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WRETCHED WRECKS MADE STRONG AND WELL BY DR. WIIIIAMS' PINK PILLS. Lung Diseases, Bronchitis, Consumption and Coughs often resist all ordinary treatment., and wreck wretched sufferers' health by their exhaust- ing inroads. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have a won- derful effect in such cases, where ordinary medi- cine fails, because they build up the health and weight, and expel disease from the system. Ordi- nary medicine tinkers with the disease, but mean- time the patient grows weaker and weaker until he dies. Here is a typical case. A reader who knows of anyone who is pale and sickly should act the Good Samaritan," and call attention to it: Mrs. Huntley, Pontywairn, Monmouth, said: "I had fairly good health up to four years ago, when I broke down completely. One doctor told me I The sufferer and the remedy. Mrs. Huntley's life ups saved by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. was suffering from acute bronchitis, and another that I was in consumption. I felt myself wasting away day by day, and I became a complete wreck. I became so weak and dejected that if I only went upstairs I had to gasp for breath. I expected every day would be my last. I attribute my recovery solely to Dr. .Williams' Pink Pills 'I happened to read of. a case in which a woman suffering with a similar complaint to mine had been cured. I immediately gave the pills a trial, and felt better after the second box. After this I decided to drop all ordinary medicine, and stick to the pills. The result is that I now feel as well as ever I did in my life. Anaemia, Bile, Consumption, Decline, Eczema, Fits, Gout, Headache, Indigestion, Kidney Disease, Lumbago, Neuralgia, Paralysis, Rheumatism, Sciatica, St. VitusDance, and the secret sufferings of womankind have all been cured by genuine Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People (full name on box). Nothing has ever been cured by substitutes. If substitutes are offered go to another shop don't stay to listen to false and misleading talk. Williams' Medicine Company, Holborn-viaduct, London, will send a box post free for 2s. 9d., or six boxes for 13s. 9d., and will be glad to hear confidentially of shopkeepers who try to sell substitutes.

