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CERDDORIAETH. —Ceir darnan newydd^ ion swynol yn dra mynych yn "Mhapur ,pawb," yn nodiant y Tonic Sol-ffa. ENWOGION CYMRU.-Darluniau en- wogion Cymru o bob cwr, o bob oed, o bob plaid. Papur Pawb," Ceiniog yr wythnos. GWOBRWYON I-Cynnygir gwobrWyon amrywiaethol bob wythnos yn Mhapur ,Fawb." Pob calondid i bawb i gystadia.
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The late Lord Cliitf Justice Coleridge. position as when flirting with the Bear at the end of 1893. In our own home circle we have had a heavy year of tribulation. That brilliant man of parts, Lord Hannen, whose staid judicial mind and dignified bearing singled him out us the right man to try the Parnell Commission, the most important case of the past fifty years, has passed away, so has his superior in leo-al rank. Lord Coleridge, the Lord Chief Justice of England, one of the most eloquent judges of the English Bench, although not perhaps the soundest lawyer. His silvery voice was heard at
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ENWOGION CYAERU.-Darluniau en- wogion Cymru o bob cwr, o bob oed, o bob plaid. Papur Pawb," Ceiniog yr wythnos. GWOBRWYON !-Cynnygir gwobrwyon amrywiaethol bob wythnos yn Mhapur Pawb." Pob calondid i bawb i gystadlu. CERDDOEIAETH.—Ceir darnau newydd- ion øwynol yn dra mynych yn "Mhaput Pawb," yn nodiaut y Tonio Sol-ffa,
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I Britain, one may advert here to three deaths which illustrate the thesis. In Matabeleland, almost in the centre of South Africa, Captain Allan Wilson and his comrades fought to the last gasp, in a group worthy of the ninth book of Iliad, with the words of the National An- them proceeding from their dying ■ lips to the acknow- ledged astonish- f ment of the listen- ing savages. On k the Eastern Coast, k the Eastern Coast, The late Capt. A. Wilson. 14 I ,I I The late Sir Gerold Portal.
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higher up by some fifteen hundred miles, Sir Gerald Portal succumbs to the climate, which wipes out the life of one of our most promising coming men, while as we write these lines, the Blenheim is bearing to his native Canada, her Prime Minister, another subject of the Queen, Sir J. Thompson, whose tragic end in the chief palace of his Sover- eign is tinctured with the pV-Tnr"i' <->< ,,(1 romance. The worlds liter- ature is the poorer by the death of Ed- mund Yates, 1 whose library The late Sir J. Thompson.
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memoranda destroyed, presumably lest some good I Wendoll Holmes. Wem!ll .I:l(']llt'" natured friend might be induced to repeat the experiment on him. Oliver Wendell Holmes, haH English in thought and feeling, should not be omitted here. Passing away at an advanced age full of honours, and sur- rounded by his family, the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table" leaves a blank behind him that the States will net fill in the present rr'nemtion. Ballantyne, the boys' story writer, who shared with Gustave Aimard, Henty, and Mayne Reid. the tickling of the youthful palate for adventure, is also a pel: which 11 WIll DC missed. The death of Robert Louis Ste- the age of venson, at 44, in far The late "Ballantyne the Brave."
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I The late The lale I Robert Lotus Stevenson. awny Samoa, came as a gi-eatsliock, and his will be n pen that will be more iS-Ud tllall Lnv,. for be was a worker who could ill be spared in these days of unoriginality. In the musical world we have to deplore Gwyllm Crowe, the com- poser of the "See-Saw Waltz," and conductor for many years of the Promenade Concerts at Co vent Garden Theatre. He was an army bandmaster, and fought in the Crimea, receiving four medals, but red tape will not allow the War Office to do anything for his widow, although he is known to have died in great poverty. The luii: ijwyliin Clowe.
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The late A. Rubinstein. Rubinstein, the brilliant pianist, is another votary of St. Cecilia who has joined the majority, to the regret of all those who delight in listening to an accom- i plished executant. Curiously, i the very day of his death was unconsciously chosen by Hof- i m:m, his favourite, and certainly most famous pupil, to e-ive his sole performance of the season at St. James's Hall. In the world of sport, the distinguished and familiar figure TUe w, j-arquis of Ailesbuiy.
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veteran trainer, must not be obituary list of from his long I the turf, he i be a most con- trainer, who his employers' though they I Among the miscellaneous items for which 1894 will make its mark in future history, is, first and foremost, the Manchester Ship Canal, which I Views of Manchester kkip Ganal.
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was opened by Her Majesty in a quiet and almost informal way, scarcely commensurate with the greatness of the occasion. In the early days of the year the big coal strike was happily averted by Lord Shand, whose timely interference saved the Country many millions. Anarchy found itself matched with a past master in the science of detection in the person of Inspector Melville, whose ceaseless activity battled the reckless madmen, who practice the rvJte of dynamite to such an extent that Lord Shand.
