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THE WAR.I
THE WAR. I SIR R. BULLER AT PRETORIA. The War Office has received the following despatch from Lord Roberts: PRETORIA, July 7. Sir Redvers Buller arrived here this morning. He looks very well, none the worse for the hard work he has gone through during past eight months. The inhabitants of Potchefstroom have taken much interest in hospital accommodation for British roops. A concert given there realised P-40, which was handed to the medical officer for the benefit, of the patients at Krugersdorp. The mine managers have placed at the disposal of the tioops several vacant miners' houses and a large hall as a soldiers' reading room. SNIPING BRITISH OUTPOSTS. bnipmg at our outposts still continues daily. Fourteen mounted infantry were reported missing outside Pretoria on the 5th inst. The whole of the 1st Brigade of the Mounted Infantry, comprising the Australians and Cana- dians, has been entirely refitted and re-equipped. Further details of several skirmishes between patrols have reached Pretoria. It appears that constant patrolling at the same time each day encouraged the Boers to lay an ambush, and while the Victoria Rifles were out the vanguard of seven men suddenly found themselves surrounded and were called upon to surrender. They refused, and two escaped. One of them, who was shot in the leg, took refuge behind a stone and began coolly firing on the Boers, but one of the enemy creeping up behind him shot him dead through the head. On the other hand, we have captured several Boers, 10 altogether, in the last few days. Our mounted infantry are becoming expert in laying ambushes. The railway service is working well. On the 6th inst. 200 sick were entrained for Cape Town. The train was fitted up most luxuriously with a dining car and cooking stoves. Several members of the Dutch ambulance, having been convicted of carrying ammunition and giving information to the enemy, have been sent to Cape Town. BOER ATTACK ON RUSTENBURG. In consequence of the Boers threatening the rail- way, Colonei Mahon, reinforced by Hutton's Mounted Infantry, engaged the enemy on July 6 and again next day. The Boers, who numbered 3000. were driven to the east of Bronkerspruit. The British casualties numbered 33. Mr. Steyn and Commandant de Wet, with a following of 3000 men, have gone to Fouriesburg. Commandant Limmer having demanded the sur- render of Rustenburg, and Captain Tracey having re- fused to comply with the demand, the Boers made an attempt to capture the heights commanding the town, but they were driven back with heavy loss, the garrison being assisted by a force of Bushmen who arrived from Zeerust. RELEASE OF BRITISH PRISONERS. The following telegram from Lord Roberta has been received at the War Office: PRETORIA, July 7, 4.10 p.m. General Officer Commanding at Ladysmith tele- graphs that 800 prisoners, Yeomanry and Derbyshire Militia, have been put over the Natal oorder from Reitz. The advance party had reached Acton Homes on their way to Ladysmith. No offices ac- company the men. BOERS REPULSED BY COLONEI MAHON. THE ATTACK ON RUSTENBURG. The following telegram from Lord Roberts, dated July 8, 4.25 p.m. has been received at the Wai Office: As the enemy have for some days been threatening our line of railway by trying to get round our right flank, I despatched Hutton on the 5th inst. with his mounted infantry to reinforce Mahon and with orders to drive the Boers to the east of Bronker- spruit. These orders were effectually carried out during the 6th and 7th inst. by Mahon, who was attacked by some 3000 men with six guns and two Vickers- Maxims. Our casualties were: Wounded.—Imperial Light Horse, Captain Currie, Lieutenant Kirk, and 13 men 1st Battalion Mounted Infantry, six men and two missing: 1st Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles, Captain and Adjutant Nelles, slightly, and six men; M" Battery Royal Horse Artillery, three men; Rimington's Guides, one man, Steyn left Bethlehem on the night of the 4th inst. for Fouriesburg, between Bethlehem and Ficksburg: he was accompanied by Christian De Wet and other Free State commanders with their troops, amounting, it is said, to about 3000 men. Hanbury-Tracy, who commands at Rustenburg, reports that a party of Boers under Limmer called ,-on him yesterday morning to surrender the town and camson. Tracy replied that he held Rustenburg for aer Majesty's Government and intended to continire occupying it. The enemy then opened fire with artillery and tried to take the heights which command the town. [n this they did not succeed owing to the good urangements made by Tracy and his officers, and were eventually driven off with the assistance of Colonel Holdsworth, 7th Hussars, who made a rapid march of 48 miles from the neighbourhood of Zeerust, with Bushmen under Coonel Airie, on hear- mg that Rustenburg was likely to be threatened. The enemy suffered heavy loss and five prisoners were captured. Our casualties were: Bushmen, two killed; Captain Mackaltie and three men wounded. SURRENDER OF OFFICIALS. 1 The following further telegram from Lord Roberts was issued by the War Office late on Monday night: PRETORIA, July 9, 12.5 p.m. Officer commanding at Heilbron reports that Mr. Blignaut, State Secretary, Mr. Dickson, State Attorney, Mr. van Tonder, Member of Council, and Mr. Kupper Vergen came into Heilbron yesterday and lurrendered. Hutton was attacked yesterday in the position he is holding by a large number of Boers. He beat them off without much difficulty, the 5in. guns with him being found most useful. 11 Our only casualty was Lieutenant Young, 1st Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles, slight wound of scalp. The enemy left several of their wounded on the ground and sent in a Bag of truce with a request that they might be received into our field hospital. I regret to say that Captain Currie and Lieutenant Kirk, of the Imperial Light Horse, reported as wounded in my telegram of yesterday, were both lulled. One squadron of this distinguished corps pressed a very superior force of the enemy in a gallant attempt to carry off a wounded comrade, tc which is attributable the heavy losses it sustained. In addition to the two officers the following were killed No. 438 Farrier Sergeant Woolley, Troopers No. 8 King Graham, No. 24 Aberstone, and No. 14 Drennan. Wounded.