Flintshire Observer Mining Journal and General Advertiser for the Counties of Flint Denbigh

THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. THE RE-ASSEMBLING OF PARLIAMENT. Parliament was re-opened by Royal Commission at two o'clock on the afternoon of January 19. The Queen's Speech was read as follows by the Lord Chancellor: My LORDS AND GENTLEMEN My relations with all the other Powers continue to be of a friendly character. The appalling massacres which have taken place in Constantinople and in other parts of the Ottoman Dominions have called for the special attention of the Powers who were Signatories to the Treaty of Paris. Papers will be laid before you bhowing the considera- tions which have induced the Powers to make the present condition of the Ottoman Empire the subject of special consultation by their representatives at Constantinople. The conferences which the six Ambassadors have been instructed to hold are still proceeding. The action undertaken by bis Highness the Khedive of Egypt against the Khalifa, with my approval and assistance, has so far been entirely successful. His forces, supported by my officers and troops, have won back the fertile Province of Dongola to civilisation by operations conducted with remarkable skill, and the way has been opened for a further advance whenever such a step shall be judged to be desirable. My Government have discussed with the United States, acting as the friend of Venezuela, the terms under which the pending questioss of disputed fron- tier between that Republic and my colony of British Guiana may be equitably submitted to arbitration. An arrangement has been arrived at with that Govern- ment which will, I trust, effect the adjustment of existing controversies without exposing to risk the interests of any colonists who have established rights in the disputed territory. It is with much gratification that I have concluded a Treaty for General Arbitration with the President of the United States, by which I trust that all differ- ences that may arise between us will be peacefully adjusted. I hope that this arrangement may have a further value in commending to other Powers the consideration of a principle by which the danger of war may be notably abated. The rebellion in Matabeleland and Mashonaland has been repressed by the steadfastness and courage of the setters, reinforced by my troops and by volun- teers, boili of English and Dutch race, from other parts of South Africa. I deplore the loss of valuable lives which these operations have entailed. The depressed condition of the sugar industry in my West Indian Colonies has seriously affected their prosperity, and I have appointed a Commission to in- vestigate its causes, and, if possible, to suggest means for its amelioration. It is with much regret, and with feelings of the deepest sympathy that I have heard that, owing to the failure of the autumn rains, scarcity and famine affect a large portion of my dominions in India. My Government in that country are making every effort to mitigate suffering and to lessen the calamity. The development of railways and irriga- tion works, and the forethought given through a long series of years to the preparation of the most effec- tive arrangements for alleviating distress caused by famine make their task more hopeful than in previous visitations. My peoplethroughout my Dominions at home and in India have been invited to second with their liberality the exertions of my Government. Papers showing the extent of the famine, and the measures taken to relieve suffering, will be laid before you. Plague has also made its appearance in the seaport towns of Bombay and Karachi, and, notwithstanding the precautions adopted by the local authorities, shows no signs of decrease. I have directed my Government to take the most stringent measures at their disposal for the eradication of the pestilence.

GENTLEMEN or THE HOUSE OF COMMONS: The Estimates for the year will be laid before you- While desirous of guarding against undue expendi- ture, I have felt that the present condition of the world w ill not permit you to depart from the spirit of prudent foresight in which you have during recent years provided for the defence of my Empire. My LORDS AND GENTLEMEN A measure for the Promotion of Primary Educa- tion, by securing the maintenance of Voluntary Schools, will be laid before you. If time permits, you will be invited to consider further proposals for Educational Legislation. It is desirable to make better provision for the compensation of workpeople who suffer from acci- dents in the course of their employment, and a bill, having that object in view, will be submitted to you. Your consent will be asked to provisions which, in the judgment of the military authorities, are required for adding to the efficiency of the military defences of the Empire. A bill will be submitted to you to improve the arrangements for water supply in this metropolis. In order to promote the interests of agriculture which are of paramount importance in Ireland, you will be asked to consider a bill for the establishment of a Board of Agriculture in that country. Further legislative proposals will be brought before you if the time at your disposal suffices for the pur- pose. Bills for admitting the evidence of accused per- sons, for amending the law with respect to bills of sale and the registration of land, for revising the Acts with respect to the formation and administration of limited companies, for the amendment of the Agricultural Holdings Act in Great Britain, for the exclusion of the goods manu- factured in the prisons of other countries, for the establishment of Reformatories for Inebriates, and for amending the existing procedure with respect to private bills coming from Scotland and Ireland, have been prepared, and, if opportunity for considering them should be found, will be laid before you. I heartily commend your important deliberations to the guidance of Almighty God.