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consented to give it a tria.L We seem as yet, therefore, a very long way off that much needed and often dreamed of Millennium, which is so extremely long in coming. Perhaps we may have to wait until Edison gives us his promised invention which, it is understood, would bring about an instant cessation of war in favour of arbitration. This is to bottle all the lightning that comes within the range of his laboratory, and then direct it at an opposing force at the distance of the horizon. Thus, an army advancing in broad alignment, will cease to be; will, in fact, become a heap of blackened and pulverised ashes, without seeing an enemy. This extraordinary man has announced his intention of doing this, and, after his Electrophone, which enables people to sit down and be switched on to h a 1 f a d onen theatres in succession, The new Submarine Torpedo Boat.
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Australian tour which had, up till the. end of the year, been fairly successful, except when pitted I Stoddart. against the very pick of the Colony. Grace was generally voted to have gone off a little, which can be understood in a man nearly fifty years of age. Essex became a first-class county, and, with C. J. Kortright as their bowler, 1895 should see them effect great things. A proposal to run a set cf second-class countv matenes was also agreed to by the M.C.C. It will thus be seen that taken altogether 1894 has welded the interests of; sportsmen of all classes in a way that is worthy of Englishmen. Dramatically considered, the year cannot be regarded as a signal success. Mr. Sidney Grundy's „\ ew lVoma?i, as mentioned before, wag J Sidney Gnauiy. a novelty, and Haddon Cham- bers, follbwiner in Pinero's foot- steps, produced John-n-Dream8 at the Hay market, which fluttered the dovecotes of Society, and caused no end of excited discussion in the Time-s news- paper. Mr. llenr living. Irving had a very successful season in America, and did a long tour in England and Ireland, his promised King Arthur being postponed until Easter. Lillian Russell. Miss Lillian Russell, havinsr divorced herself from her third husband, came over here for a short season to the Lyceum, prndncillg a, very indifferent opera, which was saved by her (i ii magnetic per- sonality. Mr. Gilbert discov- ered in Dr. Haddon Chambers. Osmond Can a musician worthy to replace Sir Arthur Sullivan, the curtain falling on the first I night of Hi" Extellcncy, at the Lyric, to an unmistakeabl}- delighted audience. Music received an impetus through the opening of the new Royal College of I Mr. Gilbert. Music by the Prince of Wales. This is a build- ing worthy of the century which has reared and endowed it. But there are not wanting many who consider that it was La Grande Sarah." entirely unnecessary, having regard to the existence of the older institution, the Royal Academy, which has had far too little attention paid to it of late years by the Royal Circle. Madame Sarah Bern- hardt had a very successful season at Daly's, where she appeared in several new plays, and Sisrnora The opening of the Royal College of Music. Duse paid us the compli- ment of leaving her sunny Italy for the Lyric, where dur- ing her short stay she became t p e rage, being voted by many a competent Signora Dose. rival to the exeat French actress. Sir Augustus Harris had a most mem- orable season* putting on no fewer than eight) new operas, notably that of Fcdslaf, Sir Augustus Harris. by Verdi, which had already won golden opinions at Milan. The Covent Garden impresario has now taken over Drury Lane direct from the Duke of Bedford, the rights of the renters" having ended on Verdi. the 15th of December, the last night of the Derby Winner, This piece, now transferred to the Princess's, has been without exception the most successful ever invented and arranged by the Emperor of the Lane. He cometh not," she said, and many a pauper- ised widow, who had put her little all into that Liberator sink, has repeated the three words since I Detective Inspec- tor Tonbridge. first Inspector Tonbridge de- parted for the Argentine. The way in which these South American Republics behave, when a question of crime and justice is on the tapis, is almost like a leaf out of Comic opera. The con- flicting wires, the deliberation of the judges, the retiring to consider certain knotty points, and the effrontery of Jabez himself, who writes home from the prison, at Salta, the most high falutin epistles, are all like some wild distorted yarn out of the Arabian Nights. Jabez will not, of course, come babk to England if he can help it, but whether he does or not, 1894 will not hear that awful howl of public welcome so beautifully described by Dickens, when Bill Sikes showed himself on the house-top just before his death. The criminal The Prison at Salta. trials of the year have been very numerous, and I Read in the Dock. especially those for mur- der or suspected murder. That of J. Canham Read has, naturally, been the most sensational, and although the convict did not make any confession on the scaffold, no sane man doubts that he mur- dered the poor victim of his passions, Florence Dennis, whose sister, Mrs. Ayriss, cut such a very unenviable position before the Court. Next in inter- I est to the Read. trial, was that of the Monson I enquiry; yet, notwithstanding that Scott walks about to-day a free man, though proscribed an outlaw, his evidence support- ing the accident theory was accepted by the Law Courts, no one was sorry to find the judges uphold the New York Mutual Company's decision not to pay the £ 20,000 insurance demanded on the dead man's Kolicy. The disappearance of [r. Frank May's name from >cott." I the Bank of Englana note took place m 1894, this being due to tha.t gentleman's retirement from the post of cashier, larities rendered considered prob- the end of the son will find Nicholson's care The homicidal confessed every- othercourseopen I' whowas perfectly murderer of Mrs. dangerous luna- F. May.
