had gone mad by taking at one dose all the medicine intended for three days. As a matter of fact the man had never been to the dispensary, but a hostile crowd gathered outside and the local mandarin had to be sent for. China is a queer place.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Baui will have a series of shooting parties at Longleat Hall, their Wiltshire seat, during the ensuing few weeks. The Earl and Countess of Drogbeda and Lady Beatrice Mo-ore have returned to Moore Abbey from Norwich, where they went for the annual festival. Yiscount Barrington has sold his Westbury House estate, near Buckingham, to Sir Samuel ScottjjfcLP.

UNSUSPECTED HEART DISEASE. DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS CURE. The reader may not be aware that Heart Dis- ease is one of the most common of unsuspected ailments. Rapid breathing, and a sense of op- pression on the chest; a chill breathlessness that keeps us from sleeping on first lying down for the night; Palpitation, often felt in the head or at the wrists, all arise from the heart. Anaemia is a frequent cause of heart tretflaie; it gives rise to breathlessness, which strainssthe heart, and, by depriving the vital organ of its proper blood supply, upsets the whole system. Men who smoke often experience a tremulous- ness of the hands and giddiness in the head due to smoker's heart": numbness of the arms is another sign, and points to danger from paralysis. A diseased heart can only be cured in one way-by means of the blood. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People owe their wonderful effect on the heart to their power of increasing and purifying the blood supply, which alone can strengthen that organ. You may have an affection of the Heart without know- ing it; if you are run down, sleepless, easily tired and in general need of a tonic, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills will not only supply this need, but directly strengthen the whole body by healthy heart-action. A typical case is that of Mrs. Sarah Arnold, 24, Newington-street, Hessle-road, Hull. Here are her own words, certified by the Hull Daily News I never was a strong woman. I was always ailing, but when I married I became worse, and 001!  t- I "I Ik 1,. I ti )i Mrs. Arnold, cured of Heart Disease by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. after the birth of my first boy I became too ill to do anything. My Heart was seriously dis- eased, and I suffered from shooting pains down my left side and at the back of my left shoulder, so that I could not raise my arm above my head. Very soon it went to my right side also, until it became as bad as my left. Soon afterwards my second child was born, and then it was thought that I should never recover. I was racked with pain, too weak to move. "I tried dozens of things, but nothing seemed to do me any real good. People said I was partly paralysed. I owe my cure entirely to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. It is to them that my present healthy condition is due. I don't know where I should have been if I had not tried them." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are safe and beneficial to the most delicate constitution. They give strength and new blood. The price is 2s. 9d. per box, six boxes 13s. 9d., post free, from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Holborn-viaduct, London, and any question as to their suitability to any complaint named, or illness described, will be cheerfully answered by post. The Pills can also be obtained wherever medicine is sold, but to avoid dangerous substitutes (which may be purgative, and hence very dangerous to a Weak Heart) it is necessary to insist on hav- in g the genuine p:Jlil with Dr. Williams'Pink Pills for Pale People on the wrapper. These IT jffl INK I kAs vt -A,L -y6 ftr4OtS. pills have cured paralysis, locomotor ataxy, rheu- matism, and sciatica; also all diseases arising from impoverishment of the blood, scrofula, rickets, chronic erysipelas, consumption of the bowels and lungs, ancemia, pale and sallow complexion, weak- ness, loss of appetite, palpitations6 pains in the back, nervous headache, neuralgia, and hysteria.

MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S TOUR. I COlCMISSIONIXa THB GOOD HOPB. j In a stiff gale of wind from the south-west, with heavy squalls of rain, the armoured cruiser Good Hope was formally commissioned, at Portsmouth, on Saturday, for her eventful voyage to the Cape of Good Hope. Rear- Admiral W. H. Fawkes's flag, however, now flies at her main-masthead, although it is by no means certain whether he is to accompany Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain on their trip. The Good Hope had been lying alongside the slip jetties in Ports- mouth Harbour, in a position where she experienced the full benefit of the gale. Until the St. George, which the Good Hope relieves as flagship, has been paid off, only hslf of the complnnent of petty officers and men can be received, as the St. George's men are to be transferred to the newly-commissioned craft. The noble vessel looked particularly smart and neat when some four or five hundred bluejackets and marines from the various depots marched on board with their yellojsv kit-bags, which were promptly stowed away below. Subsequently Captain Madden gave an order and the little white pennant was run up to the main-masthead, while at the same moment the ensien was hoisted at the stern and flie Union Jack in the bows. The ship was then in commission. Meanwhile Bear-Admiral W. H. Fawkes had hoisted his flag on the Hero, a second-class battleship, which acts as tender to the gunnery establishment, and the customary salutes were exchanged with the Com- mander-in-chief, by which act Admiral Fawkes assumed command of the Cruiser Squadron. Hitherto it Aas been a "Commodore's" com- mand, and Commodore Winsloe of the St. George now reverts t. his own rank of captain. At sunset Admiral Fawkes's flag was transferred from the Hero to the Good Hope. The Admiral, who had passed the night at the Admiralty House, was received on coming aboard by Captain Madden, who presented the principal officers to him.

I DISASTROUS FIRE AT BLACKBURN. Early on Sunday morning a fire broke out in a cotton waste warehouse in Fielding-street, Black- burn, belonging to Mr. Clement Shoerock. Cries were heard inside the building, and at great risk to themselves, as the roof was threatening to fall, Inspector Simpson and Constables Paterson and J ones went, through the smoke and over bales of cotton, and brought out the dead body of an ex- soldier named O'Malley, aged 21. More cries were heard, and once more making the journey the in- spector and his men rescued alive, but badly burned, a man named Bplton, aged 25. The fire burnt itself out, and two hours later the body of Michael Davitt, aged 45, the caretaker of the premises, was recovered. The building was de- stroyed.

A MODERN SAMARITAN. The "Jewish Chronicle" states that for the first time since the establishment of the sect of Samaritans in Palestine has a High Priest ven- tured on a journey out of the Holy Land. Ishak ben Amram ben Shalma hakohen is the man who for the last few weeks has been travelling in Europe. He has been in London since the begin- ning of the past week, and is a constant visitor at the house of the Haham. Br. Gaster, to whom he had been recommended both by people in the East and by scholars in Paris as being the only learned Jew familiar with the language and the traditions of the Samaritans. A tall and imposing figure, the High Priest is a remarkable personality. Clad in his Oriental garb and with his red turban-for according to Mahomedan law the Samaritans are not allowed to wear the turban of the Ishmaelites, he finds his way easily about London, although he does not know a word of English.

Mr. Moeran writes to a contemporary to de- scribe a remarkable incident that ocourred while shooting at a herd of ten deer near Portumna. "I picked," he says, an eight-year- old buck that stood head and shoulders clear of the others, a little nearer to me and broadside pn. The bullet struck him fair on the neck about Sin. below the butt of his ear, turned almost at right angles, and came out at the back of his neck it then struck a large doe in the centre of the fore- head, coming out at the back of her neck; and finally passed through the neck of a yearling doe just behind the ear, lodging under the skin on the far side. All three deer were killed on the spot. The distance was ninety-seven yards."