DON'T Couen.-Relief can be obtained immediately. Use "KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES "-well- known as the utterly unrivalled Cough Remedy. They at once check the cough and remove the cause—with- out any after effect; the most delicate can therefore ta ke them. Sold everywhere in tins 13 £ <teach. AN Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Bill was recently thrown out of the Upper House, New Zealand, but its promoters are reviving it in the prospect of a General Election. One clause in this Bill enacts that even the small quantity of intoxicating liquor which may be sold by licensed officials for medicinal use is flr.8t of all to be made unpalatable in a prescribed manner, for fear the patient should enjoy KLINX.—New white inorganic Cement for Pottery; Porcelain, &c., 6d. and Is.; postage 2d. Of Chemists. HER MAJESTY has granted Mr. Herbert Warington Smyth authority to wear the Insignia of a Com- mander of the Order of the White Elephant of the Third Class, which the Kin of Siam has conferred upon him. "LINSEED COMPOUND (Trade Mark) for Coughs and Colds, 9Jd., 13. Sold by Chemists only. CAPTAIN CHARLES WINDHAM, R.N., commander of the Royal yacht Osborne, has been paying a series of visits in Ireland to the Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, Colonel Poe, the Earl and Countess of Listowel, and others. LINSEED COMPOUND," a demulcent anodyne ex- pectorant for Coughs and Colds. Of Chemists only. THE death is announced of Prince Albert of Waldeck-Pyrmont, a cousin once removed of the Duchess of Albany, after a long illness. He was born in 1841, and married the Princess Marie Louise of Hohenlohe-CEhringen. h t

A JUVENILE FORESTER. HIS HAPPY ADVBNTUM. [From the Bedjordshire Express.] A representative of tfl. Bedjords&rt Efyrtsa ■ I III recently went to Henlow Station to make certain en- quiries, and this is what he writes Mr. Arthur Lewin is a signalman at the Midland Railway Statiom, and I found him seated in his box. After finishing Work he found time to tell me of the fortunate cure of his son, Henry William Lewin, from hip disease, which seemed as though it would mean the lad's confinement to his bed. Soon after Christmas,' said Mr. Lewin, uav son fell ill with a bad cold, and when he recovered he went off to the Juveaile Foresters, to which he has belonged since he was four years old. But after a few days he felt a pain in his hip, and had to take to his bed again. We consulted a doctor, and he recommended that Harry should lie right out. straight, and have perfect rest, and sa d if he didn't lie still and keep his leg quite straight, it might be years before he could get out. Well, Harry did not seem to mend much, and after he bad been ill about six weeks I thought I would try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. I read of a similar case of a little girl at Grimsby, who was cured, and I then made up my mind. To our joy, the boy began to improve while he was taking the first box, and before he had finished it he could get About. After he had taken half of the second box be looked better than he had dene for a very long time. I was told by several people how well he looked. Before he bad finished the second box he could run about all right and went to work. He says now that he feels no pain whatever, and though he was not physically a strong lad, yet he's in very good health, and much stronger than before.' Mr. Lewin added It must have been the Pills that cured him, and I shall always keep some handy in case of illness.' "Afrs. Lewin corroborated all that her husband bad told me about the lad, and added, He had had hip disease a long time. Four or five years. But now it seems to have disappeared altogether.' Just as I got into the signal-box (adds the re- porter) the boy himself came running up the steps and no one seeing the ease with which he climbed the steps, and the healthy look on his intelligent face, would have thought that he bad been so recently threatened with being a cripple." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills act directly on the blood, giving strength and tone to the system and thus it is that they are so famous for the cure of anasmia and rheumatism, scrofula, chronic erysipelas, and to restore pale and sallow complexions to the glow of health. They are also a splendid nerve and spinal tonic, and thus have cured many cases of paralysis, locomotor ataxv, neuralgia, St. Vitus' dance, and nervous headache. They are now obtainable of all chemists, and from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, 46, Holborn-viaduct, London, at 2s. 9d. a box, or six for 13s. 9d., but are genuine only with Jutl name Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. Pink Pills sold loose or from glass jars are not Dr. Williams'.