—Sergeant-Major Runningham, No. 18 Sergeant Marshall, No. 10 Sergeant Dorrant, No. 367 Sergeant Bollard, No. 901 Trooper Hale, No. 1C Trooper Bourchier, No. 811 Trooper Moodie, No. 916 Trooper Lane, No. 501 Trooper Hill Jones, No. ? Trooper Railt, No. 818 Trooper Harwin. BOTHA'S ARMY. I It is computed (says Reuter's Pretoria corre- spondent) that the total number of men now com- manded by Botha and De Wet is 11,000. The con- tinuance of the war is entailing great hardships on farmers, who are unable to send their cattle into the bush veldt, and General Botha is reported to be finding great difficulty in keeping his men together. CAPTURE OF BETHLEHEM. I ENLMY IN FULL RETREAT. I xhe following telegrams from Lord Roberts have been received at the War Office: PRETORIA, July 10, 12.20 p.m. Clement's and Paget's forces entered Bethlehem on the 7th inst. The former, on nearing the town on the 6th, sent in a flag of truce demanding its surrender. This was refused by C. De Wet, when Paget, making a wide turning movement, succeeded in getting hold of the most important part of the enemy's position covering the town. This was carried before dark, by the Munster Fusiliers and Yorkshire Light Infantry. The 1011owilijl morning the attack was continued, and by noon thetwtn was in our possession and the enemy in full retreat. Our casualties were four officers wounded: Captain J. Macpherson, dangerously; Captain W. Oakes, severely; Second Lieutenant Conway. severely, all of the Royal Munster Fusiliers: and Second Lieutenant Boyd Rochfort. of the 4th Batta- lion Scottish Rifles, slightly. Thirty-two men of the Munster Fusiliers were wounded and one man miss- ing. Seven men of the Yorkshire Light Infantry wonnded, one man of the 58th Company Imperial Yeomanry was killed and two men wounded. Paget reports that but for the accurate practice by the 38th Battery Royal Field Artillery and theC.I.V. Battery under Major McMicking the casualties would have been many more. Badpn-Powell reached Rustenburg the evening of the 8th inst. without opposition. He found all quiet and public confidence entirely satisfactory thanks to prompt and bold grasp of situation taken by Major Hanbury-Tracy. The district west of this is somewhat unsettled owing to the presence of the small force which attacked Rustenburg being still in that neighbourhood. Measures are being taken to meet this. 12.40 p.m. Further information regarding capture of Bethle- hem now received from Clements. He states that the country is broken and difficult, and in consequence his and Paget's cavalry were unable to make any wide turning movement. Clements attacked one position while Paget attacked another. The one assailed by Clements was gallantly captured by the Royal Irish Regiment, who captured a gun of 77th Battery which was lost at Storm berg. List of casualties not yet received, but Clements states they are few considering the strength of the positions assaulted. Hunter's cavalry under Broadwood reached Bethlehem on the 8th, and Hunter with the main force was within nine miles of the town when Clements despatched his report. GENERAL BUNDLE'S FORCE. I OENEKAL, July tf. The general position on the line from Senekal to Winburg is (said a Reuter's message, dated as above) little changed. General Rundle continues master of the situation, and the enemy still find them- selves balked at whichever point they endeavour to break through southwards. Driscoll's Scouts have returned here from a three or four days' tour through the country behind, having found no trace of any armed Boers. Isolated parties of the enemy have been evincing some activity, but the main bodies have returned to Bethlehem. All our wounded in the hospitals here are doing well. I regret to say that an epidemic of enteric fever has broken out, but, thanks to the de- voted services of the doctors and the medical corps, all the patients are progressing most favourably. General Rundle has conducted a reconnaissance (says a later despatch from the same correspondent) and found that the enemy had evacuated all their positions around Senekal, including Biddulphsberg and Tafelburg. The Cape Mounted Rifles and Driscoll's Scouts now occupy Biddulphsberg. Numbers of the enemy appear to have gone towards Ficksburg, and the remainder to Retiefs Nek, near Bethlehem.
THE ASHANTI RISING.I
THE ASHANTI RISING. I SIR P. HODGSON SAFE.—RAPID RELIEF MARCH. ) A letter has been received at Cape Coast Castle from Sir Frederic Hodgson, the Governor, dated Akwebusu, July 1, stating that his Excellency's party was safe. Colonel Willcocks and his staff arrived at Kwisa on Saturday all well, after an exceedingly rapid march. No signs of the enemy were seen, but Colonel Willcocks expects hard fighting, the enemy being in strength a few miles in advance of his force. THIRTY THOUSAND ASHAKTIS WAITING. Sir F. Hodgson has telegraphed to the Colonial Office from Akwabosu, where he was on July 1. He gives a list of the Europeans who left Coomassie with him and the casualties. Reuter's Agency states that Colonel Willcocks left Kwisa on Sunday, and met Colonel Burroughs at Dompoassi on Monday. The meeting upset the enemy's plans, and no resistance was offered. The British advancc on Coomassie is said to be awaited by 30,00C Ashantia. WILLCOCKS AT ESSIAN KWANTA. I Colonel Willcocks has telegraphed to the Colonial Office that he has arrived at Essian Kwanta, which is about SO miles from Coomassie. Colonel Bur- roughs' casualties on his unsuccessful attack on Kokofus numbered 71. One officer and several natives were killed and among the wounded are six officers of the West African Regiment.