TOWN TOPICS. A (From Our London Corespondent.) j The seaside resorts most frequented by Lon- doners have had reason to complain that the season for them has been unusually late this year. The extraordinary rainfall of June naturally prevented any who could help it from taking their holiday early; and the extreme heat of the first portion of July was equally little of a temptation to those who like an active rather than a passive recess. But to- wards the end of the month, the usual stream commenced to set seawards with the accus- tomed vigour; and the time has now come when the various holiday haunts have little, if any- thing, to complain of. It may be considered to be one of the misfortunes of our social life that-as far, as least, as the middle-class Lon- doner is concerned-the tendency is more and more to thrust the whole of the holiday season for everybody into about six weeks, the period running from the last week in July to the first in September. That, of course, is accounted for by the fact that this period embraces the school holidays at all the leading middle-class establishments; and there are many thousands of parents who cannot, for various reasons, make it convenient to have a holiday at a time different from that at which they take their children away. It seems inevitable that as every holiday sea- son comes around the old question should be revived as to whether it is cheaper to take a trip to the Continent than to stay in one's own country; and once again the point is being ventilated. For the purpose of the conten- tion, it is necessarily to be assumed that the enjoyment to be derived in each case is equal, for otherwise the conditions would not be the same. But it will usually be found when the matter is being dealt with that the advocates of the continental system are thinking only of those who have not to take their families with them; and this, of course, is to ignore the immense number of British parents who enjoy their holidays the most when accompanied by their children. For the rest, it is undoubted that hotel accommodation is much cheaper in mostparts of Europe than it is in the British isles, and there is the further striking fact, that the continental railway companies in cer- tain ways make a better bid for the holiday- maker bent on prolonged travel. Some Eng- lish companies certainly do as well; but there are others which still throw many an obstacle in the way, and which, while providing a cer- tain amount of accommodation for the "day trippers," have evidently not yet realised the potentialities of the "week-ender." As yet the advent of the motor car does not eeem greatly to have affected the ordinary holiday-maker, for though at some seaside re- sorts not far from town these vehicles have been added to the cabs and carriages and char- a-bancs as outlets for expenditure, the fares at present are too high for the distances run to attract any enormous amount of patronage. But it is impossible to go far afield from town this summer without perceiving how greatly the number of motor-cars has grown; and naturally with his growth have been aroused various questions of etiquette and convention. The latest of such is centred in the complaint that no provision is made at the smaller hotels for the chauffeur's meals. It is urged that his employer objects to a chauffeur sitting down at table d'hote lunch and dinner beside the table occupied by that employer himself and his family, while other guests resent his being placed at the bachelor's table. Roundly, there- fore, it is submitted that the whole question of the social position of the driver will have to be settled by due provision being made at hotels for his meals, apart from the guests' coffee and drawing-rooms. But it is to be re- membered that the complaint is mainly made as to the small hotels; and it surely is not suggested that the chauffeur should sit with the landlord's family, while it is conceivable that he himself might object to be placed with the "boots." Every lover of music will have been inter- ested in two events which a few days ago took place almost simultaneously in London, the one being the presentation of a testimonial to Mr. Walter Macfarren, the doyen of the pro- fessors at the Royal Academy of Music, and the other the entertainment at dinner of Mr. Neil Forsyth, the business manager of the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, by a number of musical critics. Mr. Walter Macfarren, it is to be noted, has been connected with the Royal Academy of Music as student, professor, con- ductor, director, and member 8f the committee for sixty-one years; and at the close of the present academic year he will relinquish his professorship. It was no wonder, therefore, that such a tribute of esteem should have been paid by those who for so long had been associated with him; but the other occa- sion was more of a unique character, for critics are folk who are apt to differ among them- selves quite as much as they do over the merits of any given work, and, therefore, that as many as from twenty to thirty members of the fraternity should join to demonstrate in favour of anybody is a most striking testimony to that particular individual. The work of preparing for the erection of the national memorial to the late Queen Victoria has been commenced in front of Buckingham Palace; and it may safely be as- sumed that this spot will be an attraction to many curious gazers during the remainder of the summer. These, as they look at the long fine facade of the royal residence, will scarcely be able to form any idea as to the fine expanse of ground there is at the rear, which is hidden from the public eye; but any who have ever had the privilege of being admitted to Buck- ingham Palace Gardens will know how beau- tiful and varied they are. Not the least striking feature in them is a fine lake, and in this was taken by a member of the House of Commons only a few evenings ago what was probably the first trout ever caught in Lon- don." The noble lord is naturally proud of his achievement; and he tells with much satis- faction the detail that he took it,, and rose two others, on a plain medium black hackle fly, and that it was quite a lively fish, running out line and throwing itself out of water when hooked. The King is known to wish to have this water well stocked with trout. and the effort is meeting with gratifying success. Widespread support promises to be given to the proposal put forward this week, on behalf of the Hospital Saturday Fund, that an effort should be made to increase the accommoda- tion for persons suffering from tuberculosis in London and the suburbs. A committee has been formed, representing all metropolitan workers' organisations, with a view to con- sidering the advisability of providing a sana- torium in easy reach of London on terms that would be within the means of the working classes; and munificent support has already been promised upon condition that the sug- gested home should be arranged to be popu- larly and properly controlled. As one death in every eight that occurs in this country can be traced to consumption, or some other form of tuberculosis, it is obvious not only that such an institution as is suggested is much needed in London, but that the only method of deal- ing with the matter is by systematised effort. If cases are treated in an incipient stage, j there is understood to be a good prospect of curing from sixty to seventy per cent. among iheiu and this should be encouraging enough. It is a thousand pities that such an undigni- fied dispute should have taken place as that which has accompanied the preliminary ar- rangements of the M.C.C. for the despatch of an English team to Australia in the autumn. Much appears to be made of "etiquette" in the matter, but time, was when "sportsman- ship" was much more talked of in such a con- nection. What gives pause to many true lovers of the national game is the purely commercial fashion in which the question is being dealt with in some quarters; and it is of interest in this relation to know precisely what are the terms the M.C.C. offered. These were all expenses for amateurs, and the same for all professionals, together, in the latter case, with jE300 and a bonus if the tour is financially suc- cessful. One quaint point is that the expenses are held to include washing, which, it is offi- cially explained, has proved a heavy expense on previous trips; and most observers will be inclined to agree that the terms offered are sufficiently liberal for the purpose. R.