THE GERMAN EMPEROR. INSPECTION OF THE ROYAL DRAGOONS. The German Emperor, under salutes from the Warships, landed at Port Hohenzollern having been escorted by a small flotilla from the Nore. At a quarter to ten his Majesty and his Staff proceeded by special train to Shorncliffe, where he was received by Earl Roberts and a brilliant Staff. In a drenching rain, the calvalcade rode to the Camp, where the Emperor inspected the 1st Royal Dragoons, of which he is honorary Colonel. Addressing the Regiment, the Em- peror congratulated it on its appearance, and on the manner in which it had conducted itself in South Africa. He asked the men to give three cheers for the King, which were heartily ac- corded, and cheers for the Emperor followed. His Majesty then lunched with the officers, and, in reply to the toast of his health, proposed by Lord Basing, he said he thought the best way of marking his visit would be to add a sum to the fund which had done so much good in reliev- ing the wives and children of the Dragoons who served in the War. Before leaving Shorncliffe the Emperor presented a number of Orders to officers and Medals to others. SHORNOLIFFE TO SANDRINGHAM. The Emperor left Shorncliffe by special train for Wolverton, which was reached at six o'clock. The King and Prince of Wales were at the station, and affectionately greeted his Majesty, who drove with them to Sandringham, where the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, and Mr. Brodrick had already arrived as among the house party invited for the celebration of the King's birthday. On Sunday most of the guests at- tended church, the Queen and others preceding the King and the Emperor at service. As their Majesties approached the church, the King in- troduced Mr. Chamberlain to the Emperor, who for a quarter of an hour was engaged in conver- sation with the Colonial Secretary before their Majesties entered the church. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Ripon, and at the close of the service the King and the Emperor walked back to Sandringham House, followed by the other guests.

HEREDITARY BENEVOLENCE. One of the memorial-stones erected on the front of the Printers' Almshouses at Wood-green bears an inscription to the effect that the trustees of the council of the Printers Pension, Almshouse, and Orphan Asylum Corporation gratefully ac- knowledged the generosity of a bequest of £ 1,000 towards the accomplishment of the objects the council had in view. The gift was made many years ago without the name of the donor being disclosed, and persons passing by the premises had their attention called to the verse in the Scriptures which tells us that we are not to let our left hand know what our right hand does. On Saturday, on the invitation of the corpora- tion, a number of ladies and gentlemen assembled to witness the unveiling of a tablet placed above the doorway of one of th6 houses forming the institution to commemorate the beneficence of Sir Horace Marshall, ex-Sheriff of the City of London in endowing a house for the charity. In- teresting as was the ceremony of unveiling, which was performed by Lady Marshall, by far the most pleasing part of the function was the an- nouncement made by Mr. Drummond, in giving a terse history of the foundation, that the anony- mous benefactor was none other than the father of the public-spirited gentleman they had gathered to honour. Another coincidence worthy of remark was that when the memorial of Mr. Marshall's gift was fixed the uncovering was per- formed in the presence of Sir Polydore de Keyser, an alderman, of Farringdon Without, of which ward Sir Horace Brooks Marshall is now a epresentative. Short speeches were delivered by Mr. J. H. Lile, Mr. Beck, and Major H. Vane Stow, and Sir Horace Marshall, in responding to a vote of thanks, spoke of the pleasure it had given Lady Marshall and himself to assist the charity. The original almshouses were, opened in 1856, but wings have since been added. At present there is a group of thirty-two houses, but only eight of these are endowed. Efforts are being made to endow the remainder in order to fulfil tne object aimed at by the council of not only providing the recipients of the pension with a residence, but of furnishing them with a means of living. There is a scheme of the Charity Com- missioners relating to the institution, and what- ever sum is subscribed for the purposes of the almshouses will, in the event of the almshouses ceasing to exist, be devoted to the provision of pensions.

HARD ON RESERVISTS' WIVE 3. The following notice was issued from the Home District headquarters on Saturday: It is notified for information, under War Office authority, that it has been decided that a mobilised Reservist, who is tried by court martial for desertion, or other kindred offence by which he forfeits all former service, loses his status as a Reservist, and assumes that of a serving soldier. It appears, therefore, that if a. man is married his wife is no longer entitled to separation allowance,! but must be treated as the wife of a serving soldier married without leave."