MR. MORLEY AND THE GOVERNMENT. Mr. John Morley, addressing a meeting nt. Broughty Ferry on January 16, in support of thf- candidature of Captain Sinclair, said he did not wish to slay the slain or to flog dead horses, but he wished them to look at the work of the first session of the present Government. If be were taken to see a play, and if he found the first act bad and ridiculous, be should expect to find the second, third, fourth, and fifth acts also bad and ridiculous. He had no reason to suppose that the remaining acts of the present Government drama would differ from the first act. It was said the Liberals had no policy and no leader. About leadership, all he could say was that, he knew who was without a rival leader in the House of Commons, and that was enough for him. As to the policy of the present Government, first one bubble burst and then another; in fact, all the bubbles that were sent shimmering into the air in 1895. There was the case of education in Eng- taw9, for instance, in which the clergy were their friends. They were very formidable opponents of the Liberal party, and, unless he read the signs of the times wrong, they would be very for- midable friends. The Government, whatever sop or dole they were to give the schools of England, would hare to give an equivalent grant to Scotland and what he hoped the people in Scotland were firm about was that that equivalent grant should not be distri- buted, its purposes should not be defended, its desti- nation should not be fixed except in accordance with the wishes, the voice, and the-intentions of the people of SoothuM" themselves. He hoped it would become clear that they were not to allow this great national purpose to be baulked and frustrated by eccle- siastical quarrels. They all agreed, both in England and Scotland, upon the necessity for rating reforms, but the Rating Act of last year was not a rating reform act. It was a clumsy device for distributing public money for the purpose of a single class, to give relief to some people who did not want it, and it gave no right of adequate relief to Cfce people who did want it, and who do want it. They thought after the last election that Ireland was done with, but Ireland once more filled the public eye. That controversy ought to stand clear of Home Rule. Let them not think he was backing from Home Rule. He was more firmly convinced every day that he lived that they were right, and that the country would by-and-bje recognise it. He ridiculed the statement by Mr. Balfour that if the Irish were overtaxed it was because they drank too much whisky, arguing that the same principle might apply to tea, tobacco, and the income-tax.

KILLED AT THE CZAR'S FEET. The Berlin Lokalanzeigcr publishes the following telegram from St. Petersburg: While walking in the park at Tsarskoe Selo, the Czar beckoned to a gardener engaged at work to approach him. The man hastened to obey, but a guard, thinking he was running up to attack the Emperor, shot him dead. His Majesty was deeply affected by the occurrence."

PROGRESS OF A WELL-KNOWN SOCIETY. The 14th division of profits of the Clerical, Medical, and General Life Assuranoe Society, whose chief office is at 15, St. James's-square, London, discloses a most gratifying abate of progress for the insured, who now receive an addition to their policies of over half a million sterling. Thus a person, aged 35, who insured 10 years ago for £ 1000, finds his policy increased to more than £ 1200, with the option of drawing £100 in cash. This result is arrived at after providing for every possible contingency by ample reserves, invested in the best securities. The non-profit rates, which furnish the greatest fixed benefit at the least cost, are very attractive, as also the tables for short term assurances, which enable professional men to provide for their dependants in the case of death during the best working years. All benefits are absolutely guaranteed by the funds of this wealthy institution, which now amount to 23,397,169.

THE UNITED STATES. SenatorShermm, whose acceptance of the Secre- taryship of State in Mr. M'Kinley's Cabinet is the subject of much comment in the United States, has declared that he is in favour of non-interference with the affairs of Cuba. The Times New York corre- spondent points out that less than a month ago Mr. Sherman, as chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, repotted to the Senate the Cameron resolution acknowledging Cuban independence, with a recommendation that it should be passed. This astonishing somersault on a grave question of foreign policy shows that he has no settled convictions. On public grounds the declaration is valuable, as it pledges the new Administration agamst a policy of rash intervention. Mr. M'Kinley's own friends most regret his selection of Senator Sherman as Secre- tary of State. It is thought that he has made a bad start. Nearly every other Dame now suggested for the other important posts in the new Cabinet is that of a mediocrity. The reports from Washington about the prospects of the ratification of the arbitra- tion treaty are still conflicting, and, on the whole, none too favourable.