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which his irregu- necessary. It is able that before year Mr. Saunder- himself under Dr. at Broadm o o r. maniac having thing, there was no to Mr. Asquith, satisfied that the Dawes was a tic. A charitable I lady living near the scene of the murder m Kensing- ton" took charge of the victim's child. The Divorce Court has unfortunately sustained its reputation as the busiest centre of all the Salles de Justice. Sir Francis Justice Jeune.
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Sir Francis Jeune, who has proved a model judge, has, during the year, had such a variety of matrimonial rnhalli- imces to deal with that it would almost be invidious to deal with them seriatim. Perhaps the most in- teresting case was Saunderson.
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that of the Marchioness of Queens-
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II ENWOGION CYMRU.—Darluniau en- wogion Cymru o bob cwr, o bob oed, o bob plaid. "Papur Pawb," Ceiniog yr wythnos. GWOBRWYON !—Cynnygir gwobrwyon amrywiaethol bob wythnos yn Mhapur I Pawb." Pob calondid i bawb i gystadlu. CERDDORIAETH.—Ceir darnau newydd- ion swynol yn dra mynych yn "Mhapur Pawb," yn nodiant y Tonic Sol-ffa.
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classes, and, therefore, the year should not past without claiming a due tribute of gratitude from those who manage to live without crime—whether all company promoters may be included is not within our immediate ken. The year nas not been wrtnout its unpleasant episodes, notable among which have been the ever recurring- disputes anent the Tableau Vivants which were first shown ab the Theatre, and which for the time being resc.sci' atcd that house's fallen i'oi tanes. These liv- ingpictures having become the rage speedily found imitators, and the Empire and other halls soon im- proved upon the original Tableaux produced under old Mr. Morton's super- One of the Tableau Viviint s. vision. The London bounty The Doctor, afier 1-.ikoKiidi's.Council having had their K-A- attention called to these nightly exhibitions, with an unwisdom, for which they have become celebrated, saw great evil in their continuance, but were corapeiled by public opinion to renew the licenses under slightly "altered conditions. The specimen living picture given here with is taken from the cdebrator excerpt by Luke Fildes, R.A., entitled The Doctor." This crusadc on the part of the Lonar.i. County Council brought down upon the Empire Theatre th" brigade under the generalship of c.a«nt. the now notorious Ai rs. Chant, whose conduct haa been more or less reprobated by everyone who -ir-' believes in individual liberty of action. At this Yvette Guilbert. theatre in the Spring and again during December, Yvette Guil. bert, the extraordinary caf4 chantant cantairice witched her audiences with her remarkable1 rendition of songs, the airs of which are admittedly very beau- tiful, whatever may be the moral tone of the language employed. Mile. Guilbert is a very bizarre looking woman, exceedingly talented, and she dresses as eccentrically as she sings. Thus we close the year of grace 1894, wishing all our readers a happy and prosperous New Year. BTJT, my dear, you are so pretty that I really cannot see how your beauty needs any addition in the shape of much expensive finery as you wish," said Mr. Wickwire. No, I am not," replied Mra. Wickwire. "If I were as pretty as you pretend i am, I would not have to argue so long to get a now dress." Now," said the professor of physios, discussing the organic and inorganic kingdoms if I should shut my, eyes—so—and drop my heuld-so-anc1 would not move, you would say I was a clod. But I move, I run, I leap then what do you call me P, t "Voice from the rear: "A olod-hoppar 1" ClaM is dismissed. II MARY," said a lodger to the servant, thia is the silliest house I ever was in. The landlord and his wife must get on well together, for haven't heard a single word since 1 came here." "It is all very nioe just now, Mr. Smith," said Mary, but wait till they make friends again. Thej quarrelled a fortnight ago,and haven't spoke to eaoo other since." "GOT any good roast beef, waiterP n U Yee sir. "Bring me one of your best outs. I want it tender, juioy, not too well done, not too raw, and with very little gravy. Have the fat and lean about equally divided, and be particular not to out the slioe thick, and don't forget the horseradish. Now can you remember all that ?" H Yes, sir. (Londly. Roast beef, one." Mns. A. U You say brandy is a good remedy for the oolio, but I don't agree with you." Mrs. B.: What do you know about it ? Mrs. A.: "A great deal. Before I had brandy in the house my husband never had colio more than once or twice a year, but as soon as I kept a supply he had oolio almost every day." In China," said the lecturer, criminals are sentenced to be kept awake until insanity and then death superveae. Now, how would you suppose they keep them from falling asleep?" "Perhaps, responded a small girl of thirteen, the eldest of large family, perhaps they give 'em babies to mind.' The lecturer hadn't thought of that, bul admitted the sound, praotioal value of the sug. gestion. OLD Difference: "Johnny, suppose I promised you a stick of sugar candy and did not give it te you, what would you think?" Young three year old (promptly): That you told a story, papa." Old Discipline: Well, suppose I should promieg you a whipping and do not give it to you?" Young Hopeful (doubtfully) ••Papa—I—dess—• that—would—be—a—story, too. But I tink Dod would forgive you." MAMMA, this