NEWS NOTES. King Edward and Queen Alexandra have gained golden opinions everywhere in Ireland for their keen interest in the concerns of all classes of the community; and Hibernian attachment to their Majesties personally will be a marked feature of the future relationships of Sovereign and people, we may be sure. Rain has fallen during some of the functions pro- grammed for the Royal progress, but nothing could damp the enthusiasm of the populace, whose hearty greetings the King and Queen have been delighted with. Colour-Sergeant Davies, of the 3rd Glamor- gan Volunteers, is greatly to be congratulated upon having won the blue ribbon of Bisley for a second time, with a relatively better aggre- gate than that which previously secured him the chief marksmanship honours of the year. Private Grayl of the London Scottish, got both the Bronze and Silver Medals, but fell away lamentably in the later stages of the shooting, not finishing even in the first forty competitors for the Gold Medal. On the whole, the shoot- ing this year at Bisley was admirable. There has been some expression of surprise that the Barnard Castle election did not terminate in a victory at the poll for the Unionist champion, Colonel Vane. The Division is strongly Liberal on its record, but a difference between the working men portion of the community and the official leaders of the Party led to a three-cornered contest, and the Labour candidate won by a slight majority over the Conservative, the nominee of the Liberal headquarters organisation being over four hundred votes behind either. The tussle has its lessons all round. No very large amount of surprise was ex- hibited at the decision of the House of Lords in the Poulett peerage claim case, of which we have probably now heard the last. The non- suited claimant would probably have been better advised had he accepted the slight life- annuity which was offered him by the late earl on condition of his quitting the country and ceasing to trouble about the estate but that is all past now. The Colonial Secretary gave a brilliant garden party last Saturday to a large number of his Birmingham and other friends in the beautiful grounds of his demesne at Highbury. Mr. Chamberlain's world-famous orchid-houses, in which many of the curious exotics are just now at their floral best, came in for general ad- miration. The constitution of a cricketing team to go out to Australia this autumn in ostensible re- presentation of the Old Country is exciting con- siderable discussion. The M.C.C., as the ruling authority of the game, has officially taken upon itself to get up the side, and began by selecting Mr. Pelham Warner to take command, and then inviting several prominent amateurs whom many consider to have a greater claim to the captaincy to serve under him. No one in the know is surprised that Mr. Archie MacLaren, with the prestige of England-skippership in the Antipodes behind him, felt compelled to decline the invitation extended to him; and that for various reasons men like the Hon. Frank Jackson, Mr. Gilbert Jessop, and Mr, Lionel Palairet, and others of our best gentlemen players have not aceepted. The great difficulty about the whole matter seems to us that while the M.C.C. disavow the desire to make money out of the trip, and propose terms which are by no means skimpy to the professionals they choose, the conditions held out to the amatuer cracks are such as can only be accepted by men of means. Expenses" will be paid, but loss of income not compensated for. Con- sequently some of England's best exponents of cricket cannot afford to go out; a thing which should be surmountable. Why did not the Marylebone people do the selec- tion, on merit and on form, guarantee all players against sacrifice, appoint a reliable manager a la Major Wardill (Dr. W. G. Grace would have done if he could go), and talk about the allocation of the profits of the trip (if any) later on. If a combination not properly repre- sentative of England goes out there will be less interest and importance in the doings of the team than has attached to sides got up without the aid of the high powers at Lord's. Some of our publicists, putting patriotism before partisanship, are beginning to wake up. It is satisfactory to see that the strong feeling which is admitted to exist that Great Britain is behind its principal competitors in the acqui- sition of scientific knowlepge and the applica- tion of improved methods" to the organisation of industry gave rise to a discussion at a meeting of members of Parliament, held recently under the presidency of Mr. Haldane, Members from both sides of the House of Commons were present, and it was agreed that means should be taken for direct- ing the attention of the country and Parlia- ment to this matter and finding a remedy. A preliminary committee was formed, consisting, among others, of Mr. Asquith, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Crippe, Colonel Denny, Mr. Duke, Mr, Guest, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Haldane, Mr. Fletcher Moulton, Mr. W. Peel, and Mr. Austin Taylor. It is the intention of the committee to place themselves in communication with the Cham- bers of Commerce and leading members of the business community with a view to an early and effective action. This is as it should be.

Cuba imported 116,000 Chinese coolieaJH) years ago. Within five years 67,000 of them were dead. For every 100 people who live in the country in the United Kingdom 258 live in towns. Yorkshire ironstone is the richest in England. It averages in value 10s. a ton. 0 The City of New York and the, City of Paris were the first Atlantic liners fitted with twin- screws.

COSMOPOLITAN COINERS. The circulation of spurious French 20-franc pieces in Switzerland is assuming such propor- tions that the Swiss Government has issued a strong warning to the public. Tourists espe- cially need to be on their guard against them. They mostly bear the effigy of Napoleon III., though some are of the Republic. The coins are of gilt platinum, almost of exact legal weight, and minute instructions are given for their iden- tification. One of these, oddly enough, is that they possess a ring even more clear and silvery than the genuine coins. Being of platinum, also, they are of almost equal intrinsic value. The gilding also is very thin, and soon causes the white metal beneath to show.