CHARITY ORGANISATION. I
CHARITY ORGANISATION. A Conference on Charity and Charity Organisa- tion was opened on Tuesday at Clothworkers' Hall, in London. Mr. R. T. Paine, of Boston, U.S.A., .presided in the morning, and the audience included many .American representa- tives. At the afternoon's mating, at which Mr. T. W. Russell, M.P., presided, Mr. W. Chance read a paper on State Relief in Connection with the Organisation of Charity." He laid stress on the importance of co-operation between public and private charity for the relief of distress. A paper by Mr. J. T. Kelso on Poor Relief in Canada was read in his absence, and Mr. C. S. Loch followed with a paper on Some Features of Public Relief in A merican States." Mr. Russell then described what he thought would be an ideal workhouse.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC. I
ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC. I The Prince of Wales, who is President of the Royal College of Music, occupied the chair at the annual meeting of that Institution which was held at Marlborough House on Tuesday. In moving the adoption of the report, he referred to the great loss which had been sustained by the College through the deaths of the Duke of Westminster and Sir George Grove, both of whom took the deepest interest in its welfare. Speaking in reply to a hearty vote of thanks for his services as President of the College, his Royal Highness expressed the pleasure it gave him to afford any little aid he could to an institution so deserving of support. The Prince subsequently presided over the annual meeting of the Associated Board of the Royal Academy and the Royal College I of Music.
NORTHUMBERLAND MINERS' WAGES.
NORTHUMBERLAND MINERS' WAGES. A meeting of the Conciliation Board in the Northumberland coal trade was held on Saturday afternoon at the Coal Trade Office, Newcastle, to con- sider the wages question. His Honour Judge Green- well, chairman of the Board, presided. The Board being unable to agree, the chairman awarded the miners an advance of 12 per cent., making the wages 52 per cent, above the standard of 1879. Othar ivorkiuea will receive a proportionate advance.
ALLEGED WIFE MURDER. I
ALLEGED WIFE MURDER. I An inquest was held at Pontypridd on Saturday on Pauline Lacy, 20, who is said to have been mur- dered on Friday by her husband, a native of Jamaica. Evidence showed that the couple had lived un- happily, and bad quarrelled daily, and that deceased's throat was cut by a razor. It was stated that pri- soner was jealous. He said his wife told him she would rather live with the father of her child. Lacy cried bitterly during the proceedings. The jury re- turned a verdict of "Wilful murder."
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THE average number of children per family in European countries is lowest in France, with 3 03 Switzerland, 394; Austria and Belgium, 4"05; Eng- land, 4 08; Germany. 4*10; Holland, 4 22; Scot- land, 44-6; Italy, 4"56 Spain, 4-65; Russia, 4'83; while Ireland is highest, with an average of 5'20 chil- dren in each family. CAPTAIN SANT, Chief Constable of Surrey, has cautioned cyclists and motorists against furious driv- ing, and if the evil is not lessened he threatens stringent measures. SENOR LEON y CASTILLO, Spanish Ambassador in Paris, has been created Marquis of Rio Muni by the Regent. Senor Leon y Castillo took a prominent part in the negotiations that recently resulted in a Franco-Spanish convention concerning the West African possessions of the two countries. WOOD pulp paper as military clothing is used by the Japanese troops. It is nmrvellouly tough, and has an appearance that ipight well be regarded with satisfaction for summer wear. It holds stitching un- commonly-well. while ita warmth is undoubted.
THE CRISIS IN CHINA.
THE CRISIS IN CHINA. NEWS OF THE LEGATIONS. The following telegram from Mr. Warren, Acting Consul-General at Shanghai, was received on Satur- day at the Foreign Office SHANGHAI, July 7, 7.30 p.m. I received from a thoroughly trustworthy source the following message to-day: A messenger who left Pekin on July 3 has just arrived. He states that two Legations still remain uncaptured, that the "Boxers" and the troops are much disheartened, that over 2000 of the troops have been killed, as well as many of the "Boxer" ringleaders. The Boxers say that their mystic powers have been broken by the foreigner, and they do not now dare to approach the Legations. It is further stated by the messenger that the foreigners ought to be able to hold out for a long time if they have sufficient food and ammunition. JAPAN TO THE RESCUE. The Times Shanghai correspondent states that Nanking has received an assurance of material sup- port from the British Government in the suppression of any disturbances in the Yang-tsze region. Strong measures are being taken by the authorities to main- tain order in Canton. The Times St. Petersburg correspondent says that the Russian Government informed the Japanese Cabinet on June 27 that it had no objection whatever to Japan sending as many troops as were considered nece ssary to rescue the foreigners in Pekin. INDIAN OFFICERS FOR CHINA. A Simla correspondent telegraphs that the follow- ing officers have been attached to the regiment named for the China forae: Breret-Major T. E. Scott, D.S.O., 3rd Sikhs, to the 1st Sikhs; Lieutenants C. D. Luxbury, 17th Madras Infantry, and Torrie, 23rd Madras Infantry, to the 1st Madras Pioneers; Lieutenants A. L. Keble, 14th Madras Infantry, H. F. Shairp, 19th Madras In- fantry, and E. F. Harding, 23rd Madras Infantry, to the 3rd Madras Infantry. Lieut.-Colonel L. R. C. Boyle, of the Honourable Artillery Company of London, left Victoria Station on Saturday night for China. The 6th Batt. King's Liverpool Regiment, stationed at Kilworth Camp, Fermoy, has volunteered for ser- vice in China. DR. JACK AND HIS PARTY. 