is Mr. Tatter. He was under tht impression that I was the only daughter, and I have just been telling him that I have two sisters," says Miss Clara. Oh yes," said Mrs. Winterbloom. "You must meet Maud and Estelle, Mr. Tutter. They are both older than Clara." Indeed I n says young Tutter, wishing to say the right thing. | didn't suppose it possible that you could have any 1 daughter older than Miss Clara." A HOTECEB, indignant to find her little daughter very low in her olass at school, exclaimed wrath- fully, I am out of all patience with you, Mollie. I should just like to know why Sallie Jones is al- ways at the head of her class, while you are always at the foot p" Mollie hesitated for a moment, and then, looking her mother squarely in the fate, she said demurely, "You seem to forget, mamma, that Sallie has very clever parents." U DOGS don't need talk," said little Johnny, 'cause any one can understand their bark," ,C&uyonp" asked a visitor." "Easy as rolling off a log. When my dogieat the door and barks, that means he wants to get in if he's inside the door and barks, that means he wants to get out." Hump! Suppose he's half inside and half outside and barks, what does that mean?" "That means that there's a bigger dog than him in the yard." HER father (interestedly): "And you really en- joy your society for the higher culture of wom«n? Minnie (enthusiastically): Indeed I do, im- mensely." Her Father: What was the subject yesterday, for instance P Minnie (reflectively): Oh, yesterday! Let me see. I think the quaation for debate was something about somo subject that some professor has been lecturing on somewhere but up m our oornor we talked about thoae new hats with the funny crowns." j TIMID Youth: Sha—shall w9 go and sit under that w — w — willow, Miss Ethel?" Demur* Maiden Why not under that pop—poplar George ?" BUT if you are so afraid of so being a widow why do you marry an army offioer ? Because in the army, you know, scarcely anybody ia over killed nowadays, whereas a civilian, if ambitious is almost sure to go to pieoes from overwork." 1 HEY nave women shorthand reporters in the Tress gallery of the Danish Parliament. It is not surprising to hear that they are ve-y efficient. Women naturally have such capacity for ff takiDg men down." "SINGLEJAW was badly hurt in that rail way ac- oident, wasn't he doctor ? "Verv, t:;(. ha.d to am. putate both of his legs." Will he poll throuarh ?" » Oh, yes; we'll put him on his feet agttla in about six months." THE Husband: "You're not economical." The Wife: U Well, if you don't call a woman economi- cal who saves her wedding dress for a possible second marriage I'd like to know what jcu think economy is." LITTLK Brother: Mr. Brown, won't ROA ao and stand before the window?" Mr. T<q" tainly, my little man; but why?" l ucth Brother Oh, ma says she can see through von, I want to see if I can."
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REVIEW OF THE YEAR 18 9 4. Eighteen hundred and ninety-four has 'been Crammed with incident and brimful of lessons for rich and poor, high and low. The weather on the whole has been better than the average, the harvest uniformly good, and the hay crop excep- tionally brilliant, all of which is very consoling after twobad season P. n'1r Sovereign Ladythe Queen has N. enjoyed wonderful health, except for Jiboutafortnight The Grand w in the summer, when her j.^uice ( (&. r 1 sciatica was unusually Hes»*. 1 i troublesome. She was well yr enough, despite her /5th vear^to proceed to Italy, and thence to Coburg in the I S H spring in order to be pre- I I t/ I sent at the marriage of her grand- daughter, the Princess Victoria Vv*AWf (/J Melita of Edinburgh and Coburg to the Grand Duke of Hesse. It may {,e remembered that on this trincess Melita. of auspicious occasion the present Saxe Coburg. (j^&r wag one of the invited guests, and displayed such marked attentions to the Princess Alix, the sister of the bride- troom, that the German Emperor, who is her rst cousin took an opportunity to ask the Nicolas 11., Czar of Russia
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Princess Alix, Czarina of Kussia. I the subject, and for the first time in history an engagement was entered into between the blood royal of England and Russia. That engage- ment resulted in a. wedding under the saddest of circumstances a month ago, but it is on every hand regarded as a most excellent thing tor England, thanks to the superb tact of the Prince of Wales, who, by his fatherly sympathy with the new Czar and his regard for the late ruler, has knitted together the two countries in a bond which no amount of French diplomacy can sever. The English throne has also been strengthened by the appearance on the scene of Prince Edward of York, who makes the fourth living lineal heir to the English Crown, an event without parallel in ¡ the history of the country. The Princess of Wales who has not had the best of health spent her fiftieth birthday with her widowed sister, the Dowager Czarina, in the Rmsian Capital, so that there was no national re- joicing over an event that under happier cir- cumstances would have been signalised by a dis- play of loyalty such as this much-loved lady has always commanded from the first time of her set- ting foot on our shores. There have been all kinds .J.1_- The Jubilee portrait of J H.I2.H. The Princess of Wales. I
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01 rumours as TO ME re- tirement of H. R.H. the Duke of Cambridge from the post of Commander-in-Chief, none of which have been contradicted, but at the same time The Duke of Caiubi'.dge.