"VANDALISM" AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY. Sir E. J. Poynter replies in the "Times" to the critics who complained of the mutilation of the beautiful carved frame of a picture in the National Gallery. Sir Edward says:—"All the pictures cannot be put in the best places arid the landscape in question would have had to go above the line' had I not found that by taking off the outer portion of the frame (which was detached and only held by a few brads to the inner moulding, and therefore easily removable), I could not only avoid placing the picture where it would be but ill seen, but bring it nearly a foot lower down than before, and consequently near enough to the eye for its delicate qualities to be appreciated. The moment that the experi- ment of removing the outer border was made the gain to the picture itself by the narrow- ing of the frame was so marked that I had no hesitation in hanging it where it now is, in its inner frame only. "By this act of vandalism' I was thus able to hang certain pictures, formerly placed too high, where they can now be seen; I have gained a better place for the picture in ques- tion and-the picture and not the frame being the final object-its appearance (in my opinion) has been improved-for, pace a modern painter, fine as the frame is as a piece of carved work, I have always thought that the painting was over- framed and was. rather lost in it. I may venture to claim, as long as I am responsible for the hanging of the pictures, the right to exer- cise my own judgment."

STRANGE INDISCIPLINE. A remarkable case of naval indiscipline is re- ported from Brest, where the entire crews of four sea-going torpedo-boats are under arrest for open mutiny. The men recently wrote to a local journal a sort of aggregate memorial de- manding to De transferred to any other vessel, and declaring their resolve, without reason as. signed, to serve no longer on the four boats to which they belonged. The real ground of dis- content is that these boats, hitherto indepen- dent, have recently been incorporated in the general plan of port defence, which greatly re- duces the amount of "leave" enjoyed by the crews. The men implicated in the outbreak in- clude 20 quartermasters of various departments, and about 30 other mechanics, stokers, torpedo men, gunners, and seamen-all possessed of first-class certificates.

Lieutenant Collins, of the Leicester Regiment, has been appointed Resident Magistrate of the Orange River Colony. Mr. Justice Bucknill and Mr. Justice Walton will be the Long Vacation Judges, the latter taking the first half. Mr. A. 33. Aylesworth, K.C., a distinguished Toronto barrister, has been chosen by the Dominion Government as Alaska Boundary Com- missioner in succession to the late Mr. Justice Armour. The New South Wales Government have granted £ 1,000 to assist in the erection of a con- densation plant in the Broken Hill district and £ 1,000 a week for relief works. Reports from Tetuan state that the Sultan's troops have gained a decisive victory over the Pretender's forces in that district. Forty heads have been sent to Tetuan as well as many prisoners. Lord Jersey, who is a man of fifty-eight, rich, popular, and respected, is principal proprietor of Child's Bank, a rule of which establishment is that one partner should always sleep on the premises. In addition to this a head clerk is constantly on duty "keeping officership," as it is termed, and several junior clerks also live and sleep in the house. Another quaint relic of past days is the habit of calling the front of the bank "the shop" and its back premises the "counting-house." Much is written of the modern business woman, but she existed as a social factor nearly a century ago. From 1806 till 1867 Sarah Countess of Jersey ruled Child's Bank as head partner, and signed the firm's books and shared profits until the day of her death. The Duke of Northumberland is the only man in England who could leave his own door and ride 100 miles in a straight line on his own land. The Duke has five magnificent houses. One of them, Albury Park, which is one of the most beautiful estates in the home counties, is situated near Guildford. It came into the family through the late Duchess of Northumberland, who in- herited it from her father, Mr. Henry Drum- mond. It possesses an Irvingite church, almost a cathedral in size and beauty, which was built entirely at Air. Drummond's expense. He also built a fine church for the parish. He it was, too, who entirely pulled down the village of Albury, which was originally within the park, and rebuilt it farther to the north.