I CHILDLIKE AND BLAND. f An Imperial Chinese decree of August 25, 1901, issued in obedience to the terms of the protoeol, ordered all high provincial officials to forbid the importation of arms or material serving exclusively for their manufacture for a period of two years. In a memorial published in the Pekin Gazette," Wang Chih-chun, Governor of Kwang-si, brings to the favourable notice of the Throne a certain fourth-grade official who, showing, says the memo- rial, a true spirit of patriotism, recently succeeded in transporting into the province 1000 Mauser rifles and 300,000 cartridges, to the value of over 20,000 taels, which were placed at the service of the Governor for suppressing the rebels. The memorialist says that the difficulty of thus obtain- ing arms was the greater because of the Imperial prohibition issued last year, and he, therefore, requests that the services of the official may be rewarded by his elevation to be a mandarin of the first grade. An Imperial rescript of the same date grants this honour to the successful smuggler. This pretty story is telegraphed to London by the Pekin correspondent of the Times."

IT IS WORTH KNOWING if you have a cough that the quickest and simplest remedy-let alone its cheapness is KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. One alone relieves coughs, asthma, and bronchitis. As a Cough Remedy they are simply unrivalled. Sold everywhere in tins, 13M. each; free for stamps Thomas Keating, Chemist London. Electric trains on the Wannsee Railway, near Berlin, have been discontinued, as the operating expenses were as great as in the case of steam locomotives. The German State Railway autho- rities will make another experiment next July, with electric trains alone, between Potsdam and Sross Lichterfeld, trains composed of three motor cars, carrying 206 passengers, being used. H.S.H. Prince Ernest of Leiningen is an ad- miral who can claim the distinction of being the finest linguist in our Navy. He can converse fluently in seven or eight European languages, as well as in several Eastern tongues. His nearest rival as a linguist is, perhaps, Admiral Fremantle, who can speak seven different lan- guages.

1 THE NEW LICENSING ACT. The Home Department, through Sir Kenelm Digby, Permanent Under Secretary, has issued to chief constables, clerks of justices, and clerks to licensing justices, circulars calling attention to certain changes in the law as regards licensing which will come into force on January 1 next. Chief constables are informed among other things that the first section of the Act gives the same power of arrest in the case of a person who is drunk and incapable as is given in the case of a person who is drunk and disorderly by section 12 of the Licensing Act of 1872. By sections 26 and 27 it is made an offence to supply or keep intoxicating liquor in an unregistered club, or to supply liquor in a registered club for con- sumption off the premises except to a member on the premises. The recent decision in "Davies v. Burnett" (L. R. (1902) 1 K.B.D. 666) will be partially superseded when section 27 is in force. Section 28 provides that a court of summary jurisdiction may make an order directing a club to be struck off the register on certain grounds and section 29 enables a Justice to grant a search warrant to a constable when there is ground to suppose that a registered club is mismanaged, or that intoxicating liquor is sold or supplied at an unregistered club. Clerks to the justices are notified that by section 9 the system of endorsing convictions on licences is abolished, and pro- visions are made for a complete record of such convictions in the register of licences to be kept by the clerk to the licensing justices. Section 11 provides for the more effective control by justices over the structure of licensed premises, and enacts that if alterations of the Character defined by the section are made without the consent of the licensing justices a court of summary juris- diction may declare the licence to be forfeited, or may order the restoration of the premises to their original condition. A licensed person who fails to comply with an order made by the licens- ing justices on renewing the licence, requiring alterations in the premises, will be liable on summary conviction to a daily fine during the continuance of the default. The object of section 12 is to remove the disqualification imposed by section 60 of the Licensing Act, 1872, in the case of a justice interested in a railway company which retails intoxicating liquor. Difficulty has been experienced in some districts in finding a sufficient number of justices who were not shareholders in such companies. Clerks to the licensing justices are to take notice that section 13 will prevent a clerk to licensing justices from practising in licensing matters before a licensing or petty sessions held for the district for which he is the clerk. Section 16 is intended to secure that the transfer of licences shall be granted only after proper inquiry, and with this object the licensing justices are given new powers. They will also have the means of preventing, when expedient, repeated applica- tions fo rthe transfer of a licence.