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military men refuse to believe in the likelihood of any change. Of course in such an event the Queen would give the very nominal post to the Duke of Connaught, for although, by many, Field Marshal Lord Wolseley is justly regarded as the natural successor, it is the prerogative of the Crown to .appoint a relative, and Her Aiaiestv upon such matters, is a greater stickler than 'any English monarch since Charles I. The Society high-life marriages this year have been numerous and SS^Tfj T.S.H. The brilliant, that of Prince <S £ ^|A\I rrince and Adolphus of Tcck with j,™ Lady ilargaret Grosyenor of 'lWk. taking first ranki*- aunt, of — birth,the bridegroom being L great-grandson to an Eng- j lieh monarch, and harking back through his father to • ? the ancient Kings of Hungary. The V ? marriage ov Lord Jv.'e't on ot ji.tton to the Dueiiet-8 ot: iiuekiio-rhaiii anc Chandcs, was a general surprise to x society at large, although it is con- ceded" that n'nuitch was a fitting conclusion to a close friendship of many years stand- /?J&\ i"<r Mr. Barrie, the litterateur whose llWH Wivdaw in Thrum* is likely to be more J! 1 long lived than an)- of his later woi-k-s married Miss Ansell,and ¥2) the volatile son of the head of the Irish Parliamentary Party, Mr. Justin M'Car tliy, captivated the lipru* J h,o?rfc of the voung genius, Oiseie uuly I T .intl created a nine days Bgertoii „aU<-n. b gending bewildering telegrams to her inconsolable '—^ mot er from all sorts of places. M. Casimir Perier, who Mr. and became Preside^ of i XnJj* ranee Py-vj J5a the as- ofAI.Caniot. V^f up till now. jgm/,V/ ICV/"P"r lwf V f LVl moderation, tae,, M>r < z *•- and firmnc ss Ciwie wii.u. which W.IS prophesied of him by men and newspapers of man tamlv there have been no cu. -„i "M. Casimir I'erier.
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who represciitn mo I>V'L< status of a great nation, M. Casimir Perier has not failed in an v particular to maintain the respect with which he was ushered into power, and the reputation he had ac- quired in the corps legislatif. Going further. atleld to the far East, we glance at an- other ruler, who h as ventured 1. 1 1 11 J I that hazardous cast of the aic wnicn au nauons -mHuh'e in when smartingunder a sense of iniury, es- rx»cially if they think the moment is Eropitious- We refer to the Mikado of Japan, who, judging by the enthusiastic way his smallest wish 'en ,n is obeyed by his subject, is one of the most popular sovereigns in the world. At the moment oi writing he is', to a great extent, arbiter of Chinas destinies, ind it i« to be hoped he will ahow. in the hour of victory, that Tit1' Mikado of Japan.
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if and moderation wnich has aireauy o-uu- gtituted him a model to all kings who go before °rifr Charles Russell is now Lord Chief Justice of an in*.„ Su- B T ont1 Rlr Frank M. Ie BR nlll de Courcel.
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a JUClge, wood, the brilliant draughtsman bar- rister, is Solicitor- General, with Sir John Rigbyas Mr. Attorney. Baron Courcel has succeed- ed M. Decrais as FrenchAm bassadol, and will probably find his occupation Lord Hnssell. (Lord C|hief Justice of England.) Justice of England.) I
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0. more genial one than sitting a'S> after daylisteningtothe drydetailsof the Behring s Straits arbitration. Sir Henry 13. Loch, our S Commissioner, has has been to and from the ? thrift within the twelvemonths, and lias had Cecil liliodes.