1 Mr. Pritchard-Morgan, M.P., received a telegram from his agent at Shanghai on Saturday, in which he said: Jack has informed me that Viceroy of Szu-chuan has provided for protection. Party have escort of 212 men, and have left Zachan for Ningnan. The party referred to consists of Dr. Jack, LL.D., and his geological staff, who left Shanghai for Szu- chuan on January 2 last. It took about seven weeks to get to Cheng-tu, the capital, whence he started with an escort on his exploration work. It is gathered from this message that the Viceroy of Szu-chuan (who is believed to be one of the new provisional Government) is doing all he can to pro- tect the foreigners in his province. THE MISSIONARIES. A telegram has reached the London Missionary Society from Chifu, dated the 5th inst., announcing the safe arrival at that port of the society's mis- sionaries from rural stations south of Tientsin- namely, the Rev. S. E. Meech, Mrs. Meech and child, Dr. Sewell McFarlane and Mrs. McFarlane and children, and Miss Thomas, all of Chi-chau, and Mr. and Mrs. Bridge and children, of Wei- chen. The society has received another telegram from Linkuntani, dated 5th inst., stating that its Tientsin missionaries were uninjured. The Rev. James Buchanan, foreign mission secre- tary of the United Presbyterian Church, has received the following telegram from the Rev. James Webster, one of the senior missionaries Shanghai, July 8.—Mukden, church, hospitals, houses destroyed missionaries safe.—WEBSTER. THE HOSPITAL SHIP MAINE. j The ladies of the executive committee of the American hospital ship Maine have placed the vessel at tm disposal of the Government for service in China instead of South Africa. This offer has been gladly accepted by the Government, who believe that the vessel will be of greater use in Chinese waters than at the Cape. Mr. Bernard Baker, of the Atlantic Transport Company, who lent the ship and its crew to the Government, thoroughly concurs in this change of plan. The committee hope to send the Maine off within the next few days. POSITION OF THE LEGATIONS. I The Admiralty has received the following telegram from Rear-Admiral Bruce: TAKu, July 7, 4 p.m. There are grounds for hoping Prince Ching, with his army at Pekin, is protecting the Legations against Prince Tuan and his army and "Boxers." PRINCE CHING TO THE RESCUE. I The following despatch was received in Washing- ton on Sunday night by Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese Minister here, from Shang, Director of Telegraphs, dated Shanghai, July 8: On July 3 two Legations at Pekin were still preserved and all the Ministers were safe. Rebellious troops and rioters make attacks but suffer many losses. The Imperial troops are protecting the Legations, but meet with difficulty in doing so. It is feared that food and ammunition are exhausted." Three weeks ago Wu Ting Fang telegraphed to Sheng and Li Hung Chang and the other great Viceroys in the south appealing for the exercise of their good offices in Pekin to secure the safety of the foreign Ministers and other occupants of the Lega- tions and pointed out the inevitable disaster to China which would follow if they were .harmed. Wu Ting Fang believe that these representations have reached the capital and have contributed to the decision of the Chinese Government to do its utmost to protect foreigners. The Minister also telegraphed to Sheng that large rewards would be paid for the rescue of the people in the Legations. This was done, not on the authority of the United States Government, but on that of the relatives and friends of those who are with Mr. Conger, the United States Minister. Prince Ching, who is said to be defending the Legations in Pekin against Prince Tuan, is in coui- mand of the Manchu garrison, which numbers about 10,000. FRIENDLY CHINESE TROOPS. I The following telegram from Shanghai, of Mon- day's date, has been received in Brussels A Chinese newspaper states that Prince Ching's troops have arrived at Pekin to re-victual the Euro- peans and defend them against the rebels. Twenty thousand Japanese are about to land in order to relieve Tientsin and Pekin." LEGATIONS REPORTED SAFE ON JULY 5. I REBELS DISPERSING. ) DOWAGER EMPRESS IN POWER. YCNG LU MADE PREMIER. I The United States Consul at Shanghai telegrapht that the Governor of Shan-tung has announced that the Legations were standing on July 5, and that the rebels were dispersing. The Consul adds the quali- fication that the report does not obtain general credence. A telegram dated from Tientsin on July 3 repeats a native report that the foreigners in Pekin have taken possession of the fourth Prince's Palace oppo- site to and commanding the British Legation. The palace referred to is probably that once occupied by the late Emperor Hsien Feng, who was the fourth p 11 son of the Emperor Tao Kuang. Tao Knang had nine sons, and he distinguished them by the ordinal numerals according to the date of their biith, Hsien Feng being thus the fourth Prince. According to a Chinese official report from Shanghai the Dowager. Empress resumed control on June 30, and appointed Yung Lu Prime Minister. Yung Luis eoaiiiiander-in-ciiief of the Chinese forces in the north, and has always been a staunch sup- porter of the Dowager Empress. It was probably due to his assistance that she was able to seize the reins of Government in 1898, and more recently to effect the practical deposition of the Emperor. Li Hung Chang has telegraphed to the Chinese Minister in Washington an assurance that the worst of the crisis is over, and that matters have taken a turn for the better. STATEMENTS IN PARLIAMENT. I Mr. Goschen stated in the House of Commons on Tuesday evening that so far as was known three officers and 75 men of the Royal Marines were in Pekin. In all probability this guard was drawn from the Wei-hai-wei detachment. Mr. Brodrick, in reply to various questions, said that Japan had imposed no condition on nor attached any stipulations to the employment of her troops