I CORONATION SEATS. Mr. Justice Bigham, in the King's Bench Division, on Saturday, heard a case in which Miss Emily C. TaJbot sought to recover from Messrs. Barrett and Sons, of Piccadilly, eighty- four pounds, one-half of the sum which she had paid for seats to view the Royal Processions. On June 19 the plaintiff agreed to take twelve seats at St. James's-street, Piccadilly, to view the Coronation Processions on June 26 and 27. The contract provided that the plaintiff was to pay one hundred and sixty-eight pounds for the seats, and that one-half of the money should be returned if, for any reasons, the Processions did not take place or pass along Piccadilly on the dates mentioned. When the plaintiff sent her cheque the defendants forwarded twelve tickets, on the back of which there was the condition that half the amount would be returned if the Processions did not pass the premises on the dates mentioned, "or on any postponed dates." Plaintiff contended that she was not bound by the condition on the tickets. The Judge upheld that view, giving judgment for her, with costs.

[MEDAL FOR TRANSPORT SERVICE. His Majesty has been pleased to approve of the establishment of a special medal to be awarded by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, in accordance with strictly defined rules, to the officers of the mercantile marine serving in chartered troop transports, in recognition of the extreme efficiency with which the trooping service has been performed in the recent South African and China wars. It is his Majesty's inten- tion that the transport medal shall be granted in future wars to the officers of the mercantile marine serving in troop transports similarly char- tered, whenever a war medal may have been ?ranted to the troops engaged, but not otherwise, he medal and ribbon will always be the same, but a clasp will denote the particular war in con- nection with which the service has been performed.

An inhabitant of Farmoutiers, France, has left a legacy sufficient to provide prizes of tvrenty-five francs each yearly to the two most polite scholars —male and female—of the town. The winners are to be elected by a ballot of their schoolfellows. In the Maritime Province of Eastern Siberia great distress has been caused among the Russian peasants and Cossack settlers of the province by the continual and often torrential rains of the past summer and the frequent hurricanes which accompanied them. Lord Dudley had as his guardian until his 21st year the venerable Dr. David Melville, who has just relinquished the joint office of Sub-Dean and Senior Canon of Worcester Cathedral. The witty expedient to which Canon Melville owed at least one of his preferments is illustrative of the humorous bent which has not ceased to be a characteristic of the aged divine. Having, one Sunday, to preach at Witley, at the time when a living in the gift of the late Lord Dudley had become vacant, Dr. Melville chose for his text the plaintive appeal, Lord, remember David." On the earl, with whom Canon Melville was a great favourite, the witty words were not wasted, and David was duly remembered."

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I REDUCED TO THE RANKS. Sergeant Leonard, of the 6th Dragoon Guards, has been reduced to the ranks. The charge made against him was that he had written to the Secre- tary of State for War complaining that recruits were bullied and chased from morn till night, and that it was owing to brutal treat- ment that there had been a great number of desertions from the Carabineers. In his defence before court martial Leonard said that Captain Dougall had made his life unbearable, and that Sergeant-Major Hart had punished recruits altogether contrary to the King's regulations. Fourteen non-commissioned officers took action at Canterbury when Captain Dougall was in command of the squadron, but the complaint was, he said, torn up by the colonel. Leonard was a non-commissioned officer from 1894, and served in the South African War. Hitherto he has had a clean record. His sentence was promulgated at York on Saturday.

The total coal production of the world—exclusive of brown coal-is now nearly 700,000,000 tons per annum, of which the United Kingdom produces rather less, and the United States rather more, than a third. As compared with its population, the production of coal in the United Kingdom still surpasses that in the United States. It amounted to 5 tons per head of the population in 1900, and 5i tons per head in 1901, whilst in the United States it is still only just over three tons per head. In Belgium it amounts to about 3k tons per head, in Germany rather less than two tons, and in France to about four-fifths ton per head.