i UNCONSCIOUS SUICIDE. ] I EXTRAORDINARY STORY. I Dr. G. Danford Thomas held an inquest on July 27 at Hampstead concerning the death of Walter Wilkinson Noble, 34, a Clerk in Holy Orders, curate at All Saints' Church, Child's-hill, Hampstead. The evidence showed that deceased, a married man, enjoyed good health, and was of a uniformly cheerful disposition, being, as his widow stated, "perfectly happy." They had arranged to visit North Devon this week, and for Friday last the deceased had organised an outing of his Band of Hope children. When, after visiting her father, the vicar of All Saints', Forest-gate, Mrs. Noble returned home, she learnt that her hus- band had been found dead from the effects of a revolver shot in his bedroom. Other testimony was that he rose early and went about on his bicycle from which, in Finchley-road, he was observed to fall, a spectator of the occurrence stating that he must have injured his head. He returned home muddied and bruised, but wrote and dispatched a telegram countermanding brakes for the children's excursion on account of the wet weather. Subsequently a servant went to his bedroom and found him lying dead on the floor, with a bullet wound behind and above the right ear. A six-chambered revolver, one of the chambers flf which had recently been discharged, lay beside him. Dr. J. S. McIntosh, who was called in, said death was due to a bullet wound in the head- Witness, was, moreover, convinced that deceased had concussion of the brain. He was apparently engaged in dressing and the levolver lay in the drawer that held his linen. Dazed, and in a somnambulistic state, consequent on concussion of the brain following the fall from his cycle, the sight of the revolver had, the doctor conjectured, impelled him to its use. Dr. J. Woodroff, Craven-park, N.W., expressed his belief that if Mr. Noble had not casually come across the revolver he would be alive now. He had used it automatically, and, probably, if anyone else had been present, the weapon would have been turned upon him. The impulse to shoot was, in witness's theory, an involuntary one. The Coroner: The case seems unique. Dr. Woodroff: Psychologically, yes. The Coroner: There are conditions of the brain following partial concussion when an object sug- gests to the sufferer its immediate and practical use. If a spade be found, for instance, he would begin to dig. There is no apparent motive what- ever in this case why the deceased should volun- tarily end his life. The jury found that the deceased committed suicide when he was suffering from the effects of concussion of the brain which excited him to the act, and which was caused by a fall from his bicycle.

I MR. WALTER LONG AND THE POOR. I Mr. Walter Long, M.P., laid on July 27 the foundation-stone of a new infirmary and workhouse buildings (estimated to cost £ 234,000) for Hammersmith, which union has hitherto housed its poor in Fulham Workhouse, the site being in Duncane-road, Wormwood Scrubbs, adjoining the prison. At a luncheon which followed, Mr. Long, in the course of an interesting speech, remarked how different was the task of providing for the poor in these days of King Edward VII. as compared with what it was in the days of Queen Elizabeth, when poor law relief was in- stituted. It was their duty now to provide ex- clusively for those who were physically unable to take care of themselves. The old statutory duty of providing in workhouses for those who could not maintain themselves, not because they were physically incapable, but because they were, in the majority of cases, unwilling to do so, was a task which had dwindled into comparative insig- nificance. It was sad to reflect that in these daj s of increasing national wealth there should be such a large proportion of the population whu fell by the way. The reason for it, no doubt, was that competition was every day keener. Every day they had the sad, inevitable lesson that it was the strong who succeeded and the weak must go to the wall. He knew there were those who criti- cised the administration of governing bodies, and it was in the interest of the State that there should be critics prepared to call attention to public expenditure. Yet though one oi the duties, he (the speaker) was constantly called upon to perform was to point out to local governing bodies when he thought there was un- necessary extravagance, he believed they ought to look not so much at the expenditure as at the results that would probably follow and con- sequences that they might not unwisely antici- pate. The task which guardians had before them at present was mainly, that of providing for the infirm and for those who could not look after themselves. His conviction, based upon experience gained in the Local Government De- partment, was that this number of able-bodied poor, both in town and country, was rapidly de- creasing. He added that of tne children educated in the great workhouse schools, the percentage of those who afterwards came back as paupers for poor relief was a negligible quantity.

I MARRIAGE OF AN EX-ARCHDUKE I The Vienna papers report that Herr Leopold Wolfing, formerly known as the Archduke Leo- pold Ferdinand of Austria, was on Saturday married to Fraulein Adamowitch at the village of Weyrier, near Geneva, the brother of the Mayor of the village and his clerk acting as witnesses. After the civil marriage, the reli- gious ceremony was performed in the little vil- lage church, and at its conclusion the parish priest, Pere Blanchard, delivered a short ad- dress congratulating to the newly-wedded pair.

FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT. I An accident, by which four men lost their lives and another was seriously injnred, took place on July 27 at Messrs. Hingley and Sons' Dudley Wood Colliery, Netherton. During the morn- ing what is known as a "crowning" was ob- served in the workings, but, as these are com- mon, not much notice was taken of it. Soon afterwards, however, the roof fell in with a crash, and five of the men were buried. A rescue party was immediately formed, and John Capewell was recovered alive, but all the others were dead be- fore they could be reached. At the time of the accident the men were working beneath an old disused pit shaft, and it is supposed that the heavy rains caused the bottom of this to give way. The bodies of the four men were severely crushed, and it is thought that death must have been instantaneous. They were all married men, their names being Benjamin Baker, John Taylor, William Darby, and William Hebbert. Cape- well was removed to the Dudley Hospital, but was not expected to recover.

I DEATH OF AN M.P. I We regret to record the death of Mr. Donald Ninian Nicol, M.P., which took place in London on Monday morning. Mr. Nicol was in his 60th year. He was educated at Merchiston School, Edinburgh, proceeding later to Glasgow Univer- sity, and thence to Queen's College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1867, and M.A. in 1872. He was called to the Bar in 1870, but did not practise. The hon. member was a Com- missioner of Supply for Argyllshire, and chair- man of the Argyll County Council. Mr. Nicol was elected as a Conservative for Argyllshire in 1895, and re-elected in 1900, after a contest on each occasion. At the last poll the voting was as under-. D. N. Nicol (Conservative) 3,834 J. S. Ainsworth (Liberal) 3,234 Conservative majority 600 I At the previous election Mr. Nicol had dis- placed the Liberal member, Sir D. H. MacFar- lane, who had held the seat for many years. On that occasion Mr. Nicol's majority was only 35 votes.

Considerable inconvenience was caused in London on Sunday by floods. The Lord Chief Justice on Saturday gave judgment in the Ogden's tobacco bonus case, allowing the defendants' counter-claim for dam- ,awfr<^ng £ 70 damages in one ease and £ 200 in the other. For adulterating milk, David Jones, of Isling- ton, was fined £ 50. °

KING- AND QUEEN IN IRELAND. -0 FAREWELL TO DUBLIN.— £ 1,000 FOR THE POOR. Amid a memorable display of enthusiasm the King and Queen left Dublin on Saturday morn- ing. A feature of the farewell scenes in the capital was the gathering of 18,000 children in Plicenix Park. The Royal carriage was stopped here, and a bouquet was presented to the Queen. The King has given £ 1,000 to the poor of Dublin. THE PROGRESS NORTH. The train journey was without special interest until Dundalk was reached, save that at eve y wayside station a throng of people more or 1,s numerous had gathered to catch a glimpse of i ie Royal train and hailed its appearance with heavty cheering. At Dundalk, however, his Majesty received what may be termed his welcome to Ulster. Two thousand people had been admitted to the station, and as the train came to a standstill the enthusiasm knew no limits. "God Save the King" was taken up by common consent, and "Rule, Britannia" followed, the King meanwhile standing at the saloon door bowing. In Belfast every point from which the train could be seen for a second was tenanted. Their Majesties passed through the city without stopping, and reached Newtownards shortly before three o'clock. Their Majesties were met here by Lord and Lady Londonderry, and, welcomed by more cheering crowds, they entered the Royal carriage and drove to Mount Stewart, Lord Londonderry's « £ at, where the week-end was to be spent. Before -laving Newtownards, however, an address was presented under a handsome canopy of green and gold in Conway-square. In a clear voice which could be heard throughout the square, his Majesty replied. "I am sure," he concluded, "that we shall both enjoy our visit to this part of the country." After arriving at Mount Stewart, the King visited Lord and Lady De Ros at Old Court, Strangford, and on Sunday their Majesties took tea with the Dowager Marchioness of Dufferin at Clandeboye. RECEPTION IN BELFAST. I King Edward and Queen Alexandra reached Belfast shortly before noon on July 27, and were presented at the station with loyal addresses from the Lord Mayor and Corporation, a num- ber of other public bodies, and many religious, commercial, and political associations. Reply- ing to the civic welcome, the Sovereign ex- pressed the hope that his peoples, "cherishing their own national characteristics and ideals, may each engage in that friendly rivalry in the paths of peace which is the true source of national prosperity and Imperial greatness." His Majesty responded to the remaining ad- dresses with another speech, in which compli- mentary reference was made to the steady in- dustrial progress of Belfast. Leaving the sta- tion, the Royal visitors drove to the Queen Victoria Memorial statue, which the King un- veiled, and proceeded thence to the new hos- pital, which his Majesty formally opened. One of the wards of the institution was named by the Queen after the late Duke of Clarence. After lunching at the town hall with the Lord Mayor, their Majesties attended the agricul- tural show at Balmoral. Though the weather was somewhat unsettled, the showers were neither frequent nor heavy enough seriously to mar the pleasure of the thousands of enthu- siastic spectators, who crowded all portions of the profusely decorated route followed by the Roval nrocession. ON THE ROYAL YACHT. I From Belfast their Majesties journeyed by I train to Bangor, and embarked on the yacht Vic- toria and Albert for Lough Swilly. I DONEGAL AND DERRY. The King and Queen reached Buncrana on July 28, and on landing were presented with an address by the Duke of Abercorn on behalf of the Magistrates of the county of Donegal. In reply, his Majesty said he had listened with peculiar pleasure to what had been said about the awakened spirit of good feeling and har- mony among all classes in Ireland which now prevailed. If his visit helped to extend and consolidate that feeling, he would be richly re- warded, because he took the sincerest interest in all that concerned the welfare of Ireland. At Derry the Corporation and many other bodies handed Addresses to their Majesties, and the King, in reply, said they were pleased to see that, in the interval since their last visit, the City had prospered. A fruitful rivalry in the arts of peace now happily filled the scene of historic conflict, and brought a rich reward of natural prosperity and moral progress. He welcomed the hopeful spirit for the future which he found animating his people there as in other parts of Ireland. The King and Queen after- wards visited the Infirmary, and then returned to the Victoria and Albert, which sailed for Galway. As the Royal yacht, with the King and Queen on board, left Belfast Lough on Monday night, Vice Admiral Lord Charles Beresford made a signal wishing their Majesties a pleasant voy- age. The King caused a reply to be sent, reci- procating the good wishes of the officers and men, and adding that he was much gratified with the appearance of the Naval Brigade at Belfast. The Lord Mayor of Belfast, on Tues- day, received a letter from the Earl of Selborne expressing the pleasure of their Majesties at the welcome they met with on Monday.