in Northern China, and that the British Government was not aware of any opposition having been made by Russia at the beginning of the crisis to the despatch of a sufficient Japanese force to restore order in Pekin. So far as the British Government knew, there had, moreover, been no opposition on the part of other Governments. THE DOWAGER EMPRESS. It is rumoured in Shanghai that the Dowager Empress has asked Liu Iiun Yi, the Viceroy of Nankin, who is understood to be friendly to foreigners, to use his influence with the Powers to have her life spared in the event of the foreign troops reaching Pekin. THE BOMBARDMENT OF TIEN-TSIN. Telegrams which have just been received supply details of the bombardment of Tien-tsin up to July 4. The most striking feature recorded is the accuracy of the Chinese artillery fire. The Chinese mounted several heavy guns commanding the foreign settle- ments in the course of the night of July 3, and it was believed that they had been reinforced by the arrival of some thousands of troops commanded by Generals Ma and Sung. THE YANG-TSE PROVINCES. It is presumed in Shanghai that the large landed interests possessed by Sheng and other high officials in the Yang-tse districts will induce thein to assist foreigners in preserving order. These officials have guaranteed protection to foreigners established at Yang-tse ports provided that no force is landed from a warship. The Dowager Empress is said to have despatched a runner to Nankin to thank the Viceroys of the Yang-tse provinces for their loyalty and to recom- mend them to protect the foreigners at any cost. The Viceroy of Nankin is reported to have sent a message to Elswick asking for the despatch of the Chinese cruiser Hai-chi to Shanghai in order that it may be used in the defence of the foreign settle- ments.
THE BISLEY RIFLE MEETING.…
THE BISLEY RIFLE MEETING. EVELYN WOOB COMPETITION. The National Rifle Association opened theit annual prize meeting at Bisley on Saturday with the Evelyn Wood Competition. The nine competing companies all marched from Aldershot within the time allowed and without casualties of any kind. The Challenge Cup first prize was taken by A Com- pany, 2nd Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry, and the second prize by E Company, 1st Battalion of the Royal Lancaster Regiment. The entries for the principal volunteer events are much smaller than they were last year. HUMPHRY CUP.—REGULARS BEATEN BY VOLUHTEERS.— TIIK WALDEGRAVE. un monnay we numpnry vup compeLIHon Decween Oxford and Cambridge was won by Cambridge by 22 points. In the Regulars v. Volunteers for teams ol six each the Volunteers were successful by 71 points. Lieutenant-Colonel Hopton, Highland Light In- fantry, won the Waldegrave prize with an aggregate of 95. THB BASS AND HALFORD MEMORIAL. In glorious weather, on Tuesday, two important competitions only were decided, viz., that for the Bass prizes given by Lord Burton, the first in which was won by Colour-sergeant Hooton, 2nd Volunteer Battalion Liverpool, and the Halford Memorial Challenge Cup, which was carried off by an old Wimbledon veteran, viz., Mr. Caldwell, of the Ulster Rifle Association, who won from Major Brook, oi I Dumbarton, by one point only. 1
ROSE SHOW AT THE CRYSTALI…
ROSE SHOW AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. An exhibition of roses, under the auspices ot the National Rose Society, was held at the Crystal Palace on Saturday. The whole of the North Nave was devoted to the show. There was a very large number of entries, but owing to the cold and showery nature of the season, the blooms were not quite up to their usual standard. One of the most attractive parts of the Show was the display of garden or decora- tive roses, which were set up in magnificent bunches. The thousands of blooms which comprised this year's exhibition, with their varied colours when viewed as a whole, presented a striding appearance. The Judges, some sixty in number, were drawn from the ranks of the exhibitors, the rule being that amateurs should judge the exhibits of nurserymen, and nursery- men those of amateurs. Among some of the largest and also the finest exhibits were thos'e of Messrs. A. Dickson and Sons, of Newtownards. Co. Down; Messrs. Frank Cant, Messrs. Benjamin R. Cant, and Messrs. Prior, all of Colchester; Messrs. Paul and Son, of Cheshunt; Messrs. Prince, of Oxford and Messrs. Harkness. The Champion challenge trophy for nurserymen was won by Messrs. A Dickson and Son. The trophy carried with it a gold medal and a money prize, in addition, of 96. In the section for amateurs, .Mr. E. B. Lindsall, of Hitchin, Herts, gained the champion challenge trophy. During the last 11 years, the first place in this class has been gained by Mr. Litids-11 no less than nine times. The trophy for the best leas and noisettes for amateurs fell to Mr. A. Hill Gray, of Bath. The Society's six silver medals for the best hybrid perpetual, the best hybrid tea, and the best tea roses-three to be com- peted for by nurserymen and three by amateurs- were awarded as follows To Messrs. A. Dickson for classes 1 and 2, to Messrs. G. W. Cook for class 3 in the division for nurserymen, and to Mr. Lindsell for class 1; to the Rev. J. H. Pemberton for class 2, and to Mrs. Heywood, who was second in the competition for the championship trophy, for class 3 in the amateur division.
GLADSTONE STATUE AT ATHENS.…
GLADSTONE STATUE AT ATHENS. The statue of Mr. Gladstone, erected in front of the Athens University, was unveiled on Saturday in the presence of the King, Prince Nicholas, Mr. Strong, British Charge d'affaires, and the Staff of the Legation, and the principal authorities. The Rector of the University, M. Krassas, in a speech referred to the great services rendered to Greece by the de- ceased statesman, and the grateful recollection in which his memory was held by the people. The students and the assembled crowd received the speech with loud cheers.