",A CRUSADE OF COURTESY." Mm W. W. Clay, of Chicago, has started a cru- sade of courtesy by issuing the f-ollo wing circular "The co-operation of the ymen of Chicago is earnestly solicited in a oriwade of eourtesj\ The tendency of men and boys- to retain seats ia puWtc CODViIDces, while women and girls are cotnpellnd to stand, is growing te such an extent that even the presence of elderly and feeble women is gradually being ignored. It is believed that the attention of the average man need only be called to this state of affairs to impel his aid in eradicating this growing and humiliating evil. It is also believed that due courtesy shown to women in this respect, regardless of -go or personality, will be elevating in its effect u,p;z,n men in broader channels than mere street-car conduct." We do not know whether a crusade en similar lines is required on this side. It would almost seem from the recent incident in the Islington 'bus tiial it is not.

A COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPHS. The late Sir Henry Parkes collected autographs, and no celebrity came near him that did not. leave a portrait or signature behind to enrich the ex- Premier's collection. His collection contained speci- mens of the handwriting of Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales, Charles I., Charles II., Oliver Cromwell, Frederick the Great, Charles XII. of Sweden, Sarah Duchess of Marlborough, Napoleon I., the Duke of Wellington, Talleyrand, Maria Theresa, and of a large number of literary and other persons of note. The first instalment of the enormous col- lection has just been offered for sale at Sydney, but the prices showed such an utter want of appreciation that an attempt will probably be made to get better prices in London.

_r- THE COCKPIT AT WHITEHALL. Writing to the Times with reference to Lord lioee- oery's reeeut question touching the Whitehall cock- pit, Mr. H. W.Hoare says his inquiries show that the pit, which had escaped the destructive fire of 1697, was probably demolished when that part of the pre- sent. Treasury buildings which faces the Parade was built, in or about 1733, by W. Kent. Kent's plans are not forthcoming. The Office of Works cannot trace thew, nor can the Office of Woods, nor can the Treasury. The Horse Guards (built at the samj time by W. Kent) have no copy of thl, plans, and their index gives no clue to them. The Record Offiee can only testify that it existed. No light on the subject can be thrown by the Department for MSS. in the British Museum. After the cockpit had ceased to be used for cock- fighting it was in occasional use down to the reign of Charles I. as a theatre for dramatic and for musical entertainments, but the records of the Lord Chamber- lain's Office have no reference save to the supply of lights for it. Lord Rosebery was, I think, under a misapprehension in supposing that the site could no longer be identified. From Fisher's well-known map, dated 1680, and from drawings in the Soane Museum, its locale can be fixed, and this has been done by Mr. Taylor, of the Office of Works. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of the Treasury occupy rooms just over the old site."

THE CHURCH HOUSE. The Church House did remarkably well last year in a matter of public support. The receipts from all sources amounted to nearly £ 8400, being an increase on the previous acoount of about £ 4000, though it should be explained that this sum includes JE5000 received towards the building of the west front block, which will include the hall for the House of Laymen, to commemorate the late Mr. Henry Hoare. It is not true, however, as has been stated, that the plana for the extension have already been approved, though the scheme is expected to very shortly occupy the attention of the Council.

MR. RHODES'S TEN THOUSAND A YEAR. Mr. Francis R. Thompson, J.P., member of tho Cape Legislature, who is now on a visit to this country, has been giving a Christian Commwrcalth interviewer his opinions on the Jameson Raid and on Mr. Rhodes, with whom he has been on intimate terms for many years. Here is one extract: The whole aim of Mr. Rhodes's life has be in to secure for the British Empire the last unappro- priated piece of the globe, and that without costing the British taxpayer one penny. His object is purely unselfish. He has often said to me, I want £ 10,000 a year to live upon, and I don't want any more.' I have known him rebuke South African millionaires who wanted to keep on adding to their pile. If it had not been for Mr. Rhodes, our way to Central Africa, through what Mr. Stead calls the Wasp's Waist, would have been cut off by the Germans." In 10 years, Mr. Thompson added, South Africa will astonish everybody. Mr. Thompson holds that Mr. Rhodes was alto- gether innocent of the raid, and when asked how was it then that he was censured by the Cape Parlia- mentary Commission, made answer: After the raid had taken place, and during Mr. Rhodes's absence, his opponents, comprising a few ultra-Dutch, and headed by Merriman Rhodes's per- sonal enemy, took occasion to attack him, being jealous of his position and influence. Nearly every menrter of the Cape Parliament in his heart of hearts sympathised with Dr. Jameson's motives, though they could not as public men condone the raid, and consequently the majority of the Conmission--the verdict was not unanimous-felt bound to censure Mr. Rhodes for having put Dr. Jameson in the posi- tion which enabled him to make the raid." You cannot get away from the fact," said Mr. Thompson, "thatnine out of every 10 men in South Africa believe in Mr. Rhodes, and consider he was fully justified in all that he did."