STRANGE WRECK STORY. A most remarkable story is told by Messrs. Tollemache, third officer, H. G. Johnson, second engineer, and W. A. Bunn, third engineer, of the steamer Umona, who arrived at Plymouth on Sunday from Colombo, on board the steamer Arcadia. The Umona, with 550 emigrants on board, was wrecked on the Maldivan Archipelago while bound from Calcutta to Natal. The voyage commenced on May 6. Colombo was reached six days later. The same evening the voyage was resumed, and all went well until about three o'clock in the morning of May 15, when a prolonged crash- ing shock roused those on board. The grinding, quivering, and bumping con- tinued, and it was soon evident that the Umona was hard and fast ashore. Daylight revealed a line of breakers on either side of the ship's bows. Stretching as far as the eye could reach there were more reefs, while in the distance could be seen the island of Mamtuch, covered with palm trees. The ship had struck on the Suadiva atoll, the southernmost of the Maldive atolls. The chief officer, W. Bruckland, swam ashore, and, as the result of his investigations, it was decided to at once land the 500 odd coolie emi- grants, temporary accommodation being provided for them in the thick undergrowth. In the evening chief officer Bruckland, who was accompanied by Mf. Tollemache, who ar- rived at Plymouth A Sunday, left in one of the ship's boats in an attempt to reach Colombo, which was 500 miles distant, to secure assistance. This they succeeded in doing in nine days, after a very trying experience. Oil had to be utilised and proved effectual in breaking the force of the seas, but in the end Colombo was reached, and there H.M.S. Pique, homeward bound from the China Station, was met with; H.M.S. Pique was ordered to the Maldives to afford assistance, and arrived on the scene of the disaster on May 29, after the shipwrecked com- pany had been fifteen days on an uninnabited island. The next day all were embarked on the British India steamer Omra, and were conveyed to Colombo, whence the steamer Umzinto was re- quisitioned to convey the coolies to Durban. In connection with the loss of the Umona a court of inquiry acquitted captain and officers of t all blame. <