- TRAINING OF THE MILITIA.j
TRAINING OF THE MILITIA. SEVERE COMMENT. It has been intimated from the War Office (says the Daily Telegraph) that the Commander-in-Chief has been greatly disappointed at finding that in many instances the instructions for training the Militia in the present year have, both in letter and spirit, not been correctly interpreted by those responsible for the efficiency for war of the troops under their con- trol.
GREAT HEAT IN AMERICA.
GREAT HEAT IN AMERICA. A wave of extreme heat, which had prevailed in New York for some days, culminated on Saturday in a record temperature, thermometers registering lOldeg. in the shade of the streets. The police re- port two deaths from apoplexy, three suicides owing to the influence of the heat, one case of insanity similarly caused, and a score of cases of prostration.
MEASURING CRIMINALS. I
MEASURING CRIMINALS. The Home Secretary has appointed a committee to inquire into the working of the method of identifica- tion of criminals by measurements and finger-prints, and to report whether any, and what changes are de- sirable. The committee consists of Lord Belper (chairman), Mr. A. de Rutzen, Metropolitan Police Magistrate, Mr. Bosanquet, Common Serjeant, and Mr. C. S. Murdoch and Mr. C. E. Troop, of the Home Office.
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ONE who has lately been at Netiev makes a prac- tical suggestion concerning the inquiry into the work- ing of the field hospitals in South Africa which is certainly worth consideration. Would it not be well, he asks, before sending out to South Africa, to exa- mine the invalids now crowding our military hospi- tals at home as to their treatment in the field. Many of them, he says, are the survivors of those who suf- fered at the time enteric was most rife at Bloemfon- tein and elsewhere, and among them there are a large number of well-educated men (a different class alto- gether from the ordinary soldier). In Africa the commission, he thinks, will find the hospitals in good order, the witnesses nearly all gone, and the whole circumstances so changed as to entail great 0- eafty in collecting the facts.
INVESTITURE -AT WINDSOR. I
INVESTITURE AT WINDSOR. I The Queen held a private Investiture at, Windsoi Castle on Saturday afternoon. Her Majesty, accom- panied by her Royal Highness Prircess Henry of Battenberg and his Serene Highness Prince Louis of Battenberg, proceeded to the Green Drawing-room at 3.30 o'clock. The Queen was attended by the Dowager Lady Southampton (Lady-in-Waiting), the Hon. Harriett Phipps, the Earl of Hopetoun, G.C.M.G. (Lord Chamberlain), Lord Harris, G.C.S.I. (Lord-in-Waiting), the Hon. A. Yorke, M.V.O. (Groom-in-Waiting), Lieut.-Colonel J. A. Smith-Cun- inghame, 2nd Life Guards (Silver-Stick-in-Wait- ing), Lieut.-Colonel V. J. Dawson, Coldstream Guards (Field-O fficer-in- Brigade-Waiting), Captain S. T. Hankey, 2nd Life Guards (Adjutant to the Silver Stick), Major the Hon. W. Lainbton, Cold- stream Guards (Adjutant-in-Brigade-Waiting),Lieut.- Colonel the Right Hon. Sir Fleetwood Edwards (Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse), Major- General Sir John McNeill (Bath King of Arms, in the unavoidable absence of Sir Albert Woods, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.), Captain F. Ponsonby (Equerry- in-Waiting), the Hon. Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane (Comptroller in the Lord Chamberlain's Depart- ment), and Colonel Lord Edward Pelham-Clinton (Master of the Household). ORDER OF THE BATH.—The following Knights Grand Cross were introduced into the presence of the Sovereign attended by the officer of the Order carrying the insignia, when the Queen invested them with the Riband and Badge of the Order (by placing the Riband over the right shoulder obliquely to the left side) and affixed to their left breast the Star of the Order—viz.: General Sir Charles Cooper John- son, Indian Staff Corps (Military); Lieut.-General Sir Baker Creed Russell, commanding the troops Southern District (Military); General Sir William Olpherts, Colonel-Commandant Royal (late Bengal) Artillery (Military); the Earl of Jersey (civil). ORDER OF THE STAR OF INDIA.- William, Lord Sandhurst, late Governor of the Presidency of Bombay, was introduced into the presence of the Sovereign attended by the officer of the Order carry- ing the insignia, when the Queen conferred upon him the honour of knighthood and invested him with the Riband and Badge of a Knight Grand Com- mander (by placing the Riband over the right shoulder obliquely to the left side) and affixed to his left breast the Star of the Order. ORDER OF THE BATH.—The following Knights Commanders were severally introduced into her Majesty's presence, when the Queen conferred upon them the honour of knighthood and invested them with the Riband and Badge of the Military Division of the Second Class of the Order, and affixed the Star to their left breasts: Major-General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, Sirdar of the Egyp- tian Army (not to be knighted); Colonel Frederick John Keen, Indian Staff Corps; General John Louis Nation, Indian Staff Corps; General Sir Thomas Edward Gordon, Indian Staff Corps (not to be knighted); Major-General Hugh M'Calmont, commanding Cork District; Lieut.- General Edward Hopton, Lieut.-Governor and General Officer Commanding the Troops, Jersey, Lieut.