AN ABANDONED GIRL'S REVENGE. A sensational shooting affair occurred the other day in the Rue Grange Bateliere, a busy thorough- fare in the heart of Paris. Some time ago an intimacy sprang up between a young womaa named Leontine Ducousso and a clerk named Verdier. The latter soon grew tired of the girl, however, and broke off relations with her. She made repeated attempts to reconquer his affections, but without avail. Ultimately, on the day in question, shortly before the luncheon hour, she posted herself in the Rue Grange Bateliere, at the corner of a passage through which her former lover usually went at this time of day, and when he appeared she fired point-blank at him with a re- volver. The bullet struck him in the back of the neck, and he fell to the ground bleeding profusely. Leontine then turned the revolver against her- self, but a passer-by seized her arm, and the bullet, instead of wounding her, went through a shop window, fragments of the glass inflicting serious in- juries upon one of the assistants inside; The girl was then seized with a fit of hysterics, and in that condition was removed to a chemist's shop and at- tended to. The condition of the wounded man is not regarded as serious.

LINSEED COMPOUND for Coughs, Cold, Asthma, and Bronchitis. Of Chemists only. TUJiI widow of the late Mr. William Overend, Q,C., of Sheffield, who recently died at Retford, has left £ 30,000 to medical and other institutions in Sheffield, in addition to legacies to other charitable obiects LINSBED COMPOUJlD" (Trade Mark) for Coughs and Colds, 9d., 13àd. Sold by Chemists only. 2 2 MR. C. R. ROWLANDSON has been appointed chief engineer to the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln- shire Railway Company, in place of Mr. Alexander Ross, who recently accepted the position of engineer to the Great Northern Railway Company. LINUH CATHABTICUU PILLS, digestive, corrective, and agreeably aperient. 9^d., 13|d. Of all Chemists. MR. HERBERT WELCH HALTON has been appointed a Judgl of the Court of Appeal in Egypt. Mr. Halton is a member of the English Bar, and also a French avocat. UOAG LINE.-Cement for broken articles 6d. and la.; postage 2d. Sold everywhere. Home and abroad. THE Queen of Greece is passionately fond of flowers and causes great masses of blossoms to be dis- tributed twice a week in the hospitals at Athens. She is indefatigable in her daily task of relieving suffering II INSBD COMPOUND" (Trade Mark) gives Expec- toration without strain. 9 £ d., 13 £ d. Of Chemists. 2 HERR VON SZOGYENY-MAKICFI, the Ambassador at Berlin representing the Austro-Hungarian Court, has just received the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold, an order second only to the St. Stephen, which is 6nly conferred on nobilitv, I