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Miss Lucy Kemp-Welch, the noted animal painter, possesses a small menagerie of pet creatures which serve her as models. At ner capacious studio at Bushey she incessantly plies her brush in the delineation of equestrian studies, in which she excels. She combines pluck with genius, for one day a spirited horse, serving as a battle model in her studio, escaped into the street; but, nothing daunted, the artist rushed after and captured the runaway and brought him back. Kubelik is insured against accidents for a very largft amount. The premiums are paid, not by the violinist, but by the managers who conduct the various tours. It is said that £ 2,000^was the price paid by Mr. Charles Frohman for insuring. Herr Kubelik's right hand alone.

HINTS ON HEALTH By T. R. ALLINSON, Ex-L.R.C.P. Ed., &c. BRUNAK A NEW DRINK, INSTEAD OF TEA OR COFFEE. LOOKS LIKE COFFEE Knowing the ill results which follow the use of tea and coffee, I have for some years asked niy patients to leave them alone and to drink cocoa, milk, barley water gruel orange IIIA.1IIA water, and such substitutes. Some complain that they cannot drink cocoa, for'it gives nR Al I IN.SnN S fm a headache. Others say they cannot be bothered making gruel, &c. Taking VII.HL.L.II1UVIV V into consideration all these complaints, I set to work to find out a possible substitute UBAI TU f?-d one,that coul<* be easi1/ prepared. Fur many years I have experimented on various rSCMfc. I n things, but found difficulties in the way. At last I found something that satisfied me. DCiiEin a^v" r called it "Brunak, which is a word I formed from two Latin ones. Brunak BCVCRAuE is as easily made as tea, coffee, or cocoa. It is as refreshing as tea, as tasty as coffee, ■ k 1 as comforting as cocoa, and as harmless as water. It can be drunk any time. The INSTEAD mill-hand can have a cup before going to work, at breakfast time, in the forenoon, with dinner, at tea-time, and with supper. It can be kept stewing on the hob all day and all night, OF and it will not injure any more than if it was fresh made. And it can be drunk cold or heated •j.—. up again without being made injurious. There is not a headache in a barrel of it, and no I fcA CK COFFEE nervousness in a ton of it. It may be drunk by the young, the old, the weak, the strong, the brainy man, or the athlete, also by all invalids, and even by sufferers from diabetes. If you M n | I |bl A come in cold and weary a cup will refresh you if you are going out m the cold, a warm cup E* I* V# 1^1 JnIV 'Will keep yon warm. And if yon feel sinking or faint any time a cup of Brunak -will pick you up and leave no ill results, as do tea, coffee and other stimulants. If I can get the people 0 jUICI I C I llfC fiflFFFF this country to drink Brunak as a regular beverage, I shall have done more for my coun- UHILLLQ LIAl UUII LL try's progress and happiness than any concjneror who ever lived. I want everyone to try it, and have arranged for the Natural Food Company, Ltd., to supply it as below. It can, I know, n n a I atl A If be got from places in the town, but if any difficulty is found in getting it, then send direct to the Natural Food Company for it. It has only been before the public a few months, has given universal satisfaction, and is having a large sale. TASTES LIKE COFFEE T- E- ALLINSON, EX-L.R.C.P. Ed., &c., Author of thirteen books on Health, 4, Spanish Place, Manchester Square, London, w. Sold by the usual Cash Grocery and Drug Stores in 1-lb. packets, duty paid, at Is. each. If any difficulty in obtain- ing it, a list of agents and sample will be sent post free for one penny, or 1-lb. post free for Is., by THE NATURAL FOOD CO., LTD., so, Room, Patriot Sq., Bethnal Green, London, E. I ix LEAD $