-General Henry Le Guay Geary, R.A., Presi- dent Ordnance Committee. The following Com- panions were severely introduced into the presence of the Sovereign, preceded by the Officer of the Order carrying the Insignia on a cushion. Her Majesty the Queen was graciously pleased to affix to their respective left breasts the Decoration of the Military Divi- sion of the Third Class of the Order; Colonel Charles Henry Scott, R.A., late Inspector-General of Ordnance, Punjab; Colonel William Egerton Saunders, Royal Army Medical Corps; Colonel David Francis Lewis, late Cheshire Regiment; Surgeon-General Henry Skey Muir, Deputy Director-General, Army Medical Service; Major-General Edmund Smith Brook; Colonel Vincent Rivaz, Indian Staff Corps; Colonel Andrew M'Crae Bruce, Ben- gal Infantry; Colonel Celadon Charles Brown- low, Indian Staff Corps; Colonel Edward Molloy, Indian Staff Corps; Colonel William John Vousden, Indian Staff Corps; Major- General Frederick Wilson Hemming, commanding Cavalry Brigade, Aldershot (temporarily-); Colonel Hugh Gough Grant, Regimental District Colonel Richard Charles Hare, Regimental District; Colonel Charles Hervey Bagot, R.E., Deputy-Inspector- General of Fortifications; Colonel Edward Roberts, Army Pay Department; Lieut.-Colonel Benjamin Bloomfield Connolly, Surgeon-Lieut.-Colonel, late Army Medical Staff. = )
SIPIDO'S RELEASE.I
SIPIDO'S RELEASE. I Sipido left Brussels on Friday evening of last week for Paris. His object was to avoid being sent to a house of correction. I have just learned from an official source (says the Standard correspondent in Brussels) that his release was due to the mistake of a gendarme. When an acquittal takes place the accused can only be set at liberty on a written order of the Court. An order was made out for the. others, but not for Sipido, whom the Public Prosecutor wished to detain in custody. But Maitre Spaak, Sipido's counsel, having told his client he was free, the gendarme released him. The Court was sur- prised and much disturbed on hearing of the release, but it was too late to remedy the mistake.
FATAL BOATING ACCIDENTS. I
FATAL BOATING ACCIDENTS. I A fatal boating accident occurred at Porthcawl on Sunday. A party of excursionists from the Rhondda Valley went to Porthcawl, and five men went out in a small boat with a boatman. After they left the harbour the boat was struck by a squall. The men rushed to the lee side, when the boat heeled over and capsized. All the occupants were thrown into the water, but they managed to cling to the keel and to some loose spars. One of them, however, slipped off, and was drowned before help came. At Hampton Court, on Saturday evening, owing to the capsizing of a boat, four men visitors from Syden- ham, were thrown into the river. They were rescued and well cared for by Mr. Whatford, but one—G. Goodman, aged 50, of Willow-walk, Sydenham- was so prostrate that he was put to bed. He re- gained consciousness, but, notwithstanding Dr. Blont's efforts expired two hours later.
| THE FIRST JEWESS M.A.
THE FIRST JEWESS M.A. Miss Dora E. Yates (University College, Liverpool) has passed the examination for the degree of M.A., and the Jewish Chronicle states that she is the first Jewess to take this degree in England. Miss Yates, whose father was well known in Liverpool, first studied under the Rov. S. Friedeberg, minister of the Old Hebrew Congregation, Liverpool, She obtained In- termediate Arts in 1897, took a University certificate in French In 1898. and in 1899 she obtained her B.A. degree, first-class in English literature, Latin, Ger- man, and Anglo-Saxon. She also gained the Baring prize for a German essay in this year. Miss Yates has taken her M.A. degree in English literature and language.
I A ROMNEY BRINGS £ 3000,…
A ROMNEY BRINGS £ 3000, I A number of fine paintings from the Waller heir- looms were sold by auction in London on Saturday. The highest price was £ 3045, obtained for a Romney portrait of Miss Elizabeth Sophia Lawrence, and another portrait by the same artist realised £ 1522 10s. Among a miscellaneous lot of pamtings subsequently sold was a portrait of William Pitt, also by Romney, which fetched Z388 10s. An autograph letter by General Wolfe, the hero of Quebec, was sold for e37 10s. a letter by Thackeray for Z24, and the royal sign manual of Queen Elizabeth for £ 10.
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Somim high prices were given on Wednesday at Newmarket when the Eaton stud yearlings were sold. The Duke of Westminster bought in, among others, two colts by Orme at 5700 guineas, and 9000 guineas, and Mr. R. Sievier gave 10,000 guineas for a filly by Persimmon and 5500 guineas for a filly by Trenton. Twelve yearlings fetched 43,300 guineas. IN the Divorce Division, on Wednesday, Mr. Justice Barnes granted the Hon. Florence Mary Chetwynd nSe Naylor-Leyland. a decree nisi, with costs, against her husband, the Hon. Richard Walter Chetwynd, on the ground of his cruelty and miscon- duct. Boys of the Duke of York's Royal Military School at Chelsea were inspected, on Wednesday, by the Commander-in-Chief. In the course of his address, Lord Wolseley reminded them that their success in the army would depend upon themselves, as promo- tion from the ranks was, not uncommon nowadays. The curse of the army had been drink, and those who did not drink had an enormous advantage over those who did. (
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LI HUNG CHANG'S WIFE. '7" or. According to Womans weekly in Hung Changs wife, the Marchioness Li, is reckoned a gre&t beauty, and she is also one of the cleverest womm in her country. She must be considerably over 50 or 60 years of age; but she looks scarcely a day over 35, and her toilettes evoke the admiration of all who see them. Her garments are calculated to be not less in number than three or four thousand. Her fur robes are wonderfully beautiful, and comprise 500 made from the finest skins. Not the least extraordinary and varied part of her toilette is her hair-dressing, which can be accomplished in at least 50 modes.