KING CHOBBRA With the discovery by the German scientist Koch of the "comma basiHus" of cholera, much of the mystery which formerly surrounded this terrible disease (says the Daify Madl) has disappeared. Never- theless the newe that a cbolera-infeofced skip has been actually lying at Plymouth ill sufficient to send a shiver of apprehension through anyone who is well acquainted with the terrible nature of the pestilence. Luckily we in England know little or nothing of the horrors of an Asiatic cholera epidemic. A new generation has sprung up since the scourge last visited our shores, and we are apt to look upon it, as we do upon earthquakes and plagues in general, as something remote from our daily life-an improbable, almost impossible contingency, with which it is scarcely worth while to reckon. To realise even partially the terror which King Cholera is capable of inspiring, it is accessary to visit the East. There the people know, only too well, his awful power, and at mention of his name are ouly too ready to fly for their lives whither they neither know nor care, provided it is away from the dark spectre. The writer remembers riding, in 1887, for 56 miles through one of the most fertile and popu- lous districts in Central India, without seeing a soul, save here and there a decrepit old man or an ancient dame. The mere rumour-and in this particular case a false rumour—of the approach of cholera, had sufficed to cause the entire population to take to their heels. Nor is such fear without complete justification. True Asiatic cholera is, without doubt, the deadliest disease known to science. It attacks young and old, rich and poor alike, and even under favourable conditions of environment, quite 80 per cent. of those attacked die. The last epidemic in England killed more than 50,000 people in the course of a few weeks, the mortality in London atone exceed- ing 13 000. In Spain, in 1885, 90,000 persons perished in three months. During the great Italian epidemic of 1884, the deaths in Naples alone exceeded 1000 a day. In 1886 more than 37,000 Japanese died from the same terrible disease, a mortality many times greater than that caused by- the late war with China. The most robust constitutions are not proof against cholera. It will kill, in the space of a few hours only, the strongest man that ever breathed, as witness the case not long ago of poor Roddy Owen, who was directing the operations of his black Soudanese troops in the morning, and was dead in the afternoon. Cholera commonly comes on without any warding. The patient is suddenly seized with vomiting; then violent cramps assail the extremities, the body becomes bent and contorted, the limbs twisted, the countenance cadaverous, the pulse almost imperceptible, and the eyes sunken and sur- rounded by dark blue circles. This condition lasts for three or four hours then comes coma and de-ith. There is one consolation-cholera must be imported into this country. A case of true malignant Asintic cholera could no more develop itself in England than a pineapple could suddenly sprout np in a-Stepney back garden. Of late years great attention has been given to tracing the history and genesis of cholern, Imd just, as people have fitted out expeditions to try and find the North Pole, so have scientists spent much money and energy in trying to find the original home, the birthplace as it were of the cholera microbe. And they have found it. Below the great city of Calcutta lies a vast marshy, uninhabited tract of country, known as the Sunderbunds. These regions are inaccessible to man, not only because of the floods and the numerous tigers, but on account of a per- nicious fever which attacks everybody who remains there even for a short time. One can easily imagine how dense must, be the animal and vegetable matter which is given up to decomposition in these terrible solitudes. And when to these natural products of the district is added the refuse from an unusually thickiy populated country, brought down by the Hooghly and deposited in a vast swamp already teeming with decaying matter, it is easy to conceive that quite a distinct fauna and flora of micro-organisms will in due course be evolved. In all filth diseases the greater and more coneentral ed is the filth the more virulent and deadly is the disease it breeds. Cholera is emphatically a filth disease, and it has been proved, beyond doubt, that among the reeking decay of the Sunderbunds the cholera bacillus has its origin and its home. From thence it sallies forth to smite and to slay the nations of the world, and to carry death and destruc- tion into thousands of homes where the very name of India is unknown. Perhaps, some day, when them pestiferous and miasmatic swamps have been drain, d and cultivated, cholera will become as extinct as the b!m k death," or the sweating sickness." In the meantime, thanks to improved methods of sanitation, and more widespread and accurate under- standing of the laws governing the disease, it is very unlikely that we in England will ever again be visited by so terrible an epidemic as that which claimed victims throughout the length and breadth of the land in 1,14:12. Still, it is lucky that the outbreak of cholera on board the Nubia was discovered before the vessel arrived at Plymouth, otherwise the germs of the in- fection might have been carried far and wide. The bulk of the 268 soldiers on board were probably time- expired men, and would, in the ordinary course of events, have been forwarded to their respective homes from the discharge depot at Gosport. No better method of disseminating cholera could be desired.

THE SIGNATORIES TO THE ARBITRATION TREATY. The two men who signed the Anglo-American General Arbitration Treaty have interesting his- tories. Mr. Richard Olney, who represented the United States, was a Boston lawyer of high professional and social position. He was for a time Attorney- General, but is now Secretary of State. As Attorney- General and as Secretary of State alike he has been one of the most conspicuous figures in the United States Cabinet. In the former capacity he advised the cotirse whieb the President adopted to* wards Hawaii he decided upon the posi- tion the Government should take towards the trust law of the country and he made a hit in devising a means for tbe Government to intervene at, Chicago in the railroad strikes. As Secretary of State Mr. Olney initiated the policy of the Government in the Venezuelan case, and lately he took important action in calling a halt to the Cnban agitators. Eng- land's representative at the signing of the treaty, Sir Julian Pauncefote, has had a long diplomatic- career. Originally a barrister of the Inner Temple, he was for a time on the Oxford Circuit, and also practised as a conveyancer. More than 30 years ago he went to Hong Kong as Attorney General. There promotion comes quickly, and four years after his arrival he was act- ing as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. In 1873 he was made Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands, but a year later was called home to fill the post of Assistant Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. He was afterwards made Assistant (Legal) Under- Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, then Perma- nent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and in 1888 succeeded Lord Sackville as British Minister at Washington, where he and Lady Pauncefote have been very popular.