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great difficulty i n convincing the home auth- orities that they must accept the South African sposition created by that really wonderful man, the Cape Pre- mier, Mr. Cecil Rhodes, who Sir Frank Lock- wood.
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a free race, and fully understand tne im- portance of doing their utmost to maintain their independence. An epidemic very similar in its symptoms to the black death which devastated Loifaon in 1665, broke out in Hong Kong, and The Plasue in Hong Kong.
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decimated the island. Later on Japan, v/hich had been fruitlessly n'egotiatirjg with China on the question of the suzerainty of the Corea, declared war, and, as the year closes in, are virtually masters of the entire Corea, whose King now reigns par la volonte duMikado. Li Hung Chancr, the Viceroy of North China, appears to have been taken quite una- wares, and has strongly advised the Emperor to sue for peace. Japan has taught us that, given Western ideas and a Western equip- ment, she can take her part against any kingdom of equal re- sources. It is possible that some agreement *iav be come to very shortly, but, at the time of writing, there is absolutely nothing to pre- 1,4
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The Walls of Pekin. vent the Japanese eating their New Year's dinner inside Pekin, the walls of which can offer no obstacle to modern artil- lery. On the Continent, the chief political sur- prise has been thesudoen downfall o f General Caprivi, who appeared to be carrying on the business of the Chan- cellerie with conspicuous ability, but the German Emperor is fond of striking situations, and, as "it is the un- expected which always happens, is one of his favourite apothegms. new developments may be ex- pected at any moment, especially on the top of the serious blunder^ he has committed by arraign- ing the Socialist deputies for high treason, because they refused to do him obeisance in the Chamber. General Caprivi. The deaths of those whom birth and brains have made illustrious on our planet, have, alas. been very numerous during 1894. The first in order Alexander III., the late Czar. of precedence and importance i s that of the Czar Alexander IIL, one of the few Russian monarchs who has been allowed to depart this life peace- fully. The Romanoffs are at their best a short- lived race, but no one could possibly have foreseen the end of an Emperor who appeared to have a marvellously powerful constitution and an iron frame, all sinew and muscle. He was one of the most powerful men in his vast domains, but liver and kidney complications laugh alike at strength and muscle. The astonishing part about the whole affair is that none of the Court Physicians should have opened their mouths to warn him until within three months of his death. Alexander's character is difficult to define. He was a good hater but he loved peace, and, like a great many other autocrats, who have pre- ceeded him in the world's history, he would have preferred a retired domestic life to that of the pomp and panoply of State. There is no doubt that the numerous attempts upon his life, notably the never-tobe-for- crottcii train outrage at Borki, Le Comfce de Paris.
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shattered his nervous system, and by reducing his ability to bear the pain and prostration incidental to kidney affections, hastened the end. Another Royal demise was that of the Comte de Paris, which to the world at large was more unexpected even than that of the Czar. For many years the Comte had lived a very retired life at Stowe, in Buckinghamshire, a grand old mansion where, in a mild way, the hope of Royalist France Mas surrounded with the shadow of a Court. The Comte. was a learned and amiable man. There was nothing aggressive about his claim to 1 he throne of his ancestor Louis XIII., but his tiery impulsive son is a very different personage; iii(I if ever 'he people of Franc.e should come to the conclusion that isolation must be a neceswary outcome of Republicanism, the Due D'Orleans would be fom:d somewhere very bandy, especially now that the Bonaparte following is growing smaller and smaller. The Sultan f" 'if'" 'l11t, late Saltan of Morocco.
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The late M. Carnot. oi iMoroeco is an- other foreign potentate who has crossed the bridge of Sirst and ti-ic Paradise reserved for the trize sons of the Prophet. His rule has betn long, and he has shewn some appreciation of civilised ideas, but his bitter hatred to Spain has produced much friction of recent years. The Sultan is succeeded by his son, who seems to have ascended a very thorny throne, iudging from the number of tribal risings since his accession. France has been exceptionrJjv unfor- tunate through sG4 in the magni- tude and imporl ;me.> of her obituary list. Her mild-mannered President ruthlessly murdc:ed by a. mad Italian fanat ic P>splendid diplo- mat M. YVadriington. for so many years her representative at the Court of St. passing away very suddenly, these were the be- ginning of her troubles. M. Wad- dington was a brilliant and sound 11 The late M. Waddington.
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scholar and statesman. He worked to one end-the consolidation of the interests of France and England, for he recognised in their continued friendship a guarantee of progress. No one better understood this country, for he was English in manner and thought, having been educated at Oxford University, rabid chauvinists on the banks of the Seine would have it that he was ploying traitor to French interests, and his recall was shortly followed by his decease. The death of M. de Lesseps is almost too recent to need comment, as it is still so fresh in the memory, but we may point out that this highly-gifted Frenchman has long been forgiven by his countrymen for the Panama series of mistakes, and is only remembered as the glory of the great nation which claimed him as her son. M. Burdeau's departure has been a severe loss to the Republic, which, as a factor in European politics, does not find Ith in as £ £ ood a Tlte lit-P Ni. Ferdinand de Lesseps.