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TARIFF IN PARLIAMENT. IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS IN BOTH HOUSES. Another important debate on Mr. Chamberlain's tariff proposals was initiated in the House of Lords by the Earl of Lytton, who called attention to a series of leaflets published by the Tariff Com- mittee of the Birmingham Liberal Unionist Asso- ciation, and asked whether they were issued with the knowledge and approval of the Colonial Secre- tary, and what was the position of the Government; in the matter. He said that if the Government, had no collective plan, it was an unconstitutional and mischievous practice for any single Cabinet Minister to be canvassing the electorate for the support of his individual views. The Duke of Devonshire replied that the pub- lications mentioned were issued with the know- ledge and approval of Mr. Chamberlain. As to the question whether the policy of the Colonial Secretary was also that of the Government, the answer was "distinctly in the negative." Mr. Chamberlain had expressly stated that he uttered only his own opinions. The Government had at present no new fiscal policy to propose. Lord James of Hereford said it was unprece- dented in the political history of the country that a member of the Government should separate himself from the action of his colleagues, and announce that a big fight was to take place under his leadership, not with the co-operation and per- haps not with the sanction of his colleagues. He-. requested an interim report." Earl Spencer asked whether the inquiry going on was real or a. sham. Viscount Cross, as a life-long Free Trader, and one of the oldest supporters of the Conserva- tive party, said the Cabinet were bound to tell the country what their policy was. The Earl of North- brook expressed a similar view. The Duke of Devonshire, in a speech of some length, defined the attitude of the Cabinet on the subject. He said that until they were convinced by the results of the inquiry that changes in any direction were required, the policy of the Govern- ment with regard to our fiscal arrangements would be that which now existed. Personally, he believed that the allegations against the policy of Free Trade were, in the main, unfounded, and also that even if that system had not done for us all that some of its authors expected it could or would do, it was not very difficult to prove that any alternative policy would probably not remedy the evils com- plained of, and might involve us in still greater ones. A speech was also delivered by the Earl of Rosebery, who said that the present position of the Government was unprecedented in the con- stitution of the country. If he were a member of the Commons he would ask a day to discuss a motion that the House resolves itself into Com- mittee on the state of the nation. There was a pre- cedent for such a course in the year 1849. The advantage of the proposition was that it did not necessarily pledge Parliament or the country to any., particular policy. QUESTIONS IN THE COMMONS AND MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S REPLY. Again there were many questions in the House of Commons with reference to the tariff inquiry, and most of them were quite unproductive. The- Prime Minister, however, told Mr. Mansfield that, it was extremely probable that a series of specific questions would be addressed to the chambers of- commerce in the country. M.. Long introduced a. new bill dealing with the housing of the working classes. The measure, which extends the maxi- mum period for the repayment of loans from 60 to, 80 years, and makes sundry other changes in the existing law, was read a first time. An important debate took place on the Foreign, Office vote in Committee of Supply. Sir Charles- Dilke and Mr. Bowles assailed the action of the department with regard to Germany. Their re- marks were illustrated by references to the Yangtse agreement, the Venezuelan blockade, the Bagdad Railway scheme, and the Canadian tariff question. Viscount Cranborne defended the course followed in each of these matters, and claimed that the administration of the Foreign Office had been thoroughly successful." He was followed by Sir E. Grey. Mr. Chamberlain then rose and told in fuller detail the story of Canada's preference to the Mother Country, and the consequent refusal of Germany to extend most-favoured-nation treat- ment to the Dominion. I think," he said, his Majesty's Government have made it perfectly clear that in the future we will not permit this discrimination to continue without taking all the steps in our power to bring it to a close." The Colonial Secretary was succeeded by Mr. Asquith.

I- THE LATE POPE. LEO XIII. ENTOMBED. The frail body of Leo XIII. was laid to rest on Saturday in a temporary tomb over the doorway adjoining the chapel of the choir of St. Peter's at Rome. The ceremony took place at seven o'clock in the evening. The procession escorting the body entered the church headed by the Swiss. Guard and followed by the chaplains and deacons; of St. Peter's bearing lighted candles. Then* borne on tho shoulders of eight men came the bier of the dead Pontiff, arrayed in chasuble and mitre as it had been for the lying-in-state. The Noble Guards with drawn swords walked on each- side, and last came Cardinal Rampolla, arch- priest of St. Peter's, whose tall form, surmounted by a scarlet biretta, made him distinguishable. The body was enclosed in three coffins, and at the feet was placed a leaden tube containing a brief Latin record of the life of the late Pontiff. The body was then hoisted up to the level of the tomb, in which it was deposited. The will of the late Pope, by which he leavea nearly.the whole of his property to the Church, even the presents given to him as Pope, is bound to cause a favourable impression in Rome. The will is dated July 8, 1900. On Saturday the* Cardinals received the Diplomatic Body. In all the Roman Catholic and in many Anglican and Nonconformist pulpits in Britain on Sunday reference was made to the death of Leo XIII. Preaching at St. Paul's Cathedral, Archdeacon Sinclair warmly eulogised the character and career of the dead Pontiff.

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