COLONEL WATERS, the British military attache, who is travelling through Siberia to Vladivostok, has left Irkutsk for Kiakhta. He is stlllsuffering from pains in I he-back due to his recent-eccident on the railway. BOTH tbe Nawab of Bahawalpur and the Maharajah of Bhurtpur have commenced celebrating her Majesty's longest reign by each sending a donation of 1000 rupees in aid of the Victoria Hospital for Children. THE steam driller Delta, which was overturned by the explosion of dynamite in Devonport harbour on December 30, and which resulted in the loss of three live8, was successfully raised and righted on Ja-. 1G. The bodies of the victims have not been recovered. FKKDEKICK ASCOTT, 36, a shunter on the Great Northern Railway, while at work at the East goods jard, Holloway, on January 16 was knocked down by an express. At the Royal Free Hospital both his legs had to be amputated, and he died a few hours later. A WHITECIIAPEL sanitary inspector, who applied at Worship-street Police-court on January 16 for an order condemning a cask of apples seized by him that day, stated J-hat .the amount of bad fruit and food vended among the Jewish poor in the East-end of London, was a constant source of public danger. t;

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STORY OF HIDDEN TREASURE A new variant of the Spanish buried treasure etorJ: haa made its appearance. Mr. Peter Walsh, a Black- burn tradesman, the other day received a letter .from Barcelona, eigned "Luis Rodriquez Walsh,* in whioh the writer, who claims to be a relation, states that he is son of a great engineer emplojedt by Ferdinand de Lesseps in the construction of the Panama Canal, and himself was clerk in the service of that company. When the Panama prosecutions began the writer fled from France, first placing securities to the value of £ 98,000 in a secret cbawer of his baggage. Two months ago he returned to Europe, but at Barcelona, on his way to Gibraltar, whither his beautiful daughter had gone to meet him, he was arrested, after a struggle in which be was wounded nearly to the death by a pistol-shot, and be is now about to be extradited to France. In order, therefore, to save his fortune and his daughter's future, he offered to disclose the place in which t" fortune is hidden, and to give Mr. Walsh the fourth of it on condition he nends for his daughter and pro- tects her during her rnkiority.

MR. FAFIDERIC BILLS, farmer, of Tydd St. Mary, sent for his solicitor at Wisbech to come and draw up his will. The lawyer arrived and the business was transacted, and an hour later Mr. Bil's waa found drowned in the Shire Drain. AH extraordinary scene was witnessed at Bromp- ton, near Scarborough, on January 16. A well-known resident named Dixon Prince died, and two women were called in to lay out the body. While thuw I engaged, Ann Porrill, one of the women, became soill that medical aid was summoned. Mrs. Porrill rapidly became worse, and died iust after the doctor arrived.

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OUT of 2100 Wesleyan ministers appealed to by postcard on the question whether the Representative Session should elect the president of the Conference more than half have responded, with the result that six ex-presidents declare themselves in favour of the- proposal and two against; 14 departmental ministers are in favour, two against, and one neutral; 268 superintendents any yes, 73 no, and 72 are ueutral^ other oircuit ministers ehow 842 for, 105 against, and 54 neutral; supernumeraries show 65 in favour, 53 against, and 17 neutral. A SYDNEY newspaper states that there is a ebeepK shearer in the colony who travels from place to place, through the bush along the ordinary track," upon a bicycle. He has in this way covered over 1760 miles during the past season. From station to station ia often a very long journey, and, besides his own weight of 12 stone, the enterprising ebearer carries with him a swag weighing another 301b. TiiN hot lakes district of New Zealand, covering an area of 1000 square miles, is very actively and pecu- liarly volcanic. The particular attraction of tho district lies in the changes that are continually taking place in it. Almost from Jay t» day extraSdinary transformations are worked by heat, fire, anijsteam. The greatest of the volcanic mountains, Bnapehu, rises to a height of 9000ft., and one of the geyaers is estimated to throw water and steam to a height of 180ft., while the lakes, ponds, and pools contained water ef every degree of temperature. A LETTER from Mr. S. A Thompson, writben from Santa Cabalina, Venezuela, and published in the American journals announces the discovery of a waterfall which most rank with the finest iri" the world. Mr. Thompson and Mr. Dart, of the Orinoco CompanVj while travelling in the Imataea Mountains, found a large river which plunges in several streams over a perpendicular cliff about 1600 feet high. —■— "7

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