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.i.4' Yates. was sold at Christmas. This -H'olific writer possessed a pen ■■ hich, although polished, was too I uently dipped in gall for those who had offended him. Of his numerous novels Broken to Har- view stands alone as a splendid specimen of his powers of fictioi). Froudc, the historian and Oxford professor, is a victim to 1894. He was a very elegant and forcible writer, but was not so accu- rate as other historians who have preceded him. His life of. Carlyle is a grand example of style, but the dissensions caused by his can- dour in that volume made him decide by will to have all his own The late Sir A. Fronde.
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of the Duchess of Montrose, or, as she was better known at Newmarket, "Mr. Man ton," will no longer be seen on the Heath, while that erratic nobleman, the Marquis of Ailesbury, is also among those of whom we must say, de mortuis nil I nisi bonum. The I Alec Taylor, left out of any 1894, for apart connection with was known to scientious looked after interests as were his own. f he Jate Alec Taylor.
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tne thoroughly terrorised gang did their best to destroy the evidences of their guilt. In doing this one Bourdin 'saved Billington s- sniod deal of trouble by blowing himself up, presumably by accident, in Green- Iiisjieetor Melville, C.I.D.
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Matabele is chiefly due, invented a flying machine and a bullet- proof cuirass neither of which up till now can be re- garded as con- spicuous s u fo cess- Tur;iu :nltl his engine of destruction.
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es. M. Turpm. t h Prvt r-h inventor, has patented a machine lor blotting om ■■ ■ opposing force at a distance of several the French experts did not consider it adaptabl<? to the necessities of warfare, but it is understood that Austria has Edisoti (from his new bouk).
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and listen, miles away, to too most popular songs and music of the nay, this is quite understand- able. Apropos of inventions, isU4 has seen a submarine torpedo bent. pass through n. series of I experiments ra Syuney harbour, but it is doubtful whether at a certain distance bciow tho set it would be possible to steer with precision. Of course, if found to be what it has been described by enthusiastic witnesses, the building of hc/e ironclads would have to be stopped forthwith. Talk- ing of submarine torpedo boats, our old friend tho Sea. Serpent lias been pretty lively during big annual August o.n hig. and was seen in several places about the same time, showing that the family all go for their holiday at a given period. Our Natis-nrd G:d!e:y passed under the distinguished painter, Mr. Poynters manage- ment, who, as director, ;s expected to vastly improve the great eollce- tion which has no real equal, in point of excellence, in the world, whatever our neighbours may think of their much too much belauded j\1 r. l'c¡yn ter, K.A.
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Louvre. The novel of the year was generally acknowledged to be the Mauxj/iau by Hall Caine, who has justified the opinion formed of him years ago by the Prince of English interviewers. Raymond Blathwavt who maintained, while. Mr. Came was comparatively unknown, that in him we possessed the germ of a man who m:ght possibly rival Thackeray and Scott as a writer with a purpose. The new Tower Bridge, which makes a grand river gateway to the greatest city OIl which the sun shines, was com- llan Caine.
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The Tower Bridge. pleted and opened with much display by the Prince of Wales, assisted by many English and foreign notables and it is a clear proof of how much this structure was needed, when the returns of the pas- senger traffic the first fortnight showed that 40,000 hnd crossed over it daily. In A- ifiei-ici, the gi-ezit railway strike brought about by Mr. Debs and his colleagues, resulted in riots all through the Union, yet, although that gentleman has just been sen- tenced to six months' imprisonment, his appeal against the isentenee may in that country where the mills of justice grind so slowly, succeed, for corruption is still life iii-ioii- our cousins, and if Tammany doesn't Mr. Debs.
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flourish, it has a near protot,ype in a good Lasker. Steiuitz. The Chess Championship.
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mnny other devious methods. Another in- teresting matter which was settled in America was the wresting of the Chess Championship from Steinitz by Lasker, the young German player, an event which created considerable astonishment in Chess circles, the great Bohemian having until now held the sccptre of Caissa with an undefeated record of 27 years. The attacks of the Anti-Gambling League on the racecourse owners of Great Britain and Ireland resulted in the formation of a critrantic Ladas. T. tortus; up. (winner of the ISt)4 Derby.)
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Sporting League," orga- nised to actively oppose their interference with any specie of recreation. The premier was called over the coals for running the Derby winner, Ladas. Braving all risk of losing votes, however, he appeared with Matthew Dawson, his trainer, on Epsom Downs, and led his magnificent three-yenr-old from the winning-post to the weighing-room in profria person/ Football con- tinued to be as popular as ever, and bicycling received a further impetus by the sudden appearance of a young Welsh youth, named F. ShoilaiHl.