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THE representative of the Duke"of Orleans in Paris has issued a notice to the effect that the Sultan has given the Duke the Grand Cordon of the Osmanieh with a plaque in brilliants, while the Duchess has re- ceived the Grand Cordon of the Chefakat with a plaque in brilliants. TIlE total value of through traffic (passenger and goods) to the Transvaal during 1899 was £ 1,040,068, as against V,1,106,028 in 1898. Of this total, £179,22 is paid to the Netherlands Railway Com- pany, £ 467,891 to the Free State, and £ 452,755 to the Cape. TJIK Duke of Connanght has arranged to reside at the Curragh during the approaching drill season. The Duchess and the Princesses Margaret and Vic- toria Patricia will spend the sumiuur at Castle Blagaly, County Moneghan. -Z-
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THE PRINCESS'S HOSPITAL SHIP.
THE PRINCESS'S HOSPITAL SHIP. The Princess of Wales on Monday visited ai Southampton the hospital ship-which is named after her. The vessel returned to Southampton on Satur- day with invalids from South Africa. Her Royal Highness spoke to each of the sick and wounded men on board, and expressed her entire satisfaction with the arrangements for the care of the invalids.
- STRANGE FREAKS OF MEMORY.…
STRANGE FREAKS OF MEMORY. T- __l.1- -=L: j.21 all zsruicie on some curiosities 01 uiuluoiry, a h-riter in the Church Family Newspaper refers to the phenomena of aphasic paralysis, a symptom of which is the substitution of one term for another. One lady, as the result of such an attack, lost entirely the power of utterance. She could under- stand all that was said, but she could not express nerself in reply. When she did attempt to speak he made such absurd mistakes as calling a box of matches a centipede. A gentleman, after an illness, always spoke of his snuffbox as a hogshead. Another oatient habitually called coals paper and paper coals Àn old French lady's uniform reply to any question was" Saint Antoine."
-A COMING FAMINE.
A COMING FAMINE. The Rtissian papers give alarming reports of the crops in the Southern and Western provinces. In most of the localities the wheat crop has not been so bad for the last 15 years, and all hope has already been given up of any harvest. The reports from the Volga provinces, too, are most cheerful, though the recurrence of last year's calamity is not expected. In Bessarabia the peasantry are still in a lamentably distressed condition from the effects of last year's famine, as all their horses and draught-oxen have either been sold at ruinously low prices or have perished for want of fodder. The Government is not, apparently, making any preparations to meet the sure approach of the calamity, all their attention and resources being required for the crisis m China.
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Tiiv, reform party at Con;tantinople,,which goes by the name of the Young Turks has drawn up another manifesto, and addressed it this time, not to the Foreign Ambassadors, but to the Sultan and his entourage, whom it has greatly upset. A CURIOUS incident happened to Lieutenant- General Baden-Powell during his ride from Rusten- burg to Pretoria recently to meet Lord Roberts. A number of Boers, who formerly belonged to the force which besieged Mafeking, came about 30 miles in order to shake hands with the man who held them at bay so long. A COMPANY to lend umbrellas has for some time now been carried on successfully in America. For a small annual payment anyone, upon being suddenly caught in the rain. can drop into one of the depots and obtain an umbrella on loan by simply leaving his metal check.
CIVIL LIABILITY OF CAPE REBELS.…
CIVIL LIABILITY OF CAPE REBELS. Questions have been raised as to the extent of the liability of rebellious British subjects in South Africa for damage done by them in the course of their rebellion to the property of loyalists. Fortu- nately (the Law Journal states), the point has been settled in advance by a judgment of Sir Henry de Villiers in 1898 (Steenkamp v. Kyd, 15 Cape Reports, 221). The case arose out of some small but treason- able disturbance and the Court ruled that a person who conspires with others to wage war against the Queen, and joins them in appointing a leader to con- duct the war, is civilly responsible to individuals for damage done by the orders of such leader if such orders might have reasonably been anticipated as a consequence of the conspiracy." This ruling, it will be seen, recognises the liability of the conspirator for his own acts, but goes further and makes him liable tor the acts of others within the conspiracy.
THE FORTUNE TELLING CASE.…
THE FORTUNE TELLING CASE. .r maaaroe zmieiKa uavaner, a married woman, appealed on Monday, at the County of London Sessions, against a conviction by Mr. Fen- wick, magistrate at Marlborough-street Police- court, for unlawfully pretending or pro- fessing to tell fortunes. The original prose- cution was instituted upon the information of Mr. Alexander McDonnell, a clerk in the House of Lords, who, believing that the appellant was practising on the credulity of ladies, visited hot rooms in New Bond-street, and had his future dis. closed. It was stated in the course of the appeal that Madame Zuleika had a large and fashionable clientele, and that her income derived from her pro- fession of fortune-telling was very considerable. Ip the reslllt the appeal was dismissed, with costs.
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TRIE death is announced in Paris of M. de Blig- nieres, formerly French representative of the Coun- cil of the Egyptian Debt. A TELEGRAM from Simla states that the monsoon prospects have much improved. THE plague having now disappeared from Aden, arrivals in Europe from that port are no longer sub- jected to quarantine. THREE THOUSAND navvies on strike lilt Havre on Saturday made a demonstration to protest against an order issued by the lIfayor prohibiting gatherings in public places. They threw stones at a chemist's shop belonging to the Mayor, but were finally dispensed bv the police.
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