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Michael, who, although less than eighteen years of age, gave the go- by to all comers at Herne Hill; but there is no rival to Frank Shorland, who won the Cuca Cup this year for the Michael.
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third year in succession, breaking the record for the 24 hours. The track at Herne Hill found no rival although there was a considerable amount of talk about a fresh metropolitan centre. Yale College sent its best athletes over here to do The Yale Team.
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battle with Oxford University, the old country, however, holding its own easily, albeit our great wonder Mr. C. Fry, of Wadham, disappointed everyone in the long jump, an event which we had counted on securing as a cer- tainty, he being the holder of the record, 23 feet 6 inches. After
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wich Park. Despite this, however, the ATiaivii:st. I BOUHJj"
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Colonel Majendie has found his hands pretty full, thanks to the stupid and senseless hoaxes played on the authorities by idiots who, when caught, should be -verely punished instead of being i.;t. off with a reprimand as in a recent instance. The New Woman became very conspicuous during 1894, thanks partly to Mr. Sidney Grundy, and partly to her own initiative backed up by the ad- vanced section of the Pioneer Club and the undue publicity given her by the Press. The Antwerp Exhibition was a distinct success and The Pioneer Club.
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of visiting the dear old Flemish town those who chose the excellent route and ac- commodation afforded them by the special facilities of the great Eastern Railway, via Harwich, being able to go and come comfortably within the week, dropping in at Brussels and Waterlooatthe same time. Decorations much L. t).s The Volunteer dceor.tion.
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in vogue during the yenr, that given to Volunteers uÏ twenty-years stand- ing being very important, as marking at last, the appreciation so tardily given to the Volunteer force by the War Oltice authorities. Another decoration was that accorded to severaltnou- sands of Christian young men bv Exeter Hail and its rich sup- porters. This was given (on the occasion The iriRdi" struck to commemorate the Jrtbilce o- the Y.T4.C.A.
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of the fiftieth year of the founding-of theY. M.C.A., and '[r. Williams, of thonrmof liitchcoek, Williams and Co., who has been associated with the move- ment from its very earliest inception, received a Knighthood at the hands of the Queen. It seems a pity to think that the two men who with Sir G. Williams were mainly instrumental in starting this grea.t Association—we refer to 1\11'. Samuel Morley and Mr. George Moore—should not have lived to have had the accolade bestowed on them likewise. Mr. Hiram Maxim, to whose deadly engine of destruction our utter annihilation of the Hiram Maxim.
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buy up allj the mining rights of the Randfc. Mr. Rhodes has, with his friend, Dr. Jamieson, added Sir Geo. Grey. to Her Majesty's territory a strip of land as large as France, which is rapidly being settled, and he is very bitter at the criticisms here on proceedings which only men who live out in Africa, with their lives in their hands, can properly understand. Sir George Grey, the well-known Colonial statesman,paid Eng- land a somewhat protracted visit. As the year closed, France was making great preparations with her Madagascar flotilla, destined for the conquest of that island, M. Vilers not having been.-L', c to make the Hovas understand the situation. They have always been bii* ii J • Loch. I
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I its best when delivering a long judg- i ment, and for beauty and quality it ran that of Mr. I Gladstone's very Talk- ing of the ex-i'J oinier, a death that has aReted him I sorely is that of Lord Swan- sea, who has barely lived twelve months to enjoy the peerage bestowed on him. He will best be remembered to the multitude as Sir Hussey Vivian. As showing the far-reaching touch of this mighty Empire of The bite Lord Swansea.
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s fthg tsmg/gb MaMffljjteB Tommy Loate* for the jockey ohaitt* plonshlp* All through tha eetoon these two consistently olever ridlrs w«re neok and neok but, when analvsed, Cannon's figures were always but, when analvsed, Cannon's figures-were always the better of the two, as hip win- ning mounts compared with his defeats were in the proportion of (5 to 4 ahead of his rival's. In the cricketing world the Surrey team maintained their reputation; it being a near thing between them and Yorkshire. Stoddart played magnificently for Middlesex, al- though Brockwell headed the batting averages of the season. The Middlesex captain arranged" an Alorty Cannon, the Loading Jockey of the year* I Jockey of the year* I
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against her husband, which, however; being heard in camera, was a great disap- pointment to the scandal-loving public, and a distinct loss to the evening papers. That the cause of justice, generally, will be much assisted by the adoption of the Bertillon method of detection, which our authorities have- very reluctantly been compelled to borrow from their French con- frere.s, is certain. No habitual criminal can hope to escape the measurements. There are no two human beings in the world pre- cisely alike in detail, and that is practically the basis of the Bertillon System. 1894 has given England a complete check on her criminal The nertillon System.